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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Then please send me an email so we can take a closer look about what's wrong.

It's in my sig.

It must ask for su! If it doesn't there is a problem with your su binary or Superuser. Please clear the Superuser logs if you haven't done so already and

try to update Superuser and the su binary.

If the problem persists, please send me an email. But I need to get some sleep now, will reply to you as soon as I wake up :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bigmama:
FYI I did remove 4EXT from Superuser and cleared logs. ...it did ask me 4 times for su.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Your problem is solved with version 2.0.6 :)

The problem was caused by malfunctioning or old busyboxes on your device.

Updating busybox via busybox installer (market, free) solved the problem.

But for such cases the app should have used its own busybox which didn't work due to a bug.

Now it does :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] OriginalGabriel:
Curious; do you recommend Busybox Installer (by JRummy16) or Busybox (by Stephen)? I've never used either but, after looking at both and checking the current version on busybox.net, Busybox Installer isn't up to date.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] misfit61871:
I installed busybox installer and updated it and was still having the failed flash issue for rc 5, I finally uninstalled 4ext and re-installed it and it flashed just fine after that.

Ad Mortem Fidelis
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
I always used busybox installer, but that's quite some time now ;)

Is the other one really completely up to date? Wonders me..

Did you have the same issue like bigmama?4x Superuser popup? Already removed the app from su, updated su and Superuser and didn't help?

Uninstalling the app also removed it from Superuser, maybe that was what solved it for you :)

Regarding busybox, 2.0.6 and 2.0.7 aren't picky anymore :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] misfit61871:
Ya it was the exact same problem and I tried all those fixes many times, but it's working now.

Btw, madmaxx, thanx for 4ext! It's excellent,I love it!

Ad Mortem Fidelis
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] OriginalGabriel:
Yeah, Busybox Installer shows 1.19 as the latest; Busybox is at 1.19.2
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Doesn't matter though as long as it works.. it doesn't need to be the latest. Also they must cross compile it first that's why I wondered if there's one always up to date.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Thank you very much :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] misfit61871:
What, exactly is a tar backup?

Ad Mortem Fidelis
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dargocitfer:
It is a way to create archival copies of your black, sticky, pine resin created by destructive distillation.

Or it's a method for creating your ROM backups using the "Tarball" archive method, which is faster, smaller, and more easily read by standard archive programs.

One or the other, I always forget. :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bigmama:
2.0.7 working fine

Hi Madmaxx82, I was busy these days , i tried version 2.0.7 today and it did work like a charm, updated recovery to latest version.

Donc problem solved and 1K thanks for 4EXT!!:)

Keep up the good work and we are here to help and test.

Cheers
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Thank you very much :)

Glad it works now :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] domreplv:
Thank For This Recovery... Job Will Done.. I Love The Print Opt in included. I Think I Might Make the Full Change Over From CWM To 4EXT Recovery. Currently on 4EXT Recovery Updater (Free) About To Purchase 4EXT Recovery Control. I Currently Install It On HTC Vision (DesireZ G2) Running CM7 Vision full 219 Nightly. Will Send Any Issue if the PopUp. Thanks madmaxx82 I Will Spread the Word...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] spovat:
sorry if this has been answered somewhere else but even though the newest version is 2.2.6 rc5, I was prompted to flash 2.2.0. I read some of the copyright issues but I'm not entirely clear if we can still use the newest version. thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Hi!

No, you can use any version including and above 2.2.0. The message will be displayed at least once to inform the users of the changes.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Thank you very much for that awesome feedback and your support! :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] spovat:
thanks madmaxx. glad to have purchased this. the product and support is incredible
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
thank you very much :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Fallen Spartan:
Must admit, bought this a while ago. Not really one to clutter threads with praise, but an awesome recovery mate. Thanks

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] coszy:
Is there an option or menu from the app to erase the cache and dalvic, without having to go manually to recovery?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Thank you too! :)

Only in context with installing zips or restoring backups where you can tick all those wipe options.

It will be added as an extra option in the next release :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] coszy:
Super nice. I'll hold you on this one.

This is the best recovery ever.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] heybobitsme:
I just tried the latest recovery, version 2.2.7 RC2, and it won't go into recovery. The changelog says it's the latest for the Sensation. Should we not flash this version?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Hmm... strange. Could you please try once more and tell me what happens?

If it really doesn't boot on the Desire Z I will remove it.

Thank you!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] heybobitsme:
I tried it twice. I reflashed 2.2.6 RC5 and that had no issue. And this was all through the latest version of Recovery Control.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Thank you!

"Sorry, you are limited to five thanks per day" <-- will do it once this is gone ;)

I will remove it from the repo for your device now.

Some changes were necessary for the Sensation quite quickly. I didn't expect that at all as it works like usual on the desire, desire hd and incredible s.

Will need some testers to find out what's happening on your phone with that version.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] heybobitsme:
No problem, I'm glad to help! I tried it a 3rd time with a reboot in between and it still doesn't boot into recovery. That is weird it'll work for other devices with similar hardware but not this. Flashing back to 2.2.6 RC5.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
I already got a great tester, but it's a little bit much for just 1 person alone :)

Is there anyone else who would be willing to try out 2.2.7 rc2?

Thank you :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
What do you need?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Thanks!

I'll pm you.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dargocitfer:
I'm willing to test, as well, if you want another victim, I mean, guinea pig. :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Hahaha the more the better :)

Thank you!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] G1ForFun:
I can test as well if needed.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Fallen Spartan:
Me also
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Thank you! :D

That's really very much appreciated.

However we are already 3 now :)

I will pm you if someone drops out being exhausted :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hawst:
FYI, i'm your great tester who tested and helped to fix 2.2.7 on DZ. You free to pm me if there will be something to test ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Fallen Spartan:
Much appreciated. Always willing to help, but also willing to step a side for others

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Raul^:
Im using version 2.2.7 RC2. Ive downloaded it and upgraded miui rom through it. I even changed ext3 to ext4 in data and cache and its working ok.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Thank you!

But there is currently a problem with it where it doesn't boot all the time. That's why this version is not available any more for the Desire Z.

Now continuing to debug it.

Hopefully it will be ok today.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] killj0y:
When I converted my intact filesystem from ext3 to ext4, it made backups, any way to delete those in the interest of space?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Those are deleted automatically after the process is completed
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] killj0y:
oh cool, could have sworn I had more space...weird...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Just taken a look at that code again.

and I see that I didn't update it when I enabled tar backups..

it might be possible that the temporary backup is not removed when tar backups are enabled.. need to check that. And definitely remove it for the next update if not.

Please take a look at /sdcard/clockworkmod/temp

If there are files in it.. you can delete the whole folder..

If it wasn't deleted however only the last conversion is stored there.. it won't pile up ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] killj0y:
does it generate a log? so I can double check? There was only a 14k cache file in there. I thought i saw i had 9.6 Gb when it started and ended up with 9.3 in the end hmm...not much i was just curious let me know if I can help by checking anything else.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
No, if there was only a 14k file it's ok.

Are you maybe mixing GiB and GB? Could that be possible?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] killj0y:
lol nah I was watching it while it worked closely, I'm at work bored and I don't like to miss stuff when running new stuff. Anyways I guess I must have remembered wrongly no biggie anyways, besides there really isn't anywhere it could hide on my sd card and I already hunted lol.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
:D

Okay then.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] killj0y:
now if I could only figure out how to overclock without f-ing up my phone lol.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] androidtoy09:
Is anyone having the random shutdown in locked mode? my phone randomly turns off.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
This is completely unrelated to recovery!

Edit: sorry that you are having that problem :(
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] androidtoy09:
Thanks for clarifying. I was just trying to narrow down the cause the problem. Now, I can be certain it's most likely the ROM.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
It's a strange issue indeed!

But when your rom is booted, recovery is not.

I hope you find out why!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Maybe a kernel issue? Too much undervolting when screen is off/oc?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] androidtoy09:
None of that. I'm running CM nightlie 227 and I haven't changed kernel nor mess with undervolting for as long as I can remember. I think this has something to do with recent nightlies. I'm gonna wipe it full and see. Thanks for your help.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sino8r:
mine is fine, try scaling up to 368 max when screen is off. It does seem a like undervolting issue. maybe its time for a full wipe. or make sure your battery has good contact. good luck!

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lol! easy there, hause! ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] androidtoy09:
ok. I did a full wipe and no random shutdown so far but i'll continue to monitor it. Seems like a full wipe fixed it.

It was such a pain the butt to reinstall all the apps (I failed to remember to use Titanium Backup, lol)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Version 2.2.7 RC3 with lots of fixes and some changes online :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Fallen Spartan:
Excellent mate, downloading now!

EDIT - Just tested it. Boots into recovery fine. Did a cache and dalvik wipe, then flashed a rom. Recovery works perfect for me

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] G1ForFun:
Greatly appreciated (switches XDA layout from classic to new and hits the thanks button annnnnd switching back to XDA classic)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Fallen Spartan:
OFF TOPIC

You prefer classic then...... Interesting

ON TOPIC ;)

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] killj0y:
2.2.7 rc2 was restoring for me fine but freezes while attempting to restore android_secure...just flashed rc3 ill give that a shot. Is it a known issue?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Thank you all :)

No this is no known issue..

Did you give it enough time? Sometimes it appears to be stuck because no filename is displayed..

Anyway RC2 was bad for this device.. and this has been fixed with RC3 :)

Thanks to the hard work of all the tester that supported me so much!

I added you to the changelogs, I hope I haven't forgotten someone :o
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] heybobitsme:
Saw the changelog and thanks for the mention. I wish I could've helped more. RC3 is working flawlessly!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Fallen Spartan:
Ever need another tester, let me know

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bombadier:
Give me a shout too:)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] killj0y:
Well I gave it more time and it was like you said no filename lol...it took like a good few minutes though it was only cuz my battery chaged percentage I was able to tell it was working.

Is there any way to add a. Little spinning icon or something to let you know its working? Lol the bar stops so I was like uhoh but it worked thanks for the hard work so far :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] killj0y:
Ok cool thanks for the update!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Thank you very much! You really helped a lot :)

Thnx mate, will do :)

Also thnx and will also do :D

Yes, you are right. However soon there should be a bigger change and then this might change too.. so we need to take a look at that afterwards ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Shadow-Nexus:
Thanks for the latest update maxx it really fixed some problems i had!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] misfit61871:
Yup, recent update is running smooth hear, thanks man!

Ad Mortem Fidelis
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Thanks to all of you, great to hear ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blindndumb:
NEW METRO STYLE THEME WITH RETOUCHED METRO ICONS..

Best 4EXT Theme..LOOKS AWESOME

Black Rounded Header and ICONS for each option..

You will fall in love :):) Get Here
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bombadier:
Cant download any of your tasty themes??????
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blindndumb:
why so..check attachment
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bombadier:
When I click here it takes me to a page,I click on the link and it takes me here

http://attachments.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=753263&stc=1&d=1318942620
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blindndumb:
Attached Again all attachments..Check attachments and download

I will fix links also
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bombadier:
We are away now,thanks groover:)

Question do all your themes have HTC desire S along the bottom? Just tried your first theme (small skate) and does not show up in the preview as having it,Could we get a "unbranded" version?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blindndumb:
No. I just made one theme with ds banner
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dargocitfer:
@madmaxx82,

I have a question. Someone in another thread (*cough*The CWM thread*cough*) mentioned that he would consider 4EXT to be perfect if the text were a little bigger, making it easier to read.

I have to admit that a slightly larger font would help out my old eyes as well.

Is it possible, through a theme I would imagine, to adjust the size of the font in the Recovery? That would be amazing, if it could be done.

Thanks, as always, for all your great work!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Hey ;)

Thank you very much!

Yes I have been thinking of that. However soon there will be a major change.. would like to wait until then ;)

BTW:

New update: RC4 is online ;)

Disable progress indicators for tar backup/restore for a bit more speed.

Api extension for md5sum checks inside the app..

Please see changelogs inside the app for a complete changelog :)

New App features too: Check md5sums inside the app instead of in recovery (preventing reboots into recovery only to find out that the backup fails the md5sum check.)

This also prevents situations where you might have wiped before a restore and are now left without a working system (because the backup you wanted to restore fails the check).

Themes: You can now set the colour for the selection bar and also apply transparency to all colours used.

Feature for theme creators: setup all colours until they are how you want them to be and then export those settings to be used in your theme zip.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ditamae:
Love the new theme options! I have had zero issues with your Recovery and it only continues to get better & better. Thank you!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Fallen Spartan:
As above, my sentiments exactly

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Thank you all very much!! :)

However I had to release RC5 :(

In RC4 -on the myTouch 4G, Desire Z / G2 and Incredible S / 2- I had missed to include icons your devices display when being charged offmode.

It is exactly the same as RC4, but includes those icons for those devices.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blindndumb:
New Token_Style_Smiling_Love_Theme OUT..

Check It Out :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Little themes howto ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18565278&postcount=434
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] siulmagic:
hey madmax, i was wondering is there any chance of seeing this awesome recovery reach the g2x?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Neejay:
We exchanged a few emails about this and he said it isn't 100% out of the question, but he is already extremely busy with this recovery and app already.

He said he would look into it...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hispeedworm:
hey madmax 2 potential problems in 2.2.7 RC5 ....

1. in the app (paid version) when you select an old backup to restore it doesnt give an option tick to check wipe all partitions before proceeding to restoring the old backup.

2. when i found it out the hard way and saw that the backup was being restored without wiping partitions i did a battery pull and reinserted the battery to go to recovery and do a manual wipe before restoring old backup.... and strangely enough the phone booted up on its own without me even pressing the power button.

i did another battery pull to confirm.... after battery pull phone turns on by itself.... now unless its a feature of your recovery ......i think its a BUG :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Hi!

Both are no bugs :)

To get an option to wipe all partitions before a restore you need to go into settings menu to enable superwipe and advanced restore ;)

BTW: In Rom Manager there is no possibility to do that because it's usually not necessary. Edit: because any recovery always formats the partition it is going to restore before it starts doing that (in the background, invisible to the user).

Explicitly doing that only makes sense if you are doing an advanced restore where you would like other partitions you don't restore to be formatted too.. hence the dependency on that setting.. also to not confuse newbies.

That your phone boots up if you reinsert your battery while connected is also normal (recovery is not running when you do that! In contrast to charging your phone while powered off).
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hispeedworm:
thanks for the quick reply and clearing this up :)

about phone turning on when battery is inserted automatically .... my phone was not connected via cable to either charger or laptop...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Did it turn on immediately or only after about 10 seconds?

If it turned on rather immediately then it's hardly anything todo with recovery ;)

I will try to reproduce this on incredible s and sensation.

But I hope that this is no big issue anyway :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hispeedworm:
ummm turned on and went to htc splash screen in say 5 secs or a bit more .... and not at all a big issue :) just pointing it out cause i saw this happening :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Ok ;)

Would you care flashing another recovery and try it again? Would be interesting.

However I really don't want to mess with things that potentially could effect this, since 4ext is very stable and doesn't cause any hangs on recovery boot.

Better have the phone turn on when the battery is inserted than to break anything else :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hispeedworm:
okay ... ill check with another recovery and let you know :)

Edit: just a follow up to my original post ... i tried to reproduce the automatic reboot by pulling the battery while in recovery... it didnt happen ..... maybe it was tuning on itself because i had pulled the battery in middle of restore procedure .....
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ditamae:
Hey Madmaxx82. Just wanted to mention that my theme is not surviving ROM updates with CM. They were, and then in the last week or so I've noticed I have to reset/reconfigure it each time. This is no big deal, and perhaps the error is on my end...?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] yogi2010:
I don't know too much about file systems... I flashed a Sense ROM after being on CM7, and 4ext shows that my system is now ext3, but my data and cache are still ext4. Is this ok, should i convert them all to ext3?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
Hi!

When the feature to save and restore your theme automatically on format of /system was introduced in 2.2.7 rc1 or so, I got 3 bugreports about this causing problems with corrupted pngs.

I then improved that code, but also made this optional and so it is disabled by default (for safety, since it must be tested by many users first).

You can enable that setting via the app (recovery settings).. just tick the option "Preserve my themes".

Alternatively you can also open your 4ext.prop and change the line: themes.preserve=no to yes.

As soon as this is enabled the recovery will save and restore the theme in the background as soon as a rom is flashed or /system is formatted.

It however checks the available free space on /system before it actually restores the theme. The minimum required free space at the moment is hardcoded to 15mb.

In the next update I will calculate the actual space needed for that and make this dynamic :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] madmaxx82:
It is "ok", but if you care about the last tiny bit of speed, have them all ext4.

It is very strange however that this rom formatted /system ext3.. (while it seems to be compatible with ext4 since it does work when you other partitions are ext4)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] yogi2010:
Oh ok yeah, i'm not sure what is going on. The ROM is the latest Synergy for the G2, and i didn't see any explicit mention of ext4 support... Unless i missed it. Maybe i'll try converting system and see what happens. Thanks for the reply!