How to get CWM on your Extreme (Formally-I'm giving up)

[Piers]

Might be worth changing the title of this thread? Maybe something like 'How to install CWM on the Extreme'

Mod Edit Done.

[PeteM]

Hi guys made this a sticky
Will have a think.abot title

Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk

I guess Mitre's still thinking...

[geekinthesticks]

[Edit} I see suggsy has already posted how to do it via the terminal emulator, so I'll do it that way.

I am hoping to install suggsy's firmware, but I am running Linux. As a first step I want to get CWM installed. I have installed the SDK and my computer recognises the tablet via adb. I have downloaded Extreme_Recovery.rar. Looking at the batrch file it appears as though I should be able to just run the code below from a terminal to install CWM. Can anyone confirm if this is correct, or am I missing something?

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adb remount
adb push install-recovery.sh /data/
adb shell chmod 755 /data/install-recovery.sh
adb push recovery.img /data/
adb shell /data/install-recovery.sh

adb remount
adb shell "echo -n boot-recovery | busybox dd of=/dev/block/nandf count=1 conv=sync; sync; reboot"

[danskmacabre]

Thanks all for this thread.
Using a combination of the instructions towards the beginning of the thread and the usage of the gemini usb drivers, I managed to get clockwork recovery installed on my Scroll extreme.
So Piers' instructions on page 1 for the CWM install and Johnny's gemini driver download on page 4.

I now have a recovery image of the factory install I can go back to should all go pear shaped..

Now to decide which cooked rom to use.

[madmatt30]

Thanks all for this thread.
Using a combination of the instructions towards the beginning of the thread and the usage of the gemini usb drivers, I managed to get clockwork recovery installed on my Scroll extreme.
So Piers' instructions on page 1 for the CWM install and Johnny's gemini driver download on page 4.

I now have a recovery image of the factory install I can go back to should all go pear shaped..

Now to decide which cooked rom to use.

there's only 1 real choice now m8, latest cm9+907c compatibility,from the cm9 slate droid thread.
solid,fast,stable-you will not go wrong,almost like having a new tab

[stroller]

I've been following this and similar threads to look at backing up the original ROM on my new Extreme and then installing the CM9 ROM. I've installed the SDK files on my PC and have the Extreme linked up via USB, but when I execute "adb devices", the "List of devices attached" shows nothing.

I have USB debugging turned ON. I have USB storage turned OFF. (And if I turn it ON, I can access the Extreme sdcard from my PC no problem).

What am I doing wrong? Grateful for any help.

[Mitre]

debugging on
on your PC right click the platform tools folder and open the comand promt in there then type in the command line

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adb shell

enter
you should get deamon started message and the symbol # this means you are in the shell of your device

So you have to open the command prompt inside the platform_tools folder of the sdk dont turn on USB storage leave that off

[stroller]

Thanks for the response. I'm running a "cmd" window in the right directory (with debugging ON and USB storage OFF on the tablet), but when I type "adb shell", I still get "error: device not found".

I don't understand why the device can't be found, because if I turn USB storage ON, the PC can see all the files on the device. What else can I try?

[srthomas]

Hi all,

Just trying to get CWM installed on my extreme... both the links for USB drivers are broken in the below. Does anyone know where I can get these from?

Thanks

You can do it the SDK way and that is the correct way, but I couldn't get it to work. This is the way I did it:

Installing CWM on the Scroll Extreme
1) Uninstall USB drivers you are using
2) Install USB drivers from this zip: http://upld.eu/droid/livesuit.zip
3) Connect your Extreme and enable debugging (should be enabled by default)
4) Download https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=047eeec6 ... BF08%21562
5) Run CWM Recovery Script Scroll Extreme_TEST.bat from the RAR
6) Select option 1 and wait, it may take up to 2 hours to work - it did on my Extreme
7) Once it's completed it will tell you - you can now select option 2 (reboot)
8) CWM should now be installed
9) Verify by holding the left volume key + power button for around 10 seconds, it will then boot up into CWM

Note: You can backup your existing ROM, however I think suggsy has a backup somewhere - I didn't bother.

Flashing using CWM on the Scroll Extreme
1) Connect the USB cable to your Extreme
2) Select 'File Storage Mode' on your tablet
3) Copy one of the .zip files to your devices internal memory card (or external)
4) Turn off your Extreme
5) HOLD DOWN the left volume key + power button for around 10 seconds, it will then boot up into CWM
6) (Volume keys = up/down, back = back and power = select) Select 'Factory reset/format'
7) Once that is completed you can choose the option to select a ROM and follow the on screen instructions.

[geekinthesticks]

It's much easier to just do it from a terminal. Install JACK PALEVICH Terminal Emulator from Play and do the following:

- Unpack CMW file and copy install-recovery.sh and recovery.img to a
directory (eg CWM) on the sdcard on the tablet.
- Open a terminal and become root:
su -

- Busybox doesn't have a cp command, so use cat to get the files into
the right directory:

cat /mnt/sdcard/CWM/recovery.img > /data/recovery.img
cat /mnt/sdcard/CWM/install-recovery.sh > /data/install-recovery.sh


- Change the permissions on the shell script and run it:

cd /data
chmod 755 install-recovery.sh
./install-recovery.sh