Make sure you're running the 1.0.0.5 RC1 test version (That's the one I helped test hehe ^_^), then once you have it set up from the app (Should ask whether you're S-On or not), the recovery takes care of the rest. I've flashed roms with kernels and just kernels from the app and from within recovery itself, friggin flawless! Don't freak out though, you SHOULD see the white HTC splash screen and feel the haptic vibration twice, this is just the SmartFlash doing its work. In layman's terms, it basically creates a backup of your boot.img before the first HTC splash, after which it flashes the modifications you made to the boot.img then reboots immediately again (Hence the double splash and buzz lol). Hope you guys enjoy cause I had a blast testing this, was literally jumping and shouting for joy lol
BTW, What does everyone use to quickly restore all their apps and settings with all this wiping/flashing? Play Market no longer auto installs all my apps for me after adding my gmail account. I use 2 factor on my gmail, so I have to be in front of a pc to grab my application specific password.
Thanks Mike, this is informative. Aren't you the least bit curious why it wasn't that way by design though? There must be a reason it charges slower on USB. Changing it would make me a little nervous.
I agree. I've only had random reboots with 3.0-3.6. 2.9 was solid as a rock.
Well, it's hard to categorize everyone as "we" when a ton of users on here have various goals. A good majority of us want the same thing, yes, but not always the case. Especially now-a-days certain users seem to demand perfection. Some scream when things go wrong and cry when features cease to operate properly.
On another side to that, I see many people afraid to try newer things (4ext recovery) for the fear of "breaking" their phone, etc. (1.4 downgrade method was a blast). How many people avoided doing that due to difficulty? lol? That's cool for them, but not for me.
So forgive me.. but not everyone is here doing the same thing. Thanks.
ok.. so, i have been using the 4.14 ClockWorkMod recovery that comes in the rootevo3dfolder. I fastboot usb my phone, plug it into computer then use the booot into cwm_shooter_4.1.4.0 (or whatever its called) and i have been using this method for months. (Since before anthrax, probably since meanrom 1.6) and i have never had a single problem (not one reboot not one force close)
After hearingso much about 4EXT i decided to try it out. I installed the latest version of 4EXT that claims it works with S-ON devices (as if they were S-off) So i flashed 4EXT then was really impressed by the very nice user interface. I hit factory reset. Then i hit wipe cache+dalvik, Then i install superwipe. Then I install meanrom 3.7. And within minutes of arranging my homescreen icons my phone reboots.. So i Ignore it figuring it was just a coincidence.. Then TWICE while playing order and chaos my game just shuts down without error. WTF??
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Why didn't you just order the one i posted a link to a couple days ago? I have already recieved mine and the class10 has boosted my I/O scores by nearly 3000. It was a kingston 32gb class10, including a micro-sd adapter, and usb thumbdrive for $20 free shipping. It came in like 4 days, (already filled it haha)
I love it when people say 2.9 was the "sweet spot" or one person a while back said they are sticking with 1.8. PLEASE READ THE OP! The sweetest is always the latest. Things get refined, apps get updated, you get features like HTML mail. Every version of the ROM is solid as diamonds because it is from stock broth, but the kernel is a different story. Read the OP: the non-stock kernel that gives us features like full beats, fast charge, and incredible speed will always be "experimental". If you have trouble with the kernel, flash the "best battery" installation so that you flash with the stock kernel. Then you'll be as solid as 2.9, 1.8, or whatever flavor you choose, but you'll have all the latest features too.
Mike
I don't care what anyone says but 4EXT (1.0.0.5 RC1) recovery is not a stable recovery. I have been using meanrom since 1.8 and every single anthrax kernel since the 2.17release and i have not had 1 reboot or application force close. Throughout all of this time I have been playing Order and Chaos which is extremely CPU dependent. Since meanrom 1.8 (maybe even earlier) I have played order and chaos for hours (some nights i wouldnt sleep and play six hours straight lol) and i NEVER had one force close. I would even use the device heavily and recklessly, still not one boot or FC.
The moment i flashed 4EXT (1.0.0.5 RC1) Everything installed fine used superwipe, (and also an experimental install without superwipe only factory reset) 4EXT even asked me if i was S-ON i answered YES. So I installed everthing correctly. Within 20 minutes of powering up my phone and using it for the first time my phone rebooted.. I was semi-mad cause it was my first reboot ever. So i (painfully) ignored it and continued to use it. But i really got mad when 20 minutes into playing order and chaos the game just closed to homescreen without even a forceclose error (this app has stopped responding) and this happened TWO times.
So i then re-flashed cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img, installed MR3.7 and i have been using it for hours not one error.
The only thing i have been thinking might be the problem was the fact that using 4EXT was the first time i have installed a rom/kernal WITHOUT using the USB to PC fastboot method. Could that be the problem? Where do i get the image file to fastboot 4EXT? I think there is some bugs considering its the newest... "installing a rom as it it were S-OFF" version
Ok whats the trick to enable HTML mails in ExchangeSync? Mine is still greyed out and stuck on Plain Text.
Thanks. The first time i installed recovery it did not ask if I was S-ON, installed 1.0.0.5 RC1 test and it did.
I may wipe and reflash this morning just to see it work.
BTW, What does everyone use to quickly restore all their apps and settings with all this wiping/flashing? Play Market no longer auto installs all my apps for me after adding my gmail account. I use 2 factor on my gmail, so I have to be in front of a pc to grab my application specific password.
If so, check your ROM version in about phone: 3.7 did not install or didn't install fully. There's no way it can be grayed out if you are truly running MeanROM 3.7 because there is no code any more to disable that selection! I took it out completely.
Mike
Here are my screen shots. Could it be because I used Titanium to restore my apps?
Hmm. Yeah, that's a possibility. Maybe it overwrote my mail.apk. I don't use Titanium (MyBackup Pro FTW as far as I'm concerned), but I assume Titanium has a way to restore only the apps you want? Go to the list and see if it is trying to restore the mail app. If so, uncheck it before you restore. Maybe that'll resolve it.
Mike
Seriously folks, 4EXT is that shiznit, take a whiff and enjoy the aroma ^_^ I've used TWRP 1.1.1, TWRP 2.0, CWMR (Normal and touch) and 4EXT owns 'em all! Plus the dev is super nice and very diligent at improving and adding features, as awesome as it is, from what I've gathered in my talks with him, he's just barely scratching the surface of what he plans to do! Great chance to get in on the ground floor and really help in making an amazing recovery even better! Besides, if you really wanna have fun, do like me and keep copies of lal the popular recoveries in your Android folder on your computer so you can fastboot into whatever you want whenever you want, but trust me, on the phone you want 4EXT!. Now to go do a fresh Titanium Backup (Deleted all my old ones so they'll be fresh and from the newest Play Store update) and a nandroid for $#!+$ and giggles (I probably won't lol haven't done a nandroid since 2.3, Mikey's stuff just works, period lol) then flash MeanROM 3.7 Infected Edition (My pet name for MeanROM+AnthraX hehe). And here's where I lay down my challenge... As a HUGE Kevin Smith fan, I plan on sticking to version 3.7 (Those who know are probably laughing really hard right now lol) until Mikey drops 4.0 unless the next incremental increases are monumental in the changelog department! So there ya go, you never cease to wow me brotha so I'm curious to see if you'll be able to tempt me away from 3.7 (In a row?!) until 4.0 comes hehe (Don't take offense please Mike, I have every confidence that you will, I just had to find a way of sneaking my Kevin Smith "Clerks" reference in there hahaha)
This is going to be rather long, but Mike has asked for everyone's feedback and I'd like to speak my full piece..