[Spokehedz]

RRA, on 05 March 2013 - 12:38 PM, said:

Which apps are you referring to? I'm not sure the apps in the PandigitalOEM.tgz are the correct ones for the Walmart Novel. After flashing, all the appropriate apps were in place for me.

Just following instructions from GW in post #68:

Giant Wookie, on 06 November 2012 - 10:13 PM, said:

I ended up with the following procedure to get my WPDN back to factory settings.

1. Get the CWM-Recovery program on the device (if not already installed)
2. Boot into CWM
3. Use “adb push” to copy the following backed-up files from the factory WPDN to the “bricked” unit:
bootloader.img
kernel.img
id.img
ramdisk.img
4. Use “adb shell” to flash the existing partitions with the .img files:
flash_image bootloader /path/to/bootloader.img
flash_image kernel /path/to/kernel.img
flash_image id /path/to/id.img
flash_image ramdisk /path/to/ramdisk.img
5. Reboot the device and boot back into CWM-Recovery
6. Use “adb shell” to connect to the device and run “dmesg” and verify that the disk partitions are correctly setup. The message “mtd: partition ‘userdata’ is out of reach — disabled” should NOT be shown.
7. Use “adb shell” to create /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/<date> on the SDcard in the “bricked” WPDN, then use “adb push” to copy the Nandroid backup files to the device. NOTE: the sdcard may need to be manually mounted in the adb shell using mount -t vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /sdcard
8. At this point, the SDcard should be setup with the files in order to correctly run a restore using Nandroid within CWM-Recovery. Using the CWM-Recovery menu, restore the system. It should complete successfully.
9. Reboot into a normal startup. The device should be in its factory state. The contents of the internal SDcard will need to be updated as well. One of the partitions contains a bunch of application files (with a .apk extension) and the other partition should be able to be mounted when the WPDN is connected to a desktop computer. Use “adb push” to push the .apk files to /data/app (where the factory software mounts the application directory that lives on the internal SDcard).
10. Use a desktop computer to copy the factory media files onto the drive that gets mounted on the desktop when the WPDN is connected via USB.
11. Reboot, and the WPDN should almost be back in its factory settings. Only the recovery program is different from the “factory” configuration. Use “adb shell” to copy the recovery.img file over to the device, flash it (adb shell flash_image recovery recovery.img) and reboot into recovery mode. The little Android screen should appear, not the CWM-Restore boot screen.
12. Recovery and restoration is complete.

[cracker6686]

question, b4 i screw up again, ok i have the CWM on it and have it back to factory settings with SH20 of the new FW that ur not post to roll back, so my question is cence i did it with CWM can i safly flash SH20_OPDN_2_10_GAPPS_PD_INX7E_ENG_6410POP to it or what? i have gotten good at unblacking the screen and getting it back to factory, is simple, boot the MAC1 CWM go to choose img from sd, flash it 2 times, leave the device in CWM and b4 exiting CWM hook it too ADB and push the files and then reboot and done back to factory. takes like 2 mins. dont know why i was having trouble b4. i think cuz i was rebooting after flashing and not pushing file till after reboot was my problem. anywho just wondering about the GAPPs.

[RRA]

cracker6686, on 07 March 2013 - 09:27 PM, said:

question, b4 i screw up again, ok i have the CWM on it and have it back to factory settings with SH20 of the new FW that ur not post to roll back, so my question is cence i did it with CWM can i safly flash SH20_OPDN_2_10_GAPPS_PD_INX7E_ENG_6410POP to it or what? i have gotten good at unblacking the screen and getting it back to factory, is simple, boot the MAC1 CWM go to choose img from sd, flash it 2 times, leave the device in CWM and b4 exiting CWM hook it too ADB and push the files and then reboot and done back to factory. takes like 2 mins. dont know why i was having trouble b4. i think cuz i was rebooting after flashing and not pushing file till after reboot was my problem. anywho just wondering about the GAPPs.

I think the firmware you mentioned is only for the older Novel, and will likely brick your unit again. If you're looking for adding Market, I've heard the Market-only enhancement patch works, but haven't tried it myself. Look at:
http://www.slatedroi...d-enhancements/
Or you could try the Google Experience enhancement. I haven't seen anything definitive about what anyone has done, so if you try it, post back your results.
Good luck!

[cracker6686]

will be a lil while b4 i can try it, i tryed kewlguys safe downgrade flash and it got me stuck to where i can see the pandig blue screen but u know how when its in a loop it will flash the screen once like as if u was going into CWM but right now all it does is turn on and screen dont even flash, cant boot into nor will it let me reflash MAC1_CWM have red light when chargering(heard that was a good thing to have) but adb cant see devices... so yeah... im lost.


also i couldnt figure out how to use the repartion thing, says to flash it. flash it from where?? i dont think u can use it with the new FW. i think he was saying flash it from the ex-sd.... i couldnt see where to do that at. i did it from the internal sd but all it did was reboot the WPDN. if i can do it from adb then how??

and i cant do the link in post 183 because i have SL20FW

This post has been edited by cracker6686: 08 March 2013 - 01:53 AM

[RRA]

cracker6686, on 08 March 2013 - 01:27 AM, said:

will be a lil while b4 i can try it, i tryed kewlguys safe downgrade flash and it got me stuck to where i can see the pandig blue screen but u know how when its in a loop it will flash the screen once like as if u was going into CWM but right now all it does is turn on and screen dont even flash, cant boot into nor will it let me reflash MAC1_CWM have red light when chargering(heard that was a good thing to have) but adb cant see devices... so yeah... im lost.

Bummer. Sounds like where I started with the bricked Novel I bought. I slid off the back cover, unplugged the battery, and removed the mini-SD card and put it in my PC, which has a built-in reader. I then copied the CWM software onto it, and reinstalled it (I had no external SD card). I then reconnected the battery and did the Power-VOL+ flash trick, and it successfully loaded the CWM. (I might have had to flash it twice, I don't recall). It may be worth a try.

[cracker6686]

maybe once i figure out this problem i will just stop screwinig with it. and hey, if i put a 16 gig or 32gig in it, im assuming it will still only allow me to see 1.88gb of t and only use 195mb of it, yes or no. do u have one with SL20 if so how did u make larger partion on sd card.. wondering if i use MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition f it would leave the partions as i set them or if it would change them to as it see fit.

nope CWM is a no go from ex-sd or in-sd.
all i get is blue pandig screen its just steady on, it dont even blink like its in a loop like it used to last 3 times i put it in a loop.

im going to make a video of what its doing and post on youtube and link here so u can see what i am doing.

This post has been edited by cracker6686: 08 March 2013 - 02:49 AM

[cracker6686]

welp i screwed mine up. dropped it and broke the digitizer.. joy and i dont see anyonline. not worth buy one for it anyway, just trashing it. i am going to keep the wireless card out of it and the screen its self and the speakers. im gonna keep that stuff incase i see a post where someone might need that stuff. but the wireless card is all mine

[uknow]

So where is the downloads for cwm and root?

[RRA]

uknow, on 14 March 2013 - 10:01 PM, said:

So where is the downloads for cwm and root?

Go back and read post #50 (around page 3).

[AkBKukU]

I recently got a PDN that appears to be the walmart variety and it is having an issue with installing new apps. Every time I attempt to install a larger app like the Amazon Appstore it tells me the PD Novel is out of space. IO have seen on the wiki that you are supposed to have an external card in the device to fix this but it doesn't help. I have a 16GB internal card(Parsed to 8/8 by the PDN) and a 32GB external card. Is there a currently known solution to this problem? As a related question, where are the files that it copies to newly formated microSD cards stored in the internal storage? I would like to remove them using root browser.

Device Info:
Model: W-R7T40-WWHF1
FW: PDC1_20120323_B_ PD_INX7E_ENG_6410POP
Kernel: 2.6.29 / cl1row@ubuntu BSP_3_01_005_20120323 Fri Mar 23 19:21:11 CST 2012
Build #:PD_Novel 2012.03.23

This post has been edited by AkBKukU: 14 March 2013 - 11:35 PM

[uknow]

thanks man

[RRA]

AkBKukU, on 14 March 2013 - 11:34 PM, said:

I recently got a PDN that appears to be the walmart variety and it is having an issue with installing new apps. Every time I attempt to install a larger app like the Amazon Appstore it tells me the PD Novel is out of space. IO have seen on the wiki that you are supposed to have an external card in the device to fix this but it doesn't help. I have a 16GB internal card(Parsed to 8/8 by the PDN) and a 32GB external card. Is there a currently known solution to this problem? As a related question, where are the files that it copies to newly formated microSD cards stored in the internal storage? I would like to remove them using root browser.

Device Info:
Model: W-R7T40-WWHF1
FW: PDC1_20120323_B_ PD_INX7E_ENG_6410POP
Kernel: 2.6.29 / cl1row@ubuntu BSP_3_01_005_20120323 Fri Mar 23 19:21:11 CST 2012
Build #:PD_Novel 2012.03.23

This appears to be a big issue with the WPDN. I just picked up 2 "bricked" units for cheap that actually appear to work fine, except someone had loaded too many apps on it. What's interesting about yours is the larger internal card size apparently not helping. If you happen to have adb, could you do a "adb shell cat /proc/mtd" and paste the output in a message? I'm curious about the sizes of the various partitions it made.

[AkBKukU]

RRA, on 15 March 2013 - 06:45 PM, said:

This appears to be a big issue with the WPDN. I just picked up 2 "bricked" units for cheap that actually appear to work fine, except someone had loaded too many apps on it. What's interesting about yours is the larger internal card size apparently not helping. If you happen to have adb, could you do a "adb shell cat /proc/mtd" and paste the output in a message? I'm curious about the sizes of the various partitions it made.

Here's the output of "adb shell cat /proc/mtd":

dev:    size   erasesize  name
mtd0: 00200000 00020000 "bootloader"
mtd1: 00800000 00020000 "kernel"
mtd2: 00100000 00020000 "id"
mtd3: 00a00000 00020000 "recovery"
mtd4: 00300000 00020000 "ramdisk"
mtd5: 0c800000 00020000 "system"
mtd6: 06400000 00020000 "cache"
mtd7: 0bc00000 00020000 "userdata"

Also, as I asked before do you know where the files that the Novel copies to new microSD cards are located on the internal storage are located?

[uknow]

Ok so if someone could post a link to the rooting of the Wal-Mart wpdn and comfrim it works then will some one tall me if there is a functional custom rom for this thing and post a link everything I keep reading is about unbricking ur bricked tablet mine is not bricked and im wanting to root it and install a different rom to make this thing a full tablet thanks uknow

[impulse7]

uknow, on 16 March 2013 - 11:49 AM, said:

Ok so if someone could post a link to the rooting of the Wal-Mart wpdn and comfrim it works then will some one tall me if there is a functional custom rom for this thing and post a link everything I keep reading is about unbricking ur bricked tablet mine is not bricked and im wanting to root it and install a different rom to make this thing a full tablet thanks uknow

I have been flashing multiple ROMs to this piece of art. Most of them work. Basically, what you have to do, flash the rom you like, then flash the stock kernel.
Like THIS and THIS work so far. And whole buch of others. Follow the instructions HERE

I have to warn you, this might brick your device. Follow the instructions found HERE if you bricked it.

[myrab08]

I recently received a white pandigital 7in from my sister as she did not like it. i tried to flash it it seemed as if everything was working when my screen shut off and decided not to turn back on. i have sound and when i plug it into my computer the file comes up but i can't seem to get anything past that. i am a novice to tablets so i came here hoping to find someone who can help me fix it. any information or help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You,
Myra

[RRA]

Myra -

This is the place to be. Read posts #143 and #145. That should help. It might be worth reading some both before and after those posts, especially if you've never used adb.

[babuya]

mac1_131, on 18 October 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

I think it is really telling you that flash_image can't be found. If sh (the shell) were missing, you wouldn't be getting any shell access.

just type flash_image all by itself. If the program is found, it will return the syntax of the commend:
USAGE: flash_image partition file.img

if it isn't found, it will return:
flash_image: not found

if you get something else, then things are really screwed up

I do have a complete flash for it, which is a hybrid of the new images pulled from an untouched walmart WPDN, and some pieces of previous versions to make up a complete flash. THIS IS UNTESTED - but since you are hosed anyway, you might as well try it? I do think it will work as I know for sure the recovery and kernel are OK.

If your device is so hosed that you cannot put the flash on the external sdcard (/sdcard, NOT PD_Novel) then you might need to put the external sdcard in a computer or camera where you can copy the flash file to it, and see if it will flash.

the steps would be:
1. copy this firmware file to the external sdcard, whatever it takes to do that. you can do adb push to /sdcard, or try to use windows if it recognizes it with the usb cable plugged in (it is NOT PD_Novel - it is the unnamed volume just called Removable Disk) or worst case put the sdcard in a sdcard reader or a camera and copy the file to it that way
2. Then try to flash it by turning the unit on while holding on and the volume up buttons for 5 seconds or until the blue boot screen flashes once
3. You may have to flash it twice to get the user apps to flash. If the apps are missing after the first flash, flash it again
4. If you do this, please report back on your success or failure and how you did it

THIS IS UNTESTED. I THINK IT WILL GET IT CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL, BUT THE ONLY PARTS THAT HAVE BEEN TESTED ARE THE KERNEL AND THE RECOVERY

That said, kernel and recovery are the most important parts, that's why I *think* it will work.

There are two versions of this. One with clockwork recovery (recommended) and one with the standard (useless) recovery

All this would not be a problem if Pandigital would just release the darned original firmware that were in these things.

So here is my reverse-engineered full firmware (untested) for the WPDN model R7T40WWHF1. Only suggested for those who are bricked so bad they can't fix it.

Version with clockwork recovery
Version with standard recovery

Let me know if it works!

it worked for me the black screen of death is gone THANK YOU, I LOVE YOU