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[Q] How do I Flash ClockworkMod Recovery after I Razorclaw Root?

This one click method called Razorclaw came out today and I rooted it no problem. The problem is that the stock recovery is still installed and I have no clue how to install Roach2010's (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1213723) port of CWM Recovery onto my TF. If anyone can post a detailed step by step on how to do that, I will greatly appreciate it. Please and thank you in advance!

In that Razorclw thread look for Gnufabio's Recoveryinstaller app.
It will install cwm recovery

RazorClaw and Gnufabio's Recoveryinstaller app worked perfectly on my new Transformer B80.

Thanks alot but that doesnt seem to be working. just looks like something is flashing then just reboots and i try rebooting into recocery and it just reboots.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

Alright thank you for the help. I finally found out I had to press the volume down button then volume up after I did the recovery app.
Sent from my HTC Vision using Tapatalk

You could also try this from the market
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.transformer.recovery
Makes things a little simpler.

I try and make a backup after following the two steps above, but it errors saying it can't mount /sdcard. Not sure if its referring to the internal memory or my sd card. I have a b70 and have been itching to install a rom since I bought it.

Oilersfan said:
I try and make a backup after following the two steps above, but it errors saying it can't mount /sdcard. Not sure if its referring to the internal memory or my sd card. I have a b70 and have been itching to install a rom since I bought it.
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It store the backup to the external micro sd card. If you have one and it can't mount, try to format it again on a PC

I have my sd card formated to exFat to support files over 4 GB, do I have to go back to Fat32?

Oilersfan said:
I have my sd card formated to exFat to support files over 4 GB, do I have to go back to Fat32?
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Yes I believed the tf only recognized fat32 for the micro sd card

[Q] I screwed up (Solved)

I was trying to update a friends transformer to ICS (revolver) and I forgot that you have to put the zip on the internal storage (at least that's the only way I know how to do it) I'm using roach CWM based 5.5.0.4, I was playing around in there and, this is where I really screwed up, wiped /system. I have adb access and I'm in recovery but there's no rom installed on the tab because of me wiping /system. The rom is on the sd card (not the internal storage labeled as sdcard, an actual sd card). I tried pushing it from adb but I was probably doing it wrong. I was looking for a way to mount the internal storage but I didn't see any. I've tried several options but none have worked so any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

so why don't you just install the rom from the microSD?
You have a 5.xxx recovery, and that allows you to install zips from microSD. Just pop that into a PC and copy the rom file on it. Select install from microsd and there you go...
PS: wiping /system doesn't format the internal storage...

zdalin2003 said:
so why don't you just install the rom from the microSD?
You have a 5.xxx recovery, and that allows you to install zips from microSD. Just pop that into a PC and copy the rom file on it. Select install from microsd and there you go...
PS: wiping /system doesn't format the internal storage...
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I have the rom on the external sd card. I tried the flash from sd and it was looking at the internal "virtual" sd card. I didn't see an option to switch to the external sd and I think there are some recoverys that use the external sd as default but I haven't been able to find one. If I did find one it would have to be an image so I could flash it through bootloader.
I was looking for a .img file to flash through bootloader but couldn't find one of those. I tried adb push to get the .zip onto the internal storage but, and I'm sure I was doing something wrong, that didn't work.

wait wait wait... just to clarify, are you using the full size sd card on the dock?
LE: what's your sbk version? if you're sbk1, you can also use nvflash

zdalin2003 said:
wait wait wait... just to clarify, are you using the full size sd card on the dock?
LE: what's your sbk version? if you're sbk1, you can also use nvflash
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I think the guy said MicroSD up there, the one you inserted on the side. But the onboard CWM only detect the internal virtual SDcard.
Now he screwed because of the full wipe prior flashing while the intended Rom was placed in the MicroSD..
Yea, if the transformer comes with B70 or below, then you can use Flash to do the magic.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium HD app

zdalin2003 said:
wait wait wait... just to clarify, are you using the full size sd card on the dock?
LE: what's your sbk version? if you're sbk1, you can also use nvflash
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no, no dock. I'm using the external micro sd.
So I finally got it to push, I renamed the file ics.zip because I didn't feel like typing out the whole file name and because I used .zip at the end the file was actually ics.zip.zip, that's why it couldn't find it.
cmd says:
C:\Transformer>adb push ics.zip /sdcard
1333 KB/s <268182367 bytes in 196.431s>
It pushed but now I just tried "choose zip from sdcard" and I got "couldn't open directory. No files found"
Edit: For some reason nothing was showing up at all on the internal storage so I rebooted back into recovery and all the files that were there before returned. I didn't see my ics.zip in there though which was odd but in searching through the folders i found an older version of a rom I flashed on there when I first rooted it. It's on the welcome screen right now.

Thanks for your input, you were most helpful.
BTW, I did research and the problem is solved now, you'd have noticed if you read.

horndroid said:
I posted at 8:27
You edited your post at 8:28
I can't read the future.
And no you didn't research anything.
Any ADB guide would tell you to push files to /data/media for internal storage, not /sdcard
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Once again, thanks for your assistance /sarcasm

horndroid said:
Any ADB guide would tell you to push files to /data/media for internal storage, not /sdcard
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Hm interesting... Why wouldnt you be able to push to /sdcard/ (notice the extra slash)?
Is that folder not mounted correctly while in recovery? Ive never tried ADB in recovery, only in android and push to /sdcard/ works just fine.
pushing anything to /sdcard does not work though (notice the lack of the extra slash). Might be my rom but doubt it since its the same on my phone and other tablet...

Like you said, /sdcard is wrong.
The correct paths are /sdcard/, /data/media, and /data/media/.
Most ADB guides posted on this forum use /data/media(/) though.

horndroid said:
So much fail in this thread.
1. Because his version of CWM doesn't support microSD
2. Since when does 5.xxx recovery support installing from MicroSD?
3. wiping /system doesn't format internal storage but it wipes out the OS so there is no OS to boot into.
The correct path for pushing files to internal storage on TF101 is /data/media
Do some friggin research before you do things, wow.
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1.&2. his version might not support it and since i'm using Rogue XM Recovery v1.3.0 (CWM-based Recovery v5.0.2.7), i just thought being v5 it would. It was just a fast answer, no need for your superiority complex.
3. *you don't say meme*

Your sarcasm doesn't work because I wasn't trying to assist.
I was just pointing out what an idiot you are.
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I think the thread would eventually solved even without your intervention.
Don't help if you don't feel to.. With your high in moron wouldn't do good for the public seeking for assistant here.
There's alot others intelligent guys around with good manner will come forward..
I respect your knowledge level but you too come from zero at some point way before in the past..
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium HD app

farsight73 said:
I think the thread would eventually solved even without your intervention.
Don't help if you don't feel to.. With your high in moron wouldn't do good for the public seeking for assistant here.
There's alot others intelligent guys around with good manner will come forward..
I respect your knowledge level but you too come from zero at some point way before in the past..
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium HD app
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There are a lot of people like him in all the forums, it's best just to walk away. I'm not new but I wasn't thinking clearly due to lack of sleep. Also the tf101 wasn't mine, I forgot how Asus had the storage set up, and I was thinking it would have the same path whether you were booted or through ADB. I knew I screwed up, that's why I said it right in the title. Oh well, it's fixed now. The problem is that a lot of people turn developers and newbies away by acting like that.

Need to format SD card...

My ROM does not have a format button in the settings, is there another way to format the internal SD space within Android itself?

Jessical said:
My ROM does not have a format button in the settings, is there another way to format the internal SD space within Android itself?
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Quite possibly, kinda. Are you rooted? If so, what recovery are you using? Most recoveries allow you to do this.
Why do u need to format within android? Why not just format from your pc?
Using SeanZ's SkyICS 4.2F r2 v6B ROM / XDA Premium

Boot into recovery, select Mounts and storage then format sdcard/ or emmc whichever one you are wanting to format
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium

gs2usr said:
Boot into recovery, select Mounts and storage then format sdcard/ or emmc whichever one you are wanting to format
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
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this is correct, or as an alternative u could either a) hook it up to a computer, mount it and format, or b) use adb, but I recommend either a or the method gs2usr suggested

im gonna post in this thread instead of making a new one since im having a similar issue.
In CW recovery it'll tell me it cant mount my sd-ext and as well give me an error when trying to install a custom rom from my emmc, so do i need to do a format of both of those in order to get a custom rom to finally install again?
i've had this error ever since i switched back to rogers stock 4.0.4 to try it out

I'm getting errors in cwm too. How can I do it in ADB? Macs don't do fat32 correctly and I don't have a Windows machine.

confyzone said:
im gonna post in this thread instead of making a new one since im having a similar issue.
In CW recovery it'll tell me it cant mount my sd-ext and as well give me an error when trying to install a custom rom from my emmc, so do i need to do a format of both of those in order to get a custom rom to finally install again?
i've had this error ever since i switched back to rogers stock 4.0.4 to try it out
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Figured it out. Please try this and see if it fixes your internal aswell.
So go ahead if you don't have it, ADB install a copy of Root Explorer.
Go into the emmc folder and give it read and write permissions.
Now, in the settings, under storage, it should let you reformat the disk again and you should be okay.
I have no idea what's up with CWR, but we were told not to use it anymore on our Kindles due to it messing with partitions. But this is how I just fixed my Skyrocket, just in time for the fireworks tonight.

when in cwm, mount the emmc first

Jessical said:
Figured it out. Please try this and see if it fixes your internal aswell.
So go ahead if you don't have it, ADB install a copy of Root Explorer.
Go into the emmc folder and give it read and write permissions.
Now, in the settings, under storage, it should let you reformat the disk again and you should be okay.
I have no idea what's up with CWR, but we were told not to use it anymore on our Kindles due to it messing with partitions. But this is how I just fixed my Skyrocket, just in time for the fireworks tonight.
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Gonna give it a go I don't use root explorer but i use es file explorer which is the same pretty much
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ClockworkMod Recovery (CWM) for Nook HD+ by verygreen

Latest clockworkmod is in this thread. Go here to download it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032364

Pure awesomeness. Thanks so much for posting this.
This may sound a bit "noobish" (but EVERYONE starts out as one), so please allow me a bit of patience and grace.
Can you plz elaborate (like step 1, step 2, etc.) a bit on where and how we are to type in this command to create the bootable microSD?
I'm not new to flashing ROMs nor to entering commands into a prompt.. rather, I'm new to this particular device, and I don't want to mess this up.
Thanks in advance!

For windows you can use this tool : https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/0.6/0.6/+download/win32diskimager-binary.zip
Instead of dd as that is not available on windows really.

sorrowuk said:
For windows you can use this tool : https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/0.6/0.6/+download/win32diskimager-binary.zip
Instead of dd as that is not available on windows really.
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Thanks a bunch! Much, much easier that way.

This will not Boot as is on the hd+ I have the Nook HD + 32gb model, used win32 image writer. Do ihave to mount this sdcard. Then ReBoot. Before it will. Install?

RLeeA said:
This will not Boot as is on the hd+ I have the Nook HD + 32gb model, used win32 image writer. Do ihave to mount this sdcard. Then ReBoot. Before it will. Install?
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You should only have to insert and boot. But burning cards so they boot is tricky. Look at my Nook Color tips thread linked in my signature. Look at item A9. That is about the Color but is applicable to the HD+.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD

CMimg
leapinlar said:
You should only have to insert and boot. But burning cards so they boot is tricky. Look at my Nook Color tips thread linked in my signature. Look at item A9. That is about the Color but is applicable to the HD+.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
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the final sd card is 120mb, how can i add the Rom?

RLeeA said:
the final sd card is 120mb, how can i add the Rom?
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The rest of the SD card will get partitioned on first boot including a partition for the ROM (/system) and user data (/data). You can then mount /sdcard from CWM and use adb to push the ROM.zip file to sdcard.
Edit - corrected a statement.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app

HD+ will not Boot from SD
silow said:
The rest of the SD card will get partitioned on first boot including a partition for the ROM (/system) and user data (/data). You can then mount /sdcard from CWM and use adb to push the ROM.zip file to sdcard.
Edit - corrected a statement.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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Well I made the (sandisk 16gb) SD Card OK, It boots in the Nook Color , but it will not boot in the Rooted Nook HD+ 32gb version. Is there a way to tell if the HD+ is Rooted Ok? I can get to the apps by pressing the (vol up apps)

RLeeA said:
Well I made the (sandisk 16gb) SD Card OK, It boots in the Nook Color , but it will not boot in the Rooted Nook HD+ 32gb version. Is there a way to tell if the HD+ is Rooted Ok? I can get to the apps by pressing the (vol up apps)
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What card did you make that boots in the nook color but not the HD+? The CWM from this thread should not boot in the nook color.
To test the rooted HD+, open the superuser app in the extras screen (vol+, apps). If it opens and shows su, etc, it is rooted.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD

leapinlar said:
What card did you make that boots in the nook color but not the HD+? The CWM from this thread should not boot in the nook color.
To test the rooted HD+, open the superuser app in the extras screen (vol+, apps). If it opens and shows su, etc, it is rooted.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
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Noobie question:
Can I make a nandroid backup now with CWM from where I can restore if anything happens?
thank you for all your work!

carlyle070 said:
Noobie question:
Can I make a nandroid backup now with CWM from where I can restore if anything happens?
thank you for all your work!
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You can do a nandroid backup of his SD install using his CWM. It is hard coded to work on the SD, backing up /system, etc on SD. But it won't backup the installation on emmc (stock).
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD

leapinlar said:
You can do a nandroid backup of his SD install using his CWM. It is hard coded to work on the SD, backing up /system, etc on SD. But it won't backup the installation on emmc (stock).
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
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I understand, I'm happy with the rooted stock and the capabilities Ihave now. I'll just wait till further development occurs.
Thanks!

Sandisk 16gb
leapinlar said:
What card did you make that boots in the nook color but not the HD+? The CWM from this thread should not boot in the nook color.
To test the rooted HD+, open the superuser app in the extras screen (vol+, apps). If it opens and shows su, etc, it is rooted.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
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For the 2nd time I used the "PNY 16gb SD" , and made the "CWM boot SD Card" that was for the HD+ , this card again will not boot in the HD+, but just to see if it would work I tried it in the Nook Color and it booted....
thanks for your help, I checked the SU and it comes up OK, why will the backlight not stay on inside "extras" ?
Edit: I have the SD CWM working on HD+ , I was using the wrong CWM... anyway it booted to CWM , but it did not repartition to 4gb?

RLeeA said:
For the 2nd time I used the "PNY 16gb SD" , and made the "CWM boot SD Card" that was for the HD+ , this card again will not boot in the HD+, but just to see if it would work I tried it in the Nook Color and it booted....
thanks for your help, I checked the SU and it comes up OK, why will the backlight not stay on inside "extras" ?
Edit: I have the SD CWM working on HD+ , I was using the wrong CWM... anyway it booted to CWM , but it did not repartition to 4gb?
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Get rid of that PNY card. They are horrible for running ROMs off of.
How do you know it did not repartition? With a 4GB there will be a very small sdcard partition. But I thought you said 16GB above? I am confused.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD

I'm looking at trying to make somone0's rooting technique available via
- boot from CWR
- install zip from sdcard
- reboot
The problem I'm having is that the CWR doesn't seem to see files copied to /boot as the clockwork disks I'm used to working with always did.
I'm personally unable to get adb to talk to the HD+ when it's in clockwork boot mode, and the only time I've been able to get anything copied to the card to set up cm10 is when I've mounted that card in a linux box and copied in the file from there. That process is very sensitive to which workstation I'm on, and not all of my linux VMs are able to see the card.
So although I think it's possible to make a script, testing it's a chore.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
I'm thinking that perhaps the thing to do is
- make the card
- do the tests on the box here that works
- once it is working, image the card
- hope people have luck using that image.
The rev 3 image does seem to image much more quickly than the early images did

roustabout said:
I'm looking at trying to make somone0's rooting technique available via
- boot from CWR
- install zip from sdcard
- reboot
The problem I'm having is that the CWR doesn't seem to see files copied to /boot as the clockwork disks I'm used to working with always did.
I'm personally unable to get adb to talk to the HD+ when it's in clockwork boot mode, and the only time I've been able to get anything copied to the card to set up cm10 is when I've mounted that card in a linux box and copied in the file from there. That process is very sensitive to which workstation I'm on, and not all of my linux VMs are able to see the card.
So although I think it's possible to make a script, testing it's a chore.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
I'm thinking that perhaps the thing to do is
- make the card
- do the tests on the box here that works
- once it is working, image the card
- hope people have luck using that image.
The rev 3 image does seem to image much more quickly than the early images did
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It is because the boot partition is an image, not a file system. That is what held me up on getting my cwm to work. Verygreen straightened me out.
You don't want to use verygreen's versions of the sd for flashing to internal. It is hard coded to flash things to the sd. You need to use my version which I modified to flash to internal.
Sent from my HD+ rooted stock using Tapatalk

Can I use this CWM to back up my stock OS in case it gets updated to 2.0.5?
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2

Rattor said:
Can I use this CWM to back up my stock OS in case it gets updated to 2.0.5?
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2
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No, you can't use this one because it would back up your SD installation, not stock. But I have a modified version in my new development thread on cwm flashing and that will back it up.
Sent from my HD+ rooted stock using Tapatalk

ext4 support in CWM?
I've formatted my 64GB microSD card with ext4, and I was happy to see that CM 10.1 automatically mounted it at /storage/sdcard1 -- with fuse-y goodness and everything!
Unfortunately CWM doesn't seem to recognize the partition. (I get "E: Can't mount /sdcard", when I try to do anything with the external card.)
So just to confirm, does CWM simply not have support for ext4-formatted external cards? (I have Googled this, but I haven't been able to find a clear answer.)
Thanks!

[Q] Boot tf101 from sd card

Is there anyway cat boot rf101 from a sd card?

legend68king said:
Is there anyway cat boot tf101 from a sd card?
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You can flash a new boot image with a custom init redirecting continued boot from a root partition on the SDcard.
I do that in order to run GNU/Linux Debian.

kuisma said:
You can flash a new boot image with a custom init redirecting continued boot from a root partition on the SDcard.
I do that in order to run GNU/Linux Debian.
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Thank you.
That is what i want.
Is there any existing bootloader can choose to boot from SD card?

legend68king said:
Thank you.
That is what i want.
Is there any existing bootloader can choose to boot from SD card?
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Have a look at the init I'm using the achieve this.
http://whiteboard.ping.se/Android/Debian#init
You might want to read the rest of that web page as well, to get some idea about how to implement it. Also note that this isn't a bootloader, and you can not replace the kernel, only the root file system. The kernel is the one booted from the internal storage (but you can of course replace it to whatever kernel you'd like, but you can not boot different kernels using different SDcards, as you would using a bootloader).