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Im currently running the supermagicv2r3 on my mt3g. can any one tell me how to flash the trojan_final.zip briefly. im running 32b. its hard to understand through all these post. i usually tube it. If its ne one out there i would appreciate it. oh and tell me what else i need to download. i already have the 1.3.2 recovery image by Amon Ra, and i downloaded trojan_final.zip
Eugene's trojan? I believe you have to flash over the 32A radio and recovery image through fastboot. If you don't know what you are doing, I suggest you don't do attempt it because you will brick your phone. This also belongs in general.
You should go here if you need further help that goes into more detail than the little tid bit that I have given you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=545005
or here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=493&nojs=1#goto_forumsearch
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Eugene's trojan? I believe you have to flash over the 32A radio and recovery image through fastboot. If you don't know what you are doing, I suggest you don't do attempt it because you will brick your phone. This also belongs in general.
You should go here if you need further help that goes into more detail than the little tid bit that I have given you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=545005
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i kno what i am doing as far as. rooting my phone back to 1.5. downloading flash
rec plus the recovery image. flashing the rec image. rebooting the phone to rec image. then once i drag the rom onto my sd card. wiping factory reset and ext partition. then part sd: fat32 blah blah blah. and converting ext2 to ext3. but all these other words is like new to me. i kno what to do. juss not exactly
I don't want to give you false information. I would go check Eugene's thread to see if you need the 32A radio, but he removed everything because he has decided to move to another forum. I need confirmation on that. Do you know if it's for 32A or for 32B?
Also, do you know how to use fastboot/adb?
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I don't want to give you false information. I would go check Eugene's thread to see if you need the 32A radio, but he removed everything because he has decided to move to another forum. I need confirmation on that. Do you know if it's for 32A or for 32B?
Also, do you know how to use fastboot/adb?
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well my build number is 3.03.751.4 32b. so im guessing my phone is 32b. and i dont kno how to use that. i would just need a step by step tutorial.. and all the downloads besides rec image 1.3.2 and trojan_final.zip
Esquire22 said:
well my build number is 3.03.751.4 32b. so im guessing my phone is 32b. and i dont kno how to use that. i would just need a step by step tutorial.. and all the downloads besides rec image 1.3.2 and trojan_final.zip
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i just checked on his other forum that he is now at. apparently it's a 32B so you don't have to worry about fastboot. just wipe data/factory reset. Then wipe your ext and davlik. Then wipe data/factory reset again for good measure. Then flash the rom.
Or if you want a clean flash, repartition your sd card fat32+ext+swap, upgrade ext2 to ext3, repair file systems, wipe data/factory reset, then flash the rom.
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i just checked on his other forum that he is now at. apparently it's a 32B so you don't have to worry about fastboot. just wipe data/factory reset. Then wipe your ext and davlik. Then wipe data/factory reset again for good measure. Then flash the rom.
Or if you want a clean flash, repartition your sd card fat32+ext+swap, upgrade ext2 to ext3, repair file systems, wipe data/factory reset, then flash the rom.
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I really appreciate that for real... so the second way is the best to go? and is there a fat32+ext+swap option in the newest recovery image by Amon Ra. which is recovery-RA-magic-v1.3.2G.img?
yeah it's the best way to go and it does have that option. You can even choose the values of how big you want your ext and swap. This recovery image is a lot better than his last one.
tazz9690 said:
yeah it's the best way to go and it does have that option. You can even choose the values of how big you want your ext and swap. This recovery image is a lot better than his last one.
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lol what exactly do u mean by values of ext and swap? and can i use the same flashrec i downloaded to use the supermagicv2r3 which is flashrec-1.1.2-20090909.apk. im sorry but these words with ext swap i dont really kno what they do i just follow instructions. but i wouldnt mind knowing the meaning
I don't know about the apk. Just go into your recovery image by pressing home and back. flash the rom from there.
ext is where your apps go for apps2sd. swap gives the phone virtual memory that is fed off the memory card to make up for the lack of ram that the phones we have. the original hero has 288MB and our phones that are google branded or 32B only have 192.
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i just checked on his other forum that he is now at. apparently it's a 32B so you don't have to worry about fastboot. just wipe data/factory reset. Then wipe your ext and davlik. Then wipe data/factory reset again for good measure. Then flash the rom.
Or if you want a clean flash, repartition your sd card fat32+ext+swap, upgrade ext2 to ext3, repair file systems, wipe data/factory reset, then flash the rom.
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i just tried what u said to do but when i try to update the trojan_final.zip. it says download aborted (bad). i wipe data wipe ext and davlik , wipe again then i try to flash rom and it isnt working. and i also put the swap to 64 and left the ext at 512. would that be a problem?
Esquire22 said:
i just tried what u said to do but when i try to update the trojan_final.zip. it says download aborted (bad). i wipe data wipe ext and davlik , wipe again then i try to flash rom and it isnt working. and i also put the swap to 64 and left the ext at 512. would that be a problem?
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scratch that it worked perfectly! thanks a whole lot man! ur the best.. if i have ne questions i would post u. if u have twitter... twitter.com/esquiire can i keep my swap at 64 and my ext at 512? or do u recommend something better? and what is converting ext3 to ext4. and whats the process?
boot to recovery
and select partition
partition sd
swap-size minimum 64 (use track balll to change numbers)
press home
ext2 size leave size as is and fat 32
press home to partition
ok then
select usb-ms toggle
copy trojan-final across to card
reboot phone to recovery
select
flash update
choose.zip
select zip and flash
be warned bluetooth does not work on 32b hero roms
when you get more used to rom updates you could try the 32a hack to get bluetooth working
sitimber said:
boot to recovery
and select partition
partition sd
swap-size minimum 64 (use track balll to change numbers)
press home
ext2 size leave size as is and fat 32
press home to partition
ok then
select usb-ms toggle
copy trojan-final across to card
reboot phone to recovery
select
flash update
choose.zip
select zip and flash
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thanks. and that is supposed to speed up my phone? and if i do that will i have to redownload all of my apps back again. just got done putting dem back on. and whats ext3 to ext4?
find a back up for apps on market before you wipe
sitimber said:
find a back up for apps on market before you wipe
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can i convert ext3 to ext4 during that process? if so when?
before installing new rom have sd card all set and ready for new rom
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find a back up for apps on market before you wipe
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how to find back up for apps? could not find one
How do i find out if i have ext 3 or 4, and where do i find ext 4 to flash if i need?
thanks
An easy way to tell would be to install 4EXT Recovery to replace CWM Recovery. It will show you exactly what your partitions are in recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161710
If you want to change your partitions to Ext4 then you can go to the first page of the Android Revolution HD thread in development and download and run Mike1986's superwipe script, which is on the first page. Flash superwipe in recovery. It will format your partitions as Ext4. Make a back up of your phone data because it will delete all of your data. It will not delete anything on your external sd card. Also make sure you have a rom on your sd card to flash after using a wipe script.
Wolf_2 said:
An easy way to tell would be to install 4EXT Recovery to replace CWM Recovery. It will show you exactly what your partitions are in recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161710
If you want to change your partitions to Ext4 then you can go to the first page of the Android Revolution HD thread in development and download and run Mike1986's superwipe script, which is on the first page. Flash superwipe in recovery. It will format your partitions as Ext4. Make a back up of your phone data because it will delete all of your data. It will not delete anything on your external sd card. Also make sure you have a rom on your sd card to flash after using a wipe script.
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What wolf said lol. :-D.
Enjoy the ext4 recovery. Its a great piece of work. If you want to theme it check out the links in the op of that thread wolf directed you to. Many themers including myself are listed on there. Link in my sig as well.
I got your 10 char right here
Besides really liking the way 4EXT Recovery works, I really enjoy changing and using themes by Cwhitney24 and other themers. It is great to be able to theme recovery.
Wolf_2 said:
Besides really liking the way 4EXT Recovery works, I really enjoy changing and using themes by Cwhitney24 and other themers. It is great to be able to theme recovery.
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Well thanks! :-D
I got your 10 char right here
After reading the last 4 posts I feel the need to put my high boots on and install the newer recovery.
Agoattamer said:
After reading the last 4 posts I feel the need to put my high boots on and install the newer recovery.
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....yes do it!!!! Lol
I got your 10 char right here
It's all good now!
brettd750 said:
It's all good now!
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Good! :-D
I got your 10 char right here
brettd750 said:
I need 10 post to be able to post in the dev threads. Have some small potential faults with a custom rom.
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try the Q&A stickies
Pirateghost said:
try the Q&A stickies
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Someone finally found it and asked the question. Fixed and there is no flaw
The on screen personalize but was linked to fire up internet explorer. there was a tweak in setting to turn it off
**shudders at 'internet explorer'**
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**shudders at 'internet explorer'**
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+10 chars! Love it!
Are there any advantages of being ext4 over ext3? Im on the absolution rom so im not sure what ext it is. Sorry for thread jacking btw.
EXT is the Linux native filesystem. EXT was quickly replaced by EXT2 which was a good rock-solid FS for Linux and survived for a decade. It was eventually supplemented with a journal and became EXT3 even though the underlying filesystem was still EXT2. EXT4 is a journaling FS, but was redesigned from the ground up. It is designed to take advantage of very high-speed drives like 15K SCSI raid-arrays in high-end server farms, or for dealing with huge file sizes efficiently, neither of which is an advantage at all on an embedded device like a smart phone.
Most Androids used yaffs2 since it was fast and efficient on an embedded device with a serial MMC type storage system, but with the advent of multi-core smartphones, yaffs2 didn't handle multi-threaded access to the filesystem.
So, in short, EXT4 is really not an appropriate filesystem for an embedded device. Any journalling filesystem is going to be hard on the MMC as it causes much more read/write cycles and will eventually result in faster failure of the MMC. EXT3 is the choice of HTC on its newer eMMC devices and probably is the best fit for multi-core systems, but Google has hired the inventor of EXT4 so that's probably the direction Android will take regardless of EXT4's inappropriateness.
For more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4
I read that post without looking at the author and was thinking "this guy seems almost as smart as Gene".
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I recently installed WCX Illuminati [3.5 Sense Based on 1.22.461.2 (Quicksall Rcmix kernel v12 )overclocked to 1536 by default.].
While the ROM is not advertised to be (as far as I can tell) an EXT4 ROM, I noticed during the install the system was formatted as EXT4.
I'll like to experiment with some other ROMs that are EXT3. Do I have to go through any special steps to go back to an EXT3 ROM after running an EXT4 ROM, I can I just flash the new ROM though CM Recovery?
Thanks.
Four-Fifty-X said:
I recently installed WCX Illuminati [3.5 Sense Based on 1.22.461.2 (Quicksall Rcmix kernel v12 )overclocked to 1536 by default.].
While the ROM is not advertised to be (as far as I can tell) an EXT4 ROM, I noticed during the install the system was formatted as EXT4.
I'll like to experiment with some other ROMs that are EXT3. Do I have to go through any special steps to go back to an EXT3 ROM after running an EXT4 ROM, I can I just flash the new ROM though CM Recovery?
Thanks.
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There are no steps for that, just flash the new Rom. But make sure to flash CWM recovery first as the illuminati Rom uses stock recovery. Go to Rom manager and flash recovery. Once you have done that flash the Rom you want.
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glevitan said:
There are no steps for that, just flash the new Rom. But make sure to flash CWM recovery first as the illuminati Rom uses stock recovery. Go to Rom manager and flash recovery. Once you have done that flash the Rom you want.
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Good. Thanks.
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I was wondering this myself also. But I want to ask a little deeper question.
Say I have 2 ROMS. One that is ext3 and the other that is ext4. Each one formats the system appropriately when installed fresh. But say I have a NAND backup of the ext3 ROM on my card and I have the ext4 ROM installed on the phone at the present. Can I restore the ext3 ROM without doing anything other than the normal wiping using clockwork? Or would I have to reinstall the ext3 ROM fresh to get the proper format and then restore the backup?
And would it be the same going the other direction too?
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I was wondering this myself also. But I want to ask a little deeper question.
Say I have 2 ROMS. One that is ext3 and the other that is ext4. Each one formats the system appropriately when installed fresh. But say I have a NAND backup of the ext3 ROM on my card and I have the ext4 ROM installed on the phone at the present. Can I restore the ext3 ROM without doing anything other than the normal wiping using clockwork? Or would I have to reinstall the ext3 ROM fresh to get the proper format and then restore the backup?
And would it be the same going the other direction too?
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I guess but not sure that when you do a wipe to install a new Rom your partitions are formatted and ifvyo don't use an ext4 Rom then you will have just ext3.
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Agoattamer said:
I was wondering this myself also. But I want to ask a little deeper question.
Say I have 2 ROMS. One that is ext3 and the other that is ext4. Each one formats the system appropriately when installed fresh. But say I have a NAND backup of the ext3 ROM on my card and I have the ext4 ROM installed on the phone at the present. Can I restore the ext3 ROM without doing anything other than the normal wiping using clockwork? Or would I have to reinstall the ext3 ROM fresh to get the proper format and then restore the backup?
And would it be the same going the other direction too?
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I'm not sure how ClockworkMod handles this but I've been using 4EXT Recovery for a few months and it will automatically determine which format the ROM you're flashing uses and convert if necessary. Works for both fresh ROM flashes or backups.
I've been running ARHD and wanted to pull something off of the stock ROM backup I had. When I restored the stock nandroid, 4EXT formatted the existing ext4 partitions to ext3 and restored the backup. Then when I restored ARHD it automatically switched 'em back to ext4.
Thanks for the responses guys. Still looking for someone to answer positively on this last question. I don't want to be the someone asking about how to get my phone to boot when it is stuck on the white screen. lol.
Agoattamer said:
Thanks for the responses guys. Still looking for someone to answer positively on this last question. I don't want to be the someone asking about how to get my phone to boot when it is stuck on the white screen. lol.
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i'm with the other guy, i use 4EXT. but when making a backup it says "writing ext4 data" (or something along those lines) for each partition that uses ext4. it does the same for ext3.
i would be inclined to believe that CWM does the same thing and changes the file system accordingly. one way to check if it records the file system type would be to look at the tar files. go to sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/whatever-you-named-your-backup that folder should contain, at a minimum, the following files: system.xxxx.tar, data.xxxx.tar, boot.img, and an md5 file. the xxxx should be the file system that particular backup uses.
EDIT: that is assuming that CWM uses tar backups and not yaffs2. not sure how those backups are structured. either way the filesystem should still get recorded some how.
i think you'd be fine just restoring. there would have been massive amounts of new threads popping up saying "OMGIDIDARESTOREANDMYPHONEISFUX0RED!!!!" if anyone had any problems once ext4 showed its face. know what i mean?
as an alternative. why not just flash 4EXT Recovery? since you KNOW it does what you're asking? kinda takes the guess work out... lol
*WARNING! I Am Not Responsible For Anything That Happens To Your Device*
** PLEASE BE AWARE! THIS SCRIPT IS FOR "T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II" WILL ALSO WORK ON "AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket" ONLY! IF YOU FLASH THIS ON ANY OTHER DEVICE YOU MIGHT HAVE A VERY EXPENSIVE PAPER WEIGHT! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! PLEASE CONTACT ME FIRST IF ANY OTHER QUESTIONS **
:: DARKSIDE.SUPER.WIPE ::
..A DARKSIDE DEVELOPMENT..
My Original thread is found [HERE]
This is a small script i threw together a while back. I have incorporated in many of my ROMS, usually runs with a installation flag '-wipe'. The script does exactly as the title explains. It is SUPER.WIPE that does the most thorough wipe possible. This exceeds anything that CWM is capable of from the menu options. This will format and erase EVERYTHING on your /system, /data, /cache partions with EXT4 file system. It WILL NOT wipe SD CARD or EMMC... After it is complete with format and earse, it will align all disks partitions properly. This is a great tool to flash right before installing any new ROM on your device. No need to worry if you have wiped properly. Let the script do it for you! ENJOY!
Instructions on using DARKSIDE.SUPER.WIPE:
* WILL NOT WIPE SD CARD OR EMMC *
IMMEDIATELY BEFORE FLASHING ROM OF YOU CHOICE, DO THE FOLLOWING...
1. Place on ROOT of your SD card.
2. Boot into Recovery Mode
3. Do a NAND BACKUP!!!
4. Flash DARKSIDE.SUPER.WIPE
5. Stay inside recovery
6. Flash desired ROM.
7. After flashing is complete, Reboot...
8. Done!
[DOWNLOAD HERE] [DARKSIDE.SUPER.WIPE 2.8.2012]md5 : ac3b9c04ad4d8b80b49048c29dab271c** PLEASE respect my work and ask my permission before posting mirrors or using any parts **
you underestimate the power of the DARKSIDE
for more???? probably not!
sounds interesting will download and try on my next Rom flash
now i see what it does but what is the ultimate true benefit of using this and not clockmod
bori1030 said:
sounds interesting will download and try on my next Rom flash
now i see what it does but what is the ultimate true benefit of using this and not clockmod
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this will format and erase EVERYTHING on your /system, /data, /cache partions with EXT4 file system. It WILL NOT wipe SD CARD or EMMC... After it is complete with format and earse, it will align all disks partitions properly.
This is not ground breaking material. Just does a more thorough wipe and will align disk properly after formatting partitons.
I used this on my last flash and it worked great! Thanks for bringing it to the skyrocket.
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"and will align disk properly after formatting partitions"
For my own curiosity, why is this important after wiping?
I was just reading about this...Thanks for bringing it over for us Skyrocket users!
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orlandoxpolice said:
"and will align disk properly after formatting partitions"
For my own curiosity, why is this important after wiping?
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If the partition alignment for is "xx" bytes off. It will cause major performance issues. Etc...
Works great been using other version a while im guessing they are the same or close to? i think the one im using is from Tmobile? either way thanks again.
blessedswine said:
Works great been using other version a while im guessing they are the same or close to? i think the one im using is from Tmobile? either way thanks again.
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Yeah the same..
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Im sorry but what do you exactly mean by "It WILL NOT wipe SD CARD or EMMC..."
Is this a good or a bad thing?? do we want this two things mentioned above wiped or not?
Thank you.
r3dp0is0n2012 said:
Im sorry but what do you exactly mean by "It WILL NOT wipe SD CARD or EMMC..."
Is this a good or a bad thing?? do we want this two things mentioned above wiped or not?
Thank you.
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Well I would think you wouldn't. Your SD card and internal SD card aka emmc has all you pictures and other personal junk.. so we don't wipe those
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He means your pics and music from internal or external sd card won't be gone.
Just use this when you are doing clean flash i used it and it works. Not to be an a** but i had idea about creating this wipe.zip but i suck at coding. Tried contacting someone where the idea came from never got pm back but You sir saved us. Thank You.
r3dp0is0n2012 said:
Im sorry but what do you exactly mean by "It WILL NOT wipe SD CARD or EMMC..."
Is this a good or a bad thing?? do we want this two things mentioned above wiped or not?
Thank you.
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So is the 3e recovery wipe process in the fix force close thread still helpful to do too or does this give you the same result?
Also would it be even better to format sd cards along with flashing this? Or is there not really any additional benefit of that?
THis and 3e recovery is completely different. We have problem with CWM not wiping data correctly therefore file corruption happens. By formatting ur sdcard you will lose everything that's in there. No need to do format sd card. Just flash this when you are doing fresh rom installation.
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So is the 3e recovery wipe process in the fix force close thread still helpful to do too or does this give you the same result?
Also would it be even better to format sd cards along with flashing this? Or is there not really any additional benefit of that?
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I've used this script since the day tdj brought it to t-mo version with great results.
Thank you TheDerekJay for sharing this with skyrocket, very cool.
The force is strong in this one
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Why when click dl link it opens up cwm?
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You mean rom manager if yes that's because its .zip file.
nap286 said:
Why when click dl link it opens up cwm?
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thederekjay just wanted to say thank you. Your script worked beautifully, although the pause during the wipe did make my heart skip a beat.
~PsyCl0ne
Yes!!! Finally one for the skyrocket been using superwipe and fullwipe for my desirehd. Glad to see there is one for skyrocket now
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hi
i was thinking of upgrading my phone (one V) to Kitkat [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785779]
so my current version of CWM is 5.8 do i hav to update it to 6.0 [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1871243]
if yes, can you plz tell me wat are d ways to update it. I hav read few post but am still confused.
and the installation process for Kitkat rom is same as any other rom or does it hav different steps to complete installation.
waiting for reply !!!
download cwm zip > put to sd card > reboot recovery > flash zip > advanced > reboot recovery > done
axljohn said:
download zip > put to sd card > reboot recovery > flash zip > advanced > reboot recovery > done
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and wat about the CWM ???
Neel009 said:
and wat about the CWM ???
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Dont forget to flash a gapp too that is for your google play.
I had no problem with CWM until now but I needed an ext4 partition for a rom (slimkat) and CWM failed.
I then installed 4ext and everything worked. (except the ROM on my phone hehe)
So if you need an ext4 partition for your rom, I would not recommend CWM based on my experience.
axljohn said:
download zip > put to sd card > reboot recovery > flash zip > advanced > reboot recovery > done
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download zip its that cwm.
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and wat about the CWM ???
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it can be done with any zip.
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AoDev said:
I had no problem with CWM until now but I needed an ext4 partition for a rom (slimkat) and CWM failed.
I then installed 4ext and everything worked. (except the ROM on my phone hehe)
So if you need an ext4 partition for your rom, I would not recommend CWM based on my experience.
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didnt have any problems on my side.. i think all partitions on any phone is ext4.. what phone did u use?
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it can be done with any zip.
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didnt have any problems on my side.. i think all partitions on any phone is ext4.. what phone did u use?
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my question was ''do i need to upgrade my Clock Work Mode recovery to 6.0 before flashing kitkat rom ??
if yes then how to update ??''
plz reply !!!
Neel009 said:
my question was ''do i need to upgrade my Clock Work Mode recovery to 6.0 before flashing kitkat rom ??
if yes then how to update ??''
plz reply !!!
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1) yes
2) search it in your device's forums. a little searching won't hurt
axljohn said:
1) yes
2) search it in your device's forums. a little searching won't hurt
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i used rom manager to update my cwm recovery to 6.0 or 6.1 but its still 5.8.x. then i manually searched and found out about this verzion [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1871243]
help me update my CWM recovery manually.
plz !!!
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it can be done with any zip.
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didnt have any problems on my side.. i think all partitions on any phone is ext4.. what phone did u use?
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It's an HTC Sensation. I tried first with CWM and rom manager. But the partition was not recognized when installing (Slimkat) .
Then, I found this about creating partition: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2125513
Where you can read:
These two methods are the best ones to use. Other means could result in sd-card damaging, or other problems. Do not use:
ROM Manager, CWM Recovery, Windows Minitool Partition Wizard etc.
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And for me it happened to be true
(The SD was not damaged, just the partition not working).
Neel009 said:
i used rom manager to update my cwm recovery to 6.0 or 6.1 but its still 5.8.x. then i manually searched and found out about this verzion [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1871243]
help me update my CWM recovery manually.
plz !!!
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PM the OP for that version.. I guess the thread's already closed because there's no links.. And I also found that your device has no support (officially, at least) for CMW v6.x.x.x. Sorry man.
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AoDev said:
It's an HTC Sensation. I tried first with CWM and rom manager. But the partition was not recognized when installing (Slimkat) .
Then, I found this about creating partition: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2125513
Where you can read:
And for me it happened to be true
(The SD was not damaged, just the partition not working).
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The "partition" you're talking about there is SD partition, right? To use that partition you must format the partition's file system to ext4, not fat32 (default SD file system). Maybe it "didn't work," just the in the wrong file system.
axljohn said:
The "partition" you're talking about there is SD partition, right? To use that partition you must format the partition's file system to ext4, not fat32 (default SD file system). Maybe it "didn't work," just the in the wrong file system.
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Yes, correct. The conclusion is that I was able to make a correct ext4 partition with 4ext recovery only, I thought it could be useful to the OP regarding his question about CWM.
AoDev said:
Yes, correct. The conclusion is that I was able to make a correct ext4 partition with 4ext recovery only, I thought it could be useful to the OP regarding his question about CWM.
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Except that all phone partitions are ext4 by default. It's the phone partitions OP is concerned of, not SD partitions. I think..
Are you saying that some recoveries have different file systems other than ext4?
axljohn said:
Except that all phone partitions are ext4 by default. It's the phone partitions OP is concerned of, not SD partitions. I think..
Are you saying that some recoveries have different file systems other than ext4?
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He asked if the steps to install kitkat are the same and more info about CWM. I just explain the problem I had when I did exactly what the OP wants to do, in the same situation.
It would crash during the install because there was no ext4 partitions on the sdcard. I don't know why, this part I don't understand. I never had to do something like that until now. So after investigating the matter I realised that I had to create an ext4 partition (1GB) on my SD card. (it had 1 Fat32 partition)
I tried with different tools. CWM included. They failed. I stepped upon the post I mentioned before. I installed 4ext. I created a 1GB ext4 partition on the SD Card. The install was successful and I enjoy my phone again with KitKat. (but in the end I removed Slimkat due to some bugs and installed this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2530073, which works perfectly so far)
That's all about my experience installing a kitkat based rom which is the OP goal. As mentioned before, I don't know why it needed this ext4 partition for the installation. My knowledge does not go that far, but the result is there.
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He asked if the steps to install kitkat are the same and more info about CWM. I just explain the problem I had when I did exactly what the OP wants to do, in the same situation.
It would crash during the install because there was no ext4 partitions on the sdcard. I don't know why, this part I don't understand. I never had to do something like that until now. So after investigating the matter I realised that I had to create an ext4 partition (1GB) on my SD card. (it had 1 Fat32 partition)
I tried with different tools. CWM included. They failed. I stepped upon the post I mentioned before. I installed 4ext. I created a 1GB ext4 partition on the SD Card. The install was successful and I enjoy my phone again with KitKat. (but in the end I removed Slimkat due to some bugs and installed this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2530073, which works perfectly so far)
That's all about my experience installing a kitkat based rom which is the OP goal. As mentioned before, I don't know why it needed this ext4 partition for the installation. My knowledge does not go that far, but the result is there.
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since u flashed kitkat in ur htc sensation and u hav done it right, u can guide me to do so......
here is what i understood regarding the kitkat rom
i have to to do partition of my SD card (the link was helpful !!!)
CWM version does not do any help for kitkat rom (i guess !! am still confused about CWM recovery because the link for one v's CWM 6.0 is dead and in Kitkat rom's link it does not say anything or about the CWM version how to flash it )
my question is
after partition, did you completed the "using the ext partition" and then you flashed it using CWM and what version of CWM did you use ?
and my CWM version is 5.8 should i use it to flash kitkat (without getting bricked) ??
Sorry for asking so many question. My roms thread does not have the details that i generally find in other thread. I want to flash Kitkat so badly.
It does not matter if the rom works or not, still its worth a shot. just want to make sure i do everything right from my side without damaging my handset.
AoDev said:
He asked if the steps to install kitkat are the same and more info about CWM. I just explain the problem I had when I did exactly what the OP wants to do, in the same situation.
It would crash during the install because there was no ext4 partitions on the sdcard. I don't know why, this part I don't understand. I never had to do something like that until now. So after investigating the matter I realised that I had to create an ext4 partition (1GB) on my SD card. (it had 1 Fat32 partition)
I tried with different tools. CWM included. They failed. I stepped upon the post I mentioned before. I installed 4ext. I created a 1GB ext4 partition on the SD Card. The install was successful and I enjoy my phone again with KitKat. (but in the end I removed Slimkat due to some bugs and installed this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2530073, which works perfectly so far)
That's all about my experience installing a kitkat based rom which is the OP goal. As mentioned before, I don't know why it needed this ext4 partition for the installation. My knowledge does not go that far, but the result is there.
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Neel009 said:
since u flashed kitkat in ur htc sensation and u hav done it right, u can guide me to do so......
here is what i understood regarding the kitkat rom
i have to to do partition of my SD card (the link was helpful !!!)
CWM version does not do any help for kitkat rom (i guess !! am still confused about CWM recovery because the link for one v's CWM 6.0 is dead and in Kitkat rom's link it does not say anything or about the CWM version how to flash it )
my question is
after partition, did you completed the "using the ext partition" and then you flashed it using CWM and what version of CWM did you use ?
and my CWM version is 5.8 should i use it to flash kitkat (without getting bricked) ??
Sorry for asking so many question. My roms thread does not have the details that i generally find in other thread. I want to flash Kitkat so badly.
It does not matter if the rom works or not, still its worth a shot. just want to make sure i do everything right from my side without damaging my handset.
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Sorry.. Even I don't understand the question anymore. But as far as I know, ext4 partitions on an SDcard is never related to flashing ROMs.. It is only used for Link2SD and such..
Yes, so, somehow it looks like during the installation, these Kitkat roms were expecting an ext4 partition on the SD Card.
If you look in Internet, you can find things like that for example:
(Damn, my xda noob account does not let me post links, search youtube and use this video ID: ?v=bUMhn6geaUM
They talk about this ext4 partition on the SD card, why they do it and what they use to do it. (Partition Magic)
Maybe if I had just removed my SD card , the install script would not have tried to use the SD card, but let's not add more confusion
As I said, CWM (I had 5.8) did not work to create a correct ext4 partition on my SD Card. (the install failed again)
The funny thing is I even paid 2$ for CWM xd
I replaced CWM by 4ext recovery. website: 4ext.net (install the 4EXT Recovery Updater)
Then I created the ext4 partition on the SD Card and both kitkat roms I tried were installed successfully.
(In 4ext recovery, install from zip, select your rom zip, go.)
btw, I backed up everything before (but I guess it's obvious) , once, I had to reinstall my backup from recovery because it would not boot.