yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
This is of great help as it shows it has nothing to do with graphics (screen is not drawn when you disable all progress) and size checks

Nothing in vold changes explains it

Could be cpu freq oprimization changes

I will look at what could change in between. Maybe I can bring a fix
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
A last favor

Can you do the test on internal storage, old vs new version?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] BillGoss:
Using /sdcard this time.

5.18.9:

1. CWM: 02:07 mn

2. TWRP: 02:21 mn

6.07.6:

3. CWM: 03:30 mn

4. TWRP: 04:04 mn

Logs: https://www.dropbox.com/s/i3k9r5ek6za0ixg/backup_logs-140101.zip

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Thank you again

Since the increase in time seems global and we excluded graphics and size checks, I will take a look at cpu settings and rc files

Thank you for your time and happy new year
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ramordep:
how do i change the naming structure of my backup? it wasn't named according to the actual date.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] anees02:
I face the same problem the Time always incorrect although i change the time zone to a local time zone but doesn't affected.

It still not correct.

And I think this issue also in TWRP recovery.I hope the dev. fix this issue.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Torlugic:
does this also work for the i337m? Running 6.00.8 now I still once in awhile get stuck at the Sammy logo, sometimes it happens back to back 2-3 times before phone boots up.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
[colour=red]Update v6.08.7 [/colour]

Changelog later

Mainly it adds the new perf mode to max 4 cores frequency during backup/restore

It also sets default compression level to "medium" if not previously set by user

[MENTION=2911853]BillGoss[/MENTION]

Can you test speed here

I got up to 30% increase but my card is slow

Ensure compression is set to "medium" and phone is cool to avoid interferences

It seems medium gives more consistent multithreading performance with pigz
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Tassos_i:
I got a gain of 45% (15'30"-->8'30") with low compression as always, for 2.8GB on Sandisk 64 extreme (exfat).

Thanks Phil!!!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
My god

My sdcard is really slow compared to yours

I am quiet sure medium level could be even better, if ever possible
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Tassos_i:
In my case, medium level is slightly slower (3%).

I would like to mention an issue, concerning screen capture: since several versions now, when sliding left, screen freezes for 10 secs, then says "screen capture failed".
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] HaTrED_:
In my case i've got a gain of +/-50%, with low compression, MD5 generation, from 15min to a 10min backup of 2.2GB with a Sandisk 32GB extreme/FAT32.

In restore time the increase in speed is roughly the same! WoW!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Anizub:
Does this work on xxuemk9? Sorry the noob question

Enviado do meu GT-I9505 através de Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] gerardo87:
I'm on ML6 and everything is good :D

Inviato dal mio GT-I9505 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] rkoh8035:
i'm on ML6 Omega, backed up 4.3 GB using "FAST", 80 mins.:silly:.. is this normal? got 64gb ext card class 1..
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] BillGoss:
You've outdone yourself this time! Performance is better now than on 5.18.9.

All tests using the extremal sdcard (64 GB SAN disk)

Spreadsheet with results: https://www.dropbox.com/s/lfd5sh12z46cl5p/BackupTimes-140104.xlsx

Logs: https://www.dropbox.com/s/p4hdsetttaum33y/backup_logs-140104.zip

Screenshot of results:

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Nice spreadsheet :thumbup:

Happy we got something good now

The credit goes mainly to cyanogen who committed a few patches to optimize pigz parallel threads
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
You can just completely disable gesture actions or set them at your wish in GUI Settings

I will change defaults and remove fb2ng for devices that do not support screenshots for now
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ranger4740:
80 minutes holy crap, no I would not think this is good or right. You have a 64gb sdcard I doubt it's a class 1 wouldn't it be uhs 1/class 10?

On a speed note I did a backup which is 4.3gb on fast, took 19 minutes then on medium which took 35 minutes I'm on echoe v11.

Sdcard is emtech 64gb uhs 1/class 10.

However all benchmarks for sd write gives maximum of 9 MB/s. At that speed theoretically a 4.3gb backup should take about 8 minutes minimum.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] muoino:
Just tested 6.08.7 backup to ext sdcard samsung class 10, compression fast, and time is 30 mins. Went back to 5.18.9 and try again with same settings and the time is just 7 mins. Not sure why. I still have to stick with 5.18.9.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
I still advise using medium compression

pigz would give more consistent output in parallel mode
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] muoino:
The same when using medium with 6.08.7, it still takes more than 30 minutes to backup. And with 5.18.9 just more than 8 minutes. But that is not a big problem for me because I can stick with 5.18.9.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] LiquidBee:
Hi there :)

Im not sure where should i post this problem, but since im having recovery problems, so here it goes:

The problem appeared when I started using CM11. I dont know if its a CM11 problem or Philz recovery's, but every time i flash a CM11-nightly i have to reflash the Recovery through Odin. When I try to enter recovery after flashing CM11 (volUP+pwr or volUP+home+pwr) the phone doesnt enter recovery mode, the line at the top appears "Booting Recovery" but it simply reboots the phone again and boots into CM11.

Please advice

Thank you :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
What is your sdcard specs: fat/exfat/other? its size?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] muoino:
Samsung 32gb class 10 fat
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ionutzvio:
Can someone help me with a small problem, i made a backup on internal memory but i can't find it in clockworkmod/backup. Pls help. I use the latest version
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] khan1989:
Am i going crazy? Or is there no download for i9505? I see i9500 but it wont let me flash this.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Formhault:
Search for jfltexx. I9505 is not listed in Phil's devhost tree, apparently.

Sent from hyperspace
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kfallz:
Success! With the new versions my backup times are back to awesome! :highfive: Now at 8:05min with high compression and everything disabled, to my external SD card.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ranger4740:
[MENTION=218262]Phil[/MENTION]3759

Last night I restored my backup using latest recovery 6.08.7, it took 40 mins, I then had to restore the same backup again a bit later but this time I used older version 6.05.6 and only took 8 mins to restore. This makes no sense why such a big time difference, unless I did something wrong myself, got no idea what though.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] KenHua:
+1 : I had the 6.08.9 version installed on my GT-I9505 and the backup time went up from 6 mins (2 weeks ago) to 22 mins. All settings and ROM (version 4.3) are the same. Not sure why
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] elxufas:
Here not meeting the 9505 samsung, only the 9500, can you tell me where to find the link to download the last recovery or let me route and the link, thanks.

Last version can be found here:

Quote:

i9505 (jfltexx)

http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Formhault:
Read exactly 4 posts above your post. I answered there - it's the same freaking page, for crying out loud.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] elxufas:
Thanks for your answer.

Enviado desde mi S4.

Un saludo, elxufas.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Milamber:
Phil, maybe correct the URL in first post for i9505 to this :)

http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/jfltexx
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] adl:
Please delete.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] pippolino123:
I have a Samsung i9505 and TWRP 2.6.0.0 already installed.

I tried to flash Phil recovery using Odin but I am not able anymore to boot into recovery (it hangs). I am able to boot normally by luck.

I used the "philz_touch_6.07.9-i9500.tar.md5" file.

Did I make something wrong...?

Thanks in advance for your help!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] CarlM34:
Probably....You have flashed the i9500 file not the i9505!?!

EDIT - I can see what you have probably done....You have clicked the i9500 link in goo and not jfltexx link!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] buedi:
Hi Phil,

just want to give the feedback, that the time (upper right site) is still wrong displayed. For example: I choosed "Berlin"-timezone (no daylight saving time) for Germany and it shows me 21:49 now, but for real it is here 13:06. Also the date from the backup is still wrong (1970). My configuration is in the signature - using Stock kernel.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Formhault:
There seems to be a problem here...

I go to Mounts and Storage, select "mount USB storage" and connect my device to the computer... and nothing happens :eek:. Funny thing is that the same happens in the Android (Dan's GE ROM + KT kernel). Nothing happens - the phone just charges. :confused:

It can't be the phone, or the drivers, as everything was in working order three days ago when I was still on SlimBean :eek:.

(yes, the recovery is the latest version)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] MetaIIica:
i used latest Philz CWM and adb sideload will not work in Win7 in Recovery, Device will not detected in Device-Manager.

How can i solve this?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] buedi:
[MENTION=4129455]Formhault[/MENTION]: USB mass storage mount is working fine with latest version (and before).
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
I have no issues for all this

Try to update/fix your windows drivers maybe
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] pippolino123:
Thank you CarlM34. my mistake. now it works :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Be careful using oding

You can hardbrick your device that way overvolting and killing components (was the case on Note 2...)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Formhault:
Can you please elaborate? :eek:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Well, just try flashing one by one the recoveries from other devices in odin

Hopefully, you'll find one killing your device for ever :D
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Formhault:
I was thinking flashing a file for another phone might f*** up the partitions. I was just curious what your experiences with the Note 2 were and if you could provide more technical data as to how the voltages may be messed up & such...

And thank you for caring :D
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] lahceneamine:
Try this :

- Flash Abyss Kernel.

- Reboot.

- Go to recovery (you should have proper time).

- Flash your favourite kernel back.

---------- Post added at 10:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:00 PM ----------

Also got the same issue, my backups/restores are now taking 40 minutes and plus on the latest recovery, when it only took 13 on 6.05.6 :(

===

Same Config :

Med Compression

3000 Mb

Sandisk 32Gb

===
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] qube310:
I just can't boot into recovery and can't find out why. Sometimes I boot into recovery, but most of times, screen just flashes Galaxy S4 logo and that red and blue warnings in upper left handed corner, and it powers off. And no matter how many times I try it again, or what version of Philz recovery I use, it's always the same...

Any help?

I'm using vol up + home + power key combo?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] CarlM34:
Home button not neccessary!

Power+Volume UP....When you see the red/blue writing let go of the power button.....Keep volume up help for a few seconds and then let go;)

EDIT - A custom ROM with 4 way re-boot is also helpful:p
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] qube310:
Well, I would install custom ROM, but can't enter custom recovery :/

It's not working even with just vol up + power...

I tried Philz and TWRP, and just can't figure what I'm doing wrong...

Edit: After 103 tries, I finally managed to enter CR. Thanks for help ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Because only volup is needed just after vibration

But hey, there is a faq section in forum
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hawkerpaul:
Since the last couple of updates, I've noticed many CWM scripts are hanging during the install.

for what I can see, it seems to occur when the script attempts to unmount /system

Anyone else noticing any script hangs?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Broli@666:
Me too.. :(

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9505G mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] HaTrED_:
I'm still on version 6.08.7 where i was getting some blazing fast times with my back/restore procedures.

Somehow, i can't realize why, the backup and restore speed times went all the way up... a simple backup takes now +/15min when i was getting something like +/- 5 to 7min. Restore time increased from +/-3 min to +/- 5 to 7min.

Any clue why this is happening? :confused:

I'm using recovery default settings!

Another issue: i'm getting an error when doing a wipe dalvik cache - sd-ext does not exist. Probably ROM related - GE from Danvdh - ? I'll try to make a log.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] BrunoSlivar:
3 last updates i have time that is not on my phone. In my country is 17h and on recovery 6:20h. Not big deal but.....
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
provide a log
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] _alex74_:
Hi Phil,,

how stunning is your recovery.... using it from S2 and now on S4... the best as ever!!!!

I've readed in the past, but searching thru i have not found about...

- Is still there a limitation of 2 gig as flashable zip for ROMs?(may a remember bad that was fixed?:eek::eek:)

If it, can be highered to 2.5 or 3?

No Hurry... thanks for your hard work even in Tab 3 8" section:good::good::good::good::good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] HaTrED_:
Somehow, my speeds are back to "normal" - 4/5min for backup's! I just can understand why... :confused:

Haven't done/changed anything!

@ Phil3759,

Bellow is my log where it's possible to see the dalvik cache error.

Custom nandroid restore - /data - gives a similar error. Will it be ROM related?

Log
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
just ignore those log info, not errors
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] maurocds:
is there a way to format entire internal memory? emmc? sdcard (not external sdcard1)

lol, forget it, i saw that wipe data does format emmc
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] MJD:
There doesn't appear to be a download link for the latest version when I go the download page. Just a link back to this thread
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] chavdar:
[MENTION=4666971]Phil3759[/MENTION]: Thanks for your great recovery! I also has been using it since.

I am also interested in the reply to the question form _alex74_

Thank you and keep up the great work!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] _alex74_:
bumping just again, as requested the same by chavdar;)

Can you just give some more info?

Big Thanks [MENTION=4666971]Phil3759[/MENTION]
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] fabiienb:
Hi I have a noob question ^^ Why on recovery I have 1 hour less ? Lol

Envoyé de mon GT-I9505 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kimitza:
[MENTION=218262]Phil[/MENTION],any chance to get your recovery to work on latest 4.4.2 TW leak?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kimitza:
I mean,cwm touch is already working. We have cf auto root and supersu 1.89 update...all is missing is the magic touch of your recovery:)

Sent from my EchoE'd GT-I9505/smart phones,dumb people.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
What is missing, just flash it!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Lither:
I've the latest Philz Touch recovery installed, when I flash a new ROM, I always Wipe Data/Factory Reset and select the option Install New ROM, after I flash the new ROM, some apps and games still have settings or saves which I had before flashing the new ROM, is this normal? I thought it wipes everything like settings?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] bltzem:
I have flashed this recovery on my phone, however i can only access it by rebooting into recovery mode, there is no icon in the UI..is that normal? Cheers
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] SoLoR1:
Sorry... but lol... yes its normal, its RECOVERY not somekind of application...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] bltzem:
On an older phone i remember i installed a custom recovery where they were accessible in the UI and you could flash, reboot into modes etc.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] SoLoR1:
Yes... old cwm manager app... that was just "helper" app for recovery...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Formhault:
Because it can't be fixed. And it's really not that important. You are in recovery to backup, restore, wipe or flash. Not browse the internet and spend all your day in there. :silly:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] fabiienb:
Yes i know I Just wanted to ask the question ahah thanks

Envoyé de mon GT-I9505 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] BillGoss:
They probably store their settings on the sdcard, which isn't wiped by a factory reset.

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Tanis64:
Or Google stores that settings for you.

Send from the outback with my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Last menu: Advanced power options
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] geevh:
I cannot get into Philz recovery mode. I installed it with Odin 1.85 on a stock phone with I9505XXUEMKF rom that I rooted with auto-CF-root.

With the autoreboot flag enabled, I just get a normal boot.

I tried this method numerous times but each time no success:

After installing root and opening SU, I got a message about Knox preventing something.

Each time I go to recovery mode, I get a yellow line, a red line and a blue line that appear very short:

Recovery booting (?)

Recovery is not seandroid enforced (?)

(?)

I used even triangle away to get status to official but this doesn't help either

Any ideas on how to proceed ?

Edit: I did a factory reset, reinstalled the new Philz recovery and after rebooting twice in recoverymode it worked
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
6.09.2 (12.01.2013)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] barbudaniel20:
seed :|

Guys, be fairplay...remain at seed after downloading this rom .. :rolleyes: :good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Formhault:
Wrong topic?

Sent from hyperspace
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] adrenalin100:
Hi all .where is philz touch recovery for s4 9505 .I can not link for 9505 .only 9500 .9505 not support ?Please give link 9505 .
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] yhrn:
It's in the jfltexx folder.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] BrunoSlivar:
http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/jfltexx

sent via i9505 powered by omega team
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] adrenalin100:
Thanks brothers ,understand (jfltexx) folder .)))sory noob question
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
v5.04.8

http://d-h.st/users/philz_touch/?fld_id=16685#files

Please give a feedback about external sd if it can still be mounted as exfat

Also, people having issues on previous version while Chenglu's was working, can give a feedback on this. It uses a different approach that could work or not. If not, for these I will release a special repack like Chenglu

Also, can you test efs backup if it works?

For security, I disabled modem backup and flash, until my previous post above on partitions is answered
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Tassos_i:
Phil, my Sandisk 64GB exfat card (formatted with my pc, primary partition, default block size) behaves correctly on my I9505's:

Android

Stock recovery

TWRP

Chenglu's cwm 6.0.3.2-4 (not 6.0.3.2-3)

plus, all Philz cwms on my GN-7000 (I never missed any update I think).

However, the above card has never worked "can not mount external sd / error mounting external sd" with any of your cwms for i9505, last version included.

I had the same problem with chenglu's cwm, told him and he solved the problem in his v6.0.3.2-4.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Ok

I will repack a version with Chenglu fix

He is relying on exfat modules from you main ROM. Only disadvantage is that if you full wipe your ROM, you won't be able to use your exFAT card on reboot to recovery.

It is really strange why it happens. Have to look at the modules, maybe they rely on external libs in /system that do not match. But strange it is only for some cards and not ROM related in that case

For others, last version is ok: exfat mount, backup efs? That way I compile a final stable
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Tassos_i:
Thanks a lot for this informative answer, even if it makes me feel much less comfortable with my current backups: the day I need to restore, it's highly probable, I'll have wiped my ROM. Things were so simpler with my Note!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] cbeckstein:
here on stock XXUAMDM (left Philz set on /data/media as per default) and a Samsung external 64 GB SD card formatted with exfat, Philz v5.04.8 still gives problems:

a) attempt to backup to the external SD fails and aborts with

"can't mount backup path"

b) starting a backup to the internal SD gives the following msgs

"E: error opening '/external_sd/.android_secure'

>> Free Space... (of the internal SD)

>> needed space: apparently computed not taking into account compression (does it compress?)

>> Unknown partition size (1): - /sd-ext"

then the real backup starts...

having completely backed up /data, it ends with the msgs

">> Backing up '/external_sd/android.secure'

Can't mount /external_sd/.android_secure

press any key to cvontinue"

n the end, boot.img, data, preload, recovery and system are stored compressed in the backup at /data/media enthalten

but a MD5 checksum apparently was neither computed nor stored
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Just do not reboot after a full wipe in recovery. Directly install the rom as the drivers should already loaded in memory. Could be enough...

These are not errors, just logs for non existing partitions/path

The md5, you probably disabled it once. Just enable it in Misc Nandroid settings

I will repack next version with better exfat support from Chenglu
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] cbeckstein:
md5 IS checked in Misc Nandroid settings but v5.04.8 nevertheless neither computes nor stores it (like it did with Philz on the SGS3 with a file called nandroid.md5)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
In the log provided by previous users, md5 looks to be perfectly generated else an error would have been returned

maybe you are just missing the good folder?

Provide a log please so that I can help you or see if it is a bug
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Well, sorry

I see no one provided a log for last version, was confusing with a log for previous one

Follow these:

- Go to Custom Backup mode

- Select boot and recovery partitions

- Unselect all others to spare time

- Start the backup

When done, go to Advanced / Report Error

Attach the log here in zip format or after you rename it to .txt
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] cbeckstein:
attached is the log (full backup with MD5 checked in Misc Nandroid settings)