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Question about ext4

So I was wondering if the ext4 only works with roms or how can I get it to work with my stock rom that's rooted. I like the stock two launcher with the dk28 and I want to keep it like that. Thanks for your help in advance
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Most ROMS will indicate if they have ext4 support or not. Read the release notes and see if they mention ext4. If they mention ext4 in the title, they do support it. If in doubt, post a question about it in the thread to ask the developer if they do and if not, if/when will they get it.
To get ext4, just use Daemon's CWM3 method to upgrade to ext4 and then flash an ext4 ROM.
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Follow the instructions in the ext4 thread to convert to ext4. Then, flash your dk28 from clockwork, followed immediately by flashing a kernel that supports ext4.

Ok thanks for your help ill try that
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Just remember to flash the kernel after the rom and before you reboot the phone and you'll be fine.
The kernel may only be available with the older amend scripts so you may need to use clockwork 2.5.1.0 and 2.5.1.2 to flash it.
Make sure you have the recovery redirector installed. If you have run the one-click root and recovery v2.5.5, then you have it.
Get the the one click ext4 from this thread. It says this method is deprecated, but it works just the same. Read the instructions before you do anything with it. Get the dual file system kernel from this thread.. And you can use noobnl's pre-rooted and redirected DK28 from this thread.
Since you are still on DK28, I would flash the prepare.zip, reboot to 2.5.1.2, run the one-click .bat file, flash dk28, flash the kernel, and tTHEN reboot. Then you will probably need to either reinstall cwm 2.5.1.2 (using the prepare.zip) or go ahead and install cwm 3. It sounds complicated, but it isn't that bad. Waiting for everything is the worst part.

DiGi760 said:
Just remember to flash the kernel after the rom and before you reboot the phone and you'll be fine.
The kernel may only be available with the older amend scripts so you may need to use clockwork 2.5.1.0 and 2.5.1.2 to flash it.
Make sure you have the recovery redirector installed. If you have run the one-click root and recovery v2.5.5, then you have it.
Get the the one click ext4 from this thread. It says this method is deprecated, but it works just the same. Read the instructions before you do anything with it. Get the dual file system kernel from this thread.. And you can use noobnl's pre-rooted and redirected DK28 from this thread.
Since you are still on DK28, I would flash the prepare.zip, reboot to 2.5.1.2, run the one-click .bat file, flash dk28, flash the kernel, and tTHEN reboot. Then you will probably need to either reinstall cwm 2.5.1.2 (using the prepare.zip) or go ahead and install cwm 3. It sounds complicated, but it isn't that bad. Waiting for everything is the worst part.
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So I have all the files on my sd card the prepare.zip the ext4 formate.zip and the dk28ext4 kernal.zip even though I have this kernal I have to use a rom that's ext4 frendly thanks for your help
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Estewa_619 said:
So I have all the files on my sd card the prepare.zip the ext4 formate.zip and the dk28ext4 kernal.zip even though I have this kernal I have to use a rom that's ext4 frendly thanks for your help
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Yes the rom has to be ext4 compatable. Make sure you flash the kernel after the rom.

musclehead84 said:
Yes the rom has to be ext4 compatable. Make sure you flash the kernel after the rom.
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Ok cool thanks for the help
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So what's a good rom to use with ext4 I want a rom that still keeps the stock tw launcher that comes stock on dk28 any input please. Also if u have screen shots or if there's a video on it would be great. Thanks again
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[RECOVERY] TeamWin Recovery Project (twrp) v2.0.0

I did not take part in making this recovery at all, I am just posting it.
Before flashing the recovery flash this first to clear up some memory for it. (thanks to James Sullins for the file)
The instructions and download are in the link below:
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/75
I will have more support for this recovery once I get the tp(getting it soon)

brigked said:
I did not take part in making this recovery at all, I am just posting it.
The instructions and download are in the link below:
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/75
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Let's see if it's worth it...
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ceo.mtcl said:
Let's see if it's worth it...
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It is definitely pretty nifty. Downloaded and installed last night just as it came out.

ceo.mtcl said:
Let's see if it's worth it...
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lol, worth it? it's the mac daddy of recoveries.

i need to remove some stuff from /boot to get this installed. anyone know what i can get rid of?
contents of /boot
uimage.clockworkmod
moboot.splash.webos.tga
proc
dev
moboot.default
bin
lost+found
config-2.6.35-palm-tenderloin
etc
usr
boot-genesis.tar.gz
uimage-2.6.35-palm-tenderloin
updatefs-info
sbin
genesis-update.xml
.
boot-image.tar.gz
lib
uimage.cyanogenmod
image-update.xml
uimage.webos
sys
moboot.splash.cyanogenmod.tga
..
boot.bin
uimage
uimage.moboot
system.map-2.6.35-palm-tenderloin
realroot
update-uimage
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update: i removed update-uimage. it was also the largest thing in there. checking out twrp now.

b.huss2 said:
i need to remove some stuff from /boot to get this installed. anyone know what i can get rid of?
contents of /boot
uimage.clockworkmod
moboot.splash.webos.tga
proc
dev
moboot.default
bin
lost+found
config-2.6.35-palm-tenderloin
etc
usr
boot-genesis.tar.gz
uimage-2.6.35-palm-tenderloin
updatefs-info
sbin
genesis-update.xml
.
boot-image.tar.gz
lib
uimage.cyanogenmod
image-update.xml
uimage.webos
sys
moboot.splash.cyanogenmod.tga
..
boot.bin
uimage
uimage.moboot
system.map-2.6.35-palm-tenderloin
realroot
update-uimage
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update: i removed update-uimage. it was also the largest thing in there. checking out twrp now.
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Can upost your updated zip
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I use the zip method through recovery and now I cannot boot twrp says invalid size and clockwork will not boot either
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Crsdr37 said:
Can upost your updated zip
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there is no updated zip. that was the contents of my /boot partition on my touchpad. i read in another forum that i could remove that file that was taking up all the partition space. i tried to flash the twrp zip file and it flashed but could not boot into twrp recovery, so i pulled the file from /boot and noticed it was too small so it didn't flash complete because of no more room. i removed "update-uimage" and pushed "uimage.twrp" and now all good. after messing around in twrp for a bit i decided to go back and remove clockworkmod too

b.huss2 said:
there is no updated zip. that was the contents of my /boot partition on my touchpad. i read in another forum that i could remove that file that was taking up all the partition space. i tried to flash the twrp zip file and it flashed but could not boot into twrp recovery, so i pulled the file from /boot and noticed it was too small so it didn't flash complete because of no more room. i removed "update-uimage" and pushed "uimage.twrp" and now all good. after messing around in twrp for a bit i decided to go back and remove clockworkmod too
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I was able to update to TWRP, however, after reboot and chosing recovery, it doesnt automatically get into TWRP like it used to do with CWM. Is there a way to get this to automatically get into TWRP without having to select it from moboot menu?

dallas.maverick said:
I was able to update to TWRP, however, after reboot and chosing recovery, it doesnt automatically get into TWRP like it used to do with CWM. Is there a way to get this to automatically get into TWRP without having to select it from moboot menu?
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Mine never went to cwm automatically. I always had to choose it from the menu. If there is a way to do this I would like to know as well.

b.huss2 said:
Mine never went to cwm automatically. I always had to choose it from the menu. If there is a way to do this I would like to know as well.
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With CWM as the only recovery, whenever you press and hold the hardware power off button, you get an option to reboot and when selecting that, if you chose reboot into recovery, with CWM, it will take you straight into recovery. With TWRP, it doesn't. Anyone who still has CWM only can test this, but it would be nice if we can get same thing work with TWRP. For now, I have removed CWM completely from my touchpad and am using TWRP only.

dallas.maverick said:
With CWM as the only recovery, whenever you press and hold the hardware power off button, you get an option to reboot and when selecting that, if you chose reboot into recovery, with CWM, it will take you straight into recovery. With TWRP, it doesn't. Anyone who still has CWM only can test this, but it would be nice if we can get same thing work with TWRP. For now, I have removed CWM completely from my touchpad and am using TWRP only.
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Yea, I am familiar with the reboot menu, and with cwm as my only recovery it never did that for me. I always had to choose it from the moboot menu. At least as long as I can remember anyway.

Incorrect uimage size.?? Tried acmeinstaller and cwm zip
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op updated with zip to remove the update-image prior to flashing the recovery

Ok so if you have already flashed the initial zip and it gives incorrect size any way to remove that? I did the acmeuninstaller and the option for twrp was still there after reflashing with just cwm
**Edit- Went into CWM flashed the clean boot zip and then reflashed twrp and we are in business this is a kick ass recovery.**

I think the Team Win site is down. Is anyone having problems with the link?

Sychodrama said:
I think the Team Win site is down. Is anyone having problems with the link?
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No problem here
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Sychodrama said:
I think the Team Win site is down. Is anyone having problems with the link?
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Yeah, the site went down yesterday (at least for me), but I used a cached page of it and the direct download links still worked.

As the site is down, what exactly is this version?

Thread Closed as an official one was opened.
Jug6ernaut

How to roll back from ICS partitioning

I've got Medroid ICS running on my Nexus One, of course this meant I used blackrose.
I want to rollback to stock or at least CM7 stable so I can sell it, how do I 'un'blackrose? As I understand blackrose repartitions things so I would need to somehow repartition it back to stock yes?

It's not necessary to uninstall Blackrose. You can install stock Hboot. If you want to uninstall Blackrose you can do it same way you install it, just press uninstall.

Obsy is correct just select stock hboot to go back to stock partition no need to uninstall blackrose.

Ya change the partition to stock.then flash cm7...no need to uninstall blackrose:sly:
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if u are to run cm7, u dont hv to go for stock partition. u can keep /cache to arnd 5mb. that shd be fine
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You dont have to uninstall it but if you want, you just have to execute the blackrose.exe in your computer and follow the instructions, it has a uninstall mode

Flash this https://www.dropbox.com/s/tv9uyxgy3nm9qss/stock.zip
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joelshawdow said:
Flash this https://www.dropbox.com/s/tv9uyxgy3nm9qss/stock.zip
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thats a flashable hboot by joelshawdow. for more details http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1637166
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n1newbie said:
if u are to run cm7, u dont hv to go for stock partition. u can keep /cache to arnd 5mb. that shd be fine
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Are you referring to a fresh install of CM7 or a nandroid restore? ..Asking because I attempted a nandroid restore of my old CM7 setup (with stock partitions) onto my internal memory (with ICS 220/10/206 partitions) and it didn't work. Ended up in a boot loop with all sorts of 'out of space' errors.
I was pretty sure that wouldn't work but tried it anyway just to check. No problem since I simply restored my ICS install and everything was OK.

i was curious about this to. Do I have to reflash my original recovery? Because I flashed a different one that was supposedly compatible with blackrose

2 Serious problems

I have been a Samsung Galaxy Y user for more than a year. I have to say that this device is awesome. But.... I have later noticed 2 problems.
1) One day I tried to install Elegance ROM. I followed all steps very carefully and when the installation was done, I rebooted my phone. Unfortunately, my phone booted up again at Samsung stock firmware. I tried to enter recovery mode because I wanted to see what went wrong, but I was automatically redirected to CWM recovery. I tried once again to install Elegance ROM, and the result was the same. From that day, CWM is my default recovery. Why? How to fix this??? I can't access stock recovery and I also cannot install any custom ROMs. How to fix this?
2) Even my SD card is full with songs, photos and videos, the "Gallery" and "Music" apps don't read any file. Why? How to fix this?
P.S. I'm running stock 2.3.6 rooted.
Thanks for help.
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You have a permanent cwm because you are using a custom kernel with a permanent cwm - probably was included in the rom zip
If you want stock recovery flash stock kernel (can be found in general section or flash hells fusion #50 from dev section and select option to flash stock kernel)
you would of remained on stock rom after flashing another rom because you didn't mount system in cwm before you flashed the zip
As for your other problem flash stock rom via odin as you have probably mucked something up from flashing zips incorrectly

So.... If I flash the stock kernel, will I be able to access stock recovery and flash CWM every time I want?
By the way, this mess with the files started when I changed my phone's SIM card. When I turned my ohine on again, I opened by mistake the "Galery" app. I noticed that no images were there. I also thought that the "music" might also had the same problem. And that's what happened. Which Odin version I will need?
Thanks again.
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dimsar2013 said:
So.... If I flash the stock kernel, will I be able to access stock recovery and flash CWM every time I want?
By the way, this mess with the files started when I changed my phone's SIM card. When I turned my ohine on again, I opened by mistake the "Galery" app. I noticed that no images were there. I also thought that the "music" might also had the same problem. And that's what happened. Which Odin version I will need?
Thanks again.
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Dude ur 2nd problem may be caused by Ur sd card!!
Try another sd card may it help you!!

dimsar2013 said:
So.... If I flash the stock kernel, will I be able to access stock recovery and flash CWM every time I want?
By the way, this mess with the files started when I changed my phone's SIM card. When I turned my ohine on again, I opened by mistake the "Galery" app. I noticed that no images were there. I also thought that the "music" might also had the same problem. And that's what happened. Which Odin version I will need?
Thanks again.
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Yes stock kernel = stock recovery and you can flash a temporary cwm
there is no problems with a permanent cwm in custom kernels as you need cwm to flash roms
If you goto phone settings about phone it will show you your current baseband - for example mine is xxlf3
You can either download that stock rom firmware from dokys thread if there or any other from your country

Thanks everybody. You are all really helpful. I appreciate your help. But tell me, do I need to mount system before installing Elegance? And while I'm having a custom kernel installed, can I flash roms or I need the stock kernel?
Thanks again.
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dimsar2013 said:
Thanks everybody. You re awesome. I appreciate your help. But tell me, do I need to mount system before installing Elegance? And while I'm having a custom kernel installed, can I flash roms or I need the stock kernel?
Thanks again.
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Follow instructions on the op of the rom you want to flash
you must always mount system before flashing a zip else nothing will happen - you can flash zips all day and no changes would happen as it can't write to system as it's not mount!
As a general rule
wipe system
wipe data
wipe cache
mount system
mount data
mount cache
flash zip
format data (not always required just for some roms)
restart
you do not need to go back to stock to change rom
There are guides in general section - please read them first then you would understand the process

My current ROM. Stock 2.3.6 rooted
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A few months ago, I installed Creed 3.5 ROM. It was awesome. I want to install it again but tell me:
Can I install it while I have a custom kernel installed? If yes, do I need to mount system before installing? Thanks for help

dimsar2013 said:
A few months ago, I installed Creed 3.5 ROM. It was awesome. I want to install it again but tell me:
Can I install it while I have a custom kernel installed? If yes, do I need to mount system before installing? Thanks for help
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Yes you can flash it over any kernel and yeah mount all the partitions after formatting them.

dimsar2013 said:
A few months ago, I installed Creed 3.5 ROM. It was awesome. I want to install it again but tell me:
Can I install it while I have a custom kernel installed? If yes, do I need to mount system before installing? Thanks for help
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I refer you to my previous post in this thread
wipe data system cache
mount everything
flash rom
you can use any compatible kernel

The problem with the files is caused by the sdcard
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Help. Bricked found the cause

I feel my install storage is corrupted so rsd Is not able to flash things into internal memory. Whatever I flash, even a cmx sbf, I get the same stock android symbol and the checksum verification fails for all except cg31 and cg32. I need to reformat my internal memory before I flash .for the I need custom recovery. With a locked bl, internal memory is not formattable. Exactly my /system partition is corrupted. If there any update.zip which can format /system partition?
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Okay I ve found the options.
1. I need an update.zip which I need to use from stock recovery to format /system
Or
2. I need to format /system through rsd lite..or some other software similar to this? Is there Ny?
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pjgowtham said:
Okay I ve found the options.
1. I need an update.zip which I need to use from stock recovery to format /system
Or
2. I need to format /system through rsd lite..or some other software similar to this? Is there Ny?
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Flashing any SBF with RSD will fix your partitions; I know this because I've had damaged partitions before. I don't think a corrupt /system partition is your problem, I think your internal memory might be physically failing.

Why do I get the classic android boot animation whatever sbf I flash? A and I've seen many ppl complaining if boot looping after flashing a sbf if it formats partitions
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pjgowtham said:
Why do I get the classic android boot animation whatever sbf I flash? A and I've seen many ppl complaining if boot looping after flashing a sbf if it formats partitions
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I thought you said you weren't getting a boot animation and it was taking you straight to stock recovery? You're going to have explain yourself better. If you're getting a boot loop in the boot animation, and you can still access stock recovery, then through there wipe /data and /cache and it'll boot up. You almost always need to wipe /data after flashing an SBF.
I don't know if it formats partitions or not, I just know that it fixes them.

I ve tried sbf ing with both rsd and sbf flash in linux. Nothing worked.
Wherever sbf I flash, I get one same boot animation bootlooping.
The device fails on checksum verifications during flash. This tells the rsd has problems with internal memory.
If the internal memory has failed permanently, why would it read the bootanimation?.weird
Most probably its corrupted
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Antiga Prime said:
you can still access stock recovery, then through there wipe /data and /cache and it'll boot up. You almost always need to wipe /data after flashing an SBF.
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Ive tried /data /cache wipe through stock recovery.
And defy doesnt flash properly. Every flash fails with checksum errors.
I thought I could access custom recovery if I flash fixed sbf with custom rom but defy acts like sbf is never flashed. Because if I access bootmenu, I can format system partition
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Dfp231 is worth a try
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thekguy said:
Dfp231 is worth a try
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Sure I'll try and let you know
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