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[Script] Data2ext for HeroC

I have been reading a ton on this data2sd, data2ext, data2ext2, and so on. I have tried many a method built for other phones on my hero with not much luck. However this evening I found a modified DarkTremor app2sd script that craigacgomez in the Nexus 1 forums modified to include data2ext. I flashed and after reboot gave the TU command ap2sd cachesd to start the move.Rebooted and everything seemed OK. Now I ran a Quadrant and I FLEW through tests 1 and 2 of the I/O, I hung on the third test, Database Writes. Seeing the I/O go so fast with this script proves we can do something like this on the HeroC. I am no DEV but I have done enough testing along with jeremysterling for you all to use the best script to start from. I am linking to the post that includes the script HERE.
NO NOT FLASH THIS IF YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!!
THIS WILL NOT WORK CORRECTLY ON YOUR PHONE!!!
With that said, I will continue to search around and get all the info I can. I hope a DEV can pick up on this and bring a HUGE improvement to the Hero's I/O
This is the thread that got us started on the idea. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=868982

I'd love to see this working.. I looked over Data2sd a couple of days ago and was like ummm this is toooo confusing... But would love to try it with detailed instructions!

From what I have read is it increases internal storage and speeds up the I/O of all phones. As we all know when running a Quadrant Benchmark our I/O performance is seriously LOW!

Yea of course... only way of speeding that up is JIT but doesn't really help that much... I'm using a Class 2 sd card though would I still benefit from this mod?

Gsm hero guys have this working In a custom rom and are pulling quadrant scores around 700
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jeremysterling said:
Gsm hero guys have this working In a custom rom and are pulling quadrant scores around 700
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Oops didn't mean to thank you... lol, I wonder how Aospmod would run with this mod!!

igtheactt1 said:
Oops didn't mean to thank you... lol, I wonder how Aospmod would run with this mod!!
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I'll take the thanks aosp told me he's working on it
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does the rom seem faster?

Hah... Yo cordell I kind of want to try this.. How would I do it?

aaronpoweruser said:
does the rom seem faster?
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From what I've read, there appears to be a slight but noticeable performance boost
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igtheactt1 said:
Hah... Yo cordell I kind of want to try this.. How would I do it?
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It isnt working correctly, yet. We need someone with Linux to open the files and tweak them for our phone
I take that back, it half way works as it is right now, but if you have to ask how you may not wanna do it, lol

Data2sd vs data2ext is kind of a hot topic around the forums. Sd seems more stable but ext gives the ridiculous I/O boost
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cordell12 said:
It isnt working correctly, yet. We need someone with Linux to open the files and tweak them for our phone
I take that back, it half way works as it is right now, but if you have to ask how you may not wanna do it, lol
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Well I'm not slow or anything very tech savvy and I've seen some instructions... Just thought you would have an easier route.. Guess ill wait until its stable...
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igtheactt1 said:
Well I'm not slow or anything very tech savvy and I've seen some instructions... Just thought you would have an easier route.. Guess ill wait until its stable...
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Its flashable...
BUT You have to have 2 gig partition on SDcard of ext2. Also make NANDROID and back up your SD card, when you format it (I use EASEUS) to make the ext2 partition it will wipe everything off of it! Put that nandroid on PC before partitioning sdcard or you will lose it. Its just a lot to do when its not fully working thats all. No way to get your stuff back if you forget to back nandroids on PC. A second sd card is ideal

can't wait for this
superHERO ;]
aosp 9.9.2
2.6.29.6 aospbot#1 (kernel)
2.42.02.10.29 (baseband)
16GB Class 10 microSD card
MTD Partitions (300MB+)
Collins PH Battery Tweak
Launcher Pro Plus
BatteryFu (battery saver)
Titanium Backup (bloatware remover)

I guess I will download Ubuntu and try to open .SO files so we can see the code that the script is trying to write to our SDcards. Maybe by entering through adb we can see what may be failing? Kinda thought this thread would have picked up a dev or 2 Its a pretty hot topic on all the other phones forum, original dev made front page of XDA

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I guess I will download Ubuntu and try to open .SO files so we can see the code that the script is trying to write to our SDcards. Maybe by entering through adb we can see what may be failing? Kinda thought this thread would have picked up a dev or 2 Its a pretty hot topic on all the other phones forum, original dev made front page of XDA
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not sure if you got my pm but we need ext4 before data2ext will work properly. I spoke with Decad3nce about it briefly and he said he's worked on a little. i think everyone's just busy with finals lately

jeremysterling said:
not sure if you got my pm but we need ext4 before data2ext will work properly. I spoke with Decad3nce about it briefly and he said he's worked on a little. i think everyone's just busy with finals lately
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Yeah, I have playing with my laptop. I did install ubuntu using wubi but decided I like ubuntu over win xp. So while trying to install ubuntu as only OS I found my cdrom doesn't like to burn iso files to well. Been a struggle to say the least. I think it will happen when kernel comes into play. The masses are more excited over the dropping of gingerbread, I don't see it being much better than 2.2 for us, unless we get a new kernel to go with it!
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You guys know if you jump over to darch's godspeed recovery aka faster and hacked version of amon ra's it has built in BFS, overclocked to 768, and it has ext4 support. I know some of you use clockwork recovery which is cool, and theres nothing wrong with that but this recovery would be easier to partition your sdcard right from your phone. I dont use clockwork recovery so i dont know if it has ext3 or ext4 support. Also I have been reading a ton about data2sd and data2ext as well because im interested in I/O boost too.
Just put the image on your sdcard, rename it to recovery, and go to terminal and type
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
For those who dont know how to flash recovery. You can also do this from adb.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=672324
I have also been reading alot here too about data2ext4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=859419
Although cyanogen doesn't really like other apps2sd scripts or hacks of this nature in his roms I would like to try this with cm6 myself. Right now were getting quads of about 400 but jumping to 700 would be really awesome and a great deal of speed increase. I am also noticing alot of roms are including this script in their roms and or kernels and was wondering how the devs here felt the heroc would benefit from this. Back when flipz was making roms for the heroc he had a rom called FRESH TOAST which was a 2.1 rom that he and toastch worked on. It was the first heroc from to use bfs(I think) and it had to run with a partitioned sdcard to ext4. It was blazing fast even though it wasnt complete and was more of a WIP/DEV rom; I had never seen sense run so fast. So I do believe the heroc can play nice with ext4. Sorry for going on and on this has just caught my eyes over the past week and I am really interested. Maybe if we get the .34 kernel going with this script the heroc would be a beast lol.

cordell12 said:
Yeah, I have playing with my laptop. I did install ubuntu using wubi but decided I like ubuntu over win xp. So while trying to install ubuntu as only OS I found my cdrom doesn't like to burn iso files to well. Been a struggle to say the least. I think it will happen when kernel comes into play. The masses are more excited over the dropping of gingerbread, I don't see it being much better than 2.2 for us, unless we get a new kernel to go with it!
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you could use power iso and mount the cd within windows and install along side... or it might burn the iso smoother than the current software your running... just a thought... you'll have to find a serial for power iso unless you buy it
sorry to get off topic... lol... i just installed ubuntu 10.10 along side windows cause i liked how easy it was to move around in after i installed a virtual box version, i've always used opensuse but my computer's insides aren't new enough to run smooth enough for me... and everything kind of works out of box with ubuntu...

Dual-Boot ROMs? - Sounds crazy but I'm curious...

Is it possible to dual-boot ROMs on the Sensation?
I wouldn't be asking this if I understood more about the Sensation's and Android's framework but why not try right?
Anyone heard of such a thing?
That would be radical!

It would certainly be cool! I'll give you that!
Sort of like how my PC stops after the bios screen and asks me if I want to boot into XP or Linux.
I'd think you'd need a modified bootloader to pull it off though. Something that could recognize 2 ROMs being available.
And the way Android runs, I think you'd absolutely need a partitioned internal storage so the files for 1 couldn't interfere with the files of another.

Skipjacks said:
It would certainly be cool! I'll give you that!
Sort of like how my PC stops after the bios screen and asks me if I want to boot into XP or Linux.
I'd think you'd need a modified bootloader to pull it off though. Something that could recognize 2 ROMs being available.
And the way Android runs, I think you'd absolutely need a partitioned internal storage so the files for 1 couldn't interfere with the files of another.
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on my old HD2/Leo, the way they did it is a modified bootloader (Mag/CLK) and installing the rom to SD card.. you could theoretically boot as many roms as you wanted (ie have Gingerbread, ICS, WM6.5, and WM7 Mango on the same phone)

Yes, you can dual boot on Sensation.
There is an app called Boot manager.that supports the sensation and it let's you boot, not only 2 ROM but up to 4!
Downside? Is not free, but it's not expensive either.
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Sounds dumb .. but you can boot a bunch of roms ..
Just install the rom .. make a CWM Backup or a 4ext Backup
Then you can switch between roms like hats and in just a few minutes
I have 6-8 different roms that I play with ..

Will this work on the Samsung exhibit ii
via Dan swagger

moshe22 said:
Yes, you can dual boot on Sensation.
There is an app called Boot manager.that supports the sensation and it let's you boot, not only 2 ROM but up to 4!
Downside? Is not free, but it's not expensive either.
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That is pretty badass. I might go buy it.

WarlockW said:
Sounds dumb .. but you can boot a bunch of roms ..
Just install the rom .. make a CWM Backup or a 4ext Backup
Then you can switch between roms like hats and in just a few minutes
I have 6-8 different roms that I play with ..
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Yeah but it's still somewhat different from turning on your phone and being able to pick what ROM you want to boot, instead of having to wait to restore from backup.

that's all good but notice that it doesn't support ics yet. Only reason I didn't get it.
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FiddleGoose said:
Is it possible to dual-boot ROMs on the Sensation?
I wouldn't be asking this if I understood more about the Sensation's and Android's framework but why not try right?
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It sounds really, really interesting, looking forward to see the ICS version.

Actually I was trading the comments acne some devices support ics. If anyone wants to try...
LuckyMethod said:
It sounds really, really interesting, looking forward to see the ICS version.
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aamir123 said:
that's all good but notice that it doesn't support ics yet. Only reason I didn't get it.
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Yeah I saw that, I was disappointed!
Hope they update soon!

[Q] Compiling diff patch with sources(Windows)

Hi guys, i googled so much about that but everything is for linux. I found some tutorials but now im stuck. I need some dev or anyone who uses git, compiling with sources and applying diff on windows, to teach me some steps. I know how to download source codes, but dunno which to use for what and how. Basically i "just" need to apply diff to source code and compile.
I am posting this here because here are great devs and people, and also i would like to compile for nexus s.
I hope someone could help me with that.
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Not to be rude, but why not just use Linux?
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das_webos_transformer said:
Not to be rude, but why not just use Linux?
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Because virtual box is not stable, and i have important data on PC, and installed, also i use PC for gaming. i dont want to set up all over again.
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alen1901 said:
Because virtual box is not stable, and i have important data on PC, and installed, also i use PC for gaming. i dont want to set up all over again.
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You can use ubuntu's wubi installer to install Ubuntu in windows, in such a way that it doesn't involve creating new partitions or messing with bootloaders.

bedalus said:
You can use ubuntu's wubi installer to install Ubuntu in windows, in such a way that it doesn't involve creating new partitions or messing with bootloaders.
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How much space does it uses when installed? Im low. also, do you know, what sources i need to download if i want to apply one of evilisto mods? Framework_base and app package settings? Because if i download all sources on my drive it will take a lot od GBs and download will last forever. Or there is not a way other than full download?
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Usually not. I have desperate hard drive forw windows. If your low on space to that point maybe you should invest in a new hard drive.
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das_webos_transformer said:
Usually not. I have desperate hard drive forw windows. If your low on space to that point maybe you should invest in a new hard drive.
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Im just low on c(Windows partition), d has a lot of place i guess ill have to give it up. I cant let pc download and compile 2 days.
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Get a smaller distro and its no biggie on space. Not like puppy dog but maybe kbuntu xbuntu, etc
Or anything debbain, really, saves loads of time. Gentoo is hard to learn, gotta be good at linux for it.
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alen1901 said:
Im just low on c(Windows partition), d has a lot of place i guess ill have to give it up. I cant let pc download and compile 2 days.
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I'm sure the ubuntu wubi installer will let you specify D: as the target drive.
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer

bedalus said:
I'm sure the ubuntu wubi installer will let you specify D: as the target drive.
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer
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I will try this weekend. Tnx.
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I installed ubuntu, now only need to download sources. And let the party begin. I hope.
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alen1901 said:
I installed ubuntu, now only need to download sources. And let the party begin. I hope.
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Cool. I've subscribed to this thread in case you need more help

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Cool. I've subscribed to this thread in case you need more help
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Guess what, i need help. i put sources to download few hours, i was out on a drink. When i came back, ubuntu was frozen. Mouse, keyboard, picture, terminal. So i could just hit restart button and i lost all what was downloaded until that. Do you know what might couse that? I put 10gb for instalation on wubi. Now i installed it again with 20gb and i will try again. Maybe i was low on ubuntu partition space?
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alen1901 said:
Guess what, i need help. i put sources to download few hours, i was out on a drink. When i came back, ubuntu was frozen. Mouse, keyboard, picture, terminal. So i could just hit restart button and i lost all what was downloaded until that. Do you know what might couse that? I put 10gb for instalation on wubi. Now i installed it again with 20gb and i will try again. Maybe i was low on ubuntu partition space?
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Probably, I think 20gb is probably not enough for compiling a whole ROM. Go for 100GB and allow a generous swap space, at least 16GB. If you are compiling the kernel, 20gb will be enough, and you won't need as much swap either.
But one you get used to Ubuntu you'll probably want to keep it, so you might as well allocate as much space as you can.

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Probably, I think 20gb is probably not enough for compiling a whole ROM. Go for 100GB and allow a generous swap space, at least 16GB. If you are compiling the kernel, 20gb will be enough, and you won't need as much swap either.
But one you get used to Ubuntu you'll probably want to keep it, so you might as well allocate as much space as you can.
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On installation i can choose from 2gb-35gb for ubuntu. Not higher. But i have 120gb of free disk. And why i need swap etc. I just need to download rom sources, apply diff patch and compile.
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Wubi sucks, slow, instability....imho.

Your other option is to delete everything off d: that you can afford to lose, then use the ordinary Ubuntu install disk to repartition d: manually before installing.

Articudos said:
Wubi sucks, slow, instability....imho.
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Yeah i noticed its slow like hell haha.
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bedalus said:
Your other option is to delete everything off d: that you can afford to lose, then use the ordinary Ubuntu install disk to repartition d: manually before installing.
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Nah, i dont want to do that. I just want to try this out, if it works, i would maintain mods for few most popular roms(or make only for myself), but i wouldnt use ubuntu and that stuff every day. Thats why i hoped i can do it like mentioned in posts.
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Trash please. Thanks.

THIS IS HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL AND I'M ALMOST SURE IT WON'T BOOT! BUT I CAN'T TEST IT, AND NEED A TESTER TO CONFIRM IF IT WORKS OR NOT!
PLEASE NANDROID, PLEASE NANDROID, PLEASE NANDROID. Backup your nandroid on your computer, Dropbox. Have Heimdall and ODIN ready cause this is almost 90% likely to cause a bootloop. Hey, I'm trying though, and we need to start somewhere since I don't have the phone.
Flash as normal.
Download :
Does not boot...I'll try again give me time.

TheLastSidekick said:
THIS IS HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL AND I'M ALMOST SURE IT WON'T BOOT! BUT I CAN'T TEST IT, AND NEED A TESTER TO CONFIRM IF IT WORKS OR NOT!
PLEASE NANDROID, PLEASE NANDROID, PLEASE NANDROID. Backup your nandroid on your computer, Dropbox. Have Heimdall and ODIN ready cause this is almost 90% likely to cause a bootloop. Hey, I'm trying though, and we need to start somewhere since I don't have the phone.
Flash as normal.
Download :
http://d-h.st/hFT
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I have a tester sidekick 4g ill give it a whirl right now

Downloaded...will test
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TheLastSidekick said:
THIS IS HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL AND I'M ALMOST SURE IT WON'T BOOT! BUT I CAN'T TEST IT, AND NEED A TESTER TO CONFIRM IF IT WORKS OR NOT!
PLEASE NANDROID, PLEASE NANDROID, PLEASE NANDROID. Backup your nandroid on your computer, Dropbox. Have Heimdall and ODIN ready cause this is almost 90% likely to cause a bootloop. Hey, I'm trying though, and we need to start somewhere since I don't have the phone.
Flash as normal.
Download :
http://d-h.st/hFT
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it does not boot i can alrady tell you that for sure i would change the title from BETA (as beta suggests u had a working ALPHA you should label it ALPHA just a word of advice on the title i see u used the script from glorius overdose to flash this ? is this rom based on G O or is it an ASOP ?

atadres said:
it does not boot i can alrady tell you that for sure i would change the title from BETA (as beta suggests u had a working ALPHA you should label it ALPHA just a word of advice on the title i see u used the script from glorius overdose to flash this ? is this rom based on G O or is it an ASOP ?
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AOSP. I was trying a method of porting that didn't work like it was documented. Thanks anyways.
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Thanks for the effort! Mind if I download this and see what I can come up with?

RicAndroid said:
Thanks for the effort! Mind if I download this and see what I can come up with?
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Too highly flawed. I'd recommend starting from scratch.
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TheLastSidekick said:
Too highly flawed. I'd recommend starting from scratch.
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Hey, man. Just thought you should know that out of curiosity, I took the firmware folder from the Epic 4G CM 6.2 rom and cooked it into my Epic SK4G rom.
No issues so far. I know it may be no big deal but I wanted to share that. Maybe bhundven can take a look at the kernel?
EDIT: It is no big deal.... it's just Froyo 2.2.1. Forget it. Goddammit.
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TLS What device motorola bravo...?
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Lol. You don't have the skill set to port CM to any device. Stop giving sk4g users false hope. Your worse then reactives epic fail of a cm6 ROM. Lulz.

Exit_Only said:
Lol. You don't have the skill set to port CM to any device. Stop giving sk4g users false hope. Your worse then reactives epic fail of a cm6 ROM. Lulz.
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At least he's trying, unlike you who has nothing better to do than to laugh at things that are obviously a WIP. "LULZ I R GUNNA LAFF @ U CUZ U CNT DO WUT I WUNT U 2 DO!"
Either congratulate him on his attempt, shut up, or try it yourself. This is why people leave XDA, because of kids like you. Grow a pair or a brain, whichever comes easier.

SammaelAkuma said:
At least he's trying, unlike you who has nothing better to do than to laugh at things that are obviously a WIP. "LULZ I R GUNNA LAFF @ U CUZ U CNT DO WUT I WUNT U 2 DO!"
Either congratulate him on his attempt, shut up, or try it yourself. This is why people leave XDA, because of kids like you. Grow a pair or a brain, whichever comes easier.
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I would have kept my mouth shut if he fixed the op. Either [PORT][WIP] CM6 for the sidekick 4G or even [PORT][PRE-ALPHA] CM6 for the sidekick 4G. BETA is reserved for working ROMs/PORTS. This was obviously an epic fail.
He's also stated before he does not know how to modify kernels. In order to port cm6 you will need some kernel hacking skillz.

Exit_Only said:
I would have kept my mouth shut if he fixed the op. Either [PORT][WIP] CM6 for the sidekick 4G or even [PORT][PRE-ALPHA] CM6 for the sidekick 4G. BETA is reserved for working ROMs/PORTS. This was obviously an epic fail.
He's also stated before he does not know how to modify kernels. In order to port cm6 you will need some kernel hacking skillz.
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He also said this form of porting was documented to work, which it didn't in this particular case. And if you've forgotten, he can't test it. His SK4G is with bhundven. So, he couldn't have known that it was pre-alpha material.

SammaelAkuma said:
He also said this form of porting was documented to work, which it didn't in this particular case. And if you've forgotten, he can't test it. His SK4G is with bhundven. So, he couldn't have known that it was pre-alpha material.
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What ever happened to bhudven? He's had the device for well over 5+ months already.

Exit_Only said:
What ever happened to bhudven? He's had the device for well over 5+ months already.
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Life happened. He's got some personal affairs to deal with atm. He's made quite a bit of progress. Nothing bootable as far as I know, but every little baby step helps.

SammaelAkuma said:
Life happened. He's got some personal affairs to deal with atm. He's made quite a bit of progress. Nothing bootable as far as I know, but every little baby step helps.
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I'm pretty sure it took a month or less to boot CM6 on the SK4G, bootable.
Not +5 months.

Reviewers said:
I'm pretty sure it took a month or less to boot CM6 on the SK4G, bootable.
Not +5 months.
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Exactly my point I was trying to make.

That all depends on what he had to go through those last 5+ months. Assuming everything was peachy, yes, a month is feasible. But say, you had court battles and other stuff to worry about, do you think you could throw something workable together in a month? Doubt it. And if you say you can, prove it. Otherwise, you're full of yourself. I'm not gonna try myself, because like I have said before, i've only done small stuff and I know my own limitations. But by all means, go ahead and ridicule someone who is making a conscious effort and not just sitting back and waiting for someone else to do the work.
Btw, Happy Holidays/Merry Christmas to the both of you, despite your overinflated egos.

What 5+ month are you talking about? Phone was sent to Bhundven at the beginning of october, so it's 3-, not 5+. And yes, life's more important than ROMs.

Exit_Only said:
Lol. You don't have the skill set to port CM to any device. Stop giving sk4g users false hope. Your worse then reactives epic fail of a cm6 ROM. Lulz.
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Lol yeah I may not have the ability to port yet. But at least I'm trying, what are you doing?
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FROST (Forensic Recovery Of Scrambled Telephones)

Hey guys,
After having nearly lost all my data because android would not recognize my Decryption password I would like to try to compile frost.
I don't know if it will work for the HTC one but I really want to give it a try to help out other people who might have to factory reset due to encrytion problems.
It looks fairly simple to compile it, only I have never compiled any kernel .img before.
Before I actually try to compile it I would like to get advice on how best to do it and what to avoid while compilling.
Again I really want to get this compiled for the HTC one as this had me in a really bad spot.
https://www1.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/frost
I know there are some questions in here but I really do want to get it compiled for you guys in this thread to have a way of possibly recovering encrypted data.
Anyone else up for the challange?

What?
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r1tesh said:
What?
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What sort of reply is that?
I can help you compile it

r1tesh said:
What?
You need to be a bit more specific
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What sort of reply is that?
I can help you compile it
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Thanks MacHackz. I really think alot of people could benefit from having a tool to recover encrypted data.
All I can say is I'm willing to try everything

gazlufc said:
Thanks MacHackz. I really think alot of people could benefit from having a tool to recover encrypted data.
All I can say is I'm willing to try everything
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Firstly you need linux, and afaik this will only work on 4.1.2 right now

MacHackz said:
Firstly you need linux, and afaik this will only work on 4.1.2 right now
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Yeah I seen it will only work on 4.1.2 but lucky enough HTC hasn't update all devices to 4.2.2 yet .
I have a Ubuntu virtual machine setup for doing the compiling. Just installing required items now.
Should have everything setup tomorrow to start compilling

gazlufc said:
Yeah I seen it will only work on 4.1.2 but lucky enough HTC hasn't update all devices to 4.2.2 yet .
I have a Ubuntu virtual machine setup for doing the compiling. Just installing required items now.
Should have everything setup tomorrow to start compilling
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Seems like you already know how

Edit: After further discussion we have decided to re-open this thread.
For now, lets leave it in general, once some development has been done we can talk about moving it back to development

Just wanted to say thank you for XDA for allowing us to start work in FROST.
I'm currently discussing FROST with a few other XDA'ers who are also interested in helping me out and getting this developed.
Once I know more (hopefully this evening) I will post an update.
Again thanks XDA for allowing this to be done

So u got the thread up, Awesome. Shoot me a pm when ya ready...

Welcome to your new home FROST

I'd like to help as well
I've got Eclipse/ADT set up ready to use for a couple of App ideas I've got. If it's just compiling Android code, I''m happy to help.
I've just finished a degree in Computer Security & Forensics (2:1) with a dissertation on Android security & security awareness. Prior to that I'v been a Systems Analyst and developer for a number of years (Mainframe/Unix/Microsoft). so although I'm fairly new to Android, I know my way roind an IDE or terminal editor and I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty woth code.

Nice to hear man, and looking forward to getting started.
Ive had a few issues with my pc and have got most of it sorted now. So of all goes well i will be able to start work after many delays
And I could definitely use you help if you can man
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lol, just have seen this.
The link to the University of Erlangen has some pretty neat resources, but I currently have no android phone to try making such a recovery image for.
For the case of (hopefully) your own phone you are trying to get the /data back: This software relies on the device having been unlocked not long ago. If the device was not unlocked for a week or so, you have no real chance of the keys being still in ram.
If you have a weak PIN, its bruteforce feature might work, if you have a strong one it may take very long. I'd recommend you to make a bit level image of the /data partition just in case (type man dd in your commandline in linux, the dd tool should also be in phone recoveries). And possibly try to encrypt it on your desktop that propably gets it done faster. Also you do not need to make a device specific recovery and you dont need to cross compile.
Also this: http://www1.cs.fau.de/filepool/projects/frost/frost.crackpin.tgz
might just work. Read through the README file in the archive, its straightforward.

thx good thing to konw

There's a reason they freeze the phone. If you hope to recover the keys from a phone that is powered off for anything like 5 mins or more forget it :/ . (The time really depends on the memory chips)
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It looks fairly simple to compile it, only I have never compiled any kernel .img before.?
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Is thia project still being worked on, @darks1der? It looks promising!

Hey the project is being worked on however it is going slower that expected due to alot of personal issue's.
I hope to have everything resolved ASAP so I can devote my self to FROST

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Hey the project is being worked on however it is going slower that expected due to alot of personal issue's.
I hope to have everything resolved ASAP so I can devote my self to FROST
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Will FROST be able to recover deleted files from the phones internal storage? I'll send strength your way so that you'll get your life to awesomeness again.

FROST only works if your bootloader is unlocked. Since unlocking your bootloader wipes data you're screwed (unless there's some hack to prevent this for your device bootloader). Image the phone or copy the encryption header and try to brute force/dictionary attack your own password key as much as you want without worrying about data being wiped. Download Kali Linux live CD maybe it has some Android forensics tools I think it does. If not google around for 'android brute force encryption' somebody will have tools to do this.