[Q] A way to flash 6.0.4.X+ Recovery? - Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet

A the title says, i'd like to know if there's a way/flashable zip for a 6.0.4.3+ recovery. I've been trying to upgrade mine for a few days now, and havent been able to do so.

nicoleitor said:
A the title says, i'd like to know if there's a way/flashable zip for a 6.0.4.3+ recovery. I've been trying to upgrade mine for a few days now, and havent been able to do so.
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Have you tried replacing recovery.img inside a flashable internal recovery zip file (e.g., flashable_CWM_6.0.2.9.zip from Succulent's repo http://goo.im/devs/succulent/acclaim/recovery) with 6.0.4.3+ (renamed to recovery.img before inserted into the zip file), then flashing the resulting zip file with SD-based recovery?

Yes, i tried that, and after i did, CWM would not load. I had to then use the Nook Tablet Recovery Flasher app that has been around this for a while, to revert the changes back to 5.0.x.x (since thats the default version installed by that app). Any other suggestions? Thanks for the answer tho.

Others have reported same problem with loading CWM v6.0.4.3, but found that TWRP v2.6.3.1 works (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47688848&postcount=19). You can obtain a copy of TWRP v2.6.3.1 .img binary for the NT from http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/acclaim/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-acclaim.img and should be able to flash it the same way I had described above.

There is a way to flash the recovery img file from within a terminal on the nook itself. I did that 2 days ago with the most recent TWRP (well, most recent I could find).
Save it to your /sdcard (name it cwm.img for this example)
Open a terminal emulator (download one if you don't have one) and type su <enter> then enter the following (make sure you enter it exactly, especially the last part or you'll end up flashing to the wrong partition and hosing your nook):
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/cwm.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3
Hit enter, let it do its thing (should be fast), then reboot.
Note: I take no responsibility if this hoses your nook. If you're uncomfortable doing it, take the advice given above and replace the img file inside a working recovery zip.

liquidzoo said:
There is a way to flash the recovery img file from within a terminal on the nook itself. I did that 2 days ago with the most recent TWRP (well, most recent I could find).
Save it to your /sdcard (name it cwm.img for this example)
Open a terminal emulator (download one if you don't have one) and type su <enter> then enter the following (make sure you enter it exactly, especially the last part or you'll end up flashing to the wrong partition and hosing your nook):
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/cwm.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3
Hit enter, let it do its thing (should be fast), then reboot.
Note: I take no responsibility if this hoses your nook. If you're uncomfortable doing it, take the advice given above and replace the img file inside a working recovery zip.
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Worked like a charm.
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Related

[ADV][DEV][STOCK IMAGE]Nook Color 1.01 stock dd images

I bought my own nook color on saturday, there doesn't appear to be a factory image that can be restored. My new nook color came with version 1.01 preinstalled. Before turning it on the first time I put in nookie froyo and did a dd of all 8 of the stock partitions. Below is the zipped up .img files of mmcblk0p1/mmcblk0p5 (boot/system) from a stock untouched 1.01 nook color. I am also including the factory.zip. This should be enough to restore a bricked nook color with a corrupted boot or system partition. Many people have been able to restore to stock by just using the boot.img because after 8 failed boots it will do a factory reset.
To make this work you must have ADB working first. You may be able to get this to work on ADB Wireless, but I don't recommend it. For instructions on getting adb to work with the nook color go here:
http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_USB_ADB
To use these files unzip them to the sdcard portion of a nookie froyo sdcard, or just about any other rom that runs from the sdcard and run the following commands in an adb shell:
dd if=/sdcard/boot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1
dd if=/sdcard/system.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5
Boot
System
factory.zip
Thanks, you're a life saver!
samuelhalff said:
Thanks, you're a life saver!
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Did it fix you samuelhalff?
Yes. But I only used boot.img. Then restored to stock with 8 failed boots. Dd'ing system will also work.
If it dosen't boot, do a factory reset with power+n.
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So if I put the factory.zip on /dev/mmcblk0p3 and replace the current one, when we do the 8 bad boot trigger we would get 1.0.1 flashed instead of 1.0.0 right?
Yes. And I would also do a power+n reset at the end, to avoid any problems.
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shad0wf0x,
I am having the same problem with my NC not booting after a failed attempt at
re-rooting. I will tell you in advance that I am VERY tech-phobic and don't comprehend all this command-line stuff well at all.
Given your original post above, could you please explain in layman's terms EXACTLY what steps to take to restore my NC to like-new? And hopefully it can be done with just simply putting some files on a micro SD and that's it. Please let me know from start to finish how I do this. Appreciate your help in advance.
vigeh4
P.S. I know I had no business doing this, but I screwed my unit up anyway. I already tried the 8-step interrupt thing before re-rooting but with no success.
vigeh4,
First download the first 2 files, system and boot, and then unzip them. Then you need to copy those 2 files (system.img and boot.img) to the sdcard, either while booted up in nookie froyo or by putting the sdcard in your computer. Then you must have adb working on your computer. open a command prompt or terminal(windows or mac/linux) and go to the location where your working adb is and copy and paste those commands into the window to run them.
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/boot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1
dd if=/sdcard/system.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5
shad0wf0x said:
vigeh4,
First download the first 2 files, system and boot, and then unzip them. Then you need to copy those 2 files (system.img and boot.img) to the sdcard, either while booted up in nookie froyo or by putting the sdcard in your computer. Then you must have adb working on your computer. open a command prompt or terminal(windows or mac/linux) and go to the location where your working adb is and copy and paste those commands into the window to run them.
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/boot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1
dd if=/sdcard/system.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5
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Sorry, I am WAY confused about how to do this. This adb crap is over my head.
Maybe I just have a $250 paperweight at this point. If I mail you my NC, would you reset to "factory" for a small fee?
Thanks.
OMFG, thank you very much for these files and instructions.
I really thought I bricked it to the point of no return. I initially screwed it up when I installed Clockwork and wouldn't boot past "N", then after tinkering around some more, it wouldn't even turn on ... lol.
@vigeh
First you need to unzip those files you just downloaded. Second, you need to copy the "boot.img" and "system.img" (not the *.zip) to the "/SDCARD" folder on your SDCARD. I had to use WIFI FILE Explorer in Nookie Froyo cuz I messed up my nook so bad, i couldn't copy these files by turning on the USB Storage through the regular method. It took me days to figure this out cuz i'm kinda slow.
I hope you installed the Android-SDK on your computer already. If so, then go to the folder named "\platform-tools" on your PC - this is where ADB.EXE is located. Connect your nook and type "ADB DEVICES" just to make sure your nook is connected to the computer. It'll show up and tell you it is or not. If it is connected then do the following:
1. Type "ADB SHELL" then you'll see a "#" symbol after you hit enter.
2. Type "dd if=/sdcard/boot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1" just the way it is written by the original poster (minus the "" marks)
at this point, it usually wont say anything. Just wait a few minutes and something will pop up. In my case, it says:
"477033984 bytes <454.9MB> copied, 138.757660 seconds, 3.3MB/s"
"#"
3. Type the second command next to the "#" sign "dd if=/sdcard/system.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5"
wait another few minutes til the next confirmation pops up.
4. turn off nook, remove SD card
5. Hold the N button and the Power button at the same time and it'll ask you to reset the nook to factory settings.
I hope this helps you ....
well im a tard... i did this without reading that YOU CANNOT HAVE GOOGLE APPS!!!! so anyway Im trying to get back to a stock image, but i cant figure out how to copy 700 med +/- of images to 134 meg f free space. someone un-tard me plz . thanks
I have ClockworkMod Recovery installed, and if I put the factory.zip you provided on my sd card and use the option 'install zip from sdcard' will that in fact install factory settings on the nook?
I tried to do the 8 failed boots, but cannot get it to work with this installed.
shad0wf0x said:
vigeh4,
First download the first 2 files, system and boot, and then unzip them. Then you need to copy those 2 files (system.img and boot.img) to the sdcard, either while booted up in nookie froyo or by putting the sdcard in your computer. Then you must have adb working on your computer. open a command prompt or terminal(windows or mac/linux) and go to the location where your working adb is and copy and paste those commands into the window to run them.
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/boot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1
dd if=/sdcard/system.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5
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How do you get to your "working adb?" I'm probably even more ignorant on this SDK stuff that vigeh4. I have SDK installed though.
How to get adb working is found here:
http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_USB_ADB
gconol said:
@vigeh
First you need to unzip those files you just downloaded. Second, you need to copy the "boot.img" and "system.img" (not the *.zip) to the "/SDCARD" folder on your SDCARD. I had to use WIFI FILE Explorer in Nookie Froyo cuz I messed up my nook so bad, i couldn't copy these files by turning on the USB Storage through the regular method. It took me days to figure this out cuz i'm kinda slow.
I hope you installed the Android-SDK on your computer already. If so, then go to the folder named "\platform-tools" on your PC - this is where ADB.EXE is located. Connect your nook and type "ADB DEVICES" just to make sure your nook is connected to the computer. It'll show up and tell you it is or not. If it is connected then do the following:
1. Type "ADB SHELL" then you'll see a "#" symbol after you hit enter.
2. Type "dd if=/sdcard/boot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1" just the way it is written by the original poster (minus the "" marks)
at this point, it usually wont say anything. Just wait a few minutes and something will pop up. In my case, it says:
"477033984 bytes <454.9MB> copied, 138.757660 seconds, 3.3MB/s"
"#"
3. Type the second command next to the "#" sign "dd if=/sdcard/system.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5"
wait another few minutes til the next confirmation pops up.
4. turn off nook, remove SD card
5. Hold the N button and the Power button at the same time and it'll ask you to reset the nook to factory settings.
I hope this helps you ....
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Thanks to Shadowf0x for getting ABD to work
I have a question though, if I dont have the file "SDCARD" in my SD card then can I just make a new file and name it SDCARD, and put both of the .img's into it?
Sir a teema said:
I have ClockworkMod Recovery installed, and if I put the factory.zip you provided on my sd card and use the option 'install zip from sdcard' will that in fact install factory settings on the nook?
I tried to do the 8 failed boots, but cannot get it to work with this installed.
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I'm not sure if that will work, I guess it's worth a try, however if you replace the existing factory.zip and do a factory reset you will restore back to 1.01 instead of 1.0 if you don't already have a nc that has 1.01 on it. I saw another thread about trying to use the factory.zip with cwm, but I didn't see anyone coming back and say it worked. How to flash back to stock is found here:
http://nookdevs.com/Flash_back_to_clean_stock_ROM
mmaner said:
well im a tard... i did this without reading that YOU CANNOT HAVE GOOGLE APPS!!!! so anyway Im trying to get back to a stock image, but i cant figure out how to copy 700 med +/- of images to 134 meg f free space. someone un-tard me plz . thanks
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The nookie froyo sdcard partition for me was 900+m, and I've heard that all you need to do for this to work is to flash the boot.img.
Ign3nt said:
Thanks to Shadowf0x for getting ABD to work
I have a question though, if I dont have the file "SDCARD" in my SD card then can I just make a new file and name it SDCARD, and put both of the .img's into it?
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You could try to mount the media partition in nookie froyo and put them there.
The partition is /dev/block/mmcblk0p8 and type is vfat.
shad0wf0x said:
The nookie froyo sdcard partition for me was 900+m, and I've heard that all you need to do for this to work is to flash the boot.img.
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Ill try it tonight. thanks

How to adb push a zip ROM thru CWM

My prime is stuck in the splash screen and I can't get it to go further than that. I've been reading and been told I can push the ROMs zip file with the adb push command. The zip I downloaded on my computer is in my downloads folder. What would I exactly need to put in the command window to push the zip to the internal memory of my prime?
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Nilsonf said:
My prime is stuck in the splash screen and I can't get it to go further than that. I've been reading and been told I can push the ROMs zip file with the adb push command. The zip I downloaded on my computer is in my downloads folder. What would I exactly need to put in the command window to push the zip to the internal memory of my prime?
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Number 1, stick your ROM into the same folder that adb is in.
Number 2, read up about command line and terminal. (Trust me, you should do this)
Number 3, with your new found knowledge, push that file onto your internal storage. Example "adb push /ROM.zip /sdcard" !!!!!!
It's as simple as that sometimes.
The thing I don't get is what am I supposed to put on the adb push /ROM.zip /sdcard part
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adb
Run adb devices, this will let you know if your drivers are working correctly, you should get
Recovery and your devices serial number, then if your zip is named virtuous.zip the command line is,
adb push virtuous.zip /sdcard/
You put the name of the zip file in there to push, /sdcard/ puts it on your root directory.
dklue said:
Run adb devices, this will let you know if your drivers are working correctly, you should get
Recovery and your devices serial number, then if your from zip is named virtuous.zip the command line is,
ad push virtuous.zip /sdcard/
You put the name of the zip file in there to push, /sdcard/ puts it on your root directory.
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I've been doing that but it doesn't work
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adb
Can you put it into cwm recovery ? When off hold volume down and the power button,
When little white letters come up, hit volume up, it should be in cwm when your adb pushing files, you can also try continuing to hold down on volume and then you get the three choices,
Android, USB, wipe data, it may push in the USB choice, read in the development section how
to unbrick your transformer prime, hopefully its a soft brick.
dklue said:
Can you put it into cwm recovery ? When off hold volume down and the power button,
When little white letters come up, hit volume up, it should be in cwm when your adb pushing files, you can also try continuing to hold down on volume and then you get the three choices,
Android, USB, wipe data, it may push in the USB choice, read in the development section how
to unbrick your transformer prime, hopefully its a soft brick.
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Yeah when I try to push the file its in CWM and I type adb devices it recognizes it in recovery and the serial. I put adb push Primalicious_9.4.2.21._Final.zip /sdcard/ enter and it says no such file. Is it supposed to be in a specific folder or am I doing something wrong? I already unbricked it I just need to load the ROM
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adb
The rom zip file should be in the directory where your adb.exe is. So if its in say
Program files/android/tools that's where you need to put the zip, otherwise it won't know
Where it is.
dklue said:
The rom zip file should be in the directory where your adb.exe is. So if its in say
Program files/android/tools that's where you need to put the zip, otherwise it won't know
Where it is.
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Is this right?
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adb
Yes that's right, you may want to rename it prime.zip, cause it may be .zip.zip or something,
or it may be a zip inside a zip.
dklue said:
Yes that's right, you may want to rename it prime.zip, cause it may be .zip.zip or something,
or it may be a zip inside a zip.
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So rename the ROM prime.zip? And try that?
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adb
You need to put the full file name,
adb push primalicious.zip /sdcard/
That's just the example, put the correct name in and include .zip.
I changed the name to prime.zip so I tried adb push prime.zip /sdcard/ and adb push prime.zip.zip /sdcard/ and it says no files found
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adb
Do you have a backup to restore in cwm ? Or try to unmount /staging and mount /Data
In cwm and try
adb push prime.zip /data/local/
Otherwise I'm not sure why its not recognizing that file, I bricked my prime and someone in irc channel sent me a blob file, and he told me to push it to /data/local/
And it worked, I had to use win xp cause I couldn't get it to work on win 7, but your getting the correct response from adb devices, so I'm not sure,
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http://android.dkszone.net/copy-transfer-files-android-sd-card-adb-windows
dklue said:
Do you have a backup to restore in cwm ? Or try to unmount /staging and mount /Data
In cwm and try
adb push prime.zip /data/local/
Otherwise I'm not sure why its not recognizing that file, I bricked my prime and someone in irc channel sent me a blob file, and he told me to push it to /data/local/
And it worked, I had to use win xp cause I couldn't get it to work on win 7, but your getting the correct response from adb devices, so I'm not sure,
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Ok thank you for your help. I will try to do that tomorrow cause I'm tired of messing with it for tonight lol. Hopefully I can get it to work
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FIX!! - How to adb a zip ROM through CWM!!!
Hello there, for the last few nights I was having the same issue as you. I bricked my tablet, fixed it, and then just got stocked on the recovery with no data on my SDCARD. After searching and searching for hours online I found your post last night. And after reading the comments from "dklue", i googled some more information about something very important that me and you were missing!: "Blob files".
The "Primalicious_9.4.2.21._Final.zip" file or the "AOKP.zip" file will not work just like that because they are not in the format to be "Pushed" using the push command (At least thats what i kinda realized lol) anyhow, so i went online and searched for a ROM on Blob format and luckily i found the following!:
[ROM][WW][US][9.4.2.21] Primeval: The STOCK stock rom
So here is what worked for me thanks God! lol (Keep in mind that for some reason this process did not work for me on the new "CWM Touch Recovery 5.8.1.8" I actually had to downgrade my CWM to the 5.5.0.4 Version, you can download it from here:
androidroot . mobi / 2012 / 02/22/introducing-cwm-for-asus-transformer-prime/ --> WITH NO SPACE in between!
Here is how to Install the CWM file on your prime:
1. Get fastboot from that website, and extract it.
2. Download the blob file (tfp_CWM5_androidroot.blob), and put it in the same folder as where you extracted fastboot.
3. Power off your prime.
4. Boot with Volume-down pressed. Wait when you see text appearing. The prime will then allow you to start “fastboot” -> USB ICON.
5. Open up a command-line prompt, and navigate to where you extracted fastboot with “cd”.
6. Enter the following commandline to flash recovery: fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery tfp_CWM5_androidroot.blob
7. Reboot
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Anyhow, so after you have that version installed:
1. Download "ROOTED 9.4.2.21 CWM compatible signed US version"
d - h . s t / r 4 4 -> WITH NO SPACE! (This is from the Primeval: The STOCK stock rom) Thread.
2. EXTRACT IT to the same directory where your ADB is! We only need the BLOBFILE from that zip folder!
3. Once you have the files extracted just run the following on your Command line:
adb push blobfile /sdcard/ ---> Its going to look like its not doing
nothing but dont worry its doing it in the background after 401 or some
seconds the command line will returned to you with a message like this:
1275kb, dadadada...
4. VERY IMPORTANT!: enter:
adb shell
dd if=/sdcard/blobfile of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4
(Same as the previews step it will take forever but it will work dude!)
5. DONE! at least this is what worked for me man!
Im so happy now my Asus is freaking Brand NEw again! i was JUST about to through this garbage away but im so happy "dklue" gave me the BLOB concept idea! heheheh i guess i learned something new now..
djedoortega said:
Hello there, for the last few nights I was having the same issue as you. I bricked my tablet, fixed it, and then just got stocked on the recovery with no data on my SDCARD. After searching and searching for hours online I found your post last night. And after reading the comments from Nilsonf, i googled some more information about something very important that me and you were missing!: "Blob files".
The "Primalicious_9.4.2.21._Final.zip" file or the "AOKP.zip" file will not work just like that because they are not in the format to be "Pushed" using the push command (At least thats what i kinda realized lol) anyhow, so i went online and searched for a ROM on Blob format and luckily i found the following!:
[ROM][WW][US][9.4.2.21] Primeval: The STOCK stock rom
So here is what worked for me thanks God! lol (Keep in mind that for some reason this process did not work for me on the new "CWM Touch Recovery 5.8.1.8" I actually had to downgrade my CWM to the 5.5.0.4 Version, you can download it from here:
androidroot . mobi / 2012 / 02/22/introducing-cwm-for-asus-transformer-prime/ --> WITH NO SPACE in between!
Here is how to Install the CWM file on your prime:
1. Get fastboot from that website, and extract it.
2. Download the blob file (tfp_CWM5_androidroot.blob), and put it in the same folder as where you extracted fastboot.
3. Power off your prime.
4. Boot with Volume-down pressed. Wait when you see text appearing. The prime will then allow you to start “fastboot” -> USB ICON.
5. Open up a command-line prompt, and navigate to where you extracted fastboot with “cd”.
6. Enter the following commandline to flash recovery: fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery tfp_CWM5_androidroot.blob
7. Reboot
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Anyhow, so after you have that version installed:
1. Download "ROOTED 9.4.2.21 CWM compatible signed US version"
d - h . s t / r 4 4 -> WITH NO SPACE! (This is from the Primeval: The STOCK stock rom) Thread.
2. EXTRACT IT to the same directory where your ADB is! We only need the BLOBFILE from that zip folder!
3. Once you have the files extracted just run the following on your Command line:
adb push blobfile /sdcard/ ---> Its going to look like its not doing
nothing but dont worry its doing it in the background after 401 or some
seconds the command line will returned to you with a message like this:
1275kb, dadadada...
4. VERY IMPORTANT!: enter:
adb shell
dd if=/sdcard/blobfile of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4
(Same as the previews step it will take forever but it will work dude!)
5. DONE! at least this is what worked for me man!
Im so happy now my Asus is freaking Brand NEw again! i was JUST about to through this garbage away but im so happy "Nilsonf" gave me the BLOB concept idea! heheheh i guess i learned something new now..
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Thanks man. I'll have to try that sometime later on today. I will report back with the end results
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I'm stuck on number 3 of part 2. It's been doing nothing for about 20 minutes now. Should I keep waiting?

[Q] Recovery Update.zip Question

Braway posted the following in his reset the flash counter thread :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1569206
"ok, simple guide:
requires that cwm is installed!
1. flash stock system, kernel, modem and so on (not recovery yet) through odin (or cwm, if you have that stuff as update.zip)
2. flash this reset through cwm to reset the counter (now you should have everything stock, except for recovery)
3. in cwm, now you can either flash a stock recovery using an update.zip (if you have it), OR follow this:
a) extract recovery.img from the odin stock recovery tar file
b) put it on your sdcard
c) boot to cwm
d) use adb to connect to cwm (adb shell)
e) in the cwm shell, use one of the following commands:
recovery.img on external sdcard:
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22
recovery.img on your internal sdcard:
Code:
dd if=/emmc/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22
WARNING: a typo in that line could hard brick your phone!"
I posted a question on that thread but then thought maybe this was a more reasonable/appropriate place for it.
How do I get the recovery update.zip?
I have followed the first two steps and they worked like a champ, flash counter is reset and all is good on that front. As I said in his thread ADB is not my friend, it kinda intimidates me a little (I have used it a time or two on my HTC EVO 3D, but still I dont really like it). And Braway's caveat about a typo possibly hard bricking the phone makes that even worse. If there is a way to just flash a .zip, well that really is more my speed.
So my question is, does anyone already have the recovery update.zip he spoke of? If so would you please share it? If it is easy to make could you please give me (extremely detailed) instructions. I did extract the recovery.img from the stock .tar http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506330, but I have no idea whatsoever on how to turn that into a update.zip.
Any help is much appreciated!
Do you not have CWM installed? I made a little guide here if interested...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1584250
With CWM installed, here is the flashable zip where the file name doesn't matter..
AT&T ONLY!! http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=972406&d=1333071299
Slap it on root of sdcard and navigate to it and flash in CWM.
lmike6453 said:
Do you not have CWM installed? I made a little guide here if interested...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1584250
With CWM installed, here is the flashable zip where the file name doesn't matter..
AT&T ONLY!! http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=972406&d=1333071299
Slap it on root of sdcard and navigate to it and flash in CWM.
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Yeah I have CWM, thats the problem. I guess I should have put that in the OP. I am wanting to get rid of CWM so I can return the phone. Thanks for the help!
Edit:Sorry I wasn't clear in the OP. That .zip you linked was the reset the flash counter zip, I have already done that (works great!) but now I need to remove CWM. According to the instructions posted by Braway (see OP) I need to flash the recovery via an update.zip to do that (well thats the way I am reading it...could be wrong on that point too I guess
Put the stock recovery in /sdcard (root directory of internal SD), boot into Android and connect via adb. Enter the following command:
Code:
adb shell dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22
This will flash stock recovery, overwriting CWM. If you copy and paste the command, there's no danger in a typo bricking your phone.
tenderchkn said:
Put the stock recovery in /sdcard (root directory of internal SD), boot into Android and connect via adb
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Nightforge said:
OR follow this:
c) boot to cwm
d) use adb to connect to cwm (adb shell)
e) in the cwm shell, use one of the following commands:
recovery.img on external sdcard:
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22
recovery.img on your internal sdcard:
Code:
dd if=/emmc/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22
WARNING: a typo in that line could hard brick your phone!"
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And the noob says>>>> So I took your advice and decided to suck it up and use adb and of course, because adb hates me, it failed. So step by step this is what I did if anyone would be so kind as to tell me where i went wrong. Screen shot included.
1.put recovery.img on internal (and external just for grins) sdcard
2.made sure usb debugging was on.
3.plugged phone into comp w/usb
4.started adb on comp using the following
C:\users\myname> cd C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools> adb.exe
5.After adb started I pasted the following from Tenderchckn
adb shell dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22
Thanks again...
Try booting into CWM instead, then launch adb, and run the same command. If that doesn't work for some reason, enter "adb shell" first, and you should have a "$" prompt. Then enter "adb shell dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22".
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23499670&postcount=133 Followed step by step and it worked, doh!
Avoided this because I didn't want to use adb, then forgot about it. Then found it again and it worked like a champ. Thanks for the help now please delete thread. Lol

[Q] Cant Flash The New ClockworkMod Touch Recovery 5.8.4.3

I downloaded it from here ww w.clockworkmod.co m/rommanager/
I got the 5.8.4.3 image for my att note
(sorry I need to post more)
I have put it on my internal sd card and renamed it to recovery then I used my terminal emulator to use the command
su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
then it says it cant find it.
What am I missing?
rogsoccerman said:
I downloaded it from here ww w.clockworkmod.co m/rommanager/
I got the 5.8.4.3 image for my att note
(sorry I need to post more)
I have put it on my internal sd card and renamed it to recovery then I used my terminal emulator to use the command
su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
then it says it cant find it.
What am I missing?
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Use odin.... thats what i done worked perfect!
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How do I Odin a recovery image? I thought you need a tar file.
rogsoccerman said:
How do I Odin a recovery image? I thought you need a tar file.
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Scroll on down this thread and u will find the tar file for odin and it will fix ur problems
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rogsoccerman said:
How do I Odin a recovery image? I thought you need a tar file.
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Its a little bit farther down someone already made the same thread ur file is there hope it helps let me know
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Link please I can't find what you are talking about, all I can find is the old version by braway.
Thank you
rogsoccerman said:
I downloaded it from here ww w.clockworkmod.co m/rommanager/
I got the 5.8.4.3 image for my att note
(sorry I need to post more)
I have put it on my internal sd card and renamed it to recovery then I used my terminal emulator to use the command
su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
then it says it cant find it.
What am I missing?
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I get the same problem as root in terminal:
flash_image recovery /mnt/sdcard/recovery.img
error scanning partitions: no such file or directory
- ROM Manager won't work; the "flash touch recovery" says "not supported" on this phone. The recovery download also doesn't work; the Galaxy Note is not listed, despite it being on the clockworkmod website!
- ODIN won't work as it needs a tar file or md5, or similar.
- There is no tar file in this thread or anywhere else I can find. If anyone knows exactly where this can be found, that would be helpful!
Basically, if I could find an easy way to "tar" up the recovery.img, it might work with ODIN. This might work, as past tars had only the one file within, but I need a UNIX OS to use the tar command. Drat!
UPDATE: I tarred it in the terminal and will now try ODIN. I hope it works....
UPDATE #2 - yep, it works!
How to install
Odin (this will increase the flash counter)
- put your phone into download mode
- in odin choose pda, and select the .tar.md5 file and flash
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1584576
[Recovery] ClockworkMod Based Touch Recovery - 04/14/12
works without any issue.....
Here's how I installed/upgraded CWM to 5.8.4.3 this is an A in Q&A
I was on the April version of CWM and was fat and happy, then I thought I'd try ICS, and didn't much care for what I was finding, then I read about another one I thought I'd try, but it (apparently) required a newer version of CWM, 5.8.4.3 i think.
So ROM Manager from the play store wouldn't do the upgrade for me, kept giving errors.
I'd used odin to install the april .tar, but this new version comes in an .img file.
I downloaded the .img file and placed it on my phone in sdcard (/mnt/sdcard)
searched high and low for a few hours, found a semi-cogent post about how to install it using adb from your PC, i guess.
adb is in the SDK which you can get from here:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
I installed this and I located adb here: C:\androidsdk\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
on my PC from the command line (start, run, cmd, ENTER) I changed directories to that directory.
I executed, still on the command line: adb shell
:
This presented me the the octothorpe (hashtag if you must) prompt:#
at the # prompt I entered WITHOUT the double quote, ditto marks (")
"dd if=/sdcard/recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.4.3-quincyatt.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22"
so it looked like this:
#dd if=/sdcard/recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.4.3-quincyatt.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22
I pressed enter and it ran pretty quickly and returned to the (apparent) adb prompt # then I typed exit and it dumped me to the C: prompt and I exited that too (so there!), Then I rebooted the phone into recovery mode using one of many nifty reboot apps in the play store, so I don't have to have my fingers holding this slick and slippery buttons.
I verified I was in the new version of CWM, and rebooted to make sure my phone was still breathing... it was so I bailed back into recovery and am now running a backup... then I'll try to install the new ICS ROM, although it looks way too small to me.
I've gathered that the # prompt is the root prompt in adb, so either I'm very lucky and it does this by default, or adb detected my rooted phone... if you've read this far your guess is as good as mine.
I hope this helped someone from having to google for hours and hours into the night, and then not oversleep, not be late to work, not get fired, not go on unemployment, etc.
or not.
if you are running an unsecured kernel, adb should start with root rights of I'm not mistaken...also when you were done moving the recovery file instead of exiting the adb session and the c prompt altogether
You could have simply used the command:
Adb reboot recovery
And in fact..That's all those apps do.
Also of you copy the files in your android sdk platform-tools folder:
Aapt.exe
Adb.exe
Adbwinapi.dll
Adbwinusbapi.dll
Into your main Windows folder, you no longer have to cd to the platform-tools folder, you can use adb as a global command.
bigjoe2675 said:
How to install
Odin (this will increase the flash counter)
- put your phone into download mode
- in odin choose pda, and select the .tar.md5 file and flash
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1584576
[Recovery] ClockworkMod Based Touch Recovery - 04/14/12
works without any issue.....
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That's an older version of cwm touch which is not compatible with some newer rooms.
VoluntaryMan said:
That's an older version of cwm touch which is not compatible with some newer rooms.
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Really...cus i have been using it since i got the note and have flashed just about every ROM, lol works great for me sir, maybe my phone likes me idk, and yes just about every ROM....k
But hey i could be wrong..., so which ever works...use it, thanks
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I had the same problems... Ended up flashing twrp 2.2.1. But this link will work for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28932726
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CWM Touch [Solved, again]
I got it working very easily...
Heres how.
Got my .img file from http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager. Scroll to find Samsung Galaxy Note(ATT)
Changed the name of the file from "recovery.whatever.whatever.quincyatt.img" to "recovery.img"(minus quotes) using es file explorer(root needed)
Moved the file to root of /sdcard = /sdcard/recovery.img
Opened terminal emulator
typed
su
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22
quit
then backed out to home screen and rebooted into my newest CWM Touch recovery.
Hope this helps anyone who needs it
EDIT: Just performed backup and succeeded. saved backup to /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/
Moving prior braway recovery backups there to see if they are manageable within ROMmanager
This worked for me, thanks!
tyler79durdan said:
I got it working very easily...
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I know this is old but better late than never...
ClockworkMod Touch Recovery 5.8.4.3 for SGH-I717 .tar file
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39037837
your welcome, enjoy
tyler79durdan said:
typed
su
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22
quit
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I did this, but instead of quit, I wrote "reboot recovery". I'm not sure if that did it, or if it was something else I did wrong, but the phone won't come back up. I checksummed the img I downloaded with another copy of "recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.3-quincyatt.img" that I downloaded, and they matched:
e70ee18c0d63ee18d325c94e2af7a683
Shrug.
Edit: I just flashed it through odin and it worked. To build the tar.md5 I did the following in cygwin:
Code:
mv recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.3-quincyatt.img recovery.img
tar -H gnu -c recovery.img > recovery.tar
md5sum -t recovery.tar >> recovery.tar
mv recovery.tar recovery.tar.md5

Why not Rom Manager?

I am rooted but i have been reading on installing a recovery. I don't have a sd card at the moment so not sure if i can use ADB to install a recovery. Why cant i just install recovery through Rom Manager?
eastwood1 said:
I am rooted but i have been reading on installing a recovery. I don't have a sd card at the moment so not sure if i can use ADB to install a recovery. Why cant i just install recovery through Rom Manager?
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Someone with more knowledge will need to chime in, but I I'd bet the build we are using isn't official, and probably can't be installed through Rom Manager. Give it some time, eventually things will work as normal
And you can use the internal storage to copy over the recovery. I used terminal emulator and the internal memory when I did mine.
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And you can use the internal storage to copy over the recovery. I used terminal emulator and the internal memory when I did mine.
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Can you explain to me how you went about installing the recovery with only internal storage? I would like to give that a try but not sure the best way to go about it. What commands to use and such, thanks.
eastwood1 said:
Can you explain to me how you went about installing the recovery with only internal storage? I would like to give that a try but not sure the best way to go about it. What commands to use and such, thanks.
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To all,
I couldn't be bothered with learning ADB, but wanted a custom recovery on my SIII ... maybe you can relate?
Here's the easiest way to do it -- and you don't even need a computer!!! You do, however, already need to be rooted before you can use this method ...
Download your recovery of choice (.. as of this writing, I think there are two: CWM and TWRP ..) and make sure you place a copy in the root drive of your sdcard. Rename it recovery.img, if you want to follow the terminal directions listed below ...
Then, download a terminal emulator onto your device (I use Better Terminal Emulator Pro, which is a paid app) and fire it up.
Once in the terminal emulator, type the following commands one line at a time, waiting after each line for the appropriate prompt:
$ su
# dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
# reboot recovery
Your device should then boot into the custom recovery, which serves as immediate confirmation that you did things correctly.
I just used this method to install birdman's twrp8.img to my SIII and it worked like a charm.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764398
I dont think that will work. Notice the command says sdcard.
The internal memory on the sgsiii is labeled sdcard for whatever reason. The external sdcard slot is under mnt/extsdcard in root explorer if that helps.
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Ok i open Better terminal emulator Pro and it has
/ $ .. when i add in the SU it says
bash: -c: command not found
what am i doing wrong?
I have downloaded and renamed the TWRP.IMG to recovery.img
eastwood1 said:
Ok i open Better terminal emulator Pro and it has
/ $ .. when i add in the SU it says
bash: -c: command not found
what am i doing wrong?
I have downloaded and renamed the TWRP.IMG to recovery.img
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You need to be rooted and have a "su" command. Typical "rooted" roms include supersu , or equivalent, and busybox (which provides the basic Linux commands). I would install super super and busybox from Google play and try again.
You need the SU command to switch to root user in the shell to have the rights to use dd to overwrite the recovery partition.
I can confirm that the dd command works as that is how I loaded cwm on my s3.
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eastwood1 said:
Ok i open Better terminal emulator Pro and it has
/ $ .. when i add in the SU it says
bash: -c: command not found
what am i doing wrong?
I have downloaded and renamed the TWRP.IMG to recovery.img
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See if this helps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
For what its worth the reason ROM manager doesn't work is because there is not an official CWM Recovery out for the Verizon S3. We are using the Sprint Recovery
Pompsy said:
For what its worth the reason ROM manager doesn't work is because there is not an official CWM Recovery out for the Verizon S3. We are using the Sprint Recovery
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There's no official CWM Recovery for any US versions of the GS3, Sprint included. The only official GS3 recovery available is for the international version. The one we're all using right now (I believe) was built by Team Epic. They're historically Sprint devs and so they built it for the Sprint version; however, as you know it works on more than just the Sprint version. Eventually, I'm sure there will be official recoveries direct from Koush.
Personally, I prefer TWRP (bettery touch control layout and options such as compression to save space), but that too is a work in progress.

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