I was wondering, if you switched the names of the backup for /system and /systemorig and modified the md5s could you then restore to switch which partition each rom is in
So if I wanted to make my safe mode rom my non safe, while preserving all my data would this work?
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I want to check if my data and system partitions are ext3 or ext4. Is there a way to do this ?
Easy, just use a terminal/ADB to run the command 'mount'
cheers for that. it seems that if you run the backtoext3 script and then do a nand restore it converts your data back/system to ext4 .
Correct, it's smart like that.
Thanks, was wondering the same thing. I can see that my data and system are ext4 but cache is ext3. Is that ok, shouldn't they all be the same partition?
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I think I did it correctly, got a lot of text, like 2 screens there was 4 that found ext3 in, /system, /cache, /data, /lgdrm. So I guess the cm7 rc1 im running is using ext3 then? Why isnt cm7 using ext4?
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Because once you go EXT4, the only way back to EXT3 involves your data going bye-bye. I believe it was almost done, but RC changed his mind.
was a way to extract files from a nand back so I could push them to my device
Mount the .img on a Linux machine.
Hello,
i played around with framework-res.apk file,
after some failures i did a restore to the system partition (after wipes)
and the error of the gapps + the F.C were still on my phone.
then i did full restore also after wipes and wohooo my phone is back to normal.
1. framework-res is under /system why when restoring only system the error remains?
2. i restored several times specific partitions and it was o.k is there anything specific about /system?
running on Fr19 with BB725.
thanks a lot for the help.
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Hi guys! I had converted my phone to ext4 and now i wanted to convert it back to rfs because i wanted to flah a new rom and it gave a sort of a format i mean i see the icons, kinda, of the appa i had but it says that the app isn't installed on my phone and no accounts or anything else... Help?
PS: And in ext4 app i have the the option to convert to ext4 and to rfs... Wtf? and when i want to use it to check the integrity of the system it goes to recovery and reboots
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did you convert fs in recovery?
Slow down. How did you convert it into ext 4 in the first place? If you converted it in recovery using a custom kernel, you should already know how to convert it back into RFS.
I used the ext4 conversion app from chainfire so yes i went into recovery. To convert to ext4 i pressed convert to ext4 went into recovery and for restore i pressed the efs option went into recovery started converting and when i pixked up the phone i saw CWM recovery so i hit reboot. Now i don't know if my system is efs or ext4 since both options are "active" in chainfire's app and when i hit check integriti it goes to recovery starts something and then reboots...
Damn it's hard to type on your phone... since pc is down so sorry for misspels
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I installed corn kernel and its running fine and I found out that it is lagfix enabled.........just one doubt ....do I need to disable lagfix before flashing any roms? if so how to disable it ....I can see rfs and ext4 in cwm what are these?
which Corn version are you running?
I run 7.0a and by default, it has no lagfix. don't need it afaik.
rfs and ext4 are different types of linux file systems that are used to store data in partitions on your phone. my phone had froyo os with rfs partitions when I bought it new. It still has rfs partitions with Corn 7.0a GB KK4.
If you are messing around with file partitions in cwm recovery, just remember that any change from rfs to ext4 will completely reformat the partition and you will lose any data on it.
If you flash ICS or JB, you are going to an ext4 file system.
goes without saying: backup everything with cwm and a backup app like titanium bu, then copy all of it to an external sd, computer or cloud. if on sd, remove it before flashing, to be safe.
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laughingT said:
which Corn version are you running?
I run 7.0a and by default, it has no lagfix. don't need it afaik.
rfs and ext4 are different types of linux file systems that are used to store data in partitions on your phone. my phone had froyo os with rfs partitions when I bought it new. It still has rfs partitions with Corn 7.0a GB KK4.
If you are messing around with file partitions in cwm recovery, just remember that any change from rfs to ext4 will completely reformat the partition and you will lose any data on it.
If you flash ICS or JB, you are going to an ext4 file system.
goes without saying: backup everything with cwm and a backup app like titanium bu, then copy all of it to an external sd, computer or cloud. if on sd, remove it before flashing, to be safe.
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I'm 7.0 A btw ......thanks for reply it was booting up pretty fastly so I thought it has lagfix enabled .....if it doesn't have lagfix then I can flash ics roms directly without problems rite
The Ext 4 is not enabled by default in the Corn Kernels.
And Yep...flash away.
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So now that we are bootloader unlocked and can install ClockworkMod recovery as opposed to SafeStrap. What my question is is that can we now flash the old roms with CWM or do we have to wait for roms to be made specifically with CWM? Since the roms work with the phone i assume there is a difference in how CWM flashes the roms so if that is true can we modify the rom to be flashed with CWM and if so can someone either direct me to a guide or explain it to me?
I apologize in advance if i am horribly wrong in my interpretation of the process i am still new at flashing roms and this is the only phone i have been able to do this with.
Thank you,
Gage
I have installed batakang rises through CWM with no issues. Just be sure to do a nandroid backup and mount /system before flashing the zip files. I also wiped /system /data and /cache before flashing.
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Thank you
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I have installed batakang rises through CWM with no issues. Just be sure to do a nandroid backup and mount /system before flashing the zip files. I also wiped /system /data and /cache before flashing.
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thank you very much i was missing the step of mounting /system before installing the rom now it works great.
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I have installed batakang rises through CWM with no issues. Just be sure to do a nandroid backup and mount /system before flashing the zip files. I also wiped /system /data and /cache before flashing.
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Does Batakang Rises work with AT&T? I thought Joker would, but it wasn't getting any AT&T signal at all.
Both of those work for att. I've ran both.
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