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[Desire HD Android Development] madmaxx82:
New version: 1.0.0.5 RC2 ( currently testing build 42 )

Parts of the changelog:

Backup folder creation time does now match the configured time zone

Using Recovery Control to queue up actions for recovery without choosing to "stay inside recovery" will now result in a countdown once all actions are completed.

During 5 seconds you can cancel the reboot to stay in recovery mode.​
[Desire HD Android Development] torxx:
Good to see you still working on old devices but you know what the One X users want to see :)
[Desire HD Android Development] napster113:
Plus one on that I miss 4ext. :):)
[Desire HD Android Development] marc2040:
Strange behavior on my DHD.

Flashing TRON theme causes that I dont have default icons on page one.

After rebooting recovery the icons are back.

Flashing the theme again and they are gone.

Can someone test and confirm please?

The second thing I have to report is for Sensation devices, maybe all 540x960´s.

I received some screenshots from "Ditamae" and they are 4px wider (544px) as the screen resolution. These 4px are attached on the right side.
[Desire HD Android Development] marsdta:
Flashed it on my inspire(us dhd) and can confirm the missing icons
[Desire HD Android Development] todonormal:
Thanks for excellent tool

I have a question: Can i use 4ext for wipe efs with vision_wipe_efs-signed.zip [http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1044992] in my Desire Z? I see what use CWM, but i don't know....
[Desire HD Android Development] madmaxx82:
Of course :)

Will come ;)

You have a Desire Z? Then yes.

If you have Recovery Control you should see an option called EFS wipe in the wipe menu. You can use that option safely then (it won't show up in case your device isn't compatible)
[Desire HD Android Development] madmaxx82:
Is someone available for a quick test of a new recovery version?

Shouldn't take longer than 10-15 minutes ;)
[Desire HD Android Development] Rdlgrmpf:
Can I break anything? :)
[Desire HD Android Development] madmaxx82:
No, but you need fastboot ;)
[Desire HD Android Development] marc2040:
Available on google talk :-)
[Desire HD Android Development] Rdlgrmpf:
I have fastboot. Not sure if you need more than 1 guy though
[Desire HD Android Development] madmaxx82:
You are right, there isn't a lot of fun involved either and in case the test is positive then it will be online very very soon anyway ;)

Thanks very much for your offer though :)
[Desire HD Android Development] madmaxx82:
New release v1.0.0.5 RC3 online ;)
[Desire HD Android Development] madmaxx82:
Recovery Control and recovery itself updated ;)
[Desire HD Android Development] krzych:
Hi! Any news on the big font feature? :D
[Desire HD Android Development] preacher65:
That changelog is fantastic! Some excellent new features Max, absolutely outstanding.
[Desire HD Android Development] madmaxx82:
Not yet, working on it ;)

Thank you very much mate :)

Yes, 1.0.0.5 RC3 is out of testing ;)
[Desire HD Android Development] preacher65:
Haha, yes I've been ignoring the test builds, sorry. :D Not that I don't trust you. ;) Just mega busy and no time to put them through their paces. So just noticed what others may have had for a while. Still good though.

It's not so much each individual change, though some are really nice, but the cumulative effect of all this continuous improvement that I find so impressive. :cool:
[Desire HD Android Development] P00t:
usually when i change roms with a full wipe.

my 4ext theme is gone.

but now, it doesnt disappear.

is this a new feature in the newest version?
[Desire HD Android Development] marc2040:
It´s a setting:

Settings/Recovery

preserve theme in recovery settings
[Desire HD Android Development] crom1:
S-on instalation

I have unlocked the bootloader of my Desire HD with the HTC Dev's tool. I have installed the image of CWM recovery 5.0.2.7. And after that Android revolution 7.0.4 ROM. Now when i try o install 4ext recovery with Recovery controll app from the market it says that its installed but after restart the device is booting in CWM recovery not in 4ext. What to do please?
[Desire HD Android Development] marc2040:
Read here
[Desire HD Android Development] madmaxx82:
You need to be s-off to be able to flash a recovery from inside your rom.

In that case, just download (or install) the recovery via recovery control/updater.

It will prepare your recovery config, but it cannot effectively update the recovery partition when you are not s-off.

So after you did that, you need to flash it manually.

You will find the recovery.img you downloaded via recovery control (or tried to install) in your sdcard's download folder.
[Desire HD Android Development] madmaxx82:
>90% of all those properties have no meaning inside recovery.

They also don't reflect what you have flashed on your phone. This is completely independent.

You could change all but ~5 of them to "blabla" and you wouldn't notice anything.

Your red marked properties only indicate that the default.prop used for the dhd originated from an old cm7 kang.

The importance of this couldn't be less ;)

It has been like that since nearly a year.

So don't worry!
[Desire HD Android Development] marc2040:
Happy 4000 Thanks​

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[Desire HD Android Development] krzych:
Emm, I'm just curious that you have made any progress about the promise of larger text ;).

As long as I'm using this app, it seems not to have any bugs (for my usage - mainly installing roms, backing up, wiping, restoring, not much more), so I have to admit, you have done quite a good job :).
[Desire HD Android Development] Muikkuman:
Is it enough to superwipe when installing a new Rom or should i format all partions inside the recovery? And does it format SDCard?
[Desire HD Android Development] madmaxx82:
Not just that ;)

Will post a screen in a few days.

Superwipe is enough, no it won't touch your sdcard.
[Desire HD Android Development] Muikkuman:
So what does one gain from formating all partions instead of just superwipe?
[Desire HD Android Development] madmaxx82:
The superwipe options allow you to choose the file system, whereas the format all partitions option inside recovery always uses the file systems your partitions are currently formatted with.
[Desire HD Android Development] Muikkuman:
So it basically does the same job except with superwipe I can choose what file system I want? And does this do all my for example ext4 partions or just system?
[Desire HD Android Development] madmaxx82:
Superwipe ext3/ext4 and "format all partitions (except sdcard)" both format the same partitions:

cache

system

data

sd-ext (if exists)

sd-ext2 (if exists)

system/lib (if exists and the recovery was configured to do that)

Difference: assumed your data partition was currently formatted with the ext3 file system, but system and cache were both formatted with ext4.

After "format all partitions (except sdcard)"

data would still be formatted with ext3 and system and cache with ext4 (just as before)

After "superwipe ext4"

all partitions would be formatted with ext4, so your data partition that was previously formatted with ext3 would also be formatted with ext4.
[Desire HD Android Development] Muikkuman:
Thank you for your excellent answer :)
[Desire HD Android Development] madmaxx82:
a pleasure ;)
[Desire HD Android Development] starszy:
is a pleasure for me to read the answer that you give us :good:
[Desire HD Android Development] wojtek_pl:
Hi.

How can I remove 4EXT Recovery from my phone ?
[Desire HD Android Development] gongoscho:
Flash a other recovery or a official HTC Update (RUU)

@madmaxx82: Is it possible to implement Online Nandroid Backup / Nandroid Backup without re-booting to your tool for 4EXT Recovery?
[Desire HD Android Development] Sammysdad:
No time for further comment but I'm using it with Inspire and they work great together.
[Desire HD Android Development] xxkid123:
I've been using this for a long time and I love it. I think the best part is that it just asks you if you're sure you want to run something. With CWM it gives a warning message that always freaks me out:)
[Desire HD Android Development] madmaxx82:
I have thought of things like that.

But I can't do that until I have time to work on an own solution.

That's because it's not reliable - to say the least - to do that on a busy file system and I don't like users to think that all of their backups they create this way will be of good quality.

If I find a way that is less prone to small inconsistencies I'll do it. But this won't be before the next generation of 4ext recovery has been finished, because I need to work on that full-time as it's already WAY overdue.
[Desire HD Android Development] Sammysdad:
I agree 100%. The backups I have made with that method are not made to be relied on, just quickies for redundancy. In fact restoring those backups is 50/50 success in my limited experience.
[Desire HD Android Development] GuyInTheCorner:
Does it automate the wipe of the cache/data/Dalvik? Or will I have to do it manually?

Thanks in advance
[Desire HD Android Development] indtram:
Hi!!

I am having some issues........My SD card crashed and also I think My DHD was stung by a VIRUS !!!!

I have formatted the SD card....and want to Flash Another ROM.....but when I booted into Recovery.....I got this message at the bottom of the screen..... Unconfigured:use 4ext app to configure ...

I tried making a nandroid backup of the existing ROM.....IT backed up everything but.....says...

NO .android_secure found...skipping backup of applications on external card

NO sd-ext found...skipping backup of sd-ext

NO sd-ext2 found..skipping backup of sd-ext2

need help...folks......

thanks
[Desire HD Android Development] hnkumar:
When you formatted SDCARD then you cannot able to find .android_secure folder. Seems like you dont have sd-ext & sd-ext2. It seems fine.
[Desire HD Android Development] indtram:
Yup...I get that......but earlier I never had this issue.......

how do I ensure that even apps are getting backed up when I take a nandroid backup ?? how to make these partitions on my sd card ???

I am afraid to flash any other ROM unless I get this thing sorted......cant afford another Brick......( just bricked my other Magic My Trouch 3G ...not because of this but some other unrelated issue) !!!

any help will be appreciated.

thanks
[Desire HD Android Development] ShadowPony:
DHD does not have sd-ext and sd-ext2 (they are partitions made on the sdcard by the ROM for some phones that don't have enough internal flash)

it just means that 4EXT Recovery also supports such phones

the .android-secure was explained earlier, everything seems OK in my eyes as well, don't worry

plus it's quite hard to brick a phone nowadays
[Desire HD Android Development] xrookie24:
Hi guys, I've been using 4EXT for a while now. I tried to update via 4EXT updater and after that I can't seem to fully utilize the A2SD script. Somebody told me that my recovery might be the problem. Then I flashed the latest clockwork mod but I cannot back up my ext4 partition. Before I go back I would just like to ask if updating through 4EXT recovery also updates the clockwork mod also or it's just the UI that gets updated?
[Desire HD Android Development] madmaxx82:
Setting up your a2sd script has nothing to do with updating recovery.

One strength of 4ext recovery is its extensive support for sd-ext partitions and one of the reason for why it initially got very popular on the original Desire.

When you flash 4ext cmwr is replaced.

There is no CWM when you install 4ext.

sent from a mad droid
[Desire HD Android Development] xrookie24:
Ohhhh...thanks for the clarification anyways I'm using 4EXT again and I don't think I will be changing recovery again.
[Desire HD Android Development] skeleton1911:
hi

i have installed 4ext recovery control and installed the newest version. but when i go in recovery there is still clockworkmod and not 4ext..

dont know why- ?
[Desire HD Android Development] Roberto_Lim:
Did you use the app to install it? Should not be a problem.

Sent from my HTC Desire HD powered by Blackout ICS Incredible v3.1.1
[Desire HD Android Development] KuroSyn:
I just added my support for your work! Keep it up. I only recently have started using 4ext coming from CWM. So far I am absolutely satisfied. I like your professionalism towards the app and how you manage to evolve it to today's standards. Keep up the good work and I'll keep supporting :D

The one thing I missing so far is the ability to add to my Power Menu "Reboot into recovery". For now I'll stick to Rebooting into the recovery from the app but hope that one day it can be integrated in the Power button's Power Menu :)

(This feature is important to me as my Vol Down button is wearing out and not always works which I hope one day I'll part with my DHD to fix it)

Thanks for this app!
[Desire HD Android Development] marsdta:
That feature is a rom feature. Its been on aosp roms since forever not sure about sense
[Desire HD Android Development] pnoire:
I second marsdta, AOSP or CM roms have this feature, Not sure if Sense roms have it..

But you can download a little app from Play Store: Quick boot. Set a shortcut/widget on the home screen to reboot into recovery.
[Desire HD Android Development] kienerii:
yes sabsa prime v8.0 + v8.5 for example

Pretty nice feature
[Desire HD Android Development] KuroSyn:
I thought it was but the odd thing now is that I had that feature just before I flashed 4ext. I am on JellyTime by RandomBlame. I have been using CWM until recently. Before flashing I had the option in my Power Menu, however, after flashing 4ext it disappeared and thought it weird. I guessed it had something to do with the app rather than the ROM.

So now I is this a bug that the app deletes the option from the Power Menu? I will see if flashing JellyTime again will fix this problem. I let you know when I do :)

UPDATE: when I flashed the ROM again, it returned :) but weird that it disappeared after installing 4ext.but anyway, everything is back to normal.
[Desire HD Android Development] snorbi94:
how to use 4ext

Hi. I'm on the CWM recovery but i want to go to 4ext recovery. I don't know how to do a full wipe , install new rom, and create a backup .

1. To backup: Backup|Restore ... backup

2. To do a full wipe: Wipe|Format ... format all partitions (except sd card)

3. To install rom: Install from sdcard ... search the *.zip file.

Is this the correct way ? If not, please correct me. Thanks.
[Desire HD Android Development] Chezbel:
I can't look at the menus because 4ext is available yet for One X, but that process is correct.

Sent from my One XXX
[Desire HD Android Development] LeAnhTuan2505:
How to be back to 4EXT Recovery Touch?

Hi guys! My phone has used 4Ext for a long time. But yesterday, I tried to be back to Stock ROM (for auto rotation problem), 4Ext didn't work. So I tried CWM, to go to Recovery. Now, I want to be back to 4Ext, but it cannot go to Recovery Touch anymore, just CWM.

What I must do to be back to 4Ext Touch?
[Desire HD Android Development] balinh_bs:
easy man, just install 4EXTRecoveryupdate.apk, then check in the tab 4EXTRecovery Touch, then check new buil and it'll automatic flash for you
[Desire HD Android Development] gpkumaran:
Any chance this will be released for phones other than HTC?? Like my Sony Ericsson xperia arc s?
[Desire HD Android Development] LeAnhTuan2505:
Worked

Thanks guy! It's worked!
[Desire HD Android Development] pnoire:
Hi

Is it only me or 4ext recovery Control is not compatible with JellyBean 4.2 (but was with JB 4.1.2) ?

I'm running "AOSP 4.2 - Official CodefireX rom by synergye" and I get an error "Zip file is not valid" when i select a zip file to be flashed.
[Desire HD Android Development] ©h®is:
With ar4 i get no error

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[Desire HD Android Development] pnoire:
To be clear: i've no error at all when i boot into recovery and select zip file in 4ext recovery

The issue occurs only if i use 4ext recovery Control (paid version) to select zip files before rebooting in recovery :)
[Desire HD Android Development] ©h®is:
This is the way i go, always manual..

Sorry, i got something wrong understand..

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[Desire HD Android Development] pnoire:
YES! the new version of 4ext Control solved the issue with zip no valid in custom roms 4.2 ! wonderful!

Thank a lot, Max!!
[Desire HD Android Development] madmaxx82:
You are very welcome ;)

Sorry that it took some days. Wanted this to be as dynamic as possible, so it won't need an upgrade again once google decides to change paths again which happened quite frequently lately.
[Desire HD Android Development] wmg316:
@madmaxx82

Do you have any plans or desire to make this available for OneX+?
[Desire HD Android Development] unhallowedone:
One of my worthiest applications I spent money for is indeed this recovery. OK, it might be a donation and not an obligation, but when I think about the possibility to pack a batch backup-wipe-flash-reboot action it's a universal flash 'n play and soooo worth sticking to.

Many thanks once again, that little glitch with the zip file error was not too bad at all. Hell, you came with a release the day after I had the problem. Monthly patch day, pfft, this is service ^^
[Desire HD Android Development] t4duzan:
Restoring 4ext over TWRP

I made the mistake of installing TWRP from GooManager and I can't get 4ext back. TWRP is ok, but it lacks in comparison to 4ext. Does anyone know of a way to restore 4ext?
[Desire HD Android Development] Teichopsia:
Just go to www.4ext.net and download the app of your choice to install it. If for whatever reason that doesn't work there is a pd98img in one of the links in my signature that has rc7.

Sent from a dream.
[Desire HD Android Development] t4duzan:
I've still got it downloaded (RC9, matter of fact), but when I use the app it will reboot and start up in TWRP. If I'm to use the pd98img file from your sig, would you mind to walk me through how to put it in the proper place? Sorry, I don't want to brick a procedure.
[Desire HD Android Development] Teichopsia:
Try to install it from the app first. Shouldn't give you any problems.

It's the first option. If that doesn't work let me know.

Sent from a dream.
[Desire HD Android Development] t4duzan:
I must have been on the version just before RC9, because I tried what you posted and it said to download the latest. When it took me to that portion, it said the app needed to be updated before it would download RC9. I decided I would just uninstall it altogether and then go to 4ext.com and download the free version from there. It downloaded on my phone, but when I clicked the card in notifications, it doesn't do anything and also doesn't show up in my apps. Not sure what step is next, but I do appreciate the help and advice you're giving. So, if it's installed on my phone (granted I can get it back on my phone), can I just replace the TWRP img file with the one I downloaded from your signature?
[Desire HD Android Development] Teichopsia:
My pleasure.

When you click online install/upgrade it should show that it's downloading and then it ought to show it's flashing the new recovery. It goes by really quickly so if your not paying attention you could miss it. First reboot into recovery and check to see if it changed. If it didn't change, give it another go. The app should do everything automatically.

On the other hand, if for whatever reason it's not working, you can grab the image which was downloaded into either the 4ext folder or the download folder, replace that image with the one I have in the pd98img zip using the 7zip program (or just keep rc7 that's in the zip file, since the update of rc9 solves some issues with 4.2 roms).

Place the pd98img in the root of your sd card (not in any folders), reboot into hboot, it will automatically do a check, ask you if you want to apply the update. The flashing process is about 5 seconds. Then reboot the phone. Remember to either delete the pd98img from your sd card or move it into any folder [As always, under your own risk].

Regarding your question, yes, you could replace the twrp img file with the one you downloaded (I'm almost certain I misunderstood your question).

Hope you fix your issue.

Sent from a dream.
[Desire HD Android Development] t4duzan:
Thanks for the very descriptive answer. I'll try and get this fixed tomorrow and I'll report back what happens.
[Desire HD Android Development] t4duzan:
I'm not sure if restoring this from Titanium Backup corrupted it, but un-installing it and re-installing it did the trick and overwrote TWRP. Although I had to download the .apk from the PC and put it on my phone, but the reason why I couldn't get it to install straight from the phone is another story.

Also, I did put the .img file from your signature on the root folder of the SC card, so maybe that's why it's actually overwriting TWRP.

Thanks a bunch Teichopsia. I've got the best recovery back up and working.
[Desire HD Android Development] s0ulreaver:
Could the latest version v1.0.0.5 RC 9 of 4EXT fix the auto-rotation/compass problem on the JellyBean ROMs?

Could it be related to choosing the option to 'delete the \lib\' partition?

I'm asking this as I believe it just fixed it on my phone.

I had this problem and I tried some fixes as to flash a rooted-rom but it didn't help.

Updating 4EXT from RC5 to RC9 seems to be the only possible explanation as I didn't do anything else.

Thanks again!
[Desire HD Android Development] PieceKeepr:
This may been asked and if so I apologize but the search function on Tapatalk bites. Is there a version, or plans for a version, of 4ext that will work on a tablet. Specifically the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1?
[Desire HD Android Development] Steam.:
I know this must be a pretty dumb question, but does it require S-Off or anything I should know of?
[Desire HD Android Development] WordsworthESP:
Re: [TOUCHCOVERY] 4EXT Recovery Touch v1.0.0.5 RC 9

This probably isn't the best place for your question, considering this is the DHD Development forum. Try posting your question in the Q&A or General Discussion in your device's sub-forum.

Sent from my Inspire 4G w/CM10.1
[Desire HD Android Development] amresh:
Support for Lenovo p700i

Hello mate,

Would you consider adding support for Lenovo p700i device?
[Desire HD Android Development] a user:
Hello madmaxxx,

would you mind adding support for full ext4 formated sdcards? am currently convincing the dev of my new rom to add another also very simple patch to add to vold support for ext4 sdcards. so having the recovery supporting it too would make it perfect. it doesn't break common fvat support. take a loog at it please. i would of course do beta testing.

here is a very simple patch to add this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=889471
[Desire HD Android Development] madmaxx82:
It should be possible to add support in next gen 4ext. Please have a look at http://goo.gl/pU6Dx

Depends on the device and how you want to use 4ext recovery.

On the Desire HD/Inspire 4G, Incredible S/2 and the Desire S you need to be s-off to be able to flash boot and recovery partitions (SmartFlash doesn't work on those devices).

This means that if your device is not s-off you need to additionally flash the recovery manually after you used 4ext Recovery Control or Updater to install it.

Also you need to flash boot manually when you flash a new rom or kernel.

This applies to any recovery out there.

Hi ;)

If it doesn't take an extra ordinarily long development time I would add it for next gen.

Otherwise, there are already ~19 devices waiting in the row :/

Unfortunately a patch like this doesn't work with 4ext since handling of different file systems works differently there.

If it doesn't take too much time ( need to focus on getting next gen 4ext out as soon as possible ), I'll add it.
[Desire HD Android Development] smokieruff:
Thanks madmaxx82 and a-user:cool:
[Desire HD Android Development] Muikkuman:
Re: [TOUCHCOVERY] 4EXT Recovery Touch v1.0.0.5 RC 9

Really good job with the recovery. I love it. I eagerly wait next generation of 4 ext recovery awesomeness, and when I can use it on my nexus 4.
[Desire HD Android Development] DonDizzurp:
after using 4ext on my last 2 phones i hate going back to CWM :( cant wait for the next gen