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[OBSOLETE] unofficial CyanogenMod 9/ClockworkMod Recovery 5 for Allwinner A10 devices

this was a work-in-progress development project for porting CyanogenMod 9 (ICS/4.0.4) and ClockworkMod Recovery 5 to Allwinner A10 devices.
but my CM9 is obsolete now. if you want to get CM9, please refer other active projects.
currently here is only for my miscellaneous work for Allwinner A10 devices. if you have a question about development work for A10, you may post it on here. but I can't guarantee any answer.
* links to other active CM9/CM10 projects
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1821398 CM10 for many A10 tablets by Christian Troy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1760929 CM9 for many A10 tablets by Christian Troy
http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/33820-ics-404-ivi-cm9-firmware-for-novo7-advanced-btgpsusb-audio/ for NOVO7 Advanced(1) by tsynik
* links to other active AOKP projects
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1760931 for many A10 tablets by Christian Troy

* How to install ClockworkMod Recovery 5
1. (if you don't have official ROM and flash tool,) make backup of recovery partition
2. download recovery.zip and unzip it
3. put install-recovery.sh and recovery.img(recovery.cpio for GB ROM) on /sdcard/ *1 *2
4. run install-recovery.sh from root shell or any apps which can run a script (terminal, gscript, etc)
e.g.
Code:
> adb shell
$ su
# sh /sdcard/install-recovery.sh
* How to boot recovery
1. put reboot-recovery.sh on /sdcard/ *1 *2
2. run reboot-recovery.sh from root shell or any apps which can run a script (terminal, gscript, etc)
e.g.
Code:
> adb shell
$ su
# sh /sdcard/reboot-recovery.sh
*1 if you are using CM9, install-recovery.sh and reboot-recovery.sh are already installed on /system/bin/. if you are not using CM9, you can put these scripts on your ROM.
*2 /sdcard/ is referred as "SD card" on Android, but it may not be physical/external "SD Card". please make sure files are placed on /sdcard/.
* How to boot recovery (alternative)
for ainol NOVO7 AdvancedII/Aurora/Elf
BACK + POWER
for other tablets, please find the way to boot recovery.
* How to control ClockworkMod Recovery 5
for ainol NOVO7 Advanced
VOL-: down, VOL+: up, POWER/MENU: select, BACK: back
for ainol NOVO7 AdvancedII/Aurora/Elf
VOL-/MENU: down, VOL+/HOME: up, POWER: select, BACK: back
* How to install CyanogenMod 9
1. download update.zip and put it on internal NAND flash or SD card (don't unzip it)
2. install ClockworkMod Recovery 5
3. reboot recovery
4. install update.zip
5. wipe data/factory reset *3
6. reboot
*3 only if you are upgrading from non-CM9 ROM (CM9 1st install)

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Hi,
I was not shure if I should by the NOVO7 Advanced, but now as I see that there is (or will be) CM avaidable for it , I will buy it.
Thanks for porting
T

saulmrt said:
I was not shure if I should by the NOVO7 Advanced, but now as I see that there is (or will be) CM avaidable for it , I will buy it.
Thanks for porting
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thank you for your message.
but I don't recommend to buy it because of my CM, unless you like/want to do porting work. my CM is not perfect at all.

I ordered it because I thin it is a good piece of hardware, you don't have to be afraid that it was only because of this port.
Well as soon as I have this tablet I will try to help with porting as good as I can.

Great work so far OP!
I have the Ainol Advanced waiting for me at the post office. There's already a healthy community over on slatedroid but it's always good to see CM getting ported!

thank you for your comments.
I wish I'll re-upload my files in this weekend...(it's not technical reason at all)

FILES! FILES!! My Kingdom for FILES!!!

i have been longing for it and i suggest to launch a new board for it. it's been a popular device in PRC, taiwan & hong kong already! please note that the 2.0.3 & 2.0.4 firmwares are quite buggy, and i would advise all to flash 1.8 modified version which is stable and can score 18XX at quadrant.

I've been trying to do this for my A10-based tablet too. Can you up the download links again? Maybe I can improve some things.
Edit: I'll upload a dump of the stock ROM soon. I also found a tool to (partially) extract the LiveSuite *.img files.
Edit 2: WiFi chipset of the tablet is a Realtek 8192CU, Freescale MMA7660 accelerometer & Goodix touchscreen.

FezzFest said:
I've been trying to do this for my A10-based tablet too. Can you up the download links again? Maybe I can improve some things.
Edit: I'll upload a dump of the stock ROM soon. I also found a tool to (partially) extract the LiveSuite *.img files.
Edit 2: WiFi chipset of the tablet is a Realtek 8192CU, Freescale MMA7660 accelerometer & Goodix touchscreen.
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sorry, I need some time to prepare my site. it seems I don't have enough time on this weekend but I hope I'll get some time on next week.
I guess you are talking about this tool: http://www.mp4nation.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=20476
I'll try it when I get enough time
and thank you for your information. if you want to add your tablet to my support list, I need more detail info (please see post#4). if you can do it yourself, please just wait for some day... I'll uploaded my git repo too.
(nothing is secret, just I need my free time!)

I found it on a different website, but I think it's the same tool.
This is a dump I made of the original partitions with dd:
boot.img: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28680222/XDA/tablet/boot.img
misc.img: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28680222/XDA/tablet/misc.img
rootfs.img: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28680222/XDA/tablet/rootfs.img
recovery.img: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28680222/XDA/tablet/recovery.img
system.img: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28680222/XDA/tablet/system.img
I haven't included cache, data and internal sdcard because I don't think they are of any use for ROM development.
Edit: attached required output from commands in post #4. Find /sys doesn't work because adb can't find find

Hi fun thanks for the pm found my way here at last
i have not managed to get into stock recovery on the Excel so far so i have not made any kind of file dump or backup i will see how it goes and keep my eye on this thread i have root and terminal emulator i have installed superuser as an app from market
can i type a command to get into stock recovery or would you think there is no stock recovery
cheers

Recovery is also a mistery to me. I tried 'adb reboot recovery' but I guess that was too simple. There is a recovery partition (I created an image with dd above) but haven't found a way to boot into it. I'd love to know how the topic starter got clockworkmod working

Mitred said:
i have not managed to get into stock recovery on the Excel so far so i have not made any kind of file dump or backup i will see how it goes and keep my eye on this thread i have root and terminal emulator i have installed superuser as an app from market
can i type a command to get into stock recovery or would you think there is no stock recovery
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hi.
stock recovery should work because it's necessary to run "factory reset" from setting menu on stock rom. (it's done automatically so we can't use it to enter recovery mode. I just explained about functionality)
and recovery is not necessary for now. what I need is not complete dump image. I just want to know hardware related things so tar archive is enough.
permanent root is not necessary too. sometimes rooting app makes brick, so I don't recommend it. I don't recommend to modify stock rom unless you have official rom and flash tool.
if adb shell is root shell, then rooting is not necessary at all. if adb shell is not running, or non-root user shell, temporary root is necessary to get root shell.
then, you already got root shell, right?
then, please check following commands are available in your rom, "tar" and/or "busybox".

FezzFest said:
Recovery is also a mistery to me. I tried 'adb reboot recovery' but I guess that was too simple. There is a recovery partition (I created an image with dd above) but haven't found a way to boot into it. I'd love to know how the topic starter got clockworkmod working
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"adb recovery" doesn't work. I'll post how to enter recovery. please wait for a moment.
anyway, please tell me name of your tablet, or link to web, or photo.
if busybox is in your rom, "busybox find /sys" will work.

It's a Bmorn V11. The 'busybox find /sys' command indeed works, I have attached the output files to the zip file in this post.

FezzFest said:
It's a Bmorn V11. The 'busybox find /sys' command indeed works, I have attached the output files to the zip file in this post.
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i'm guessing you are referring to the Bmorn V11 rebranded for Promedia ?
If so, keep in mind that there are 2 versions of this tablet, one with 3600 battery and one with 3200 battery, the 3200 version has the goodix_touch drivers.

[Q] Will someone please explain to a noob what this means

My goal: Root my old skyrocket so that I can run apps from Google Play that require root. I do not want to flash a custom ROM.
These are the instructions I am following, I am currently trying to figure out step 5:
1. Start ODIN
2. Put phone into download mode
3. Download(USE FIREFOX!) CWM 5.5.0.4 OR TWRP 2.2.2.0 TAR FILE "recovery.tar.md5" , do not change the filename, and select it in PDA section of ODIN
4. Hit the START button in odin, wait until it finishes.
5. Udate CWM from HERE or TWRP from HERE or with the TWRP 2.4.1.0 Flashable Zip
6. You're done.
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Since I have CWM installed, I clicked the 'HERE' link on step 5, which sends me here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1777970
This is what that link tells me to do:
- Download this file ----> updater.sh (updated to fix typo)
- Put it on your sdcard
- open adb and type:
Code:
su
sh /mnt/sdcard/updater.sh skyrocket
- it will reboot you into recovery
- starting in v14.2.1 it will automatically start installing and reboot when its done
Note: If your sdcard is not mounted on /mnt/sdcard then open the script and change the line that says path=/mnt/sdcard/sk8sUpdater to match your mount point. i.e. ICS users may have to change it to say path=/mnt/emmc/sk8sUpdater
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-I have no ****ing clue what this is telling me to do.
-I have put updater.sh on my sdcard
-What the **** is adb. I don't even know if that's a phone or PC application, or some file manager, or what.
-What does completing step 5 accomplish? Will this have rooted me pursuant to my goal at the top of this post? I have literally no clue what these insturctions are trying to do nor when they have given me what I want.
Thanks.

Leave. Skyrocket is i727. Also don't cuss. People are more likely to help someone who doesn't seem *****y. And Google searches would have helped you. Adb. Is that hard to put in Google?
Sent from my GS4 running CM11 Kandy Kane

Moved to SkyRocket Q&A section

Make sure your phone is a i727 skyrocket
Download
http://d-h.st/KMT
And flash in recovery. This will update your recovery.
Reboot your phone
Download this http://d-h.st/fOD
Go back to recovery and flash the file you just downloaded. If it fails flash again.
Reboot your phone
Open the SuperSU app that will now be in your app drawer and update the binary when it prompts.
You are rooted.
You do not need to update your recovery but I highly recommend it
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app
---------- Post added at 01:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:57 PM ----------
Oh yeah and thank vincom
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app

Get your own CWM recovery for newer devices and dont beg anywhere - 2 simple steps

Those who struggle to get CWM recovery for thier newer devices and who are facing problem on romdump your stock rom to get stock recovery.img here you have 2 simple steps to get your CWM recovery for your new device
Step -1
Creating A Dump\Backup
Note: Root Required
1. Set "Settings" -> "Display" -> "Sleep" -> "10 minutes"
2. Install or update "Busybox" from play store
3. Set your phone to "Airplane" mode
4. Make sure that the card is not less than 2Gb of free space
5. Use any one of the following:
BakupTool_sdcard.zip saves a backup copy on the path: /mnt/sdcard/backup_v2
BakupTool_sdcard2.zip saves a backup copy on the path: /mnt/sdcard2/backup_v2
6. Extract the BakupTool_* to sdcard. Full path to the file should be: / sdcard / gscript
7. Install program: /sdcard /gscript /"GScriptLite.apk"
8. Open the program "GScriptLite". Press "Menu button" -> "Add Script"
9. Set tick "Needs SU"
10. Click "Load file" and select "back_mt657x.sh"
11. Click the button "Save"
12. Tap on a new script, "back_mt657x.sh". After that give the program root permissions if asked and wait for 5- 10 minutes. Do not use the phone during the process.
A sign of a normal shutdown of the script is:
Message in the terminal:
100% Backup Complite!!!
Saved to / sdcard/backup_v2/GGGGMMDD-ChChmm
Star Time: hh: mm: ss; End Time: hh: mm: ss
The appearance at the root of SD-card phone the following structure of folders and files:
backup_v2
YYYYMMDD-hhmm
* BDRS-YYYYMMDD-hhmm
boot.img
cache.ext4.tar
data.ext4.tar
nandroid.md5
recovery.img
system.ext4.tar
* misk
cache.img
cmdline.info
config.info
cpu.info
nvram.img
nvram.tar
ram.info
rom.info
* over
expdb.raw
full_preloader_part.raw
misc.raw
pmt.raw
sec_ro.raw
seccfg.raw
unknown.raw
boot.img
dsp_bl.img
ebr1.img
firmware.info
MT6577_a4_v2c.info
logo.img
mbr.img
preloader.img
recovery.img
system.img
uboot.img
data.img
step - 2
upload your stock recovery.img to get cwm recovery
kaushik Dutta has developed a clockworkmod recovery builder on the official site....
http://builder.clockworkmod.com/
so upload your stock recovery.img and get exact cwm recovery.img of ur device....and flash it.
if yours is a new devicw please select new device column.
thanks for this awesome build.
- after u upload your stock recovery.img on clicking fro new device just click on Build icon on the last of the page.....
- then u will be qued and u will gwt build number please save it for further refference...
- click proceed to that server and find ur build number,,,if it finished successfully u will see green icon on the left
- then click on your build number then click status there u will get something like this
Project recovery
Last Successful Artifacts
android_device_lge_cayman.zip 5.12 MB
inputrecovery.img 16.00 MB
manifest.xml 53.95 KB
recovery.img 6.92 MB
finally download recovery.img which is ur cwm recovery and flash it via Mobileuncle MTK tools which can be downloaded from playstore
If something goes wrong u can revert back ur rom or stock recovery itself by flashing ur stock recovery.img from the back up folder...or u can flash ur rom back using SP FLASH tools
IF i helped u please press thanks :victory::victory::victory:

anybody tried???
meanwhile how to extract stock recovery.img from stock ICS

I did test it. The image build does boot for me. But the build recovery i got this way did miss some *.ko files my device needed
The site is not new by the way..
Read here how to dump you're recovery...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1935162

Re: clockworkmod for newer devices - now get CWM recovery for every android
[email protected] said:
I did test it. The image build does boot for me. But the build recovery i got this way did miss some *.ko files my device needed
The site is not new by the way..
Read here how to dump you're recovery...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1935162
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Dumping rom is bit confusing....because I'm a dentist...
Can u please explain in simple steps to get stock recovery.img
I'm having intex aqua flash which is new in the market but it has all the feature of high devices...
One more thing can I do this in windows? Or should I need linux?
Sent from my Aqua flash using xda premium

Trying this right now. Hope the recovery.img from a stock nandroid works.

Re: clockworkmod for newer devices - now get CWM recovery for every android
McJesus15 said:
Trying this right now. Hope the recovery.img from a stock nandroid works.
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Share in simple steps to extract stock recovery.img after u successfully get ur cwm
Sent from my Aqua flash using xda premium

Re: clockworkmod for newer devices - now get CWM recovery for every android
drganbds said:
Share in simple steps to extract stock recovery.img after u successfully get ur cwm
Sent from my Aqua flash using xda premium
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My device is different. Technically I have cwm recovery already. It's just only accessible through a fast boot command. This allows me to have a nandroid back up already so I just took the recovery.img from a stock back up
Sent from my Zio using xda app-developers app

check this thread is updated...

I tried this for a Lenovo IdeaTab A2109 to try and build a touch recovery. It already has a unofficial cwm recovery non touch, so I used that as the recovery.img. It put out 2 recovery.img's. One was a recovery.img and the other inputreovery.img. I'm not sure what one I should flash or if I'm supposed to flash both. Would it put out errors if it didn't work?
Thanks for this post and any help you can give.

linsalata28 said:
I tried this for a Lenovo IdeaTab A2109 to try and build a touch recovery. It already has a unofficial cwm recovery non touch, so I used that as the recovery.img. It put out 2 recovery.img's. One was a recovery.img and the other inputreovery.img. I'm not sure what one I should flash or if I'm supposed to flash both. Would it put out errors if it didn't work?
Thanks for this post and any help you can give.
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Inputrecovery.img is wat u uploaded and recovery.img is wat u get as cwm recovery.
Sent from my Aqua flash using xda premium

drganbds said:
Inputrecovery.img is wat u uploaded and recovery.img is wat u get as cwm recovery.
Sent from my Aqua flash using xda premium
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Oh OK. What about the question I asked about errors? Will it give any errors if the recovery wont work?
Thanks for the quick reply.

linsalata28 said:
Oh OK. What about the question I asked about errors? Will it give any errors if the recovery wont work?
Thanks for the quick reply.
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If it gives error like black screen or volume key unfunction means it is not compiled properly but don't worry your device won't brick and u can revert back ur recovery by placing original.img on the root of phone storage and flash through mobileuncle tool..all the best
Sent from my Aqua flash using xda premium

Three Questions and I'm gonna try this out:
1. If the CWM recovery I build from CWM builder doesn't work, can I flash back the stock recovery by Mobile Uncle Tools, I mean won't it brick the device, can I still boot? I have a MT6577 device.
2. Does the script provided here backups up the stock recovery on Ice Cream Sandwich?
3. What else does this script do? Backup the whole phone?

ApplePriest said:
Three Questions and I'm gonna try this out:
1. If the CWM recovery I build from CWM builder doesn't work, can I flash back the stock recovery by Mobile Uncle Tools, I mean won't it brick the device, can I still boot? I have a MT6577 device.
2. Does the script provided here backups up the stock recovery on Ice Cream Sandwich?
3. What else does this script do? Backup the whole phone?
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1. Yes u can reflash you stock recovery back via mobile uncle tool
2. Yes it will work on ICS
3. I have shown that wat the backup folder will have...it does full backup of your phone....
Sent from my Aqua flash using xda premium

Okay, Thank you.
I will try and update you on this.
Edit: After flashing recovery, I got blank screen in recovery mode.

thanx mate , really a helpfu guide i have Xtouch x714 with Allwinner A13 chip
before i tried many A13 CWM none of them worked not even boot , they nearly damage my tablet
thank god there is Phoneixcard i was able to revive it .
Anyway , your methode of getting the recovery.img from [gscript] did not work for me , it kept give me errors
even though it shows 100% complete
so i used another method to get my recovery.img , hence my tablet is an Allwinner A13 chip, so
i used [ Rom Dump ] which a small and powerful tool run it in Windows from [ http://www.techknow.me ]
it uses ADB so u have to be rooted and enable developer mode in your device and have ADB drivers in your PC
it backup image of your system and boot.img , recovery.img and data
so i used the extracted recovery.img in the site you provide me and i got my new recovery.img and flash it to my tablet via NovoTools 1.0
and i test it , it works like charm , thanx again mate really helpful

step 2 no working....website down?

Black Screen
When I flashed recovery made through it, it gave me a black screen Is there any way to fix this??

the online one is not working
i tried twice for micromax a84... i got the CWM recovery and flashed it via mobile uncle tools...but it didnt work

?
after hitting "build" it states
your build has been queued.The
build id is
9b42b141e21a35c4007c250f45ab2039
continue to the build sever
view the current build output
when i hit either option i get "HTTP ERROR 404.
can anyone else see my build id and if so can you download it and link it to me via PM.
or what can i do to get my image

Can I flash twrp from goomanager?

I have a 8013. I need to put in a different recovery and I like twrp. has anyone flashed it from goomanager? I see that there is one on there I just dont want to mess something up.
Already rooted.
I would search for this but I cant find a search button. Really not in the app or on the website.
Sent from my GT-N8013 using xda app-developers app

Let me see...
eggwardo said:
I have a 8013. I need to put in a different recovery and I like twrp. has anyone flashed it from goomanager? I see that there is one on there I just dont want to mess something up.
Already rooted.
I would search for this but I cant find a search button. Really not in the app or on the website.
Sent from my GT-N8013 using xda app-developers app
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Hmm... When I read here: Goomanager so there is function for flash recovery. But if I don't get wrong, so this recovery files must be on www.goo.im server. Theoretically all ROMs, MODs and RECOVERY files lying on goo.im server
you can download to your device and flash it!
But for me and if I want to flash something, the best way is: Flashify
Here is it TOP 11:
1 - Flash boot and recovery .img without even needing to go to recovery.
2 - Flash zip files. Option to wipe cache, dalvik and data when using TWRP or Philz recovery.
3 - Download and flash CWM, Philz, TWRP, Gapps, Franco Kernel, Stock Nexus Kernel (premium), and Stock Nexus Recovery (premium).
4 - Automatic Loki Patch when needed.
5 - Full nandroid backups/restores when using TWRP or Philz recovery.
6 - Backup/Restore kernel and recovery using Sdcard or cloud (Dropbox, Box (premium) or Google Drive (premium)).
7 - Automatic cloud synchronisation of backups between devices and desktops.
8 - Keep track of recently flashed items.
9 - Flash multiple files and build your flash queue.
11 - Flash from anywhere! Do you want to flash from your favorite File Explorer or Email app? No biggie, that also works together with Flashify.
More at links above!
Have great Flashing :victory: Peter

I have an 8013 as well that I acquired used. it was pre-rooted, but the custom recovery on it didn't work for newer roms. I looked into installing TWRP and found that although the official TWRP instructions said you could install it from GooManager, when I tried to, it didn't find a recovery for the device.
I did successfully get TWRP installed quite easily using their alternate instructions, though. here's a quick breakdown, especially since their instructions are a bit vague.
1. download the .img file for the recovery from here: http ://teamw.in /project/ twrp2/110 (remove the spaces; I can't post outside links yet.)
2. in either terminal emultor or through adb shell, run the command shown below, replacing the bracketed sections with the path and filename of the .img file:
dd if=/<File path>/<filename>.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6
For example, say you save it in your downloads folder on the internal sd card. The path is probably something along the lines of /storage/sdcard0/Download/openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.0-gt-n8013.img
If you get the path or filename wrong when you runthis command, it will just tell you that it could not find the file you told it to write. if you get the second part wrong, however, you could brick your device, so make sure you double and triple check that part.
Another good check to do before running the command is to ensure that your download is not corrupt by checking the md5 checksum. To do this, make sure you copy that when you download the file and then check using a file browser that supports it. I use Explorer (by Speed Software) to check the md5. To see it, long press the file and click properties. If the one given when you downloaded it and and the one you get from the file do not match, your download likely got corrupted and you should try again until they do match. It's rare, but you don't want to flash a corrupted recovery, so do check it.
The command itself can either be run from an app like terminal emulator or over adb (android debug bridge) from your computer using the command:
adb shell <command>
I followed this basic procedure and now have a fully functioning TWRP recovery on my 8013. Best of luck to you in getting yours working. :good:

[p500][CWM Advanced Edition] PhilZ Touch

Main thread + features + install instructions + dev support
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201860
PhilZ Touch is a CWM Advanced Edition that adds all the features you could ever miss in CWM
It is a well proven recovery for many phones
It also adds a full touch interface a completely configurable GUI
Please give your feedback, what works, and any bug you could encounter
Read the features, and check if you are missing something
To take a screen shot, just long press outside a menu (2 sec and slightly change pressure after the delay)
Also, do not forget to read about the powerful aroma file manager integration and double tap shortcut
Download links
Last version can be found here:
LG Optimus One P500 (p500)
http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/p500
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XDA:DevDB Information
[p500][CWM Advanced Edition] PhilZ Touch, a Tool/Utility for the LG Optimus One P500
Contributors
Phil3759
Version Information
Status: Testing
Created 2014-04-21
Last Updated 2014-04-21

Cool.
Upon which CWM version is this based? Note fundamental differences between newer 6.0.* after June 16 -- can flash new Kitkat ROMs and older 5.* which flash older ROMs.
Because of space limitations -- whole business must fit < 5 meg, functionality such as partitioning SDcard was removed from the 6.0.* versions.
What do we have in this version?

Plz update the post with all the features of this recovery... How can we test, if we don't know what to expect???

ujilraj said:
Plz update the post with all the features of this recovery... How can we test, if we don't know what to expect???
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If you can't read OP and follow links, just do not test
I am fine with this

Unable to flash!
Can't flash the image file by "CWM 6.0.4.6. 16 Jan" recovery by Mukulsoni.Status 7.Please suggest what wrong i did?
1) After d'loading the .image file, i rename it to "recovery" as it in the zipped folder of Mukulsoni recovery.
2) Then i open the zip of Mukulsoni recovery and drag Phil's image file to replace it.
3) Close the zip, put it in the sd card and flash.
4) Status 7 happened.
What should i do? Please help! :crying:

I suggest that the first link needs to highlighted... My mistake, but honestly i didn't notice a link below the title...

sumansur2008 said:
Can't flash the image file by "CWM 6.0.4.6. 16 Jan" recovery by Mukulsoni.Status 7.Please suggest what wrong i did?
1) After d'loading the .image file, i rename it to "recovery" as it in the zipped folder of Mukulsoni recovery.
2) Then i open the zip of Mukulsoni recovery and drag Phil's image file to replace it.
3) Close the zip, put it in the sd card and flash.
4) Status 7 happened.
What should i do? Please help! :crying:
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This is NOT a flashable zip file!
1. Download, adb push a 6.0.4.6 image file to sdcard (just in case).
2. adb push the PhilZ file to sdcard.
3. In terminal emulator or adb shell (must be rooted):
4. flash_image recovery path-to-file
If it fits and all goes well, you got it.
In case of error, do same for the 6.0.4.6 image and be back in business.

Dovidhalevi said:
This is NOT a flashable zip file!
1. Download, adb push a 6.0.4.6 image file to sdcard (just in case).
2. adb push the PhilZ file to sdcard.
3. In terminal emulator or adb shell (must be rooted):
4. flash_image recovery path-to-file
If it fits and all goes well, you got it.
In case of error, do same for the 6.0.4.6 image and be back in business.
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I wouldn't suggest anyone do that, I tried to it and almost bricked my phone (long story). I did it before you mentioned this, so it's not your fault. Apparently there isn't enough space in recovery to flash this. I think our recovery has 5mb and this recovery is almost 6mb. I may be wrong with this, but that was the error that showed up when I tried to flash it with flash_image.
It would be safer to suggest to download the recovery, rename it to recovery.img and place it on the root of another recovery zip, overwriting the old recovery, and then trying to flash it. That way, if something happens you will get an error instead of flashing it wrong. But as I said earlier, even if you try you will most likely get a Status 7 error.

indigobv said:
I wouldn't suggest anyone do that, I tried to it and almost bricked my phone (long story). I did it before you mentioned this, so it's not your fault. Apparently there isn't enough space in recovery to flash this. I think our recovery has 5mb and this recovery is almost 6mb. I may be wrong with this, but that was the error that showed up when I tried to flash it with flash_image
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This should be the error. Then flash_image the 6.0.4.6 which fits. Do it immediately or else .... I believe I had that happen once. I posted about that 5meg limit above. Did not try this because of the limit.
It would be safer to suggest to download the recovery, rename it to recovery.img and place it on the root of another recovery zip, overwriting the old recovery, and then trying to flash it. That way, if something happens you will get an error instead of flashing it wrong. But as I said earlier, even if you try you will most likely get a Status 7 error.
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Maybe the op should post a proper flashable zip instead. Problem is that status 7 itself might mean a brick.

Dovidhalevi said:
Problem is that status 7 itself might mean a brick.
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Thanks for the heads up, I actually didn't try booting in recovery after the status 7 error. Now I can confirm that it tries to flash it even if it shows the error and then forces the phone to go in fastboot mode until the problem is solved.

I built using official p500 armv6 repo
They should fix the device recovery size in that case!!

Hi
Recovery Tools will work on LG p500?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mkrtchyan.recoverytools
I See LG optimus me
Because I Want To Flash The Recovery Without Taking Risk

eran32 said:
Hi
Recovery Tools will work on LG p500?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mkrtchyan.recoverytools
I See LG optimus me
Because I Want To Flash The Recovery Without Taking Risk
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I believe this is simple a nice GUI for flash_image. Aint no such thing as no risk so beware.
The method I suggested should be safe if one flash_image's a valid recovery immediately after any error (but I make no guarantee!).
I advise against flashing this recovery version at this point because it is clearly too big for our device. We can get along just fine without a touch interface if need be. Never had one.
Changing board partition sizes is not a readily done simple matter by any means.