[WIP] CWM 6 (Booting and Testing)

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Smith7018

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Mega

Installing
You can't flash this yet (I'm working on that, I promise) but you can boot from it!

NOTE: THIS IS A WIP. Not a lot has been really tested yet and this is posted merely for your enjoyment atm.
I don't suggest flashing anything yet, not that there is anything to flash heh.
Also, I take no responsibility if you break your watch, yada, yada.

To do this, make sure you have Android's tools (for fastboot), an unlocked bootloader, and the watch connected to your computer in Debug mode.

> adb reboot bootloader
<wait for the reboot to happen>
> fastboot boot /path/to/recovery.img


Enjoy!​
 
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Smith7018

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Did u push the tree to github?
1st built for me was a no go

Nope, though I'll try to get to it tomorrow after work! If you want, I can give you an overview of what I did:

1. Pull the source for CM11.
2. Dump boot and recovery images using dd.
3. Ran makevender.sh using lge and dory.
4. lunch'd it up.
5. Replaced the recovery.fstab with the fstab from the recovery ramdisk.
6. Ran makerecovery.sh.
7. fastboot boot'd the recovery.img

This is all off the top of my head and missing some random files you had to hack around with, of course. Hope you get it working and more progress is made because I can't get to it for another day!

wouldn't twrp make more sense since its touch based?

I explained in the post that I thought CWM had touch built-in and have since switched over to Philz.
 

ptesmoke

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Nope, though I'll try to get to it tomorrow after work! If you want, I can give you an overview of what I did:

1. Pull the source for CM11.
2. Dump boot and recovery images using dd.
3. Ran makevender.sh using lge and dory.
4. lunch'd it up.
5. Replaced the recovery.fstab with the fstab from the recovery ramdisk.
6. Ran makerecovery.sh.
7. fastboot boot'd the recovery.img

This is all off the top of my head and missing some random files you had to hack around with, of course. Hope you get it working and more progress is made because I can't get to it for another day!



I explained in the post that I thought CWM had touch built-in and have since switched over to Philz.
I wasn't trying to shoot you down just suggesting if it would be easier to iron out since its built to be touch based...that's all
 

Smith7018

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I wasn't trying to shoot you down just suggesting if it would be easier to iron out since its built to be touch based...that's all

Heh, don't worry, you didn't seem like you were shooting me down at all! Anyway, I tried TWRP but it wouldn't boot for some reason (it's extremely hard to debug at the bootloader level). So, I went back to CWM and got swipe control working! Here's a build of the recovery image

NOTE: To boot this do NOT flash it; you need to "fastboot boot" it. Also, don't blame me if your watch breaks, yadda, yadda.

As per the source, I'll tell you the truth, it's pretty ugly and I'm deathly afraid of git so give me a few days until I get around to uploading it.

Download: https://mega.co.nz/#!ctMGgb4T!1g3m2PxsXH3LEoF0GuCaxFcfvrUBHc1_IW3nXDdGQbA
 

jamcar

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Nope, though I'll try to get to it tomorrow after work! If you want, I can give you an overview of what I did:

1. Pull the source for CM11.
2. Dump boot and recovery images using dd.
3. Ran makevender.sh using lge and dory.
4. lunch'd it up.
5. Replaced the recovery.fstab with the fstab from the recovery ramdisk.
6. Ran makerecovery.sh.
7. fastboot boot'd the recovery.img

This is all off the top of my head and missing some random files you had to hack around with, of course. Hope you get it working and more progress is made because I can't get to it for another day!



I explained in the post that I thought CWM had touch built-in and have since switched over to Philz.


Interesting.
I was/am working on TWRP, but my first build wouldn't boot.

EDIT: Where did you get that strap? I really like it.
 
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dude1981

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Heh, don't worry, you didn't seem like you were shooting me down at all! Anyway, I tried TWRP but it wouldn't boot for some reason (it's extremely hard to debug at the bootloader level). So, I went back to CWM and got swipe control working! Here's a build of the recovery image

NOTE: To boot this do NOT flash it; you need to "fastboot boot" it. Also, don't blame me if your watch breaks, yadda, yadda.

As per the source, I'll tell you the truth, it's pretty ugly and I'm deathly afraid of git so give me a few days until I get around to uploading it.

Download: https://mega.co.nz/#!ctMGgb4T!1g3m2PxsXH3LEoF0GuCaxFcfvrUBHc1_IW3nXDdGQbA

Thanks man. Got it to boot up and backup worked. Guess that's about all u can do for now

Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
 

Smith7018

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Thanks man. Got it to boot up and backup worked. Guess that's about all u can do for now

Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Awesome! You can technically flash mods; I flashed the iOS emoji mod so now my hangout messages don't have the ugly Google ones :victory:

Interesting.
I was/am working on TWRP, but my first build wouldn't boot.

EDIT: Where did you get that strap? I really like it.

Same, and I gave up; TWRP's UI won't really work out too well at 280x280, IMO, and CWM swipe is already working heh. I got the watch strap from eBay. It was super cheap and easy to adjust! :)
 

PlayfulGod

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Why just booting it via fastboot instead of flashing it?

and have you push your device tree to github??
 
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PlayfulGod

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Heh, don't worry, you didn't seem like you were shooting me down at all! Anyway, I tried TWRP but it wouldn't boot for some reason (it's extremely hard to debug at the bootloader level). So, I went back to CWM and got swipe control working! Here's a build of the recovery image

NOTE: To boot this do NOT flash it; you need to "fastboot boot" it. Also, don't blame me if your watch breaks, yadda, yadda.

As per the source, I'll tell you the truth, it's pretty ugly and I'm deathly afraid of git so give me a few days until I get around to uploading it.

Download: https://mega.co.nz/#!ctMGgb4T!1g3m2PxsXH3LEoF0GuCaxFcfvrUBHc1_IW3nXDdGQbA

just zipping your device tree and uploading it would work too. ;)

And how you build a recovery and git look skeery?? lol
 

dude1981

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Awesome! You can technically flash mods; I flashed the iOS emoji mod so now my hangout messages don't have the ugly Google ones :victory:



Same, and I gave up; TWRP's UI won't really work out too well at 280x280, IMO, and CWM swipe is already working heh. I got the watch strap from eBay. It was super cheap and easy to adjust! :)

Good deal. Do u happen have any links to mods or did u create them yourself?


Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
 

Pepski

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Awesome! You can technically flash mods; I flashed the iOS emoji mod so now my hangout messages don't have the ugly Google ones :victory:

This is exactly why I've rooted my watch! Well, that and the Gohma ROM.

The issue I'm having is pushing the .zip file to the sdcard. Getting an error saying it's read-only. Can't do it via adb because the second I boot into CWM my laptop forgets it's connected to anything.
 

Smith7018

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Why just booting it via fastboot instead of flashing it?

and have you push your device tree to github??

It's only booting because it doesn't work when flashed to recovery. The file size is around 8 mb whereas the legitimate recovery is 23 mb, which I'm sure is an issue. Is it possible that I'm only creating a ramdisk that gets paired with the watch's kernel and I need to make an image with both of them? Sorry, this whole uBoot stuff confuses me a bit.

just zipping your device tree and uploading it would work too. ;)

And how you build a recovery and git look skeery?? lol

Heh, I'm not actually afraid of git, I guess, I'm afraid of the whole "making a device-specific git repo that can be easily pulled while building CM." I guess I just don't have the time atm to set it up properly, but dw, I'll get to it this weekend! :fingers-crossed:

Good deal. Do u happen have any links to mods or did u create them yourself?


Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Well, the iOS mod is something I downloaded awhile ago for my N5. I'm afraid I don't have the link anymore. Sorry, man.

This is exactly why I've rooted my watch! Well, that and the Gohma ROM.

The issue I'm having is pushing the .zip file to the sdcard. Getting an error saying it's read-only. Can't do it via adb because the second I boot into CWM my laptop forgets it's connected to anything.

Try pushing the zip to the sd card while it's normally booted and then restart. I think that's what I did, IIRC.
 

Pepski

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Try pushing the zip to the sd card while it's normally booted and then restart. I think that's what I did, IIRC.

Getting:

Code:
C:\fastboot>adb push emoji.zip \sdcard
failed to copy 'emoji.zip' to '\sdcard': Read-only file system

This was just done while the watch is booted normally and plugged in via USB. It almost seems as though the root permission hasn't worked. I'm at a loss. :eek:
 

Smith7018

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Getting:

Code:
C:\fastboot>adb push emoji.zip \sdcard
failed to copy 'emoji.zip' to '\sdcard': Read-only file system

This was just done while the watch is booted normally and plugged in via USB. It almost seems as though the root permission hasn't worked. I'm at a loss. :eek:

Weird... I don't even think you need root to push to /sdcard/ but I could be wrong. I'd suggest trying /sdcard/emoji.zip so it knows where to resolve. Also, I don't use Windows, but does the backslash work on adb as a file separator?
 

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    Mega

    Installing
    You can't flash this yet (I'm working on that, I promise) but you can boot from it!

    NOTE: THIS IS A WIP. Not a lot has been really tested yet and this is posted merely for your enjoyment atm.
    I don't suggest flashing anything yet, not that there is anything to flash heh.
    Also, I take no responsibility if you break your watch, yada, yada.

    To do this, make sure you have Android's tools (for fastboot), an unlocked bootloader, and the watch connected to your computer in Debug mode.

    > adb reboot bootloader
    <wait for the reboot to happen>
    > fastboot boot /path/to/recovery.img


    Enjoy!​