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[TUT] Flashing your first A500 custom ROM

Well, flashing a custom ROM on our beloved Iconias became quite easy now thanks to developers on xda. Most of you are quite familiar with the procedure but there are still people that ask basic things all over the ROM developement threads. This is just a beginner's guide, an attempt to collect all the procedures and tools in one thread. Nothing of this is my work and I would like to say THANK YOU to sc2k, thor2002ro, Euclid's Brother, Chainfire, monki-magic, drellisdee, ezterry, Skrilax_CZ, gersma and all A500 developers for making this possible.
You will need the following: external SD card, root rights, unlocked bootloader (if you're on stock ICS), custom recovery and a custom ROM of your choice.
Well lets start by placing an SD card in the SD card expansion slot. Its file system should be FAT32!
*This is optional: To be sure it is recognized later in CWM, format it first with SD Formatter - a tool that can be downloaded from here. Use your home computer / notebook with a card reader for this procedure. Alternatively you can do this using an ANDROID phone.
1.ROOT
Root for Honeycomb 3.0.1 by monki-magic
original thread by Slowie911 here
1. Make sure usb debugging is turned on and unknown sources is selected in Applications settings.
2. Have a micro sd card inserted and turn the tablet on portrait mode and lock it with the switch to fix it in portrait.
3. Download and execute the attached apk. (i had to download from my comp and transfer to the tablet for it to work).
4. Once the apk is installed run the root procedure within the app which was installed
5. Wait and you will receive full root access.
Download Gingerbreak 1.20
Root for Honeycomb 3.1 by sc2k thread here
1. Goto Settings->Applications and enable "Unkown sources"
2. Download the attached APK file
3. Copy the file to your Iconia
4. Install the APK & start the tool
5. Click "root"
6. Enjoy
/IconiaRoot should work on both 3.0.x and 3.1/
Download Iconiaroot 1.3
Root for Honeycomb 3.2.x OTA
Unfortunately there's no dedicated rooting app yet developed for HC3.2. It also comes with a new bootloader. In order to get root you need to revert to an older version of Honeycomb first where Iconiaroot works. How to do that is explained in details in this thread
UPDATE: if you're on OTA HC 3.2.x then you can just update to ICS and use the method for rooting ICS - links posted below
Root for ICS 4.x.x OTA
Stock ICS Leak One-Click Root Tool by blackthund3r
or
Full root for A500 ICS 4.0.3 - Simple method, posted by ZeroNull
2. Bootloader
Since there are many new ICS custom ROMs and custom recoveries, please read in their dedicated threads if they require ICS bootloader. Some of the ROMs can recognize the version of your bootloader and load the proper boot.img during boot. In general - if you're on Honeycomb - you have HC bootloader. If you've updated OTA to ICS, then you have stock ICS bootloader, that is unusable for flashing custom ROMs and therefore you need the unlocked bootloader. A guide on how to install it read here - thanks civato. This thread links to a nice little piece of software (option 1) by gersma that can automatically do all the job for you - install ICS unlocked bootloader and custom recovery. Read and download here - AfterOTA by gersma
3.Custom recovery
original thread with clockworkmod recovery by thor2002ro here
1. Open Market app with your tablet and search for Acer Recovery Installer.
Acer recovery installer
2. Install it and then open it. It has ClockworkMod Recovery by thor2002ro rev1.3.4 built-in.
3. Select "ClockworkMod Recovery rev.1.3.4 by thor2002ro". Tap on install Recovery Image. A popup offering to backup current recovery image will appear. Surely, buckup! Thus you can restore your original recovery image in case of need. Then CWM will be installed. Once it is installed you can remove Acer Recovery Installer tool from your system if you want.
thor2002ro updated CWM to 1.7.3. You can download the zip from tegraowners.com. Later versions of his recovery does not meet GPL because of the "mini" kernel of his - sources not being released. It supports flashing both from internal memory and the external SD card. In order to update your CWM to this latest version, place the downloaded ZIP on your external sd card and update from your CWM by choosing install zip from sd card. Alternatively you can extract the recovery.img from the zip, place it on your external sd card and install it through Acer Recovery Installer by choosing Custom or Stock recovery.img from micro sdcard.
GPL compliant recoveries
RA Revamped for Iconia
TeamWin Recovery Project (twrp) - needs ICS bootloader
A500 Public Recovery
Since the creation of AfterOTA by gersma, you can use his software to install both the bootloader and CWM before flashing the ROM. Get it HERE
4. Flashing custom ROM
Download the ROM of your choice which should be a zip file. Place the zip on your EXTERNAL SD card. Power off your device. Now hold volume down and power buttons together until you see text appearing on the top left corner of the screen - you can release both buttons now. Wait until CWM loads. Volume keys (Up and Down) are used to navigate the CWM menu. Power button is uded as "Enter" i.e. to proceed with your selection. Before going on to install your ROM do a full backup of your system first. Navigate to "backup and restore" and then select Full Backup. Wait untill the operation completes.
Now do the following:
Wipe menu:
- wipe data/factory reset -> navigate to "Yes - delete all user data"
this should format you data partition and cache partition (dalvik cache is gone as well)
Mounts and storage menu
- Format System
this should format your system partition
The above commands are presented in thor's CWM. There are slightly different menus and sub-menus in the other custom recoveries but if you dig a little you'll find that they do the same things and you'll get the idea of what you're doing.
Now you're ready to install your ROM. Get back to the main CWM menu and select
- Install zip from sdcard -> choose zip from sdcard.
Navigate to your zip on the SD card and install it - choose "Yes" again to install. Wait untill installation is complete, return to the main CWM menu and choose "reboot system now".
You're done, enjoy your first custom ROM. Take time for its initial configuration.
5. Flashing custom KERNEL
Flashing custom kernel is as same as custom ROM. You place the zip (Kernels come in zip files as well) on your external SD card and:
- Install zip from sdcard -> choose zip from sdcard.
It is recommended before flashing a new kernel to wipe cache partition and dalvik cache. And of course first you flash the ROM and then the desired Kernel
6. UNBRICKING by flashing a stock ROM
thanks to vache we have full packages shared in his topic
vache said:
Once the desired file downloaded, you have to use Acer Update Decryter by thor2002ro to decrypt them.
After decrypting the file, you have to extract the update.zip from it, put it on an external SDCard (does not work on internal memory) and boot your tablet with Vol- & Power. The update will launch automatically.
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p.s. Feel free to add stuff to this tutorial - video, pistures or anything you find useful or to correct me if I've made a mistake.

This is fantastic. Thank you. I have had my iconia for a month now and been looking at flashing a custom rom but kept backing out. Just a couple of questions for clarification:
(1). Does wiping data erase the internal sd?
(2). If by some stroke of bad luck a flash is unsuccessful and a boot loop or similar occurs, am I right in my understanding that you can just go straight back into recovery and re-flash?
(3). What are the chances of bricking the tablet?
Sorry for noon questions, please just wanna certain because my gf bought me this tablet under the condition I don't do anything risky like on my x10 that I flash almost daily haha
Thanks for replies
Sent from my A500 using XDA Premium App

kylec said:
This is fantastic. Thank you. I have had my iconia for a month now and been looking at flashing a custom rom but kept backing out. Just a couple of questions for clarification:
(1). Does wiping data erase the internal sd?
(2). If by some stroke of bad luck a flash is unsuccessful and a boot loop or similar occurs, am I right in my understanding that you can just go straight back into recovery and re-flash?
(3). What are the chances of bricking the tablet?
Sorry for noon questions, please just wanna certain because my gf bought me this tablet under the condition I don't do anything risky like on my x10 that I flash almost daily haha
Thanks for replies
Sent from my A500 using XDA Premium App
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1. No, it doesn't.
2. Yes. You can do that. There's another option in mounts and storage -> format system - that will format even your system partition and leave your device bare with no ROM files on it. That would be a really clean install I guess
EDIT: I just saw that system is formatted during ROM installation. So no need to do that
3. Always read first what option you've selected and be sure you understand what it does. If you have CWM successfully installed, you have a powerfull tool to restore reflash, wipe, format etc. I've flashed my HD2 hundreds of times and now my Iconia is on the run Never ever had a boot failiure.

drkalo said:
1. No, it doesn't.
2. Yes. You can do that. There's another option in mounts and storage -> format system - that will format even your system partition and leave your device bare with no ROM files on it. That would be a really clean install I guess
3. Always read first what option you've selected and be sure you understand what it does. If you have CWM successfully installed, you have a powerfull tool to restore reflash, wipe, format etc. I've flashed my HD2 hundreds of times and now my Iconia is on the run Never ever had a boot failiure.
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Thank you very much. I will click thanks when I'm on my computer :-D
Sent from my A500 using XDA Premium App

VERY good information here. Thank you very much for taking the time.
I've flashed ROMS on my last two "chinatabs" but haven't gotten into it with my A500 yet. (To be frank, I'm still thrilled with the prospect of OTA updates from a manufacturer after my last experiences.)
It looks like the process is very similar to my Rena3 tablet.

strider_mt2k said:
VERY good information here. Thank you very much for taking the time.
I've flashed ROMS on my last two "chinatabs" but haven't gotten into it with my A500 yet. (To be frank, I'm still thrilled with the prospect of OTA updates from a manufacturer after my last experiences.)
It looks like the process is very similar to my Rena3 tablet.
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Thank you, that lays it out all nice and precise for us all. Like strider_mt2k, I have been holdng off on the custom ROMs, because my first tablet was a Gtab, and while it became a pretty awesome tablet, it had to be flashed with a custom ROM to be really usable. The OTA thing was holding me back. But I think that I may try to flash the thing this weekend if I get the chance.

Thanks. Glad it could be of use.

nice tutorial dude! thanks!!
could you please make another tutorial to return back to stock?
specially to return back to stock te kernel.
thanks!!!

As mentioned, best case is if you've backed up your device before flashing any ROM or Kernel. Thus you can restore to your country specific version.
Otherwise its pretty simple - its just like flashing any other ROM following the steps described.
Download the stock one that dr1337 shared from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154492
or choose the right full package - shared by vache:
decript it with Acer update decripter by thor2002ro
Of course they come with stock kernel

I am new in this with flashing and that kind of stuff.
Now is my question, how is it with updates from acer?
Greetz

distructor said:
How is it with updates from acer?
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I'm not sure I understand your question. Could you be more specific?

if i put a custom rom on the device could i still use the build in update program of acer?

distructor said:
if i put a custom rom on the device could i still use the build in update program of acer?
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Unfortunately I can not tell you for sure. I haven't tried all of the custom ROMs but in most cases - no you won't be able. I've tried Tabooney, Honeyvillain, Virtuous Picasso, Virtuous Galaxy. ROM developers usually update their ROMs to the latest base available. I think it depends on many things - base, kernel, stock apps removed etc.
Maybe someone who have succeeded with custom ROM updating would share his experience.

Can anyone tell me if there is a version of ROM manager that supports the version of CWM that there is for the Iconia. I would love to be able to simplify my ability to backup my ROM's before flashing.

synapses11 said:
Can anyone tell me if there is a version of ROM manager that supports the version of CWM that there is for the Iconia. I would love to be able to simplify my ability to backup my ROM's before flashing.
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You can install a clockworkmod for Iconia no matter of the version of ROM manager. But it is much much easier to use Acer Recovery Installer. I recommend you using it instead of playing with recovery img files. It is a one time procedure after all
Anyway - here's what you need to do if you don't want to use Acer recovery installer, or you don't want to use ADB:
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-install-clockworkmod-recovery-3-using-rom-manager/
instead of CWM 3.x you will need to get CWM from thor2002ro In this guide you substitute the recovery that ROM Manager is about to flash with thor's CWM. I haven't tried this method myself but it should work.
With Acer Recovery Installer you can flash custom recovery as well. As long as you have it in IMG format you can be flashed from within the app - "install custom or stock recovery image from sd card".

great thread.
thanks!!!

Great Tutorial!!!
Just a couple of doubts:
First question: Backup files.
3. Flashing custom ROM
"...Before going on to install your ROM do a full backup of your system first. Navigate to "backup and restore" and then select Full Backup. Wait untill the operation completes. "
Where do the backup files go in the system? On internal or external SD card? Is it an *.img file extension?
Should i move it to my computer to keep it save, or just leave it where ever they are?
Second question: Kernel.
4. Flashing custom KERNEL
"Flashing custom kernel is as same as custom ROM. You place the zip (Kernels come in zip files as well) on your external SD card and:
- Install zip from sdcard -> choose zip from sdcard.
It is recommended before flashing a new kernel to wipe cache partition and dalvik cache. And of course first you flash the ROM and then the desired Kernel"
I am on Stock 3.1 ROM with original Kernel, if i want to try Virtuos Picasso, do i have to flash a new Kernel? And if yes, shouldn't i do it before flashing the ROM? Or just flash the ROM and then the Kernel? What happens if i just flash the Rom and use the stock kernel?
Thank you..

Your backup goes to your external SD card in a folder named clockworkmod\backup\2011-XX-XX.HH.MM.SS
As you can guess the name of the backup corresponds to the time it is created. This backup can be used to restore your system through CWM in case of need.
CWM does not backup /data/media folder. Additionally: you should also delete .android_secure.img from your backup set or a full restore will fail before it restores flexrom.
The last is an issue described by Euclid's brother:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16467191&postcount=3
I am on Stock 3.1 ROM with original Kernel, if i want to try Virtuos Picasso, do i have to flash a new Kernel?
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No, of course! Your custom ROM (Virtuous Picasso in your example) and any ROM comes with its Kernel. Its up to you to decide wheather to change it or not after that by flashing another Kernel. Follow every Kernel developer's notes for ROM compatibility. So, that answers the last part of your question - you cannot flash Virtuous Picasso and still think you're on stock kernel

drkalo said:
No, of course! Your custom ROM (Virtuous Picasso in your example) and any ROM comes with its Kernel. Its up to you to decide wheather to change it or not after that by flashing another Kernel. Follow every Kernel developer's notes for ROM compatibility. So, that answers the last part of your question - you cannot flash Virtuous Picasso and still think you're on stock kernel
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Oh, i see...i thought that the flashing ROM procedure of a custom ROM, would just flash the ROM and not the Kernel...so in this case i just have to choose the ROM that i want to flash and do not have to pay attention about the Kernel compatibility...unless i flash a Kernel only. Right?
Thank you very much!!

That is correct

Hoe do I remove the encryption?

I encrypted my tf101 and it works great...
I didnt it because I am testing apps for work and I deal with sensitive info..
now I want to remove it and before you say reflash it that doesnt work..
I can reflash and the encryption stays which is nice to know...

Says in the encryption menu the only way to undo it is to factory reset.

Anyone figure out how to do this with a custom recovery installed? I tried from the settings menu but it failed due to cwm installed. In cwm I am unable to mount and format /data.
Do we need to install the stock recovery? I'd hate to have to do that just to remove the encryption.
TIA

If you go to the HD Revolution thread in development you can download 'full wipe' with formats the encrypted partition. You should then be able to install a stock rom from recovery. Please be careful and have search as there are other threads on this with more detailed info than I have.
This method did work for me.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

If you're going to use Super wipe script. Make sure you have a recovery that read from the micro sd card or ADB is working. If not you'll find a wiped tf with nothing to flash.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1522494 chronicles my experiences & eventual solution.
NVflash (to stock in my case)
Most of the roots were unavailable or not working
NVflash rogue recovery
CWM install new ROM
Of course that doesn't work if you have a SBK2 (B80 or higher) system.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk 2

Thanks for the replies. I need to update my recovery anyways. I'm still on an old cwm. Any recommendations for one that supports the full wipe script?
EDIT: Just thought about this...should I remove the sd card so that I preserve my flashable .zip rom since this is where they are located?

katmandu421 said:
Thanks for the replies. I need to update my recovery anyways. I'm still on an old cwm. Any recommendations for one that supports the full wipe script?
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Team Rouge will read from internal and external micro sd card.
That's my recovery of choice.

[Q] how to update PA?

I have CWM as my recovery and PA on the device.
I got a message today saying a new PA is out and grabbed the zip from goo manager.
Now I understand with goo manager you need a openscript recovery to use that to update though it appears CWM recovery doesn't use that but TWP does.
In CM10 you go to the settings and update from the OTA section in the about tab.
PA doesn't use those OTA updates it seems when CM does.
I would still be using CM but was getting a lot of crashes on M3 so I decided to try a few roms and currently running PA.
So what's the best way to update can I just flash the rom over the top of the current system without formatting first?
Thanks

drguild said:
I have CWM as my recovery and PA on the device.
I got a message today saying a new PA is out and grabbed the zip from goo manager.
Now I understand with goo manager you need a openscript recovery to use that to update though it appears CWM recovery doesn't use that but TWP does.
In CM10 you go to the settings and update from the OTA section in the about tab.
PA doesn't use those OTA updates it seems when CM does.
I would still be using CM but was getting a lot of crashes on M3 so I decided to try a few roms and currently running PA.
So what's the best way to update can I just flash the rom over the top of the current system without formatting first?
Thanks
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Move the zip containing the update to /sdcard (your root documents directory, where all your files are stored- ANdroid, Data, DCIM, Downloads, etc), reboot to CWM, flash zip, select zip and go. That should be all you have to do. :good:

It worked fine for me using CWM and the usual method to update (recovery->install zip->select from SD). The only problem I'm having is a DPI issue in the launcher. Make sure to install the newest gapps as well and clear the cache.
Sent from my Nexus 10

purmou said:
It worked fine for me using CWM and the usual method to update (recovery->install zip->select from SD). The only problem I'm having is a DPI issue in the launcher. Make sure to install the newest gapps as well and clear the cache.
Sent from my Nexus 10
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Cheers guys I read you can just flash over the top in CWM but just wanted to confirm it.

drguild said:
Cheers guys I read you can just flash over the top in CWM but just wanted to confirm it.
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Correct.

[RECOVERY] TWRP Recovery [v2.8.6.0]

CM dropped CWM support in CM-12.0 in favor of CM's own recovery, which has different bugs and is generally very simplified recovery (does only wiping/flashing images). So I decided to go on with a different recovery from now on.
This recovery is LVM compatible.
Requirements
U8800 with 404020 baseband (If you ever installed 2.3 stock firmware, you're ok!)
Strongly recommended: Unlocked pink screen
How to install
Method 1 (by recovery)
Download the zip from downloads below
Save it to your phone (internal or external SD)
Reboot to your current recovery
Install the zip
Reboot recovery
Method 2 (by pink screen)
Download the zip from downloads below
Save it to your PC
Reboot your phone in pink screen mode
Extract recovery.img from the zip
Save the zip on your phone's image/ directory (where boot.img and other files are located)
Reboot to recovery
Downloads
LegacyHuawei
twrp-recovery-v2840.zip
twrp-recovery-lvm-v2830.zip
Things to know
When backupping, tick "cust". This holds boot.img and other files which are grucial for restoring a full backup.

Thanks for the great job Blefish. It works flawlessly

Uploaded TWRP recovery v2.8.4.0.
Changes:
* Support for offmode charging
* LVM/NON-LVM compatible. You can use this recovery for NON-LVM ROMs.

Hi Blefish
Thanks for the updated recovery.
I had a question, if we were to flash say your CM11 rom, I guess we need to uninstall LVM as you had mentioned before or just flash directly using this recovery
Great job again

mohammad.nomaan said:
Hi Blefish
Thanks for the updated recovery.
I had a question, if we were to flash say your CM11 rom, do we need to uninstall LVM or just flash directly using this recovery
Great job again
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You can use this recovery, however LVM needs to be uninstalled. The new BlePart-LVM-11 script makes it easier for you . However, I still want to do one mor CM11 release, with LVM support. Theoretically the new CM12 release is LVM/NON-LVM compatible too but it has problems on installing the ROM (the space on /system is not enough).

Blefish said:
You can use this recovery, however LVM needs to be uninstalled. The new BlePart-LVM-11 script makes it easier for you . However, I still want to do one mor CM11 release, with LVM support. Theoretically the new CM12 release is LVM/NON-LVM compatible too but it has problems on installing the ROM (the space on /system is not enough).
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Thanks Blefish for the update.
Just installed the new recovery, Off-Mode charging is working fine.
I like the new white charging animation

Blefish, thanks a lot!!
Perhaps, in the next update, you could enable the LED to show the charging progress , if possible..

tsioy said:
Blefish, thanks a lot!!
Perhaps, in the next update, you could enable the LED to show the charging progress , if possible..
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Yes, I am planning that. The thing was that in CM's healthd (charger is using that) it is supported, but in Omni's healthd it's not supported. I will probably implement it myself if someone has not done it yet.

VERY NICE, thanks!

New version uploaded, enjoy!
Next releases will be uploaded at LegacyHuawei
This version adds the RPC side charging (more stable) and it also enables charging led indicators.

I installed 2850 and now I can't access the sdcard (in TWRP). It works fine if I boot it normally, so I'm guessing it's not a problem with the sd card?
I tried the option to mount the sdcard, but when I try it, TWRP doesn't tick that option. All the others work, though (cust, system, data, ...)
Any suggestions?

phone wont boot into twrp now, it just shows the twrp splash screen then restarts

New version uploaded!
No changes have been done on my side, other than updating to android-5.1 codebase where this recovery is compiled from.

@Blefish On the U8800 Pro version it doesn't mount my external SD card. This has been a problem on many recoveries, but on twrp 2.8.1.0 by @Lihis it works. Can you find a way to make twrp 2.8.6.0 detect the SD Card? And BTW ADB Sideload does not work either, but works on 2.8.1.0

Webtag said:
@Blefish On the U8800 Pro version it doesn't mount my external SD card. This has been a problem on many recoveries, but on twrp 2.8.1.0 by @Lihis it works. Can you find a way to make twrp 2.8.6.0 detect the SD Card? And BTW ADB Sideload does not work either, but works on 2.8.1.0
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Try replugging the SD card while in recovery. Sideload was working well for me, but it does require updated ADB. Does it tell you an error message on the screen?

Blefish said:
Try replugging the SD card while in recovery. Sideload was working well for me, but it does require updated ADB. Does it tell you an error message on the screen?
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Replugging the SD does nothing, and I only get error message in Adb sideload mode after about 5-10 min. This is the same problem that @rexnanet had with version 2.8.4.0, but my sd doesn't mount after inserting it when in TWRP

Webtag said:
@Blefish On the U8800 Pro version it doesn't mount my external SD card. This has been a problem on many recoveries, but on twrp 2.8.1.0 by @Lihis it works. Can you find a way to make twrp 2.8.6.0 detect the SD Card? And BTW ADB Sideload does not work either, but works on 2.8.1.0
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I've did some dirty edits in the recovery ramdisk and the SD Card can now be read and cm12.1 can be installed: http://www.mediafire.com/download/vzzc64h9zoh60h4/image-new.img
Hopefully Blefish will do a proper fix soon, though

CrysisLTU said:
I've did some dirty edits in the recovery ramdisk and the SD Card can now be read and cm12.1 can be installed: http://www.mediafire.com/download/vzzc64h9zoh60h4/image-new.img
Hopefully Blefish will do a proper fix soon, though
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Hello CrysisLTU this imagen-new and Blepart-LVM, can used in U8800pro o U8800-51?

Links are gone. Pls someone upload the latest file to somewhere.

[Recovery] Twrp 2.8.7.0 Kipper

I have build a twrp recovery for Wileyfox storm (kipper)
Enjoy it.
All credits go to TeamWin developpers.
flash with fastboot
fastboot flash recovery TWRP-2.8.7.0-kipper-recovery.img
TWRP-2.8.7.0-Kipper-brown-recovery
Edit:
TWRP-2.8.7.0-Kipper-blue-recovery

Nice job ;D

Awesome. It works flawlessly Is there any chance of any custom rom? maybe pure AOSP marshmallow with layers support? is the kipper source released?

I saw twrp 3.0.0.0 can you please compile it?

This works very well, backup, restore. Just one thing i just hope would be great to be there is the OTG drive support.

aciupapa said:
I saw twrp 3.0.0.0 can you please compile it?
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What extra features does twrp3.0.0.0 have please? The current cm13 marshmallow nightly for wileyfox storm require the cm recovery to install the update zip.

You can able to update to every nightly even you're on TWRP 2.8.7.0 ( I've been using it since and been able to do nandroid backup for that matter, which you can't using CM recovery).
BTW TWRP main highlight is "•Adopted storage support for select devices - TWRP can now decrypt adopted storage partitions from Marshmallow"
If your using adopted storage on Android M, using TWRP 2.8.7.0 will not show the adopted SD card.
You can further check the released note from TWRP website for more info.

backfire_12 said:
You can able to update to every nightly even you're on TWRP 2.8.7.0 ( I've been using it since and been able to do nandroid backup for that matter, which you can't using CM recovery).
BTW TWRP main highlight is "•Adopted storage support for select devices - TWRP can now decrypt adopted storage partitions from Marshmallow"
If your using adopted storage on Android M, using TWRP 2.8.7.0 will not show the adopted SD card.
You can further check the released note from TWRP website for more info.
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https://s.basketbuild.com/devs/beroid/Wileyfox%20Storm%20-%20Kipper/TWRP
Anyone tried TWRP_3.0.0-0_kipper recovery at all yet? I have the TWRP_3.0.1-0_crackling_20160402 recovery working fine on my Swift, however since my backups are from the TWRP 2.8.7.0 kipper recovery i have not tested the TWRP_3.0.0-0 version on my Storm!

On the 3.0.0 v2 touchscreen doesnt work for me

aciupapa said:
On the 3.0.0 v2 touchscreen doesnt work for me
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I had a try at installing both test version 1 and 2 however the recovery loads yet none of the tile's responded after installation/ loading up completed.

hi i need video how do this recovery plz

Ok so I tried to install the given 2.8.7 version and it worked, but it always said 'wrong password' when trying to decrypt my phone. The same password worked when regularly booting the system. So I thought I might try a newer version and downloaded the _test.zip from the link provided in the thread. Unfortunately, now my phone seems to be bricked! It always boots into Recovery, which asks for my password but does not react to any input on the touchscreen. I can not boot the system or the bootloader, adb and fastboot do not find the device and if I hold the power button (or volume-down + power button) for several seconds it just again reboots into the broken recovery. Does anyone have an idea how to get out of this? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Edit: OK, now I feel dumb. The key combination to get into the bootloader is volume-up+power, not volume-down+power. Now I can continue to try different recoveries in the hope that one of them can decrypt the phone correctly and reacts to the touchscreen.

saikoa7a8a said:
hi i need video how do this recovery plz
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If that's how you write, good luck breaking your phone... This thread has good instructions if you want to risk it, just replace the recovery image it has you download and use with this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wileyfox-storm/general/root-wileyfox-storm-t3250992