yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Sensation] kumprise:
hello

I just flashed your recovery, repartitioned my SD, flashed my ROM - and I must say everything seems great, and a big thanks. No going back - this recovery looks much better than others I used, and can do anything - in one word - SUPER.
[HTC Sensation] jjdoctor:
I already said I can take the risk... maximum it will do is it will fail restore... it won't permanently brick my phone..

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I should buy the full version then... :)
[HTC Sensation] NoSubstitute:
Does partition order matter?

Thank you.

When creating an ext4 partition of 2 GB, should it be before or after the FAT32? Or does it not matter?
[HTC Sensation] louis47:
This is a very easy to use recovery. Thanks.
[HTC Sensation] orld:
FAT32 is first primary partition always!

ext4 can be second primary partition, I keep it in 1 to 2Gig range - plenty of room to keep yours apps there.

Link2SD would create a bootup init script to mount second (non fat) partition, and than you should create a link for all those apps that you want to move (batch mode is available) and make sure to create _links_

For partitioning use gpart, choose cylinder for alignment, instead of Mb.
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
You don't need to watch out for the partition order if you partition with 4ext, as it will take care of that.

If you want to make sure that all partitions will be perfectly aligned to block erasure size than use 4ext for partitioning. Quite some work has gone into that feature

sent from a phone using xda premium
[HTC Sensation] NoSubstitute:
One step closer ...

Trying to use 4ext to partition the card and it asks me if I want to create TWO ext4 partitions (called "1st/2nd sd-ext partition"). So once again I'm lost! :-)

Do I need 2 sd-ext partitions, or is that not necessary for my Sensation?

Darn, it keeps asking about things I don't know! :-)

Size for swap partition? Do I need one?

EDIT

I chose only one sd-ext and no swap.

Copied back all files from old SD. Looks good so far.
[HTC Sensation] NoSubstitute:
4EXT Classic put same file on SD as Touchcovery!

Just partitioned my SD and 4EXT Recovery put a 4ext.prop file in the /4ext dir on sd with different content than what I have in my backup (which was created by 4EXT Touchcovery). What to do?

Can I safely copy back the Touchcovery version? I kind of feel I should be fine with overwriting it, since the current prop doesn't have anything in it which seems unique.

EDIT

Ok, I just didn't copy back that dir. I reinstalled 4EXT Recovery Updater and SD looks fine now.
[HTC Sensation] vinas1:
Purchased from the market, just to support the continued development of this great tool. :D
[HTC Sensation] NoSubstitute:
One 2 GB sd-ext and Links2SD/Apps2SD - looking good!

YES!

Links2SD installed with a 2GB sd-ext (created with 4EXT).

Apps2SD counts 167 apps (on phone and sd).

Links2SD counts 339 apps (on phone, sd and sd-ext).

sd-ext using 129 MB.

SD using 18.4 GB (not just apps, of course.

Internal using 586 MB with 590 MB free! :D
[HTC Sensation] V6-Maniac:
Hi madd,

Just wanted to let you know that your tip helped me.

And since Mike1986 pointed me to the possibility i did some experiments with the installer.

I use 4ext recovery since the beginning on my Desire.

And starting to love it more and more... ;)

Video: User interactive install procedure...

[YOUTUBE]rzSQUW4tQRA?a[/YOUTUBE]

(Swyped from my Sense-o-Maniac - Sense 3.5 loaded HTC Sensation)
[HTC Sensation] epsix:
What's the difference between this and Rom manager? Isn't it the same? Confuse.
[HTC Sensation] dfwcomputer:
I thought "Beta" was for code with bugs :p

some more themes http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21225413#post21225413
[HTC Sensation] justj03:
Noob question - how do I choose 4EXT as the recovery over CWM?

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e

EDIT: Figured it out - Just had to read a little more
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Thank you very much for the very nice movie ;)

New release is ready ;)
[HTC Sensation] zx34:
Thanks for 1.0.0.3 beta 8 :p

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[HTC Sensation] fabioccoelho:
Thanks for this awesome recovery :D

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[HTC Sensation] mike1986.:
Scrolling speed is now incredible fast :) Thanks! :D
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Thank you all very much :)

Hey ;)

Thanks for posting mate and for the feedback :)
[HTC Sensation] zx34:
There is one problem! now nobody can reach me by phone, because I will not turn on the phone anymore, I'm just in recovery mod and playing around...... :D

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[HTC Sensation] akapaul26:
Holy, hella fast....Nice and Thanks!
[HTC Sensation] darkshinning:
Hello, I attempted to contact you to work on the translation, you're still interested?

thanks
[HTC Sensation] KingDavid63:
Max i tried to report this bug in recovery controll app but it kept sayin my internet wasnt workin but it was... not this issue though... since ive upgraded to v8beta when i install or backup in app, and it boots to recovery when it get's there it says sd card not mountable... the automatic thing dont work.. then when i do it manually it hangs up in all of the partition backups.. reallly bad, not usable.. i reverted to v7 and all is well again... please help us out man.. HTC Sensation

Sent from my Revolver Powered Asus Transformer
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Yes I am, sorry that it takes so long.

The reason is that I'm working like mad on the recovery.

You won't notice that on the Sensation, but the Desire, nexus One and myTouch 4G were having big troubles I had to solve.

And so I couldn't work on the app.

I think it doesn't make sense to send you the strings, if I change them with the next update. I wanted to wait until I changed the ones I need to change before I send them to you.

Thanks for the info!

It seems that the delay is too low for some devices for the sdcard to be initialized on boot.

Only some are affected though.

Working on it this moment!

Anyone who sees the message about recovery not being able to mount the sdcard, please revert back to Beta 7 until this is fixed.

Will now update known issues.
[HTC Sensation] darkshinning:
I can imagine you're too busy, I just wanted to know if still interested in this, as it took time without knowing anything , I'm at your disposal to do the translation.

Thank you for your hard work
[HTC Sensation] Skip-Breezy:
Can you use this recovery if you trying to flash a new ROM on the Sensation but the old ROM used Clockwork?
[HTC Sensation] iraqisniper:
thx bro , very good recovery !!!! 5/5 star
[HTC Sensation] zx34:
Yes, this recovery is compatible with clockwork backups. :)

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[HTC Sensation] Skip-Breezy:
So, just put this recovery in the root of my SD card & then what?
[HTC Sensation] zx34:
You must install the 4EXT app from market, then you flash the recovery from the app :)

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[HTC Sensation] Skip-Breezy:
Recovery Updater or Recovery Control?
[HTC Sensation] zx34:
The 4EXT Recovery control app.

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[HTC Sensation] Skip-Breezy:
Could you give me a run down because I'm coming from the HyperSensation ROM with Clockwork & trying to flash Android Revolution HD 3.6.11 on the phone with 4EXT?
[HTC Sensation] zx34:
If you have downloaded and installed the 4EXT recovery control app, open the app, then selects, Online install l upgrade. Now you have two choices, Classic or Touch. I would recommend touch, install the newest recovery. This will overwrite clockwork with 4EXT recovery :)

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[HTC Sensation] dfwcomputer:
another theme added to the collection

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20968875
[HTC Sensation] epsix:
OP, please do forgive me for saying this 4ext recovery is like rom manager. This recovery just blows away rm 100 x.

Thank you for this awesome touch recovery.

Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G
[HTC Sensation] ptr_hamilton:
Updater app will be enough. And from my own experience i can say.. someone using the updater app with full control app features within the trial period of three days most likely doesn't want to miss those amazing additional features :)

So to install or update the recovery the updater app does the job.
[HTC Sensation] Drashna:
I'll have to disagree. It's worth paying for the full app. Without a doubt. Best purchase from the market. :)

Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G XE with Beats Audio
[HTC Sensation] parmijo11:
I don't know about the "best" but certainly one of the best. Maybe I've just bought more perhaps.
[HTC Sensation] Evil-Dragon:
Use the app to push recovery to the device. Just look for recovery control on the market.
[HTC Sensation] jkolner:
When S-OFF and Rooting your phone with revolutionary, do you then have to download recovery v5.0.0.8 and install it, or is it enough to installe 4Ext?
[HTC Sensation] ptr_hamilton:
So what do you disagree with? I am using the control app and just wrote that you don't necessarily need it to flash recovery ..
[HTC Sensation] ptr_hamilton:
4ext replaces cwm. So there's no need to download 5.0.0.8 before :)
[HTC Sensation] thebarsteward:
Simply Amazing.... Off to buy Control....
[HTC Sensation] V6-Maniac:
Just tweeted:
[HTC Sensation] masonic1032:
Is this the latest version? 4EXT Recovery Touch v1.0.0.3 Beta 8

because ARHD 3.6.12 has some features that we can't see such as:

Added possibility to choose normal (1.56 GHz) or extreme edition (1.73 GHz) kernel

Added possibility to install Sony Bravia Engine

Added possibility to add or skip flashing O/C Daemon support
[HTC Sensation] ptr_hamilton:
Yes

10char
[HTC Sensation] Learsy:
I also need it for my Evo 3d Gsm ;)
[HTC Sensation] hockeystar711:
This is way awesome! :)

Good work.
[HTC Sensation] tangcla:
So I noticed some strange behaviour today, with 1.0.0.3 beta 8, firstly I was transferring via USB in recovery and it was REALLY slow.

Tried to go back, and it would not do anything - disconnect didn't work either. No buttons worked.
[HTC Sensation] dfwcomputer:
Another theme added......

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1425259​
[HTC Sensation] DML08:
Yo Mad, dig the hell outta of this recovery, just gotta get use to it.. one thing I haven't done is partition my sd card, any suggestions on the seetings? Also will I have to restore the ROM I'm currently using? Or do I just reboot when I'm done?
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
I would only do that if you are planning to use a rom or script that makes use of sd-ext.

For recommendations, you should follow the recommended sizes et.c. for the specific rom/script you are going to flash as that can vary greatly :)
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
v1.0.0.3 Release Candidate 1 pre-release testing now available :)

Please see 1st post.
[HTC Sensation] Jaglicic:
While testing :

'install from sd card ' next step 'choose a zip from sd card ' it takes about 10-15sec until it shows sd card content.

Everything else seems to be OK.

Thx for the great work.

Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Thanks!

This depends on how much folders you have on your sdcard's root dir.

There was a change regarding a new feature.

It was active although not activated.

Will turn it off now and reupload.
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Done.

Please redownload if you experience that delay.
[HTC Sensation] Zealotic:
Great recovery.

Love it :)
[HTC Sensation] Jaglicic:
Now it's ok...

Forgot to mention, when I try to install (first and, now second time) I get some error, installation aborted, hit OK, then immediately try to flash again and then the device reboot into recovery again but with new recovery pre realise... :-)

Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Ahh.. seems there is an error in the script :D

But it's harmless.

That it reboots is wanted..

It will reboot during 5 seconds after you flashed it.
[HTC Sensation] matt95:
is the rc1 touch already downloadable from the 4ext app?
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Thank you very much :)

Thank you for the heads up.. it's fixed now.
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Not yet because it's a pre release.

I don't want to name something RC1 if it wasn't tested first ;)

But even now it *should* be already much better than beta 8 and very stable.
[HTC Sensation] matt95:
all right :D i can't see forward to try it!
[HTC Sensation] ungraph:
Hi, I'm trying to install 4EXT Touch Recovery so I can install a custom rom.

How do I install this? I copied it to my SDcard and pressed power+volume down, --> recovery --> install from SDcard --> chose the file --> and it gave me an error.

How do I properly install this? Thank you!
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
The updater-script had an error..

Not harmful though.

The recovery should already have been installed.

Reboot your recovery and check please.

Otherwise redownlad the file, it has been fixed.
[HTC Sensation] ungraph:
Sorry for being a noob!

Em, how exactly do I check this, and do I need anything prior to installing 4EXT TouchRecovery?

My phone is S-off, rooted but I haven't done the S-CID thing. I rebooted and it says

I appreciate your help! Thanks!
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
If you are new to this, please use the App to flash the latest version.

Just boot your rom, install 4EXT Recovery Updater, select Online Install | Upgrade, select the version you want to flash and hit "install", that's it ;)

RC1 will be officially available very soon ;)
[HTC Sensation] ungraph:
Which app? Do I get it from the Market? And I'm not trying to install the rom, it states that i need 4EXT first.
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
It's in my signature:

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

Which recovery do you have now?
[HTC Sensation] ungraph:
It's the clock work recovery something (sorry not sure about the correct name). Ok. So I just copy this to my SD card and run it on my phone right?
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Yes, but if you have clockworkmod recovery, then you can also install the rc1 pre release.

download the file linked in the first post again.

Put it onto your sdcard. Then boot into recovery and use the install zip menu to flash it.

Recovery should automatically reboot after that.
[HTC Sensation] ungraph:
Ok, so I installed the application on my Sensation and updated to 2.14.

Then I copied the .zip folder in the OP to my SD card and proceeded to boot into the hboot menu.

I then selected [Recovery] and my phone booted into a white screen with the HTC logo in the middle. The menu to select the .zip card doesn't appear. Did I screw up my phone???

*also everytime I boot into that menu (power+volume down) i get a pm5fdg something that says no image. It's like 8 green lines of text and then they dissappear.
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Nooo..

no worries.

Boot back into your rom.

Start 4EXT Recovery Updater, select Online Install | Upgrade, select "Touch", select beta 8 and hit "install".

And you are done.

The recovery menu will work again after that.
[HTC Sensation] Jaglicic:
Definitely much better than beta 8!!

Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio
[HTC Sensation] ungraph:
Awesome!!! It worked after installing busybox. Thanks a LOT!!!!!!! :D

Managed to install ARHD 6.0.3 via 4EXT TouchRecovery. Thanks alot!!!
[HTC Sensation] KingDavid63:
my attempted installation of new recovery says bad zip aborted.. let me try to redownload...

edit: ok i think it had something to do with my bad recovery already... i flashed down to b7 then it installed fine.... ill test automatic installation from in app and let you know....

edit 2: ok the installation from inside of the app is working again now.... the cannot mount sd card warning is gone... thanks bro
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Thank you both very much :)

Hey ;)

Thanks!

But please try out the rc1 prerelease.. download link is on 1st post.
[HTC Sensation] KingDavid63:
i did and that's the one i was talking about.. but we got a problem... i had it installing two .zips and after the first zip it crashed... cache already mounted etc... et... cant mount etc.... log etc...
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
But that's no error.. cache already mounted is ok.

Did you already try the new one?

If there's an error, please use the app to send me your last recovery.log so I can take a look at it.

The code for flashing zips is exactly the same as in any previous version..
[HTC Sensation] KingDavid63:
ok i got you... let me make sure this dude's posted zip aint bad before i send you any info.... everything may be good.. just consider it good for now... becuase the problem about not mounting sd card is gone.... thanks
[HTC Sensation] tangcla:
Out of curiosity, why is the latest RC recovery not in the normal tree of releases, i.e. able to be updated via 4Ext Recovery Updater?

P.S. It would be great if you could specify in 4Ext, when it searches for updates, whether to return betas, RCs or final releases only ;)
[HTC Sensation] parmijo11:
Here's your answer two pages back...
[HTC Sensation] tangcla:
Oops, I do remember reading this. Sorry :)

Also, is it just me, or is it not possible to flash the recovery via 4Ext Recovery Updater, it gives an error - you have to flash it from within recovery itself? or did I just get a dud attempt?
[HTC Sensation] ptr_hamilton:
Hi Max :D

That prerelease feels really snappy! No bugs detected til now.. Gonna keep testing though. Do you think that within the release of 1.0.0.3 final you could show file listings without sorting of uppercase and lowercase? Or is that a wanted feature by the community?

Thanks for another great release! 4ext touchcovery is spreading over the threads right now. Developers found out that you ve made interactive flashing possible ;) Really great!

Cheers Pete
[HTC Sensation] tangcla:
Another +1 for this - listing by alphabetical <AaBbCc> would be my preference :)
[HTC Sensation] joaquinf:
Just tested pre.release and feels great, snappier and rock solid but i would love to be able to see the full rom name because im on arhd 3.6.13 and it only shows 3.6.1 also when backing up things get a little bit harder to identify the backups from 3.6.10, 11, 12, 13 and so on because all of them are labeled 3.6.1 ... I dont think that this will be a major problem but it will be great if you can include it in the next release though.

Thanks for giving us the best recovery ever
[HTC Sensation] joaquinf:
You have to reboot recovery in order to finish the installation buddy
[HTC Sensation] henrik.dk:
this is a great recovery tool. How can I didn't notice it until today.

one thing I noticed is that:

choose a file from sdcard and flashed it.

mount usb storage and copy a file from PC to sdcard

try to flash the second file. But the choos a file from sdcard didn't show

the new file I just copied.

Is this expected behavior? Thanks.
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
You need to safely unmount the sdcard from your OS before disconnecting the connection from your phone ;)
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Added to my todo list ;)

Hey Pete :)

Thank you very much :)

Yes I will do that!

Have a good time!

Thanks!

The problem is that there must be a maximum size for the rom name.

The lower resolution devices won't see it listed correctly otherwise.

I need to change that to be dependant on the display resolution, just didn't have the time yet to do this.

Will look into it for sure!
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Updated the testing build (link on #1st post) with cosmetic bugfixes regarding the yesno feature.

Thanks a lot to Sense-o-Maniac for helping a lot in finding the cause and testing the fix ;)
[HTC Sensation] V6-Maniac:
Was a pleasure playing with you ;););)
[HTC Sensation] Jaglicic:
Testing 6, working great for me... Thx...

Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio
[HTC Sensation] henrik.dk:
thanks. I will just then reboot recovery. :-)

How about adding the option to remember the last flashing directory?

Thus there is no need to scroll to the flash directory.
[HTC Sensation] louis47:
I have S-off and 4ext recoverytouch V1.0.0.2 RC5 and Recovery control 2.1.4

When I wil make a backup I get a errormessage Error while backing up bootimage!critical!error backup aborted. I have Custom rom Rcmic V7.1 but I get the same message with other custom roms. I can go to recovery and do a manuel backup, no problem.
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
:D

Yes, that's a good suggestion, still too much on my todo list atm, but I added it ;)

What version do you exactly have? The one you mention doesn't exist.

Please use the report button inside the app to submit a report and tick the option to include the last recovery.log (it will be automatically included, no need to save it to your sdcard before doing that). Do that AFTER it failed inside recovery please.

So, please reproduce the problem, then boot your rom, start the app, enter report/contact, tick the option to include the last log, and submit :)

That way I might be able to help and find out what's wrong, otherwise I have no chance.

Thank you!
[HTC Sensation] Alfaifi:
is there a way to add the ability to choose from more than 2 things in the interactive installation,

for let's say:

Option 1: Faux's Kernel
Option 2: Briked Kernel
Option 3: Stock Kernel

Choose:
1 - 2 - 3

i see for now it does support only 2 option which is Yes or No

but it would be a good thing to add support for more options.
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Already planned, but will take a while ;)
[HTC Sensation] albino71:
Need the source also to see if we can make it work for a dutch tablet.

Any chance madmaxx??

Sent you a PM also...

Would be great mate!
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
I'm sorry to disappoint you, but the source is closed atm :(
[HTC Sensation] albino71:
That's too bad...would be great to have this running on our tablet.

I'm no expert at this, but isn't it strange that you can use ClockWorkMod recovery source, which is open source, to make 4EXT and keep it closed source? Is that allowed?

2 All XDA-ers....This absolutely is no flame. I'm just asking because I simply don't know.
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Yes because it's not GPL or similar.

Even if it was, I wouldn't need to release everything that got added if used as external libraries.

You say it's not a flame, but with your post you try to put me into a defensive state which isn't very nice.

Again, I'm sorry about how it is now. This might very well change in the future, but at the moment it's closed.

Edit: I'm also providing very good support for this Recovery. If things change a lot from how they are now, I wouldn't be able to do this any longer and 4EXT wouldn't be the same as it is now.
[HTC Sensation] Evil-Dragon:
I believe that this is built from scratch and is closed source because so much work has been put into building it. It doesn't fall into the same category as Linux and its GPL requirements.
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Well 4ext recovery started in June based on CWMR4.

So it is based on source of CWMR.

To get a feeling: code lines responsible for the UI in CWMR5: 645, 4ext currently: 6107

More lines of code is no sign of greatness, often it's quite the contrary ;)

But it might give a feeling for how much work has gone into just the UI and event handling only.. not to speak of all the other features exclusive to this recovery.
[HTC Sensation] zx34:
I am very grateful for your work on this recovery 4EXT is my favorite....

The new test release works very well. ;)

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[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Thank you very much :)

I hope to be able to release RC1 very soon.
[HTC Sensation] zx34:
Looking forward to RC1...... :p

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[HTC Sensation] w_bovine:
As am I. After installing 4EXT and looking around a bit, I think it took all of 10 minutes before I paid for the full version.

Pay no mind to disparaging comments, madmaxx82. Just keep on doin' what you're doin' and folks like me will be pleased. :)