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Guys i could use some help and would be greatly appreciative if you have any solutions.
i am trying to flash my first Rom. when i try to install flash clockworkmod recovery it gives me an error after selecting Epic 4G. What can i do to prevent this from happening? And also can you recommend any Rom that will help out with battery preformance as will as speed.
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Sounds like you are referring to rom manager? You cant use rom manager to.flash cwm on the.epic. you have to run the one click root with cwm. Use that to root your phone. You can either use the.one.click root that gives you clockwork version 2 or the best option since most roms are ext4 is.to run the one.click with cwm3.0.0.6 and.when you boot into recovery it will format your file system from rfs to ext4 then you have.to flash a rom.
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It could be several things. For whatever reason it rarely ever worked for me the first try. Make sure you have the latest windows drivers for SPH-D700 installed and have nothing like pdanet or easytether running that will conflict.
I've had it hang twice running the script in the little DOS window and still eventually succeed, so keep trying. Once it succeeds and reboots it will convert your filesystem automatically.
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Sounds like you are referring to rom manager? You cant use rom manager to.flash cwm on the.epic. you have to run the one click root with cwm. Use that to root your phone. You can either use the.one.click root that gives you clockwork version 2 or the best option since most roms are ext4 is.to run the one.click with cwm3.0.0.6 and.when you boot into recovery it will format your file system from rfs to ext4 then you have.to flash a rom.
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Ah, that explains the comment about choosing epic 4g
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I feel a little foolish asking this here, but I'm a new member, didn't find an answer in my searches and can't respond in the Clean GB thread.
I'm new to rooting and to installing ROMs but have had great success and happiness installing Toadlife's Clean GB ROM. In a recent post on his Clean GB BML thread, he mentioned that there is an "updater script" for his ROM that would allow a user to update to 1.0.3 without having to wipe all their data, but all I can find is the full version.
Is there a unique updater script for this ROM? Or do I just download the full version and will the updater script be included with that? (And if so, do I just install the zip from CWM recovery without doing a pre-ROM wipe?)
Any help y'all can offer would be greatly appreciated. Finding this forum has been a huge help to me.
Alex
When u were looking at his rom, did it mention anything about an updater script included in the changelogs? I don't really remember. Sorry.
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Ok, I just read about the updated version, and there is no updater script in there. I think u can zip the update. I yet have to try it though.
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Thank you for responding. When you say you can "zip the update", I'm not sure what that means. Is there a file that you've found that I could zip as an "update.zip" file?
Yes, when u click on the full version, it will download onto ur sd card as a zip file. So u basically just reboot into cwm and install the zip file.
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This is solved by nandroiding (making a backup), flashing the full version, and advanced restoring data in clockworkmod
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ugothakd said:
This is solved by nandroiding (making a backup), flashing the full version, and advanced restoring data in clockworkmod
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OK. So there isn't actually a special "updater script". This comment made me think there was
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20884769&postcount=1156
But really he's just talking about doing this Nandroid backup process?
Sorry if I seem dense. This is just my first time with a custom ROM and I know Samsung has actual update files. I really appreciate the help!
Alex
Hehe. The updater-script is built in. He says it backs up and restores on its own, but to back up just in case. Which is exactly what you should do. It SHOULD do it for you
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Unless you are switching from bml to mtd then it will not auto backup/restore
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Where does it show updater script in changelog?
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To upgrade from cleangb 1.0 to 1.0.3 simply download the full 1.0.3 zip file to your sd card. Reboot into clockwork. Install zip from sd. Choose zip.
The "updater script" is built into this zip. You don't have to do any prior backups, but you should anyway. That is what toadlife was saying in the post.
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That answered one of my own questions about that update as well...but to add to this thread, what's does the bml stand for, and how will it affect functionality on rfs?
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That answered one of my own questions about that update as well...but to add to this thread, what's does the bml stand for, and how will it affect functionality on rfs?
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BML is the partition table and RFS or EXT4 are the file systems.
so i shouldn't really have any worries updating this kernel then.... i just don't want functionality problems, thats all
Ver 1.0 of cleangb was bml/rfs based, so you are already in this mode. There is also a version which you may want to consider one day in the future in another thread (mtd), but for now, stick with what you know.
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so i shouldn't really have any worries updating this kernel then.... i just don't want functionality problems, thats all
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I think most of the BML kernels will work on either RFS or EXT4. In the install script they check to see which file system you have and install appropriately.
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To upgrade from cleangb 1.0 to 1.0.3 simply download the full 1.0.3 zip file to your sd card. Reboot into clockwork. Install zip from sd. Choose zip.
The "updater script" is built into this zip. You don't have to do any prior backups, but you should anyway. That is what toadlife was saying in the post.
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Thank you. That's very clear. I appreciate the help!
yea... i'm seeing to many problems right now on MTD. so until i find more information that shows me MTD will give me no problems.. i will stay where im at.
thankyou.
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yea... i'm seeing to many problems right now on MTD. so until i find more information that shows me MTD will give me no problems.. i will stay where im at.
thankyou.
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I made the jump to MTD this morning AM. I restored my Legendary 2.1 on MTD and flashed the MTD Shadowkernel. Zero issues and everything is so smooth on it. What issues are you concerned about?
As toad advertised, cleangb just #$%ing works. I see a lot of ppl move to mtd with no issues, but it doesn't give me anything I don't already have ... yet. Cool factor, sure, but I will hold out for that compelling reason before flashing. Maybe 1.0.4 or 5....or if I get bored one night. Lol
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Hey guys, I've been running into a ton of issues. Basically, all I want to do is get to the point where I can flash custom ROM's onto my Samsung Epic 4G. I am on Stock Froyo EC05 Rooted and have ClockWorkMod 2.5.1.0! I understand that the best way to go about things is to first update the Clockworkmod to 3.1.x.x but what is an easy way to do this from 2.5.1.0? Do I have to go through the entire root process again just to update clockwork or do I have to remove my root entirely and start from scratch? What's the best way to go about this and how do you do it?
Hope to hear what you guys think.
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Hey guys, I've been running into a ton of issues. Basically, all I want to do is get to the point where I can flash custom ROM's onto my Samsung Epic 4G. I am on Stock Froyo EC05 Rooted and have ClockWorkMod 2.5.1.0! I understand that the best way to go about things is to first update the Clockworkmod to 3.1.x.x but what is an easy way to do this from 2.5.1.0? Do I have to go through the entire root process again just to update clockwork or do I have to remove my root entirely and start from scratch? What's the best way to go about this and how do you do it?
Hope to hear what you guys think.
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Wow your outta date boy. Anyways the newest cwm is 5.0.2.7 I have the acs recovery5 zip so ill upload that for you simply flash the zip and reboot back into cwm and bam there it is. Once that's done your good to go!
http://db.tt/n15N2E9q
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As for custom roms just go into development and pick on that you think you'll like read the included list and pick from that. Id suggest checking out legendary 2.2 as a starting point if you don't like the theme you can always flash one. As for a custom kernel check out the samurai kernel from earthbound. Make sure you get the TW.BML version not mtd.
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Yeah, I've checked out a few Rom's and I know what I'm looking for, I just want that ClockworkMod updated. Also, for custom ROM's, is it better to have the EXT4 filesystem instead of RFS? which clockwork version will automatically covert it to EXT4?
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Yeah, I've checked out a few Rom's and I know what I'm looking for, I just want that ClockworkMod updated. Also, for custom ROM's, is it better to have the EXT4 filesystem instead of RFS? which clockwork version will automatically covert it to EXT4?
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The ROM does the conversion.... and EXT4 is for speed but RFS is more for reliablity not to say the ext4 isn't safe but its not as reliable as RFS. But it safe to use but I know very few people losing data because of undervolting but that was the only thing that caused it. However you need rfs then I can give you the zip to flash and convert it.
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Rfs, because its still considered more stable. Ext4 still has stability issues, although considered faster.
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Find cwm 5 (not the acs version) and then flash it. The you can get mtd roms like cm7.
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Ok. Also, I made a complete backup with Mybackup Pro to my SD card and it works great! However, would it still restore everything If I'm on a different filesystem? I was also wonderung, since I'm on stock froyo, are you sure I can upgrade CWM 2.5.1.0 straight to 5.x.x.x? I heard there might be some issues with that.
Another thing, What ROM do you recommend to be the best. I do want certain features and was looking at the CleanGB and the Legendary ROMS. I basically want one that is fast, barely any bloatware, has the 3d app drawer, and the CRT animation. I also want it to have loopback so I could put Backtrack 5 on my phone just in case I need to use it.
Recovery is independent of the software version. I had cwm 5 on froyo before.
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Ok. Also, I made a complete backup with Mybackup Pro to my SD card and it works great! However, would it still restore everything If I'm on a different filesystem? I was also wonderung, since I'm on stock froyo, are you sure I can upgrade CWM 2.5.1.0 straight to 5.x.x.x? I heard there might be some issues with that.
Another thing, What ROM do you recommend to be the best. I do want certain features and was looking at the CleanGB and the Legendary ROMS. I basically want one that is fast, barely any bloatware, has the 3d app drawer, and the CRT animation. I also want it to have loopback so I could put Backtrack 5 on my phone just in case I need to use it.
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Legendary is faster cleangb is stock really and is on rfs..... and ur fine just flashing my upload... as for the apps don't use that for your apps bringing over apps from different roms escpecially froyo to gb is dangerous and I recomend you just download the apps again from the market. Or you can nandroid and advanced restore the data....
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I did check out the thread on the newest ClockWorkMod 5 but it said that you should have 3.1.x.x, will this work with 2.5.1.0 to 5.x.x.x?
Update: I successfully flashed CWM 2.5.1.0 to 5.0.2.7! Now when I flash a new ROM, is there only one Zip file to flash or do I need to flash a ROM and a new Kernel/Modem?
Not the slightest clue but I have the 3.1 purple zip you can flash if you do need to do that.
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Just flash a rom.
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Cwm 5 is runs on rfs ,and froyo stock is rfs system based, so u really should haven't anything to worry about. The only time u start running into big problems is when u convert to ext4 and especially mtd.
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gooch1025 said:
I did check out the thread on the newest ClockWorkMod 5 but it said that you should have 3.1.x.x, will this work with 2.5.1.0 to 5.x.x.x?
Update: I successfully flashed CWM 2.5.1.0 to 5.0.2.7! Now when I flash a new ROM, is there only one Zip file to flash or do I need to flash a ROM and a new Kernel/Modem?
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If you want a better kernel then yes go ahead and look at the samurai or shadowkernel..... also as fo the modem ill give you the flashable to update ur modem to ei22
http://db.tt/9icy8xnd
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Gooch, when ur checking out about the rom, the developers will usually tell u if it is both the rom and kernel or just the rom. Just pay close attention to the updated changelogs as well.
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androidmaster1 said:
Cwm 5 is runs on rfs ,and froyo stock is rfs system based, so u really should haven't anything to worry about. The only time u start running into big problems is when u convert to ext4 and especially mtd.
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Wrong filesystems have nothing to do with cwm...... that's part of the rom....
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androidmaster1 said:
Cwm 5 is runs on rfs ,and froyo stock is rfs system based, so u really should haven't anything to worry about. The only time u start running into big problems is when u convert to ext4 and especially mtd.
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Totally wrong on both parts.
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Ok guys, I got it working! I put on Legendary ROM 2.2 and it's awesome! My data backup worked perfect and things run way smoother. Thanks for all your help, you guys definitely put me on the right track.
Use cwm not acs... acs is great but we have an officialy supported cwm for a reason. I strongly recommend you use our official cwm 5.0.2.7 and not acs
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Hi,
I'm thinking of taking the jump into CleanGB 1.05 MTD. Currently I have a rooted EI22 build. I'm going to update to the EI30 modem first but I'm unsure of the steps to get the CleanGB 1.05 build installed because of the change to the MTD filesystem. There is a how to video on the BML 1.03 page but I can't find anything on the MTD 1.05 build. From reading I think there are extra steps I need to take, or maybe the ROM does all the steps already.
Doea anyone have a link to a video, or instructions for loading the CleanGB 1.05 MTD ROM?
Thanks
JM
As long as you have ClockworkMod you are good to go. Most (I think all) MTD roms auto-convert for you. Then enjoy!
^^^^exactly... if you have cwm 5.0.2.7 you're good to go... if you're using acs recovery flash cwm first... all the roms do the work fo you...
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Hey Noles, do you know what happens if you try to flash an MTD with CWM 3.XXX whatever? Does that also auto update to 5.0.2.7?
Coycaine said:
Hey Noles, do you know what happens if you try to flash an MTD with CWM 3.XXX whatever? Does that also auto update to 5.0.2.7?
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I would think so... but people have reported errors using acs recovery when trying to conver to mtd using that recovery... so 3.x.x.x may give you the same problems... never tried it though so I'm not 100% sure...
Edit- and after flashing an mtd rom and converting to mtd DO NOT flash another recovery... not even 5.0.2.7... the cwm that the mtd rom installs is the only recovery that works on mtd for our phones
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Hey Noles, do you know what happens if you try to flash an MTD with CWM 3.XXX whatever? Does that also auto update to 5.0.2.7?
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MTD ROMs have their own MTD only version of CWM 5.0.2.7 that gets flashed with the conversion. Do not try to change it after converting..
It is also best to just update to CWM 5 before trying to convert. Just to be sure.
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kennyglass123 said:
MTD ROMs have their own MTD only version of CWM 5.0.2.7 that gets flashed with the conversion. Do not try to change it after converting..
It is also best to just update to CWM 5 before trying to convert. Just to be sure.
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Hahaha I was editing my post with that info as you posted... lol... great minds think alike I guess...
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flastnoles11 said:
Hahaha I was editing my post with that info as you posted... lol... great minds think alike I guess...
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Yup! LOL. You are always right there with the same answers I would give.
Hi,
just wanted to thank you guys for the help. I copied the CleanGB_MTD zip onto my SD card then used CWM to flash from card and presto... a few reboots later and now I'm running a new ROM. So far it seems to be going well.
Thanks again.
JM
Sweet, found the perfect thread for my question
I'm running cleanGB Mtd 1.05, came from CM7. I have unsuccessfully tried to flash a few things, I have an epic ringtones zip I picked up somewhere along the way that gives you a ton more system ringtones, I also tried to flash some ei22 transparent mms themes....anyway, none worked. did the usual process, wiped cache, dalvik, and nada. Nothing there. At least they didn't cause any harm either.
Not sure why this is....my only guess was they were designed for bml ROMs? Thought i had a good understanding of bml/mtd in which case i didn't think it would really matter which partition I'm on for these flashable zips to work....any takers?
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mookdawg7 said:
Sweet, found the perfect thread for my question
I'm running cleanGB Mtd 1.05, came from CM7. I have unsuccessfully tried to flash a few things, I have an epic ringtones zip I picked up somewhere along the way that gives you a ton more system ringtones, I also tried to flash some ei22 transparent mms themes....anyway, none worked. did the usual process, wiped cache, dalvik, and nada. Nothing there. At least they didn't cause any harm either.
Not sure why this is....my only guess was they were designed for bml ROMs? Thought i had a good understanding of bml/mtd in which case i didn't think it would really matter which partition I'm on for these flashable zips to work....any takers?
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Yeah you did everything but the most important...mount system in CWM before flashing.
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kennyglass123 said:
Yeah you did everything but the most important...mount system in CWM before flashing.
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Pardon my ignorance KennyG, is this a necessary step I have to do manually every time I flash zips in MTD CWM? Something that never had to be done in CWM on BML... Please point me in the right direction if I am outta line here...or I know, I know...I should head right to search regarding MTD CWM and BML CWM...
mookdawg7 said:
Pardon my ignorance KennyG, is this a necessary step I have to do manually every time I flash zips in MTD CWM? Please point me in the right direction if I am outta line here...
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Yes, and not a problem...I forget half the damn time and wonder why the changes to my theme are not showing up...LOL. You have to mount system anytime you want to flash something in MTD except ROMs and kernels...they seem to mount system for you. Restoring backups do not need system mounting either. MTD is still a new animal to us.
lol, we crossed posts, I was just editing that last one but you already were lightning fast on the reply. Thanks for that, and all that you contribute to the forum, I know your work well!
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lol, we crossed posts, I was just editing that last one but you already were lightning fast on the reply. Thanks for that, and all that you contribute to the forum, I know your work well!
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Just glad to help. I kick myself everytime I forget to mount system.
kennyglass123 said:
MTD ROMs have their own MTD only version of CWM 5.0.2.7 that gets flashed with the conversion. Do not try to change it after converting..
It is also best to just update to CWM 5 before trying to convert. Just to be sure.
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Does that mean that, once converted to mtd, a person can back up and restore freely?
I had been holding off on the mtd because i thought restoring a nandroid would be cumbersome. Something about changing all the ext4 to yaffs2 in order to make it work.
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mjben said:
Does that mean that, once converted to mtd, a person can back up and restore freely?
I had been holding off on the mtd because i thought restoring a nandroid would be cumbersome. Something about changing all the ext4 to yaffs2 in order to make it work.
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You can back up and restore your MTD ROM freely, even a way of using ROM Manager (ask me). BUT you cannot restore backups of BML ROMs without jumping through all those hoops that you hinted about.
mookdawg7 said:
Sweet, found the perfect thread for my question
I'm running cleanGB Mtd 1.05, came from CM7. I have unsuccessfully tried to flash a few things, I have an epic ringtones zip I picked up somewhere along the way that gives you a ton more system ringtones, I also tried to flash some ei22 transparent mms themes....anyway, none worked. did the usual process, wiped cache, dalvik, and nada. Nothing there. At least they didn't cause any harm either.
Not sure why this is....my only guess was they were designed for bml ROMs? Thought i had a good understanding of bml/mtd in which case i didn't think it would really matter which partition I'm on for these flashable zips to work....any takers?
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You must go into mounts and storage in cwm and mount /system... flash... unmount /system.... reboot...
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You must go into mounts and storage in cwm and mount /system... flash... unmount /system.... reboot...
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Too slow....but more thorough to make up for it...LOL.
I am sure I have forgotten to unmount as well....need some of that Chinkocobra or whatever it's called.
I'm going to hijack my own thread to ask this. I do not have enough posts to put this in the developers fourm which is probably a better place.
How do the custom ROM's for the EPIC4g (any phone I guess) come about? The few ROM's I've looked at seem to be one man operations (i.e. toadlife for the CleanGB I use). Clearly the CM effort is a larger team effort. I'm very happy with the CleanGB ROM after a few days of use but I'm looking forward to an ICS based phone. I don't think I'm brave enough to jump onto a release candidate so I'm probably not switching to CM9 RC0 any time soon.
So is the normal path of develpment for the CM team the first release a new ROM (CM7 for gingerbread, CM9 for ICS,..) and then do the other custom ROM developers take this as a starting point to do their thing? Now that CM9 RC0 is out should I expect to see a bunch of custom RC0 ROMs released in the next few weeks?
Thanks for the help. Oh and if you see Toadlife ask him when CleanICS-MTD is coming ;-)
JM
Hey guys I was flashing a ROM this morning and the ROM used AROMA Installer and the Dev recommended a full wipe so I did so.
And it formatted Cache and stuff to EXT 4 is there a way to go back to EXT 3 again?
Thanks in Advance!
-The Android Manual
The Android Manual said:
Hey guys I was flashing a ROM this morning and the ROM used AROMA Installer and the Dev recommended a full wipe so I did so.
And it formatted Cache and stuff to EXT 4 is there a way to go back to EXT 3 again?
Thanks in Advance!
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Use 4ext recovery
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Steven How said:
Use 4ext recovery
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How would it help me to go back to ext3 ? and does Clock Work Mod Recovery Work with EXT 4?
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How would it help me to go back to ext3 ? and does Clock Work Mod Recovery Work with EXT 4?
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A quick Google search will tell you that 4ext lets you convert back and forth between ext3 and ext4 easily. Also, it is the best recovery available for Android, period, and not using it is doing yourself a disservice. Seriously. 4ext touch is incredible and every vision owner should be using it.
http://4ext.net
May I ask why you would ever go back to ext3? No ICS rom can run even remotely properly on ext3 and all the good GB roms should support and run much better on ext4.
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4ext Recovery allows for switching between ext3 and ext4, it's also a better recovery than CWM. Why do you want to switch back to ext3?
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4ext Recovery allows for switching between ext3 and ext4, it's also a better recovery than CWM. Why do you want to switch back to ext3?
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Jinx!
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OriginalGabriel said:
4ext Recovery allows for switching between ext3 and ext4, it's also a better recovery than CWM. Why do you want to switch back to ext3?
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This is wat I'm curious abt too..
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Thaks
blk_jack said:
A quick Google search will tell you that 4ext lets you convert back and forth between ext3 and ext4 easily. Also, it is the best recovery available for Android, period, and not using it is doing yourself a disservice. Seriously. 4ext touch is incredible and every vision owner should be using it.
http://4ext.net
May I ask why you would ever go back to ext3? No ICS rom can run even remotely properly on ext3 and all the good GB roms should support and run much better on ext4.
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Thankyou for your reply bro I just asked because the old ROMs I used worked great in ext3 plus my stock ROM Nand is in EXT3 so if I need to send my phone for repairs I restore that one
Ahh okay, but seriously ext4 offers a very noticeable performance increase, even with GB. Nobody should ever try to use ICS or JB without ext4 formatted partitions.
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The Android Manual said:
Thankyou for your reply bro I just asked because the old ROMs I used worked great in ext3 plus my stock ROM Nand is in EXT3 so if I need to send my phone for repairs I restore that one
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Gingerbread or older roms (ie: froyo etc that doesn't even support ext4) might, but for ICS onward ext4 is going to be your best filesystem for performance reasons.
And another vote here for 4EXT Touch Recovery regardless of which file system you go with.
Also with 4EXT Touch recovery, if you make a backup for a rom that was in ext3, it'll be restored as ext3, same with any backups made while it was in ext4, you can also convert said backup from one to the other under Tools prior to restoring it.
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Also with 4EXT Touch recovery, if you make a backup for a rom that was in ext3, it'll be restored as ext3, same with any backups made while it was in ext4, you can also convert said backup from one to the other under Tools prior to restoring it.
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or you can convert the partition after flashing. Be careful since there's one option to convert and one to format. Nandroid it 1st.
The Android Manual said:
Thankyou for your reply bro I just asked because the old ROMs I used worked great in ext3 plus my stock ROM Nand is in EXT3 so if I need to send my phone for repairs I restore that one
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Restoring a nandroid that is in ext4 will result in a ROM that is in ext4, it overwrites completely what was once there. Since the ROM you've flashed is in ext4, might as well leave it that way ... not only did the developer want it that way, but it's a much better file system.
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KyraOfFire said:
or you can convert the partition after flashing. Be careful since there's one option to convert and one to format. Nandroid it 1st.
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you can after true, it's all up to you if you prefer to format then flash from zip, or convert backup, or restore back up and then convert partitions. Converting the backups tends to be much faster because 4EXT style backups are tar files, and all it does is formats the existing partition to the appropriate format before un-taring the backup to it. Where as restoring to ext3 and then converting later will take time. (just make sure to keep a backup of the backup )
I guess the point is you got plenty of choices.
One question. Should only system be ext4 or would it be better if data and cache were ext4 as well?
data/cache/system should all be ext4 for best performance
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Thankyou all
okay I've decided to stay on EXT 4 since I can't get 4EXT to instal :/
Got one more problem, every time I flash a ROM my battery heats up to 33-36 degrees and the normal temp is 29 degrees this only happened after I migrated to EXT4 any fix for that? besides shutting down my phone lol (well thats what I do )