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[HTC Sensation] dingolino:
SD is what I need to be able to copy a zip file for flashing to the Sensation if something was not working.

Many thanks & Best regards

dingolino

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Why do you have RC7 in your sig wheras allover RC5 is mentioned?

Best regards,

dingolino
[HTC Sensation] PaulGiz:
Typo, fixed now.
[HTC Sensation] ziggy1001:
Or mount system in recovery and access internal via QtADB or Android commander, which can also access sd-card
[HTC Sensation] jotha:
ziggy1001 I love your signature :D:D.

Sorry for OT but needed to be said :)

BTW: Made a new theme for 4extRecovery, this time it's neon silhouettes of beautiful babes :D.

Look here in Whiskey103's Theme-Thread: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=19049287&postcount=53
[HTC Sensation] maschenazi:
Hi, every time I boot in to recovery it shows a very different battery reading. For example, battery at 100 in rom, booted to 4Ext recovery and it shows 65%. When in rom again, it still shows 65%. From there, used the phone until battery showed 4%, then it stayed at 4 for another hour of high usage. Why is it messing with the battery reading ? Anything I can do to fix it?

On the other hand, buying the 4Ext app was the best spent money. Great work.
[HTC Sensation] exb0:
Try wiping your battery stats?
[HTC Sensation] maschenazi:
I did. I was testing few beta faux kernels an wiping battery stats after flashing and charging to 100%. This happen after wipe.
[HTC Sensation] maschenazi:
It did it again. Battery 98% reading in rom, booted to recovery it shows 68%. Booted for a second time in recovery and now shows 55%. All this in 5 minutes, 2 reboots to 4ext, nothing else. And I just wiped battery stats yesterday after flashing new kernel and charging to 100%.

Anybody else having this problem ?
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
What you see inside recovery is the exact "raw" power level reported by the kernel/htcbatt daemon.

Only default calibration settings are used in there. The batterystats file which is taken into account when the rom displays your battery level is not used. That's why those values differ between rom and recovery.

And the lower the level is the more you'll see discrepancies since it will "jump" much more as the battery level drops much faster the lower the level is. Also current power draw has an effect to the reading when you boot.

Unfortunately measuring accurate battery levels is technically a challenge and won't be 100% accurate. Neither in your rom nor inside recovery.

Inside the rom this is also compensated by batterystats.

I'm sure it happened to you too that depending on the battery level you currently see, the level sometimes seems to drop faster although there isn't any greater power drain at all.

But it will give you an idea about how much is left. Whether it shows 68% or 60% is not critically important. What matters is that if you get a really low reading you can react in time before it runs too low.. the opposite is true as well.. if you get readings ~ 95% you can be sure that your battery is nearly fully charged.

A jump from 98% to 68% however is weird! I haven't experienced that. I can only GUESS that this might happen if your batterystats have been wiped shortly before or that it needs recalibration.

Edit: different kernels might also produce different output. (The recovery uses its own kernel)

Also clock rates and undervolting can have quite a big effect on the battery level reported.
[HTC Sensation] dingolino:
Hi,

was just "using" Ext4 today for the 1st time to do a backup and restore also later on since I have switched from cwr. So far so good.

I have a few comments:

The default theme is not realy good for reading - at least for me - the light blue might look good but not easy for reading - depends of course also how old you are ...

The theme from jotha is better for reading - not only because of the colour setting ... :D

Is there a setting existing to modify the letter size?

Wipe menue:

I would start the menue with the "less dangerous" options, such as

-dalvik

-cache

followed by the real hardcore wiping options such as

- factory reset

For flashing a new rom what is most recommended to use?

just "factory reset"

or also the formating option of all partitions exept sd card?

if possible maybe you could add to the wiping menue another option:

- wiping dalvik AND cache because this is what I am using most freaquently

(I have seen that you can do it from the UI program, but so far I am using ext4 like cwr most of the time directly form the recovery menue and not from the UI)

Best regards,

dingolino
[HTC Sensation] sergeybrin:
Why the hell would I want to pay for a recovery?
[HTC Sensation] Whiskey103:
It's a app, like Rommanager. The recovery comes for free. So for the extra features there is a "option" to show your appreciation to the dev who puts a lot of time in this project. Nobody is forcing you to pay.
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Hi,

I need to review the default colours being used.

Haven't seen them for a while though since there are loads of themes available..

You can change all the colours yourself though.. either using the app which is very simple with the preview and colour picker or you just open the 4ext.prop and change the rgb values for menu, title and text to your liking.

But I agree that the default setting might need some tweaks.

Regarding wipe menu item order: I often receive suggestions and have changed the order a few times already in the past 4 months.

The problem is that different users have different opinions about that obviously.

When changing rom data/factory reset is enough, which also makes that item one of the most used ones.

"wipe dalvik and cache" is a good idea!

Unfortunately fonts are not scalable and need to be "compiled".

However there is a change coming ;)
[HTC Sensation] WarlockW:
New User ..

Well I thought I would give it a try ..

Have a few ??'s .. Sorry if they have been asked ...

1. What do i change to set the all main text color to white ?

2. Is there a formating option of all partitions exept sd card?

( would be really bummer if it formated the sd card :( )

3. Can This use my old backsups from CWM ? Also ?

+1 Agree "wipe dalvik and cache" is a good idea!

And a option to format everything BUT the sd card !
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
1. If you have the app, just enter "themes & more" and you can change all colours and transparency (for menu, text, title) very easily.

Otherwise, just open the file 4ext.prop. It is on your sdcard in the folder 4ext. There you will find settings for the rgb values for all the colours used. You can just change them there :)

2. It's already there.. just take a look at the wipe menu.

3. Yes, 100% compatible ;)
[HTC Sensation] WarlockW:
Cool .. thanks

Sorry .. What do i change to set the all main text color to white ?

In the prob ? What One do I change there are many lol

and to what ? lol I am Old and the blue is hard to read.

Just the text color .. nothing else Thanks ! :)
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Ok, here you go:

selector.color.red=254
selector.color.green=43
selector.color.blue=0
selector.color.alpha=254

menu.color.red=0
menu.color.green=254
menu.color.blue=0
menu.color.alpha=254

text.color.red=0
text.color.green=254
text.color.blue=0
text.color.alpha=254

header.color.red=254
header.color.green=10
header.color.blue=0
header.color.alpha=219

These are example values..

If you want to change ALL texts to white without transparency, just change all values to 254 ;)
[HTC Sensation] dingolino:
>Regarding wipe menu item order: I often receive suggestions and have changed >the order a few times already in the past 4 months.

>The problem is that different users have different opinions about that obviously.

you are right - whatever you will do there will be somebody who needs it different.

Is there any chance (I have no clue what is possible within a recovery) that you can add a additional menue let´s say "favorites" with maybe 10 "slots" where the user could place their prefered options?

>But I agree that the default setting might need some tweaks.

If you could have a look on it would be nice, just make the default setting easy for reading and than with the themes everybody could make whatever he wants.

Best regards,

dingolino
[HTC Sensation] WarlockW:
Dumb ??'s

How are you guys getting screen-shots of the recovery screens?

I have tried android commander .. and went as far as installing

android-sdk and tried ddms.bat .. however the pics always come out

scrambled :(
[HTC Sensation] Whiskey103:
Yeah I know, just make screenshot in 4ext control app (theme preview) ;) for some reason the ddms in sdk isn't working well under windows. I have the same problem under W7x64
[HTC Sensation] WarlockW:
New Themes for you guys :)

A Few New Themes for you guys :) That Are Easy To Read!

This is a very Rocking Program !

Thanks for everyones hard work !

Fire theme

Blue theme

Digital theme

Digital-2 theme

Enjoy!
[HTC Sensation] BigBoppa:
I have another idea for a killer feature:

Problem: Everytime i flash a new rom version, i have to flash all little gizmos after:

APM, EQS, Battery%, CRT, Downanimation, Bootanimation, GPS-fix, ... etc. etc.

Solution: In 4EXT i can add many .zip to a list, so it needs only one reboot. It would be very usefull to give this list a name and save it. So next time i can just select this list...no more need to select every .zip by hand! :cool:
[HTC Sensation] johnson8cyl:
Can you do that with rom cleaner? Just add it in the folder so it puts the mods back? Maybe check it out
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Will look into it for the future ;)

Very very good idea! I will do that!

Yes, very good suggestions! Rom Cleaner can also do that :)
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Very nice! Thank you very much for those!

If you are considering making more themes, then it would be great if you put up your own theme thread, because then I can link to it in the 1st post ;)
[HTC Sensation] rumpleforeskin:
Excellent recovery :D

Will future release have option to compress the backup?

Compressing (zip) the almost 960meg file on the phone was time consuming (just under 10 mins) but did half the size of the backup.

Maybe an option those with smaller SD cards would like.
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Thank you very much!

Yes I will do that! ;)
[HTC Sensation] hg3atintin:
Found a bug:

In the recovery menu press usb mount (thingy) add files to sd card. When you go to install zip from sd card the new files do not show until you restart recovery.
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
This might happen if you don't securely unmount the sdcard from your OS prior to "unmount"/terminate the connection in recovery.
[HTC Sensation] hg3atintin:
Ok thanks.
[HTC Sensation] WarlockW:
Just Link to my post. :p

Well you still can!

Just Link to my post. :p

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19086946#post19086946
[HTC Sensation] ptr_hamilton:
Don't think that feature will be worth your time? Compression of the backup would make the process way too long. Try twrp and enable compression, it's awful

My 2c
[HTC Sensation] PaulGiz:
+1. I've been working with computers since long before there was such a thing as mass storage. Compression was necessary, and it sucks.

If you feel the need to keep multiple backups, it is a better idea just to offload them to other media, leaving only pertinent ones on your SD card.

P.
[HTC Sensation] Whiskey103:
Besides that. Relying on SD media as proper backup is the worst thing to do. ;)

I personally would never keep a backup from a device stored on the device itself. It's like keeping a disk image on the same disk.
[HTC Sensation] dingolino:
This is a fair statement that compression would cause longer backup time which is even more critical because the backup is done in recovery when you cannot do anything with the phone.

What about thinking to add compression not in recovery directly but in the app and schedule it while the device is connected to power over night? (the app would check whether there is any uncompressed backup and if so would start the compression - there should be the possibility to hold if you need the phone)

What would be the speed penalty for decompression within recovery?

With a smaller file size also the upload to a external storage system (could be a file server, could dropbox or any other external storage) would be faster and can be done also from the app during the nightly task.

Best regards,

dingolino
[HTC Sensation] rumpleforeskin:
I always keep a copy of my last good backup on my SD card.

Sometimes I work days without going back to my PC so its reassuring to know that should anything happen to the software the the phone while im away there is still a chance i can restore my last good settings.

But like you say, all other backups should be stored elsewhere.
[HTC Sensation] BigBoppa:
This might to be proven. The actual bottleneck is the write speed to SD card, typical 5-6 MB/s at class 4. CPU is doing mostly nothing in between.

If use a cpu-light compression algorithm, backup could even speed up because of less data have to go through this bottleneck.
[HTC Sensation] Whiskey103:
Sure. I do the same. But my last backup is also on dropbox ;)
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Let's try and tune it ;)
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
New app preview version is online:

Download: 2.1.1 Preview

"Preview" because there were a few internal changes and also translations into French and German that might need testing. (you can switch to English again in the settings if you dislike the localized version)

A few little bugfixes and little improvements:

Backups should now be sorted by date, MIUI roms that are quite different in where they put their rom names weren't always detected correctly in the past. This should work the same now as it does for all the other roms.

There are also two new features:

Exported color settings can now be imported again.

And finally there is a new wipe feature for the Desire Z / G2, myTouch 4G and Desire HD:

Wipe EFS partitions. The app will create backups of those partitions just in case. It also won't wipe them if it discovers that the backups weren't created.

But still: BE CAREFUL! This was tested only once so far.

Credits to ghul for telling us about that.

This is not the update I wanted though. There are tons of features that I'd like to implement, however I need to focus somewhere and at the moment this is the upcoming next final version of 4ext recovery.

Please bear with me, I will continue to work on the app again asap :)

Everyone can download and use/test the new app version. It is fully featured until 14th.

I'm planning to release it officially tomorrow on the market/slideme and the official free version too.
[HTC Sensation] dingolino:
This is maybe a feature request:

I initiated a flash from the app, selected to clear Dalvik and cache and stay than in recovery.

The reason why I want to stay in recovery was to see the result from the flashing that everything went ok.

The problem was that after flashing was done the normal recovery interface was coming and the message from flashing was scrolling up and disappeared.

So to be able to see the result from flashing I would like to have a button to trigger continou to the normal recovery interface.

Best regards,

dingolino
[HTC Sensation] Duv'orynn:
Hi.

Sorry for OT, but where did you found that theme that is in your signature? What's it called?

Thanks.
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
I see that this is necessary, this will change soon.

While it's by far not a replacement for your request, I'd like to mention that it's not necessary to use the stay inside recovery option just to check that there wasn't an error. If there's an error while recovery is carrying out all the operations you selected inside recovery control, it will stop, print an error and boot the UI (stay in recovery). Nonetheless you need to be able to get that text and this will be done!

In the meanwhile you can use recovery control to copy the last_log to your sdcard or use recovery to copy it there if you want to take a closer look (it's also more detailed than what is printed on the screen)

If I'm not mistaken this is Lotha's Nightsky theme. It is linked on 1st post ;)
[HTC Sensation] zx34:
Recovery disappeared

Today I experienced that the recovery was gone, I had to reflash it. I'm not sure what caused this, but it makes me a little worried. :confused:
[HTC Sensation] tinker2000:
wow, I have never heard of that.
[HTC Sensation] maschenazi:
Are there any advantages in partitioning sd card to create an ext4 partition ?
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
I wouldn't worry too much now, strange though that this happened to you out of nowhere.

Something must have written to the recovery partition.. if it happens again one day, try to remember what you did last (flashed which roms/mods, used apps) et.c.

No Absolutely not on the sensation at least.

sd-ext partitions are to extend the internal storage memory or swap on devices with very little memory. sd-ext is always slower than your internal memory though. So there is no gain in using it on devices with enough internal storage like the sensation.

Also the rom/mod you flash must support this and make use of it, otherwise it is completely useless as it won't be used ;)
[HTC Sensation] yeantbron:
Hello, i want to install Revolution HD 4.1.x (sense 3.5) after full wipe of the Revolution HD 3.6.x

I've made a backup of my phone, when the new install is done, can i restore anly the data partition? (or it will be unsafe for bug)

Thanks!! ;)
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
You can restore data only, yes.

To do that using the app: make sure you have advanced restore enabled in the settings and then simply restore the backup.. and deselect all partitions except data..

Inside recovery: backup/restore -> advanced restore -> data -> from a normal backup -> select the backup -> done

Regarding if it is safe to restore data from 3.6.x which would be the same as upgrading from 3.6.x to 4.1.x without a data wipe, please ask in the ARHD Thread. This is rom (version) specific and I don't know the answer ;)

Edit: depending on the install script it is not the same.

If it is ok to keep /data from one rom (version) to the other, then it would be best if you didn't wipe data in the first place before installing the rom!

If you now restore /data from 3.6.1, I would reflash the rom afterwards to increase the chance it will work (just in case the install script puts any files onto your data partition)
[HTC Sensation] yeantbron:
thank you very much !! ;)
[HTC Sensation] dingolino:
MD5 comparisson

Edit: Sorry - found the function in the app, so the only "missing" thing would be to compare it with the number from a txt file

Hi

is there somewhere the feature to calculate in the app a MD5 hash number?

There is now the new function to calculate the MD5 before going into recovery, but could I select it as a individual function as well?

I am storing the corresponding MD5 numbers in a txt file, so it would be even more helpful if I could compare a file with a txt file which is containing the MD5 number. So a simple parser which opens the txt file, select the MD5 in it and use it than to compare with the number which will be calculated.

Best regards,

dingolino
[HTC Sensation] masondoctorjt:
I understood where you were coming from. I didn't realize that you have to download the recovery through the 4EXT updater. I thought it had to be flashed similar to how we installed Clockwork Recovery. I wish others were more patient try to realize why you were asking where the download was.
[HTC Sensation] mabdk:
Bought the app. 1 hour ago - flashed, reboot, messed around - got amazed - OMG thank you for this amazing recovery mod.

Need a banner to put in my signature :)
[HTC Sensation] akamustang:
Can it be possible to add an option to select and delete old backups. This way when the message appears to say that a new backup cannot be made due to lack of space, something can be done about it.

Swyped from my HTC Sensation
[HTC Sensation] Snah001:
Yep, I head same experience few weeks ago. It is really one of the top apps...
[HTC Sensation] rawrfische:
So I just had this recovery forced onto my phone when I flashed ARHD 3.6.7 coming from a different rom. At first I was like "wtf"! Then I was like "omg"!

This recovery is amazing! I'm truly sorry I didn't try it sooner. Thank you for this, madmaxx!
[HTC Sensation] TheUntouchable:
Sometimes new and better things have to be forced ;)
[HTC Sensation] Whiskey103:
Thats the spirit ;)

Anyway, just wanted to tell, my theme section is updated :) and more to come.

Also, if you guys have requests for specific themes.pictures. Just dump them in my thread. Euphorie and me will make it then ;)
[HTC Sensation] s1lex:
Hello,

I made few themes for this fantastic recovery, you can find them HERE ;)
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Thank you very much :)

Yes, will be possible in a future release ;)

Thank you all very much for the support and your great feedback! :)

Thanks! Very very much appreciated! Never seen similar themes, great job! :)

Will link to your thread!
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Thanks mate and Euphorie for your amazing work and commitment! :)
[HTC Sensation] akamustang:
Nice, thanks for responding also.

Swyped from my HTC Sensation
[HTC Sensation] BIGMOH:
Best recovery tool so far IMH :)

Thanks madmaxx82 for all your hard work!!!
[HTC Sensation] zimphishmonger:
Looks thru the OP, but didnt see any mention....Does this recovery back-up the .android_secure folder fro the /sdcard (Google's native APP2SD files are stored there)?
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Of course it does. Didn't think I would need to mention that ;)
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Thank you :)
[HTC Sensation] zimphishmonger:
Figured it did (as I just tested it) but it mentioned every other feature, so I figured Id ask. Thanks, looking really nice! :)
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Thanks ;)

Oh I see. I only listed features that were different to cwmr. That's a little confusing maybe..

Thank you :)
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Hey ;)

Remember you of course. Your nick isn't easily forgotten :D

Nice to meet you here :)
[HTC Sensation] geoffcorey:
Hmmm... So I flashed the recovery, and booted into recovery. I get about 1 sec to select an option before partition info scrolls up and then it shows the recovery welcome message and the process begin all over again. I just submitted a bugrepot about to hopefully help.

Here is my last recovery log.

http://db.tt/Q25rh3Hz
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Already replied ;)
[HTC Sensation] joshndroid:
i flash the recovery through recovery control... then boot to recovery i get the splash screen... then blank screen... then splash screen.. and back into rom again no recovery what so ever
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Will fix that immediately. Didn't happen to me nor the testers though.

Please send me a bugreport through the app including last recovery.log :)
[HTC Sensation] wallah:
Thank you for your work and this great recovery!!!

I have a problem, when i go to recovery i have this message "Error mounting your sd card" :(

my sdcard Patriot 32giga classe 10

thanks in advance

my s-off sensation, thanks to Revolutinary !!!
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
****!

I have re uploaded the wrong file.

I'm very very sorry! It's already 4am here.. not sleeping might have damaged my brain :D

Please retry in 2 minutes!

Unbelievable! This was an old compile :(

Sorry again!
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Please redownload!

It will work now!
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Hi!

Thank you!

When does it say that?
[HTC Sensation] joshndroid:
that was just done... as a side note i used rom manager to flash back CWM so there seems to be nothing wrong with the ability to flash recoveries to my phone
[HTC Sensation] wallah:
I dont have idea, it work with other recovery :(

my s-off sensation, thanks to Revolutinary !!!
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
No, I mean what message do you get?

Can you send me a bugreport including your last_log? (just tick the option)
[HTC Sensation] joshndroid:
i have redownloaded and installed the recovery about 3 times since you said it was good to go (again)... still doing the blank screen... u want another bug report?