yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] nick1313:
Lol, nah. Mainly just lurk over here anymore, don't post much.

I do need to update it on mikmik. ;)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] term117:
I thought I was having this exact problem, turns out it does not need to reboot. Simply boot into recovery as normal and its installed!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] smallba:
Didn't see a responds for this, but for the few people that asked why they couldn't see a zip they were trying to install in recovery (Yes I have my sdcard mounted in recovery), the file must be placed in the path:

/mnt/sdcard or sdcard2/Download

Not:

/sdcard or sdcard2/Download

I'm not sure why but that is the only way i was able to get a zip i downloaded to appear in the recovery.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ipclark1:
My phone still not seeing this file to install. Removed sdcard2, used download path you suggested. Its just not seeing it. Frustrating.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] smallba:
Maybe someone here will chime in from here, it is strange, if i download a zip through goo manager app i can see it in recovery, but if i download the zip from a Web server i have to move it to mnt/sdcard/download or it will not appear.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] imex99:
What are suggested items to backup when making a nandroid?

About to make my first backup of viper and flash freshrom.

I ran twrp but stopped before making backup bc I only had system checked, what all should be checked in backing up my rom?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ipclark1:
Thanks for your help btw. At some point today I'm going to unroot, fac reset phone, and try this again.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Vancer:
I have been following since day 1 and don't remember seeing the answer to this...

When making a backup there is a check box way down the screen (seperated from boot, data and system) that is checked by default but has no description to the right of the checkbox... Anybody know what this is? I thought maybe it was a check all box or something but not the case when I check or uncheck it??
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gpz1100:
Can someone post a screen shot of nandroid screen? I'm not unlocked yet, so no recovery.

In general, you back up

*system

*data

*boot

If you got apps on the sd card, then android_secure.

You don't need to backup cache or dalvik cache as it's usually good practice to have those rebuilt on first boot following a restore.

@Vancer, Make a backup with that blank item checked, then look in your nandroid folder. Each item checked should have its own file associated with the backup.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] E.T.Heil:
Ok, so here is where stuff gets crazy because you can't get to the internal SD card like you could with slightly older devices. Took me a few minutes of playing around, but I finally (i think) managed to figure this out.

On the phone, there is the standard sdcard...this is the internal. Under the sdcard file path, there is ext_sd...this is your external SD card if you have one. I have noticed that some apps will store stuff by default to the internal card, and some will default to the external card. Little wonky IMO, but I'm sure as devices progress the apps will too.

Now, while in TWRP under the Mounts/Storage area...make sure both the internal and external check boxes are marked AND pay attention to which radio button is selected. If you want to look at the internal, select using internal...external for external. Then just poke around till you locate the file. Hope this helps :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fredgar75:
Ok guys in recovery to see anything on your sdcard you have to mount it in recovery. Go into mounts and check the appropriate box for where you put your item. Hope this helps guys.

sent from my bad a** EVO LTE.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] smallba:
I follow what your saying, and yes i have all the stuff check for external sd card, but it doesn't appear with me storing the zip in the path i sed before. Leading me to beleive i have something wrong with sdcard path in my recovery.

If i use the file manager in recovery i can view all my files and zips etc. but when trying to install a zip nothing is there unless i use the /mnt/ path.

/sdcard/ = internal sd

/sdcard2/ = external sd
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] tbonanno231:
Great recovery! Thanks! :thumbup:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] E.T.Heil:
Interesting..I'll have to check and see if I was in fact using the /mnt/ path as well. Too bad screenies aren't yet possible in recovery yet lol
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Vancer:
Did that already ... Had boot, system, data and that mysterious non-descript box checked (by default as mentioned) and in the TWRP backup folder there are only 6 files ... Boot, data, system and their associated md5 files ??? ... Guess I could make a b/u with it unchecked but I figured somebody here would know what that non-descript checkbox was for
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gpz1100:
^^Thanks for the update. Sounds like it's there for some future option, or a carry over from a port.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ipclark1:
I am having the exact same issue...Let me know if you find a fix.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Captain_Throwback:
PJ75IMG.zip

For anyone that would like to install this recovery through Bootloader (v2.1.8), here's a zip file that can be placed on the root of /sdcard or /sdcard2 and flashed that way.

It should work as long as your bootloader is unlocked. Let me know if you have any issues with it.

P.S. After you install it, you'll only have the option to reboot the device. So, you'll have to remove the file after you get back into Android, and then use adb to boot into recovery, or power down and do it through the bootloader.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
I already installed recovery, but thanks Capn. Good to see ya here! You're always on top of sh1t. ;)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] popper668:
can someone help me with the Linux commands to launch fastboot? i have the SDK and can access the phone with ADB , but I'm trying to unlock with HTC and cannot figure how to launch fastboot on Linux. hope that made sense.

EDIT: i figured it out, I had to change permissions of the FASTBOOT and it worked fine. thanks
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] smw6180:
adb reboot bootloader

If you're usb connected it should come up in fastboot...if it doesn't say fastboot (USB) on the booloader screen, scroll down to fastboot and tap power.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] P.Mobile:
how do i download the file to my platform tool??? whats that meaN sorry guys i never used fastboot befor.. never mind i figured it out!!!!! thanks anyways guys!!!! :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] P.Mobile:
ok.. im stuck again!!!!!!! i tryed to insall this using the app install but it downloads but my phone never reboots after so its not flashing the recovery??? i needs help :confused: never mind!!! i got terminal emulater to work :) im allset thanks guys
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
I've never tried getting recovery installed thru an app. But have you tried going into bootloader and seeing if recovery is available. ?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] volk9029:
It doesn't reboot. Download quick boot app from playstore.

Did you do htc dev. unlock?

Sent from my lair.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] P.Mobile:
i got it!!!!!!!! thank u guys!!!!!! :D one more question.. im about to back up a rom now.. so i back up system..data..boot.. do i need to back up.. recovery... cache.. or android-secure???.. i got it to work using terminal emulater
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gpz1100:
^^Did you try to disable fast boot under settings/power?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] volk9029:
No need to back up cache or recovery. Android secure you back up only if you moved apps to external sd. I don't see who would though, internal has a lot of space.

Sent from my lair.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] P.Mobile:
aight thanks bro!! im all set now.. im gona flash my first rom on the lte!! then ZZZZZzzzZZzzzzZZZ.. thanks again guys for geting back to me.. gOOd sh*t! :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] volk9029:
Welcome, enjoy your first rom.

Sent from my lair.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
Loving this amazing recovery. It's really nice and has great features. But i must admit, after what happened with TWRP 2 on supersonic, I'm always a little nervous in the back of my mind.

Were you guys ever able to figure out what was causing that, is whatever it was something that's just not an issue on this device?

Thanks. And thanks for the awesome recovery and the time and effort you guys put into supporting devices. :thumbup:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gpz1100:
^^What issues did the original evo have with this recovery? For the last yeah and a half I only ran the amon ra 2.3(I think) recovery. It worked rather well and I didn't want to start experimenting with something that never gave me headaches.

I suppose with any new software there will be some bugs. Otoh, most folks writing this have had enough experience with previous htc devices to have a good handle on what to expect.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fredgar75:
Im not sure of the exact issue but v1.xx bricked a couple of evo's. They fixed it rather quick but some people are still a little weary of it. I have been running it since its release and have not had a problem with it. I even did a little testing for them to get the adb working and never had a problem. They are a great bunch of devs (not sure how many). This release is very stable. Thank you team win.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] EarlyMon:
I'm seeing this on recovery -

~~~~~~~~~~~~~recovery.log slice starts here:

I:Restore command is: 'cd /cache && tar -xf /sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/HT25FS409294/2012-06-09--18-53-41/cache.ext4.win'

....done restoring.

[CACHE DONE (2 SECONDS)]

[]

Skipping MD5 check based on user setting.

I:=> Filename is: ..

E:Unknown backup method for mount

-- Error occured, check recovery.log. Aborting.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~end

Any ideas?

I had two stock nandroids and a chameleon nandroid, in that order. I saw it for all three, but when I booted up, it seemed like everything was fine.

Anyway, that's probably minor or pebkac - thanks for the tool, you cats rock! :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
TWRP 2 bricked several devices on OG Evo. I never used it, but followed the thread. TWRP eventually pulled support for it and added in the OP 'do not use'.

I forget all the users names, but pretty sure Capn throwback was one of em.

I'm not trying to start anything, or trying to slight this recovery in any way. And I know that TWRP is now on MANY devices and is probably running great. It seems awesome. I just thought it might be a relevant question. And was hoping possibly for a response or clarification.

This

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1400645

[RECOVERY] TeamWin Recovery Project (TWRP) 2.0RC0.3 [2012-1-4]

Crap. Xda app keeps breaking my link.

Edit: just reread my post hahahaha. When i said capn throwback was one of them (I think) I meant victims of TWRP 2. hahahaha. After rereading, it sounds like I'm trying to throw him under the bus for something he had no hand in. I think he is the only one who ever was able to receover from it.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gpz1100:
Scottspa74, thanks for the link. When I had my old evo, I had hboot 2.10, which at some point I reverted back to .76eng. My device also had the 0x20000 size erase blocks.

I just started reading that thread, but maybe you could answer a question. Was it ever determined why the phones bricked? Was it something related to the new hboot (2.16 or whatever the current one was/is), or something else?

On the topic of hboots, I associate that as being the phone's bios. Sometimes the OTA updates include updated versions. Is there really any reason why one would need/want to upgrade to something newer? After all, the radios/modems are their own entities, not related to hboot AFAIK.

Edit: Ok, after some further reading, appears hboot is tied into the radio in some way. New radio won't necessarily work with older hboot? Interestingly enough, prior to getting rid of the old evo, I tried booting into some current sense roms. They'd flash ok, but would then just be stuck at a blank screen after the boot animation. I don't recall what radio version the phone had, but it was one of the older one's, from early 2011.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gpz1100:
Old evo is long gone at this point, so it'll be some tech's headache to RUU it to current software. It is something I'll be keeping in mind for future reference. Since about last march/april (2011), I ran nothing but cm7 and a number of nightlies, always installed ontop of the previous install. This was the case up until the day or two before committing to upgrading to the lte. At that point all bets were off, and it was just a matter of not bricking the phone so it booted up with some sort of OS. In the end, I restored an old nandroid of a sense rom I had (evio?). Restored to factory defaults and called it a day.

Btw, thanks for not quoting my entire reply in your response. Keeps the clutter down :thumbsup:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
Yeah, I see people quote entire OPs sometimes and it boggles my mind.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] MRBULLRED:
Ever since I did the htcdev unlock and I installed this right away I am getting a voicemail error v30 message.. anyone know how to fix? Fyi, I used titanium backup to restore my device and it said I had a new profile id and did I want to revert back to my old one so I wouldn't have trouble with paid-for apps so I did revert back to original. I don't know if that did it or not? Any help would be appreciated.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] volk9029:
This is just the recovery. What rom did you flash?

Sent from my lair.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] MRBULLRED:
None that I know of. I guess just stock.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] MRBULLRED:
Nevermind, I just froze sprints voicemail and it hasn't given me the error again.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] volk9029:
Just to let you know, that recovery has no bearing upon sprint voicemail.

Sent from my lair.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Skid71:
Is it possible to make the screen brighter while in recovery?

I'm visually impaired and it's difficult to see.

Thank you for your much appreciated work.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
Funny you say that. I'm not visually impaired and can barely see it. I have to go into a dark room.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jelive:
Same here on restore...but seems to restore anyway and boot up fine. Also get message e:/ unable to stat '/sdcard2/' in TWRP at the end after flashing anything but the flash takes.

Weird....Anyone with ideas or is this just some minor glitch I should just disregard?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gpz1100:
^^Can you attach your full recovery.log file?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Captain_Throwback:
Do you have an external SD card installed? If not, that would explain the error, i.e. why TWRP can't find "sdcard2", as that's where the ext_sd is mounted.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jelive:
Dah!! OMG, really feeling stupid now :D TOTALLY had brain fart that EVO 4g LTE doesn't ship with external SD card, only internal one. Added one and all good in LTE land. Thanks Capt :)

---------- Post added at 01:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:29 PM ----------

See post up from this...(thanks Capt_Throwback) problem is it's looking for an external sd card...you need to open phone cover and add one since EVO 4g LTE doesn't ship with one, only the "internal" sd card. If you add one that stops errors and gives you Disk Drive option when you connect by usb for external sd and Media sync for the internal sd card. Even if you don't add a sd card everything works...just throws errors looking for one.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] EarlyMon:
Yeah, so here's the thing - all the while that was going on, I had a working external sd card installed already.

Here's my complete recovery.log -

View attachment recovery.log.zip
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gpz1100:
Why are you backing up cache and recovery?

Cache typically gets built upon first bootup. And recovery, well, recovery is in use, so i'm not sure how reliable it is to backup and/or restore.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] EarlyMon:
My first recovery, I didn't, but then, I thought, why not, so I turned around and did it for the second one. I don't think I planned on using that second recovery, that was mostly tire-kicking.

Both of those were done immediately rooting and installing TWRP (I used regraw's method).

The third one was done after installing the Charmeleon rom, I skipped recovery (don't plan to do that) and may have kept cache, don't recall, it's whatever the log says.

I'm aware that that cache gets built, so if I did include that on the third go-round, I was an idiot (it happens :)).

This is my first use of TWRP, I've been on CWM for two years.

PS - thanks for looking and again for doing it so quickly, I appreciate any help I can get. :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] tconwa1:
Love this recovery.. Kudos
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] logie:
Every time I try to restore from a backup, it fails.. I've tried creating multiple backups with different options but they all do fail at restoring. and i do have the space.

anyone else encounter this? i'm on 2.1.8... it just makes it really hard not having nandroid working right
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Captain_Throwback:
Are you sure it's failing, or is it just giving you an error at the end?

Did you make sure you unchecked the box that has no text next to it prior to restoring? I noticed that would throw an error if I didn't uncheck it.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] logie:
Thanks dude. I hadn't unchecked it cause there was no label, lol. That was it.

Two helpful replies in two separate threads = 2 thanks for you!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
Ouch. Looks like i have some posts to edit. Just gotta remember where they were.

People were saying they had disk drive as an option when plugged into PC, and a user was saying he didn't see that option. Then I posted that Android no longer uses USB/MS and have switched protocols to MTP. Which is only partly true. I haven't put an ext_sd in my Evo, so have never seen that option.

Also, it's good to know because I have never been able to get my PC (XP) to recognize my storage in media sync, and device manager says all my drivers are good. :confused: time to throw an SD card in here and see if that'll help. It sees my SD on old Evo just fine. I'll attach pic of my device manager if anyone has any ideas.

Thanks for posting about this.

sent from a shining jewel 4g LTE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Evo_Shift:
edit - nevermind
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dahray02:
whenever i try to flash a ROM after its done and the phone reboots i get stuck at the HTC white splash screen...i was stuck there for 10 minutes, rebooted and was still stuck. help please??
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] xxRAMOTHxx:
Sounds like it may be an incomplete wipe...what's your process? Which Rom? Good download? Are you able to restore your backup?

Edit: see here as well

http://themikmik.com/showthread.php?p=215234
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
The band backup process on this recovery is INSANELY fast (so are the wipes). The backups are 3x the size of OG Evo nand and take about 1/4 the time.

Has anyone here actually dine a nand restore? It works? Much thanks.

Wicked fast recovery. Frighteningly fast, honestly lol

sent from a shining jewel 4g LTE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fredgar75:
Yes. They work great and restore just as fast.

Sent from my EVO using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dahray02:
i used goomanager for the first time to download the latest fresh rom, after it downloaded it flashed it and selected to wipe the cache, dalvik and factory restore to wipe data. It finished the process rebooted then got stuck on the splash screen.

fix: i had to go through the bootloader to get back to the recovery then i restored my nandroid backup. I then manually wiped the caches and factory reset and flashed the same fresh rom goomanager downloaded and everything worked so it seemed to be a problem with goomanager, not sure what i did wrong though
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] xxRAMOTHxx:
Hmmm could be ...also I would add system to your wipes...I've never flashed through goo manager but I'm thinking you are correct in your assessment.

Glad you got it working.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jbermi:
IIRC, the scripts in goo manager are a little screwy, and don't recognize the built in SD or something, thats why flashing out of the app doesn't seem to work. easier anyways just to flash straight from the recovery.

and as for speed of the recovery, its pretty amazing how fast it will back up compressed androids and restore them...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] MassStash:
Support for ext_sd on the list, or am blind and its already available...?

~Freshly acquired LTEvo; ViperRom'ed in under 2hrs...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] njfoses:
Already available, have to mount it in recovery to access it.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] MassStash:
Ahhhhhh. Derka derka. Makes sense, just thought it'd have been auto mounted. Thanks bro

P.S. have you've seen what this Dood did with wipe menu? Twas beautiful... Not only just well organized, had superwipe, and such, scripts built into wipe menu for one less thing to flash

~Freshly acquired LTEvo; ViperRom'ed in under 2hrs...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ride4mud:
No Sdcard Apps in Backup

I just restored a backup and all of my apps that were moved to the Sdcard were missing in the recovery. Is there anything special you need to select when making a backup to include your Sdcard?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] eyeballer:
.androidsecure
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gpz1100:
Better question is why are you moving apps to sd? On older devices, this was needed due to lack of space. With this device you have 2GB of space to play with for apps. I see no reason to move them unless you have too many apps installed.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] zaaye:
Ok. First time using this recovery. I can not find my zips in recovery. Down loaded Rom but when I go in to flash it does not appear in the folder that it should.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Captain_Throwback:
You have to go to the mounts section and select your External SD card so that it can see the files on it (I'm assuming that's where the zips you're looking for are?).
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] netengineer:
I got an EVO yesterday and unlocked and rooted it. I downloaded goomanager and I (think) I installed the TWRP threw goomanager but how do I access it. I had a moto photon prior and installed CWM and did the 2 button boot to get into that. I just don't know how to get to TWRP. Thanks in advance for any help.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] reverepats:
Hey guys, I got a quick question thats kinda throwing me off here a bit. 2 days ago i got a repalcement. Re-did everything i had to, made a nackup of my Stock ROm and such. So now obviously im running Viper, and decided to make a backup just now. But this time it didnt save to my Internal Memory. It made a new folder on my SDcard and backed up to there. I did set the back up to be compressed, but i also did the compression backup, when i made the Stock one, and that saved to my internal memory the other day. Any ideas on why my backup this morning, would all of a sudden dave to my SDcard? I mean im not complainging, because i would rather have thgem saved to my SDcard. Just thought that was kinda strange. TIA!!!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jbermi:
various ways, power down, boot into bootloader(power +volume down) and access from there, you can access it via goomanager. or how i prefer, i use quick boot
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ifly4vamerica:
Or in goomanager you could click on recovery and presto your rebooted to recovery.

EVO LTE Sent
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] netengineer:
I think I did something wrong. It takes me to bootloader but at the top of the screen it says.

***** tampered*****

*****locked****

*****security warning****

But with root checker it says I am rooted. I dont see an option for TWRP...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mrrogers1:
Labels are normal.

Use the volume rocker and go down to "Recovery", push the power button and you should be taken into TWRP.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] netengineer:
Yeah I did that and it took me back to the same screen. It ran what looked to be a script but added a few options but still throws me back to the same screen. Now TWRP
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
I wouldn't trust goomanager to install recovery. Have you tried to fastboot flash recovery?

sent from a shining jewel 4g LTE