Saturday, October 15, 2011

Installing Android CM7 Alpha 2.1 (Part 2)

Part 2 will prepare you computer and your Touchpad for the installation of Android. Please follow this step carefully.

1. Make sure you have checked all your md5 values againts the ones provided in the first part to ensure that your downloaded files are not damaged.

2. Install the WebOS SDK (7 on the list from part 1). This will install the necessary NOVACOM drivers to your computer so you can successfully run this installation. It is necessary to reboot your computer after this.

3. Boot your Touchpad and connect it via usb to your computer. When prompted, select USB drive on your touchpad. Open up the touchpad in windows explorer and make a new folder in the root directory called "cminstall" without quotes. Proceed to copy the .zip files 4, 5, and 6 from Part 1 into that folder. You may now disconnect the Touchpad from your computer and turn the Touchpad off. Turn the Touchpad back on but hold down the "volume up" button until a large white USB symbol appears.

4. Please navigate on your computer to "C:\Program Files (x86)\HP webOS\SDK\bin" for (64 bit) or
"C:\Program Files\HP webOS\SDK\bin" (for 32 bit). If neither of these locations exists on your computer; you have skipped or done step 2 incorrectly and will have to do it again. If this location does exist then you will need to extract the ACMEInstaller.zip that you downloaded earlier (3 on list) into this folder.

5. Now pay very close attention to this step. Open cmd.exe as Administrator  START ->
search: "cmd.exe" -> Right-click and select "run as Administrator". type into the command prompt one of the following commands depending on what folder existed in the above step.

cd C:\Program Files (x86)\HP webOS\SDK\bin
or
cd C:\Program Files\HP webOS\SDK\bin

your screen should now look like this:


6. You will now have to run the command which will cause your Touchpad to reboot and install Android. Again in cmd.exe run the following command

novacom boot mem:// < ACMEInstaller



Your Touchpad should now reboot and start showing many lines of code with two Penguins at the top. Wait a good 5 minutes for it to do it's thing, and it should then reboot to CM7.

If you had any issues at all with any of this please feel free to comment.

The next part will outline how to install the android market to your fresh install of Android.

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12 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 16, 2011 at 10:49 AM

    Do I need to use the HP WebOS SDK? It's a huge download. I've already gotten the novacom driver from my WebOS doctor. Thus, I'm set there, my PC sees my TP. Therefore, can I use WebOS Quick Install instead to install the ACMEInstall? Thanks!

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  2. DanielOctober 16, 2011 at 11:21 AM

    I thought the same thing but its not just the drivers you need. You also need the novacom.exe file to run the commands in this step. The next question is can you run the commands with just that executable alone. My bet is you cannot but I am happy for you to try and let me know. I did not want to risk a brick so I followed what the online tutorials said. Hopefully this answers your question.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 17, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    I followed the steps..as my touchpad was running the lines of code with the penguins it got stuck stating it could not find update zip..so i shutdown the touchpad and now it will not reboot. how can i fix this?
    -help

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  4. DanielOctober 17, 2011 at 4:00 PM

    You have probably bricked your Touchpad so I would recommend heading over to
    http://www.webos-internals.org/wiki/WebOS_Doctor_Versions
    and see if you can follow the steps on there.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 19, 2011 at 7:21 PM

    when i do step 6 it says "novacom boot mem:// < ACMEInstaller unknown command"
    please please help

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  6. DanielOctober 20, 2011 at 9:24 PM

    you have not navigated to the directory containing novacom.exe in step 5

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  7. AnonymousNovember 23, 2011 at 11:32 PM

    Hi Daniel,

    Please clarify,

    1) After performing step 3 - do we need to connect the unit back to the pc.

    thanks for your help.

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  8. DanielNovember 23, 2011 at 11:41 PM

    Yes the tp must be connected before proceeding to step 4. Good luck

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  9. AnonymousNovember 24, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    thanks, Some more questions.

    1) Do I need to extract the Zip files or just copy them to the folder cminstall.

    2) how does the recovery file downloaded work. will an backup feature automatically be created.

    thanks

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  10. AnonymousNovember 25, 2011 at 9:53 AM

    HI Daniel

    It worked like a breeze. thanks for your help.

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  11. cmdornanDecember 9, 2011 at 12:02 PM

    When I enter the command I receive an error "unable to find device"

    I have navigated to the folder C:\Program Files\Palm\SDK\bin where the ACMEInstaller has been extracted to.

    I have tried both commands and the cmd was in administrator mode.

    novacom boot mem:// < ACMEInstaller
    novacom.exe boot mem:// < ACMEInstaller

    Any help much appreciated.

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  12. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2012 at 2:48 PM

    in the command prompt, it says access is denied even though im running as the administrator

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