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TWRP 2.0 (Update 3-8)..Release is soon

Hey guys just wanted to share this with you. I am working with Team Win to get a touch recovery on the A500. So far is still inop, but progress is bring made. We are gonna give another go tomorrow so wish us luck. Will keep you all posted.
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1-5-12: So we are finding the using the tablet interface makes the recovery too large for our recovery partition. Team Win is probably going to have to build the recovery without an interface and then I will create a flashable zip that will flash the recovery as well as place a ui.zip on the external sdcard under twrp/theme(we can then just replace that ui.zip for different themes that come out, got a cool ICS one in mind already). The battery precentage is working but we are still working on the touch screen. New test build coming today and will have active logging enabled so that we can see more of what is happening, if touch is being recongnized but TWRP 2.0 is just not reacting to it. It's coming along though.
1-6-12: SO we got TWRP 2.0 up and running for the most part. Touch screen works and most all functions work. Get backup failures and is not sized properly but we are really, really close. Did install a rom and booted just fine. Release will be real soon, possible monday. Still have to get the resolution figured out as well, but what we have so far is very usable.
2-17.. So work on this has slowed way down due to dev on teamwin side has other projects that he is working on that is more important to him(which there is no problem with that, would just like to get this project completely going). But TWRP 2.0 has gone completely opensource. So just wondering if we can tackle this and get it up and running. We are on #twrp on freenode irc usually everyday M-F around 11am-1pm Mountain Time. If you are able and willing to help, please come and give us some fresh ideas.
3-8. Everything is working and is ready for release very soon. Some final testing and will be release. Data/media fixed and flexrom fixed. PLEASE HOLD!!
3-13. New features being added. We will have the ability to toggle back and forth between internal and external for backup location. Doing some code clean up and making sure all features are working properly. Have used it to install many roms/flashes and have yet to have any issues. It's coming along nicely. Huge thanks to Dees_Troy on TeamWin for his work on this. You da man!

I run TWRP 2.0 on my Evo 3D. Would love to see it on my A500. So much better then all the button presses to navigate through the recovery menu.

I would love to see TWRP 2.0 on the A500. I have it on my Sensation and think it is some of the absolute best development to come out of the Android development community recently. Best of luck guys.

Muahahaha. Can't wait!!!
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Updated OP with some status update.

I used a steam recovry on my captivate that was full touch and really liked it. I dont remember any sort of oddities to get it running. Maybe talk to one of them and see how they got theirs set up.

if i can make one request i sed it on my phone and it was awesome. One thing the when selecting ROMS the font is small and often hard to hit the right one

IIRC you need to have the "itsmagic" script run at boot. When I came to the A500 scene it was already figured out so I'm not 100% sure on what it was or what exactly it does but I would recommend looking in to it. I'm sure some more senior A500 developers could help with its purpose.

Sooooooo close!
Updated OP, she is almost ready!

That is looking sweet, I like that 2nd gui alot better than the first one. A lot cleaner. rstuckmaier brought up an important point, are you including the "Its Magic" script in the recovery. I thought that was needed to fix the checksum values.

I don't see where any of the new recoveries do anything with "itsmagic" during the install process. The new GPL complient does nothing with itsmagic. Nor do thors.

Here are some screens of the boot up screen and a ICS theme.

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Here are some screens of the boot up screen and a ICS theme.
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Great job!

cruise350 said:
That is looking sweet, I like that 2nd gui alot better than the first one. A lot cleaner. rstuckmaier brought up an important point, are you including the "Its Magic" script in the recovery. I thought that was needed to fix the checksum values.
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Yeah the first shot we were running the phone layout, Second is a tab layout but not correct res. We should get it all figured out monday.

pimpmaneaton said:
Yeah the first shot we were running the phone layout, Second is a tab layout but not correct res. We should get it all figured out monday.
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I'm certain you'll post it up in the DEV sections as soon as it's ready for "prime time"!
Thanks again for your dedication and hard work!

kjy2010 said:
I'm certain you'll post it up in the DEV sections as soon as it's ready for "prime time"!
Thanks again for your dedication and hard work!
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Yes I will, no need to just have small talk about it in the DEV thread untill she is ready to Rock&Roll. I am hoping that this will breather new life into this thread and Iconia A500 communtiy. I know I have not done a whole lot, but plan on doing more. 1st-TWRP 2.0, 2nd- New Galaxy Rom.

pimpmaneaton said:
Yes I will, no need to just have small talk about it in the DEV thread untill she is ready to Rock&Roll. I am hoping that this will breather new life into this thread and Iconia A500 communtiy. I know I have not done a whole lot, but plan on doing more. 1st-TWRP 2.0, 2nd- New Galaxy Rom.
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We need a good new Galaxy ROM! Back when these tabs first came out, M-Deejay's Galaxy port was my favorite ROM. Of course that was back when I was flash crazed, and looking for a fit to my preferences. Can't wait for it!

pimpmaneaton said:
Yes I will, no need to just have small talk about it in the DEV thread untill she is ready to Rock&Roll. I am hoping that this will breather new life into this thread and Iconia A500 communtiy. I know I have not done a whole lot, but plan on doing more. 1st-TWRP 2.0, 2nd- New Galaxy Rom.
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Thanks for this. Read up on TWRP and it sounds and looks great. Definitely looking forward to your Galaxy offering.
Great job spear-heading these efforts. They are appreciated.

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I don't see where any of the new recoveries do anything with "itsmagic" during the install process. The new GPL complient does nothing with itsmagic. Nor do thors.
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"itsmagic" is needed to recalculate the ROM checksum for the encrypted bootloader, which is verified every time you boot. Either you need to execute it (and Thors DOES do that, just read the install instructions for his 1.6 V2 recovery), or you need to incorporate its code into your recovery.
If you flash a new rom without recalculating the checksum afterwards, the checksum verification will fail and you won't be able to boot, essentially bricking the device.

FloatingFatMan said:
"itsmagic" is needed to recalculate the ROM checksum for the encrypted bootloader, which is verified every time you boot. Either you need to execute it (and Thors DOES do that, just read the install instructions for his 1.6 V2 recovery), or you need to incorporate its code into your recovery.
If you flash a new rom without recalculating the checksum afterwards, the checksum verification will fail and you won't be able to boot, essentially bricking the device.
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If you manually install thors kernels then yes you do use itsmagic. But his flash script does not use it nor is it included in the flash zip either. I ensure you it will be tested thoroughly before its release. I have flashed virtuous galaxy with it and it booted fine.
Sent from my Sensation Rockin MIUI 1.12.16!

[Q]Testers wanted

Ok so I know you guys here in the G2 forums already have some pretty nice recoveries but I thought I would offer mine as well
I don't have a G2 device so there's really no way for me to test out anything so I need some testers before I post working versions of the recoveries on rom manager. If your interested in testing post here or pm me and we'll go from there. I will be checking back on this thread and pm's.
Recovery features:
- These recoveries are based on Clockworkmod recovery meaning it will work with rom manager if you like to use rom manager to download various things and receive OTA notifications.
- If these recoveries are good I will be posting roms on rom manager for vision.
- These recoveries support EXT4 partitioning, meaning if you format or wipe any partitions they will be EXT4 and not EXT3 like the normal Clockworkmod recoveries.
- The UI of these recoveries are heavily modified and themed. Currently I have three versions, Green, Blue, and Red. I will be taking request on more themes.
Once this is confirmed working or not I will build and allow testing of more themed versions
Sreenshots
Main Menu: http://db.tt/b6jCh08B
Nandroid Backup: http://db.tt/BLZIqw8D
Install .zip: http://db.tt/38q2c56n

Alright I fixed the screenshots not sure why they not working before :/
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Hitting the thanks button is soo much easier then typing thanks!

I'll test them. My g2 is anxious for new stuff.
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Karakoram2 said:
I'll test them. My g2 is anxious for new stuff.
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Thanks sent you a pm

ive been testing recoveries for the Kindle Fire and thought id offer my help with the Vision. hit me if you need help. I vaguely recall testing your kernels with the Dream back in the fierat devvin days.
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androidcues said:
ive been testing recoveries for the Kindle Fire and thought id offer my help with the Vision. hit me if you need help. I vaguely recall testing your kernels with the Dream back in the fierat devvin days.
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oh yeah accually I wasn't compiling my own kernels back then like I am now I was just using pershoot's kernel lol. So far everything seems to be working but it's only been tested by one person so far. I'll send you a pm.

Alright I'm building the last blue version now then I should be ready to release these. Thanks to both testers I'll make sure and give you guys credit for taking your time to test these.

Thought I posted this yesterday but cant find it - so reposting
I flashed green hat recovery on Sat night and exhausted everything in the recovery menu except for sdcard partitioning -- could not find a bug anywhere. Everything worked at par for the course.
I especially liked how when the phone is off - and charging -- green hat recovery turns on -- so when Im done charging I can start off in recovery... (this was a "bug" with the older Clockwork Recoveries (beginning of v4-5) but I never saw it as a bug -- but as a feature. I hope you dont fix this!)
used all tools in reboot, confirmed this works directly from ROM Manager, did nandroid backup and restore to older build made last year, did advanced restore, bla bla - everything. No issues.
Well, let me know if you need more testing.

Awsome thanks IDK why the versions on my device still use charging while off like the newer recoveries do. Oh well I think I noticed koush mention a bug about this for G2 and how HTC charging while off is already a method that is not not compatible with the newer recoveries. Like you said the phone will still charge in recovery and reboot options are there but just kinda sucks if the led light doesn't show to tell you how charged it is.

Doesnt matter -- dont fixit please! Im trying to figure out how to make this happen on my Kindle Fire as well --- everyone calls it a bug... but its not a bug!

WOW I cant wait for this to be out! Great job! I have been following your work for a while now and am all excited! I like the idea of being able to wipe cache/data/sd ext.

androidcues said:
Doesnt matter -- dont fixit please! Im trying to figure out how to make this happen on my Kindle Fire as well --- everyone calls it a bug... but its not a bug!
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Aw ok, well I guess I'll go ahead and release with the info that htc charging does not work anymore but this will still work great with rom manager. Thanks for the feedback I'll work on uploading later on today on rom manager.

TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) Coming soon to your a510!

Just got it booting tonight! Big ups to Dees_Troy for chatting and helping me on IRC!
https://twitter.com/#!/ProTekkFZS/status/201116500227129344

Great news! Thank you!
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Great news makes me stoked to see some development thanks a lot!!!!!!!!

Wooohoo!!! Can't wait!!
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Yay!! Can't wait for AOKP on the A510!

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Just got it booting tonight! Big ups to Dees_Troy for chatting and helping me on IRC!
https://twitter.com/#!/ProTekkFZS/status/201116500227129344
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Woot!! Looking forward to it!!
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check this one ??
http://acer-club.ru/topic/17796-адаптированный-для-a510-teamwin-recovery-project-twrp-211/

Sooo... what's the status? I saw it's available on the russian website, but it does not work on the A511... any chance you want to help me build the recovery for A511? I have Ubuntu with Android stuff on it, just currently setup for Samsung Galaxy S+, but off course willing to do whatever it takes to build a recovery for the A511

Zeronull's release doest not work even on A510
And he does not have the tab to debug

BENETNATH said:
Zeronull's release doest not work even on A510
And he does not have the tab to debug
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Right, and there's someones name I am not supposed to mention (no idea who's name, why and what happened - I only noticed A51x stuff in the past days). Current status is I've tested most I was able to find including the russian stuff (which does seem to work on A510!)... nothing so far, so I've now started to investigate... anyone that can give hints for TWRP or CWM recovery (and how to build it) and/or root (without using mempodroid exploit, as that doesn't work on A511), I'd much appreciate it

Now I'm rooted, what next?

So I took a big leap and rooted my tablet this morning. I've installed Titanium Backup and GMD Gesture, and also AdAway and AppQuarantine. What other great things can I do? I love trying new things. Any suggestions from you experts? I would be very grateful!
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Flash a custom ROM.
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ÜBER™ said:
Flash a custom ROM.
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Download and do either of the following for a full backup...
the best way to do a complete and full backup of your device.. There are two methods
1 most common
download ROM MANAGER
you can from in this app install a custom recovery on your device..
Boot into the custom recovery and do a full anand backup. you can also flash other custom roms (custom android os)
2 what i use..
download goo manager beta from play store
in go manager click menu at top choose install open source recovery . follow prompts . It will download and install
same as step one you can boot into recovery from goo manager Its big botton fully touch base . And you can backup and restore as well as flash custom roms...
NOW WITH THE ABOVE SAID PLEASE READ thru the forums related to roms rom manager Custom recoveries .. and so on .. this will save you some troubles later .. anything you need to know or not understand Just ask We are here to help.

Cool, thanks! Could you point me to the best place for explanations about roms? XDA is huge and I am not sure where to look... Cheers!
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Flash a custom ROM.
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And then eventually, try out some custom kernels. Although be warned, you may discover a new hobby and become a crack flasher
I usually don't keep any one ROM and kernel on my tablet for more then a week (average is 2 days). I'm trying to resist flashing PARANOIDANDROID 1.992 since I heard 2.0 is around the corner.. not sure how long I can hold out though

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I'm ****ing dumb, thought this was GN for some reason.

thebobp said:
Logo Me
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it doesnt work with the seven. at least ezekeel(developer) said that it cant be implemented on the nexus 7.

simms22 said:
it doesnt work with the seven. at least ezekeel(developer) said that it cant be implemented on the nexus 7.
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My bad. (Too bad as well, but meh.)
Edit: some (though not all) of these inverted apps work, if you swing that way. Once again, they were made for the GN

thebobp said:
My bad. (Too bad as well, but meh.)
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yea, i know. he asked me what mods he should port to the nexus 7 since he just got one, my answer was logo me right away. then he disappointed me by saying its not possible seeing how the bootloader is encrypted

To find roms on xda
Xda is a very organized web site for the most part finding them is easy. deciding which one is not so much
rom actually means read only memory.. But we will skip the tech stuff for now..
Here on the device development forums Rom is referred to mostly as a custom built Operating system for your device .
these can be built by one person or a team of developers . Most have tweaks and customization's a bit above and beyond the stock experience. ITS BEST before flashing any new rom is to into the forum thread of the rom read developer info and the comments made on the thread. Many roms have experimental software apps and tweaks.. Not all roms are perfectly stable..SO FINDING one that has what you are looking for is just a matter of reading and trial and error.
Most roms. well all you see anymore Come with a kernel. (The linux part of android .. Kinda whats under the hood) . Be sure to pay attention to this and the information. Some add features some over clock .
we have here for the n7 several types of roms .
original development .. these are based on the custom operating system pushed by google
custom based on the above but often has alot more customization's and kernel tweaks More likely to have buggs . but often faster and take up less storage space on device.. as well as having a personal twist for the developer on apps installed customization's and themes
I never give advice on what to use just go in the development section and start reading .
Be sure before you flash anything on your tablet know what it is and how to get out of it Back to stock and Have your backups backed up...
ALWAYS HAVE A WAY OUT FIRST..
Good Luck

So I am now on Paranoid Android, trying out the different Workspaces. Thanks for the help!

But I don't understand what Paranoid Android does. What does "This rom lets you scale and project every app, every widget, even systemcomponents individually" mean in every day language?

Also, could someone explain where, in tablet mode, the three dots are for the settings of many apps. They seem to be covered by the status bar. How does one access them? Would be grateful for help as I really like the small tablet mode.

[bounty] cleanROM

Messaged Scott from CleanROM Says he is looking for a new challenge. He does great work my favorite rom for GS3 hands down, whos in?
Im tired of no recovery or ROMs for this beast of a tablet. Who wants to help me jump start this?

Maybe first start with cwm, so we have the basics out of the way?
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Ok so why doesnt someone use the CWM recovery builder and make one?
CWM recovery builder http://builder.clockworkmod.com/

I would be interested in a CleanROM as well. I will donate - as long as it is supported.

ckelly33 said:
I would be interested in a CleanROM as well. I will donate - as long as it is supported.
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I'd throw in twenty bucks for any rom that was actually good, and has support....No go if someone just compiles Inge blind with no device in hand

tonytownsend said:
Ok so why doesnt someone use the CWM recovery builder and make one?
CWM recovery builder http://builder.clockworkmod.com/
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In another thread you can see me and three other guys doing our best to get that working. One guy got close, got a building environment up and running. At that point, TWRP arrived with an almost ready recovery. I think the last bugs are being sorted at the moment. In addition, I am still waiting for confirmation that it works with the p605-model.
So, to get this development train rolling, make a comment in the TWRP-thread so we can get that recovery completed. When that is done, I guess there is no holding back when it comes to testing ROMs, kernels etc.