The Touchpad Android thread

sanaxe1 · 18 Oct 2011 at 17:50

How do i remove Android so its just webOS again?

Beans on toast Dave · 18 Oct 2011 at 19:00

sanaxe1 said:
How do i remove Android so its just webOS again?

a few posts up

Lucero said:
There is, it takes less than 1 minute of typing and 10-25 mins for WebOS Doctor to do it's thing.

Here's what I did:

Boot to WebOS (I'll assume you have preware installed on the TP). Look for a program called Xecutah, it's a client side terminal. Fire it up and type:

lvm lvscan

and it will show you all the partitions. The ones you want to remove are CM-Data, CM-system, CM-Cache.
To do that, at the terminal prompt, type:

Lvremove /dev/store/cm-system
Lvremove /dev/store/cm-cache
Lvremove /dev/store/cm-data

Reboot the device whilst holding the volume up key to get the white USB icon. Attach the TP to the PC.

Download WebOs Doctor and let it do it’s thing

Remove any old .android folders by mounting the TP to the PC.

I didn't back my TP up before I did this, and all the local media has gone. However, as far as applications go, it just goes off to the market and installs all your apps in the background. I had to re "preware" and kernel the unit again too.

EdwardTeach · 18 Oct 2011 at 21:24

How do you switch between android and webos?

JIM_BOB7813 · 18 Oct 2011 at 21:33

EdwardTeach said:
How do you switch between android and webos?

Hold the power button, then select "reboot to webOS" (seems a little flaky at the moment). Or just reboot it, then you get 3 seconds to select webOS/clockwork/Android or it will default to Android.

rp2000 · 18 Oct 2011 at 21:45

JIM_BOB7813 said:
Hold the power button, then select "reboot to webOS" (seems a little flaky at the moment). Or just reboot it, then you get 3 seconds to select webOS/clockwork/Android or it will default to Android.

I tried this a while back and for the life of me cannot figure out how to change the selected option (I think there are 4 options). Touchscreen does not seem to work on the bootup screen.

rp2000

Sin_Chase · 18 Oct 2011 at 22:02

rp2000 said:
I tried this a while back and for the life of me cannot figure out how to change the selected option (I think there are 4 options). Touchscreen does not seem to work on the bootup screen.

rp2000

Volume rocker and Home button for select?

rp2000 · 18 Oct 2011 at 22:29

Sin_Chase said:
Volume rocker and Home button for select?

Dooooooohhh. Seems so obvious now you mention it!!! (I used the select button, but never realised the volume rocker could change options!)

rp2000

EdwardTeach · 19 Oct 2011 at 00:25

I am a bit confused as to the relationship between:

1) update-cm-7.1.0-tenderloin-a1-fullofbugs.zip
&
2) update-cwm_tenderloin-1012.zip

They contain files and folders with the same name. I am presuming you let the files in 2 overwrite those in 1?

SKILL · 19 Oct 2011 at 07:27

'2' is the recovery image, cwm = ClockWorkMod which can be used to backup/restore/flash new updates.

'1' is the full android rom for CM7.1

Wicksta · 19 Oct 2011 at 08:36

Alpha 2 is out, link on the first post.

Love MAME4Droid on the Touchpad:

Although I'm using the PS3 controller now which works better for arcade games.

Sin_Chase · 19 Oct 2011 at 09:17

rp2000 said:
Dooooooohhh. Seems so obvious now you mention it!!! (I used the select button, but never realised the volume rocker could change options!)

rp2000

Yeah...there really is not that many options from a hardware button point of view

JAMAL · 19 Oct 2011 at 09:42

I cant get mine to boot into webos, when i reboot and choose webos it just reboots into android! really anoying as i want to webos doctor it and start again

Zaf · 19 Oct 2011 at 13:36

JAMAL said:
I cant get mine to boot into webos, when i reboot and choose webos it just reboots into android! really anoying as i want to webos doctor it and start again

When you power it on hold down the volume up button until you see the white usb symbol. you then can webOS Doctor it.

EdwardTeach · 19 Oct 2011 at 13:36

SKILL said:
'2' is the recovery image, cwm = ClockWorkMod which can be used to backup/restore/flash new updates.

'1' is the full android rom for CM7.1

Should i not be unzipping these into the same folder?

I unzipped both files into the same folder. Both archives contain a META-INF folder, therefore when I unzipped 2 it asked me if I wanted to overwrite stuff, to which I agreed.

Django x2 · 19 Oct 2011 at 13:41

JAMAL said:
I cant get mine to boot into webos, when i reboot and choose webos it just reboots into android! really anoying as i want to webos doctor it and start again

Just choose WebOs from the boot menu using the volume keys and then press the "menu / select" button. It will boot into WebOs then.

Zaf · 19 Oct 2011 at 13:42

EdwardTeach said:
Should i not be unzipping these into the same folder?

I unzipped both files into the same folder. Both archives contain a META-INF folder, therefore when I unzipped 2 it asked me if I wanted to overwrite stuff, to which I agreed.

You don't unzip them!

EdwardTeach · 19 Oct 2011 at 13:47

Zaf said:
You don't unzip them!

Thanks a lot! probably saved me a lot of headaches down the line.

DIABLO · 19 Oct 2011 at 13:47

Alpha 2.1 got released because of some bug in 2.0.

JAMAL · 19 Oct 2011 at 14:29

Lucero said:
Just choose WebOs from the boot menu using the volume keys and then press the "menu / select" button. It will boot into WebOs then.

Nothing came up on boot dude, i have doctored it now so will put the new version of android on tonight

Django x2 · 19 Oct 2011 at 15:33

Did you not have moboot?