What is Boot Menu Manager?
Boot Menu Manager is like a second-stage loader. It run after Motorola bootloader and hijack android initial boot process. It allows you to to run custom command before booting android, run customized CWM-based recovery & booting from a second system partition. (Most people call this dual-booting.)
So, in summary, Boot Menu Manager is an almost complete package for toying with your phone.
It was specially design to work with our locked bootloader system & to prevent software brick.
(Trust me, you'll be using less fastboot after this)
Features
Fail safe hijack operation :
Loaded on each boot.
Configurable timeout, auto-boot to default setting.
Force showing Boot Menu Manager when boot using BP HW Diag & Boot AP
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CWM-based Recovery :
Based on latest open source CWM-5.5.0.4
Touch-able interface.(Experimental features)
Highly customized & added function like backup individual partition.
Safety features. - install hijack, install root, backup & protect root.
Safe partition format operation (Won't do real format of our locked/signed partition, just rm -r *)
System integrity check on exit of recovery : ensure system is bootable in next boot
Auto-removed file protection flag : ensure 100% successful nandroid restore
Working ADB & Mass-storage : ADB service is available as soon as Recovery is started.
Dual operation : Select between 1st & 2nd system.
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2nd-System :
Run a second system on abandon webtop partition
Great for testing ROM.
Recommended for ROM development.
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Custom init (via 2nd-init):
Boot android with customized init environment
-Enable custom service
-Disable stock background service (service like qe)
Bypass bp-tools (In some kernel - ChinaRetail)
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Insecure adbd:
Always run adb as root, so there's no need to run su command each time
Custom adb reboot mapping
Code:
adb reboot recovery -> Reboot to custom recovery
adb reboot second -> Reboot to 2nd-system
adb reboot stockrecovery -> Reboot to stock recovery
adb remount with noatime,nodirtime flag
subsequent call to this command will remout /system as ro.
This feature is disabled by default. Use Boot Menu Manager app to enable/disable it
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Integration with android OS (via Boot Menu Manager app) :
Configure boot & recovery option.
Clean uninstall option
Other recovery package lack this option & leave a leftover files on your system.
(this leftover files cause OTA update to fail)
Reboot widget
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Remarks and thanks
koush & CyanogenMod - CWM
TeamWin - touch related item for recovery
STS-Dev-Team (Hashcode&dhacker29) - Motorola Spyder related configuration
koush & cvpcs - hijack binary codes, bootstrap
Skrilax_CZ - 2nd-init
Special thanks
lukas77,dtrail1,leisures,sevenup30,FrAsErTaG & core720 for their ideas, support, bug report & testing for alpha release.
@Translation
androidol - Traditional & Simplified Chinese
maarawoe - Czech
spryte - German
pedrotorresfilho - Portuguese
HSD-Pilot -for helping with Q&A, guide
Redistribute
You're welcome to include/distibute Boot Menu Manager app on your ROM.
(Just make sure you don't re-sign it's security certificate)
How to install
Boot Menu Manager app is an application to provide an easy install way for Motorola Razr.
It also includes a simple updater, reboot widget & configuration tools.
Please respect my work & don't re-upload/re-publish on file sharing service. I've paid google to host this file for me.
Enjoy & give suggestion for improvement.
- Change logs
- Q/A
WARNING : This release is only for ICS with 3.0.8 kernel. Although it has been tested many times, there is still a possibility for a bug to exist.Proceed at your own risk. Don't try this if you're not comfortable fixing your phone/fastboot/troubleshooting
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Update : New thread for jellybean base build
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Source code
BootMenu & Recovery source code is availabe at my github (razr-ics branch)
Official project page - WIP
http://www.projectlense.com/bootmenu/
Change logs (technical stuff~)
BootMenu Manager app0.2.0
- Initial public release
0.2.1
- Minor UI fix, add reboot widget
0.2.3
- fix hijack uninstall
- reallocate second system & recovery trigger file from /data to /preinstall
- add suppport for insecure adbd & 2nd-init
- add reboot option confirmation.
- add an option to clean/remove leftover files from RazrBootstrap (/preinstall/recovery/*)
- add /preinstall/recovery/update-binary symlink to BootMenu (for older version hijack(cvcps) / RazrBootstrap compatibility)
- add 1st & 2nd system manager
- add little integration with recovery (an attempt to mimic ROM manager)
- add live backup menu
0.2.4
- Minor change, fix blank screen on startup.
0.2.5
- Change startup behavior (Async task for backgroud task)
- Add check for Bootstrap installer
- Add Chinese translation (Thanks androidol)
0.2.6
- Fix download error & sha1sum miss matched for non MotoBlur based ROM (CM9/CM10/AOKP)
0.2.7
- Enable ROM manager function, add ROM Converter, Fix UI & Bugs (Download error)
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BootMenu packages & component0.1
- alpha release
0.2.0
- Initial public release
0.2.1
/preinstall/bootmenu/binary/bootmenu
- Fix framebuffer. Revert back to /dev/graphics/fb0
- Add another fail-safe feature. Ignore bootmenu configuration file when booted with "BP HW Diag & Boot AP".
- Fix script boot_stock.sh (fix removal of /xbin = disable qe service)
/preinstall/bootmenu/binary/recovery
- Fix UI draw = results in faster restore & backup
- Add fast backup option (Only do backup /data, /cache & /system) = faster backup
- Add backup /pds as option (MAC address & stuff from factory)
- Fix backup of app inside .secure_android
- Disable format of /data & /cache (recovery will only do rm -r /path/*) = safer
- Checks /system/bin/logwrapper for correct version on exit (Prompt user if it's being replaced)
- Display battery level (approximation)
0.2.2
- Rebuild using SPDU 10 ICS source code
0.2.3
/preinstall/bootmenu/binary/bootmenu
- add suppport for insecure adbd & 2nd-init
- Red LED ON when booting by 2nd-init
- reallocate second system & recovery trigger file from /data to /preinstall
/preinstall/bootmenu/binary/recovery
- strip unused CWM function (We don't deal with flasing radio/boot.img, formatting filesystem on this recovery)
- change batt level from % to voltage
/preinstall/bootmenu/binary/adbd
- tweak/mods for bootmenu reboot action
/preinstall/bootmenu/rootfs/init
- tweak for custom init use.(appear as xXx-init in kernel log)
/preinstall/bootmenu/rootfs/2nd-init
- tweak for custom init use.(appear as 2nd-init in kernel log)
0.2.4
- Minor change, fix boot_second.sh script (Improve 2nd-init compatibility)
(bootmenu & recovery part remains at 0.2.3 until next updates/build)
0.2.5
/preinstall/bootmenu/binary/bootmenu
- Change to touch button system
/preinstall/bootmenu/binary/recovery
- Enable webtop format in recovery
- Add more reboot option
- Fix for Atrix2
0.2.6
/preinstall/bootmenu/binary/recovery
- rebuild & update to latest busybox 1.20.2
0.2.7
/preinstall/bootmenu/binary/bootmenu
- Add support to 2nd-system recovery boot (For ROM manager function)
/preinstall/bootmenu/binary/recovery
- Fix dalvik-cache erase, Add radio firmware flashing.
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Q&A, tutorial, how-to
Q: What is this for??
This is a stuff that helps you messing with your phone. It's powerful but lacks documentation.
(Currently I don't have time to do a full documentation).
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Q: Is BootMenu same with what Cyanogen* BootMenu is??
Maybe it's different from what Cyanogen* BootMenu is. My BootMenu just take the idea & the name, not the codes.
This is a very lightweight version of BootMenu. I rewrite it from scratch (code is based on ICS recovery).
It's not any doing any fancy stuff. It just wait for user input/timeout & do jobs based on predefined script.
That's all.
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Q: I have a RazrBootstrap installed. Do I need to uninstall it??
Not really. This installer will work. It will replace RazrBootstrap hijack with BootMenu hijack.
It will not remove RazrBootstrap files located at /preinstall/recovery. But it's a good idea to keep it (Useful when you restored a nandroid with a RazrBootstrap inside)
If you have low space on preinstall. you need to remove this folder manually.
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Q: I want to reinstall RazrBootstrap/taking OTA. How do I remove BootMenu???
Open BootMenu Manager. Select uninstall hijack, uninstall package (optional)
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Q: I want to use a Safestrap based ROM
1.Download Rom Converter from Google Play
2.Convert the ROM with it
3.Install it from BootMenu recovery
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Q: My batt is messed up.
Tips for getting a good batt stat. (Not messed up/inaccurate reading)
Always do ROM flashing with USB power connected & batt level at 100% (Recommended)
When batt level is not 100%
Reset both batt stat of stock & second
Reboot to stock, let it register current batt stat
Reboot to second, let it register current batt stat
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Q: I want to install a ROM (Nandroid backup) in second system.
1.Go to custom recovery, Backup&Restore, Advanced Backup, Backup Webtop.
2.Toggle second system recovery, Backup&Restore, Advanced Restore, Restore System.
3.Reboot.
Suggestion : If you have access to webtop fastboot files, you may skip the backup.
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Q: Webtop backup took long time to finish.
Original webtop content from Gingerbread 2.3.6 have too many small files & folder, that's why it's slow.
Since webtop partition is abandon in ICS, you only need to backup this partition once only.
Empty this partition if you're not using second system.
Code:
adb shell mkdir /tmp/webtop
adb shell mount -t ext3 /dev/block/webtop /tmp/webtop
adb shell rm -r /tmp/webtop/*
Update : ver 2.0.1 & newer has an option to do a "fast backup" (backup only data,cache&system)
Update : ver 2.0.5 & newer can do webtop format from recovery
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Q: Will Webtop 3.0 works if I empty/delete all files in /dev/block/webtop?
Webtop 3.0 is just ICS in tablet mode. It's no longer based on ubuntu. It will work
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Q: I have a "low storage space" on 2nd system?
Webtop partition size is only 1.3GB.
To make thing simple, the included boot_second.sh script bind mount /system & /data inside this webtop partition.
You have at least 4 option, if you want to have bigger /data
1.Reassign /data to /sdcard (IO speed depend on sdcard speed rating)
2.Reassign /data to /dev/block/userdata (this will replace all your data for stock system)
3.Reassign /data to /dev/block/cache (bind /cache to somewhere else e.g : /webtop/cache)
4.Use a lightweight ROM (/system size = small)
You need to modify these files to suit your needs.
/preinstall/bootmenu/script/boot_stock.sh
/preinstall/bootmenu/config/stock.recovery.fstab
/preinstall/bootmenu/script/boot_second.sh
/preinstall/bootmenu/config/second.recovery.fstab
Sorry, for now you all have to configure this files manually.
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Q: What is 2nd-init??
Its a method/hack to have a customized init environment. (Thanks to Skrilax_CZ)
cvcps made a good explanation of this on his blog... go read it if you are interested.
2nd-init. What it is and how it works.
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Q: How to use BootMenu 2nd-init??
1.Enable 2nd-init option in BootMenu Manager
2.Copy init files (*.rc) from ramdisk (rootfs) to /system/etc/rootfs/
3.Tweak / edit those file to suit your need(s)
4.Reboot.
*BootMenu will copy & overlay files in /system/etc/rootfs/ to ramdisk on startup. Then it loads 2nd-init.
*Red LED will lit to indicate a 2nd-init booting.
** IMPORTANT : Mount point for 2nd-system is need to be change. Else, 2nd-init will boot the 1st system.
** IMPORTANT : Don't overlay or replace /sbin/init with other version. (CM9,AOKP etc)
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Q: What need to be change for 2nd-system+2nd-init??
Basic init.mapphone_*.rc modification for 2nd-system:
Code:
on fs
mount ext3 [email protected] /preinstall noatime nodiratime barrier=0
mount ext3 [email protected] /webtop noatime nodiratime barrier=0
mkdir /webtop/system 0775 system system
mkdir /webtop/data 0775 system system
exec /preinstall/bootmenu/binary/busybox mount -obind /webtop/system /system
exec /preinstall/bootmenu/binary/busybox mount -obind /webtop/data /data
mount ext3 [email protected] /pds noatime nodiratime barrier=0
mount ext3 [email protected] /cache noatime nodiratime barrier=0
** Above sample is for mounting ext3. Change it to reflex your setup. (I have all of them as ext4)
** All partition is mount directly (Skip disk checking).
** If partition is corrupted/not clean, boot to 1st-system & let it repair/check those partition.
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Q: How to clone 1st-system to 2nd-system (simple)
Make sure the total size of system & data is less than 1.3GB
Switch to 1st-system recovery
Code:
[B]Backup & restore -> Selective backup[/B]
*backup system
*backup data
Switch to 2nd-system recovery
Code:
[B]Backup & restore -> Selective restore[/B]
*restore system
*restore data
Optional, hijack in 2nd system is just a waste of resource.
Code:
[B]System Keeper -> Remove logwrapper hijack[/B]
**Make sure the total size of system & data is less than 1.3GB
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Q: How to clone 1st-system to 2nd-system (advance)
Switch to 1st-system recovery mode. Connect to phone using adb
Code:
mount /data
mount /system
mount /webtop
rm -r /webtop/*
mkdir -p /webtop/data
mkdir- p /webtop/system
cp -a /data/* /webtop/data/
cp -a /system/* /webtop/system/
Optional, hijack in 2nd system is just a waste of resource.
Code:
rm /webtop/system/bin/hijack
rm /webtop/system/bin/logwrapper
mv /webtop/system/bin/logwrapper.bin /webtop/system/bin/logwrapper
**Make sure the total size of system & data is less than 1.3GB
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Nice work whirleyes!
+1
Sounds very promising. Looking forward to using it. Good work!
Really glad you manage to release it !
I ll now try the apk!
The Best Recovery, amazing ;D
sevenup30 said:
Really glad you manage to release it !
I ll now try the apk!
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haha.. only after a lot of sleepless nights and caffeinated days.
Thanks you, your app is great !
Small idea : add widget to reboot, hot reboot, recovery, etc ...
I
whirleyes said:
haha.. only after a lot of sleepless nights and caffeinated days.
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Yeah you answered alot even with different timezone
Now the feedback
I cant find bootmenu on playstore(maybe only in french)
The app is great, the bootmenu is fine, and the install process goes well,( but it dont detect my Current version, because of alpha maybe
Anyway Great work
Google Play link
Nice work dude.
THANKS & RESPECT :thumbup:
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Boot menu
What happens if you have bootstrap installed?
Thanks
jlank said:
What happens if you have bootstrap installed?
Thanks
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I tried with bootstrap on boot(j.g.daddy ics rom port) and it broke XD i was able to restore my backup using the recovery but it can't boot android, dunno if is only a mine problem, so wait for the dev to aswer before trying it
i have installed this, anyone know any other custom rom that we can install and try it, i am running ICS leak now
nischalnischal said:
i have installed this, anyone know any other custom rom that we can install and try it, i am running ICS leak now
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I'm in the same Situation
I wanna test this nice Guy, but nothing to flash :banghead:
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@whirleyes
How do I remove my current cwm (razricsbootstrsp v.2) in order to test this.
Thanks and congratulations for the great work!
Cheers
Sent from my XT910 using xda premium
I had CWM on Boot installed before and yeah, it's gone
Didn't uninstall anything. Just get the app out of store, downloaded the necessary files out of the App and now all is fine. Did my backup allready and now need an nice custom :what:
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HSD-Pilot said:
I had CWM on Boot installed before and yeah, it's gone
Didn't uninstall anything. Just get the app out of store, downloaded the necessary files out of the App and now all is fine. Did my backup allready and now need an nice custom :what:
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Thanks for the repport man!
Will do da same.
Cheers
Sent from my XT910 using xda premium
good job
Related
Copied from Chainfire post:
This rooted kernel is for the "rooting beginners" and those who want to keep as close to stock as possible. CF-Root takes the kernel from an original Samsung firmware (S5830: compiled ext4 as module with ext2, ext3 and ext4 support), and just adds root, busybox, and (unprotected recovery and CWM compatibility) OR (CWM3). S5830: using a modified official CWM4 for Samsung Galaxy Ace.
If you are looking for highly optimized kernels or kernels that perform specific functions, look elsewhere. All CF-Root's are based on original Samsung kernels, they are NOT recompiled, and thus ensure maximum compatibility. S5830: have a kernel version compiled from Samsung original kernel source using a config file extracted from device.
THIS IS NOT A ROM - it is only a kernel (S5830: boot and recovery image). You need to have a firmware already on your device (S5830: tested on stock Gingerbread XXKPH, XWKPN, and DXKPB). You do NOT need to wipe anything for this patch. You DO need to read the instructions.
MAKE SURE YOUR PHONE CAN ENTER DOWNLOAD MODE USING THE KEYCOMBINATION WHILE BOOTING BEFORE FLASHING CF-ROOT (or anything, really)
Donate
There have now been over 200.000 downloads of CF-Root for various devices (1700+ for CF-Root-S5830 b80), and many more if you include ROMs, kernels, etc that use it. Don't be a leech, buy Chainfire a beer (and use the "Thanks" button!)
Features
Some binary files added:
-- Root, su binary v2.3.2-efgh
-- Superuser v2.3.6.3
-- Busybox v1.17.2 for the boot image and v1.16.2androidminimal for the recovery image (from CWM)
-- A modified CWM
Instructions (short)
- Boot into recovery and flash CF-Root-S5830-v3.7-b82.zip. Done.
Instructions (long)
ClockworkMod
- Booting into recovery will immediately give you CWM4! The standard recovery is completely gone.
- ADB is functional in recovery.
- When connected to ADB in recovery, you will get root directly.
- If you wonder where your bootup sounds have gone, CF-Root probably renamed them.
CWM Manager
Same as Chainfire's CF-Root
Features:
- Boot to CWM
- Backup firmware
- Restore backups (S5830: Do not use CWM Manager to restore any backup for now, use CWM Advance Backup directly!)
- Delete backups
- Install APKs
- Flash CWM update.zip's
- Flash kernels (zImage, zImage in TAR, zImage in ZIP, zImage in TAR in ZIP) (S5830: you have to rename boot.img to zImage)
Tweak Manager
Same as Chainfire's CF-Root, except:
- Kernel: Scheduler option always disabled on boot. Kernel scheduler tweak not working on S5830.
- Now have "DT: Auto start" option to turn on/off Darktremor a2sd script on boot. Don't worry, Darktremor apps2sd setting is persistent, event you turn off the auto start script. It's safer to turn a2sd auto start off!
Ext4 Manager
Same as Chainfire's CF-Root.
Obviously you should revert back to rfs before flashing a new stock/modified ROM!
S5830: No need to revert back to rfs before flashing a new stock Gingerbread ROM! Tested using XXKPH, XWKPN, and DXKPB.
Custom boot / init scripts
Same as Chainfire's CF-Root.
Mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 to /system/sd if the microSD second partition present (ext2, ext3, or ext4), do not remove the microSD while S5830 ON (event after unmounted from "SD card and phone storage settings"), turn off your phone first before eject the microSD! It's safe to connect your phone to PC and mount the first partition (FAT/FAT32) in mass storage mode.
Custom boot animations and binaries
Same as Chainfire's CF-Root. S5830: DXKPB have a bug (or Samsung made it), bootanimation not closed when boot complete, CF-Root fix it!
Dark Tremor apps2sd:
A modified DT's apps2sd to guarantee no longer interfere Wi-Fi, BT, GPS, etc. Flash it using CWM recovery or CWM Manager - Flash update.
CF-Root by default not automatically start DT a2sd script on boot. Run Tweak Manager and select "DT: Auto start" option, then "Apply changes" to reboot your phone. When booting, bootloop will occur several times during DT apps2sd activation for the first time.
Installing busybox over the included version
Don't do it!
How ?
- Base on Chainfire's CF-Root, used a modified mkbootfs in order files in /sbin have the appropriate permissions.
- A modified CWM4 package to make sure ext4 Manager conversion scripts working as expected.
- Boot logo modification, references from here and here.
The original post (in Indonesian): CF-Root-S5830XXKPH.
BUGFIX: b82-ex-fixed
Fix for following bugs:
Auto boot when plugged into the charger/USB from off state or turned off when the device connected to charger/USB
Gallery3D freeze after browsing some pictures, and then fail to display 3D textures in all 3D app
Copy b82-ex-fixed.zip to SD card and then install it via "CWM Manager - Flash kernel"!
UPDATE: CF-Root-S5830 v3.7 b82-ex
swap and BLN support
Using a kernel compiled from source, the config file extracted from DXKPB device (/proc/config.gz) with small modification
Need a patched Service Manager (services.jar) installed on deodexed framework for fully working BLN. Backup your /system/framework/services.jar first!
UPDATE: CF-Root-S5830 v3.7 b82
The original update (in Indonesian): CF-Root-S5830-v3.7-b82
Single *.zip for both boot and CWM recovery image. Flashable using stock or CWM recovery!
Using Samsung Galaxy Ace DXKPB stock kernel (2.6.35.7-perf-CL514579), don't blame me if you got SOD
ext4 as a module
wifi module (ar6000.ko) included, so this version of CF-Root-S5830 will work on all versions of Gingerbread
Busybox installed in /system/xbin
Need the new CF-Root-S5830_ext4-v1.3u3.apk for rfs and ext4 filesystem conversion
Bootanimation fix, kill bootanimation when boot done (DXKPB bugfix?). Android Scribble as demo bootanimation, delete /data/local/bootanimation.zip if you don't like it
cifs.ko and tun.ko included, no need separate package
Since using the stock kernel, have no BLN and swap support
Small size boot and recovery image, ~5MB each
UPDATE: CF-Root-S5830 v3.7 b80
kernel compiled using gcc version 4.5.2 (Sourcery G++ Lite 2011.03-42)
swap support
ext3, ext4 filesystem support
lzma initramfs support
kernel log buffer size: 12 -> 4KB
small-memory-footprint RCU -> Tiny RCU
default kernel command string: mem=330M console=NULL hw=5 fbaddr=0xf6000 quiet
printk without timing information
debug info disabled
alsa debug disabled
unnecessary LCD and battery printk removed
BLN kernel support, modified liblights.msm7k.so
wifi module taken from XWKPN to make a single distribution for both KPH and KPN
recovery b79: fix CSC flashing error
Single distribution for both KPN and KPH. For full BLN support, you have to install KPH/KPN services on deodexed framework. Backup your /system/framework/services.jar first!
UPDATE: CF-Root-S5830 v3.7 b78
Using only 1 system property from the previous 21 (CF-Root + DT apps2sd). Now is guaranteed CF-Root no longer interfere Wi-Fi, BT, GPS, etc. It's a big problem if Android system property reach the 247 limit. You can use "getprop | grep -c ]" to count registered system property.
The tweak script in /system/etc/init.d, it allows advanced users to do further tweaking
New icon for CWM, Tweak, and ext4 Manager. Thanks to moemooo.
Using CWM4 recovery. CWM4 re-packaged to ensure the ext4 Manager script working as expected. The ext4 script also improved, check SD card second partition also.
Modified Darktremor apps2sd to use the CF-Root busybox. Reducing system property need to 0. Method of mounting SD card second partition fixed, false filesystem type detection will not happen.
Turn the button backlight when the CF-Root script starts executed and turn it off upon completion. This could be an indicator of a problem and inform the user how long the CF-Root script is executed. Apparently fast so the already b78 user was not aware of this new feature
Tweaks LCD in Tweak Manager changed as a switch for toggling a2sd script execution when booting.
DOWNLOAD:
CF-Root-S5830-v3.7-b84.zip (12.55 MB)
BUGFIX: Invisible boot animation.
Install CF-Root-S5830-v3.7-b84.zip via "CWM recovery" first and then install b84-fixed.zip via "CWM Manager - Flash kernel"!
CF-Root-S5830-v3.7-b83.zip (12.38 MB)
- Untested since on CyanogenMod 7.2 firmware for now
- Using b82 recovery image
- CPU and system bus overclock enabled
- GPU driver backported from 2.6.35-11 kernel source
- interactive, interactiveX, smart*ss, and smart*ssV2 governor
- Samsung on the fly governor setting disabled
- WiFi driver taken from DXKPD
CF-Root-S5830-v3.7-b82.zip (11.95 MB)
Don't use the older version of CF-Root-S5830, I leave the attachments here since like to see the comparison between the number of downloads and the thanks list
CF-Root-S5830-v3.7-b82-ex.zip (11.83 MB)
The -ex version have swap and BLN support. This version using a kernel compiled from source, the config file extracted from DXKPB device (/proc/config.gz) without alot modification. Need a patched Service Manager (services.jar) for fully working BLN. Only DXKPB Service Manager attached here (CF-Root-S5830_DXKPB-services.zip) for now. You can patch your deodexed services.jar base on neldar's patch or ask me to do it.
A modified ext4 Manager to make it work on Galaxy Ace. Need a modified CWM4 recovery, not sure will work on official CWM4 from illarain/koush. This version show /system/sd partition size.
A reference multi CSC, taken from XWKPN (Europe?) and DXKC1 (Asia?). Default CSC: Indonesia . A good reference for ROM cooker
sec_csc.zip (3.69 MB)
DOWNLOAD RECORD:
CF-Root-S5830-v3.7-b80_cifs_tun.zip: 493 downloads
CF-Root-S5830-v3.7-b80_boot.zip: 1777 downloads
CF-Root-S5830-v3.7-b79_recovery.zip: 1556 downloads
CF-Root-S5830_tweaks-jrs.zip: 284 downloads
CF-Root-S5830_tweaks-default.zip: 151 downloads
Users Say Thank You: 28 Chainfire said, "Don't be a leech".
ganas gan.. porting dari ROM org luar negeri punya yah?
ada yg ditambahin ga asli dari ente?
(wicked cool bro... so you ported the existing ROM from abroad? is there any original mods made by you?)
Can you please explain in short what this is & how this will improve the performance of my ace? I already use the new kernel by coolya & cwm...
Don't Forget to hit Thanks if I helped you!
Sent from my Galaxy Ace.
Does it work for ace European (France) ?
Tib44 said:
Does it work for ace European (France) ?
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I think it will work if ur firmware based on kph
Yes it works on stock european kph.
App2sd working and my quadrant benchmark shows 1468.Thanks.
ketut.kumajaya
Programs on a SDcard do not work - after reboot(((
Thief777 said:
ketut.kumajaya
Programs on a SDcard do not work - after reboot(((
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Same here!!!
I can't use wifi connection anymore if I installed this kernel. I tried it several times, with custom rom as base, then stock KPH as per instruction, the result all same. I can't use wifi to connect to the internet as soon I flashed this kernel. The wifi says connected, but can't connect to the internet. Using 3G works fine though.
Apart from that I love it! when converting the rfs to ext4 I can feel the device feels more responsive than ever! I can also use recovery mode to backup/restore ROM! I'm impressed! the only negative thing is the wifi
Found a bug! Remove any application installed on SD card. I will fix this ASAP. About the WiFi, I will try to find the problem, working on me.
Will it work for CodeROM v1b bro ?
Sent from my GT-S5830 using XDA App
ketut.kumajaya said:
Found a bug! Remove any application installed on SD card. I will fix this ASAP. About the WiFi, I will try to find the problem, working on me.
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I look forward
Hey I had a problem with this kernel...
First I flashed the stock kph & then the cf root file. Then I rebooted my ace & installed the ext4 manager.
In that I selected convert 2 ext4..
But nothing happened.. so I manually flashed the illarean's cwm. After which when I entered the recovery mode it automatically started converting the file system to ext4.. After that when I rebooted it got stuck at the galaxy ace logo.. Then at a black screen..
Is there somthing that I have done wrong?
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adiles said:
Hey I had a problem with this kernel...
First I flashed the stock kph & then the cf root file. Then I rebooted my ace & installed the ext4 manager.
In that I selected convert 2 ext4..
But nothing happened.. so I manually flashed the illarean's cwm. After which when I entered the recovery mode it automatically started converting the file system to ext4.. After that when I rebooted it got stuck at the galaxy ace logo.. Then at a black screen..
Is there somthing that I have done wrong?
Sent from my GT-S5830 using XDA App
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Expect correction
adiles said:
Hey I had a problem with this kernel...
First I flashed the stock kph & then the cf root file. Then I rebooted my ace & installed the ext4 manager.
In that I selected convert 2 ext4..
But nothing happened.. so I manually flashed the illarean's cwm. After which when I entered the recovery mode it automatically started converting the file system to ext4.. After that when I rebooted it got stuck at the galaxy ace logo.. Then at a black screen..
Is there somthing that I have done wrong?
Sent from my GT-S5830 using XDA App
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CF-Root recovery is a modified version of ilarrain's CWM. CF-Root boot, recovery, and ext4 manager is one package. Not guarantee its working as expected in different combinations. Make sure your SD card in good condition and have enough space (larger than /system partition ~250MB). Don't use ext4 manager with different recovery image!
As I had said earlier that this is fantastic but there are some bugs here.Wifi is not working. Link2sd works but on reboot the sd-ext partition does not get mounted.But on manually mounting sd-ext it works again.
apps in SDcard Issue
hello there
I've just flashed the CF-Root kernel on my ACE, it was fast and very easy to do it, the device booted up without any problem, the only inconvenient was that all my apps located in the SD card had gone. I just had to reinstall everythig which i dont care too much about.
The apps seems to install normally and be functional but after i turn off or reboot the device, all tha apps previosuly installed in the SD card GONE!!!
If i enter in the "Manage Applications menu" i got something like the image attached.
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It seems like every time a boot up the path to the app SD card files erase or something like that.
Is this normal?? I did something wrong? perhaps i need to format the SDcard in ext4 format or configure something in the CWM3.
Thanks in advance guys.
@Erick_GM
Yes, release 74 have a serious bug. Erase applications on SD card every boot I will fix it in release 75 including CWM Manager as a bonus Hey, your WiFi works?
@skynet28
CF-Root for Galaxy Ace will adopt Dark Tremor's a2sd.
ketut.kumajaya said:
Yes, release 74 have a serious bug. Erase applications on SD card every boot I will fix it in release 75 including CWM Manager as a bonus
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uuuu what a shame, so there's no solution for that issue at the moment.
If i flash the XXKPH's PDA with the odin i'll recover the original kernel without harming /data or /system??
greetings
EDIT:
yes my wifi works as usual, why?
ketut.kumajaya said:
Found a bug! Remove any application installed on SD card. I will fix this ASAP. About the WiFi, I will try to find the problem, working on me.
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I just installed CF-Root-v3.7-b75-S5830XXKPH and so far so good! no missing applications, wifi working, ext4 conversion success. Thank you!
Thanks to Ghiki and Imanol00 for testing, 4EXT Recovery is now also available for the Nexus One
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Quick note about themes:
Available themes as of Oct/17:
Themes by pravus_nephilim
Themes by Apaquette420
Themes by Whiskey103
Themes by Amresh
Themes by Apaquette420
Themes by CWhitney24
Themes by DaMyth
Themes by Blindndumb
To uninstall any "flashed theme" and to revert to your own custom settings you had before flashing, just use this Theme Uninstaller in recovery.
It will clear any theme you might have flashed and revert to your own custom settings you had before flashing that theme!
THANKS:
All credits and my deepest respect go to Koush for his extremely great code!
Without him 4EXT Recovery wouldn't have been possible!
Biggest thanks possible go to Sebastiaan15 for his brilliant ideas and who spent whole weeks testing my buggy code with his Desire
Without you I could never have made it!!!
So BIG THANKS to SEBASTIAAN15 and KOUSH for his hard work with CWMR !!!
Many credits to the Desire S community ( especially to loveboatcaptain - LBC Mod Android Development and Marylandcookie ) for testing, very nice ideas, feature suggestions and helping to get the code running on the Desire S!
Special big thanks to RAVENNA from android-hilfe.de board for hours of testing for the Desire!
BIG Thanks to Hussainmushahid who helped me a lot spending much of time with solving a bug I could not reproduce on my device.
And many thanks to all users who reported and helped to identify problems ( can't any longer list all of you here since the list has grown too large )!
Even more thanks to people who 've bought me some beer YOU ROCK!! ZEEKIZ, A USER, PHILOS64, STEVEATHOME, PREACHER65, BEN_PYETT, ULTRA DROID, PTR_HAMILTON, BEANBEAN50, SEBASTIAAN15 and LOVEBOATCAPTAIN
v2.2.6 RC4 Released: Oct/01
Rare Superuser problem when tar backups were enabled (disabled by default) was fixed.
Converting partitions between ext3 and ext4 without data loss now correctly calculates the space needed to successfully complete the operation
New option: check and optionally repair the file system on your sdcard (fat32)
Removed duplicate format cache option inside the format menu (wipe cache does the same)
When formatting fat32 it will now save your 4ext.prop settings and restore them afterwards
Changed partitioning of the sdcard to not use LBA mode for new fat32 partitions as requested by Ghiki
Added new size option (128mb) to the partitioning menu per request
Parted is no longer used to format fat32 in the partition menu
-> This solves a bug where sometimes the creation of the fat32 file system failed and produces better quality results
4EXT Recovery themes should now stay when formatting /system or flashing new roms
New option: format /sdcard fat32
New 4EXT Recovery Control API because I'm forced to drop "extendedcommand" (see App for the reason why)
enables file names and directories to include spaces for installations
calculates needed space to complete a full or advanced backup at the beginning of the backup.
This ensures that you are not left with a non working backup.
Size for recovery greatly reduced
New 4EXT Recovery Control Features
Please see www.4ext.net for more.
Fix permissions
Calculate real values for the space needed to create a new full or advanced backup
Advanced Backups: While you are selecting / deselecting partitions, it will display and update the currently needed space to complete that custom backup set.
As an example, the following would be possible to do in just one session:
Restore a backup, set to create a backup / advanced backup before the restore,
format all partitions with a file system of your choice before the restore process starts,
flash additional zip files afterwards, fix permissions and select to stay inside recovery or to reboot automatically once all actions are complete.
Features: Use 4EXT Recovery Control or Recovery Updater for complete Changelogs and Known issues!
not all features may be relevant for all devices
Displays additional information:
Identifies your current rom and displays its name
Current filesystems on your partitions
Free space remaining of all of your volumes
Current battery charge level
Backup | Restore:
Correctly calculates free space needed to complete a backup ( version > 2.2.6 RC4 )
Tar backups (can be switched on or off)
Complete CWMR5 compatibility
All Backups you create will be named after your currently installed Rom for easier identification.
Never unwillingly get "downgraded" to EXT3 again
Always restores backups using the file systems you HAD on your partitions at the time of creation!
-> all partitions formatted with ext4 at that time, will be restored to ext4. The same is true for ext3.
You can manually change any existing Backup to ext4 or ext3
-> so that after a restore, all partitions and up with the file system you wanted!
Advanced Backup: backup only a single partition
Convert any of your partitions to EXT4 or EXT3 without data loss.
Formatting:
When you wipe or format it will always use the same file system you currently have.
-> but you can change that
When you format ext4 it will always create an aligned file system
Correctly identifies unformatted sd-ext partitions
-> if it finds one it displays a warning and suggests you may format them by visiting the 4EXT menu
Filesystem check and repair option in advanced menu
Partitioning:
Alignment check of your partitions
Full support for up to 2 sd-ext partitions + swap (Backup/restore/format/convert, fsck, et.c.)
(RE-) Partition your sdcard for sd-ext without removing your fat32 partition.
All partitions created with 4EXTRecovery will be perfectly aligned to 4k
Installing:
Integrated md5sum checking option
Themes:
Customize all colours used throughout recovery
Use your own icons, background images, progress bars.. more to come.
Assign different backgrounds to different menu categories (version >= 2.1.2)
Create a flashable zip for others to flash your theme.
Menus:
Most popular menu items rearranged
Format menu
Power Menu + option to reboot into bootloader
Less "No's" in confirmation dialogues
Changed Advanced Restore: first select what you want to restore, then select the backup
-> Useful for restoring from "Advanced Backups"
4ext.prop:
Configuration file on your sdcard where you can set options to be used by 4EXTRecovery
Change all settings conveniently with 4EXT Recovery Control
Many more options to come
Share your settings / themes by packing your config into a flashable theme
Other stuff:
USB Storage Autostart (must be switched on)
Mount usb storage exposes all partitions on your sdcard to the os (not just fat32)
-> you could even partition your sdcard from your PC while connected via USB
Switch haptic feedback on/off
You don't need to reboot recovery if you transferred a file to show up in the install menu.
-> This bug affected only some users with either CWMR or previous versions of 4EXT.
Button backlights (Desire S, Desire HD and Incredible S only)
Download:
All downloads are now available through 4EXT Recovery Updater. It's free, no ads, no tracking, no nothing, don't worry
.. and of course via the "pro" version 4EXT Recovery Control
This ensures that your downloads are ok by automatically verifying md5sums and that known issues and changelogs are easily accessible
It also notifies you when there are any new critical bugs found
Recovery images will be uploaded for download soon too, but they can also be acquired easily by using Updater or Control.
You can for example just download a recovery.zip containing the image. The download will be automatically verified for correct md5sums!
4EXT Recovery Control
Free version: Recovery Updater
Fully featured version: 4EXT Recovery Control
For a list of its many features, visit www.4ext.net
Some examples :
Flash as many zip files you want in one go
Automatically Calculate and display the md5sums of all zip files you are going to flash
Check your backups' health to ensure they will restore later when you need them, by verifying their md5sums!
Optionally, but highly not recommended:
If md5sums don't match but you REALLY NEED that backup BADLY, you might want to restore it anyway.
You can you this app to fix the md5sums of a given backup to "forcefully" restore it!
Calculate real values for the space needed to create a new full or advanced backup
Advanced Backups: While you are selecting / deselecting partitions, it will display and update the currently needed space to complete that custom backup set.
Identifies and adds your romname so you don't need to type so much when chosing a meaningful name for your backup
As an example, the following is possible to do in just one session:
Restore a backup, set to create a backup / advanced backup before the restore,
format all partitions with a file system of your choice before the restore process starts,
flash additional zip files afterwards, fix permissions and select to stay inside recovery or to reboot automatically once all actions are complete.
Much, much more! See www.4ext.net
Recovery theming
Uninstall and Install themes with live preview and the option to change their colours without the need to reboot into recovery.
Change all colours with live preview and a nice colour picker.
Thanks to you, for your AMAZING recovery
ghiki said:
Thanks to you, for your AMAZING recovery
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thanks for telling me about Imanol001 for testing
Curious to flash, but need to know how navigation is handled... trackball or volume (or both)? As my trackball is kinda messed up... thanks.
daveid said:
Curious to flash, but need to know how navigation is handled... trackball or volume (or both)? As my trackball is kinda messed up... thanks.
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I'm not exactly sure about the trackball for the Desire as I don't have one. I think it should work. But the volume buttons always work!
Edit: sorry, mixed up the thread, but that also applies to the Nexus One
Volume buttons: definitely
Trackball: most probably
Wait, the free version is a trial? Or did I read that wrong?
Also, what are the benefits of paid?
This isn't meant in a disrespectful way but, if its a recovery, why use yours over Clockwork or Amron?
uoY_redruM said:
Wait, the free version is a trial? Or did I read that wrong?
Also, what are the benefits of paid?
This isn't meant in a disrespectful way but, if its a recovery, why use yours over Clockwork or Amron?
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Recovery is free (of course ! ) and has nothing to do with any apps!
You can compare the app's features on www.4ext.net.
Free "Updater" app:
browse all versions of 4ext recovery
flash or download any version directly verifying md5sums automatically.
view changelogs / known issues while downloading
get news if any new critical bugs are found
send bug reports where you can include your last recovery log by ticking an option if you wish.
This App is a great time saver for me as I can add things to known issues if any very quickly for all devices, or send a notice that something was discovered, that you should know about (like a new bug found in a version released the day before or something).
I also increase the chance that people read the change logs or known issues, because they are immediately and easily accessible!
"Control" app: quite much, please see www.4ext.net
To be able to test all features of the "full version" app (which has nothing to do with recovery itself!),
the "Updater app" includes a full featured 3 day preview with all features of the paid one.
After that, it is just the free version.
There are no ads, or any other bull****
About the recovery features and why to use/not to use it over any other recovery, please see 1st post:
Features: Use 4EXT Recovery Control or Recovery Updater for complete Changelogs and Known issues!
not all features may be relevant for all devices
Displays additional information:
Identifies your current rom and displays its name
Current filesystems on your partitions
Free space remaining of all of your volumes
Current battery charge level
Backup | Restore:
Correctly calculates free space needed to complete a backup ( version > 2.2.6 RC4 )
Tar backups (can be switched on or off)
Complete CWMR5 compatibility
All Backups you create will be named after your currently installed Rom for easier identification.
Never unwillingly get "downgraded" to EXT3 again
Always restores backups using the file systems you HAD on your partitions at the time of creation!
-> all partitions formatted with ext4 at that time, will be restored to ext4. The same is true for ext3.
You can manually change any existing Backup to ext4 or ext3
-> so that after a restore, all partitions and up with the file system you wanted!
Advanced Backup: backup only a single partition
Convert any of your partitions to EXT4 or EXT3 without data loss.
Formatting:
When you wipe or format it will always use the same file system you currently have.
-> but you can change that
When you format ext4 it will always create an aligned file system
Correctly identifies unformatted sd-ext partitions
-> if it finds one it displays a warning and suggests you may format them by visiting the 4EXT menu
Filesystem check and repair option in advanced menu
Partitioning:
Alignment check of your partitions
Full support for up to 2 sd-ext partitions + swap (Backup/restore/format/convert, fsck, et.c.)
(RE-) Partition your sdcard for sd-ext without removing your fat32 partition.
All partitions created with 4EXTRecovery will be perfectly aligned to 4k
Installing:
Integrated md5sum checking option
Themes:
Customize all colours used throughout recovery
Use your own icons, background images, progress bars.. more to come.
Assign different backgrounds to different menu categories (version >= 2.1.2)
Create a flashable zip for others to flash your theme.
Menus:
Most popular menu items rearranged
Format menu
Power Menu + option to reboot into bootloader
Less "No's" in confirmation dialogues
Changed Advanced Restore: first select what you want to restore, then select the backup
-> Useful for restoring from "Advanced Backups"
4ext.prop:
Configuration file on your sdcard where you can set options to be used by 4EXTRecovery
Change all settings conveniently with 4EXT Recovery Control
Many more options to come
Share your settings / themes by packing your config into a flashable theme
Other stuff:
USB Storage Autostart (must be switched on)
Mount usb storage exposes all partitions on your sdcard to the os (not just fat32)
-> you could even partition your sdcard from your PC while connected via USB
Switch haptic feedback on/off
You don't need to reboot recovery if you transferred a file to show up in the install menu.
-> This bug affected only some users with either CWMR or previous versions of 4EXT.
Button backlights (Desire S, Desire HD and Incredible S only)
Thank you for your quick response, and I plan to look into your recovery.
My other question would be, how do you install your recovery? On the website, I'm getting an .apk file when I click the link.
uoY_redruM said:
Thank you for your quick response, and I plan to look into your recovery.
My other question would be, how do you install your recovery? On the website, I'm getting an .apk file when I click the link.
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Yes it's currently only available through the Updater app.
You can flash it directly using that or chose to download it and flash manually.
Need to get some sleep now.. again 5:30am here
If there are any remaining questions I'll gladly answer them in a few hours
You can also take a look at the other threads though as 4ext has been available for some other devices for many months already
uoY_redruM said:
Wait, the free version is a trial? Or did I read that wrong?
Also, what are the benefits of paid?
This isn't meant in a disrespectful way but, if its a recovery, why use yours over Clockwork or Amron?
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Alignment of your card, the fat32 & the EXT partition, huge plus. Converting your EXT partition to EXT4 or EXT3 without data loss, nice… but the alignment feature & card display info nice touch in recovery.
This will make formatting/aligning my new 32gb CL6 much easier than sibere instructions…
Just installed this and the trackball/volume button is working for navigation, the capacitive back button is for back, the selection is still the trackball.
Tried it. Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And so my Nexus One lives on....
In the screenshots, its shows the system and data partitions etc, but when I look on my partition printout it only shows partitions on the SD card. How can I make this show all partitions on my phone and then convert all of those partitions to EXT4?
Thank you all very much for that awesome feedback
Regarding system data cache extra info on mtd devices with yaffs2 partitions:
Back when 4ext recovery only displayed the current file system types of partitions it didn't make sense to include yaffs2 partitions, because the file system never changes there.
Since then displaying of capacity and free space has been added.
Now it absolutely makes sense, but I hadn't had the time yet to make those changes.
If you "print partition info" Inside the app though, you will see all the info already.
I will change that inside recovery in one of the next updates
Thanks for the info, one other thing. I tried making a backup of my current system, and then converting the backup to EXT4. I had assumed it would convert the yaffs2 partitions to EXT4 as well, but it didn't. When I checked the partition printout in the app, it still showed yaffs. In your screenshots in the OP, all the partitions are showing as EXT4. How can I format all of my system partitions to EXT4 as well?
Bohemus said:
Thanks for the info, one other thing. I tried making a backup of my current system, and then converting the backup to EXT4. I had assumed it would convert the yaffs2 partitions to EXT4 as well, but it didn't. When I checked the partition printout in the app, it still showed yaffs. In your screenshots in the OP, all the partitions are showing as EXT4. How can I format all of my system partitions to EXT4 as well?
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This is simply not possible with yaffs2 partitions.
The screens are from Desire HD and Incredible S.
You can only convert sd-ext partitions between ext3 and ext4 on devices using yaffs2 for system, data and cache..
So when you are inside the convert menu you will only see sd-ext partitions to select.
And if you set one of your backups to either ext4 or ext3, only sd-ext partitions inside that backup will be effected.
Got it. So there is no way to format the N1's phone partitions to EXT4? Would there even be a point to doing this if it were possible?
Bohemus said:
Got it. So there is no way to format the N1's phone partitions to EXT4? Would there even be a point to doing this if it were possible?
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It's not possible
At least not without an extreme hack. I don't know if anyone ever did something like that and I lack the knowledge about that matter.
Yes, ext4 would be faster.
awesome!
Best recovery! I've been switching to find the best but have always found problems in each i tryed until i found this! Well done!
Proudly presenting:
4EXT Recovery Touch
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brand new user interface: "4EXT UI"
touchscreen only
extremely fast
much more useful features than the already feature-packed 4EXT Recovery Classic v2.2.7 RC5 (see 2nd post)
optionally save space by configuring recovery to exclude /cache from backups
you can configure recovery to save even more space by excluding dalvik-cache from backups
calculates real space needed to complete a backup to save you from troubles
detects your local time zone
-> correct time is used for backups you start from within recovery
allows you to change md5sum check behaviour
displays and updates your current battery level in real time
scrollable texthistory (drag down the statusbar)
built-in interactivity (yes/no questions) for updater-scripts
built-in screenshot functionality
extensive theming capabilities!
nearly ALL YOU SEE is changeable.
"worker bar": create your own custom animations, there are (nearly) no limits! Use any shapes/sizes/animations et.c.
extra low cpu needed for that: absolutely no negative impact on backup/restore speed.
async UI rendering for optimal performance for the "heavy tasks" like backup/restore
backups even faster than with usual recoveries.
.. explore the new interface to see more
includes all features of 4EXT Recovery Classic
INFO:
For App and Rom devs:
Make use of the Recovery Interface Api provided by the (free and paid) 4EXT Recovery Apps to push updates/mods/addons for auto installation.
Very easy to use and to integrate into Apps or even shell scripts.
Please check 3rd post.
Info regarding 4EXT Recovery Touch and its yesno feature, or any interactive installer scripts you might already use, please see 3rd post.
Themes for 4EXT Recovery Touch:
Official 4EXT Recovery Themes Index & Discussion Thread
Download
All downloads are available through 4EXT Recovery Updater.
It's free, no ads, no tracking, no nothing, don't worry
..and of course via 4EXT Recovery Control
This ensures that your downloads are ok by automatically verifying md5sums and that known issues and changelogs are easily accessible
When you install or download a recovery via the app it makes sure that your recovery config is correctly set up.
It allows to automatically setup your time zone for recovery.
You can use it to get notified about updates regarding your recovery version
You can configure it to get notified in case any critical bugs have been discovered of the recovery version you currently have installed.
It allows me to update known issues/changelogs immediately and to quickly pull a newly released version if there were reports about critical bugs
You can also use it to just download a recovery.zip containing the image. The download will be automatically verified for correct md5sums!
By default the app also saves the recovery.img you flash on your sdcard,
so you can use it to flash the recovery via fastboot in case you need to do that one day.
If you somehow lost those files, there's a direct download for a version you can flash via fastboot.
4EXT Recovery Control
Free version: Recovery Updater
Fully featured: Recovery Control
For a list of its many features, visit www.4ext.net
Some examples :
Very easy to use, but also includes an extensive set of features available via "advanced mode"
Comfortable configure all settings of recovery
Calculate the space needed to create a new full or advanced backup
So you can make sure the backup will succeed before even rebooting into recovery.
Advanced Backups: While you are selecting / deselecting partitions, it will display and update the currently needed space to complete that custom backup set.
Identifies and adds your romname so you don't need to type so much when chosing a meaningful name for your backup
When you restore a backup, the app does the md5sum check instead of the recovery
This ensures that you know whether the restore process will succeed before even rebooting into recovery
Flash as many zip files you want in one go
Automatically calculate and display the md5sums of all zip files you are going to flash
Check your backups' health to ensure they will restore later when you need them, by verifying their md5sums!
Optionally, but highly not recommended:
If md5sums don't match but you really need that backup badly, you might want to restore it anyway.
You can you this app to fix the md5sums of a given backup
As an example, the following is possible to do in just one session:
Restore a backup, set to create a backup / advanced backup before the restore,
format all partitions with a file system of your choice before the restore process starts,
flash additional zip files afterwards, fix permissions and select to stay inside recovery or to reboot automatically once all actions are complete.
Much, much more! See www.4ext.net
Big thanks to craacK for a lot of great icons!
Thanks:
Big thanks to DolphiCom for all the graphics, the worker bar and a whole lot of great ideas and to the many great testers who spent all day/night testing, reporting bugs, making suggestions, helping with decisions:
Jotha, craacK, Patrics83, Euphorie, Mike1986, Whiskey103, ptr_hamilton, Lizard, TheUntouchable
Big thanks to Jotha and Whiskey103 for testing the themes features creating and their first themes for 4EXT Recovery Touch.
Also Big thanks to all the donators to 4EXT Recovery and everyone who has bought 4EXT Recovery Control! Without you I wouldn't be able to spend as much time with the project:
SO A HUGE THANK YOU!
FRANKIE-BOY, SYRAKUS, FISHA21, ZJXPOT, ZEEKIZ, A USER, PHILOS64, STEVEATHOME, PREACHER65, BEN_PYETT, HAWST, ANIT77, ULTRA DROID, PTR_HAMILTON, BEANBEAN50, SEBASTIAAN15 and LOVEBOATCAPTAIN
Of course BIG THANKS to KOUSH for ClockworkModRecovery!
Without him, 4EXT Recovery wouldn't exist!
Thanks a lot to the following users for initial testing for specific devices :
PTR_HAMILTON, SEBASTIAAN15, THEUNTOUCHABLE, BMONSTER, ANDREIGHERGHE, PRESTON74, MADKAI, YASIR, PLAYPETEPP
IPERZAMPEM0, THESHAWTY, JBBANDOS, GREGFERNS and INCREDULOUS
Special thanks to Invasion2 and Stlouie65 for spending at least 10 hours of their time helping me debug a really nasty issue on the myTouch 4G!
Also thanks for obtaining calibration values for the touchscreen:
Wolfepakt
Jaibar
Jayallen1980
Stlouie65
Invasion2
PacerguyDon
Ben_Pyett
Dargocitfer
Darknessrise1234
Lizard
Azazel71
Features of 4EXT Recovery Classic:
(Use 4EXT Recovery Control or Recovery Updater for complete Changelogs and Known issues!)
not all features may be relevant for all devices
Displays additional information:
Identifies your current rom and displays its name
Current filesystems on your partitions
Free space remaining of all of your volumes
Current battery charge level
Backup | Restore:
Correctly calculates free space needed to complete a backup ( version > 2.2.6 RC4 )
Tar backups (can be switched on or off)
Complete CWMR5 compatibility
All Backups you create will be named after your currently installed Rom for easier identification.
Never unwillingly get "downgraded" to EXT3 again
Always restores backups using the file systems you HAD on your partitions at the time of creation!
-> all partitions formatted with ext4 at that time, will be restored to ext4. The same is true for ext3.
You can manually change any existing Backup to ext4 or ext3
-> so that after a restore, all partitions and up with the file system you wanted!
Advanced Backup: backup only a single partition
Convert any of your partitions to EXT4 or EXT3 without data loss.
Formatting:
When you wipe or format it will always use the same file system you currently have.
-> but you can change that
When you format ext4 it will always create an aligned file system
Correctly identifies unformatted sd-ext partitions
-> if it finds one it displays a warning and suggests you may format them by visiting the 4EXT menu
Filesystem check and repair option in advanced menu
Partitioning:
Alignment check of your partitions
Full support for up to 2 sd-ext partitions + swap (Backup/restore/format/convert, fsck, et.c.)
(RE-) Partition your sdcard for sd-ext without removing your fat32 partition.
All partitions created with 4EXTRecovery will be perfectly aligned to 4k
Installing:
Integrated md5sum checking option
Menus:
Most popular menu items rearranged
Format menu
Power Menu + option to reboot into bootloader
Changed Advanced Restore: first select what you want to restore, then select the backup
-> Useful for restoring from "Advanced Backups"
4ext.prop:
Configuration file on your sdcard where you can set options to be used by 4EXTRecovery
Change all settings conveniently with 4EXT Recovery Control
Many more options to come
Share your settings / themes by packing your config into a flashable theme
Other stuff:
USB Storage Autostart (must be switched on)
Mount usb storage exposes all partitions on your sdcard to the os (not just fat32)
-> you could even partition your sdcard from your PC while connected via USB
Switch haptic feedback on/off
Button backlights
reserved ...
Recovery Interface Api for Apps and Scripts
Both: free and paid 4EXT apps now provide a very easy to use interface you can use to access 4EXT Recovery from within your shell scripts or apps.
Features:
wipe cache
wipe dalvik
wipe data / factory reset
install multiple zips at once
backup
If you are interested, please download this zip file with examples
How to make use of 4EXT Recovery Touch from within updater-scripts:
Since Beta 1.0.0.3 Beta 4 you can do the following:
identify whether the user is running 4EXT Recovery Touch or not (to use or not to use the following commands)
make use of the native yes/no dialogue (confirm / cancel buttons)
prevent recovery from redrawing the screen ( in case you need to use your own 3rd party interactive binary )
To identify 4EXT Recovery Touch:
Code:
if getprop("ext.edition") == "ng" then
<your code>
endif;
To use the native confirm dialogues:
Code:
ui_print("4ext: show_yesno"); # <-- recovery will pause your script and display "yes / no" buttons.
run_program("/sbin/sleep", "2"); # <-- for safety since the above is executed asynchronous
#check the return value by calling:
if getprop("ext.confirm") == "yes" then
<yourcode>
endif;
To prevent recovery from redrawing the screen ( if you want to use an external binary that needs to occupy the screen and get the focus )
Code:
ui_print("4ext: disable_scrn_update");
# don't forget to enable it again after your yesno binary or graphical installer is finished, by calling:
ui_print("4ext: enable_scrn_update"); #otherwise the recovery will appear to be frozen as it won't update the screen anymore.
let me be the first to congratulate you!
really great work. been using 4ext for a while now and will be flashing this asap
great job mate!
Absolutely wonderful! You my friend have done an outstanding job with this! Touch-recovery, wow, almost sounds too good to be true
pseudoheld said:
let me be the first to congratulate you!
really great work. been using 4ext for a while now and will be flashing this asap
great job mate!
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Theshawty said:
Absolutely wonderful! You my friend have done an outstanding job with this! Touch-recovery, wow, almost sounds too good to be true
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Thank you both VERY much
It is now online
Just bought your Control version on android market and bro, this recovery is amazing!
EPIC!!!
Guineapig said:
Just bought your Control version on android market and bro, this recovery is amazing!
EPIC!!!
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Thank you very much for your support
Great job man, this is simply brilliant.
Sorry i didn't get to test it for you though. I'm using it now and its great.
I'm very sorry.
A bug slipped through in Beta 6.
It was a last minute change.
Some menu items were out of order inside the wipe menu!
Please flash beta 7.
Sorry again!
uoY_redruM said:
Great job man, this is simply brilliant.
Sorry i didn't get to test it for you though. I'm using it now and its great.
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Thanks very much
No problem!
Great stuff! Just messing around in it and doing a few basic operations (backing up, sd card check, etc) it seems to be working great. I had given up hope for a nice touch recovery on my N1 but you've made it
Works fine ! Thank you so much !
Beta 7 is wonderful! No bugs as of yet, and I didn't expect there to be any for that matter
The normal 4EXT Recovery was already awesome, but this is awesome x1000.
Thanks madmaxx82!
Thank you all very much!
Kelvino9 said:
The normal 4EXT Recovery was already awesome, but this is awesome x1000.
Thanks madmaxx82!
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Thanks
If your signature is correct, you are using Beta 6?
Please upgrade to beta 7 asap.
In Beta 6 I added another menu item to the wipe menu. This change went too quick before release and so it happened that the order of some later items got reversed, which can be VERY annoying if you don't watch out when you see the text with the confirm button and just confirm blindly.
This was a mistake that is really bad and should never happen..
This has been fixed in Beta 7 which was uploaded 2 hours afterwards.
This is the coolest ever version of 4EXT
Sent from my Nexus One using xda premium
madmaxx82 said:
Thank you all very much!
Thanks
If your signature is correct, you are using Beta 6?
Please upgrade to beta 7 asap.
In Beta 6 I added another menu item to the wipe menu. This change went too quick before release and so it happened that the order of some later items got reversed, which can be VERY annoying if you don't watch out when you see the text with the confirm button and just confirm blindly.
This was a mistake that is really bad and should never happen..
This has been fixed in Beta 7 which was uploaded 2 hours afterwards.
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Yeah, I didn't catch that bug and ended up accidentally wiping my sdcard, oh well I had a backup at least and it gave me a reason to reformat my card. This is an awesome recovery though, only minor issue I see is scrolling through long lists of folders on sd card is not smooth or fast, it seems like you have to press hard and it doesn't scroll quickly. All in all great job Max.
ctfrommn said:
Yeah, I didn't catch that bug and ended up accidentally wiping my sdcard, oh well I had a backup at least and it gave me a reason to reformat my card. This is an awesome recovery though, only minor issue I see is scrolling through long lists of folders on sd card is not smooth or fast, it seems like you have to press hard and it doesn't scroll quickly. All in all great job Max.
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That's really bad
I'm very sorry this has happened.
I was not fast enough in replacing Beta 6 with 7.
That must have been the biggest failure since the release of the first 4ext version in june.
inblues4u said:
This is the coolest ever version of 4EXT
Sent from my Nexus One using xda premium
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Thank you very much
Proudly presenting:
4EXT Recovery Touch
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brand new user interface: "4EXT UI"
touchscreen only
extremely fast
much more useful features than the already feature-packed 4EXT Recovery Classic v2.2.7 RC5 (see 2nd post)
4EXT SmartFlash for s-on devices
optionally save space by configuring recovery to exclude /cache from backups
you can configure recovery to save even more space by excluding dalvik-cache from backups
calculates real space needed to complete a backup to save you from troubles
detects your local time zone
-> correct time is used for backups you start from within recovery
allows you to change md5sum check behaviour
displays and updates your current battery level in real time
scrollable texthistory (drag down the statusbar)
built-in interactivity (yes/no questions) for updater-scripts
built-in screenshot functionality
extensive theming capabilities!
nearly ALL YOU SEE is changeable.
"worker bar": create your own custom animations, there are (nearly) no limits! Use any shapes/sizes/animations et.c.
extra low cpu needed for that: absolutely no negative impact on backup/restore speed.
async UI rendering for optimal performance for the "heavy tasks" like backup/restore
backups even faster than with usual recoveries.
.. explore the new interface to see more
includes all features of 4EXT Recovery Classic
About 4EXT SmartFlash
This is a new feature that allows recovery to flash your boot partition just like as if you were s-off.
Credits and thanks to Team Win and Dees_Troy for their commitment to the community, for their amazing idea with the Dumlock and for extra contacting me only to offer that I may use it.
You guys really rock!
SmartFlash is a different approach to Team Win's HTC Dumlock
Just use your recovery like you would if your device were s-off
No preparations needed, other than telling the recovery that your device is actually s-on
This is done when you install recovery and answer the question that you are s-on with "yes"
You can also change that setting later on via RecoveryControl -> Recovery settings, or by editing 4ext.prop manually
Recovery will autodetect any changes done to "boot" and only attempt to flash your boot partition if it was really changed
This even reduces unnecessary writes to "boot" when for example a new rom uses the same kernel as your previous one
Before updating your boot partition, recovery will always backup your boot partition to your sdcard just for the case something goes wrong
Only the 4 latest boot images are stored, older ones will be removed automatically to prevent taking up too much space.
In case you want to enable or disable that feature temporarily, you can use a switch inside the tools menu in recovery
How it works:
Recovery will detect any requested changes for your boot partition
When you reboot out of recovery, it will prepare updating your boot partition on next rom start
This means that your boot partition will be updated when you see the HTC Splash screen, followed by 1 reboot
So basically the only visible difference to when you are s-off is one additional reboot, which takes only a few seconds.
Recovery is NOT flashed to boot and boot is also only flashed once/update
Recovery will only attempt to flash your boot partition if it was really changed
Limitations:
Radio and firmware:
Usually those are flashed via bootloader flashable zips or fastboot even on devices that are s-off.
But in case you wondered: this does not enable you to flash new firmwares or radio images via recovery.
SmartFlash needs a working kernel to be able to upgrade your boot partition.
It cannot work in case your current kernel is incompatible with your device/hboot or has been wiped outside of recovery.
For example you cannot erase boot via fastboot and then start up recovery to update your kernel.
However you don't need a working rom to use it.
The only requirement is that your current kernel is able to start (this happens before you see the boot animation) and that your system partition is mountable.
INFO:
For App and Rom devs:
Make use of the Recovery Interface Api provided by the (free and paid) 4EXT Recovery Apps to push updates/mods/addons for auto installation.
Very easy to use and to integrate into Apps or even shell scripts.
Please check 3rd post.
Info regarding 4EXT Recovery Touch and its yesno feature, or any interactive installer scripts you might already use, please see 3rd post.
Themes for 4EXT Recovery Touch:
Official 4EXT Recovery Themes Index & Discussion Thread
Download
All downloads are available through 4EXT Recovery Updater.
It's free, no ads, no tracking, no nothing, don't worry
..and of course via 4EXT Recovery Control
This ensures that your downloads are ok by automatically verifying md5sums and that known issues and changelogs are easily accessible
When you install or download a recovery via the app it makes sure that your recovery config is correctly set up.
It allows to automatically setup your time zone for recovery.
You can use it to get notified about updates regarding your recovery version
You can configure it to get notified in case any critical bugs have been discovered of the recovery version you currently have installed.
It allows me to update known issues/changelogs immediately and to quickly pull a newly released version if there were reports about critical bugs
You can also use it to just download a recovery.zip containing the image. The download will be automatically verified for correct md5sums!
By default the app also saves the recovery.img you flash on your sdcard,
so you can use it to flash the recovery via fastboot in case you need to do that one day.
4EXT Recovery Control
Free version: Recovery Updater
Fully featured: Recovery Control
For a list of its many features, visit www.4ext.net
Some examples :
Very easy to use, but also includes an extensive set of features available via "advanced mode"
Comfortable configure all settings of recovery
Calculate the space needed to create a new full or advanced backup
So you can make sure the backup will succeed before even rebooting into recovery.
Advanced Backups: While you are selecting / deselecting partitions, it will display and update the currently needed space to complete that custom backup set.
Identifies and adds your romname so you don't need to type so much when chosing a meaningful name for your backup
When you restore a backup, the app does the md5sum check instead of the recovery
This ensures that you know whether the restore process will succeed before even rebooting into recovery
Flash as many zip files you want in one go
Automatically calculate and display the md5sums of all zip files you are going to flash
Check your backups' health to ensure they will restore later when you need them, by verifying their md5sums!
Optionally, but highly not recommended:
If md5sums don't match but you really need that backup badly, you might want to restore it anyway.
You can you this app to fix the md5sums of a given backup
As an example, the following is possible to do in just one session:
Restore a backup, set to create a backup / advanced backup before the restore,
format all partitions with a file system of your choice before the restore process starts,
flash additional zip files afterwards, fix permissions and select to stay inside recovery or to reboot automatically once all actions are complete.
Much, much more! See www.4ext.net
Big thanks to craacK for a lot of great icons!
Thanks:
Big thanks to DolphiCom for all the graphics, the worker bar and a whole lot of great ideas and to the many great testers who spent all day/night testing, reporting bugs, making suggestions, helping with decisions:
Jotha, craacK, Patrics83, Euphorie, Mike1986, Whiskey103, ptr_hamilton, Lizard, TheUntouchable
Big thanks to Jotha and Whiskey103 for testing the themes features creating and their first themes for 4EXT Recovery Touch.
Special thanks to Dees_Troy who joined #4ext several times, just to tell me about important things he assumed I didn't know (and he was right! )
Also Big thanks to all the donators to 4EXT Recovery and everyone who has bought 4EXT Recovery Control! Without you I wouldn't be able to spend as much time with the project:
SO A HUGE THANK YOU!
FRANKIE-BOY, BENJAMINNZIS, DESPERANTO86, SYRAKUS, VRC8883, FISHA21, ZJXPOT, ZEEKIZ, A USER, PHILOS64, STEVEATHOME, PREACHER65, BEN_PYETT, HAWST, ANIT77, ULTRA DROID, PTR_HAMILTON, BEANBEAN50, SEBASTIAAN15 and LOVEBOATCAPTAIN
Of course BIG THANKS to KOUSH for ClockworkModRecovery!
Without him, 4EXT Recovery wouldn't exist!
Thanks a lot to the following users for initial testing for specific devices :
SPEEDYCARV, PTR_HAMILTON, JAMESCLINTON, SNOWBOARDKID503, MJESSE81, SEBASTIAAN15, THEUNTOUCHABLE, BMONSTER, ANDREIGHERGHE, PRESTON74, MADKAI, YASIR, PLAYPETEPP
IPERZAMPEM0, THESHAWTY, JBBANDOS, TAZMAN1963, GREGFERNS and INCREDULOUS
Special thanks to Invasion2 and Stlouie65 for spending at least 10 hours of their time helping me debug a really nasty issue on the myTouch 4G!
Also thanks for obtaining calibration values for the touchscreen:
Mjesse81,
Speedycarv,
Wolfepakt
Jaibar
Jayallen1980
Stlouie65
Invasion2
PacerguyDon
Ben_Pyett
Dargocitfer
Darknessrise1234
Lizard
Azazel71
Features of 4EXT Recovery Classic:
(Use 4EXT Recovery Control or Recovery Updater for complete Changelogs and Known issues!)
not all features may be relevant for all devices
Displays additional information:
Identifies your current rom and displays its name
Current filesystems on your partitions
Free space remaining of all of your volumes
Current battery charge level
Backup | Restore:
Correctly calculates free space needed to complete a backup ( version > 2.2.6 RC4 )
Tar backups (can be switched on or off)
Complete CWMR5 compatibility
All Backups you create will be named after your currently installed Rom for easier identification.
Never unwillingly get "downgraded" to EXT3 again
Always restores backups using the file systems you HAD on your partitions at the time of creation!
-> all partitions formatted with ext4 at that time, will be restored to ext4. The same is true for ext3.
You can manually change any existing Backup to ext4 or ext3
-> so that after a restore, all partitions and up with the file system you wanted!
Advanced Backup: backup only a single partition
Convert any of your partitions to EXT4 or EXT3 without data loss.
Formatting:
When you wipe or format it will always use the same file system you currently have.
-> but you can change that
When you format ext4 it will always create an aligned file system
Correctly identifies unformatted sd-ext partitions
-> if it finds one it displays a warning and suggests you may format them by visiting the 4EXT menu
Filesystem check and repair option in advanced menu
Partitioning:
Alignment check of your partitions
Full support for up to 2 sd-ext partitions + swap (Backup/restore/format/convert, fsck, et.c.)
(RE-) Partition your sdcard for sd-ext without removing your fat32 partition.
All partitions created with 4EXTRecovery will be perfectly aligned to 4k
Installing:
Integrated md5sum checking option
Menus:
Most popular menu items rearranged
Format menu
Power Menu + option to reboot into bootloader
Changed Advanced Restore: first select what you want to restore, then select the backup
-> Useful for restoring from "Advanced Backups"
4ext.prop:
Configuration file on your sdcard where you can set options to be used by 4EXTRecovery
Change all settings conveniently with 4EXT Recovery Control
Many more options to come
Share your settings / themes by packing your config into a flashable theme
Other stuff:
USB Storage Autostart (must be switched on)
Mount usb storage exposes all partitions on your sdcard to the os (not just fat32)
-> you could even partition your sdcard from your PC while connected via USB
Switch haptic feedback on/off
Button backlights
Recovery Interface Api for Apps and Scripts
Both: free and paid 4EXT apps now provide a very easy to use interface you can use to access 4EXT Recovery from within your shell scripts or apps.
Features:
wipe cache
wipe dalvik
wipe data / factory reset
install multiple zips at once
backup
If you are interested, please download this zip file with examples
How to make use of 4EXT Recovery Touch from within updater-scripts:
Since Beta 1.0.0.3 Beta 4 you can do the following:
identify whether the user is running 4EXT Recovery Touch or not (to use or not to use the following commands)
make use of the native yes/no dialogue (confirm / cancel buttons)
prevent recovery from redrawing the screen ( in case you need to use your own 3rd party interactive binary )
To identify 4EXT Recovery Touch:
Code:
if getprop("ext.edition") == "ng" then
<your code>
endif;
To use the native confirm dialogues:
Code:
ui_print("4ext: show_yesno"); # <-- recovery will pause your script and display "yes / no" buttons.
run_program("/sbin/sleep", "2"); # <-- for safety since the above is executed asynchronous
#check the return value by calling:
if getprop("ext.confirm") == "yes" then
<yourcode>
endif;
To prevent recovery from redrawing the screen ( if you want to use an external binary that needs to occupy the screen and get the focus )
Code:
ui_print("4ext: disable_scrn_update");
# don't forget to enable it again after your yesno binary or graphical installer is finished, by calling:
ui_print("4ext: enable_scrn_update"); #otherwise the recovery will appear to be frozen as it won't update the screen anymore.
Oh yeah I have been waiting for this!!
Thanks alot!!
1st post ;D
best app
Yeah after a long time
Hi,
Any links to the themes?
thanks
4D3 said:
Hi,
Any links to the themes?
thanks
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In my signature and inside the app in the themes menu
And also somewhere inside the post
it looks very nice, good job
Does the new touch 4ext recovery have the phone-off charging bug?
rahditzz said:
Does the new touch 4ext recovery have the phone-off charging bug?
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it will charge your device to death
jk, no, charging works inside and outside recovery.
GREAT! I honestly wasn't expecting this!
I just flashed it (latest beta, RC4). It boots, the battery level and time is right, the display works fine... I'll test the backup/restore/flash functions later this week.
--
It appears that the phone DOES charge while it's turned off! Same behavior as when using the Revolutionary 4.0.1.4 recovery (LED goes red for a few seconds, then turns off, then goes back on (red) and stays that way, == charging ).
GREAT WORK !
Awsome.. Loving it already.. hehe..
madmaxx82 said:
In my signature and inside the app in the themes menu
And also somewhere inside the post
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I guess i can use any for the sensation?
thanks
Formhault said:
GREAT! I honestly wasn't expecting this!
I just flashed it (latest beta, RC4). It boots, the battery level and time is right, the display works fine... I'll test the backup/restore/flash functions later this week.
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It appears that the phone DOES charge while it's turned off! Same behavior as when using the Revolutionary 4.0.1.4 recovery (LED goes red for a few seconds, then turns off, then goes back on (red) and stays that way, == charging ).
GREAT WORK !
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Thanks!
Why weren't you expecting this ?
It's very unlikely that there are any real bugs, because it's just an improvement over RC2.
But with any new build, even if there weren't alot of changes, there is still a certain "risk".
That's why any new release gets flagged as "testing".
1.0.0.4 RC2 is the fastest 4EXT Recovery yet and as stable as the most stable version released since June last year.
Let's see how Build Nr. 2 of RC3 will behave.
madmaxx82 said:
Thanks!
Why weren't you expecting this ?
It's very unlikely that there are any real bugs, because it's just an improvement over RC2.
But with any new build, even if there weren't alot of changes, there is still a certain "risk".
That's why any new release gets flagged as "testing".
1.0.0.4 RC2 is the fastest 4EXT Recovery yet and as stable as the most stable version released since June last year.
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I had the Desire HD and I was using this recovery! RC2, I believe, 3 months ago. I still use it on my girlfriend's Desire S !
I wasn't expecting it to be 1.0.0.4, the same as for the other phones, and in perfect condition! I thought this would be the first build...
Formhault said:
I had the Desire HD and I was using this recovery! RC2, I believe, 3 months ago. I still use it on my girlfriend's Desire S !
I wasn't expecting it to be 1.0.0.4, the same as for the other phones, and in perfect condition! I thought this would be the first build...
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The code for all devices is the same.
Only some adjustments regarding the Touchscreen were needed for the Evo GSM
Edit: ohh and the charging problems
BTW: Please upgrade the rc2 you mention is too old so it can't be 1.0.0.4
Formhault said:
I just flashed it (latest beta, RC4).
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Where did u get RC4? I can only get RC3..:S
rahditzz said:
Where did u get RC4? I can only get RC3..:S
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4EXT Recovery app... That's how I got it. There's no other way you can possibly get it, anyway .
Hmm.. RC4 isnt showing up for me..:S
madmaxx82 said:
The code for all devices is the same.
Only some adjustments regarding the Touchscreen were needed for the Evo GSM
Edit: ohh and the charging problems
BTW: Please upgrade the rc2 you mention is too old so it can't be 1.0.0.4
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Then perhaps my memory was failing on me . I'll see tomorrow what version it is on my gf's DS and update it (I only use it once every few months, anyway). I no longer own the DHD, btw.
Thanks again for bringing the 3VO into your supported-phones line
@those not being able to see RC4... Perhaps you should update the 4EXT Recovery Control app... Latest is v2.3.1
Sent from my LeeDrOiD-loaded 3VO
Jellybean 4.1
ALL USERS SHOULD UPGRADE TO JELLYBEAN 4.2
Known Issues:
USB Tether
P2P: (not supported by hardware)
...
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New BLACKROSE Hboot required for jellybean
Downloads: MD5SUMS
System: 260 Cache: 8 Userdata: 168 (recommended, future proof, fits any gapps)
System: 250 Cache: 8 Userdata: 178 (should be safe)
System: 230 Cache: 8 Userdata: 198 (possible but you need to use bextons gapps installer and dont install offline voice recognition)
System: 210 Cache: 8 Userdata: 218 External gapps required (see 3rd post)
Why does /system need to by so big? Well to put this in perspective the gnex and n7 have 600mb /system partitions. So their /system is larger than our entire nand (~430mb usable). The 'base' android build is <200mb. The real bulk comes from gapps which are like +40mb the bulk of that is the new voice recognition dictionaries for google now. So theres the gist. Now heres the problem. Dalvik-Cache will be no smaller that 100mb so we're pretty much left with 60mb for apps and data. Which is way too small. Which makes a2sd pretty much required. If youre like me and have <10 apps the builtin a2sd should work fine otherwise you will need m2sd (see QA below) or you wont be able to install /anything/ from the market due to 'low storage space' errors.
To flash
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash hboot hboot_jellybean_260-8-168.nb0
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Should see "Jellybaby" on second line
Code:
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
Boot recovery. Flash your zip
QA:
**I dont have enough space for all my apps? A: try m2sd
**Where can I get info on the builtin a2sd? A: see here for quick run down.
**What is blackrose? A: Please do NOT try and flash this until you find out. And do NOT ask in this tread
**Why is my screen not working? A: Reformat your sdcard. Sounds stupid but its the answer
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For tarball: It is now xz compressed (depreciated new method below)
Code:
tar -xaf <release>.tar.xz
fastboot erase system
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot erase boot
fastboot flash boot boot.img
To flash with fastboot: use the zip appended with "-fastboot-update"
Code:
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase system
fastboot update Evervolv-3.1.0-<release>-fastboot-update.zip
DOWNLOADS
Downloads: http://dl.evervolv.com/
Nightlies
For nightly changelogs reference gerrit. or the changelog.html in the dl directory for shortlog (blank means no changes were pulled)
These are automated builds and might not work properly but the general rule: its probably fine.
Gapps:
Usually the newest is best (http://goo.gl/LJiTC)
Releases
thanks to bexton for the host for releases
Note about *mini* builds: Strips out video editor, boot animation, international dictionaries, some fonts and ringtones to fit on smaller /system. needs ~230mb /system (wont fit on stock hboots)
Changelog
Evervolv-Perdo-3.1.0p1-passion (10/17)
Merge android 4.1.2
fix trackball notifications
transparent lockscreen
some kernel changes to ondemand governor for better meshing with userspace powerhal
Enable vsync
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Evervolv-Perdo-3.0.0p6-passion (10/05)
Bump JRO03R
Partialy working camcorder
Misc updates*
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Evervolv-Perdo-3.0.0p5-passion (9/19)
fix 3g network discovery
a2dp: bluetooth audio (via tyler hall)
more dictionaries
launcher rotation
new kernel
update openssh, busybox
no more legacy camera, using gallery version now (preview has some issues)
new default wallpaper
a2sd supports new jb folder app-asec
fix capacitive button backlight with autobrightness
webgl in stock browser
ctr-screen off animation
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Evervolv-Perdo-3.0.0p4-passion (8/10)
bump JRO03L
add more features: battery percent, powermenu screenshot, t-9 dialer, 6bar signal
update adreno libs
split long sms instead of convert to mms
experiments with power hal to extend battery life on standby
linaro bionic optimizations for a bit of speed
Camera should be able to take pictures
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Evervolv-Perdo-3.0.0p3-passion (7/31)
Kernel update: data usage shows up in settings, add avs, switch to caf ondemand gov
Update Superuser
Port jumpytouch filter from ics (thanks thoemy) for better pinch to zoom
bump to JRO03H
HWA now working (no butter)
EVToolbox is back (trackball/volume wake, vol music control, ics lockscreen)
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Evervolv-Perdo-3.0.0p2-passion (7/19)
I'm pretty tired and dont feel like rebuilding just to bump the version. So here is a p2 'nightly'. That was really only built to test a cron script. but should work just fine.
Fixes:
Wifi tether (used it all day today)
browser rendering
paid apps (untested)
googles apps on sd (untested)
Superuser
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Evervolv-Perdo-3.0.0p2-passion (7/16)
Wifi signal. (switched to bcmdhd) (maybe broke wifi tether)
Apps2sd (cant format the partition, i forgot to add e2fsprogs to the build)
Sound. (probably)
Reboot menu
Usb mass storage
Trackball (no wake yet)
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Evervolv-Perdo-3.0.0p1-passion (7/14)
Initial release
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HOWTO: external gapps
Cautions:
-This is an alternative to flashing the gapps zip in recovery. Do not do this if you have flashed gapps through recovery
-For m2sd users see here
Gist:
Instead of wasting nand space installing 50+MB of gapps to /system we will place them on /sd-ext and create symlinks to /system. This means you can reduce the /system partition to 210MB safely and still have full gapps. In principle, after the initial setup this will survive wipes and updates (assuming you dont format /sd-ext).
The main reasoning is reading from the sdcard should be just as fast (or faster especially with journaling disabled which is now done automatically by the init mount script) than from nand. But random writes to the sdcard are going to me much slower than nand. So if we are only reading from the sdcard and writing all our data to nand it should be much faster.
getting the gapps in the right place
# via adb
Code:
# extract the gapps zip on you desktop
# create directory on device
$ adb shell mkdir -p /sd-ext/gapps/system
# push the system folder to device
$ adb push ~/Downloads/gapps/system /sd-ext/gapps/system
# make sure directories are right init script depends on this exact placement (mainly check we dont have gapps/system/system/)
$ adb shell ls /sd-ext/gapps/system
app etc framework lib usr
# enable extgapps (quotes needed)
$ adb shell "echo x > /sd-ext/gapps/.extgapps"
# gapps dir should look like this (if .extgapps doesnt exist the init script wont run)
$ adb shell ls -a /sd-ext/gapps/
.extgapps system
# reboot and wipe device
$ adb reboot bootloader
$ fastboot -w
$ fastboot reboot
# via root explorer (these are fairly rough)
Code:
-click on the gapps zip on sdcard to open
-long press the system folder -> extract -> 'go to extracted'
-long press the system folder (the extracted one) -> copy
-navigate to /sd-ext
-menu -> new folder -> name it 'gapps'
-open gapps -> paste (system folder)
-menu -> new file -> name it '.extgapps' the dot is required
# directories should now contain:
# /sd-ext/gapps should have: .extgapps, system
# /sd-ext/gapps/system should have: app, etc, framework, lib, usr
-reboot recovery -> wipe data
once its setup
# on reboot
Code:
# symlinks will be created on boot
# look at beginning of logcat to ensure links were created
$ adb logcat -C
.....
I/extgapps( 137): Removed Provision
I/extgapps( 139): Removed QuickSearchBox
I/extgapps( 145): Created /system/app/Talk.apk
I/extgapps( 148): Created /system/app/ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter.apk
I/extgapps( 151): Created /system/app/GoogleBackupTransport.apk
I/extgapps( 154): Created /system/app/GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter.apk
I/extgapps( 157): Created /system/app/OneTimeInitializer.apk
.....
let me know how it works for you.
You will now never need to flash gapps again.
Nice work! i tested on my device and its running very nice.
Function Tests:
- boot without errors
- UI (HW) is very good (cool Animation ). Touch input slowly
- HSDPA / GSM works
- WLAN works verys good, but system show wlan connection very low.
- Android Browser has render problems (Google Chrome works fine)
- sound volume keys works with sound
- sound in media player works
- phone sound doesn't work
- gallary works nice
- widgets works with auto position
- m2sd script doesn't work (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342387)
Google Apps:
- Google Play works fine
- Google Maps - multitouch is not useable
- Google Mail works fine
- Google Calendar works fine
- Google Contact works fine
- Google Talk works fine
Its a very stable alpha! THX
I might give this a shot in a bit. How are the ui and animations feeling? Are they noticeably smoother on Jelly Bean than ICS or does project butter not make a difference on the nexus one?
the ui and animation is very smooth. i love the animation between the switch of activitys...
only the touch events are slowly. if gapps works -> n1 with 4.1
Cannot wait to try this. Serious props!
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Someone çan tell me which is thé Best hboot
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xeloni said:
Someone çan tell me which is thé Best hboot
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This will probably change as system will probably grows!? For this pre-release you can use the same as for TexasIce Cream Sandwich (220 for system partition).
edit: you should be fine with 210, too. That is the disk usage after installation:
Code:
1|[email protected]:/ # df
df
Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize
/dev 202M 32K 202M 4096
/mnt/asec 202M 0K 202M 4096
/mnt/obb 202M 0K 202M 4096
/system 220M 178M 41M 4096
/data 200M 56M 143M 4096
/cache 16M 1M 14M 4096
It's already smooth with the first prealpha. I can't wait the next prealpha's !
Good job and thanks
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For those who care: USB Mass Storage works with my "old" UMS App for ICS (v1.1.4). However, you need root to use it. So you have to flash Superuser-3.2-arm-signed.zip via recovery first.
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Edit: Confirm that everything on the "what works"-list, works for me too (including mobile data). Only thing so far are some tiled graphic glitches noticed in browser and email:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
What are the commands for flashing this via fastboot?
creebefu said:
What are the commands for flashing this via fastboot?
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Make a NANDROID backup via recovery. Then boot into bootloader mode and from command line type:
Code:
fastboot -w
fastboot flash system /local/path/to/system.img
fastboot flash boot /local/path/to/boot.img
fastboot reboot
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jelly easter beans
is the HBOOT the same as ics?
Yes
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It's incredible the fastness of this release! It's a prealpha and it can operate faster with things than ics! e.g. recent apps, app drawer, etc
I can't thank texasice enough for your work and effort in ics and jb's stuff
Bexton said:
Make a NANDROID backup via recovery. Then boot into bootloader mode and from command line type:
fastboot flash boot /local/path/to/boot.img
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What is the boot image?
creebefu said:
What is the boot image?
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Download the tarball file on the OP and extract the images.
OMG I'm an idiot... thanks.
I know It may be early to ask, but here It goes:
DO you guys feel that "Project Butter" made difference for the N1? Is the Interface smoother than ICS for us? (I know reports indicate slow Touch input, but It may be just regarding touch Input really... I ask about the UI(transitions and Kinecting scrolling speed) in general...]
I really cn't test on my own, cause my N1 is my Daily Driver.