[RECOVERY] Lenovo Thinkpad CWR Port

Jon2555 · Jan 24, 2012

Who got it working and on what type of model(16, 32, 64 GB) and who didn't get it working and on what type of model?

stewarta · Jan 24, 2012

realyst2k said:
So, given that all instructions were followed to the letter on my Canadian ROW Thinkpad tablet and when I try to boot into the recovery kernel it just reboots again, any ideas?

Yes, the tablet was rooted.
Yes, I corrected the filename.
Yes, my output matches the output indicated by others in this thread.
Yes I tried both a reboot via power cycle and reboot via ROM Manager "reboot into recover"

CODE REMOVED

Reboot via power button.

Lenovo logo shows up, hit Vol+
"Booting Recovery Kernal Image" shows up in the top corner
Tablet goes black and vibrates again(indicating a reboot)
Lenovo logo appears again.
I can repeat the above steps at this point and the same happens. if I don't, it boots normally.

CODE removed

Any help is greatly appreciated.

+1. I have the 18392QM model (A310_02_0037_0074_ROW) with storage as follows: 32Gb Internal, 32Gb Internal SD and 32Gb External SD. Using Root Explorer I see that cwr_ventana_2.img is 4.25Mb.

realyst2k · Jan 24, 2012

The sizes aren't different, 4.29megs is 4452352 bytes.

I'm running 0074 ROW on model 1838CTO.

And if someone has directions for undoing the steps so I can restore the original recovery image for now I would be grateful

jhankinson · Jan 24, 2012

Jon2555 said:
Who got it working and on what type of model(16, 32, 64 GB) and who didn't get it working and on what type of model?

Working on 32GB model 1838CTO, with firmware 075 US. It flashed with no problems on the first try. I have successfully backed up, restored, and installed an update.zip. The only problem I have encountered is that it backs up the internal sdcard contents as mentioned before.

mari8b · Jan 24, 2012

Jon2555 said:
Who got it working and on what type of model(16, 32, 64 GB) and who didn't get it working and on what type of model?

NOT working:

18384XG (32 GB + 3G) with 32 GB SDHC card, A310_02_0037_0074_ROW

Sent from my ThinkPad Tablet using Tapatalk

stewarta · Jan 24, 2012

realyst2k said:
The sizes aren't different, 4.29megs is 4452352 bytes.

I'm running 0074 ROW on model 1838CTO.

And if someone has directions for undoing the steps so I can restore the original recovery image for now I would be grateful

Thanks for that. Wouldn't you simply put the original install-recovery.sh script back in place (in /etc folder) and thus allow it to boot into the original recovery? On other devices I used to rename the script to install-recovery.sh.orig (or somesuch) so I could do this.

Koshu · Jan 24, 2012

Working fine with 16G 0076_WE

greywolfnz · Jan 24, 2012

i you did not backup your install-recovery.sh (like i did :-( ), download your rom version from http://download.lenovo.com/slates/think/tablet1/ , unzip it and copy the install-recovery.sh from there to you /system directory and run it ..

redbaron · Jan 24, 2012

Not working:

18382GG 16 GB w/ 3G 2 GB SD card, A310_02_0037_0074_ROW

greywolfnz · Jan 24, 2012

Not working 32GB w 3G + 32Gb Sd A310_02_0037_0074_ROW

quyTam · Jan 24, 2012

tpt 16gb, sd 32gb
Restore failed /data folder

I've tried to flash the zip that correct the /sdcard problem for Transformer.

Didn't work

Wipe erase sdcard data and backup have problem of md5 (restore is skipped because md5 check failed)

realyst2k · Jan 24, 2012

I did backup the file...but didn't we also overwrite a partition via the DD command? Is the .sh file all there was to restoring the original recovery mode?

---------- Post added at 08:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:25 PM ----------

I think we can safely say the CWR port doesn't work on ROW.

soveryevil · Jan 24, 2012

working 16 gig uk tpt ThinkPadTablet_A310_02_0039_0080_UK_testing

stewarta · Jan 25, 2012

@realyst2k: We have the same models (... 074_ROW), but I have followed the steps and in /dev/block there are two folders but none of the files you show ... in fact no files at all just two folders.

---------- Post added at 12:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:02 AM ----------

realyst2k said:
I did backup the file...but didn't we also overwrite a partition via the DD command? Is the .sh file all there was to restoring the original recovery mode?

---------- Post added at 08:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:25 PM ----------

I think we can safely say the CWR port doesn't work on ROW.

Yes it is the US and UK models where the port works, but not the ROW.

realyst2k · Jan 25, 2012

This is the original install-recovery.sh file

Code:

#!/system/bin/sh
if ! applypatch -c EMMC:/dev/block/mmcblk0p1:2048:e1f132b3fc2b0f8a6ba8479e4a98e6191d5dbe0a; then
  log -t recovery "Installing new recovery image"
  applypatch EMMC:/dev/block/mmcblk0p2:3158016:6f7d9da82d8b610a8e86b9601f270e56a317e754 EMMC:/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 e3f40337cc1c778d8d5c55ce67faf42f44e2f170 3512320 6f7d9da82d8b610a8e86b9601f270e56a317e754:/system/recovery-from-boot.p
else
  log -t recovery "Recovery image already installed"
fi

Note this line:

applypatch EMMC:/dev/block/mmcblk0p2:3158016:6f7d9da82d8b610a8e86b9601f270e56a317e754 EMMC:/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 e3f40337cc1c778d8d5c55ce67faf42f44e2f170 3512320 6f7d9da82d8b610a8e86b9601f270e56a317e754:/system/recovery-from-boot.p

Could the other blocks be backups of former recoveries?

seamonkey420 · Jan 25, 2012

CWR working for me!

My TPT info:

TPT 183927U (64GB w/3G added on afterwards)
Build: ThinkpadTablet_A310_02_0037_0075_US

---------- Post added at 07:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:08 PM ----------

quyTam said:
tpt 16gb, sd 32gb
Restore failed /data folder

I've tried to flash the zip that correct the /sdcard problem for Transformer.

Didn't work
Wipe erase sdcard data and backup have problem of md5 (restore is skipped because md5 check failed)

this could help you my friend..

fix md5 checksum on backups
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=714114

stewarta · Jan 25, 2012

realyst2k said:
This is the original install-recovery.sh file

Code:

#!/system/bin/sh if ! applypatch -c EMMC:/dev/block/mmcblk0p1:2048:e1f132b3fc2b0f8a6ba8479e4a98e6191d5dbe0a; then log -t recovery "Installing new recovery image" applypatch EMMC:/dev/block/mmcblk0p2:3158016:6f7d9da82d8b610a8e86b9601f270e56a317e754 EMMC:/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 e3f40337cc1c778d8d5c55ce67faf42f44e2f170 3512320 6f7d9da82d8b610a8e86b9601f270e56a317e754:/system/recovery-from-boot.p else log -t recovery "Recovery image already installed" fi

Note this line:

applypatch EMMC:/dev/block/mmcblk0p2:3158016:6f7d9da82d8b610a8e86b9601f270e56a317e754 EMMC:/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 e3f40337cc1c778d8d5c55ce67faf42f44e2f170 3512320 6f7d9da82d8b610a8e86b9601f270e56a317e754:/system/recovery-from-boot.p

Could the other blocks be backups of former recoveries?

It certainly looks that way. My other devices don't show this just the two folders in /dev/block ... When you showed the following code in an earlier post, was that after you had already used recovery? As I stated, my TPT does not have these files and nor does my Nexus S which has persistent CWR:

Code:

brw------- root     root       7,   1 2012-01-24 00:57 loop1
brw------- root     root       7,   2 2012-01-24 00:57 loop2
brw------- root     root       7,   3 2012-01-24 00:57 loop3
brw------- root     root       7,   4 2012-01-24 00:57 loop4
brw------- root     root       7,   5 2012-01-24 00:57 loop5
brw------- root     root       7,   6 2012-01-24 00:57 loop6
brw------- root     root       7,   7 2012-01-24 00:57 loop7
brw------- root     root     179,   0 2012-01-24 00:57 mmcblk0
brw------- root     root     179,   1 2012-01-24 00:57 mmcblk0p1
brw------- root     root     259,   2 2012-01-24 00:57 mmcblk0p10
brw------- root     root     179,   2 2012-01-24 00:57 mmcblk0p2
brw------- root     root     179,   3 2012-01-24 00:57 mmcblk0p3
brw------- root     root     179,   4 2012-01-24 00:57 mmcblk0p4
brw-rw---- root     system   179,   5 2012-01-24 00:57 mmcblk0p5
brw------- root     root     179,   6 2012-01-24 00:57 mmcblk0p6
brw------- root     root     179,   7 2012-01-24 00:57 mmcblk0p7
brw------- root     root     259,   0 2012-01-24 00:57 mmcblk0p8
brw------- root     root     259,   1 2012-01-24 00:57 mmcblk0p9
brw------- root     root     179,   8 2012-01-24 00:57 mmcblk1
brw------- root     root     179,   9 2012-01-24 00:57 mmcblk1p1

Jon2555 · Jan 25, 2012

What's output of cat /proc/partitons on different versions of tab?

realyst2k · Jan 25, 2012

Code:

#cat /proc/partitions
major minor  #blocks  name

   7        0       9216 loop0
179        0   31259648 mmcblk0
179        1       6144 mmcblk0p1
179        2       8192 mmcblk0p2
179        3     786432 mmcblk0p3
179        4     921600 mmcblk0p4
179        5       2048 mmcblk0p5
179        6     524288 mmcblk0p6
179        7      20480 mmcblk0p7
259        0     143360 mmcblk0p8
259        1      20480 mmcblk0p9
259        2   28811264 mmcblk0p10
179        8   16186368 mmcblk1
179        9   16182272 mmcblk1p1
#

1838CTO
0074_ROW

Anyone know how to show the stdout/err on bootup instead of the Lenovo splash? Methinks it'd be nifty to know what it was doing at the moment it decides to restart instead of booting into recovery.

EDIT: Doesn't look like it's practically possible without some serious kernel tinkering....bummer.

---------- Post added at 03:40 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:56 AM ----------

ROW tends to lack some apps and systems that USA has....so I suppose we could try either:

* somehow installing USA firmware before installing CWR, though I imagine that could cause a brick.

* get a list of what CWR needs from the system and compare it with what the ROW image has built-in.

stewarta · Jan 25, 2012

Jon2555 said:
What's output of cat /proc/partitons on different versions of tab?

Code:

export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH
$ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH
$ su
# cat /proc/partitions
major minor  #blocks  name

   7        0       9216 loop0
 179        0   31259648 mmcblk0
 179        1       6144 mmcblk0p1
 179        2       8192 mmcblk0p2
 179        3     786432 mmcblk0p3
 179        4     921600 mmcblk0p4
 179        5       2048 mmcblk0p5
 179        6     524288 mmcblk0p6
 179        7      20480 mmcblk0p7
 259        0     143360 mmcblk0p8
 259        1      20480 mmcblk0p9
 259        2   28811264 mmcblk0p10
 179        8   30355456 mmcblk1
 179        9   30351360 mmcblk1p1
#

...0074_ROW

---------- Post added at 09:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:13 PM ----------

@realyst2k: I've PM'd jcase to see if he has any suggestions. Fingers crossed.

[RECOVERY] Lenovo Thinkpad CWR Port

Senior Member

Senior Member

Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Member

Senior Member

Member

Senior Member

Member

Member

Senior Member

Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Member

Senior Member

Similar threads

Top Liked Posts