[AlAbbo]

bigbillh, on 21 February 2012 - 08:36 PM, said:

Hi All and I just want to reiterate that the job Team DRH and all their helpers have done is Superb! THANKS!

This may or may not be the place to ask this and I've looked at other sites and forums but couldn't find anything on it, so I'm asking here.

Is there a place to see exactly what the breakdown and descriptions of the image files are, what they do and where they go? I've seen many references to this img or that img files and just wanted to know what was being talked about. More curiosity than anything else. Like img 9 is the recovery image and I've seen 6 and 7 talked about. I've nvflashed those stupid birds into oblivion too. Just wanted to learn a bit is all.

Thanks,

Bill

See if this is what you are looking for:

Partition Names/Functions:
BCT = Boot Config Table - contains hardware timings (ram & emmc)(based on the particular chips installed)
PT = Partition Table - contains the nand partition definitions (start sectors, size, partition name, etc)
EBT = Bootloader - this is what starts up/boots the gTab when you power it up
MBT = Master Boot Table - ????? - not really sure if gTab is using this area - compared nvflash .img to one from new gtab & every byte is different- make me think it is not being used
BLO = Viewsonic Bird Logo - self explanatory
MSC = miscellaseous system settings - mainly used for intercommunication between bootloader & recovery & logs on some roms
OGO = logodata - some roms have the boot animation here
SOS = recovery kernel
LNX = kernel - the android kernel
APP = system(rom)- where the rom is installed
CAC = cache - temporary data
NVC = ????????
KLO = ????????

Most gTabs have this partition layout on nand (and it's what you will see in every gTab nvflash packages):
Partition 2 = BCT
Partition 3 = PT
Partition 4 = EBT
Partition 5 = MBT
Partition 6 = BLO
Partition 7 = MSC
Partition 8 = OGO
Partition 9 = SOS
Partition10 = LNX
Partition11 = APP
Partition12 = CAC


Some gTabs have a non-standard partition layout (3 of my 4 gTabs came with this non standard format):
Partition 2 = BCT
Partition 3 = PT
Partition 4 = EBT
Partition 5 = NVC
Partition 6 = MBT
Partition 7 = BLO
Partition 8 = MSC
Partition 9 = KLO
Partition10 = OGO
Partition11 = SOS
Partition12 = LNX
Partition13 = APP
Partition14 = CAC

Interestingly, this second layout is also used on the Hannspad (although the partition sizes are different).

Al

[bigbillh]

Exactly!

Thank You Muchley,

Bill

[harz]

Excuse me for being dumb here, but where can I find instructions on how to flash this with nvflash? For the life of me I cannot find it here or on XDA forums...

[DaggerDave]

harz, on 23 February 2012 - 03:32 PM, said:

Excuse me for being dumb here, but where can I find instructions on how to flash this with nvflash? For the life of me I cannot find it here or on XDA forums...

Read the opening post where it says 'How To Install'. Search for 'gtablet nvflash clockwork' (I think it was at xda) and read the instructions to install the old CWM to understand how to do this. Use this version of CWM with the command given in the OP in place of the old CWM in those instructions. Also use a newer nvflash package for the 1.2 bootloader. You can find those here at slatedroid or at xda.

If you haven't already you should check out viewsonicgtabletfordummies.com. You should find everything you need there

This post has been edited by DaggerDave: 23 February 2012 - 09:02 PM

[AlAbbo]

DaggerDave, on 23 February 2012 - 08:47 PM, said:

Read the opening post where it says 'How To Install'. Search for 'gtablet nvflash clockwork' (I think it was at xda) and read the instructions to install the old CWM to understand how to do this. Use this version of CWM with the command given in the OP in place of the old CWM in those instructions. Also use a newer nvflash package for the 1.2 bootloader. You can find those here at slatedroid or at xda.

If you haven't already you should check out viewsonicgtabletfordummies.com. You should find everything you need there

OR if you already have a version of CWM installed you can flash beta 10 directly from CWM with this CWM Flashable CWMR 5504 beta 10

[deuce]

Will this recovery program only work with the new ICS, I have tried with Flashback and wind up in a soft brick, have to nvflash back to 3028 and re install.

[AlAbbo]

deuce, on 03 March 2012 - 11:00 AM, said:

Will this recovery program only work with the new ICS, I have tried with Flashback and wind up in a soft brick, have to nvflash back to 3028 and re install.

It should work with Flashback. Did you install the latest version (b14-1)? The latest nvflashable & CWM flashable versions are now on the op page. Some of the older versions could cause a brick due issues with the /misc partition. All it takes to fix it if that occurs is to use nvflash to format the /misc partition (partition 7 on most gTabs and partition 8 on a minority of gTabs).

Also, make sure you see the op page for instructions on how to use Backup in CWMR. You must use those insturctions to get a good backup.

Al

[gTabletOwnerUnite]

Just want to report that CWM b14-1 isn't playing nice with my gTablet. I first flashed it (from B10) using the zip and again using NVFlash. It kept booting into recovery. I went back to CWM b10 and all is good.

Step-by-Step of what I did.
1. Started with Preview 1F + GAppZ + CWM B10
2. Booted into CWM B10 and flashed CWMB 14-1 zip.
3. Resize internal partition and revert back to 2048/0
4. Install Preview 2B + GAppZ 7A Lite.
5. Rebooted and it went straight back into Recovery.
6. Wiped data/cache/dalvik. Reboot. No go.
7. Re-installed just ROM. Reboot. No go.
8. Re-flashed CWM B10 and reboot. Got to the Desktop(?), but without GApps.
9. Back into CWM and re-install new GAppZ. Run great without any baking time.

[jackpotcoyote]

gTabletOwnerUnite, on 04 March 2012 - 07:06 AM, said:

Just want to report that CWM b14-1 isn't playing nice with my gTablet. I first flashed it (from B10) using the zip and again using NVFlash. It kept booting into recovery. I went back to CWM b10 and all is good.

Step-by-Step of what I did.
1. Started with Preview 1F + GAppZ + CWM B10
2. Booted into CWM B10 and flashed CWMB 14-1 zip.
3. Resize internal partition and revert back to 2048/0
4. Install Preview 2B + GAppZ 7A Lite.
5. Rebooted and it went straight back into Recovery.
6. Wiped data/cache/dalvik. Reboot. No go.
7. Re-installed just ROM. Reboot. No go.
8. Re-flashed CWM B10 and reboot. Got to the Desktop(?), but without GApps.
9. Back into CWM and re-install new GAppZ. Run great without any baking time.

I actually had the EXACT same issue on the newest. Had to NVflash back to V10 to get the tab to boot. And you do have to NVFlash, just trying to flash the old v10 zip gives you an error. (yes, MD5's match)

[jacindc]

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How to Install:
There are 2 ways to install. Either run the update through the "CWMR5504_recovery_B15.zip" file or use the "CWMR_Touch_5504_B15_normalfont_DRH.img" image if you will be flashing it with NVFLASH.

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OR if you already have a version of CWM installed you can flash beta 10 directly from CWM with this CWM Flashable CWMR 5504 beta 10

Silliest question: if I'm on bootloader 1.2 and CWM 3.whatever, can I use the Zip update method? Or do I have to nvflash?

If nvflash is a requirement for anything other than an existing CWN 5.5x install, might be good to make that clearer.

(I hate nvflash, so am looking for the easy way out )

This post has been edited by jacindc: 05 March 2012 - 10:20 PM

[AlAbbo]

jacindc, on 05 March 2012 - 10:19 PM, said:

Silliest question: if I'm on bootloader 1.2 and CWM 3.whatever, can I use the Zip update method? Or do I have to nvflash?

If nvflash is a requirement for anything other than an existing CWN 5.5x install, might be good to make that clearer.

(I hate nvflash, so am looking for the easy way out )

You can either flash it via CWM3.x or nvflash.

Al

This post has been edited by AlAbbo: 05 March 2012 - 11:31 PM

[deecee]

I have been using CWM Recovery 5.5.0.2 with no problems and thought I would try the latest CWM Recovery 5.5.0.4. Downloaded the CWMR 5504_recovery_B15.zip file to the SD card. Went into CWM recovery and selected zip file from SD card and got the following error message:

Installing: /sdcard/CWMR5504_recovery_B15.zip
Finding update package
Opening update package
E:Can't open /sdcard/CWMR5504_B15.zip (bad)
Installation aborted

I have downloaded the B15 file several times and also the earlier B14 file. In all cases the CWMR 5504 will not install.

[AlAbbo]

deecee, on 08 March 2012 - 03:29 PM, said:

I have been using CWM Recovery 5.5.0.2 with no problems and thought I would try the latest CWM Recovery 5.5.0.4. Downloaded the CWMR 5504_recovery_B15.zip file to the SD card. Went into CWM recovery and selected zip file from SD card and got the following error message:

Installing: /sdcard/CWMR5504_recovery_B15.zip
Finding update package
Opening update package
E:Can't open /sdcard/CWMR5504_B15.zip (bad)
Installation aborted

I have downloaded the B15 file several times and also the earlier B14 file. In all cases the CWMR 5504 will not install.

Are you downloading direectly to the tablet "internal sd" or transferring from your PC to your internal sd? Unless you renamed the zip it should be called CWMR5504_recovery_B15.zip!

Al

[deecee]

AlAbbo, on 08 March 2012 - 04:15 PM, said:

Are you downloading direectly to the tablet "internal sd" or transferring from your PC to your internal sd? Unless you renamed the zip it should be called CWMR5504_recovery_B15.zip!

Al

I have been transferring the zip files from my laptop to the internal SD on the tab. I have not renamed the file. It is CWMR5504_recovery_B15.zip.
Sometime this weekend I'll try to download the B15 file direct to the tab and see if that makes any difference. Any way, no big deal as I am happy using the non touch version of CWM and it is functioning just fine. Just curious why it will not load.

[AlAbbo]

The reason I asked about renaming was because in your error outout it has:

E:Can't open /sdcard/CWMR5504_B15.zip (bad)

which is not the correct filename...must have been a typo.

In any case, if you still have the zip on your internal sd, check the md5...it should be 45016195a78edc64aaa6d9029cdf7978. If it isn't then it either didn't download correctly to the laptop or got corrupted in the xfer to the tablet.

You can also use this MD5 on Windows to find the MD5 if you still have the file on your laptop.


Al

This post has been edited by AlAbbo: 09 March 2012 - 03:40 PM

[deecee]

AlAbbo, on 09 March 2012 - 03:10 PM, said:

The reason I asked about renaming was because in your error outout it has:

E:Can't open /sdcard/CWMR5504_B15.zip (bad)

which is not the correct filename...must have been a typo.

In any case, if you still have the zip on your internal sd, check the md5...it should be 45016195a78edc64aaa6d9029cdf7978. If it isn't then it either didn't download correctly to the laptop or got corrupted in the xfer to the tablet.

You can also use this MD5 on Windows to find the MD5 if you still have the file on your laptop.


Al

The file name was correct but the file must be bad as the MD5 did not match. I just downloaded the B15 file direct to the tab and it updated okay. I now have the latest CWM B15 touch version on my tab and it is working okay. Thanks for the help.

[mark74]

Many users who bought the device SmartQ has a problem because CWM is in chinese language.
http://www.slatedroi...martq-ten3-t15/

Would be very helpful to have someone gave information where you can find (full tree) screenshots CWM-based Recovery v5.5.0.4 (english version) or have done and share.

Someone already tried to help but are screenshots from version 3.0.2.4
https://skydrive.liv...c8324d&app=Word

or tell us how change CWM language to english or install clean english CWM to SmartQ devices (what files we need and how).

Please help.