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[TOOL] 11/Nov r2: BackToEXT3 - for converting your device, er, back to EXT3

If you have been using a EXT4 ROM and you want to restore a stock ROM that only has EXT3 support, it's a bit of a faff. Introducing BackToEXT3.
This ClockworkMod update zip simply converts your /system, /data and cache partitions back to EXT3. It wipes them both in the process, so you need to have an existing backup / ROM to restore to.
r2 - DOWNLOAD - MD5: 90a891b9199913655dd622127bba3f70
HTH!
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You never stand still^^
Thanks!

Formel-LMS said:
You never stand still^^
Thanks!
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Call me Mr. Productivity.
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OK, Mr. Productivity
But I think, you love this phone very much, isn't it?

It's not bad!
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You are amazing....Paul

After installing FR12 custom ROM Vanilla Edition on my phone, I wanted to get back to stock so I installed - back to ext3 zip. Then when I tried to restore the stoc ROM, I got the error MD5 mismatch!
I want to specify that I tried a custom ROM before but with ext3, and I had no problem to return to the stock ROM.

Tool worked fine for me. fr10 back to stock.
Md5 error probably means ur nandroidbackup is damaged
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adair said:
After installing FR12 custom ROM Vanilla Edition on my phone, I wanted to get back to stock so I installed - back to ext3 zip. Then when I tried to restore the stoc ROM, I got the error MD5 mismatch!
I want to specify that I tried a custom ROM before but with ext3, and I had no problem to return to the stock ROM.
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Here you go: http://tinyurl.com/5v3zqcj
Edit: To late, and I've always wanted to do that. Bah
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Thanks MaBlo, I usually search everything on Google, but this time I forgot, lol.

Sorry guys, please correct me if I'm wrong as I'm trying to get it back to stock.
1. Copy img to ext SD card
2. Reboot into recovery e.g. CWM
3. update BackTOEXT3 image with CWM
4. run nandroid to restore stock image
Am I right? I keep getting stuck at the LG screen

bobbyice said:
Sorry guys, please correct me if I'm wrong as I'm trying to get it back to stock.
1. Copy img to ext SD card
2. Reboot into recovery e.g. CWM
3. update BackTOEXT3 image with CWM
4. run nandroid to restore stock image
Am I right? I keep getting stuck at the LG screen
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maybe you need the newest Baseband version (20110622)if ofcourse if you didnt already install it

bobbyice said:
Sorry guys, please correct me if I'm wrong as I'm trying to get it back to stock.
1. Copy img to ext SD card
2. Reboot into recovery e.g. CWM
3. update BackTOEXT3 image with CWM
4. run nandroid to restore stock image
Am I right? I keep getting stuck at the LG screen
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What "img" are you talking about? Nandroid restore is for restoring a previous backup, not for flashing a rom image.
If you want to flash a stock rom image, you need to use smartflash or nvflash, unless you want to flash the 0622 one, which someone made available in CWM format. (Not completely stock though, as it is prerooted etc.)
::Trym

ok solved, if anyone could delete this post

Updated to include cache partition.
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Thank you thank you THANK YOU! I needed to restore and this did the trick! I need to return the phone since it's defective. You saved me life!

link not working...

Working on a pc. Thanks paul
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please tell me is there any flashable which can convert to ext4?
It will be useful to convert from ext3 to ext4 before restoring a nandroid backup which was taken earlier from EXT4.

cmahendra said:
please tell me is there any flashable which can convert to ext4?
It will be useful to convert from ext3 to ext4 before restoring a nandroid backup which was taken earlier from EXT4.
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You don't need that. CWM automatically converts from ext3 to ext4 (if the backup is ext4), but not the other way round.

[Q] Stuck on X trying to flash Sebastiaan15's Runny AIO Sense Rom

Hi, I'm having trouble getting dbasabe's sense rom port to work on my n1. I always get stuck on the X logo and the phone gets warm so I have to pull the battery.
I searched the entire post but it nothing helped me.
I repeated these steps 3 times:
btw I use Amon Ra recovery...
1. System/Cache/Dalvik Wipe 5 times
2. Partition SD: 0mb Swap/1024mb ext/remainder FAT
3. Ext2 to Ext3
4. Ext3 to Ext4
5. flashed the format_system.zip that wipes system for you
6. Repeated Step 1 just in case..
7. Flashed Alignment_Cool.zip
8. Flashed the rom
9. Rebooted system
..and still I get stuck on X screen.
My question is, has anyone successfully flashed this rom using amon ra? Is it absolutely necessary to use blackrose hboot in order to install this rom?
I am using:
Amon Ra v1.9.0
HBoot 0.35.0017
Radio 5.12.00.08
Any help would be appreciated thanks.

Did you read OP page?
I haven't run this for awhile, so not up on latest posts--
But sounds like you need the 4ext touch recovery that is linked on OP
And your Amon_Ra is old, try this
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28338566/AmonRa 2.2.1.mht
But, think you need the touch recovery

Yeh you must use 4ext touch recovery . Then in wipe & format menu choose wipe all exept sd card
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I thought the new touch installer of Runny AIO required a touch recovery?
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Yes to install this rom you need touch recovery or it wont work
Envoyé depuis mon Transformer TF101 avec Tapatalk

Theshawty said:
I thought the new touch installer of Runny AIO required a touch recovery?
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Nope you dont need no touch i installed with amonra and have no problems.
PS: I clicked the thanks button by mistake.

Then then OP needs to update Amon_Ra from my link or has done something else wrong or out of sequence. No reply--maybe he has it sorted--

[Q] [Help] ICS black screen on bootup

Hey guys,
My situation is that I'm trying to get a working ICS rom working, but I get a black screen on bootup for both Virtuous Quattro and Ice Cold Sandwich. I've also tried different kernels, but the same thing happens.
What I did:
Reboot into ClockworkMod Recovery
Backup
Wipe data
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik cache
Install zip from sd card > Choose zip > Picked my zip here > Confirm
The actual rom installs with no errors or anything... then when I try to reboot, I get the white screen with "htc" in green font, as normal, then it just goes to a black screen. The backlight is on, but the screen is black... softkeys are not lit, either. Like I said, I've reflashed multiple times to no avail. I've seen videos of people on YouTube flashing on IncS, but their devices go straight to the bootloader animation after the htc logo screen.
Anybody encountered this before or know how to fix it? Thanks in advance.

anonymousthing said:
Hey guys,
My situation is that I'm trying to get a working ICS rom working, but I get a black screen on bootup for both Virtuous Quattro and Ice Cold Sandwich. I've also tried different kernels, but the same thing happens.
What I did:
Reboot into ClockworkMod Recovery
Backup
Wipe data
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik cache
Install zip from sd card > Choose zip > Picked my zip here > Confirm
The actual rom installs with no errors or anything... then when I try to reboot, I get the white screen with "htc" in green font, as normal, then it just goes to a black screen. The backlight is on, but the screen is black... softkeys are not lit, either. Like I said, I've reflashed multiple times to no avail. I've seen videos of people on YouTube flashing on IncS, but their devices go straight to the bootloader animation after the htc logo screen.
Anybody encountered this before or know how to fix it? Thanks in advance.
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Your phone must be rooted before this and also verify your downloaded zip file with checksum to make sure about proper download.

I actually encountered the same problem a few days ago. I realized it was because I flashed an incompatible Kernal zip file. So I reflashed the ROM and rebooted without flashing any kernals and it worked for me.

I have rooted, and have superuser access. I have also redownloaded and checked the md5 sums. I'll try to download it again and test...

I just redownloaded and rechecked the md5 sums, and I still get the black screen. I've also tried no kernel, and tiamat and still nothing :S

anonymousthing said:
I just redownloaded and rechecked the md5 sums, and I still get the black screen. I've also tried no kernel, and tiamat and still nothing :S
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have u converted you filesystem to ext4?
btw, what rom was previous? stock one or custom?
and i recommend you to use 4ext recovery instead of CWM

I have to use CWM for now, since I don't have access to fastboot right now (i'll download it later), but how do I check if it's ext4 or not in CWM? And if its not, do you know how to make it ext4?
And i'm using CM7, not stock

anonymousthing said:
I have to use CWM for now, since I don't have access to fastboot right now (i'll download it later), but how do I check if it's ext4 or not in CWM? And if its not, do you know how to make it ext4?
And i'm using CM7, not stock
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if u have CM7 ur filesystem already converted )))
i think the reason of crashes on boots is old version of recovery. try to upgrade urs CWM or install the latest 4ext recovery
It's very easy to change CWm to 4ext: go to http://4ext.net/ and download 4EXT Recovery Updater, install it. With its help u will instal 4ext

Are you s-off?
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I'm not S-OFF, but my bootloader is unlocked... i think it doesn't really matter much in this case if I have/can flash CM7 without issues
I'll try another version of CWM or try 4ext recovery tomorrow sometime

anonymousthing said:
I'm not S-OFF, but my bootloader is unlocked... i think it doesn't really matter much in this case if I have/can flash CM7 without issues
I'll try another version of CWM or try 4ext recovery tomorrow sometime
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i'm afraid s-on is the reason of ur problems

I completely agree s-on does matter always.

I have the same problem on Quattro.
If you are s on you have to flash via fastboot the boot.img inside the Rom.zip from your wanted rom after flashing Rom via recovery.
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
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Indeed sniper is correct. However what I would do, get a rom working then look into becoming s-off. Its so much easier to mod your phone after.
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Okay, thanks guys! I'll try it out later and see how it goes by flashing boot.img using fastboot.

Thanks guys, it works!
For people who come here looking for answers, basically just open the new ICS rom zip, extract boot.img, cd to that folder in cmd, and type:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
and it should now boot properly.

anonymousthing said:
Thanks guys, it works!
For people who come here looking for answers, basically just open the new ICS rom zip, extract boot.img, cd to that folder in cmd, and type:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
and it should now boot properly.
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Or just make s-off one time and flash roms without any necessity to flash boot.img manually
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I have HBOOT 2.0, sadly I accidentally updated my original htc and it updated HBOOT as well... and I can't be bothered to downgrade now lol
I'll do it later when I have the time to download the downgrade toolkit

anonymousthing said:
I'm not S-OFF, but my bootloader is unlocked... i think it doesn't really matter much in this case if I have/can flash CM7 without issues
I'll try another version of CWM or try 4ext recovery tomorrow sometime
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I had a issue with something on my SD card after i wiped my SD and tried the re install it worked.
let me know if that helped.

CWM / RA Recovery and custom hboot

Hi,
I want to flash the Jelly-Bean-Rom of reider on my Nexus one. I am currently running on CM7.2 and have already installed 4ext-Recovery and Blackrose.
Afaikt are there problems with 4ext at the moment when you want to flash custom hboots on your NexusOne. So my question is, is it possible to just install CWM or RA-Recovery on my CM7.2 and flash the needed hboot afterwards? Do I need a special recovery?
I read many manuals how to flash a custom hboot etc. but I wasn't able to find a definitive answer, if I have to install Recovery again after upgrading hboot or not. _And_ if I need a special recovery.
Help is appreciated!

ch1ffr3 said:
Hi,
I read many manuals how to flash a custom hboot etc. but I wasn't able to find a definitive answer, if I have to install Recovery again after upgrading hboot or not. _And_ if I need a special recovery.
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You don't need any special recovery if you flash the partition scheme via fastboot. How this works is explained in the Evervolv Jellybean Thread. Your recovery should be untouched by this procedure. Alternatively you can switch your recovery to use flashable zips from this thread, but it is not necessary.

Run or phone at normal mode. Connect USB to or phone open black rose there are options u can choose pick the one that resizes or hbot. :beer:
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if you are flashing hboot via fastboot/blackrose then u dont need to change recovery.
if u want to change hboot via recovery(4ext) then follow this post and see if it helps. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30271020&postcount=124
and yes you can change to either cwm or amon n flash those hboots. cos it sometimes doesnt work wid 4ext...
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[Q] boot loop after flash every ROM except Cyanogenmod

Hi everyone
I know there is some similar posts, but I searched and I cant find my answer ...
Now I have CyanogenMod 7.2, today I decided to change my ROM, so I copied a MIUI ROM on sdcard, then I wiped everything (full-wipe) and flashed that ROM by Recovery EXT4 v1.0.0.5 RC3, It successfully have done, then I Reboot and after boot animation, in 4 second phone Reboot again and again ...
I tested some other ROMs such as MIUI.us, MeDroid, OxygeN1mod, CyanogenMod 7.2 Nightly, CyanogenMod 7 SKANG-passion, ... But ONLY CyanogenMod ROMs worked correctly and others had same problem ...
It is strange because I had MIUI before and it worked correctIy, I still have some nandroid backups of that, but now I try to restore one of them and it had also same problem!
google nexus one
Hboot (Blackrose) 7.35.5017
Radio 5.12.00.18
Recovery 4EXT v1.0.0.5 RC3
Now what I have to do ??
thank you for reading and sorry for my english!

so u hv blackrose installed. wats ur current hboot partition?
ur problem may be cos of the very low /cache size. cm roms handle cache in a different way than other roms. so that might be the reason for cm roms workin and other roms not workin
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n1newbie said:
so u hv blackrose installed. wats ur current hboot partition?
ur problem may be cos of the very low /cache size. cm roms handle cache in a different way than other roms. so that might be the reason for cm roms workin and other roms not workin
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Thank you for answering!
but my hboot partition is this :
Stock- 145mb System/95mb Cache/196mb Data
so I think I had the same partition when I havent installed blackrose hboot and those ROMs worked correctly!

Mohsenkatebi said:
Thank you for answering!
but my hboot partition is this :
Stock- 145mb System/95mb Cache/196mb Data
so I think I had the same partition when I havent installed blackrose hboot and those ROMs worked correctly!
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hmm.. thats weird. did u try factory reset/erase all partitions except sd from 4ext ?
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n1newbie said:
hmm.. thats weird. did u try factory reset/erase all partitions except sd from 4ext ?
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yes, I did, several times!
in addition I should say my camera also is not working in any ROMs, when I open it, this error appear :
activity camera (in application camera) is not responding ...

Mohsenkatebi said:
Hi everyone
I know there is some similar posts, but I searched and I cant find my answer ...
Now I have CyanogenMod 7.2, today I decided to change my ROM, so I copied a MIUI ROM on sdcard, then I wiped everything (full-wipe) and flashed that ROM by Recovery EXT4 v1.0.0.5 RC3, It successfully have done, then I Reboot and after boot animation, in 4 second phone Reboot again and again ...
I tested some other ROMs such as MIUI.us, MeDroid, OxygeN1mod, CyanogenMod 7.2 Nightly, CyanogenMod 7 SKANG-passion, ... But ONLY CyanogenMod ROMs worked correctly and others had same problem ...
It is strange because I had MIUI before and it worked correctIy, I still have some nandroid backups of that, but now I try to restore one of them and it had also same problem!
google nexus one
Hboot (Blackrose) 7.35.5017
Radio 5.12.00.18
Recovery 4EXT v1.0.0.5 RC3
Now what I have to do ??
thank you for reading and sorry for my english!
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OK, so did you apply a .nb0 file after installing blackrose? i.e, did you try flashing a ROM after installing blackrose (as in, no HBOOT flashed after installation) ?
Or, if you are not planning on flashing a JB or ICS ROM or any ROM that uses custom HBOOT, then you can uninstall BlackRose
But I think you need custom HBOOTs for the latest MeDroid and MIUI.us ROMs. Even Oxygen1Mod HBOOTs are different.
Your stock HBOOT will not support these ROMs.
Checkout HBOOT sizes here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1637166&highlight=hboot

This is funny cause I get a bootloop when only I flash CyanogenMod ROMs, and I still can't get it fixed. I don't know why, but anytime I use any of the Cyanogen 10.1 ROMs, I get nothing, but boot loops. I did a full wipe, and still nothing, I can install AOKP perfectly fine though. Any help would be appreciated. I'm using Clockwork 5.0 to flash.

Do you have correct HBOOT flashed?
For CM 10.1, use 260/10/166
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