[Q] Which partition to format to remove CWM ?

[birkopf]

Hey,

I have been given Motorola Xoom and when I'm booting into recover it has got broken or wrong CWM. Tablet goes in the loop and I see that CWM Droid with exclamation and parts and pieces coming out of his stomach

I know that partition with CWM can be formatted from ADB, but i haven't done it for long time and never on tablet.

Could someone tell me / confirm which partition installed CWM sits on ?

Also, what's the chance that something will go wrong and I won't be able to flash new CWM ?

 

[AlEsC]

Hey,

I have been given Motorola Xoom and when I'm booting into recover it has got broken or wrong CWM. Tablet goes in the loop and I see that CWM Droid with exclamation and parts and pieces coming out of his stomach

I know that partition with CWM can be formatted from ADB, but i haven't done it for long time and never on tablet.

Could someone tell me / confirm which partition installed CWM sits on ?

Also, what's the chance that something will go wrong and I won't be able to flash new CWM ?

If you can boot into Android (and you have root access), you can use Flashify.
Otherwise you can use "fastboot flash recovery you_recovery.img".

 

[birkopf]

If you can boot into Android (and you have root access), you can use Flashify.
Otherwise you can use "fastboot flash recovery you_recovery.img".

I don't have root. I also cannot flash recovery because CWM sit's there and is broken

 

[AlEsC]

I don't have root. I also cannot flash recovery because CWM sit's there and is broken

fastboot will overwrite you broken CWM

1) reboot in bootloader (command : adb reboot bootloader)
2) fastboot flash recovery twrp.img

You can find TWRP image here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/motorola-xoom/development/recovery-twrp-2-8-0-0-t2880998

 

[birkopf]

fastboot will overwrite you broken CWM
1) reboot in bootloader (command : adb reboot bootloader)
2) fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
You can find TWRP image here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/motorola-xoom/development/recovery-twrp-2-8-0-0-t2880998

I don't think I can flash recover over existing recovery. This will most likely lead to soft brick...
Before flashing twrp.img I need to format the partition where CWM sits currently.

- Do you know which partition is it and how to do it ?

 

[AlEsC]

I don't think I can flash recover over existing recovery. This will most likely lead to soft brick...
Before flashing twrp.img I need to format the partition where CWM sits currently.

- Do you know which partition is it and how to do it ?

Without root you won't be able to issue a mkfs command (as far as I know).
You can use :
fastboot format recovery
and/or
fastboot erase recovery

 

[birkopf]

If you can boot into Android (and you have root access), you can use Flashify.
Otherwise you can use "fastboot flash recovery you_recovery.img".

Without root you won't be able to issue a mkfs command (as far as I know).
You can use :
fastboot format recovery
and/or
fastboot erase recovery

Sounds good. So, just to confirm
- I need to first clear the recovery partition with commands you wrote above
- Flash new recovery from the link you submitted in the post above
- Flash selected ROM from the SD card using new recovery

Does it all sound fine ?

 

[AlEsC]

Sounds good. So, just to confirm
- I need to first clear the recovery partition with commands you wrote above
- Flash new recovery from the link you submitted in the post above
- Flash selected ROM from the SD card using new recovery

Does it all sound fine ?

Correct.
Choose carrefully you recovery image (BigPart or non-BigPart) depending on the ROM you wish to install.

 

[birkopf]

Correct.
Choose carrefully you recovery image (BigPart or non-BigPart) depending on the ROM you wish to install.

Thanks!
Just quick question : what is the BigPart or non-BigPart ?

Googling that doesn't produce any sensible results