This is for all those people who want to start over. I made the mistake of using webOS Doctor without removing the Android and Linux partitions. That left me with a deer turd for an HP TouchPad. So after about 2 hours of slaving, I figured out what to do
I. What you need
Novacom - Click
Novaterm - Click (or found in C:\Program Files\Palm, Inc\terminal. Run novaterm.bat)
Recovery uImage - Click
WebOS Doctor 3.0.0 - Click
WebOS Doctor 3.0.4 (optional) - Click
II. What to do
1) Install Novacom and extract Novaterm.
2) Open a command prompt and navigate to your Palm, Inc folder (usually \Program Files\Palm, Inc)
3) Move the recovery uImage to the Palm, Inc folder.
4) Boot your Touchpad into recovery (Power + Volume Up from power off)
5) In that command prompt, run ( novacom boot mem:// < nova-installer-image-topaz.uImage ) (without the parenthesis)
6) Once run, all you'll see on the Touchpad is the HP logo. This is good. Now open Novaterm and hit Connect
7) If you see a prompt that says something like "[email protected] device" this is good, now run these commands IN ORDER and these commands are CASE SENSITIVE
(For 32GB Touchpads only)
(16GB Touchpads)
8) When done, reboot the Touchpad into recovery (Power + Center/Home until screen off, then Power + Volume Up)
9) Run webOS Doctor 3.0.0 (This is to ensure a repartitioning and no other version will work at this point
)
Branch 1) You can stop here to have 3.0.0 as your webOS version. You've just completed a downgrade that was before thought impossible.
Branch 2) If you want webOS 3.0.4, continue on.
10) When webOS Doctor is complete, hold down Power and Center, and when the screen turns off, immediately hold Power and Volume Up.
11) You'll see the USB icon again, just run webOS Doctor 3.0.4 and you're done.
Have fun.
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For those having problems with novaterm:
For those having problems with Java:
I. What you need
Novacom - Click
Novaterm - Click (or found in C:\Program Files\Palm, Inc\terminal. Run novaterm.bat)
Recovery uImage - Click
WebOS Doctor 3.0.0 - Click
WebOS Doctor 3.0.4 (optional) - Click
II. What to do
1) Install Novacom and extract Novaterm.
2) Open a command prompt and navigate to your Palm, Inc folder (usually \Program Files\Palm, Inc)
3) Move the recovery uImage to the Palm, Inc folder.
4) Boot your Touchpad into recovery (Power + Volume Up from power off)
5) In that command prompt, run ( novacom boot mem:// < nova-installer-image-topaz.uImage ) (without the parenthesis)
6) Once run, all you'll see on the Touchpad is the HP logo. This is good. Now open Novaterm and hit Connect
7) If you see a prompt that says something like "[email protected] device" this is good, now run these commands IN ORDER and these commands are CASE SENSITIVE
(For 32GB Touchpads only)
(16GB Touchpads)
8) When done, reboot the Touchpad into recovery (Power + Center/Home until screen off, then Power + Volume Up)
9) Run webOS Doctor 3.0.0 (This is to ensure a repartitioning and no other version will work at this point
)Branch 1) You can stop here to have 3.0.0 as your webOS version. You've just completed a downgrade that was before thought impossible.
Branch 2) If you want webOS 3.0.4, continue on.
10) When webOS Doctor is complete, hold down Power and Center, and when the screen turns off, immediately hold Power and Volume Up.
11) You'll see the USB icon again, just run webOS Doctor 3.0.4 and you're done.
Have fun.
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For those having problems with novaterm:
For those having problems with Java:
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