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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Moscow Desire:
Knock it Off Please

Wow!

I would highly advise some folks to please back off from the keyboard for awhile, and not post anything unless it's Development related.

Spontaneous thread cleaning commencing......

Thread cleaned.

Now, here is a News Flash. The OP was kind enough to do development. And it seems, support is being provided.

Developers, ROM Cooks, Themer's, Contributors, all have personal lives and Jobs, University, etc. The fact they provide their works for FREE does not mean they Have to answer your questions immediately. They don't spend their entire life hitting F5 waiting for somebody to post a question. If you don't like it, feel free to move along to some other development, or learn to develop it yourselves.

Posting inflammatory comments for no reason, is not the way to get a developers attention (but it does get mine). In fact, it more than likely will add you to the "ignore" list.

As for those that replied, use the RP button next time please. ;)

Cheers and Carry On!

MD
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] richard2311:
64gb sd card nandroid backups not found.

Hello,

Im currently on echoe Rom,and before flashing another modem i tried to make a nandroid backup using latest Philz recovery.

Now all seems fine, and when its done and i reboot my phone the backup i Just made can't be found on my ext sd card.

Should i reformat my ext sd card....?

Thanks ahead
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] störte:
Did you have a folder named clockworks on your external sd?

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9505 mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ronaldo9_r9:
Guys i am running omega 13.2 rom and want to backup the rom before i flash v15 that was released today. I created a backup today for first time using recovery, its showing 1970 as a backup date. I have read last 200 pages, i understand you have to flash abyys kernel to fix the problem. If i flash abyys kernel and then stock will this create a correct backup. Will it be able to backup and restore 4.3 (omega 13.2) rom. If not please advise which philz recovery version works the best for this purpose. Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] richard2311:
Yes it showed the directory clockwork mod.

And right after backup (no reboot) I can do a restore, but when I reboot in recovery the directory is still there but there's nothing in it.....?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Was answered 1000x times

Read the FAQ
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] shingers5:
Simply the best
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] zencooler:
You can use this backup as a date issue doesn't matter for a backup quality.

The Android version and ROM version also don't matter for a recovery.

Just go and install any ROM you want and you can go back to Omega 13.2 by restoring a nandroid backup.

Good luck.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Mack_75:
Hi Phil,

is there a possibility to get the screenshot feature in one of next updates?

Thx in advance
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] richard2311:
Thanks allot for your helpful answer.

It's the first question I ask in this thread but if this is the way I get answered ill find a recovery thread that will help out..
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Formhault:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA

Sent from hyperspace
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] richard2311:
Well that didn't help...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] DSA:
Sorry, but this isn't a spoonfeeding thread

Your query can be answered by reading the faq

the op shouldn't have to keep repeating himself over and over when the answer is already there - you don't even have to post/wait for an answer...just read the thread
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] richard2311:
I know this isn't a spoonfeeding thread, but it's a little effort pointing someone in the right direction a little more then...

"Read the FAQ"...

And yes maybe I'm a noob, but I thought that forums like these were to help out people like me with problems.

Don't get me wrong, don't want to piss someone off...just asked a simple question....

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
I pointed you to the FAQ because it has your answer.

If you read OP, follow its link, read whole page include FAQ, you'd never asked a question answered 1000 times

A small hint:

It is datamedia things.

Take time to read the answers
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] muamers:
The reason why you was pointed to the faq is because if you dont know the basic things that are asked so many times you will probably come later again with another question that is answered 1000 times :)

I know it is always easier to ask than to search and invest some time in learning, but if you dont want to learn than you will end one day in messing up you phone and than you have to ask Samsung for help and pay them few hundred dolars for that help ... I was in that situation, so I would suggest to take your time before do anything with your phone ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] jantonio23:
Cliche but...

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.."
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] jcespi2005:
Love this thread, and latest answers ;) THANKS
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
PhilZ Touch 6.0

Download:

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

Theme files (put them as in folders in zip AND Internal SD):

http://d-h.st/users/philz_touch/?fld_id=28702#files

Enjoy and huge thanks to all donators who got me this phone
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] chavdar:
You are great, man!

Sent from the GT-I9505 Galaxy
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] phil.o:
Wow, another epic update - again! :good:

Seems like Santa's coming one month earlier this year?! :victory:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Tassos_i:
First, thanks for the continuing development.

Just, 3 minor remarks:

- I could not restore settings from 5.18.9,

- Message about possible root loss is still there (I'm on pure stock odexed MK8, SE enforcing, CF-autorooted),

- Backup on SD-64 exfat is slower by 1/3 when compared to 5.18.9 : under identical conditions (device temperature, compression, nandroid progress display,...) it took 15'30" vs 11'30" to backup 2.4 GB.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Tanis64:
Thanks Phil for the great update and the continued development!

If you uncheck the flag for checking root there is no message, this flag is set by default.

Regards

Send from the outback with my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
You need to setup settings again. There is a deep revision in code. Touch engine was mostly rewritten. Many old settings were obsolete and could cause issues.

Strange about root message, try to answer yes. Normally I added checks to detect the issues on 4.3+ roms. At worst, disable the check in settings
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Idebutterpiep:
What to do with theme files?

Thank you Phill for all your work.

May be stupid: I only don't know what to do with theme files. Never used them before.:confused:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
forgot this one: it shouldn't have changed at all. I did not mess with that part of code, kernel is same, drivers too
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Tassos_i:
Dear [MENTION=643734]Philz[/MENTION],

I hate disputing one of my most respected developers, but just after reading your answer I carried the following experience : Did a Backup under Philz 6.0, that took 16', stayed in recovery, flashed Philz 5.18.9, did a new backup (same settings) that took 10'. So, unless there's something wrong with my i9505, 6.0.0 is indeed slower than 5.18.9.

Could this be related to a potential difference between cwm 6.0.4.4 and 6.0.4.5 ?

(I'm on pure pure stock odexed MK8 SE-enforcing)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ranger4740:
As there is no flashing scripts inside the zip file all you should have to do extract it to your SD card, make sure the folders are correct as in like this

/sdcard/clockworkmod/
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Bejda:
You put custom_res and themes folders under /sdcard/clockworkmod/ and manage them through Philz settings>Save and restore options.

Maybe I didn't noticed some already existing stuffs since now but we have now an easy way to create/manage/backup our recovery appearance and why not share it as theme.

I don't know how it happened that I was still using 1.90 Aroma File Manager version but let's make sure nobody misses its latest (erm..03/09/2013 :rolleyes: ) 1.91 version including GS4 Touch support thanks to Philz3759 as well as the totally cool way to use it under Philz recovery while we're on it..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1646108

Rename aromafm-1.91.zip to aromafm.zip and put it under /sdcard/clockworkmod/aromafm/ folder (by default double tap to launch it under recovery).

Sorry for the redundancy,of course better way to not miss such great possibilities is to read Philz main thread.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] maglise:
The New Recovery Version 6.00.0

Hello Phil,

A big Thank You for your fantastic work and major update :

I just tried it this morning :

- Message about possible root loss is still there and I said Yes for the fix (instead of No), it's all good now and no more warning so I guess it was needed (see below in my signature i'm on Omega 15 - 4.3 - MJ9)

- Backup on SD-64 exfat is exactly the same compared to 5.18.9 : it took 6'40" for 6.00.0 vs 6'50" for 5.18.9 to backup 2.45 GB (just a minor glitch it showed in the summary in the end that the back up took -60'-40" instead of 6'40" (with the minus sign !, it's fast but no so fast to go in minus time).

So thank you again.

Maglise
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
No worry,

Wired as I changed nothing there. vold code did not change too between releases

I will test on my own

Thank you. I will try to reproduce the time bug
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Maybe it is related to backing up selinux context...

It slows things down a bit
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Just tested

I see no diff on my 16gb exfat card

3.4 Gb in 13mn with compression set to low

Will be faster if set to medium. Above medium, it could become slower

Using compression from fast to medium should make things faster than no compression

Also, enabling selinux on new stock roms is needed and will add a few mn
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
I could not reproduce this time elapsed bug. Please attach a log next time you get it
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Well seems it happens when backup is under 10 mn...

Will look at it
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Tassos_i:
Thank you.

If this is the result of your test, what can I say ...? In my case, the duration of selinux content backup is minimal. And it appears to be the same, either in 5.18.9 or 6.0.0. However, in the end, 5.18.9 appears to be quite faster.

I have another idea : I'm going to purchase tomorrow morning a brand new sandisk 64 UHS-I extreme, carry my tests and let you know.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] BillGoss:
I did four backups of the same ROM, switching recoveries between each.

Results:

5.18.9: 04:16, 04:02

6.0.0: 05:53, 05:41

Log files are here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/p8w1x0oysxq3lfi/last_log

https://www.dropbox.com/s/afx9nf8bhrjt613/last_log.1

https://www.dropbox.com/s/m5n1kipk2wwby3v/last_log.2

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9ofkf8n4zm4tv0f/last_log.3

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Will look at what could change to explain it.

If someone finds how to reproduce the negative time display in end of backups, let me know. Tried many things but happened only once
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] BillGoss:
Edit the log file?

;)

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
No, really, sounds wired, I could reproduce it once

No need to logs so

Working on it right now

I use gettimeofday() which I know is bad to elapsed time, but well, in recovery it shouldn't be affected by many things, normally
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Bejda:
Could someone test if Key repeat works with Virtual Keys on latest 6.00.0 version please?

It used to work on previous one but now only with Volume+- hardware keys on my side.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
good spot

an update in device tree from cm broke it

will fix it
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Bejda:
But on "touch" side things greatly improved again! (scrolling..wow thank you very much).

Thing I noticed is that the very first touch after reboot to recovery is kinda very sensitive or at least let's say different.

Touch&hold an empty/no menu part of the screen like for gesture actions gives a rapid series of vibrations/feedback but after that it's ok on second and following touches.

About same behavior under AromaFM where it's very hard to not go right into a folder on first touch (here again only on first launch after reboot to recovery, not reproducible when only exiting/starting again AromaFM).

About AromaFM,sorry it's not a directly related to Philz recovery question but as I've seen you were kinda involved in its development if I can say it like this i guess you're the best person to ask about this:

Is there a way to get correct displayed colors on i9505 under AromaFM? I mean something like the ini_set("force_colorspace","rgba"); line we have to add to aroma.config Aroma Installer file?

I found the question already posted on AromaFM thread about a year ago but there were no answers.

Many thanks again for your work.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
I am aware about aroma bug on first touch. However, in my recovery mod, I did notice it.

About colours, I have no idea. I do not think I will have time to look at it sadly

Touch code was quiet rewritten from scratch again. That's why the jump in version despite things seem same at first sight. Whole code went in a big bug fixing too, mainly closed source parts
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Could finally reproduce teh crazy first touch syndrome

Will look at it

Meanwile, v6.00.2 is uploading

It mainly fixes virtual keys repeat

Feel free to debug these first builds as much as you can, will help a lot
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] aeroman:
thanks for new Update. :cool:

but how change theme?

put files / folders in zip to Internal or External SD, cant see any changes or settings for themes?!

may few Screenshots?

Regards
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Bejda:
;) (was just playing/discovering Photo Editor app, there's place to improve my skills and taste lol but seems to be a great app and well...McGyver is the dev..).

Background that you put under /sdcard/clockworkmod/custom_res/ and change under recovery via Philz Settings>GUI Preferences>Change Background (right under you have Change Menu Colors).

Same for /sdcard/clockworkmod/themes folder which will serve for Theme management (save&load themes). Under recovery via Philz Settings>Save and Restore Settings.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] aeroman:
[MENTION=3648432]Bejda[/MENTION]

Thanks, Very Nice. :)

Watched first under Gui Pref. but now we knows. ;)

Regards

*sent with GTi9505/Tapatalk Pro*
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Bejda:
I can't find v6.00.2, nothing recent in beta folder.

Is release delayed or upload went bad?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ajacquet:
6.00.2 is in an other directory : philz-cwm6-i9505 :cyclops:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
did not notice it, fixed

:good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] KenHua:
Happened once to me on version 6.00.0. yesterday. The value was -55 something. It did take longer (say 2 times) than usual for some reason. Subsequent backups are fine so far. I thought may be it was my kernel or ROM. I'm using GE MK9 ROM and stock kernel now but did switch to KT and back.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] alinghi100:
Hi, I just updated.. why you changed the name of int-sdcard and ext-sdcard with sdcard0 and sdcard1? Now it's not so immadiate.. I can make a error.. :S
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Please update to 6.00.2. I added some fixes to limit the error

I will use clock_gettime() I think on next updates
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] skorzo:
Hi!!

I have just flashed philz_touch_6.00.2-i9505

Is there any way to change the nandroid backup folder to /data/media/0/clockworkmod ?

It is currently at /data/media/clockworkmod and I cant find the setting.

Regards!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] zokni1996:
I using i9505 with closed bootloader, and if i try to flash the recovery, i got an error, wich says, "there is no pit partition"... I using stock ROM, with root acces.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Obagleyfreer:
Hi Phil,

Thanks for such an AWESOME recovery. I've been using it since my S2 and it's definitely the best out there. thank you for the hard work you put in and sharing it with XDA :)

I have a couple of questions:

I get an error message when wiping Dalvik cache and also when formatting Preload.

I understand that preload partition isn't used in the S4, any chance of fixing this error in the future?

One other thing, that is probably a stupid question.....

Now the new 4.4 ROMs can use ART instead of Dalvik, does this mean if you're using ART that wiping Dalvik cache is obsolete?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Update to v6.00.5

This is an important update. The random negative time bug on backups ended to be a memory overflow issue. I strongly advise to update your recovery. Took me a while to figure this

I also removed useless entries from mounts and storage menu

Please, do your best to debug this version and test all that you can

Report any non expected issue, even if seems non important. A small glitch can hide a huge bug
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Tassos_i:
I still have 3 issues :

Backup on sd 64 exfat is considerably slower in versions 6.0.0.x, when compared to version 5.18.9 (something like 13 mins vs 7 mins, under the same strictly conditions). I purchased a brand new super super fast sandisk card 2 days ago and I just observed faster backups both in 5.18.9 and 6.0.0.5, but the backup time ratio between the two versions stays the same, clearly in favor of the 5.18.9 version. I know you said you've changed nothing, but I persist to believe that something has changed.

I cannot say since which phliz version, but transfer rates between my pc and the i9505 in recovery/mount usb mode are considerably lower when compared to android/mtp. I remember that in the past the exact opposite was happening.

There's a weird thing with recovery clock. Since some 5.18.x version, this clock lags something like 2-3 extra seconds a day with respect to android time (which gets updated at every reboot, so it is correct). At this very moment, recovery time lags by a total of 1min50". It's not a major issue, but I wonder how can this happen. Have you got an explanation ?

Thanks,
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
I rebased things on cm-10.2 ramdisk, only kernel is stock compiled from sources

The slower times could be related to the ramdisk changes or the minivold libraries updated on latest sources. I checked again and no changes were done to the nand sources. I have to look play with it later, trying to rebase on stock ramdisk and later to swap the minivold binary to see what caused the change

Clock on S4 needs a special daemon, system based. It is not loaded in recovery. I will try to use other clock code like I just did with time elapsed code. For now, I found no time to look at time issues. I have plans to do, but busy and not on my priority list. It is affecting all current recoveries, include twrp and stock CWM, it is not a severe bug and needs time to investigate it. When my todo list is done, I will look at it

slower ums speeds could be clearly related to the new fuse environment by minivold and ramdisk updates
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Tassos_i:
Thanks for the explanations.

I think that since the very beginnings of exfat on android, it has been very clear that cm is not very exfat friendly (and things get often worse in some updates). I'm not a developer, so maybe what I suggest is stupid, but couldn't you definitely get rid of all cm things for exfat support ?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Actually exfat support is still done through the same prebuilt stock kernel I use on 5.18.9 and same stock exfat modules

I can try a few things later. For older Samsung devices like S3, I managed to compile samsung exfat modules along newer cm kernels. They now have updated selinux kernel and exfat support through ko modules using cm kernel

Backup speeds there are something like 3mn for 1.7Gb
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] maglise:
New Update 6.00.5

Hello Phil,

A big Thank You Again for your fantastic work and major update :

I just flashed it this morning (see my signature below for my config.) :

- Backup on SD-64 exfat is exactly the same compared to 5.18.9 or the 6.00.2 : it took 6'05" for 6.00.5 vs 6'40" for 5.18.9 to backup 2.35 GB (No compression).

Not a single glitch I could see.

So thank you so much, you're always making things easier for us !

Maglise
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] HaTrED_:
My backup time has increased something like +/- 50% from version 6.00.0 to lastest 6.00.5 - 8min vs 15min!

Nothing has been changed in settings.

Anyway, this is not a big "issue" to me and I appreciate, a lot, your work and i hope that you continue to develop this amazing recovery.

:good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] IberianPrince:
Am I missing something here? No matter how many times I flash this, odin/mobile odin, my version always shows 6.0.4.5 instead of the 6.0.0.5 stated here... I'm not new to installing recoveries, or using odin, but the difference in versions being quoted and the one on my phone is driving me nuts!!!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] FPSUsername:
I have a question,

Does this recovery version support stock rom?

Because once I flashed a recovery for android 4.1.2 on a 2.3.3 S2 and it soft bricked the touch buttons and home key. (fixed it by flashing rom through odin)

And I don't want this happen with my friends new S4 I9505
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] David78130:
Don't worry latest Philz recovery is based on CWM 6.0.4.5

, that's why you see it.

Yes it supports all roms for i9505. Don't forget to backup is first thing to do after install a custom recovery ( I suggest on sd1..)

From my Galaxy S4 tuned with CM10.2/Ktoonsez kernel & Philz touch recovery.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
In PhilZ Settings/About you can see exact PhilZ build
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
6.00.7 (30.11.2013)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] aeroman:
Thank you very much mate, now by me all Problems fixed with this Version. :fingers-crossed:

Time & Zone - again OK

Backup Time exFat 64Gb - again OK

(Nandroid ~3550MB in 7.46 Min) :good:

Backup Time during Nandroid - OK

Regards
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Good. This shows speed is a random issue on S4 international. I did not change nothing in that regard really
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Tassos_i:
It is not that random: every backup with 5.18.x takes about 7min, and every backup with 6.0.0.x takes about 13 mins. I'm on TW MK8 as stock as possible.

I know you have other priorities, but when you have some time, could you please test on your own I9505 backup times under 5.18 and 6.0? You know, people can report their own experiences, not always in an objective way...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kfallz:
Also noticed that, backup time doubled, but all the settings are the same, backup size ends up the same, etcetc
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
sure, I will do

But since it is not a dramatic time, it is just delayed on my todo list. I also really think it is not related to my sources, since I know what I do change.

Will let you know about this
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] iniassio:
always the best recovery:good: