Dear all,
I'm new to the Android world and some things, even if quite easy when
understood, are a bit hard hard for me to get.
The main issue is that many guides and tutorial simply assume that
the user knows how to perform certain operations, like flashing your
rom, use clockwork and enter into recovery mode.
Reading various forums though it seems clear that many others like me don't have a clear idea on how to do such things.
I'm now trying to update to Android 2.2 on my tablet, but this is not as easy
as described on the guides. For my specific case (tablet MID X5A with Android 2.1update1):
"To Install this simply download the firmware for your tablet, and place it onto your sdcard as update.zip.
Please note you need the clockworkmod recovery installed, you can find the recovery below or mirrored here.
1) Reboot into recovery mode, (adb reboot recovery) or on the M701 (switch tablet on and press the two buttons on top), note: both require that usb cable be plugged in.
2) Wipe data/factory reset.
3) Apply sdcared:update.zip"
This procedure doesn't work (I can't enter into recovery mode at all).
Googling and looking on the web I think I've understood the principle of how such an update works:
1) I need to get an img file that enables the recovery mode (through RomManager)
2) I need to get the actual firmware for my tablet
3) I have to flash both files on my device in a file called update.zip
I guess that except for the different image files to flash on the devices the procedure is quite general, right?
Is that correct? If not can you explain to me what I got wrong?
Also may you please write me the steps to put files on the device
in the correct folder in order to make RomManager use the recovery mode
and complete the upgrade?
I'm a Linux user, so I'm looking for a way to upgrade my tablet
using only ADB or flashboot.
I'm sorry if the question is silly but it's more than one month I'm trying in vain to figure out how to upgrade my tablet.
Thanks a lot for your help in advance!
Cheers, -luca
I'm new to the Android world and some things, even if quite easy when
understood, are a bit hard hard for me to get.
The main issue is that many guides and tutorial simply assume that
the user knows how to perform certain operations, like flashing your
rom, use clockwork and enter into recovery mode.
Reading various forums though it seems clear that many others like me don't have a clear idea on how to do such things.
I'm now trying to update to Android 2.2 on my tablet, but this is not as easy
as described on the guides. For my specific case (tablet MID X5A with Android 2.1update1):
"To Install this simply download the firmware for your tablet, and place it onto your sdcard as update.zip.
Please note you need the clockworkmod recovery installed, you can find the recovery below or mirrored here.
1) Reboot into recovery mode, (adb reboot recovery) or on the M701 (switch tablet on and press the two buttons on top), note: both require that usb cable be plugged in.
2) Wipe data/factory reset.
3) Apply sdcared:update.zip"
This procedure doesn't work (I can't enter into recovery mode at all).
Googling and looking on the web I think I've understood the principle of how such an update works:
1) I need to get an img file that enables the recovery mode (through RomManager)
2) I need to get the actual firmware for my tablet
3) I have to flash both files on my device in a file called update.zip
I guess that except for the different image files to flash on the devices the procedure is quite general, right?
Is that correct? If not can you explain to me what I got wrong?
Also may you please write me the steps to put files on the device
in the correct folder in order to make RomManager use the recovery mode
and complete the upgrade?
I'm a Linux user, so I'm looking for a way to upgrade my tablet
using only ADB or flashboot.
I'm sorry if the question is silly but it's more than one month I'm trying in vain to figure out how to upgrade my tablet.
Thanks a lot for your help in advance!
Cheers, -luca
