yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] SoLoR1:
Reflashed again on fna5, cleared dalivk an now its working... wierd :s
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] aeroman:
tried New latest Version 6.10.6 with GE Rom to Flash new Rom Version.

Became again "Status 7 Error, Installation aborted"

I'm back to v6.9.2 with this Version works all fine. ;)

P.S I tried Backup too, with latest Version with my exfat 64gb card, needs 37 min, omg.?

had to conclude that worsened with the new versions a lot. :(

(before needs 7-8 min.) :)

Regards

●tapatalked GT-I9505G●
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] shingers5:
the problem is with the latest version mate. i reverted to 6.07 version and it works fine but when i use latest 6.10.xxx it fails all the time
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Riskytwin:
Philz 6.10.4 backup 5.1 GB in 11 min. no compression. Same time as with other versions. I9505 android 4.3 MKF stock rom.

Thanks Phil. Keep on really good job!

Risky's my name
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] shingers5:
thats is incorrect as i was on 4.2.2 stock and now running PA 4 beta 3 without issues. problem i had was that philz v6.10.xx was giving status 7 error so i tried twrp 2.6.3.1 and it flashed correctly.....................reverted to philz 6.07 and all is flashing well now
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] aeroman:
Yes Same here, must be Recovery related. ;)

Regards

●tapatalked GT-I9505G●
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] angiotell:
hi all

Where can I download Philz Touch 6.10.6 ? please

thanks
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] mACSman:
http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/jfltexx ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Obagleyfreer:
No matter what I try I just can't get the time on this recovery right when I choose my timezone ( New Zealand) It's always 1hour out. I've had to select Samoa timezone so it displays correctly.

What am I missing?

---------- Post added at 08:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:38 PM ----------

The OP has link for all downloads mate.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Bradden1:
Fix Permisisons

I'm updating my Kernel - Ktoonsez - who recommends fixing permissions. I thought this was usually done in recovery but I can't see any option?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] bubba949:
It was removed as fix permissions was pointless.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hanspampel:
This question was asked many many times and many times answered too. So please use the search.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] mupet0000:
Just installed 6.10.6 on my i9505, tried to install danvdh's GE rom, got error - format() expects 5 args, got 4 (status 7).

So, I guess I'm gonna have to install an older version.

Edit:

Ok so I tried 6.10.4 and I got the same error, so instead of flashing each recovery version until I got a working one, I went back to the one with the most downloads which was 6.08.9, and I can confirm that it is working and it flashed the same zip with no problem.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Bejda:
Actually on my side i don't really get the actual situation (i mean since 6.09.6) but as usual we just to have check Philz main thread to know what's up, what could be bugs or expected behaviors,versions involved,etc etc..
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hawkerpaul:
You need 6.9.2 or older, or edit the updater script's format command as described a few pages back
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] DiDA™:
Awesome work Phil!

Highly recommend this recovery to anyone!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Formhault:
Like pretty much the majority of people that own Samsung devices :D
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Acer4605:
if you install philz and after that you install he rom without rebooting you might end up with a status 7 error reboot after installing philz and then install the rom of your choice
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] BillGoss:
DST doesn't work in PhilZ. You need select a timezone that gives the equivalent time. Eg, I use Vladivostok instead of Sydney.

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Ninolina:
And what about the date? My backup folder shows wrong date and a year is 1970. :( My date and a year in phone is ok though.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] shingers5:
i use it on every samsung i own and used to own. for samsungs there is no other!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] cdzo72:
Flash abyss kernel and reboot... Once rebooted into android then reboot to recovery and time and date should be ok... you can then reflash your preferred kernel and time and date should stick
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Ninolina:
Thank you for replay. :) I will try that. :)

EDIT:

It worked! :) Thank you one more time! ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Update 6.11.1

This version adds a new menu under "GUI Settings / Time Zone / Change Date"

There you can manually set time and date up to the seconds

On my system, it correctly sticks

Later updates will add more time fix workarounds and use of the time_daemon for devices not supporting this method

Please test the new menu and let me know
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] DSA:
There can't be much more to add to this, it already has everything....

Maybe a kitchen sink? Lol

Great work fella, wouldn't even think of using a different recovery
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] D.Price:
Hi, I ve got a big problem with the latest version. Got format error arg while installing update.zip. scripts are OK
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Acer4605:
with the latest kitkat leak we have to revert back from the most recent version to version 6.0.8.9 because of an error 7 during installation

any way to resolve this?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Formhault:
For the time being, stay away from the ROMs based on leaked builds... Give the AOSP-based ROMs a shot in the meantime :).
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] DSA:
by reading the faq

#

Please please read the faq before flashing this
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] gatsuu:
Hello Phil,

I use your recovery because it is the best for this device, thank you for your work!

But I have only a problem with MIUI rom, when I flashing with philz it loss service with no baseband, this problem is caused by recovery.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
probably because of miss-set selinux properties

Recovery cannot know every ROM/FW update needed SE properties

Two possible fixes:

- your zip installer should use set_metadata correct settings to override recovery properties (ask rom maker)

- reflash modem/culprit files using odin
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] gatsuu:
I tried with reflash modem with odin but this isn't resolve.

Thank you for your explain phil!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Update 6.11.4

Add option to make time really stick on reboot

Do not use the Qcom option, but only the "Try Force Persist on Reboot"

This should make time really fixed
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Riskytwin:
Sorry to say I've tried changing the time but next reboot time was in 1970 with persist and not persist ticked and having saved the changes.

Risky's my name
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] phileasx:
Hi, need to ask if the Kernel update affect System also?

What's the Kernel version. Sorry it's kind of a noob question
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Bejda:
I can't say for others Touchwiz 4.4 based rom but for Echoe v14 rom the status 7 error is a set perms fail as the rom updater-script commands a set_perm chmod for two files that doesn't exists in the zip (/system/etc/dbus.conf and init.goldfish.sh) , it gives a "no such file/directory" and then fails if you use 6.09.6 =< Philz versions (6.09.6 changelog part: Fix potential chmod failures).

Once these lines removed (same lines+missing files on v14.1 btw,just checked the zip) the flash goes fine but you end up with unknown baseband and IMEI..so real fix is actually given a few post above:

For the moment waiting for fix on rom side you can actually use versions up to 6.09.2
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] cbeckstein:
great.. with this version (6.11.1) backup speed is back to normal (fast again)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ranger4740:
Woooooowwwww 6.11.4 version time fix is awesome now my backups are correct date and time, thank you so much Phil!

Backup speed

4GB

SDCARD1 (supposed to be a class 10/UHS 1 64gb still undecided if it's really that speed because my old class 4 16Gb gives simular TX speeds)

13:53

I guess i should do backup to sdcard (internal) for faster backup...

Edit: same backup but to internal storage

7:01
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Barthlon:
Does it automatically fetch system time now, or still need to workaround by manually adding a time?

Thnx :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ranger4740:
On 6.11.4 there is option to change time and date setting manually which is what I used.

I guess if you look at it from a IBM compatible PC point of view, PHILz manual method changes the time and date in bios level instead of windows UI level.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] angiotell:
Where can I download Update 6.11.4?

thx
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ranger4740:
Same place you get all the other versions.

If you read the very first post you will find the link to the downloads.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hawkerpaul:
Link is in the op of course.

Clue is in the thread title.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] wojnar:
Is the newest version still giving status 7 error after flashing under new bootloader?

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] DSA:
sigh...

read the faq,

I even told another user to do this on the previous page, please make sure you read the entire 1st, 2nd, 3rd post and the entire last 2 -3 pages

Your question has been asked and answered a million times
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] KenHua:
If the speed of backup and restore is your priority you should give version 5.18.9 - i9505 a try. You won't be disappointed. You would probably get it done in less than half the time that of yours in both cases.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ranger4740:
Actually speed report was just basically a FYI.

Time fix is definitely a higher priority I think.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Try to set compression back to level low

For me, I just tested, it is still faster than 5.xx versions, on exfat slow external sd, like [MENTION=2911853]BillGoss[/MENTION] reported with his stats

If you want to complain about speed, take the pain to do good tests like this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=49102572#post49102572
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] KenHua:
Dear Phil, thanks for your attention. I tried every version of your releases but I couldn't get the kind of timing BillGoss was able to get except version 5.18.9. I'm not complaining at all, I appreciate your hard work and that you have given me a version that I can rely on. I don't know the technicalities but I tested them one after another just to ensure that Recovery is the only variable in my test runs. I can't find any explanations as to why one version can be so much faster (>4 times to the latest version) than the other, and defer so much from one phone to another. I guess I can't do much about it since it is too advance for me but will keep testing your new releases and hopefully a newer one would favors my phone again. You GUI is the best to me by far. Thanks a lot for your continued effort.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] zeus85:
Mate I see that you are being plight about what you see as a problem there are bugs with all i9505 recoveries how ever I do not see it as a problem myself I'd rather that it took a while and done the job wright the only bug I have found is if I try to update my cm11 nightly directly it will not install this is a minor bug that I can easily work around by using advanced reboot and install from cmupdater directory if you see this as to big a problem I suggest you do not compress your backup at all and skip create md5 sum check this will speed things up but your backup will not be as secure stop complaining and let it do the job wright

S4 GT-I9505 Cm11
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] KenHua:
My Checksum is always off and have tried uncompressed backups but the differences are just incremental, the order of magnitude remains the same. I don't consider the longer backup time as a bug but assumed that they did it for reasons beyond me. I am contented with I 5.18.9, which works for me, so I suggest it to others sometimes. Thanks for your response.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Bejda:
[MENTION=5531219]zeus85[/MENTION], this doesn't work for CM Updater?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
- backup type: tar vs tar.gz ?

- compression level ?

- card size ?

- format type: exfat vs fat32 ?

- data size ?

- time of backups for that size for 5.x and new 6.x ?

- Read main thread to provide a log: Advanced / Report Error

No need to be advanced geek to post details of your issue

I am interested to fix things but I cannot if people complain without giving some details
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] KenHua:
Thanks for your interest and investigation. Given below are the key information:

Common settings for both versions:

- backup type: tar (CWM)

- compression level: Fast

- card size: Internal i.e. SDCard0 (16GB), about 7GB free

- format type: exfat (I suppose)

- Show Nandroid Size Progress: on (X)

- SE Context JB 4.3: (X)

- Checksum: Off

- ROM: GE-ML6 JB4.3 Stock Kernel

Results of backups (copied from log):

Ver 5.18.9

- Backup time: 03:22 mn

- Backup size: 1310.99Mb

- Compression: 40.68%

Ver 6.11.4

- Backup time: 25:57 mn

- Backup size: 1311.44Mb

- Compression: 40.48%

Log files of both backups are attached herewith for your reference.

Thanks

p.s. It seems like backing up of the numeral small files (e.g. *.gif) is slower in 6.x based on my observation but I could be wrong.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
:good:

Wired because you are using internal storage (ext4) which is much faster normally

Can you ensure your phone is not getting too hot and put in a cold place?

I will investigate it too
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] KenHua:
No, the phone doesn't get hot at all -- may be just a little warm after two backups. Also I have done it in reverse order before and 5.x is consistently better than the rest. My battery life is good under normal use and in sleep mode (lose 3% over night). Benchmark results are comparable to those posted on the net. I think the phone is ok.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
I will try backup to internal again and see
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Milamber:
Does recovery support encrypted sdcard - in other words if my sdcard is encrypted can I backup to it via recovery?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Can you try it and report?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Milamber:
Will encrypt now and test!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Time fix:

I just managed to get the time daemon work to get time always in sync with main system

No manual time set needed

Next update will be good
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ranger4740:
Hi Phil and everyone

Just wanted to report I was using the 6.11.4 with manual time force fix which fixed backup time and dates while making backups.

As suggested by other users, I flashed 5.18.9 and discovered that the force time fix also works for backups made with 5.18.9 so now backups made have correct time and date.

Excellent job.

Also too Phil great job fixing the time sync.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kofe:
I can confirm that using 6.11.4 version takes long time to backup.

Tried many versions and got same result. It worked fine using 6.07.9.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Ninolina:
Where can I find the link to that version? I don't see it on the link provided in OP.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] speedyranger:
http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/jfltexx
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hanspampel:
V6.12.2 is out.

Download
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Update 6.12.2 (28.01.2014)

You can now enable the Qualcom Time Daemon option in GUI Settings / Time Setup / Change Date and Time

Your time will be now always in sync with main system + your backup folders having the right time stamp include TZ

Backup speed: I use the new exfat sources from Samsung modded by dorimanx

In my tests, same conditions: 10% faster backups at compression level "low"
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Ninolina:
Thank you, but I saw that link and I was there. The thing is that I can't find v 5.18.9 there. :(
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] speedyranger:
http://d-h.st/users/philz_touch/?fld_id=16685#files
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Ninolina:
Thank you. :) That's it...:) ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Riskytwin:
Using Qualcom Time Daemon, now time shows 26-09-1921, 12h

Risky's my name
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
What rom?

Provide a log after boot

Use one of the other methods (but do not mix them)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] franzyroy:
6.12.4... You would say!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] KenHua:
I tried 6.12.4 and the backup time reduced by 70‰ over 6.11.4.-- big improvement! Attached is the log file for reference.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
6.12.5 :D

cosmetic changes in Change Time and Date menu

sync sources and updated kernel defconfig
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] franzyroy:
You stop never! ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] niknase:
[MENTION=4666971]Phil3759[/MENTION]

hi mate, I've one problem , i don't now if its recovery related.

I'm on leaked firmware XXUFNA5 Omega Rom without another framework like Xposed.

after installation with you recovery all woks fine, but if i do a backup or install new version of your recovery everytime after reboot auto rotation is broken. after new installation of the rom all is fine again. reinstalling a backup auto rotation is gone again.

its not app related i installed for test without my apps. everytime after i did something in recovery auto rotation is broken.

maybe you can help me with a tip

thanx in advance

S4 9505 powered by Omega Rom V21.1
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] torpedo10:
+1

In TWRP recovery idem :confused:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2624197
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Riskytwin:
Recovey 12.4

Stock 4.3 MKF. All Philz recoveries work fine but date 1970

With new recovery date 1929. Tried all methods without success and not mixing them. I set time but when reboot recovery again time incorrect.

Thanks Phil

Risky's my name
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Barthlon:
I thought I read somewhere that Philz fixed issue 11 (5/4 arg error), but I can't find it anywhere.

I might have dreamt it :p
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] KenHua:
I tested 6.12.5 on the backup time and the result (21:15mn) was not as good as my previous 6.12.4 test (7:12mn). Backup settings are the same except 6.12.4 was done when USB was disconnected. Attached is my log file.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Do you care reading my answers?

Never backup with usb cable connected

No fix for now
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] KenHua:
Just FYI... I redo my test run for 6.12.5 without USB connection and the time improved to 14:01mn (was 21:15mn with USB connected). I also re-run the test for 5.18.9 without USB and the time was 3:35mn (was 3:22mn with USB). It seems that version 5.18.9 is not affected by USB connection. Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Badwater55:
I had to enable the qualcom deamon once to see correct time.

Due to some posts stating the default settings work (all 3 points unchecked) for them I disabeld it and reboot the phone. Time is still correct :thumbup:

Didn't make backup so far.

P5110, CM11, dhollmen
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kofe:
It's an hidden folder (.efs_backup), enable "show hidden files/folders" - or something like that - and you should be able to see the backup in that folder! ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kofe:
For me the backup with the 6.12.5 version took 5:03 min, but the restore is taking like for ever! I couldn;t let it finish, it was running for like 10 minutes and it only resotored 140 mb out of 1711 ...

Switched back to 6.07.9 and it restored in 4 minutes. I will stick to this version for now.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] KenHua:
Great that you have a version that works well for you. I tried 6.07.9 but still 5.19.8 gives me the best performance. My last restore took just a little over 2 mins with it. It makes testing of ROM's so much easier with the quick backup and restore. Cheers...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hanspampel:
It seems there is another update from "neverending Phil".:p

Download
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
There are no changes for you between 6.12.5 and 6.12.8

Only jfltexx got 6.12.5. Changes to 6.12.8 do not affect this device at all

But feel free to update obviously

I even didn't install it my self, LoL
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] andyjg247:
Is it just me that struggles not to update to the latest, even if you say it makes no difference. Just the idea that there is a later one plays on my mind and I must update! :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] BillGoss:
An updated set of tests using the latest version (6.12.5). Backups go to the external sdcard (SanDisk 64 GB).

Misc nandroid settings:

- Show nandroid size progress: unchecked

- Hide nandroid progress: checked

Logs: https://www.dropbox.com/s/h81ivi9gz1kzlvo/Recovery-logs-140131.zip

Spreadsheet: https://www.dropbox.com/s/lb6409761tyg8tr/BackupTimes-140131.xlsx

Summary:

I'm now sticking with 6.12.5

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Many thanks for your objective tests :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] KenHua:
Hi Bill, thanks for the update. You inspired me to try my luck with the latest 6.12.8 and I tried being as closed to your test conditions as possible. So I set the output (file size was about 1300MB) to external card (Samsung 32G Class 10) but was disappointed by the result (17:15mn). I went back to 5.18.9 and BANG! it was done in 2:35mn (back to internal card). See log attached.

As I was doing the backups, I was looking at the screen like watching the paint dry and subconsciously felt that in 5.18.9 the screen doesn't seem to get updated as often as that of 6.12.8. So I decided to give 6.12.8 another go at it with the progress hidden. Guess what! The backup time DROPPED to 3:15mn (internal card)! I suppose the process of updating the screen or log file was likely the cause for the long backup lead-time of the 6.x versions. The log file size is much smaller with the logs hidden. I will use 6.12.8 from now onwards. Thanks Phil and all ... :good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
What would help me a lot is what I asked you once:

disable size progress while you keep progress bar option and let me know about speed

That way I can understand if teh issue is related to the size check or to the logging

Also, you made a mistake: both attached logs are from 5.x
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] KenHua:
Ops, you are right. Got overly excited and mixed up my log files. Running it now as suggested but doesn't look favorable.

NB. I disabled the Size progress and status showed as NA but the progress bar below it gets updated on an ongoing basis. Also it displays all the file names!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
and speed is better when only disabling size progress while you still see file names?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] KenHua:
Ops, you are right. Got overly excited and mixed up my log files. Running it now as suggested but doesn't look favorable.

NB. I disabled the Size progress and status showed as NA but the progress bar below it gets updated on an ongoing basis. Also it displays all the file names!

Edit: Log attached ... 19:21mn

Edit 2: Log (b) for progress off setting ... 3:14mn