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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johng75:
ive got an N1 running CM-RC3 and the 5.08 radio

only things configured are facebook, gmail and hotmail

ive got an 8GB class 6 card...

as always, backup the card to my computer so i dont lose anything...

i want to learn more about the ext partitions and swap partitions

correct me at any time if im off base :p

from what ive read i can create the swap and ext from recovery and that when i creat the ext2 i should convert it to ext3 for even quicker acess?

and that when i enable the ability for moving apps from the phone to the sdcard, the phone will magically know to put them in the ext space?

can the ext be made bigger if needed?

i know before i wiped my phone and installed CM-RC3, i was using modaco r21, and i thought i had all apps moved to the SD-card but only had 24mb free on the phone...

and the swap could be used like more cache for the phone...

how much should i add? is it even needed?

and what ever i dont use for the ext and swap to make fat-32 for my access and files...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johng75:
now im reading more and it looks like the ext partitions are actually pre-FROYO, and im thinking i dont need to worry about them?

what about the swap?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigacgomez:
Well, CM6 does not support App2Ext out-of-box. You need to use a script like Darktremor App2SD to get this working, though you might have to modify the CM6 kernel to get this working fine. AFAIK, CM6.1 will support App2Ext alongside the Froyo App2FAT.

FYI, there is no magic in App2Ext... it simply links /data/app (where apps are installed) to a folder in the ext partition on your SD card.

Do you have a lot of widget/live wallpaper apps? If not, the FroYo App2FAT should do fine for you now. CM6 Setting has a feature to allow you to move any app to 2 FroYo Apps2FAT partition.

As far as swap is concerned, I doubt it would be useful for the N1, considering the relatively decent RAM (it's good enough for everything for now). Swap was very useful for the older phones like the G1 which has very little RAM. I doubt you'd notice any difference if you added a swap partition.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] macii2:
Anyone know if xda has a solution to root my EVO running 2.2 via OTA update.

Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alex456:
forum.xda-developers(dot)com/showthread.php?t=747495
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CentroniX:
No.

10char
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themanrsw:
Not to hijack the thread, but...

Anyone know if XDA has a search function?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david279:
This is a joke right? Come on....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sprink0281:
I just wanted to say great first post...hopefully someone will find the way to root YOUR phone because according to the 100 or so other threads, if you would have SEARCHED FIRST nobody else has been able to get it but I have faith you might be the one. So please when you get the way to root will you please share it with the rest of us! But you might wanna check the first thread at the top of the Q and A forum I think the info u need is there. So when you figure root out please report back how you did it! Oh thanks again for one of the best first posts we have seen...

P.S. HOW FA KING HARD IS IT TO SEARCH BEFORE YOU FA KING POST!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sprink0281:
I heard they do but its really really really really hard to figure it out. I think you have to be certified or something before you are allowed to use it! Lol this is getting ridiculous......
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] macii2:
Sorry you have enough time to worry about my newbie post. That must suck.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverZero:
It must suck more to be so busy that you don't have the time to search or even read the sticky at the top of this very forum (about an inch and a half down from the "New Thread" button).
[HD2 General] ourtech:
In the LEO forum (Non-TMOUS) there is a method for loading a custom ROM without loading a HSPL:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=606713&page=40

Question: Is there any reason why this utility would not work on the T-mobile version? It was not clear from the thread. I desire only to load a ROM, no radio, etc. Thanks.
[Captivate General] bwolmarans:
In email app ( white envelope w/ blue @ ) when I search the app immediately comes up and says zero results, it doesn't even attempt a search.

Any tips or does this simply just not work?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] thatdudebutch:
Has anyone tested??

• Sent from my Droid Incredible running Sky Raider 2.5.2 •
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jgrimberg1979:
I just tired it and it works perfectly, i just flashed the img via 3.1
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Ffej5647:
Amazing work! Finally! I hate clockwork but love amon ra. Nice work!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] the337:
what's the difference between this and clockwork? i'm not trying to instigate anything. clockwork is the only recovery that i've used but from reading that linked thread it looks like maybe it has a few more features? i'm not sure. the UI between the two seem somewhat similar too.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] bhazard451:
Awesome. If Clockwork ever fails me, I have another option. Thank you.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ihtfp69:
Dude, this is awesome. Finally! Source?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] nstavr:
Haven't tried it, but it's always nice to have options. Thanks for taking the time to put this together!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] borgey420:
update keeps failing for me and a couple other in the IRC.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] scuccia:
same here. tried to flash using reflash, pb31img, and flash_image. all fail.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] k_flan:
I was able to download, but md5sum didn't match :(
[Droid Incredible Android Development] drellisdee:
Looking into it think I uploaded the wrong binary version. Fixed and am going to re-upload
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Ruben1123:
Is there a way to go back to clockwork if we don't like this.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] two_cents:
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever

under the reinstall factory recovery there is a link to the clockwork pb31img... almost at the bottom of the page... its there so you can do it after you load an official update with s-off
[Droid Incredible Android Development] siafu:
Thanks for this. You helped me with my Ally already (which works great now), and now the Incredible. Thanks again!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] rynosaur:
Very well done, sir! I was missing my Amon_RA from my G1 days and this has hit the spot. I checked the md5 sums, applied your image file with flash_image... then powered off and manually booted into recovery from bootloader/hboot, to avoid boot mode 3, a little lesson also learned from my G1 days ;)

Now all that's left is to put in a nice blue care bear for a background and remove the plug for your company and we'll be all set! :P
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jdkoreclipse:
am I stupid, or is the link not up?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] drellisdee:
Im having trouble with the wipe data command as "userdata" mtd on this phone is called "datadata" and is not wiping. Will re-release once fixed. Other than that its fully functional.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jdkoreclipse:
is the zip up??? If not can someone provide a mirror
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Asterdroid:
As far a features go, what's the difference between this and clockwork?

-Sent from your mom's phone.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] tophunterz:
figured out

last night after I read and posted my own question. I decided to try it one last time and did I loaded the rom through rom manager the screen went blank with two bars, I just left it upstairs and went about doing some other things. I came back 30 to 40 moutes later. TAdaaa it was done. So I believe that this is just the way CWM does things. I was just used to the way AMON did it with my eris!!!!!! :rolleyes: Am I right or wrong any comments?

I do think I like amon a little better though it is more assuring when you see the dots ticking across the screen. time will tell.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] art010606:
loving this man. thanks for porting this/working on it. def love the no sig needed now. def makes it worlds better.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Treken:
This will not work with rom manager, correct?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] DRW315:
Nope, sure doesn't. ROM Manager still shows ClockworkMod as my recovery, boots into a non working CM recovery.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] superchilpil:
Can anyone confirm this working with cm7

Clockwork doesnt because cm7 uses ext4
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Treken:
I tried this recovery manager and really liked it but because I use rom manager regularly I had to switch back to clockwork:-(
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jaysckap:
Bump 654321
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Grooby97:
Amon RA Style Recovery, latested CWM, and multi-touch 3+ points

there are discussion about multi-touch of 3 or more points being fixed using the latested CWM. I am wondering if that feature is or will be incorporated into the Amon RA style recovery?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] usn.mustanger:
Did the first three steps (rename, put on root of SDCARD, reboot into hboot) just fine. Hboot finds the pb31img.zip file, starts parsing it, saying "Parsing pb31img.zip", then it just goes right back to the hboot screen, never giving me the option to hit the volume up button to install it. I just can't get this thing to install.

Any idea why?

EDIT: NM--I just saw this in the first post:

Guess I missed that when I read it the first time. I was renaming the downloaded zip file and trying to install that.

Off to try it the right way!

EDIT 2: SUCCESS! I left my mistake up in this post in case anyone else makes the same error.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Pons:
Bloody officers. Good job, though.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] usn.mustanger:
Yeah, well, I didn't have an enlisted guy here to do it for me, so I had to try it myself... :D

Okay, new question.

I've searched this thread, and I've yet to find explicit instructions on how to make my handful of nandroid backups I made with clockworkmod available and usable to Ra.

Anyone?

TIA!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] AdhvanIt:
Afaik, you can't. You can trying creating a NAND backup with Amon and placing your clockwork backups in the newly created nandroid folder, then attempting a restore.. I don't believe it will work though.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jaysckap:
It doesnt work

HTC Incredible 2.3.1
[Droid Incredible Android Development] MicroMod777:
I'm getting an Incredible this Saturday, where's the lastest recovery from Amon-RA to use and whats the best way to Root?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] vinmod:
I'd use clockworkmod if i was you. For some reason, this doesnt view all the files on your sd.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ihtfp69:
I just realized this is not backing up my apps that are moved to the SD card. They're gone after a restore.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] alanthemanofchicago:
I was able to make it work by moving the backup from the backup folder to the /nandroid folder, and recalculating the md5 sum.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] studiorat:
JUST TESTED NOT FLASHING ANYTHING FOR ME!! says installation aborted can't mount CACHE recovery/log ....can't open CACHE recovery log...what gives i thought this was supposed to be an alternative to clockwork mods recovery, which would allow me to flash roms pre clockwork3.0 that aren't updated to the newer 3.0 compatable format
[Droid Incredible Android Development] wdfowty:
Any plans to release the new RA recovery released for the evo? It's got some juicy new features
[Droid Incredible Android Development] mcgoo99:
i just flashed the latest CM7 nightly (was on #35, now they indexed it to #1 for some reason) without issue. also flashed the latest incredikernel too, running great.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] studiorat:
RA_1.7.0.6 does not contain the .zip file you mention pb31mg.zip I extracted and no such

file was in the unzipped folder
[Droid Incredible Android Development] studiorat:
the PB31MG.ZIP is not in that folder a txt file and an .img file is all that is in v1.7.0.6 I have tried it 6 times are we sure that it is not just a rename situation and drop that on the root of the SD card, perhaps I misread the directions but I don't think I have:confused::cool:
[Droid Incredible Android Development] mcgoo99:
it is a ZIP file within a ZIP file. do not rename anything, simply extract the first, or parent, "1.8.1.zip" file, and you will see the nested PB31MG.ZIP file. move that to the root of your SD card, reboot into hboot and flash away. the img and txt file you found were from within that nested ZIP file.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ihtfp69:
You must also have s-off or it wont work.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Arkadiy_22:
when will bee new recowery
[Droid Incredible Android Development] MicroMod777:
Is there a new link to the lastest update of Amon's recovery?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] terribL_T:
I'm not able to see my whole SD card in flash zip menu. It only let's me scroll down to the c's. basically any thing that is off screen I can't scroll down to. Any suggestions?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ihtfp69:
Its a known issue and there is no fix. Read the previous posts.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Vernox701:
Is there any way to flash a new recovery with s=on tried to root new phone with unrevoked 3.2 unexpected comunication error right before flashing recovery. now I don't have a valid recovery. I have flashed the ruu also I can update from bootloader pb31img just hangs when it reboots.The phone is a refurbished Dinc firmware 3/21/11
[Droid Incredible Android Development] pete_kowalski83:
I think you need to be s off for flashing cstm recovery...
[Droid Incredible Android Development] drellisdee:
yes you need s-off

Updated to version 2.2.1. New version is in rom manager as I haven't had time to upload hboot version. Checkout the ext4 /data feature.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] drellisdee:
Hboot v2.2.1 version added & updated 1st post
[Droid Incredible Android Development] MasterMike1485:
Eeek not a fan of the new colors anyway we can get the simple cyan and white back the purple yellow is really loud if not oh well I'll live its just colors but RA rules always has always will
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ihtfp69:
Awesome job!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] brando56894:
I just flashed it via rom manager and I definitely do like it better than CMW, especially the check boxes for the backups, think you could add that to the "wipe" section also? I noticed that there wasn't a way to wipe /system or /boot with this recovery.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] tiny4579:
Anyone know how to update the ramdisk to mount as ext4? I know the file to change and what to change just not how to unpack and repack and reflash.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] drellisdee:
If you dont want to mess with mkbootimg dsixdas kitchen works great.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] hightech316:
Transfering files to SD is possible while in recovery?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] radiohead14:
hey guys.. running SR4.0 here, and while I was able to flash Amon Ra before.. it seems to fail to flash now. Not sure if it's just Rom Manager that's failing. Anyone else not able to flash via RM? is there a flashable zip I could just put in my SD root?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Lsdozer:
You can download the newest Amon_ra recovery on the first page, extract the pb31img file and place in on the sd card, boot into HBOOT and allow update.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ihtfp69:
Some of the newer roms are using run_program to mount partitions when flashing roms. It does not seem to be working with the recovery. Is there a reason for this or a way to fix it? Here is a specific line of code:

run_program("/sbin/mount", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p1", "/data");
[Droid Incredible Android Development] drellisdee:
Can you link me to one (a rom) that uses this?

This is very stupid IMO why not just use the "mount("MTD", "userdata", "/data"); " in updater-script I can only assume this is to try to fix some of the mounting/wiping issues CWM has and is unneeded on this recovery. Anyways in CWM sbin/mount is just a symlink to busybox. Ideally you should just remove this code from updater-script and use normal mount mtd syntax but if you want to use it try:

run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p1", "/data")

or you may have to :

run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "-t", "ext3", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p1", "/data")

change ext3 to ext4 above if you use ext4 on /data which is highly recommended
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ihtfp69:
Here is one for sure, although, there are others.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1087421

I know you can't mount userdata with our phone the normal way which may have led to this bad practice.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] sarcean:
Be warned it does not do proper backups of the new gingerbread sense tons, they will be useless.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Seanzle:
Im running the same and i got it to install through HBOOT. try again
[Droid Incredible Android Development] drellisdee:
Please post recovery log. Im assuming you read it correct? Nandroid checks that ~500mb free space is availble on sdcard and upon restore you have 30% or greater charge on battery. If you have read the recovery log and still have an issue after checking these items please post link to rom that you had an issue with. Recovery log is under other menu and move it to sd card mount sd and read it.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] radiohead14:
thanks.. it just keeps saying "no image or wrong image". it shows the update bar for a sec, but still won't work. i tried to reflash via RM again, and that keeps failing on me as well.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] EnixLHQ:
I'm getting sick of CW's flaky wiping and installing issues...

I would have been with Amon_RA a while ago but I have this one issue that has never gone away.

Using RA 2.2.1, either via Rom Manager or the flashable zip.

The recovery installs fine. As far as I can tell the install is complete and working as I can reboot into recovery and see the RA menu.

I have no issues installing ROMs or updates and no issue wiping cache or dalvik (again, as far as I can tell).

However, whenever I try to do a backup I get an error. It will make the line of periods (......) for an entire screen width before it errors out. It doesn't say why, only to consult the log.

When I go to the menu and choose to move the log to the SD card, I get the same error.

No matter the backup options I choose, I keep getting the same error. It's as if it can't read the SD card after I tell it to start. But, it clearly can since I can flash ROM updates (CM nightlies) and browse the SD card.

Any ideas?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] br125:
What does the error say?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] EnixLHQ:
Oops, an error occurred, please consult recovery.log

Sent from my Incredible with Tapatalk.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ihtfp69:
Is this maybe the issue?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] EnixLHQ:
I have 16gb free on a 32gb SD card. I did this while at 80% battery.

Edit: Could it be the fact the SD card is 32gb? I'll try a 16gb in a bit.

Edit 2: So I did a test and embedded up with a trick that works but is not practical.

My 32gb card is a Patriot class 10. The 16gb card I used for the test is a Sandisk class 2.

Going into recovery I inserted the 16 and attempted to do a back up. It worked! I inserted the 32 and tried again and met with failure. I put the 16 back in and moved the log over, which worked.

Log can be found on my Dropbox http://db.tt/u0XXosl

Hopefully someone can help me get it to work on the 32gb.

Sent from my Incredible with Tapatalk.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] EnixLHQ:
Amon Ra is up to 2.3. Maybe when we get the update it will work better for me.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] br125:
since one card works and the other doesn't, I would start by formatting your sd card that does not work and give it another go.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] EnixLHQ:
No good. The reformat did nothing.

Edit: On a hunch I used Amon Ra to partition the SD card, but I chose 0 swap size and 0 ext size. That allowed me to write to the empty card and do my first backup.

Now to try to do a backup after the files are put back on the card.

Edit 2: After restoring my files to the Amon partitioned SD card, all is good.

Sent from my Incredible with Tapatalk.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] blcklab:
Hey didn't you create all the nice Rom's on my old Imagio?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] 20twins10:
is this true or just someone ranting?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Mumblez2k9:
Hi, anytime I try to flash it aborts the installation with a "error (Status 0)"

What am I doing wrong here? I do have S-off btw thanks a lot in advance :)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] EnixLHQ:
Any word on an update? This has become my recovery of choice.

Sent from my Incredible with Tapatalk.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] EnixLHQ:
Sorry for double posting, but is there a way to set the time in the recovery? My phone is set to the right time and timezone, but in recovery my backups have eastern timestamps.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] drellisdee:
Updated to new version

Updated to version 3.02 hboot zip is in 1st post.

Change log 3.02:

Nandroid now has the option to backup & restore .android_secure on /sdcard or /emmc (stock GB has .android_secure on /emmc)

Added busybox symlinks for mount & umount (now sense 3.0 roms that use busybox to mount in updater script work)

Added script to (re)format /emmc as ext3, ext4 or fat32 (run "partemmc help" from adb shell for use)

Added options in wipe menu to wipe /sdcard & /emmc

Wiping all or wipe .android_secure wipes it on both /sdcard and /emmc

Changed ui back to cyan colors.

Updated /data as ext4 to wipe /datadata also.

Nandroid now suppressed backup of /datadata also when selecting to not backup /data partition

File system type for /cache, /data, /sd-ext and /emmc are auto detected so you can use alternate filesystems (rom kernel & boot.img permitting)

As always properly wipes 2.1 up to CM7 and you can use update-script or updater-script (amend or edify)

Added flash_eraseall binary this can be used to fix a corrupted nand mtd(not emmc) by erasing it then you can reflash it. Use is "adb shell flash_eraseall /dev/mtd/mtdX" where X is the number of the mtd you wish to erase.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Testingchip:
Sweet! Switched to this recovery after rom manager and cwm started causing me problems.

Plus its prettier than cwm. :)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Seanzle:
Thanks for the update!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] MikeSpears:
Mediafire's down, can someone please upload a copy of this somewhere else?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] :
I just download this from mediafire on my phone. No problem. I had to use the trackpad on the link to actually start the download though.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] airjordanmmix:
i need help doing this, i kind of new to this but i root my phone with unrevoked 3 flash and root tool

installed room manager with clockworkmod recovery v3.0.0.8 but this one do not help me when i go to recovery mode, i can't do nothing after i got into clockworkmod recovery. i try to reboot system for there and it doesn't allow me to, wipe data/factory reset and nothing, install zip from sdcard and nothing, backup and storage and nothing, power off and nothing any idea of what's going on with this? can anybody help me not to lose my phone or put my phone back to work?

thank you :(
[Droid Incredible Android Development] davwman:
And faster