[TOUCHCOVERY] 4EXT Recovery Touch v1.0.0.5 RC 5

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I tried to wipe format all partitions except sdcard before going to install ROM but the formatting is taking so much time (around 30 mins).

The screen is displayed as

Formatting /boot...
Formatting /system...
______________________________
//Circulating Disc//

Shall I take battery out and restart?

I thought /system got corrupted and 4ext unable to do it. So I tried
fastboot erase system -w
and worked. Thanks
 
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Hi Nexus One users,

Just to bump the thread, as a new version of 4EXT Recovery Touch v1.0.0.6 RC1 is now available as of 31/12/2013 and all finally packaged up early morning 01/01/2014 so thanks for this at New Years!

To get your hands on the recovery.img, download 4EXT_Recovery_Touch_v1.0.0.6_RC1.zip using the 4EXT Apps.

The Free 4EXT Recovery Updater v2.4.6b App.
Or the Paid 4EXT Recovery Control App.

Version v1.0.0.6 RC1 is required for the Android 4.4 KitKat ROMs and GAPPs.

Here is the changelog for 4EXT Recovery Touch v1.0.0.6 RC1.
- Based on the rock solid v1.0.0.5 RC9
- Added support for SELinux needed by some Android 4.4 roms.

Big thanks to the following testers:
Papete, Dtr204, CChako, and Kingmook!

Hope the above helps!

Happy KitKat Testing,

Rob.
 
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readmanr said:
Hi Nexus One users,

Just to bump the thread, as a new version of 4EXT Recovery Touch v1.0.0.6 RC1 is now available as of 31/12/2013 and all finally packaged up early morning 01/01/2014 so thanks for this at New Years!

To get your hands on the recovery.img, download 4EXT_Recovery_Touch_v1.0.0.6_RC1.zip using the 4EXT Apps.

The Free 4EXT Recovery Updater v2.4.6b App.
Or the Paid 4EXT Recovery Control App.

Version v1.0.0.6 RC1 is required for the Android 4.4 KitKat ROMs and GAPPs.

Here is the changelog for 4EXT Recovery Touch v1.0.0.6 RC1.
- Based on the rock solid v1.0.0.5 RC9
- Added support for SELinux needed by some Android 4.4 roms.

Big thanks to the following testers:
Papete, Dtr204, CChako, and Kingmook!

Hope the above helps!

Happy KitKat Testing,

Rob.
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Could you please share the new version here? I can't install anything on my Nexus One so I need a completely different recovery and this is my last chance to get something working.
Thank You
 
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I searched for answers to these questions but kinda got info overload.

Does the posted version (1.0.0.6) of 4EXT require blackrose (S-OFF) on the nexus one?
And how does it go about formatting (partitioning) sd cards ? If i do a wipe will it format the entire sd-card or just the sd-ext partition ?

I basically want to have the same capability and functionality as CWM5. I want to format the sd-ext partition but leave the main partition on the sd card alone with all my files intact.
 
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    Proudly presenting:
    4EXT Recovery Touch

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    • brand new user interface: "4EXT UI"
    • touchscreen only
    • extremely fast
    • much more useful features than the already feature-packed 4EXT Recovery Classic v2.2.7 RC5 (see 2nd post)
    • optionally save space by configuring recovery to exclude /cache from backups
    • you can configure recovery to save even more space by excluding dalvik-cache from backups
    • calculates real space needed to complete a backup to save you from troubles
    • detects your local time zone
    • -> correct time is used for backups you start from within recovery
    • allows you to change md5sum check behaviour
    • displays and updates your current battery level in real time
    • scrollable texthistory (drag down the statusbar)
    • built-in interactivity (yes/no questions) for updater-scripts
    • built-in screenshot functionality
    • extensive theming capabilities!
    • nearly ALL YOU SEE is changeable.
    • "worker bar": create your own custom animations, there are (nearly) no limits! Use any shapes/sizes/animations et.c.
    • extra low cpu needed for that: absolutely no negative impact on backup/restore speed.
    • async UI rendering for optimal performance for the "heavy tasks" like backup/restore
    • backups even faster than with usual recoveries.
    • .. explore the new interface to see more ;)
    • includes all features of 4EXT Recovery Classic




    ​



    INFO: ​


    For App and Rom devs:​


    Make use of the Recovery Interface Api provided by the (free and paid) 4EXT Recovery Apps to push updates/mods/addons for auto installation.
    Very easy to use and to integrate into Apps or even shell scripts.

    Please check 3rd post.​

    Info regarding 4EXT Recovery Touch and its yesno feature, or any interactive installer scripts you might already use, please see 3rd post.​





    ​


    Themes for 4EXT Recovery Touch:

    Official 4EXT Recovery Themes Index & Discussion Thread



    ​


    Download​





    • This ensures that your downloads are ok by automatically verifying md5sums and that known issues and changelogs are easily accessible
    • When you install or download a recovery via the app it makes sure that your recovery config is correctly set up.
    • It allows to automatically setup your time zone for recovery.
    • You can use it to get notified about updates regarding your recovery version
    • You can configure it to get notified in case any critical bugs have been discovered of the recovery version you currently have installed.
    • It allows me to update known issues/changelogs immediately and to quickly pull a newly released version if there were reports about critical bugs
    • You can also use it to just download a recovery.zip containing the image. The download will be automatically verified for correct md5sums!
    ​



    By default the app also saves the recovery.img you flash on your sdcard,
    so you can use it to flash the recovery via fastboot in case you need to do that one day.

    If you somehow lost those files, there's a direct download for a version you can flash via fastboot.




    4EXT Recovery Control



    For a list of its many features, visit www.4ext.net

    Some examples :
    • Very easy to use, but also includes an extensive set of features available via "advanced mode"
    • Comfortable configure all settings of recovery
    • Calculate the space needed to create a new full or advanced backup

      So you can make sure the backup will succeed before even rebooting into recovery.
      Advanced Backups: While you are selecting / deselecting partitions, it will display and update the currently needed space to complete that custom backup set.​
    • Identifies and adds your romname so you don't need to type so much when chosing a meaningful name for your backup
    • When you restore a backup, the app does the md5sum check instead of the recovery
      This ensures that you know whether the restore process will succeed before even rebooting into recovery​
    • Flash as many zip files you want in one go
    • Automatically calculate and display the md5sums of all zip files you are going to flash
    • Check your backups' health to ensure they will restore later when you need them, by verifying their md5sums!
    • Optionally, but highly not recommended:
      If md5sums don't match but you really need that backup badly, you might want to restore it anyway.
      You can you this app to fix the md5sums of a given backup​
    • As an example, the following is possible to do in just one session:
      Restore a backup, set to create a backup / advanced backup before the restore,
      format all partitions with a file system of your choice before the restore process starts,
      flash additional zip files afterwards, fix permissions and select to stay inside recovery or to reboot automatically once all actions are complete.​
    • Much, much more! See www.4ext.net :)


    Big thanks to craacK for a lot of great icons! :)



    ​




    Thanks:​


    Big thanks to DolphiCom for all the graphics, the worker bar and a whole lot of great ideas and to the many great testers who spent all day/night testing, reporting bugs, making suggestions, helping with decisions:

    Jotha, craacK, Patrics83, Euphorie, Mike1986, Whiskey103, ptr_hamilton, Lizard, TheUntouchable

    Big thanks to Jotha and Whiskey103 for testing the themes features creating and their first themes for 4EXT Recovery Touch.

    Also Big thanks to all the donators to 4EXT Recovery and everyone who has bought 4EXT Recovery Control! Without you I wouldn't be able to spend as much time with the project:

    SO A HUGE THANK YOU!​

    FRANKIE-BOY, SYRAKUS, FISHA21, ZJXPOT, ZEEKIZ, A USER, PHILOS64, STEVEATHOME, PREACHER65, BEN_PYETT, HAWST, ANIT77, ULTRA DROID, PTR_HAMILTON, BEANBEAN50, SEBASTIAAN15 and LOVEBOATCAPTAIN


    Of course BIG THANKS to KOUSH for ClockworkModRecovery!
    Without him, 4EXT Recovery wouldn't exist!​



    Thanks a lot to the following users for initial testing for specific devices :

    PTR_HAMILTON, SEBASTIAAN15, THEUNTOUCHABLE, BMONSTER, ANDREIGHERGHE, PRESTON74, MADKAI, YASIR, PLAYPETEPP
    IPERZAMPEM0, THESHAWTY, JBBANDOS, GREGFERNS and INCREDULOUS
    Special thanks to Invasion2 and Stlouie65 for spending at least 10 hours of their time helping me debug a really nasty issue on the myTouch 4G!

    Also thanks for obtaining calibration values for the touchscreen:

    Wolfepakt
    Jaibar
    Jayallen1980
    Stlouie65
    Invasion2
    PacerguyDon
    Ben_Pyett
    Dargocitfer
    Darknessrise1234
    Lizard
    Azazel71

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    Features of 4EXT Recovery Classic:
    (Use 4EXT Recovery Control or Recovery Updater for complete Changelogs and Known issues!)

    not all features may be relevant for all devices



    Displays additional information:
    • Identifies your current rom and displays its name
    • Current filesystems on your partitions
    • Free space remaining of all of your volumes
    • Current battery charge level

    Backup | Restore:
    • Correctly calculates free space needed to complete a backup ( version > 2.2.6 RC4 )
    • Tar backups (can be switched on or off)
    • Complete CWMR5 compatibility
    • All Backups you create will be named after your currently installed Rom for easier identification.
    • Never unwillingly get "downgraded" to EXT3 again
    • Always restores backups using the file systems you HAD on your partitions at the time of creation!
      -> all partitions formatted with ext4 at that time, will be restored to ext4. The same is true for ext3.​
    • You can manually change any existing Backup to ext4 or ext3
      -> so that after a restore, all partitions and up with the file system you wanted!​
    • Advanced Backup: backup only a single partition
    • Convert any of your partitions to EXT4 or EXT3 without data loss.

    Formatting:
    • When you wipe or format it will always use the same file system you currently have.
      -> but you can change that​
    • When you format ext4 it will always create an aligned file system
    • Correctly identifies unformatted sd-ext partitions
      -> if it finds one it displays a warning and suggests you may format them by visiting the 4EXT menu​
    • Filesystem check and repair option in advanced menu

    Partitioning:
    • Alignment check of your partitions
    • Full support for up to 2 sd-ext partitions + swap (Backup/restore/format/convert, fsck, et.c.)
    • (RE-) Partition your sdcard for sd-ext without removing your fat32 partition.
    • All partitions created with 4EXTRecovery will be perfectly aligned to 4k

    Installing:
    • Integrated md5sum checking option


    Menus:
    • Most popular menu items rearranged
    • Format menu
    • Power Menu + option to reboot into bootloader
    • Changed Advanced Restore: first select what you want to restore, then select the backup
      -> Useful for restoring from "Advanced Backups"​

    4ext.prop:
    • Configuration file on your sdcard where you can set options to be used by 4EXTRecovery
    • Change all settings conveniently with 4EXT Recovery Control
    • Many more options to come
    • Share your settings / themes by packing your config into a flashable theme

    Other stuff:
    • USB Storage Autostart (must be switched on)
    • Mount usb storage exposes all partitions on your sdcard to the os (not just fat32)
      -> you could even partition your sdcard from your PC while connected via USB​
    • Switch haptic feedback on/off
    • Button backlights




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    Recovery Interface Api for Apps and Scripts​

    Both: free and paid 4EXT apps now provide a very easy to use interface you can use to access 4EXT Recovery from within your shell scripts or apps.

    Features:

    • wipe cache
    • wipe dalvik
    • wipe data / factory reset
    • install multiple zips at once
    • backup

    If you are interested, please download this zip file with examples​



    How to make use of 4EXT Recovery Touch from within updater-scripts:​

    Since Beta 1.0.0.3 Beta 4 you can do the following:

    • identify whether the user is running 4EXT Recovery Touch or not (to use or not to use the following commands)
    • make use of the native yes/no dialogue (confirm / cancel buttons)
    • prevent recovery from redrawing the screen ( in case you need to use your own 3rd party interactive binary )
    ​



    To identify 4EXT Recovery Touch:

    Code: 
    if getprop("ext.edition") == "ng" then

<your code>

endif;



    To use the native confirm dialogues:

    Code: 
    ui_print("4ext: show_yesno"); # <-- recovery will pause your script and display "yes / no" buttons.
run_program("/sbin/sleep", "2"); # <-- for safety since the above is executed asynchronous 

#check the return value by calling:

if getprop("ext.confirm") == "yes" then

<yourcode>

endif;


    To prevent recovery from redrawing the screen ( if you want to use an external binary that needs to occupy the screen and get the focus )


    Code: 
    ui_print("4ext: disable_scrn_update");

# don't forget to enable it again after your yesno binary or graphical installer is finished, by calling:

ui_print("4ext: enable_scrn_update"); #otherwise the recovery will appear to be frozen as it won't update the screen anymore.
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    Although it's already been a while and so it's no news anymore, I *had* to post anyway ;)

    4EXT Recovery Touch 1.0.0.4 RC1 has been released, after a very long testing period, where no "real" bugs have been discovered.

    It's the fastest 4EXT Recovery ever :)

    And got some new interesting features:

    • A lot faster than any previous release
    • Maybe interesting for Nexus One and Desire: Changed to AmonRa style wipe-dalvik cache ;)
    • Hide useless directories from the "install from sdcard" menu
    • New configuration setting to save space on your sd card by excluding /cache from any backup you create
      (recovery will then format /cache on restore)​
    • New configuration setting to save even more space by also excluding dalvik-cache from any backups you create
    • When you restore a backup and the md5sum check fails, recovery will print a warning and offer an option to restore the backup anyway.
    • Enables themes to be installed to your sdcard instead of to /system
    • Enables you to set your time zone for recovery to a fixed value, which is now the recommended setting.
      Otherwise recovery needs to autodetect your time zone on boot, which takes time and requires an additional mount.
      When you flash or download the latest recovery via the App it will ask you if you want it to configure that setting for you automatically (set the time zone to the same one as your rom is using at the moment)​
    • Enables custom tune2fs parameters to be configures for sd-ext.
      Recovery will then use your parameters whenever it restores a backup or formats a partition​
    • Desire-S HBOOT 2.x specific configuration settings



    The 4EXT Apps also got new features. Some of them:


    • New recovery status: "testing"

    • Any new release of recovery will now get a "testing" status and a build number for the first few days after release.
      While the recovery is flagged as "testing" and bugs are found during that period, or some enhancements are made, the build number will increase and you would get an update notification (if you enabled notifications)​

    • Flashing recovery:

    • The app will now fix up your configs in greater detail when you flash a new recovery version.
    • It will also make sure it's correctly set up and that any theme for 4EXT Recovery Classic is uninstalled when you flash a Touch version.
    • If no time zone is set and you flash a recovery version that supports that setting, it will ask you if you want to set it up automatically.

    • Notifications:

    • You can now enable notifications to stay informed about news or updates to your currently installed recovery version.
      This is very useful in case critical bugs have been found for your version or there's an update.
      This does not create any permanent background processes wasting resources. A check takes 2-10 seconds after which the process kills itself.​

    • Themes:

    • Install themes directly from inside the app.
    • The app will make sure that the theme is compatible with your device and refuse the installation if it is not.
    • Configure a setting to put themes onto your sdcard instead of /system

    • Recovery settings:

    • Manage all new settings:
    • exclude cache
    • exclude dalvik
    • set time zone
    • adjust haptic feedback strength
    • Enable hide useless directories
    • Set your custom sd-ext tune2fs parameters
    • Desire-S specific HBOOT 2.x settings

    • Backups:

    • Displays backup type (yaffs or tar) and whether the backup includes ext3 or ext4 partitions or both for each backup
    • Allows you to convert backups between ext3 and ext4

    • General:

    • The app will now also work on roms using cache2sd/m2sd et.c.
    • Pressing the back key twice on the main menu will effectively close and remove the app from memory.
    • Added great icons, created by craacK :) Thanks a lot mate :)
    • Hide useless directories from file browsers inside the app
    • After you queued all actions to be carried out by recovery, you will get an overview over everything you selected.
    • Safe reboot by unmounting external storage before.


    • Recovery API for external scripts or apps:

    • You can now quite easily use both (free and paid) apps as a backend to recovery.
    • An example demonstrating usage for apps and shell scripts is available for download

    • Complete changelog is available on 4ext.net
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