CLOCKWORKMOD5 based recovery on Excel

[ptbw]

Thanks for the info, worked like a charm.

[suggsy89]

There is a new recovery for gingerbread that fun made, it fixes the button layout, i will upload it tomorrow.

[Mitre]

ok cheers I will mirror it and update OP

[suggsy89]

Its still syncing at the moment wont be long, http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4364278/Excel/Ginger/recovery.cpio

[strangelad]

I have a little bit of a problem, I've done everything listed by Mitre, I can get the CWM5 menu up when I boot the scroll, I've taken a backup but.....
On a normal boot I get the splash screen but nothing else, it just hangs, I've tried doing a factory reset from the CWM menu but to no avail, anyone have any suggestions?
I should add that the model is a 53715, I've found this:
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=2085&p=15886&hilit=cyanogen#p15886
but that's for a different model number (thanks to suggsy btw)
Can anyone point me in the direction of a Cyanogen rom for this model?

I've now tried installing the 2 roms in the above thread, the SCROLL7-8K-cyanogen-signed.zip failed (I figured it would), the SCROLL7-recovery-signed.zip works but I still can't get past the damned start up/splash screen. I get the Android ADB Interface appearing in Device Manager (just before the device switches itself off). I can't run any of the commands in the adb/fastloader directory as I just get "waiting for device").

Right, now I've tried suggsy method of a push from adb (viewtopic.php?f=55&t=2259) I get "failed to copy 'recovery.img' to 'mnt/extern_sd/recovery.img': Read-only file system" when I try to push the recovery.img over.

Cheers.

[ptbw]

I have some confusing results to share...

I sent my previous Excel back to Amazon because the display had a row of dead pixels and they sent a new one in its stead. Following this thread as before, I proceeded to install CW recovery, checked the version of busybox etc and all appeared to work fine, "12522 blocks written to nandf......"

Power off and perform vulcan nerve pinch (power and menu).... and black screen with a flicker of back light.

Tried several times still nothing... perform a normal power on and it boots back to stock GB so I still have a working tablet in that respect.

Tried installing Fun's lastest CW5.... 11675 blocks written to nandf.... black screen booting to recovery.

I now have put the stock recovery back on the tablet but am unable to boot to it, although I can see files if I mount /dev/block/nandf.

Like strangelad my model is a 53715 ( I did not note what the previous one was! ) if this has any relevance.

I guess my next step is to try LiveSuit, is there a flashable stock image some where?

Any help gratefully received.

Phil

[suggsy89]

Do...

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adb shell cat proc/partitions

Post output here

[ptbw]

Sorry replying to my own post....

As a last try I did a power+menu and connected a USB lead...

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root@ubuntu:~/Downloads/android/excel recovery# adb devices
List of devices attached
20080411   recovery


So does this mean the Excel is in recovery but nothing is displayed?

Any help gratefully received.

Phil

[ptbw]

Thanks for the quick response suggsy

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root@ubuntu:~/Downloads/android/excel recovery# adb shell cat proc/partitions
major minor  #blocks  name

   7        0       6269 loop0
  93        0      16384 nanda
  93        8      32768 nandb
  93       16     204800 nandc
  93       24    1887500 nandd
  93       32       1024 nande
  93       40      32768 nandf
  93       48     131072 nandg
  93       56    1583860 nandh
179        0   31166976 mmcblk0
179        1   31162880 mmcblk0p1
254        0       6268 dm-0


[Mitre]

short answer yes

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20080411   recovery

ist the name of the excel when in recovery mode
so it looks like the screen is not loading
what one of funs CWM5 did you flash it may have been the ics one