Cannibal Open Touch v2.1 (latest update: 12/1/2012)

About Cannibal Open Touch:
Cannibal Open Touch is the next generation of custom recoveries. Jam-packed with cool and useful features, it can handle just about anything you can throw at it.

Main Features:
1. Theme support
2. Touch screen button controls!
3. GooManager support!
4. Advanced Backup
5. Delete old backups!
6. Persistent settings
7. User-defined backup locations!
8. ADB Sideload
9. Touchscreen calibration

Why the name Cannibal Open Touch?
Because we can. The name also embodies everything that Cannibal Open Touch is. It is no longer just a variant of ClockworkMod Recovery, it is it's own recovery by itself. Combining features from ClockworkMod 5, Team UtterChaos' Sony Xperia recovery, AmonRa 3.0.6, Xionia CWMA and a heaping helping of our own special enhancements it is truly revolutionary.

What to do when an error occurs:
DO NOT simply say "xxxx doesn't work" as that is highly unhelpful and will probably be ignored. Instead, post the recovery log! To grab a log when an error occurs, simply open a terminal (or command prompt if on Windows), "cd" to an easily accessible directory and execute:


Paste the log as an attachment (don't paste the text inside, as it can be quite lengthy), or paste it on pastebin.com.

WARNING!
If you are upgrading from a previous version of Cannibal Open Touch you must delete the settings.ini file located in the cotrecovery folder on your sdcard!

The Cannibal Open Touch App for Android (separate from this recovery image, which is fully functional on all devices) is *NOT* functional on Nexus 7 devices running Android 4.2 or later. A fix is being investigated.

Flashing instructions:
1. Download the Cannibal Open Touch recovery image.
2. Reboot your device to bootloader mode (adb reboot bootloader)
3. Flash the image with fastboot (fastboot flash recovery /path/to/recovery.img)
4. Reboot to recovery mode
5. PROFIT!

Main Recovery Screenshots
Main Gallery (external link)

Available Themes:
Themes Gallery (external link)

Download Cannibal Open Touch v2.1:
Note: The below link is an external link to the Project Open Cannibal forums. We do not require registration to download any public release, but we'd sure appreciate it if you stopped by to say hello

WARNING!
This has only been tested on the non-3g models (grouper/nakasi); while it is hightly probable this will work on the nakasig we cannot confirm this at this time (at best I would expect assert errors with rom zips).

Cannibal Open Touch Download

XDA:DevDB Information
Cannibal Open Touch, a Tool/Utility for the Nexus 7

Contributors
Sblood86, drewwalton19216801, thenameisnigel

Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 2.1
Stable Release Date: 2012-12-01

Created 2013-09-05
Last Updated 2013-09-05

mlaws90 said:

Thanks this looks awesome, I will definantly use it when it supports 4.2. I may give it a shot on 4.1.2 though to see what it is all about

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Yeah Drew (the other dev on the project) wrote in that warning there; it's referring to the Android control application that he did. Allows you to easily change the persistent settings from within android instead of recovery (including but not limited to the user defined backup paths). The recovery does work in 4.2, the app does not.

To set user defined backups you could use the app in 4.1 or older than upgrade the settings will remain in place; or manually create a file in sdcard/cotrecovery/ with the title .userdefinedbackups and the sdcard folder you would like backups saved to: for example if you wanted to add rom manager compatibility you would want your backups to be in '/sdcard/clockworkmod/' so in the .file you would simply write 'clockworkmod' without the quotes.

lightninbug said:

OK just to clarify, this does work 100% with 4.2.1 ROMs? And where can i find some themes for it.....looks verrrrrrry promising

Edit...and I'm not concerned about backups as i never use them.... FULL wipe every time for me

Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium

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Yes the recovery works w/ 4.2 roms the only issue is the app that Drew did not being able to communicate with the sdcard properly in 4.2 (this is not related to the recovery itself).

Themes we could use more of; there is an outline of them on our forums and on github (nexus 7 is of course the jb-800x1200 branch)

azoller1 said:

Are there any sources? I kind of want to build this for my spectrum or do you not have plans for open source

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk HD

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I apologize; I ripped the thread layout off from Drew and didn't realize the source was not linked. I'll get it linked in the OP at a later time but for now suffice it to say yes we have open sourced everything; we have full intention of open sourcing all future related code as well (hence the 'Open' part of the name ):

Either sync a CM10 tree or use the jellybean branch in Drew's hacked up manifest (this will only build recovery).

Whichever way you sync your repo you will need to replace the recovery folder (Drew's manifest is pulling the old repo)

you will need the jellybean branch from the recovery itself:
android_bootable_recovery

if you used Drew's manifest you should already have the following if not you will want to pull these as well:
the jellybean branch from here
android_bootable_recovery_gui

and the master from here
android_bootable_recovery_res

Lastly; a slightly modified grouper device repo (pretty sure this one is also for recovery only lol)

xfrancis14 said:

Is it possible for you to make an app which would flash the recovery? If so that would he amazing as I really want to try this recovery

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk HD

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Well... If the nexus 7 supports flash_image or dd (which I have no idea if it does, you'll have to find out or ask Drew) than yes it's possible; than again you could simply do it from a terminal emulator in that case. Fastboot is the safest way in particularly without having the device myself to play with.