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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Removed by cm-10.1 because useless and broken.

If there is really demand, i can look to port twrp implementation

ors is TWRP standard and doesn't support format /system

extendedcommands should be able to format any partition. Look at *edify* files in /res for examples

New version uses different timezone offset and dst entries. They have to be set again once since 5.09.5.

The crash i really doubt it is caused by this since it is only a standard volatile environment variable setting
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ifti_a:
hi

can you just explain the last part again, seems conflicting ?

"Rooting using CF-AutoRoot is easy

After you has Root the Phone you can use TA to set the internal Counters and custom ROM Flags back.

But Remember:

In the moment you change the recovery you can not set the internal counters and custom ROM Flags with TA!"

so if i use stock rom rooted and custom recovery i can not set the internal counters with TA
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] andreasy:
I don't know if it's here that I should report this or to mobile odin but I believe it's here so, you tell me:

I downloaded the I9505 tar version for Odin and flashed via MobileOdin (Not from PC). Upon completion, on my phone's taskbar I saw just for a second a message "An unexpected error has occured, Please send the log files". I booted into recovery and I saw that the version was the latest one, meaning that the flash completed. Then I searched both my sdcard and extsdcard and couldn't see any log files (I don't know were to look though).

So is this error related to MobileOdin or Philz recovery? Also, should I be worried and flash another version or reflash from PC?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Mobile Odin because you were in rom
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Leaving soon,

Any speed tests with latest version at default settings (size progress disabled but progress bar working) ?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Tanis64:
[MENTION=2481906]ifti_a[/MENTION]

What I ment was:

If you want to Flash a Custom ROM you need a CWM Recovery

What I don't know is if you need Root to flash it (I think not)

Flashing A Custom Recovery such as PhilZ will change the internal Flags (and Counters?)

Using Triangle Away needs Root

You only can Reset the Flags by flashing back original Recovery and then use Triangle Away from Custom / or Stock ROM

I don't know if the custom Rom can handle this, the Stock can.

Regards
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] BillGoss:
Backups now down to 3 minutes on version 5.10 compared to 5:30 on version 5.8.

Very nice work!

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] damca:
For me problem still here with version 5.10.0 low compression 3,3GB take 42minutes. With ver 5.09.5 sametime. But with version 5.09.5 or 5.10.0 with file .hidenandroidprogress this backup take 16minutes. I have wanamlite 1.4 MGA ROM 9505, Ausdim Kernel v11 ADAMKERNEL 1.5. And have disabled size progress for i9505.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hav0c:
In your latest build /cache is formatted but apperantely gets corrupted because if you try to mount is it tells you /cache cannot be mounted. If you try to format it again it fails.

Not all recoveries have this problem. Formatting cache works in i9505-cwm-recovery-6.0.3.2-2: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41438707 Maybe the author of that recovery knows what is going wrong with yours.

Would be great if this gets sorted because your recovery is the most advanced around :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Beefheart:
Yup, was going to say that formatting cache results in a long pause followed by the usual collection of E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log messages. Also, after attempting to format cache, these messages appear on every recovery startup.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] btemtd:
Dammm is this the only bug??? Once this gets fixedd This is going to be by far the best recovery around
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Ok, Uploading right now 5.03.5 repack

- merged Chenglu ramdisk changes to fix cache (at least I hope)

- merged time bug fix from Chenglu

I am using a shell script like Chenglu to mount /cache before recovery start. Hope this is enough to fix it

Else, I will try looking in source or use a proper mount in rc files based on boot.img ramdisk from Samsung

A bit hard to debug this without the device in hands, so just be patient and keep testing

Download:

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

About dialog still shows 5.03.4 as it is only a ramdisk repack, trust the installer message and file name

Many thanks

(upload finished)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Wilhelmus81:
I just flashed it but cannot come into recovery. But booting up with volume up, home and power won't get me in recovery (I see ' recovery booting .... on top left but then screen stays black and after a few seconds it just boots into Android normally). Also tried cwm app to boot into recovery but no joy.

Flashed it with Odin:

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> philz_touch_5.03.5-i9505.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> recovery.img

<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/003> RQT_CLOSE !!

<ID:0/003> RES OK !!

<ID:0/003> Completed..

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Schrotty35:
I have install the latest Version and working fine. I have flash with SGS4 flasher and no problem to boot in the recovery.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Wilhelmus81:
Also no joy from SGS4 flasher. Downloaded it, and when selecting the file to flash the app won't respond anymore.

/edit no idea why it won't boot? also the version from Chenglu won't work so there must be something i'm overlooking?

But when I flash CF-Autoroot it goes perfectly and I get root and everything so can't be the problem that i'm flashing it wrong in Odin?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
So, cache and date are fixed?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hav0c:
Still the same error + flash zip file after cache problem now results in a one time reboot when selecting flash from zip. After this reboot you are able to flash another zipfile tho.

No problem at all to keep testing. Must be annoying for you to keep wasting time on this. Thanks again.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
This is annoying in fact

I merged all Chenglu changes ramdisk wise

Unless the ext4 tools need a fix or it is a kernel issue

Also, is the date fine when you backup and restore?

On stock Samsung recovery, wiping cache is fine?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hav0c:
Well. I'm actually in vacation right now without my laptop. So I do not have acces to Odin right now (since CF does not support the S4 in Mobile Odin yet) This means I do not have any way to flash stock recovery now. As far as I'm aware there is CWM flashable zip with stock recovery. If so I would test it immediately.

Will start in the backup now.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Schrotty35:
Backup to external with compression working, date and time working. And the Backup have the correct rom name Omega v3.0 :) .
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hav0c:
Same here :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Great, at least we progress

Uploading now the next trial:

5.03.6

- fix this f**** cache repack

Download:

refresh link in op in a few mn and let me know

I still have one or 2 options is it fails, mainly mounting cache in init.rc with added options or swap kernel
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ausdim:
Here is cwm flashable zip of the stock recovery extracted from mdm i9505 firmware...

But if you flash that then how you go back to cwm without pc and odin? :o
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] floydart:
I flashed your latest recovery with SGS Flasher and rebooted to it using Gary Harrington's extended power menu.

The phone froze with Recovery Starting in the top left, the LED pulsing and the Samsung logo on screen.

I left it like that for about 5 minutes then pulled the battery and restarted normally - again it froze on Recovery Starting but with no LED.

I then pulled the battery and rebooted in Download mode and flashed CWM 6.0.3.2 from Chenglu and the phone started fine.

I'm currently using djembey's slim, prerooted, deodoxed me2 and have not changed the kernel.

Hope this helps ......
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ausdim:
Sorry for the off topic but i dont understund why people's is "pulling the battery out" ??? :cyclops:

If you press the power button for 10" the device it will reboot... ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Wilhelmus81:
Flashed this one, version .6 and can get it to boot up :). What do you want me to try and see if it works?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
try to format /cache and report if it works
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Wilhelmus81:
from mounts and storage menu then format /cache? it says Formatting /cache... Done.

So that works? Or should i check something else?

oh wait. it says

e: can't mount /cache/recovery/log

e: can't open /cache/recovery/log

e: can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log

e: can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
Great :good:

I can leave quiet now that i9505 has a good version

You'll probably get same times under stock CWM

The .hidenandroidprogress disables all logging of backed up files. If you have thousands of very small files, it can have a huge impact. Remember, it is a smartphone, not a PC with HDD

Try to move game folders with too much files to /sdcard using some mount programs (foldermount, directory bind...)

I will add on next update an option to directly toggle the .hidenandroidprogress file inside recovery

That way all are happy
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] friedrich420:
Yes you can !! ;) we THANK YOU!! :thumbup:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Nick24:
Just get black screen.I have auto root with stock samsung rom installed
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ifti_a:
Sounds good.

Thank you for the info, best reply I've had regarding this.

Thanks again
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Nick24:
I can only get into recovery using rom manager in android.Pressing volume up + home + Power doesn't work.Just tells me that recovery is booting and then just black screen.When i release the buttons the device restarts and boots into stock android rooted with auto root.Any help is appreciated. :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] maglise:
Version 5.10.0

Hi Phil,

I did a "normal" nandroid backup in my ExtSDcard (64GB FAT32) - Nandroid default settings, with new version 5.10.0 and the .hidenandroidprogress file :

OMEGA Rom v9.0 + Stock Kernel :

Backup time : 06:50 min (yesterday with version 5.09.5 had 06:55 min)

Backup size : 2826 Mb

Compression : 0.00%

Generating the md5 sum, takes about 2 min, which IMO is a lot compare to the system and data backup.

I tried yesterday to restore a 5.09.5 backup (2.8 GB), it took about 11 min. Didn't try yet the new version in Restore mode.

Anyway, the speed is fantastic and we can now experiment without the fear of taking too much time to backup or to restore.

Have a good time during your vacation,

Thanx a lot

Maglise
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] chubby65:
Download holo reboot from play store mate

Gives you 4 way reboot
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Phil3759:
:thumbup:

But what i am interested in is the speed with 5.10.0 WITHOUT the .hidenandroidprogress file.

In this last version, by default, progress bar works while size progress stats are disabled. You see progress bar moves and files scrolling, but not the 100/2500Mb progress. In settings menu, you can still enable size progress

Hope you get what i mean
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
I also lost my time zone after flashing 5.10.0 after setting it again everything looked fine until the next boot into recovey.

Now I also have time bug, stuck at 7PM at every boot in to recovery. I never had this before with any of the previous PhilZ touch recovery versions on the S4.

So unfortunately not an improvement for me as far as this famous time bug is concerned.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] andreasy:
For me 5.10 messed up the touch screen. It was either not responding to touch or it was misbehaving. In general the gui was unusable and yes timezone was also lost so what I did is reset to default settings and disabled vibration which was causing me some issues with touch. Everything seems fine now and touch works again. I'll have to check if timezone sticks.

---------- Post added at 11:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:27 PM ----------

In regards to speed, I ran one backup without .hidenandroidprogress and took 51 minutes and then with

.hidenandroidprogress and it took 10 minutes. Amazing difference.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kona786:
sorry to be a noob but how do you create this .hidenandroidprogress file? what type of file is it?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] andreasy:
Just use root explorer or other file manager on your phone and create a simple blank file in clockworkmod folder of your sdcard and rename it with that name
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kona786:
thanks mate I figured that out in the end - but it was never showing on my phone as 'show hidden files' was unticked. All sorted now thanks :good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Iamkanga:
What am I doing wrong

Sorry all sorted
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Milamber:
I have show progress enabled and the nandroid backup targets my sdcard, this backs up 2.7GB in just under 4 mins - Compression is also off.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] daniello8:
Thanks .. also helped me .. my touch was wrecked even before 5.10.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Tanis64:
Had some Time Zone related issues:

Time Zone setted in 5.10 also checked DLST

After Rebooting

Time was Wrong (+1hour)

Cuople of Seconds later Time was corrected

But after this some widgets (BW etc.) didn't refresh Time anymore.

I go back to 5.07.6

Same thing

Then i flashed 5.10 again

Reset all Recovery Settings

Time jumps back to UTC

Living in a UTC + 2 Zone (but who cares, exspecially the recovery shouldn't ;) )

Do not adjust any thing else than background to solid (black) and Menutext to green

Now save all Recovery Settings

Reboot into Recovery again

Time is still UTC

Reboot Phone

Now time is correct and all widgets sync correctly again.

On S1, S2 and S4 i never bevor have to set any Timezones or DLST in Recovery

Why not yust leave it to Unix UTC, i don't care about if my backups have UTC Timestamps which doesn't mach any OSs Timezones.

Regards
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] cdzo72:
Only issue I have had is the touch. I can't use the vibrate as it makes the recovery almost unusable... And even with it disabled scrolling is a hassle no matter what I do to the sensitivity settings. Can't comment on the creation of nandroid because the Online Nandroid app and it takes about 10 minutes to complete but restoring one of those nandroids with 5.10 took almost an hour to complete
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] andreasy:
Good you also mentioned it as I thought I was alone. In change logs it doesn't mention anything about touch modifications which made me wonder why I had those issues. Scrolling is also another issue, yes which I forgot to mention
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] mchu6am4:
Can I overwrite TWRS using Odin without any issues?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kieeps:
Yes
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] mchu6am4:
Hi, the main thread states Cwm at 6.0.3.4 whereas the latest download in this thread is 5.10.xx?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
It's PhilZ recovery 5.10.xx but based on the latest official CWM 6.0.3.4
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kona786:
The brightness adjustment doesn't work in 5.10 on my S4.

The rest works fine so far :good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] maglise:
5.10.0 WITHOUT the .hidenandroidprogress file

Hello Phil,

As you request yesterday I made a normal backup (Default settings, no compression) to check the speed with 5.10.0 and WITHOUT the .hidenandroidprogress file.

OMEGA Rom v9.0 + Stock Kernel :

Backup time : 06:58 min (yesterday with version 5.10.0 and with .hidenandroidprogress file had 06:50 min)

Backup size : 2856 Mb

Compression : 0.00%

So for me almost exactly the same time !

Anyway, the speed is still very good.

Have a good time during your vacation,

Thanx a lot

Maglise
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ifti_a:
My nandroid ROM backup took 30mins ?

Is that how long it should take ? It was about 4330mb

Just curious.

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Nick24:
Can i not get into recovery with volume up + home + power when the phone is switched off...??
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] cdzo72:
That's exactly how you get into recovery
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
Yes that's long, you be able to do that in about 10 minutes. Of course if you backup to external sd it also depends on sd sd speed.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Nick24:
Unfortunately i only get a black screen when i try that.I can only get into recovery when in android and not when the phone is switched off for some reason...Black screen and then the phone restarts... :(
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] cdzo72:
You're doing something wrong... have a hardware issue or something is corrupted....

I'd flash a stock ODIN ROM and see if the problem persists
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Brendo:
release buttons as soon as stuff appears on screen ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Nick24:
Thanks Brendo it worked... :p I was holding the buttons for 2 long... :p They have to be released as soon as the booting into recovery and galaxy s4 screen appears .... If you leave it to get to the black screen it's 2 late... :p

Thanks again for your help :victory:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hawkerpaul:
Since I installed 5.10, I cannot set my time zone at all. Its stuck on UTC, (which also affects CWM backup folder names.)

I tried re-flashing 5.08.5 (on which I knew this used to work) and I still cannot alter the time settings.

I seem to remember it complaining something about no .ors files in clockworkmod folder.

Not sure if this is related to this problem however.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
I also reported similar issues after flashing 5.10, but after a few days it mysteriously started to work again. I didn't change anything in the recovery setting.

I use OBackup for my nandroids so It did not effect my backup naming.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] cloak:
Hi Philz,

In the latest S4 4.3 rom Cwm rommanager will not run and the file permissions option in your latest build is removed.

Repairing the file permissions always solved a lot of problems in the past.

Is it possible to include this option again?

Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9505G met Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] daniello8:
wow .. aromafm is unsuable for me .. I cannot scroll through the file list (other than with the vol buttons) .. each time I touch the screen (to swipe) the view is reset :(
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hawkerpaul:
I made a mistake regarding this. I can in fact change the time zone (eg. set it to UTC 0 for UK)

The problem is that the time is incorrect. For me, its 6 hours fast
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
That was what I also experienced, the zone was correct but in recovery it was always 7PM. But now it's correct, again no idea what corrected it.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] emmanueldmc:
5.10.0 is not for the s4 i9500?which is the latest version available for the i9500? :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] nightranger73:
Latest is 5.10.0 as you can find in OP link.

Philz have too many devices to mantain so he can't post everywhere for updates. Read the main thread (in OP also) to get informed for new release

Edit: sorry, I've seen right now you where talking about 9500 and not 9505 but the advice to post on philz main thread is the best solution
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] andreasy:
Wrong time for me too. Timezone sticks, daylight saving doesn't ajust the time and I see incorrect time.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hawkerpaul:
Would anyone know if Phil is aware of this issue, as I've seen no official response up to now.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
I think he is on a short break ATM. I'm sure he will respond when he is back.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] teemu_hil:
Hello.

I flashed new MGA firmware to I9505 and rooted my phone with CH-Root and then flashed this PhilZ CWM. But now there is small problem. When I reboot from recovery it will always ask that same question: disable flash recovery? If I click yes, phone reboot and will start normally. When I like to go recovery menu again and like to reboot (or shutdown), it will ask the same question again. Before I have ME2 firmware and it asked this question only once at the first reboot from recovery. Now it ask it every time...

Is there any solution to fix this? I would not go to older firmware.. :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] andreasy:
This message appears when you install new ROM. You just select disable and it goes away until you reinstall a new ROM. If you are on MGA, that's how it should be.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] teemu_hil:
That is the problem, it will not disable this question if I select "Yes - Disable recovery flash". It will ask it every time I go to recovery and select reboot or shutdown.. Tried to flash stock recovery again (ch-root) and then this Philz but still nothing new..

---------- Post added at 08:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:43 PM ----------

Problem solved! :) I made wipe data/factory reset -> Clean to install new rom. And then restored backup.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] csec:
Hey guys,

I can not backup to ext-sd or flash ROM from it. Always recieve an "error mounting" message.

(However I can mount it as UMS to PC.)

My MicroSD is 2GB class 4 and formatted FAT32.

Anyone knows about this?

Searched the thread, but no luck.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] andymihail:
Regardless your mounting problem, how would you make a backup on such a small sized sd card??? It wouldn't even fit on 2 GB of space.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] csec:
Yeah, I didn't notice that. But still the fact is it gives mounting error.

EDIT: Just tried an 8GB MSD and it mounted just fine.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] gee2012:
Remove the file in /data/data/com.sec.knox.seandroid and it will pop up no more.

BTW: How do i select the external sdcard as default backup storage location? -EDIT- Solved, silly me :silly:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] dknotty:
I've just installed Phil's recovery and the ASOP 4.3 ROM (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2369922). I then went on to encrypt my device.

Now I cannot do a backup. I can only think this is due to the encryption.

Is there a work around?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] :
i'm new to the galaxy s4 i9505, but i have problems with zip files with the aroma installer. the colours are buggy. blue is yellow and red is blue (ics theme). can someone help me?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] :
it took me 30 minutes to backup and 49 minutes to restore. on S3, backup can be done in 10 minutes. :crying:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Addicteddddd:
Hey guys,

Flashed this on a completely new S4 - But when i try to enter recovery (using volume up, home + power) I see a message on the top right saying Entering Recovery... (or something like that), but then it just resets again and boots into Android?

For info I flashed philz_touch_5.10.0-i9505.tar.md5 via Odin onto a new i9505 - any suggestions?