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[Nexus One Android Development] dyun_14:
need help please.

I'm using texasice's latest rom (5/7) rom when I accidentally flashed blackrose. My hboot partition turned into stock(145/96/196). I was using custom hboot blackrsoe before.

When I tried to boot into 4ext recovery, I can see the boot screen then times out. It says something like this "Timed out...Please format your internal partitions". I tried to format my sd card and created ext3 partition using Minitool partion wizrd" but did not help.

Does anyone has idea to fix these? Thanks in advanced.
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
You need to format your internal partitions, not your sdcard or sd-ext partitions ;)

Enter the wipe menu and select "format all partitions (except sdcard)"

You can also do that:

fastboot erase cache

fastboot erase system

fastboot erase userdata
[Nexus One Android Development] dyun_14:
Thanks for the quick response. The problem is im not able to go to the recovery completely. After it tries to boot up (60 sec), It says "timed out. Booting to safe mode. Please format your internal partitions.

After that, I do not have anymore option on the recovery. It is stuck on "Welcome to 4Ext rcovery touch.

I also tried fastboot commands, but it just it is also stuck on "awaiing device".

Not sure if it alread bricked :(
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
No it's not!

make sure you boot into bootloader and that you are in "fastboot mode".

If you see a menu item called "fastboot" select it.

fastboot doesn't work when you are not in bootloader and fastboot mode.
[Nexus One Android Development] dyun_14:
On the recovery, I se HBOOT then I see options (Fastboot,recovery, reboot, power down). I selected fastboot, then it goes to Fastboot USB.

From there, I type the ff on cmd prompt:

C:\AndroidSDK\tools>fastboot erase cache

< waiting for device >

^C

C:\AndroidSDK\tools>fastboot devices

C:\AndroidSDK\tools>

My device is still not detected. :( It used to work before.
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
"Fastboot USB" is displayed?

Then reboot your computer just to make sure and try again.
[Nexus One Android Development] dyun_14:
Yes. It says Fastboot USB.

Just done rebooting my PC but still could not detect my device. tried also changing cables and port but still no luck.

Don't know what else to check anymore..
[Nexus One Android Development] mexus88:
I think you lose your recovery and this is happen sometimes we are playing with hboot.

You need now to get in to your fastboot screen and load RA recovery (4EXT can't flash from fastboot just from the rom so you could do it letter...) and do this:

Copy recovery-RA-passion-v2.2.1.img to a location where fastboot can find it.

Boot your phone into fastboot mode (power on while holding the trackball)

Connect your phone via usb to your pc/mac/...

fastboot devices (to make sure that fastboot "sees" your phone)

fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-passion-v2.2.1.img

After you will get your recovery screen back flash your rom, change your hboot, change your recovery and Whatever!
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
No, this is not the problem. Also it's not true that you cannot flash 4ext from fastboot.

That's the only reason why you get your recovery images saved onto your sdcard too when you install a new one.

You don't "lose" your recovery and the problem is he is not able to use fastboot commands at all. So he cannot flash RA either!

Fastboot is completely unrelated to the recovery.

If you cannot get fastboot to work, I would flash your previous hboot via a bootloader flashable zip.
[Nexus One Android Development] n1newbie:
are you sure that fastboot.exe is under \tools and not under \platform-tools? ??

got usb drivers installed?
[Nexus One Android Development] tommert38:
adb and fastboot are located in C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools nowadays, not C:\AndroidSDK\tools :)

Ah crap, n1newbie already suggested that. Sorry:D!
[Nexus One Android Development] dyun_14:
I noticed that ADB interface has an exclamation point on the PC's device manager. So I reinstalled the driver but didn't work initially. After 2 reboots, I was able to get into fastboot mode and tried your suggestions. .

fastboot erase cache

fastboot erase system

fastboot erase userdata

After that, I am now able to access 4ext recovery completely. Problem was with my PC, after all. Hopefully, I can flash new ROM now.

Really appreciate your help on this. Thank you again!
[Nexus One Android Development] mexus88:
I would appreciate if you tell me how to flash 4ext from fastboot... Where can I get zip file to flash 4EXT from fastboot??? I mean 4EXT Touch v1.0.0.5 RC3 for N1 zip file.
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
Glad you are up and running again :)

You shouldn't flash it via fastboot if it's not necessary, because recovery won't be setup, so only do that if it IS necessary.

Whenever you install a new recovery via 4ext app it additionally saves your recovery to your download folder on your sdcard.

This should never be necessary, except when you root your device the first time and don't have a custom recovery or you formatted your sdcard and didn't back it up before:

From 1st post:
[Nexus One Android Development] mexus88:
Thank you !

Thank you !
[Nexus One Android Development] saulob:
Question: Will I be able to increase my system size, I mean, the 250mb available for programs on my Nexus One?

Thanks
[Nexus One Android Development] tommert38:
With Blackrose, yes. This is not recovery related.
[Nexus One Android Development] saulob:
Thank you.
[Nexus One Android Development] uoY_redruM:
Just wanted to make sure you did not forget about us GNexus users! :D

I miss 4EXT Touch dearly.
[Nexus One Android Development] tommert38:
May I ask why, in the sd card partitioning wizard, there is 341 in the list of sizes for ext? Shouldn't that be 384? Haven't checked what the real size is when chosen though.
[Nexus One Android Development] masantula:
Hi,

I'm getting error of no space when unzipping the recovery during instalaltion, can there be a fastboot version which i can flash via flashboot? I can't seem to find the latest version and afraid i will take the wrong version

Thanks again..
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
A link to a fastboot flashable version is on 1st post, but let's check out this error.

Have you verified that you have enough free space on your sdcard?

Contact me via my app.
[Nexus One Android Development] masantula:
Sorry i managed to delete enough apps on my phone and it flashed perfectly and booted into recovery and everything works perfectly..

Thanks again, great job :)
[Nexus One Android Development] masantula:
This has got to be the best Recovery out there, great Job, am loving it, so many useful tools and features, makes flashing ROM or partitioning SD-Card a breeze, great job. Thanks for this :)
[Nexus One Android Development] dnsmo:
any eta will this be working for the Galaxy S II?
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
Thank you ;)

An eta is currently impossible because of the coming generation change.

Generally 4ext has never supported Samsung and doing that requires a lot of changes and a far longer development time than for any additional HTC model.

This applies to the "typical" Samsung devices.

The Galaxy Nexus for example is an exception and most probably your snapdragon S2 model too, so I might be able to support it after the most important requests have been completed.
[Nexus One Android Development] Neo.Collin:
Hey.. Thanks for the amazing recovery. Have been using it for a few months now - a perfect replacement for my OLD Amon_RA. I'm having couple of issues now... Lately I have run into radio issues and was planning on updating radio to 5.12. I had downloaded the radio sometime back... unfortunately while trying to flash it, gives an unsupported script error.

Another issue is with the hboot flash files with RC5. Has anyone else seen this issue?

I know I could adb/fastboot it, but i donot trust my USB port of laptop all that much...
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
Hi and thanks ;)

Unfortunately it doesn't support the old amend script.

Amend has been dropped by Google with Android 1.6 or something like that, CWMR dropped support for it around 2 years ago when Gingerbread arrived and 4ext, which is available since a little more than a year had never supported it.

No roms use amend, only radio update zips for older devices do.

It's also not possible to flash hboot with newer recoveries.

I really believe that flashing things that can potentially brick your phone forever should be flashed via fastboot.

I really cannot add amend to 4ext. It's a far too big recovery already which just fits the small recovery partition of the Nexus One.

Sorry for the bad news :/
[Nexus One Android Development] Neo.Collin:
Thanks for clarifying things so quickly... Really appreciate it. BTW thanks for supporting N1 more than 2 years since release...

I have been using N1 from the first month of release and am yet to like another phone. HTC One X comes close, but little too big for me. I wish someone would just upgrade all internals with the same N1 design :)
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
Did you ever hold it in your hands?

Yes it sounds big, but with each generation they reduce the space around the display.

Also the shape is nice.

I have really small hands and I must say that the One X is far more comfortable to handle than the Sensation (4,3") for me.

I also never had any difficulties carrying it in my jeans pockets due to it being really thin.

After I had used a Galaxy nexus for a while I'm really used to big resolution displays. It's so much more comfortable to have a high res display. I wouldn't go any lower than 1000+ * xxx anymore.

But the One S also looks fantastic in my opinion.

BTW: Before you change hboot, make sure you format all partitions before doing that (recovery -> wipe menu -> "format all partitions (except sdcard)).
[Nexus One Android Development] n1newbie:
So this the reason people are having issues flashing hboot via recovery(4ext) found in this HBOOT COLLECTION thread? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1637166

but the real bad news is you cant add amend script in 4ext :(

PS- is there anyway to alter the hboot zip(amend script) so that we can use it wid 4ext. cos i dont want to change from ur awesome recovery just for this purpose..
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
No, those are flashable zips that don't rely on the ancient amend scripting.

Regarding the (un-)possibility to flash hboots I was talking about flashing hboot.img's straight to the device (not installed via flashable zips)

Someone who has troubles installing that shoot me a pm so we can find out what's happening.

If it's fixable, I'll do that asap.
[Nexus One Android Development] uoY_redruM:
Hey maxx!

I asked for you to release this for the Galaxy Nexus and my phone got stolen right before the release!

What are the odds my word can convince you to release this for GSM Galaxy S3?? :D

I'd be more then willing to test for you and provide any files you might need..

As of right now we're stuck on CWM... :(
[Nexus One Android Development] septix:
Really don't want to read all 33 pages, so I'm going to ask here, how do I take a screenshoot in recovery?
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
Answered your pm ;)

Press the search hw button and you should get a message that a screenshot is being taken.

After you are finished taking screens enter the tools menu and select the option to copy your screenshots to the sdcard.
[Nexus One Android Development] thrik:
Hey Max, toggling USB storage doesn't work for me in v1.0.0.5 RC 5. The drive shows up when I'm connected through USB on my Windows machine, but I can't access any files.

If you need a log of some sort, I can provide one, it would just take some finagling. I'm currently on the Jellybean release, which doesn't seem to want to allow your 4ext app to install from Play :D

edit: Nevermind, got a fix working, so I have your app back on my device now. I will send a log.

(By the way, I don't think this isn't related to my flashing a new hboot, this happened when I was on my previous one as well.)

edit2: To anyone else that has this "issue"........... just reboot your computer. haha. That's really all it took -_- now where can I pick up my dunce cap. Thanks to the dev who was patient with me regardless!
[Nexus One Android Development] gunner1937:
How to uninstall 4EXT Recovery?
[Nexus One Android Development] XeloOw:
flash an other recovery over 4ext :)
[Nexus One Android Development] gunner1937:
Merci Monsieur:)

I had been reluctant to use Clockwork.
[Nexus One Android Development] XeloOw:
Je vous en prie :)

You can use fastboot too

fastboot flash recovery recovery_name.img

you're done :))
[Nexus One Android Development] gunner1937:
issue?

I re-installed 4ext Recovery.

I changed the cable and the microSD.

I still get "disconnect" only, when I toggle USB storage.

I can choose zip from card.

The computer as well as the phone read the micro Sd.

Et voila:eek:

What do I do wrong?:(
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
That you see "disconnect" is supposed to be like that.

As long as you are in the toggle usb storage menu your sdcard will be available to your computer.

If you leave that menu or press disconnect then the connection will be terminated.

Toggle usb storage = connect

Exiting that menu or pressing disconnect = disconnect
[Nexus One Android Development] gunner1937:
Thanks very much for your answer.

I did not do anything wrong I did think wrong:o

Word of caution: try not to become older and older:eek:.

See what happens to me.:rolleyes:

My thank you to you will be to order your work:good: through Google play:)
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
Np, you are very welcome ;)

and thank you very much!
[Nexus One Android Development] hmuboy:
So great :D

so I have a question.Can I use it for another phones? For example HTC Explorer?
[Nexus One Android Development] n1newbie:
nooooooooo. it will brick ur device if u flash wrong recovery. this is only for the NEXUS ONE
[Nexus One Android Development] ejcleunamme:
Thanks for this man. I installed 4EXT RC5 today, I love it its very easy to use, my only problem is I cant install or flash any custom hboot. It used to work with CWM but now im getting "Status 7" error and installation is aborted. Do you know why is that? Thanks again.
[Nexus One Android Development] XeloOw:
It's same for me use rom manager to flash hboot and with your new rom reflash 4ext
[Nexus One Android Development] hmuboy:
Yeah,the 4EXT Classic too.please try RA-recovery to instead,it work well ;).

But 4EXT is better to flash anything :D
[Nexus One Android Development] ejcleunamme:
Thanks. I will try those two.
[Nexus One Android Development] suryateja.sun:
I tried to wipe format all partitions except sdcard before going to install ROM but the formatting is taking so much time (around 30 mins).

The screen is displayed as

Formatting /boot...

Formatting /system...

______________________________

//Circulating Disc//

Shall I take battery out and restart?

I thought /system got corrupted and 4ext unable to do it. So I tried

fastboot erase system -w

and worked. Thanks
[Nexus One Android Development] readmanr:
Hi Nexus One users,

Just to bump the thread, as a new version of 4EXT Recovery Touch v1.0.0.6 RC1 is now available as of 31/12/2013 and all finally packaged up early morning 01/01/2014 so thanks for this at New Years!

To get your hands on the recovery.img, download 4EXT_Recovery_Touch_v1.0.0.6_RC1.zip using the 4EXT Apps.

The Free 4EXT Recovery Updater v2.4.6b App.

Or the Paid 4EXT Recovery Control App.

Version v1.0.0.6 RC1 is required for the Android 4.4 KitKat ROMs and GAPPs.

Here is the changelog for 4EXT Recovery Touch v1.0.0.6 RC1.

- Based on the rock solid v1.0.0.5 RC9

- Added support for SELinux needed by some Android 4.4 roms.

Big thanks to the following testers:

Papete, Dtr204, CChako, and Kingmook!

Hope the above helps!

Happy KitKat Testing,

Rob.
[Nexus One Android Development] Iperzampem0:
Could you please share the new version here? I can't install anything on my Nexus One so I need a completely different recovery and this is my last chance to get something working.

Thank You
[Nexus One Android Development] readmanr:
Please see the post attachment, good luck!
[Nexus One Android Development] Iperzampem0:
4EXT worked fine :good::good::good:

Thank You!! ;)
[Nexus One Android Development] Verrocio:
I searched for answers to these questions but kinda got info overload.

Does the posted version (1.0.0.6) of 4EXT require blackrose (S-OFF) on the nexus one?

And how does it go about formatting (partitioning) sd cards ? If i do a wipe will it format the entire sd-card or just the sd-ext partition ?

I basically want to have the same capability and functionality as CWM5. I want to format the sd-ext partition but leave the main partition on the sd card alone with all my files intact.
[Nexus One Android Development] Nico_FR:
Is there any adb support in this recovery ? I cannot connect to adb interface since moving to this one.

Thanks !
[Nexus One Android Development] daveid:
The recovery updatet (free) fails to install, something in the logcat about

W/PackageParser( 288): Exception reading assets/busybox in /data/app/vmdl1178600259.tmpW/PackageParser( 288): java.io.IOException
W/PackageParser( 288): at java.util.zip.InflaterInputStream.read(InflaterInputStream.java:202)
W/PackageParser( 288): at java.util.zip.ZipFile$ZipInflaterInputStream.read(ZipFile.java:459)
W/PackageParser( 288): at java.io.FilterInputStream.read(FilterInputStream.java:157)
W/PackageParser( 288): at java.util.jar.JarFile$JarFileInputStream.read(JarFile.java:107)
W/PackageParser( 288): at java.io.FilterInputStream.read(FilterInputStream.java:133)
W/PackageParser( 288): at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fillbuf(BufferedInputStream.java:140)
W/PackageParser( 288): at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStream.java:324)
W/PackageParser( 288): at android.content.pm.PackageParser.loadCertificates(PackageParser.java:370)
W/PackageParser( 288): at android.content.pm.PackageParser.collectCertificates(PackageParser.java:540)
W/PackageParser( 288): at com.android.server.PackageManagerService.installPackageLI(PackageManagerService.java:6145)
W/PackageParser( 288): at com.android.server.PackageManagerService.access$2300(PackageManagerService.java:143)
W/PackageParser( 288): at com.android.server.PackageManagerService$5.run(PackageManagerService.java:4830)
W/PackageParser( 288): at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
W/PackageParser( 288): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
W/PackageParser( 288): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)
W/PackageParser( 288): at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:60)
W/PackageParser( 288): Caused by: java.util.zip.DataFormatException: data error
W/PackageParser( 288): at java.util.zip.Inflater.inflateImpl(Native Method)
W/PackageParser( 288): at java.util.zip.Inflater.inflate(Inflater.java:252)
W/PackageParser( 288): at java.util.zip.InflaterInputStream.read(InflaterInputStream.java:183)
W/PackageParser( 288): ... 15 more
E/PackageParser( 288): Package ext.recovery.updater has no certificates at entry assets/busybox; ignoring!

Any advice?
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
Yes! Absolutely! Using it all the time.

Does adb not work for anyone else?

Please update your busybox! You can use busyboxinstaller (free) from the market for example :)
[Nexus One Android Development] daveid:
Busybox was 1.19.1, updated to 1.19.3, no change...
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
What happens when you start the app?

Which rom do you have flashed?
[Nexus One Android Development] daveid:
CM 7.1 stable. Can't install the app, so can't run it, version 2.0.7 worked fine.
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
Oh.. you cannot install it?

Have you removed the older one?
[Nexus One Android Development] daveid:
Removed, and rebooted afterwards. Can anyone confirm the free updater app version 2.1.4 installs for them?
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
Very strange!

What's the error you get when you try to install it?
[Nexus One Android Development] daveid:
The bit I posted from my logcat is the only error besides the generic Application not installed from package manager. Maybe I should try pushing it to /system/app and chmod the permissions?

Edit - that worked.
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
Please put it to /data/app

Although this is very strange never had someone with that problem before.

Are you sure the apk is ok?

I will now take a look at the logcat
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
Please give me the md5sum of the apk you downloaded..

It seems it got corrupted..
[Nexus One Android Development] daveid:
556ddd09ea8a8d4fe9eff57424ac9dee

Which works pushed with the proper permissions set.
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
It should be 410e289fa151bad32ecb7ba703a23828

Please redownload!
[Nexus One Android Development] daveid:
Downloaded twice, will do from another device aand compare.

Downloaded from tablet, got correct md5sum, will remove and reinstall properly once done backing up with new touch recovery!

One suggestion, can the back button in file selection be at the top as well, kind of a pain to scroll all the way down to go back. Great job, btw!
[Nexus One Android Development] ctfrommn:
No reason to apologize , I should have looked at the screen before pushing buttons. I love the touch format, so much easier to use. Keep the updates coming.
[Nexus One Android Development] ctfrommn:
Agree with back button too, it would be nice to be able to use the hardware back button also.
[Nexus One Android Development] tonyeva:
Store location?

Silly me for a silly question:

In which folder can I find the file of my nand backup?:confused:
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
The hardware back button does not work at all?

Not supposed to be like that. Need to fix this then.

not a silly question ;)

in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup (because of compatibility and interoperability with cwmr and apps that expect your backups to be placed there)
[Nexus One Android Development] ctfrommn:
No, hardware back button does not work in recovery, must use on screen arrow.
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
Let's get this done then :)

PM sent!
[Nexus One Android Development] Bi0haZarD:
+1 same here
[Nexus One Android Development] heywtf:
This is such an unbelievably cool recovery.

One question (there's always a question isn't there) - Is there a way to initiate a backup by manually editing 4ext.prop and rebooting into recovery?
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
Working on the back button issue ;)

thank you very much!

Unfortunately not. The 4ext.prop is just for settings for recovery.

You would need to drop an xml file to /cache/4ext/ with the correct syntax. However that might change in the future when needed, so this is no stable api.

Initiating backups/restores/multi zip installs, different wipes and much more can be done using 4EXT Recovery Control.
[Nexus One Android Development] heywtf:
Ok. I was looking for a way to schedule automatic backups and this seemed like an easy way that didn't involve dumping another feature request on you.

Would you rather people didn't use .control or...?
[Nexus One Android Development] madmaxx82:
You can use it, but there is no guarantee that it will work in the future.

Scheduled backups are on my todo list ;)
[Nexus One Android Development] ctfrommn:
Also would be nice to over-write a backup so you don't have to delete and then recreate. Or better yet since we are dreaming here, to be like Titanium Backup where you can simply back up any changes to the Rom and not have to do a full backup.
[Nexus One Android Development] seanowns:
Just bought your control version through market.

Is there anyway to get an .img file I can boot with fastboot? My power button is broke:( and I have to use fastboot to get into my recovery if I get boot loops...

*** Update

Nvm - I see it downloads it to my SD card. I will just move it to the computer