yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Amaze 4G] madmaxx82:
4EXT Recovery Touch v1.0.0.5 RC3, build nr. 5

Parts of the changelog:

Recovery Control initiated sessions

When all actions are completed and you didn't choose to "stay inside recovery" a countdown is now displayed enabling you to cancel the reboot.​

When all actions are completed and the counter is displayed, recovery will vibrate to notify you

4EXT SmartFlash: improvements

SmartFlash will now work even when the kernel or rom you are installing reboots automatically or when you choose to reboot in Aroma installer.

Thanks a lot to Dimebagdan65, Glacierguy, Benjamminz and e3d for a lot of testing.​

Screenshots

If you have forgotten to copy your screenshots to sdcard before you reboot, recovery will now prompt you to do that before it reboots.​

Restore menu

When there weren't any backups on one of the sdcards and error message was displayed.

This is now fixed. Thanks to Glacierguy for testing the fixed version.​
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
Updated OP :D

Thanks Maxx!

All these girls excited Oooo ya know they like it I'm so icy, so icy Girl don't try to fight it All yo friends invited I'm so icy, so icy
[HTC Amaze 4G] fear20056:
I just bought it from the market and told me that it will installed on my phone shortly but nothing happened but when i opened the market from my phone it said that the program is not supported to my country
[HTC Amaze 4G] madmaxx82:
How's that possible?

Please send me an email to madmaxx82@mailspot.at with your order details so I can help you immediately.

Thank you!
[HTC Amaze 4G] fear20056:
i sent you the e-mail but i installed the updater but i cant find the super swip or the rom for ics HD and i downloaded the last recovery and when it's trying to install it say critical error installation aborted
[HTC Amaze 4G] madmaxx82:
The zip files you get when you download the recovery are not flashable by recovery.

You need to install the recovery via the online install | upgrade menu.

Just click your version and select "install".

That's it ;)

Here is the link to a guide: www.4ext.net/install.pdf

Please send me the mail with your details so I can check what's wrong with your order.

Edit: thanks got it! Will now check that

Thank you!
[HTC Amaze 4G] ferincr:
Hi,

I nstalled Recovery touch build 59.

I did run Superwipe but now all I get is cannot mount/ internal SD and suggestedthat I format all partitions except SD card (which I did) but I still get the no internal SD error plus that recovery is in safe mode.

Is there anything I can do to revert or solve this???

Thanks
[HTC Amaze 4G] fear20056:
I did install it too but I still cant see the rom or any zip file
[HTC Amaze 4G] madmaxx82:
I'd really like to find out what messed with your internal sdcard.

Please link me that superwipe.zip file and send me your recovery log. I will message you.

Yes, formatting your internal sdcard inside recovery should resolve that!

Which rom do you want to see? You only installed the recovery ;) it has nothing to do with any roms..

I have replied to your mail.
[HTC Amaze 4G] macheteZen:
I had the same issues when I achieved S-Off. If it won't show up in recovery for you to format, you have to place an RUU (aka PH85IMG.zip) on the root of your "external" sd card so that it can reformat the system partition.

You can use one of the "original" RUU from GingerBread or if you are wanting ICS on there use this one.

"From electronicrice:

1) Be Locked with S-Off using JuopunutBear's S-Off method.

2) Rename the RUU to PH85IMG.zip and put on root of external SD card

3) Boot into bootloader and apply the update

4) Flash the CWM 5.5.0.4 recovery in fastboot (fastboot flash recovery *****.img)

5) Flash the Superuser package in recovery to gain root"

PM me if you have questions. GL :D

For some reason the S-Off method causes the mount point of the internal SD to be corrupted or deleted. So you can't even access to format in Recovery. You have to use a RUU to rewrite the system partition. It fixed mine so hopefully it helps. (This actually doesnt have anything to do with 4ext, sorry madmaxx thanks for the hard work)
[HTC Amaze 4G] fear20056:
yes i now but i put on the sdcard the Android Revolution HD 2.2.0 | ICS and it said that it need recovery 1.0.0.5 but i cant see it on the sd card

I replayed to your email again and thanks for helping
[HTC Amaze 4G] EclipzeRemix:
Im getting recovery Loops and cant access your recovery, :/ i want to test my rom
[HTC Amaze 4G] madmaxx82:
When did those loops start?

I will send you a pm so we cann meet to look into that.
[HTC Amaze 4G] EclipzeRemix:
k cool, it started after i flashed an alpha build of my rom, noticed a couple of bugs but when i went into the recovery again it counts up to 4, says entering recovery then reboots....rinse and repeat
[HTC Amaze 4G] ferincr:
Thanks madmaxx82 for all the patient hand holding!!!!!!!
[HTC Amaze 4G] madmaxx82:
You are very welcome and thank you so much for those many beers ;)

I feel drunk now :D
[HTC Amaze 4G] kaabob:
Max,

I noticed while playing with the screenshots that screenshots taken in recovery are 544 × 960, whereas shots taken in the latest RUU ICS is 540 x 960 (same resolution as the screen and themes).

Any reason for the extra 4px? It seems like they're all on the right edge too.

No biggie, just wondering. Would make whatever photo editing needed a hair easier.
[HTC Amaze 4G] madmaxx82:
Yes, that's because of the framebuffer reporting that size.

This will be fixed later on ;)
[HTC Amaze 4G] ferincr:
Max,

I'm not sure if we should report what we find (especially the uber-noobs like me since it might be me and not a bug) but I went into advanced backup and chose data and then it got stuck at "choose your sdcard screen" with no options there.

V 1.0.0.5 build 198.

Fernando
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
Try the new RC3 test build 5

I didn't have any issue. Just tried :D

All these girls excited Oooo ya know they like it I'm so icy, so icy Girl don't try to fight it All yo friends invited I'm so icy, so icy
[HTC Amaze 4G] Reviewers:
Flashed todays update and it works amazing (Y)
[HTC Amaze 4G] ferincr:
I'm going to try downloading the updater but I installed build 198 since Max himself passed it to me after I got stuck earlier today so I'm not sure I want to screw around too much (especially since then one of you is the one that's going to drag my a$$ out of the mud:D:D:D)

Edit: downloading RC3 build 5 ATM

---------- Post added at 06:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:07 PM ----------

It must be me then because the same thing happened when I chose advanced backup and then data:confused:

Regular backup works fine.
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
I was able to get all the way to the confirm restore data from the backup I selected... I just didn't confirm cuz I didn't backup :D

Idk man...

Remember Maxx is in the UK... He may be sleep for the night.

All these girls excited Oooo ya know they like it I'm so icy, so icy Girl don't try to fight it All yo friends invited I'm so icy, so icy
[HTC Amaze 4G] ferincr:
I probably wore him out :D:D:D

It's fine with me I just thought that if I find anything it would be good to let him know...
[HTC Amaze 4G] pappasmurfsharem:
I'm getting a recovery loop now, I just flashed a rom. and it worked great then when to flash a new rom and it just recovery loops
[HTC Amaze 4G] hzm82:
I was on build 59 rc2, i installed speed rom straight from the recovery, went back into recovery afterward to install another rom and the recovery is looping. i reflashed rc 3 build 5 from apk. Still looping.
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
Well wtf...

I'm starting to dl the ROM now... Maxx is gonna want me to have that I'm sure tomorrow :-/

All these girls excited Oooo ya know they like it I'm so icy, so icy
[HTC Amaze 4G] pappasmurfsharem:
Same exact rom for me did the same thing. =/
[HTC Amaze 4G] EclipzeRemix:
..hmmm.. the looping attacks again, i wouldve sworn i fixed it :(...:confused:
[HTC Amaze 4G] hzm82:
Whats the best way to get out this? Should i flash cwm recovery?
[HTC Amaze 4G] EclipzeRemix:
yup, flash cwm, BUT doing this means you have to manually flash kernals......if anything stay on my rom untill there is a fix, but if you know what your doing go ahead
[HTC Amaze 4G] hzm82:
Flashed CWM Recovery ==> Boot into recovery ==> Installed Revolution ==> Flash 4EXT RC03 ==> Good to go, no more recovery loop

Hope it gets worked out either on the Recovery end or Rom end
[HTC Amaze 4G] blast0id:
I finally googled "I'm so icy", now I'm wishing I hadn't... lol...
[HTC Amaze 4G] hasoon2000:
It's an old song lol.

Btw, I finally made the switch to 4ext!
[HTC Amaze 4G] madmaxx82:
Hehe welcome :)

Remaining bugs should be fixed. Release shortly.
[HTC Amaze 4G] YungMage:
Good Job on the Recovery. Very very easy to use and nice options
[HTC Amaze 4G] Reviewers:
Glad I switched to this recovery.
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
Not even a good song at that!

What took u so long? CWM is so primitive

All these girls excited Oooo ya know they like it I'm so icy, so icy
[HTC Amaze 4G] blast0id:
yeah, CWM might be considered 'defacto standard' but this is definitely the rolls royce of recoveries, I think the only option it's missing is a built in terminal window =)
[HTC Amaze 4G] madmaxx82:
Thank you all very much ;)

New build available ;)

Please update!

Parts of the changelog

:

The most important parts of your recovery configuration are now displayed at boot time

It's too fast to read though. Just pull down the statusbar after boot if you want to check your active configuration.​

Fixed current time in backup names.

Fixed a potential crash when identifying rom names

Although fixed, recovery will no longer try to identify the current rom at boot time, but only when needed.​

Fixed copying screenshots to sdcard.

Dual SD-Cards: Fixed a potential problem when choosing sdcards

Disabled button events while Aroma is run.
[HTC Amaze 4G] EclipzeRemix:
so will this murder the potential bootloops?
[HTC Amaze 4G] madmaxx82:
This is finally fixed!

Yes you are completely right to report that, especially with testing builds I rely on your reports to be able to fix any bugs there might be.

Thank you :)

This should be fixed now.
[HTC Amaze 4G] hasoon2000:
It's an old good song, happy? lol

CWM did all that I needed. Superwipe and flash a ROM lol.
[HTC Amaze 4G] madmaxx82:
Absolutely!
[HTC Amaze 4G] EclipzeRemix:
Thanks! i was holding back on developing my rom knowing it would do this :D
[HTC Amaze 4G] madmaxx82:
It was recovery's fault!

That was a bug I already had fixed in 1.0.0.4 RC3 that was very rare (depending on your build.prop).

But while working on 1.0.0.4 RC3 I had to already work on 1.0.0.5 to be able to support the Amaze with its 2 sdcards.

I tried my best to incorporate all the fixes from 1.0.0.4 RC3 into 1.0.0.5 but it seems that this one slept through.
[HTC Amaze 4G] blast0id:
yeah, I don't listen to much rap, but when I do, it sounds like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecOKP4_lFsg not that gay **** they try to pass off on the radio and at clubs...
[HTC Amaze 4G] EclipzeRemix:
Cool, I know it was the recoverys fault but my Rom Triggered it for what ever reason, but its fixed now so everything is Great :D!
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
Nice teamwork gents! :D

Sent from my iced out HTC Ruby
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
This thread should be stickied for the newcomers coming in. I'm not sure if the mods have noticed, but 4ext is kind of a big deal around here.

Sent from my iced out HTC Ruby
[HTC Amaze 4G] fuego77:
Just bought the app. It's confusing, or maybe im stupid. -__-
[HTC Amaze 4G] EclipzeRemix:
Well.....I guess your stupid haha, jk it takes time to get use to
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
Online install. It will give u a popup. Hit don't show again and close it out. Hit online install again and go from there as normal :D

Sent from my iced out HTC Ruby
[HTC Amaze 4G] fuego77:
I'm stupid -___- I dont even have root. What a fail lol time to go digging in hundreds of threads to find out how to root with ics leak :/
[HTC Amaze 4G] EclipzeRemix:
Second post on Football's Thread
[HTC Amaze 4G] fuego77:
Thank u sir :)
[HTC Amaze 4G] jwds1978:
+1

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Sent via Tapatalk 2 from my TELUS HTC Amaze 4G on the Fido network.
[HTC Amaze 4G] CalicoJeb:
It truly is a work of art, one more Thank You for you from me MadMaxx

As the saying goes, there is always room for a Better Mouse trap :) or something like that :)

This is the Best
[HTC Amaze 4G] spikiex3:
i have RC1 and keep getting an error mounting /Internal_sdcard

I can't flash anyrom or RUU and they freeze at the bootscreen...

I think doing the s-off and ICS update it somehow corrupted my internal sd memory.. i can see the SD card through flash upgrade.zip but it i chose flash rom from SD Card i get can't mount sdcard...

any advice? i can't even get android to boot so can't update 4EXT without a recovery image... can someone send me one for RC3?
[HTC Amaze 4G] madmaxx82:
Thank you all very much ;)

Yes s-off is doing that it seems.

Build 93 is coming in a few minutes.

Hold on, will send it to you.

Then format your internal sdcard with it.
[HTC Amaze 4G] madmaxx82:
recovery.zip

You need to extract it and flash via fastboot though.
[HTC Amaze 4G] spikiex3:
How do i properly format the internal sd? i formated the whole thing with ubuntu but how should it be partitioned and what partition table and file system?
[HTC Amaze 4G] zPacKRat:
Best 3 bucks I've spent in a while. Thanks for including the amaze in your development.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Y2Ne1:
MadMaxx82 says free version sucks ........ GET PAID VERSION ...... more fun with lots of extra :D

btw he's a kool as person mad funny u should read his post in the nexus one on 4EXT Recovery

how to install in any rom

use this link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ext.recovery.control&hl=en

tell mom n dad no happy meals i want that $3 in my paypal ^_^

SHOW YOU SUPPORT YOU UNGRATEFUL BASTARDS :cool: in the words of XDA :D
[HTC Amaze 4G] BorisZX6R:
adb/fastboot flashing

I went through the entire thread but cannot find the recovery .img file that can be flashed via adb/fastboot. Do we have access to this file?

Correct me if I am wrong.

I had a stock amaze, no root, S-ON and locked bootloader. I flashed the leaked ICS RUU which is great. I unlocked bootloader via htc dev website. I remain S-ON though.

Now in order to flash the Android Revolution HD 2.2.1 ICS ROM it says it requires 4EXT recovery.

Instructions so far are, unlock bootloader (which I have), flash CWM via adb/fastboot, flash superuser(root), download 4ext app, download and flash 4ext recovery, then run superwipe script in 4ext recovery and then flash rom.

Seems to me like we are doing a lot of unnecessary steps this way.

Am I not able (with unlocked bootloader and S-ON) to flash 4EXT recovery via adb/fastboot and proceed to superwipe and rom flashing, without even flashing CWM or superuser (root) first, since the ROM already has root included?
[HTC Amaze 4G] madmaxx82:
Hi,

I posted the link to the image one page before that one.

However, the problem is that when you don't set it up using the app, the recovery won't know about that you are being s-on.

So you would need to manually enable SmartFlash temporary in recovery if you need it, or just flash boot.img via fastboot manually after installing your rom.

recovery.zip

Just extract it and flash the image via fastboot.

Then when you boot recovery, enable SmartFlash in the "tools" menu before you flash a new rom (this setting is temporary though, you should use the App afterwards to properly set everything up. At least time zone, SmartFlash yes or no should be setup at the moment).
[HTC Amaze 4G] BorisZX6R:
Thank you for the detailed instructions/explanation.

How come if changing settings in 4ext recovery they are not permanent but if doing it via app they remain permanent?

Since I was very impatient :) and hated the fact that I need to flash cwm then flash superuser then download/install app then flash 4ext in order to flash a rom, I wanted to try things before I even posted in this thread and I tried it using cwm and I have managed to run superwipe and flash the rom without a problem, using cwm 5.0.2.6 which i flashed via adb/fastboot and it all seems to work just fine. Not sure why it says 4ext recovery is required in order to flash Android Revolution HD 2.2.1.

I will however download the app and flash 4ext recovery for future use, i might even reflash this rom again... I just like the way the recovery looks in the screenshots and I like the fact that it is touch operated.
[HTC Amaze 4G] madmaxx82:
If you don't use 4ext when flashing ARHD you don't get a choice regarding kernel versions.

But most importantly: if you are using CWMR, then ARHD or any other rom isn't able to update your kernel/boot.img when you flash it and you are s-on.

So if you now didn't flash the boot.img manually in fastboot, you still have your old boot.img and you are not using the one from ARHD.

When switching something on/off in recovery mode it only affects the current session as it doesn't mess with config files.

There are a whole lot of settings for recovery you can configure using 4ext app.

Nearly none of them are configurable in recovery, also because it would be difficult for some of them that might need a keyboard or access to api only available in Android to give you a choice of options.
[HTC Amaze 4G] gs00000:
Need some help everyone. I flashed recovery worked the first time for me so I could flash my Rom. Now everytime I try to get back into recovery it will cycle " preparing recovery..." Then power off and do it over and over again. I tried reinstalling with no luck. Any ideas?
[HTC Amaze 4G] madmaxx82:
Are you on the latest available build?

This bug was related to a certain rom and has been fixed.
[HTC Amaze 4G] gs00000:
I am running the latest build, I actually just reflashed again and it worked. Weird it worked on the 3rd try. Seems good now though
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
Sorry about my lack of support this week. My data throttle ends tomorrow and will be more accessible to those having any issues

Sent from my HTC Ruby running Sense 3.6
[HTC Amaze 4G] madmaxx82:
Thanks, but to make things clear:

You DO NOT need to pay! There is a FREE app you can use for necessary tasks like setting up recovery, configuring it et.c.. And you SHOULD use it to install, configure and setup recovery whenever possible.

Flashing a recovery image doesn't setup nor configure 4ext recovery.

This should only be used when there's no other option at the moment.
[HTC Amaze 4G] madmaxx82:
@Glacierguy, please make things clear regarding the image link.

Also best to put it into the downloads section as an alternative way to be used when the device can't be booted atm.

I really don't want a lot of ppl just flashing an image because they don't know the official way.

If you flash recovery via 4ext app, it makes sure the most important parts of the config are set up by asking you 1-2 questions.

Also People wouldn't know about 50% of features available to them, that can be switched on, configured or switched off via the app.

Furthermore flashing images only would make it impossible to notify users that there has been an update (if they choose so), to let them pick different recovery versions, to see the changelog and known issues and to notify them concerning their specifically currently installed version in case bugs have been found (if they choose to use that feature).

There is a reason why there is a free app without ads and anything that should be used to properly set it up and take advantage of the many features the recovery provides.
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
I just took it back down. g+ or PM me if u have any request for the OP

Sent from my HTC Ruby running Sense 3.6
[HTC Amaze 4G] Double0EK:
If I leave the notification on will it keep the app running in the background? I always opt to leave it turned off but I noticed that I was behind on some builds.

Wait....I sent this with Tapatalk?
[HTC Amaze 4G] madmaxx82:
No ;)

I made sure to not have any background processes.

The problem is that when YOU force close it, Android will remove all scheduled checks by design.

For Android it's okay if an app kills itself.. any set schedules will remain registered.

However when the user kills an app, all set schedules are removed.

This is by design so you can get rid of any misbehaving apps completely.

This is why I added a "wanted" force close where the app itself removes itself from memory when you exit it by pressing back on the mainscreen (2 times.. I'm sure you know the message that pops up when you press back once).

That's basically against the Android design that just puts apps into the background until it gets short of memory where they are removed then.

When you leave my app it's removed immediately. I did that to make adding it to task killers obsolete.

Because if you added it to taks killers, it would make Android forget about the schedules you set up.

You can verify that by using any process managers.

When you leave the app like usual (not by pressing the home button), it won't show up in any process managers.

When you enable notifications, the app tells android to start a service for a short time at your chosen interval.

The service then checks for updates or news and then force closes itself!

This takes only a few seconds.

To make Android not forget about the schedules you set, they need to be re set at boot time.

That's why a component of the app will start at boot time (if you enabled notifications).

This component sets up your chosen schedules in Android's AlarmManager and then kills itself!

You will never find any background processes or processes listed in any task/process managers!

However you will see a force close button when you select the app in manage applications.

This means that you can even kill the schedules it has set up.

It's not related to it consuming memory or cpu time as there is no process running.. again: check it by using a process manager app or something like that.
[HTC Amaze 4G] bige914:
about flashing roms

i downloaded it and am using it, i want to know if i were to download an ics custom rom, would i not be able to just flash an all in one zip or do i have to flash like any new things like a kernel that comes on the rom separately? i dont wanna brick my phone when i attempt the ics update for htc amaze. :S
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
Just flash all in one... Make sure u have ics already tho. It won't work flashing an ics rom from gb. Ics has to be flashed in hboot... Then u can flash custom roms using 4ext :D

Sent from my HTC Ruby running Sense 3.6
[HTC Amaze 4G] Double0EK:
I have another noon-ish question.

Since I've had the Amaze I've always used CWM. So natuarally I have a ClockworkMod folder on my sdcard. But since I've changed to 4EXT, did I mention that this recovery is a beast?, it still uses the ClockworkMod Folder to save my backups. If I remove that folder all together will 4EXT create a new one that doesn't say Clockwork?

Wait....I sent this with Tapatalk?
[HTC Amaze 4G] phanompin23:
Same question here. Cuz I can't seem to RESTORE properly frm the clockworkmod folder while using 4ext. Help us madmaxx... =)
[HTC Amaze 4G] madmaxx82:
Backups are always stored in the clockworkmod folder to ensure compatibility with apps that expect your backups at that location ;)

Titaniumbackup for example can extract apps from "clockworkmod recovery backups".

If you delete that folder, it will be recreated.

What exactly is the problem? ;)
[HTC Amaze 4G] phanompin23:
Well, after a full wipe and format, when I try to restore a backed up rom frm the clockworkmod folder inside of recovery, then reboot, the restore seems like it failed becuase the rom didn't return to its original state; instead it looks like a fresh install.

(Hope that makes sense and isn't too wordy with all the runons..)
[HTC Amaze 4G] madmaxx82:
Hmm.. can you do that once more, then after you booted your restored rom install/start 4ext app and use it to send me a report + tick the option to include the last log above the "send" button.

It seems that data are not restored. Maybe it's not in the backup or you didn't do a full restore.