Well, I too got stuck as I didn't have the original .apk file, but had my SD card ready with unzipped this OpenRecovery. Now to install this is what I had to do in adb shell:

$ su
# cp /sdcard/Openrecovery/orbootstrap/install_script.sh /tmp
# cd /tmp
# chmod 755 install_script.sh
# ./install_script.sh STR
Installation done.
# reboot openrecovery

Just a question while surfing came in my mind. I read an article about partitioning the SD card within a recovery tool, Amon RA, while just using the mobile phone.
I know, Amon RA is for HTC devices, but is it possible to integrate such a feature within your OR tool?

MIUI-1.10.28 Milestone XT720

I was wondering the same thing i think... why dosnt our OR have the same partition options as stuff like CWM.. ? just a thought for you MZ lol.

Keep up your kickass work!!!

Not sure about AmonRA but from what I have gathered in and about Clockwork Recovery, the partition option doesn't work all that well for most devices. It seems to bork the internal SD's that most phones have now days. Actually I have read quite a few articles that say it reformatted the internal SD (which is to be expected) but the for some reason it unmounted it from the device and then also destroyed the link that mounted the external_sd too. Makes you have to do unnecessary ADB work.

Here is an example. My other phone has a 16gb Internal_sd and I have a 32gb External_sd. Right off, I was told not to use the CWR partition option. The Internal_sd card was already partitioned at <2gb where all my apps and dalvik are stored leaving me 14gb of internal for music, pix and whatnot. I installed another kernel that has a lagfix with, guess what, EXT4. So now I have Fat, 2gb ext and my /system, /data and a few other partitions have been converted to EXT4.


MZ, if you want, I can upload the kernel and you and FJ can break it down to see just how it does convert the /system and /data to EXT4. Just let me know.


Edit: Had the kernel in here but Mchlbenner was right. Don't want someone bricking their phone b/c of me and flashing another kernel will definitely do it. MZ and FJ, if you want to take a look at the kernel and how it converts to ext4, just let me know.

You should know if you tell some one not to they I'm a different sbf I have to try to flash it will see what happens.

Sent from my Milestone XT720 using xda premium

It's *probably* impossible to change /system to ext4 unless you always fastboot because of how the 2nd-init works. There may be some sneaky way to make a filesystem look like both ext4 and yaffs--some copy-protected CDROMs used to do things like that. That's way beyond my skill level, though. It might be fairly easy to change /data though.

I contemplated adding partitioning thing a while ago. Support was present (but disabled) in either androidiani or fufu's minimod, can't remember which. In the end I decided supporting it would be a pain. Because of the signature checks, we can't modify the real recovery so we require a working sdcard. Basically, if something goes wrong, you're going to have to repartition by putting the card in a PC anyway.

can't download, can someone give a mirror for this? please. . .

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can't access the download page, can someone give a mirror for this? please. . .

http://xt720.ru/Files/Tools/OpenRecovery-XT720-01.zip

thank you. . . . . . ;)

As you may have seen, I been talking about how the XT720 and usb and the sdcards do not seem to cooperate very well. It may just be my sdcards but I have about 5 of them and have the same issues with all. I do not know the technical workings of it all so I really don't know what I am talking about lol. Just stating from experience. One of my biggest problems now is completing a nandroid backup. It used to be easy and always successful but now I can't get one to work. I was successful with backing up stock 2.1 after I flashed it. But not with Bravo or The hhcats new ROM. Bravo is a great ROM when I can finally get a good flash to stick but it's a big aggravating job to do so. I keep getting SOD's and have to do battery pull's. One thing that may be a problem I didn't consider til now is not having a sim card installed. Anyway I just wanted to post here about the nandroid backup failures just in case someone knows something about it.