[NST][CWR][RC2] Clockworkmod based Recovery - fixed backup issue

mali100 · Nov 24, 2011

DISCLAMER and WARNING:

I'm not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, lost data. Make a backup before you try anything described here!
Making a backup with CWM only includes the following partitions: boot, system, data, cache. It doesn't include the /rom partition which contains data thats unique for every device. Use this backup method to make a full device backup.
Please do not use the restore backup function to restore backups made with versions prior and including RC1. They are faulty and restoring them damages an important bootfile of your nook. It isn't important with which version you restore, if the backup was made with Beta1, Beta2 or RC1 it will fail! Please read http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=19945955&postcount=37

Changelog:

RC2
- changed mount options of the boot partition (fixes the bad backup issue)
- updated sources to the newest ones from CM
- some internal changes for the screen refresh
RC1
- reboot recovery in the advanced menu is now working
- boot to recovery is now a bit faster
- switched to automated build environment
- moved some files to the appropriate place
Beta2
Added page refresh after pushing back or select buttons, to get rid off the ghosting. Still not perfect, but good enough for a recovery.
Beta1
First release

Hi,
after some trying and hacking I was able to build a working Clockworkmod based recovery for the Nook Simple Touch.
It is still a beta-version, but everything I tested (backup, restore, mount USB, install zip) works.

If you want to try it, just write one of the imgs from the sd_xx_clockwork-....zip to a SD card with at least the capacity mentioned in the filename. Put the card in your N2E and reboot. Do not write these images directly to the Nook, it will brick your device permanetly!

To replace the standard recovery of the N2E, copy also the install_cwm_recovery_xx.zip to the sdcard, boot into CWM and use the install zip from sdcard option to install it (it just replaces uRecRam and URecImg in the /boot partition, so you can also do it manually, if you want).
There is really no need to install CWM on the device as long as you aren't developing and need it constantly. Please keep in mind that replacing the stock recovery will remove the restore function, that can be triggered by pressing the two lower buttons (or by eight failed boots). Restoring the stock recovery with install_stock_1.1_recovery.zip will bring back this function.

How to boot into recovery:

Power down the N2E
Press the power button for ca. 3 seconds, so that the device boots (you don't have to hold the power button after the 3 seconds)
As soon as the display changes to the "read forever" screen , push and hold the lower left and the lower right button until the screen changes again
Wait until you see the recovery

If you want the standard recovery back, use the install_stock_1.1_recovery.zip (See next post).

Button layout:

Both Buttons on the left: BACK
Upper button on the right: UP
Lower button on the right: DOWN
n button: SELECT
Power button: TOGGLE DISPLAY

Known bugs:

after restoring the boot partition, most of the times the recovery ends in an unresponsive state. The nook has to be rebooted by holding the power button. This is not affecting the restore!
"reboot system now" doesn't work always (sometimes you have to power cycle), experienced it only when booting from SD
Reboot to recovery by using adb reboot recovery doesn't work. (needs a new adbd binary in the uRamdisk)

DISCLAMER and WARNING: I'm not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, lost data. Make a backup before you try anything described here!

Credits go to:

koush, author of Clockworkmod recovery http://www.clockworkmod.com/
Cyanogenmod-Team, for their great build environment and the Nook Color recovery
The people who wrote Noogie (SD-Card is based on Noogie) http://nookdevs.com
Tyler Montgomery (IOMonster) http://nookdevs.com , buildenv for bootable OMAP-SD-Cards

mali100 · Nov 24, 2011

Useful update.zip's

rom_backup.zip
Makes a backup of all the files that are on the /rom partition. Saves it to the SD-card /backup/rom_backup.tgz.
This partition contains some important data, that is unique for every device (serial, MAC, ...).

install_stock_1.1_recovery.zip
Installs the recovery from the stock 1.1 update.

MinimalTouch
Automatic Rooting + Gapps by eded333

install_remount_commands.zip
Adds the commands systemrw (remount /system rewritable) and systemro (remount /system readonly).

If you have useful update.zip's that should be included here, please let me know.

ros87 · Nov 24, 2011

Great work

I see you listed "install zip" as one of the features tested, does that mean we can create update.zip's and run them trough cwm?

mali100 · Nov 24, 2011

ros87 said:
I see you listed "install zip" as one of the features tested, does that mean we can create update.zip's and run them trough cwm?

Yes, you can create update.zip's and run them trough cwm, install zip works fine. That should make some of the rooting guides and changes of the framework easier.

ros87 · Nov 24, 2011

mali100 said:
Yes, you can create update.zip's and run them trough cwm, install zip works fine. That should make some of the rooting guides and changes of the framework easier.

It sure would!

I noticed that regular update zips use "update-script" while the B&N files use "updater-script", do both work?

mali100 · Nov 24, 2011

ros87 said:
I noticed that regular update zips use "update-script" while the B&N files use "updater-script", do both work?

I think update-script is the old, no longer supported file-format. As far as I know CWM (since version 3) only supports updater-script with an updater-binary (that interprets the script). I only tested the latter.

user4242 · Nov 24, 2011

make it fully working without ghosting and we have the base for custom roms, this is simply great.

tebra · Nov 24, 2011

very good news.
I hope, a step closer to CyanogenMod or other custom Rom...

met67 · Nov 24, 2011

Would it be possible to resize the image to fit in a smaller uSD?

eded333 · Nov 24, 2011

Thanks for taking the time into making this tool available for the NST, this opens the possibilities even more for our ereader

ros87 · Nov 24, 2011

met67 said:
Would it be possible to resize the image to fit in a smaller uSD?

Yes that should be possible, I almost fell of my chair when uncompressing the archive

I'm guessing he just smacked the files onto his 2GB card and made an image of it

But yes it's a problem beyond SD cards, I have my Ubuntu VM on a SSD with limited space so 2GB is not a small issue for me

With that said, there's a limit as to how small a fat32 partition can be, but 64MB is doable.

mali100 · Nov 24, 2011

user4242 said:
make it fully working without ghosting and we have the base for custom roms, this is simply great.

I don't think a recovery is a good base for a custom rom. If you want to build one, use the update to 1.1 as base, you should be able to install it with this recovery.

met67 said:
Would it be possible to resize the image to fit in a smaller uSD?

Yes it is, I made it that big because I wanted some space for the backups. I will add an 128MB version tomorrow, when i upload a new beta with less ghosting.

ros87 said:
I'm guessing he just smacked the files onto his 2GB card and made an image of it

I haven't µSD-cards that small

FletchF · Nov 25, 2011

Very cool! Do you expect to submit this upstream and have it supported in ROM Manager?

ros87 · Nov 25, 2011

mali100 said:
I haven't µSD-cards that small

Showoff!, 2GB is my biggest one, kinda the crown of my collection

mali100 · Nov 25, 2011

FletchF said:
Do you expect to submit this upstream and have it supported in ROM Manager?

Once it's stable and well tested, yes.

By the way, does someone know how the reboot to recovery from a running system works on other devices? Does this work on the Nook Color?
"adb reboot recovery" and "reboot to recovery" from CWM just cause a normal reboot to android.

ros87 · Nov 25, 2011

mali100 said:
Once it's stable and well tested, yes.

By the way, does someone know how the reboot to recovery from a running system works on other devices? Does this work on the Nook Color?
"adb reboot recovery" and "reboot to recovery" from CWM just cause a normal reboot to android.

There's some trickery going on in u-boot:
When BootCnt is >= 8:

Code:

"checkbootcount=\
 if fatload mmc ${mmcromdev}:2 0x81c00000 devconf/BootCnt 4; then\
  calc.l *0x81c00000 + 1 0x81c00000;\
  if itest.l *0x81c00000 < 0; then\
   echo Bad Boot count (Fixed);\
   mw.l 0x81c00000 0 1;\
   fatsave mmc ${mmcromdev}:2 0x81c00000 devconf/BootCnt 4;\
  fi;\
  if itest.l *0x81c00000 > 7; then\ 
   echo Boot count exceeded;\
   echo Forced to boot into recovery mode for Factory Fallback; \
   mw.b 0x81c00000 0 0x200;\
   cp.s \"boot-recovery\" 0x81c00000 0xd;\
   cp.s \"recovery --restore=factory --update_package=MISC:factory.zip\" 0x81c00040 0x3d;\
   mw.b 0x81c00048 0xa 1; mw.b 0x81c0005a 0xa 1;\
   fatsave mmc ${mmcromdev}:2 0x81c00000 BCB 0x200;\
   mw.l 0x81c00000 0 1;\
   fatsave mmc ${mmcromdev}:2 0x81c00000 devconf/BootCnt 4;\
  else\
   echo Boot count OK;\
  fi;\
fi" \

FletchF · Nov 25, 2011

mali100 said:
Once it's stable and well tested, yes.

By the way, does someone know how the reboot to recovery from a running system works on other devices? Does this work on the Nook Color?
"adb reboot recovery" and "reboot to recovery" from CWM just cause a normal reboot to android.

On the NC running CM7:

Boot to Recovery from Rom Manager - works
Boot to Recovery from CM power menu - works
reboot recovery from adb - works

Reboot to Recovery from CWM - boots to CM

mali100 · Nov 25, 2011

ros87 said:
There's some trickery going on in u-boot:
When BootCnt is >= 8:

Thats not what i meant. Other android devices allow it to boot from a running system directly into the recovery and I would like to know what function or switch is used for this. Or do you think they just set the boot-counter to 8?

mali100 · Nov 25, 2011

FletchF said:
On the NC running CM7:

Boot to Recovery from Rom Manager - works
Boot to Recovery from CM power menu - works
reboot recovery from adb - works

Reboot to Recovery from CWM - boots to CM

Ok, thanks for the info.

ros87 · Nov 25, 2011

mali100 said:
Thats not what i meant. Other android devices allow it to boot from a running system directly into the recovery and I would like to know what function or switch is used for this. Or do you think they just set the boot-counter to 8?

No, but the recovery is almost certainly not called directly.

What other devices are doing I cannot say, but on the NST you write your intentions to BCB and then reboot methinks

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