yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G1 Android Development] Amon_RA:
Boot into recovery mode.

Select - [Alt+P] Partition sdcard

Select - Partition SD :: Interactive SD partitioning

Press HOME to continue

Now scroll your trackball up or down to change the swap-size to 32 and press HOME to confirm.

Now scroll your trackball up or down to change the ext2-size to 512 and press HOME to confirm.

Press HOME to continue

Wait for the partitioning to finish.

Enjoy.
[G1 Android Development] BigJPR:
Well, my little problem is gone. This is what I did just in case somebody feels this dumb in the future =)

1. Took my sdcard and loaded it on my wife's g1

2. Turned on the g1 to recovery and hooked it to the usb.

3. Turned on Usb mass storage from amon's recovery and my pc took it.

You know the rest. I loaded it the deg image from HTC, then followed the instructions to load the Hero Rom I was looking to load.

I can say that my nandroid backedup and restored correctly after I tested it this morning. don't know what might have happened since I just did the above and came out working. I have not tested turning usb on from recovery yet.

Thanks Amon for such a wonderful tool.
[G1 Android Development] BigJPR:
Why the heck I keep doing this? It tells me I need to wait for posting a reply and I go back to thread and I have nothing posted so I wait for the 30 secs and by then its a double post. I guess I need to be more patient. Sorry guys!

Feel free to harrass me on the pm's =(
[G1 Android Development] xallyx:
Ok =) THANX!!! i just watched some videos lol
[G1 Android Development] dskyers:
for us mt3g user

when will this come out for us mt3g im on 1.3.2 is that the latest for mytouch 3g
[G1 Android Development] southsko:
I tried to a nandroid backup and it was going for 15 minutes.... Anyone else having this issue?
[G1 Android Development] uansari1:
I deleted the BART folder off my SD card and tried again... this time it worked fine. Not sure why it would keep the backup from working, but hopefully I won't have to delete the folder each time.

Edit: Looks like I spoke to soon... testing again.
[G1 Android Development] psjames:
Mine would hang on the system.img part when trying to back up on of the 2.1 Eclair builds. I didn't have a problem when I tried to do CM4.2.7.1
[G1 Android Development] Amon_RA:
recovery-RA-dream-v1.5.0-beta

Please test recovery-RA-dream-v1.5.0-beta and give feedback.

Md5sum : 475dc961b06296fef894d60b39d16b65

Do you still have nandroid/bart backup issues?

Don't just say that something doesn't work, give details please!
[G1 Android Development] Charrion:
Recovery for Rogers 32B/EBI1?

EDIT: Just got a message from bcrook that he already spoke to you about this. I look forward to testing :-)

I think I might have an idea why I was unable to get either version of your 32A recovery rom to work on my phone.

Please feel free to correct me because I'm just spitballing here. Is it possible that there is a subtle difference between the Rogers Dream with its 32B/EBI1 board and the 32A magic and the T-Mobile G1 that would cause it to basically be incompatible with any of the recovery roms?

The only rom I've ever gotten to work is the 32A/EBI1 that gets downloaded by flashrec and even it is quirky. If I try to open the console, recovery will hang and I have to press menu+home+power to get out of it. Thankfully, I have ADB access so I don't really need the console.

Is it possible the Rogers Dream needs a special recovery kernel?
[G1 Android Development] adacali:
I have a T-mobile G1 uk...using dwang 1.3.latest radio and haykuros spl..

Flashed your beta 1.5, did a bart backup. it was very fast comparing to 1.4. (just like others i had some backup problems)

flashed kingklixx 2.1 eclaire,booted played for 10 minutes then wiped and did a restore with bart(using utility)very very fast, then again r option to recovery menu,i almost instantly returned back there..:)
[G1 Android Development] hks18psigst:
Change-log?... pleeaasseee....
[G1 Android Development] embracelb:
test version to work out the kinks, no need for a changelog.
[G1 Android Development] embracelb:
Do you still have nandroid/bart backup issues? No

Don't just say that something doesn't work, give details please!

I did run a nandroid backup with no problems, it went smooth, and it didn't take long. It ran usually how it was before I was having the issue. Although I should of ran a test first. I deleted the "Nandroid" folder off my memory card then powered down, booted into recovery, then ran nandroid backup, &it worked perfectly.

What I should have done first was to just run the nandroid backup after i flashed the image to see if it worked, then if that didn't work delete the "Nandroid folder" on my memory card then try running it again.

Final outcome is, that nandroid backup worked! &it went fast.
[G1 Android Development] njuncos:
i will say that it worked for me on the first attempt of a bart backup this time. so it worked whatever you did, but then again, in the past it failed only some of the times. so i will keep testing.

"danger" spl

26i radio
[G1 Android Development] zimphishmonger:
@Amon,

In 1.5 beta, how is the Nandroid backup + ext backup different from bart backup and switchrom backup.

For people having issues w/ bart??

Thanks!!
[G1 Android Development] Binary100100:
Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I believe that the bart backup copies the

entire

ext partition, where switchrom copies only the dalvik-cache, app, app-private and app_s directories. I may be wrong because I use the bart in the Utilities menu (for naming purposes rather than "defaultrom".)
[G1 Android Development] Amon_RA:
Updated to v1.5.0

Change-log :

v1.5.0

- Fixed the issue where Nandroid would freeze when returning to recovery from console by using the "recovery" command.
- Fixed Nandroid/BART backup issues.
- Updated Nandroid to v2.2.1 (ext support!).
- Added a "Nand + ext backup" menu-item.
- Removed the "Nandroid restore no recovery" menu-item, and set it as default for Nandroid.
- Nandroid and BART menu items will not backup or restore the recovery partition by default.
- Removed the mdt6 patch from the kernel, so no more splash1+2 backup/restore support.
- Updated init.rc to only load /sbin in PATH.
- Removed the loading cramfs and sqf filesystems from fstab.
- Added an unmount script that is called at the start of most scripts.
- Updated the BKMO-utility script to it doesn't backup/restore the recovery partition + changed the return to recovery command.
[G1 Android Development] Ace42:
This looks very good, but to bad i cant install it since terminal doesnt work on hero 2.1 roms :(

Edit: Ill use recovery mode then, didnt see that option.
[G1 Android Development] ID#:
I'm on WG-Build 7.1 - CM 4.2.6. the way via a simple reboot works fine on this. THX
[G1 Android Development] djluis48:
Niceeee...already flashed, nice work, keep rocking !
[G1 Android Development] hks18psigst:
well i see the changelog is up now... but i dont flash anything unless i know what is changed...
[G1 Android Development] embracelb:
Alright, whatever suites you. I already knew why it was a beta test anyway & I knew it would be stable. He just tweeked some stuff around to see if he could fix the "nandroid backup" issue & some other bug issues. & for me I have no issue being a beta tester, which i feel includes being a pre-ordered tmo g1 user, lame.
[G1 Android Development] hks18psigst:
dont get me wrong i love beta testing.. but i like to know what i'm flashing.. and no need for your two cents... i asked a question and you answered with attitude.. these forums are made for questions.. dont know where your from but your an a$$.
[G1 Android Development] Brandice128:
Theres not more repair ext function?
[G1 Android Development] Ace42:
Goto partition first then youll see it.
[G1 Android Development] moorhuhn:
hi,

somehow i have a problem flashing the new recovery.

i got 1.4.0 and wanted to flash the new version through the recovery console.

but everytime i type mount -a it says no such file in directory.

and flashing the new recovery won't work either.

does anyone know???
[G1 Android Development] ID#:
I had the same problem.

But this worked:

Rename recovery-RA-dream-v1.5.0.img to recovery.img
Copy recovery.img to /data
Reboot fully (the recovery will be flashed automatically)
Reboot to recovery

You have to be on CM!("(other ROMs will probably work too, check init.rc where to put the recovery.img)")
[G1 Android Development] moorhuhn:
i tried this method too but the rebooted like everytime else.

what does this mean? where can i check it?

/edit: it worked now.
[G1 Android Development] Ronnymes:
Can someone mirror the file... this is what I see:

This file can only be downloaded by becoming a Premium member
[G1 Android Development] :
Click on the word MIRROR next to the images name.
[G1 Android Development] smooth3d:
Well I tried all methods to install this and it will not install, I'm running cyans recovery 1.4, Thru term or console it does nothing after I do the flash_recovery line, I tried the simple reboot methed ( running cyan's 4.7) it did not work ether, so im lost.
[G1 Android Development] uansari1:
Flashed v1.5.0 and it worked perfectly on the BART backup via utility menu! Thanks Amon_RA!
[G1 Android Development] uansari1:
That's because the command through terminal is:

flash_image recovery xxxxx.img

flash_recovery would do nothing.
[G1 Android Development] smooth3d:
I just abbreviated for the post, I did the whole command line and it did not do anything thru terminal.
[G1 Android Development] Amdathlonuk:
Oh man..........

I SO want this on my HTC HERO.

Amon - Any chance of a HERO version? :)
[G1 Android Development] JAguirre1231:
Did you even look in the Hero section, it's on the front page of Hero Android Development O_o

But your sig says you have it so I think you want the newest version, correct? As of now no but I would wait for an answer from him
[G1 Android Development] rikupw:
Rogers 32A/EBI1 port!

just ported amon_ra 1.5.0 to rogers dream, had a few testers on IRC for me :) looks lik it works!

I used the H build kernel and the dream base and just repacked it with your recovery-H script, Amon_RA :) so if you have the kernel, thats all you really need ;-)

http://android-newreco.googlecode.com/files/recovery-RA-rogers-v1.5.0.img

md5sum: a1b56d5e14c1a0907608be0864017745

PLEASE NOTE: this does not give you console. I'm not sure how to fix that, most likely has something to do with the kernel? I'm not a kernel builder, so any assistance would be greatful! :D

rikupw aka spacemanriku
[G1 Android Development] Amdathlonuk:
Yep, I have the latest one installed (V1.3.2)

The HERO recovery doesn't have all the functions that this new G1 Recovery has.
[G1 Android Development] JAguirre1231:
Yeah, it is an older one so that makes sense :b

The best advice I can offer is to send him a pm and ask him
[G1 Android Development] RAQemUP:
Be sure to type it exactly as you see it. Especially since it is case sensitive so you need to have the RA part in the image capitalized.
[G1 Android Development] AbsoluteDesignz:
flash_image recovery /sdcard/xxxxxx.img

did u include the /sdcard/ part?
[G1 Android Development] Amdathlonuk:
I just did the wifes' G1 using Terminal.

Worked flawlessly.

try again.
[G1 Android Development] Amon_RA:
1.5.0 for the Hero will be released soon.
[G1 Android Development] nephron:
Any chance of getting 1.5.0 on MT3G (32B)?
[G1 Android Development] g1doobie:
Excellent work as always!

Waiting on Eugene to release his newest HERO build to test this.
[G1 Android Development] njuncos:
@Amon_RA

So does the Nand + Ext backup do anything different than Bart backup? If not, are you planning on removing Bart from the backup menu?

And last thought/question, would it make since to have the Nand + Ext backup be the "default" from now on? In other words, selecting a Nandroid backup from menu would backup everything. I think that is what 95% of people are wanting to do when the backup their phone from recovery.

Lastly, I absolutely LOVE where you have taken this recovery. CM 1.4 was great, but you have added features galore and made it very organized and friendly. Thank you for your dedication to Android. I have never donated to anyone before, but i honestly feel that a donation is headed your way.
[G1 Android Development] embracelb:
LOL, tired of newbs... sigh.
[G1 Android Development] AbsoluteDesignz:
I'm having a real issue regarding any backup (besides nandroid)

Immediately after it displays storing app data... I get

tar: empty archive

Error occurred during storing of app data...
tar operation failed.
Do you have enough space on the /sdcard?

anyone know why?
[G1 Android Development] DeFiant*X:
Tried to run a BART backup for the first time using the option via the recovery image; and it said "error: run in console". Totally defeats the purpose...
[G1 Android Development] chevycowboyusa:
I'm Getting barracuda'd

Can someone email me 1.5.0 => chevycowboyusa@yahoo.com

it's kinda complicated, but i have no signal @ work, and i cant get to any websites (firewalled) to dl. thanks!!!
[G1 Android Development] smooth3d:
Yes i did all that followed it exactly, it just wont flash, i dont know why
[G1 Android Development] JAguirre1231:
Did you do mount -a first? This has been known to cause problems, at least for me it has
[G1 Android Development] smooth3d:
yes i did mount -a
[G1 Android Development] JAguirre1231:
Well then I can offer no help, guess you could report it to Amon and see if he knows why
[G1 Android Development] da_jojo:
i used your work in my tutorial over here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=595243

thnx
[G1 Android Development] CrazyEye:
thank you good sir.
[G1 Android Development] AndDiSa:
Great work! I installed version 1.5.0 yesterday and it's working fine.:)
[G1 Android Development] yoshitoshi:
Thank you

your work is great
[G1 Android Development] gongzhq:
I used Nand + ext backup and BART backup ,then wipe data dalvik-cache and SD ext partition, next

1. used nand restore, reboot, all ext partition app not abnormal.

i found /system/sd/app and /system/sd/app-private is empty, but /system/sd/dalvik-cache is fully exist.

2. used bart restore is very successful.
[G1 Android Development] RAQemUP:
That sucks because I was able to do it from Terminal Emulator for 1.5.0 and the Console in recovery for 1.4.0. Have you tried doing it through Fastboot? I did that once.
[G1 Android Development] AbsoluteDesignz:
And now I just re partitioned my entire SD card and the issues still persists...does ANYONE have ANY insight into this? I'm sure its a personal problem but I don't even know where to begin.
[G1 Android Development] Amon_RA:
BART assumes you have data on your ext partition, you clearly don't, and that's why it's aborting. Why are you trying to backup your ext partition when it's empty? Use nandroid without ext.
[G1 Android Development] Amon_RA:
Did you check your the log? Something returns an error, probably issues with your ext partition. Is there any data on your ext partition? Please give details when you require help...
[G1 Android Development] sturmeh:
Recovery is awesome, however when I enter console the G1 Keyboard Backlight does not turn on when I slide the keyboard open.

This is obviously a non magic related problem, was this recovery designed with G1 in mind?
[G1 Android Development] AbsoluteDesignz:
possibly because aosp20 doesn't have a2sd which i just learned...thanks man... :-)
[G1 Android Development] downtrodn:
Hello all,

Need some help here.

I have the latest version of cyanogen. With his recovery. I want to use Amon's latest so i can partition and other things.

Is there anyway i could use his recovery on cyanogen? Will that require me to change my SPL?

Also, i do not have ADB and i have a MT3G. Can i install it through flash recovery?

Thanks.
[G1 Android Development] :
Hi all,

Getting this error using Bart (amon ra v1.5.0)

Error occurred during storing of app data...

tar operation failed.

Do you have enough space on the /sdcard?

I have a 4gb card with around 1gb of free space, have around eighty apps installed on the EXT3 partition.

I have used Nandroid and done a back up with EXT backup and have noticed this says in the nandroid folder saved on the SD card that its Ext2 but haven't done a restore yet as don't know if it will cause problems with my partition being Ext3.

Also when doing a Bart backup I can use option 3 to backup EXT partition to SDcard and it tells me it is done and saved yet I can't find it anywhere on my SDcard, again not done a restore because I don't want to loose everything. (I've just tried again now and getting this also 'cp: write error: input/output error' this appears twice and then says 'Apps backed up to SDcard but again nothing on my card?!?!)

Using Amon RA Dream 1.5.0

Rom = TheOfficial TMO DRC92 - EU v2.3.2 + Base Image Expansion Pack 2.3.2

Phone = White T-Mobile G1

Anything else needed just ask.
[G1 Android Development] uansari1:
BART backs up your ext partition to a file called extbackup.tar.
[G1 Android Development] :
In that case it definately hasn't backed up then even if it tells me it has.

Also tried doing a backup from the menu options and get this message 'Error run Bart from console'

Bart no love me i've decided, at least Nandroid works for me this time (had problems with it in 1.4.0 so thats fixed at least lol)

Just got phone back on and found a Bart folder which contains an EXT-Backup.Tar created using the menu option in the recovery image and an empty Nandroid folder. Tried unzipping it using Androzip and get Tar operation failed and with Winrar and 7zip both say archive is damaged so guessing thats buggered then.

Just throwing this out there as I will readily admit I know enough to flash a rom and images but after that my knowledge is limited but seems that this could have something to do with a buggy app perhaps as it seems thats where the problems are occuring on the TAR creation of the ext3 partition.

Sorry for all the edits, just making sure I give you all the info I can.
[G1 Android Development] Amon_RA:
BART does NOT backup your entire ext, it just backups apps and dalvik cache located in your ext partition. If you don't have any apps or dalvik cache in ext (because you don't use a rom that supports apps2sd) it will fail with the error you specify.
[G1 Android Development] BookCase:
Great job on v1.5.0.img!!

Very nice and useful. no isssues on my end.
[G1 Android Development] :
The rom does support apps2sd either that or my apps are saved in outerspace because they sure don't use my system memory when installed.

Also my second post mentions using the menu option to do a Bart back up and it saves a extbackup.tar file which is corrupted.

Just checked using terminal and both /data/apps/Dalvik-Cache and /data/apps & apps private have all the installed files held in there.
[G1 Android Development] DeFiant*X:
Sorry, I did another Bart backup and this one was successful. I don't know what happened on the first one...there is data on the ext.
[G1 Android Development] Chahk:
Awesome work on this recovery image. Thanks, Amon_RA!
[G1 Android Development] Amon_RA:
Hmm, no idea why it got corrupted.

Try using Nandroid + ext.
[G1 Android Development] :
Nandroid has same problem, corrupted tar file. Guess i'm buggered no matter what lol

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[G1 Android Development] zimphishmonger:
BART vs. Nandroid + EXT??? Anyone know the differences???

Been a switchrom user forever, and recently been using the BART backup option since 1.4.0. Any reason to switch to Nand + ext?

Awesome update :D

Thanks!
[G1 Android Development] antonio91282:
great work

this recovery image is off the hook. its like have a change of clothes everywhere you go. if you dont like what you got on you can just change. and if it starts looking rainy you can just change back into what you were wearing earlier. the change rom thing makes it so NICE. keep up the great work.:D
[G1 Android Development] uansari1:
I don't know the difference either, but BART does a nandroid backup plus a backup of the ext.
[G1 Android Development] Amon_RA:
Switchrom and Bart are wrappers around Nandroid, now that Nandroid supports ext backup you don't really need them anymore.

I just leave them in for backwards compatibility.
[G1 Android Development] unchainedrssr:
Just a quick note for other noobs like me. Use Download Crutch Lite from the market to get your G1 to allow you to download this .img file.

I personally used to look around for other mirrors and sites to try to dl from my phone as well.:D

Use this or a similar app and let the man work:mad:

Just a noob perspective
[G1 Android Development] jaestoner01:
I need help

I HAVE RA-1.2.3 IMG

AND A MYTOUCH 3G

I WANT TO INSTALL A NEW

RECOVERY IMG

BUT EVERY TERMINAL I DOWLOAD FROM THE MARKET

DOESNT WORK WITH MYTOUCH CUZ IT DOESNT HAVE A

KEYBOARD CAN ANYONE HELP ,.,.,.:confused:
[G1 Android Development] Ace42:
then install in via recovery mode and stop typing in all CAPS its not gonna get you help faster.This ver if for G1 get the correct version in sapphire section.
[G1 Android Development] jaestoner01:
my bad

thanx Ace42,.,,.,.my bad :o:o:o
[G1 Android Development] Ace42:
Youll messup your phone installing the G1 version of the recovery;)

Get this version

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=530492
[G1 Android Development] jamerican413:
Since my phone has been rooted, my keyboard hasn't lit up in recovery (since I don't know when... and it does in terminal and every other case I can think of.) I thought this was normal. LOL
[G1 Android Development] epitaph60:
Can I use it without trouble though the distinction between "H" and "G" disappeared from version 1.4.0?

I am using RA-dream-v1.3.2G.
[G1 Android Development] xallyx:
confused...

Hey I've installed the recovery just fine, partitioned sd awesome, wiped, reinstalled cyanogen, and I'm still having issues with the sdcard. I'm not sure if I've done some thing wrong while reformatting it, but there's still errors and my phone keeps saying "please insert sd" then I was told to go from ext2 to ext3, I've done that and all my apps forced closed. I also noticed something about "abnormal" on a pop up lol but my pc is reading my card and it says healthy... is there anything else I can do before I toss this phone. =/
[G1 Android Development] aiiao:
is it a class 6 card?

you can try removing all partitions and creating them again here is how
[G1 Android Development] xallyx:
Yeah, its 8g c6, I guessing I may just need a new one, driving me nutso lol
[G1 Android Development] Amon_RA:
Seems that your phone is having issues reading your sdcard, formatting etc will not solve that. Maybe the contacts inside are dirty?
[G1 Android Development] Amon_RA:
I never made a RA-dream-v1.3.2G, the G and H are only for the Magic, not the Dream. If you have a Magic, you should go here.
[G1 Android Development] xallyx:
Dirty? Lol I don't know, I've done everything tho, and I really don't believe its the sd card. Can it be the rom? I've never had this issue on xRom before. I can't even put files on my sd from the pc, "E: blahblahblah is not ready or please insert disk" just weird lol
[G1 Android Development] xallyx:
Thanx for that info =), I've actually done all that thru the console b4, took a few hrs but I got it to work lol very frustrating when I can't pin point what's going on.