[OBSOLETE] unofficial CyanogenMod 9/ClockworkMod Recovery 5 for Allwinner A10 devices

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this was a work-in-progress development project for porting CyanogenMod 9 (ICS/4.0.4) and ClockworkMod Recovery 5 to Allwinner A10 devices.

but my CM9 is obsolete now. if you want to get CM9, please refer other active projects.

currently here is only for my miscellaneous work for Allwinner A10 devices. if you have a question about development work for A10, you may post it on here. but I can't guarantee any answer.

* links to other active CM9/CM10 projects
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1821398 CM10 for many A10 tablets by Christian Troy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1760929 CM9 for many A10 tablets by Christian Troy
http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/33820-ics-404-ivi-cm9-firmware-for-novo7-advanced-btgpsusb-audio/ for NOVO7 Advanced(1) by tsynik

* links to other active AOKP projects
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1760931 for many A10 tablets by Christian Troy

 

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* How to install ClockworkMod Recovery 5
1. (if you don't have official ROM and flash tool,) make backup of recovery partition
2. download recovery.zip and unzip it
3. put install-recovery.sh and recovery.img(recovery.cpio for GB ROM) on /sdcard/ *1 *2
4. run install-recovery.sh from root shell or any apps which can run a script (terminal, gscript, etc)
e.g.

> adb shell
$ su
# sh /sdcard/install-recovery.sh

* How to boot recovery
1. put reboot-recovery.sh on /sdcard/ *1 *2
2. run reboot-recovery.sh from root shell or any apps which can run a script (terminal, gscript, etc)
e.g.

> adb shell
$ su
# sh /sdcard/reboot-recovery.sh

*1 if you are using CM9, install-recovery.sh and reboot-recovery.sh are already installed on /system/bin/. if you are not using CM9, you can put these scripts on your ROM.
*2 /sdcard/ is referred as "SD card" on Android, but it may not be physical/external "SD Card". please make sure files are placed on /sdcard/.

* How to boot recovery (alternative)
for ainol NOVO7 AdvancedII/Aurora/Elf
BACK + POWER

for other tablets, please find the way to boot recovery.

* How to control ClockworkMod Recovery 5
for ainol NOVO7 Advanced
VOL-: down, VOL+: up, POWER/MENU: select, BACK: back

for ainol NOVO7 AdvancedII/Aurora/Elf
VOL-/MENU: down, VOL+/HOME: up, POWER: select, BACK: back

* How to install CyanogenMod 9
1. download update.zip and put it on internal NAND flash or SD card (don't unzip it)
2. install ClockworkMod Recovery 5
3. reboot recovery
4. install update.zip
5. wipe data/factory reset *3
6. reboot

*3 only if you are upgrading from non-CM9 ROM (CM9 1st install)

 

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[saulmrt]

Hi,
I was not shure if I should by the NOVO7 Advanced, but now as I see that there is (or will be) CM avaidable for it , I will buy it.
Thanks for porting

T

 

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I was not shure if I should by the NOVO7 Advanced, but now as I see that there is (or will be) CM avaidable for it , I will buy it.
Thanks for porting

thank you for your message.

but I don't recommend to buy it because of my CM, unless you like/want to do porting work. my CM is not perfect at all.

 

[saulmrt]

I ordered it because I thin it is a good piece of hardware, you don't have to be afraid that it was only because of this port.

Well as soon as I have this tablet I will try to help with porting as good as I can.

 

[britbloke]

Great work so far OP!

I have the Ainol Advanced waiting for me at the post office. There's already a healthy community over on slatedroid but it's always good to see CM getting ported!

 

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thank you for your comments.

I wish I'll re-upload my files in this weekend...(it's not technical reason at all)

 

[synaptyc]

FILES! FILES!! My Kingdom for FILES!!!

 

[kcthomlau]

i have been longing for it and i suggest to launch a new board for it. it's been a popular device in PRC, taiwan & hong kong already! please note that the 2.0.3 & 2.0.4 firmwares are quite buggy, and i would advise all to flash 1.8 modified version which is stable and can score 18XX at quadrant.

 

[FezzFest]

I've been trying to do this for my A10-based tablet too. Can you up the download links again? Maybe I can improve some things.

Edit: I'll upload a dump of the stock ROM soon. I also found a tool to (partially) extract the LiveSuite *.img files.
Edit 2: WiFi chipset of the tablet is a Realtek 8192CU, Freescale MMA7660 accelerometer & Goodix touchscreen.

 

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I've been trying to do this for my A10-based tablet too. Can you up the download links again? Maybe I can improve some things.

Edit: I'll upload a dump of the stock ROM soon. I also found a tool to (partially) extract the LiveSuite *.img files.
Edit 2: WiFi chipset of the tablet is a Realtek 8192CU, Freescale MMA7660 accelerometer & Goodix touchscreen.

sorry, I need some time to prepare my site. it seems I don't have enough time on this weekend but I hope I'll get some time on next week.

I guess you are talking about this tool: http://www.mp4nation.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=20476
I'll try it when I get enough time

and thank you for your information. if you want to add your tablet to my support list, I need more detail info (please see post#4). if you can do it yourself, please just wait for some day... I'll uploaded my git repo too.
(nothing is secret, just I need my free time!)

 

[FezzFest]

I found it on a different website, but I think it's the same tool.
This is a dump I made of the original partitions with dd:

boot.img: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28680222/XDA/tablet/boot.img
misc.img: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28680222/XDA/tablet/misc.img
rootfs.img: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28680222/XDA/tablet/rootfs.img
recovery.img: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28680222/XDA/tablet/recovery.img
system.img: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28680222/XDA/tablet/system.img

I haven't included cache, data and internal sdcard because I don't think they are of any use for ROM development.

Edit: attached required output from commands in post #4. Find /sys doesn't work because adb can't find find

 

[Mitred]

Hi fun thanks for the pm found my way here at last
i have not managed to get into stock recovery on the Excel so far so i have not made any kind of file dump or backup i will see how it goes and keep my eye on this thread i have root and terminal emulator i have installed superuser as an app from market
can i type a command to get into stock recovery or would you think there is no stock recovery
cheers

 

[FezzFest]

Recovery is also a mistery to me. I tried 'adb reboot recovery' but I guess that was too simple. There is a recovery partition (I created an image with dd above) but haven't found a way to boot into it. I'd love to know how the topic starter got clockworkmod working

 

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i have not managed to get into stock recovery on the Excel so far so i have not made any kind of file dump or backup i will see how it goes and keep my eye on this thread i have root and terminal emulator i have installed superuser as an app from market
can i type a command to get into stock recovery or would you think there is no stock recovery

hi.

stock recovery should work because it's necessary to run "factory reset" from setting menu on stock rom. (it's done automatically so we can't use it to enter recovery mode. I just explained about functionality)

and recovery is not necessary for now. what I need is not complete dump image. I just want to know hardware related things so tar archive is enough.

permanent root is not necessary too. sometimes rooting app makes brick, so I don't recommend it. I don't recommend to modify stock rom unless you have official rom and flash tool.

if adb shell is root shell, then rooting is not necessary at all. if adb shell is not running, or non-root user shell, temporary root is necessary to get root shell.

then, you already got root shell, right?

then, please check following commands are available in your rom, "tar" and/or "busybox".

 

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Recovery is also a mistery to me. I tried 'adb reboot recovery' but I guess that was too simple. There is a recovery partition (I created an image with dd above) but haven't found a way to boot into it. I'd love to know how the topic starter got clockworkmod working

"adb recovery" doesn't work. I'll post how to enter recovery. please wait for a moment.

anyway, please tell me name of your tablet, or link to web, or photo.

if busybox is in your rom, "busybox find /sys" will work.

 

[FezzFest]

It's a Bmorn V11. The 'busybox find /sys' command indeed works, I have attached the output files to the zip file in this post.

 

[Sinlath]

It's a Bmorn V11. The 'busybox find /sys' command indeed works, I have attached the output files to the zip file in this post.

i'm guessing you are referring to the Bmorn V11 rebranded for Promedia ?

If so, keep in mind that there are 2 versions of this tablet, one with 3600 battery and one with 3200 battery, the 3200 version has the goodix_touch drivers.