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Partitioning the SD, Changing the Recovery Image... I'm getting nowhere.

I've searched and read guide after guide and I'm getting absolutely nowhere. I have tried to partition using ADB, I have tried to partition using a new Recovery image but I can't even change it.
Am I the only person who is having this trouble?
Can anyone see where I am going wrong....
Phone was modified using unrevoked3 and has Clockworkmod 2.5.0.1 on it.
I have downloaded the SDK for windows package and extracted it to C:\Android I then run CMD in administrator mode, go to the directory and type 'adb shell'... works fine so I then disconnect and then type 'adb shell reboot recovery' and I get 'reboot: no such tool'. I have also tried rebooting the phone into recovery mode myself but when I try to connect to it via 'adb shell' it tells me there is no device (It shows in the device manager just the same as it did before). Screeched to a halt there.
Next I thought I would change the recovery image to "RA-desire-v1.7.0.1-R5". According to the comments in the thread I can use unrevoked to install this image. I run the program select the image, plug the phone in and away it goes. After 10 mins of it saying "waiting on root, you can safely reboot" or something like that I gave up and took the battery out as nothing was happening.
Where am I going wrong here? I am only trying to get an EXT3 partition onto the phone so that I can put the apps on there and having it run faster.
This is a VERY brief runthrough of what I have done. I have been searching for about 10 hours in total, reading guide after guide and trying to follow them. I don't even get past the first couple of steps and there is an awful lot of wrong and old information out there.
Oh, as a side note. Is there any way to have the OS boot up in 10 seconds like Sense on the desire z?
Thanks for any help, I'm at my wits end.

if you r rooted download Rom manager from market and select partition SD card
secondly u can get fast boot if you flash the hd Rom in Android development section

'adb shell reboot recovery' written in only one line leads you to nowhere, you should open the shell with 'adb shell' and then issue the command 'reboot recovery' (never used that last one so I don't know if it works).
Appart from that you should do what is said in the above post, just download ROM Manager and partition your SD from there (you will need to go back to clockworkmod, but I think you don't need to do unrevoked again since you are already root)

Thanks a lot guys. Will give this a go tomorrow.
Sounds so simple too, can't believe the way I was going about it.

if you have a cd rw on your pc, just download the gparted live cd ....... its awsome

i'm also struggling with this...also followed the methods OP has posted and getting no where..dont want to use ROM manager because i want to have around 1/2GB space for partition...ROM manager only allows a maximum of 512mb

Worked flawlessly, I can't believe how much searching I done and the answer was so simple.
Off to see what I can do with it now

killa_byte said:
i'm also struggling with this...also followed the methods OP has posted and getting no where..dont want to use ROM manager because i want to have around 1/2GB space for partition...ROM manager only allows a maximum of 512mb
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If using windows download
Acronis*Disk*Director*Home (it is paid)
or
Linux (free) -- through USB
http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download

dexteral said:
secondly u can get fast boot if you flash the hd Rom in Android development section
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Just gave this a go and it takes even longer to load lol. Once it hits the Matrix screen it's quick enough. The white screen with HTC is where it takes forever. It takes literally AGES.
The setup looked good too but I think I'll be back to froyo.

Scott M said:
Just gave this a go and it takes even longer to load lol. Once it hits the Matrix screen it's quick enough. The white screen with HTC is where it takes forever. It takes literally AGES.
The setup looked good too but I think I'll be back to froyo.
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have you ticked fasboot in the option menu i think it was in applications menu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUdal1o9e38

dexteral said:
have you ticked fasboot in the option menu i think it was in applications menu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUdal1o9e38
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Ah haaa
No I didn't. Will give that a go. Is there a link to information on the fastboot? Does it use the battery or just store the current memory to the SD card (Like hibernation)?
Thanks

Scott M said:
Ah haaa
No I didn't. Will give that a go. Is there a link to information on the fastboot? Does it use the battery or just store the current memory to the SD card (Like hibernation)?
Thanks
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jus search there, u'll know everything u need to know.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=789830

dexteral said:
If using windows download
Acronis*Disk*Director*Home (it is paid)
or
Linux (free) -- through USB
http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download
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installed ubuntu on my USB how do i partition the sd card?

Woowww 157 pages lol. My head SERIOUSLY hurts.
I managed to get the fast boot thing to work by selecting "Hibernate" rather than "Power Off". Going by the desire Z demo, it can shutdown and restart in approx 10 seconds without going into hibernation (Can't remove battery/power).
Still, I'm going to have a play around with the HD firmware you liked to. It seems to be getting very good reports
Fingers crossed on the camera getting sorted out soon.
Thanks again for your help.

Scott M said:
Woowww 157 pages lol. My head SERIOUSLY hurts.
I managed to get the fast boot thing to work by selecting "Hibernate" rather than "Power Off". Going by the desire Z demo, it can shutdown and restart in approx 10 seconds without going into hibernation (Can't remove battery/power).
Still, I'm going to have a play around with the HD firmware you liked to. It seems to be getting very good reports
Fingers crossed on the camera getting sorted out soon.
Thanks again for your help.
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scott can u provide any guidance to a first time rooter?
i'm really stuck...all i want to do is partition my sd card with 1/2gb for apps and the rest for my files etc.

killa_byte said:
scott can u provide any guidance to a first time rooter?
i'm really stuck...all i want to do is partition my sd card with 1/2gb for apps and the rest for my files etc.
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Rom manager did it all for me bud. Is your phone already rooted? With a custom firmware? If so just download "Rom Manager" from the market and run it

killa_byte said:
scott can u provide any guidance to a first time rooter?
i'm really stuck...all i want to do is partition my sd card with 1/2gb for apps and the rest for my files etc.
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ubuntu 9.10 netbook remix
what i did
intalled on d drive
ran ubuntu
on device boot to recovery > mount usb, should be detected,
on ubuntu unmount by rick clicking on the file sytem on left side. now go to the disks and right click on the sd card and create a partition.
or search youtube to format sd card
what other s did
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=772325
hope m clear

dexteral said:
ubuntu 9.10 netbook remix
what i did
intalled on d drive
ran ubuntu
on device boot to recovery > mount usb, should be detected,
on ubuntu unmount by rick clicking on the file sytem on left side. now go to the disks and right click on the sd card and create a partition.
or search youtube to format sd card
what other s did
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=772325
hope m clear
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it sounds clear enough but ubuntu takes 5 hours to install on a usb drive...is this normal?

killa_byte said:
it sounds clear enough but ubuntu takes 5 hours to install on a usb drive...is this normal?
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takes half hour tops if run from hard disk. 600 mb file ... not sure abt usb though

[Q] Recommended apps for my ROM!

Hey everyone, i am creating a new rom called Mytouch Sensation (BETA Version) and i just need to know what people consider vital apps and what others consider bloatware! I know things like calender, contacts, phone, market, etc., are vital apps but give me some recommendations on what to an what not to add!!
Thanks

ognimnella said:
Hey everyone, i am creating a new rom called Mytouch Sensation (BETA Version) and i just need to know what people consider vital apps and what others consider bloatware! I know things like calender, contacts, phone, market, etc., are vital apps but give me some recommendations on what to an what not to add!!
Thanks
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I would say keep all Google Apps excluding YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, etc. Things that can be downloaded from the market (but keep gmail in)
Maybe keep the popular HTC Widgets and apps and make a seperate add-on for all the others.

and since your are rooted you can add an overclocking app like the one you metioned in you other post
i will go with : gmail,rom manager, a file manager , and if you can add the market enabler app that could be good

Yeah, a file manager would be nice (but put it in /data/apps so people can uninstall it if they want. I prefer Linda since it is light weight) and ROM Manager, Titanium Backup.

my request:
rom manager
youtube
spare parts
take off google books
that is all.

Okay no probs @ all! Hey I hav done 2 posts on this but does ANYONE know how to unbrick a F***ing memory card cuz I installed data2ext and it just stopped mounting on my phone (and other phones too) and I can't build and test my roms with no freaking memory card, and I have like three 2gb mem cards but I wud much rather like to use the 8gb someone please help me!
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App

ognimnella said:
Okay no probs @ all! Hey I hav done 2 posts on this but does ANYONE know how to unbrick a F***ing memory card cuz I installed data2ext and it just stopped mounting on my phone (and other phones too) and I can't build and test my roms with no freaking memory card, and I have like three 2gb mem cards but I wud much rather like to use the 8gb someone please help me!
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App
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try to format with a digital camera or another phone !!!!!!

I tried that, and I tried with an adaptor and everything, and I tried pluggin my phone into my pc and it won't recognize!
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App

mmm try in clockwork recovery

It won't eem let me boot into recovery (update.zip is on sd card!)
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App

you can try to boot recovery from rom manager i dont have the update in my sd so i use rom manager

When I try to but into recovery I get this error saying "can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0 p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)" and it happens like 10 times! Then it says its aborted!
_and this happens after i try to apply update.zip! i can get to the menu w/ fastboot, recovery, etc. but after i open recovery and hit update.zip, that is when it does what i stated below!
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i think your card is way to dead

eljoelo said:
i think your card is way to dead
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NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I have pictures and other things on there!! please Jesus if there is anyone who knows how to fix this i could REAAALLLLYYYY use it!!!!!

ognimnella said:
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I have pictures and other things on there!! please Jesus if there is anyone who knows how to fix this i could REAAALLLLYYYY use it!!!!!
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btw what sistem you use ?? xp vista seven ?

eljoelo said:
btw what sistem you use ?? xp vista seven ?
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Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit

ognimnella said:
Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit
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try in win xp if you have one or close by mabe it will see it

You need to delete all the partitions on the card and reformat it.
best way to do it on a windows machine is with something like partition magic (off a hirens boot cd)
if you have a linux box, do it through that with cfdisk. Delete EVERY PARTITION and start over
If windows isn't seeing the card, your best bet will be to boot off a unbutu live cd and try and recover your stuff from there.
Oh, wait, did you partition your sdcard WITH stuff on it, without backing it up? If you did that you erased all your stuff. Partitioning it for sd-ext wipes the card and repartitions it.

ratchetrizzo said:
You need to delete all the partitions on the card and reformat it.
best way to do it on a windows machine is with something like partition magic (off a hirens boot cd)
if you have a linux box, do it through that with cfdisk. Delete EVERY PARTITION and start over
If windows isn't seeing the card, your best bet will be to boot off a unbutu live cd and try and recover your stuff from there.
Oh, wait, did you partition your sdcard WITH stuff on it, without backing it up? If you did that you erased all your stuff. Partitioning it for sd-ext wipes the card and repartitions it.
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I second the booting into ubuntu idea. I've used redo backup software, as it's pretty small and fast. From there you can save the files from your sd card onto your harddrive or flash drive if you have other usb slots available. You can then reformat your sd card. Best of luck!

any news ?

[Q] Creating custom Hboot

Hey,
I've got a situation. I'd like to try and run a HTC Sense 2.1 version, preferably the one from Coolexe into a different Hboot than the common type. Namely into a Hboot with 210/205Mb for system and 5Mb cache so I can have the rest for Data, this is because I prefer to have everything on the nand of the phone instead of the sd-ext etc! I've posted the coming question in his topic aswell..
Coolexe uses at his own ROM a trick which enables him to use the cache partition, he then symlinks those files (which are in the cache partition) to the /system folder. So when I figured that out, I went and put some files into the cache partition so my system folder is lower than 180MB, this way I could use the Sense Hboot. Everything went fine and the ROM booted, however I couldn't get on my WiFi. I did see my WiFi, but I could not connect..
To check if it wasn't the ROM I put everything back into the /system folder and tried the ROM with the stock Hboot. This time everything just worked. So I think that the symlinking simply just doesn't work..
When I looked at titanium backup, with the symlinking ROM, my system folder sayd that my /system had no room left anymore. So I think because of that it won't get an IP address.
So I read somewhere that Thalamus made a Hboot creater, so I thought my problem is solved now! I'll just create my own Hboot.. However when I tried to make a Hboot similar to the one from Oxygen or CM7r2, just to check if everything worked the way it had to, the md5sum didn't match.. So now I'm wondering if someone has created a good functioning Hboot with that tool, I prefer not to brick my phone
So I was wondering if someone had the same problem? And if someone doesn't have this problem could he/she create a custom Hboot of 210mb for me? Or something what comes near that figure..
If someone has an idea about why I don't get an IP address I'm glad aswell!
Thanks in advance

i had about dozen done... everything is spot on... HERE IS YOURS
md5:
114213A25C3C2E6148B838F5628E5027
Tried and working
About IP address:
Is it still obtaining IP? try to set IP manually, on my router(wifi N) i can't connect without static IP... previous router worked perfectly but unfortunately it was not WIFI N

_thalamus developed an app to create your own hboots:
http://thalamus-hacking.blogspot.com/2011/07/custom-hbootsupdate.html

I knew that MatDroid, like I sayd in my topic start (at least I tried too).. However my MD5sum did not match with the MD5sum from alpharev, so I was a bit scared to do it!
That is why I asked in here if someone knew why they don't match or if someone could make me mine.. I'd prefer to be able to make my own, however when the MD5sums don't match I'm not going to try it xD

If you really want to check to make sure your computer is generating good hboots, check the hexdump output and compare it with a known good one. For example, generate one with 100 MB system, 5 MB cache, then dump the hex and compare with the Oxygen r2 hboot from alpharev.nl, they should be identical apart from the label
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Quoting Thalamus... So I guess the hexdump is the thing you need to check as the MD Sum will not work to verify if it works.

stankyou said:
Quoting Thalamus... So I guess the hexdump is the thing you need to check as the MD Sum will not work to verify if it works.
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Hmm that makes a lot of sense I Overread I guess.. I just assumed that when you open the program it says to check the bravo_alpha, with the other program which you get by that rar file, and that I could do the same with the other Hboot's from alpharev website!
Other question will follow, I'm going to look it up anyways, how can I make a hexdump xD
Owh yeah and thanks kotag82! I'll try it tonight, just had a lot of tests at school :-/

I use an MDSum checker. There is one I use that I got from portableapps.com. Pretty useful if you quickly wanna check mdsums of roms, hboots and whatnot.

I figured it out, like stankyou sayd.. I did indeed had to compare them in a hex editor!
And everything has to be matching to let it be the same, I made a Hboot with the exact same label and partition layout and now the hex files between mine and the alpharev Hboot match I did it with a program called HxD hex editor, which I got from a tip of t-minik. With that program you can compare hex files from one file with hex files from another file!
Thanks everybody who helped!

Salfalot said:
I figured it out, like stankyou sayd.. I did indeed had to compare them in a hex editor!
And everything has to be matching to let it be the same, I made a Hboot with the exact same label and partition layout and now the hex files between mine and the alpharev Hboot match I did it with a program called HxD hex editor, which I got from a tip of t-minik. With that program you can compare hex files from one file with hex files from another file!
Thanks everybody who helped!
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Use the thanks-button to honor the help.

Will do that ;-)
Anyways now the hboot works and that problem is solved.. I still got my IP adress issue! I really don't understand it :-/
The strange thing is when I use the exact same ROM with a stock Hboot everything just simply works! If I just knew where to find my problem.. I think it is in the updater script, because Coolexe used the cache as a partition, but I simply just don't know for sure..
Ok I feel really stupid right now! I made a partition of 215MB and everything just worked Even though the ROM booted with 210MB I think it didn't have enough room after all..

Is there some way to create a hboot with cache partition less than 5mb? The tool linked here only allows partition to be 5mb at minimum. I do not need cache at all because of scripts I'm using.

impactor said:
Is there some way to create a hboot with cache partition less than 5mb? The tool linked here only allows partition to be 5mb at minimum. I do not need cache at all because of scripts I'm using.
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Your rom will use that cache partition, or your recovery. That's why it needs to be there.

Ok, but I suppose I could go down to 1 or 2mb, no?

impactor said:
Ok, but I suppose I could go down to 1 or 2mb, no?
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Most roms use between 1-3MB of cache better to have slightly more
Plus are you really that desperate for a couple of MB? Lol
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app

dethrat said:
Plus are you really that desperate for a couple of MB? Lol
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If you customise the rom to what you exactly need, then every MB makes a difference. Especially on JB.

I have been Hacked!

Yeah..as the title says.. 3 weeks ago this hacker hacked into my network..
placed rootkits in all my 3 computers and then hacked its way to my Desire and my wifes iphone. good thing i had wireshark running same time.
So.. 5 units hacked with the method in like 1 houre. Bad luck for me i guess.
And kaspersky didnt give me any warnings at all. bye bye kaspersky.
Anyway... i flashed my desire's HBOOT just to be sure. after i did a check with "AutoKiller Memory Optimizer" all kinds of malware services was attached to most of my apps.
1- downgraded HBOOT
2- flashed stock HBOOT from alpharev
3- Changed recovery from CWM to 4EXT as i suspected the recovery being infected somehow.
I checkd my log... the hacker had removed some files and moved shell files from an folder to another as well as busybox and so on. it was so many i thought il be better of installing new ROM.
I tried with Gingervillain first... everything installed fine..
checking with "root explorer" i see same files that had been moved and added was still there.
OK.. i tried again..
full wipe with 4ext and then installed Runnymede.. still.. when i check my root partition most of the files still there and i get same results doing a root check.
any idees...? im not sure if my kernel is right. it should be, when i installed Runnymede. when checking kernel v.
it says.. "[email protected] #11"
May be kernel rootkit? does the kernel start before recovery?
can someone plz confirm this?
baseband seem to be the same
any advise as for how to start from scratch will be much appreciated.

Clawsman said:
full wipe with 4ext and then installed Runnymede.. still.. when i check my root partition most of the files still there and i get same results doing a root check.
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Full wipe wipes /cache, /data and /sd-ext to my knowledge. There is a possibility some of the files remain on /system. Use 4EXT to manually format each partition using format option.
Clawsman said:
it says.. "[email protected] #11"
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That seems in order. Long name in attach marks modules added to that kernel.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

Ok
well.. i did the format manually in 4EXT.
I suspect some files still to be there..also some boot files containing malware script.
what file contains the boot script? i mean.. what file is the first to be triggered when booting in HBOOT. because many things in the recovery doesnt seem right. and the hboot fastrecovery starts with a delay.
Like when i want to partition or when i want to format all partitions except sd. Acts like it doesnt want to.
Anyway.. was just wondering if i could just adb and delete every file folder that is in in my phone and then flash recovery and ROM again.
Is that what RUU does?
is that something to recomend?

RUU is complete wipe of everything. /system, /hboot etc.
Download the correct one for your phone, *follow its instructions* (may need a gold card - google it) and run it on a clean pc.
Clean your pc ie format and reinstall after taking backups.
Then start again wit ha new hboot/rom setup.

Is that even possible? Infecting an Android phone via a Wi-fi network?
And Recovery shouldn't be able to get infected. I think ONLY /data can, and eventually /system if it's mounted as RW.
But on a wipe data gets deleted, and on a ROM install /system and boot (which holds the kernel and ramdisk) is deleted anyway.
RADIO starts before HBOOT. And there's absolutely no way they can be infected.
To be safe:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase recovery *OVERKILL*
Then just do fastboot flash recovery {RECOVERY}
And there's nothing more you must do. HBOOT reflashing is 100% pointless.

Maybe top-notch hackers are shifting their interest from hacking NASA, FBI and similar organizations in the US to hacking Android phones. Or maybe it's one of their favourite ways to have fun in their idle time. Who knows?
Anyways, here's a Thanks from me, mr. Andrei, for your contribution to this community.

TVTV said:
Maybe top-notch hackers are shifting their interest from hacking NASA, FBI and similar organizations in the US to hacking Android phones. Or maybe it's one of their favourite ways to have fun in their idle time. Who knows?
Anyways, here's a Thanks from me, mr. Andrei, for your contribution to this community.
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I do what i can. There are many devs that know much more than me. Your thanks are appreciated
For me it's still strange, tho. Only data and system could be "infected"
Take a look at this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399076
It's a scheme i made on how HTC and Nexus devices work. (How they boot, what are the individual partitions, etc)

Clawsman said:
Yeah..as the title says.. 3 weeks ago this hacker hacked into my network..
placed rootkits in all my 3 computers and then hacked its way to my Desire and my wifes iphone. good thing i had wireshark running same time.
So.. 5 units hacked with the method in like 1 houre. Bad luck for me i guess.
And kaspersky didnt give me any warnings at all. bye bye kaspersky.
Anyway... i flashed my desire's HBOOT just to be sure. after i did a check with "AutoKiller Memory Optimizer" all kinds of malware services was attached to most of my apps.
1- downgraded HBOOT
2- flashed stock HBOOT from alpharev
3- Changed recovery from CWM to 4EXT as i suspected the recovery being infected somehow.
I checkd my log... the hacker had removed some files and moved shell files from an folder to another as well as busybox and so on. it was so many i thought il be better of installing new ROM.
I tried with Gingervillain first... everything installed fine..
checking with "root explorer" i see same files that had been moved and added was still there.
OK.. i tried again..
full wipe with 4ext and then installed Runnymede.. still.. when i check my root partition most of the files still there and i get same results doing a root check.
any idees...? im not sure if my kernel is right. it should be, when i installed Runnymede. when checking kernel v.
it says.. "[email protected] #11"
May be kernel rootkit? does the kernel start before recovery?
can someone plz confirm this?
baseband seem to be the same
any advise as for how to start from scratch will be much appreciated.
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An example of those infecting file?? What file in your root partition?? What path? Rom files are only on /system
Inviato dal mio Galaxy Nexus usando Tapatalk

I never use a anti virus and until now never have a problem...As i know!

Well it happened to me..
I have deleted everything.. I remember i checkd my log, and busybox files was moved to the system folder.. And all kinds of services was attached to Google map, calender, Facebook, wifi apps, market, etc..
And new apps installed like vpn, cam apps, recorders.. etc
Im currently using the free lookout...
And want to Buy a security tool.
Any advice Will be much appreciated.
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda premium

[Q] Mildwild 4.3 (Oxygen) bind sd-ex

Hello Folks,
I have just moved from MW CM 5.0 to MW 4.3 (Oxygen) due to some call-delay issue of the first one.
MW 4.3 is quick and with no major bugs. the only bad surprise is the memory availability. Making a Titanium restore of all the previouse app+dada I crashed in the annoying "not enough memory" message.
I imagine that the fact that the M2SD is managed internally change the performance of it (true?). By the way I was playing with the different option trying to gain some space and I came across a new functionality (new for me) such as "bind /data/data to sd-ext/app-data" not really sure what it does but it increased my free internal memory from 12mb to 89mb. GREAT !! the only problem is that the overall speed of the system went drastically down. I guess it s normal as application will read their data from the SD instead of the quicker internal memory. Unfortunately with this option on the whole gsm was not usable anymore.
My question is: Is there any way to free more memory using this ROM? (with a decent GSM's response time)
Thanks for your help
Stefano

stegal said:
Hello Folks,
I have just moved from MW CM 5.0 to MW 4.3 (Oxygen) due to some call-delay issue of the first one.
MW 4.3 is quick and with no major bugs. the only bad surprise is the memory availability. Making a Titanium restore of all the previouse app+dada I crashed in the annoying "not enough memory" message.
I imagine that the fact that the M2SD is managed internally change the performance of it (true?). By the way I was playing with the different option trying to gain some space and I came across a new functionality (new for me) such as "bind /data/data to sd-ext/app-data" not really sure what it does but it increased my free internal memory from 12mb to 89mb. GREAT !! the only problem is that the overall speed of the system went drastically down. I guess it s normal as application will read their data from the SD instead of the quicker internal memory. Unfortunately with this option on the whole gsm was not usable anymore.
My question is: Is there any way to free more memory using this ROM? (with a decent GSM's response time)
Thanks for your help
Stefano
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Well... that's the only option available on that rom, is to enable and mount sdext, that way it will move apps to the sdcard. I don't think it moves dalvik. Either way, what's your sdcard and class? Usually moving only apps doesn't really slow nothing important unless it's a class 2 card or some card with slower speeds. Even moving dalvik the rom should stay fast IMO. There's a slowdown but not that much.

MidnightDevil said:
Well... that's the only option available on that rom, is to enable and mount sdext, that way it will move apps to the sdcard. I don't think it moves dalvik. Either way, what's your sdcard and class? Usually moving only apps doesn't really slow nothing important unless it's a class 2 card or some card with slower speeds. Even moving dalvik the rom should stay fast IMO. There's a slowdown but not that much.
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I think that option I used "bind" move app and data to sd-ext. my sd is a class 4.

stegal said:
I think that option I used "bind" move app and data to sd-ext. my sd is a class 4.
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if u check the attachments for the rom in the development thread, there should be a dalvik2sd.zip there, i think i posted it there ages ago. just flash it in recovery.
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jmcclue said:
if u check the attachments for the rom in the development thread, there should be a dalvik2sd.zip there, i think i posted it there ages ago. just flash it in recovery.
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Jm,
I have a comment for you. First while I was looking for you post (could not find it though) I came across something that goes against your post, please read the following
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Do a clean installing!
Tips:
To enable Apps2Sdext and/or Data2SdExt visit Settings|Applications|Development.
To set the default installation partition go to Settings|Applications.
To move applications from sd-ext|sdcard|internal Settings|Applications|Manage Applications.
There is no Dalvik2SdExt because .dex will follow the location of the apk, so if you install an application on sd-ext the dex will be on sd-ext, the same applys for internal or sdcard.
Do not use A2sd scripts. >>
So where is the truth. Do I need this script or not. If you can explain me why could you also provide a link to this script?
Thanks in advance
Stefano

il post it later if u want it, im on my phone. u will get more memory
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jmcclue said:
il post it later if u want it, im on my phone. u will get more memory
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The part that confuse me is that "There is no Dalvik2SdExt because .dex will follow the location of the apk, so if you install an application on sd-ext the dex will be on sd-ext, the same applys for internal or sdcard."
I do not understand .. what he is saying, there is not dalvik2Sd and there is not need to have one (something like the A2SD) or there is not dalvik2sd so go ahead to install one.
if you know that the dalvik2sd script can free some space without side effects...pls post it
thanks

stegal said:
The part that confuse me is that "There is no Dalvik2SdExt because .dex will follow the location of the apk, so if you install an application on sd-ext the dex will be on sd-ext, the same applys for internal or sdcard."
I do not understand .. what he is saying, there is not dalvik2Sd and there is not need to have one (something like the A2SD) or there is not dalvik2sd so go ahead to install one.
if you know that the dalvik2sd script can free some space without side effects...pls post it
thanks
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basically if u check the box to install apps in sd-ext, from "now" on apps will install on sd-ext, but there is aready dalvik cache on ur phone before u check the boxes and thats what the dalvik2sd.zip moves(i think). iv used the zip and has no effect on performance or anything, it just free's up a wee bit of space.
il post the zip in bout 2 hours coz im busy. if u look at the OxyZM thread, click the attachments, the file is there.
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jmcclue said:
il post it later if u want it, im on my phone. u will get more memory
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hi Jmcclue,
I tried to find your post...without result. I found one where you say that it was possible to download "click the wee paper clip", ok now I sound really silly but...where should I click? (no..I am not a blondie even if I sound like it )
F1, F1!!
Stefano

stegal said:
hi Jmcclue,
I tried to find your post...without result. I found one where you say that it was possible to download "click the wee paper clip", ok now I sound really silly but...where should I click? (no..I am not a blondie even if I sound like it )
F1, F1!!
Stefano
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lol il just upload it
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Dalvik to sd for MildWild Oxygen and where the "wee paper clip" is lol (attachments).
md5 - d7ba5d384a78d14e57d293cd877eef7b

jmcclue said:
lol il just upload it
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...hello jm just coming back to thank you for your support. Finally I have a stable situation. Nevertheless after installing the script you have uploaded nothing changed. I had to factory reset, reinstal CM 4.3, install your script and everthing went smooth. Now it s 2 weeking I am keeping installing new apps and my free memory stay basically stable uner 80mb free space.
I have just one curiosity..if I go to Settings--> storage I see SD-ext "unavailable". After all I do not care much but if it is unavailable...where my apps have been stored so far? ps I reserved 1Gb of SD-ext .
Cheers
ps I just installed another apps of 3mb...no changes in the free space, so cool I feel like "no-limits"

stegal said:
...hello jm just coming back to thank you for your support. Finally I have a stable situation. Nevertheless after installing the script you have uploaded nothing changed. I had to factory reset, reinstal CM 4.3, install your script and everthing went smooth. Now it s 2 weeking I am keeping installing new apps and my free memory stay basically stable uner 80mb free space.
I have just one curiosity..if I go to Settings--> storage I see SD-ext "unavailable". After all I do not care much but if it is unavailable...where my apps have been stored so far? ps I reserved 1Gb of SD-ext .
Cheers
ps I just installed another apps of 3mb...no changes in the free space, so cool I feel like "no-limits"
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not sure if it's been mentioned, but you should also be on cm7r2 hboot to maximise space (need to be s-off).
then follow the instructions on the first page of the thread to enable sd-ext. this will move user apps + user app dalvik cache to sd-ext. in other words, most of the dalvik cache should already be on sd-ext.
the dalvik2sd script should only move system dalvik cache to sd-ext, which will save you a little space.
to check everything is working, use an app like 'diskusage' to browse your partitions.