[RECOVERY][vk810][6.0.5.1] ClockworkMod 6.0.5.1 Unofficial - G Pad 8.3 Android Development

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[RECOVERY][vk810][6.0.5.1] ClockworkMod 6.0.5.1 Unofficial
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This is only for the vk810 Verizon LTE model (product name altev)
Introduction
I recently took over porting CM11.0 for paperWastage. For the sake of completeness and to give users more options, I built ClockworkMod 6.0.5.1 since we already had TWRP thanks to the efforts of drGravy and others. This is a flashable zip, so you need to have the loki patched TWRP already installed. I will work on a way to directly loki flash CWM onto these tablets, but for now, feel free to flash this recovery.
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Installation instructions
Need latest custom recovery (TWRP, ...?). You can use towelroot or this offline root or Kingo online-root (nor preferred) to root from stock ROM
Do nandroid backup in recovery
Wipe dalvik/cache/system
This recovery is only for vk810 verizon LTE-version only.
Flash this CWM recovery .zip as you normally would
This should go without saying, but rebooting to recovery via power menu or
Code:
adb reboot recovery
does not work because of LG's laf.img (what enables download mode). You have to power off the device and then power on holding power+volume down. Then select Factory Reset, which will then boot you into recovery.
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Download
Current Recovery:
[20150121][RECOVERY][vk810][6.0.5.1] ClockworkMod 6.0.5.1 Unofficialhttps://www.dropbox.com/s/fm5heowhvc4dxa8/vk810-CWM_6.0.5.1-recovery.zip?dl=0
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Bugs?
- (1/23/15) There is a bug with the recovery.fstab (I think) where it defaults mounting /dev/mmcblk0 to /sdcard. mmcblk0 is a block device and not a file system, and the correct path for /sdcard should be /data/media/0 for internal SD and 1 for external SD. I need to dig into it further to figure out how to fix it. My first attempt at fixing this morning resulted in a non bootable recovery.img
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Thanks To/Credits
Code:
cyanogenmod dev team for source/kernel build-up
omni team for omni source
drgravy for TWRP
anyone else who contributed to the development of v500/v510/vk810

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So flashed, all went well, made a back up, then lost root on reboot. Stumproot app says I'm rooted, Su says in can't install binary?
Sent from my HTC6600LVW using XDA Premium HD app

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Hello CM 11! Thanks developer...for this and the rom....May want to add a note if the stock rooted rom is kept should answer the last two questions as NO,, NO...or they'll be in a mess and loose root.
Sent from my HTC6600LVW using XDA Premium HD app

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mitchbaria said:
Hello CM 11! Thanks developer...for this and the rom....May want to add a note if the stock rooted rom is kept should answer the last two questions as NO,, NO...or they'll be in a mess and loose root.
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I'm assuming you solved your issue then? Forgive my ignorance, could you explain what "last two questions" are that should be answered no and no?
@N00b-un-2, thanks again. Installed fine, used it to wipe cache and flash your CM11 and made a backup of CM11 after configuring it. Haven't tested a restore yet.
I also wanted to note in response to the warning in your OP that rebooting to recovery from the power menu doesn't work. It works for me (from the power options enabled from Developement). I can make and upload a video if necessary.

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Yes,,,upon reboot of the stock 4.4.2 lg rom clockwork mod ask you if you'd like to prevent stock recovery or something to that affect and then says " you may have lost root do you want CM to fix now? Yes or no....if you answer these two questions with anything but " no and no" you will lose root. It may be trivia to people in the know, but first i lost root had to restore recovery through adb then restore the backup ( thank God i made one upon switching to Clockwork from twrp)....

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mitchbaria said:
Yes,,,upon reboot of the stock 4.4.2 lg rom clockwork mod ask you if you'd like to prevent stock recovery or something to that affect and then says " you may have lost root do you want CM to fix now? Yes or no....if you answer these two questions with anything but " no and no" you will lose root. It may be trivia to people in the know, but first i lost root had to restore recovery through adb then restore the backup ( thank God i made one upon switching to Clockwork from twrp)....
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Oh, I see. I didn't occasion to see those questions because I flashed his CM11 after flashing this recovery. Thanks, good to know (if I remember if I ever use this with stock).

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I should have clarified that I meant on the stock firmware. Reboot to recovery works fine on CM11, but has been hit or miss for me on the official firmware.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
I'm assuming you solved your issue then? Forgive my ignorance, could you explain what "last two questions" are that should be answered no and no?
@N00b-un-2, thanks again. Installed fine, used it to wipe cache and flash your CM11 and made a backup of CM11 after configuring it. Haven't tested a restore yet.
I also wanted to note in response to the warning in your OP that rebooting to recovery from the power menu doesn't work. It works for me (from the power options enabled from Developement). I can make and upload a video if necessary.
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That means that your tablet is not properly rooted. What root method did you use? I ran into this when I rooted using Kingo Root, but not stump or towel. You may be able to fix this by
Code:
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
chmod 4755 /system/xbin/su
reboot
basically, if SuperSU is giving you the "su binary needs to be updated" error and it fails, then you're not properly rooted.
mitchbaria said:
Yes,,,upon reboot of the stock 4.4.2 lg rom clockwork mod ask you if you'd like to prevent stock recovery or something to that affect and then says " you may have lost root do you want CM to fix now? Yes or no....if you answer these two questions with anything but " no and no" you will lose root. It may be trivia to people in the know, but first i lost root had to restore recovery through adb then restore the backup ( thank God i made one upon switching to Clockwork from twrp)....
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Dropbox link is broken. Anyone have a copy of it?

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mikentucson said:
Dropbox link is broken. Anyone have a copy of it?
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Hi! Here's a mirror in my sections on Android File Host.
Just to be clear, this recovery was compiled by @N00b-un-2. I am just temporarily or permanently hosting a mirror of it on AFH. @N00b-un-2, let me know if you want me to take my copy down, and likewise if you want to put my link in your OP that's fine too.

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what is going on with the recoveries on this device? The link to TWRP is broken. I accidentally deleted the CWM recovery I built a few months back and the VM I was temporarily "borrowing" to build on was retired.
I am in the process of building CWM recovery again, should be ready later today, barring any unforseen circumstances. I'm going to take a stab at compiling a new version of TWRP, but I'm having quite a few problems at the moment.
In the mean time here is a link to DrGravy's TWRP 2.7.0.2 and 2.7.0.1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hanc02rjutt5k10/VK810_twrp_2.7.0.1.zip?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tx0amj50k7fi6ff/vk810-TWRP_2.7.0.2-recovery.zip?dl=0
And also, in case anyone is interested, here is a link to they Cyanogen Recovery. I was a bit surprised when I went to build CWM again based on the CM-12.1 sources that the recovery it built was no longer CWM, but rather Cyanogen Recovery. Nonetheless, it will allow you to flash ROMs
https://www.dropbox.com/s/edp0up3bfon421i/vk810-cyanogen-recovery.zip?dl=0
Like I said, I should have CWM up again later today I just have to pull down the CM-11.0 sources and build again.

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mitchbaria said:
So flashed, all went well, made a back up, then lost root on reboot. Stumproot app says I'm rooted, Su says in can't install binary?
Sent from my HTC6600LVW using XDA Premium HD app
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So I feel like a dummy but how the heck do you flash this thing? If I boot into stock recovery it won't let me mount the SD card...something about invalid argument...

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Cothirteen said:
So I feel like a dummy but how the heck do you flash this thing? If I boot into stock recovery it won't let me mount the SD card...something about invalid argument...
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First you have to root your VK810, which is easiest under build 24A or below using the Stump apk.
Then look for the TWRP v2.7.0.1 thread for the VK810 in Original Development. You have to start with that version then flash whatever newer custom recovery you want from there.
You can't flash custom things from stock recov recovery.
If you're meaning that your custom recovery won't mount the external Micro SD card, you could download this custom recovery to internal storage. Or you could format your external Micro SD card from TWRP after backing up the contents of it to your PC.
Sometimes device's custom recoveries have problems with cards formatted on a PC. Mine doesn't but I've seen others have trouble.
Sent from my VK810 4G using Tapatalk

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Help please. I downloaded VS985_23Cto24B_OTA-5.0.1-Lollipop-7-10-2015.7z as posted by roirraW "edor" ehT. I can't figure out how to load it. I tried converting it to a zip and that didn't work. Is there a way to do this through Loki or what? Thanks in advance.

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b52apl said:
Help please. I downloaded VS985_23Cto24B_OTA-5.0.1-Lollipop-7-10-2015.7z as posted by roirraW "edor" ehT. I can't figure out how to load it. I tried converting it to a zip and that didn't work. Is there a way to do this through Loki or what? Thanks in advance.
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I haven't really fooled around much with trying to manually apply OTAs. I was successful with the VS985 12B->23A/B/C beta and final OTAs but not once since then. The way that worked for 12B->23C didn't work for me for 23C->24B. I more provided the files for other people to try too, in hopes that if they did find success, they'd report it and describe what they did. No one's done so.
As you found out, you can't flash OTAs from a custom recovery - you have to be fully stock never rooted (since the most recent time you flashed a KDZ or TOT) in order to take OTAs.
Also, you're posting in the wrong place. This is the LG G Pad 8.3 section, and this is the ClockworkMod Recovery thread, nothing related to OTAs for the VS985. I have a thread for the VS985 OTAs in the General section of the Verizon G3 forums, but as I said, no one's reported having success with 23C->24B or higher.
Why not just flash the 24B KDZ or whatever release you're wanting to be on? It's a lot easier than trying to manually apply an OTA. If you're only incrementing one step in releases (23C->24B) for the VS985, you could probably get away with using the "Normal" option which doesn't wipe your data, although I'd use the built-in LG Backup first just in case and save the backup to the external MicroSD card.
If you're wanting to be rooted and on 24B or another higher version, just wipe from custom recovery and flash a 24B or whatever ROM. There's versions of JasmineROM and SkyDragon that are made with 24B - I think JasmineROM v8 and SkyDragon v5.
If you're not rooted or don't have custom recovery, flash the 10B KDZ with the CSE option (which wipes all data including internal storage), root with the Stump app, use TWRP Manager from the Play Store to install TWRP, then flash JasmineROM v8 and the 24B Bootstack from @xdabbeb 's VS985 v2.0 thread.

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roirraW "edor" ehT said:
I haven't really fooled around much with trying to manually apply OTAs. I was successful with the VS985 12B->23A/B/C beta and final OTAs but not once since then. The way that worked for 12B->23C didn't work for me for 23C->24B. I more provided the files for other people to try too, in hopes that if they did find success, they'd report it and describe what they did. No one's done so.
As you found out, you can't flash OTAs from a custom recovery - you have to be fully stock never rooted (since the most recent time you flashed a KDZ or TOT) in order to take OTAs.
Also, you're posting in the wrong place. This is the LG G Pad 8.3 section, and this is the ClockworkMod Recovery thread, nothing related to OTAs for the VS985. I have a thread for the VS985 OTAs in the General section of the Verizon G3 forums, but as I said, no one's reported having success with 23C->24B or higher.
Why not just flash the 24B KDZ or whatever release you're wanting to be on? It's a lot easier than trying to manually apply an OTA. If you're only incrementing one step in releases (23C->24B) for the VS985, you could probably get away with using the "Normal" option which doesn't wipe your data, although I'd use the built-in LG Backup first just in case and save the backup to the external MicroSD card.
If you're wanting to be rooted and on 24B or another higher version, just wipe from custom recovery and flash a 24B or whatever ROM. There's versions of JasmineROM and SkyDragon that are made with 24B - I think JasmineROM v8 and SkyDragon v5.
If you're not rooted or don't have custom recovery, flash the 10B KDZ with the CSE option (which wipes all data including internal storage), root with the Stump app, use TWRP Manager from the Play Store to install TWRP, then flash JasmineROM v8 and the 24B Bootstack from @xdabbeb 's VS985 v2.0 thread.
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Then maybe I have the wrong file. I'm trying to get the clockworkmod recovery on a VK810 with 4.2.2 rooted and TWRP 2.7.0.1 recovery. The original source for cwm 6.0.5.1 is a dropbox that isn't there any more. I thought the file I mentioned was the equivalent. Maybe my problem is that I don't know where to find cwm 6.0.5.1 for the VK810.

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b52apl said:
Then maybe I have the wrong file. I'm trying to get the clockworkmod recovery on a VK810 with 4.2.2 rooted and TWRP 2.7.0.1 recovery. The original source for cwm 6.0.5.1 is a dropbox that isn't there any more. I thought the file I mentioned was the equivalent. Maybe my problem is that I don't know where to find cwm 6.0.5.1 for the VK810.
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Thanks for accidentally discovering that I had the right file named wrong, and the wrong file named the right thing in the same place! Sorry about the confusion.
Edit 3: I am NOT having a good day. I managed to delete the wrong file both on my local PC I just downloaded them to, and on AFH. *grumble* I'm looking for another copy, I might have it on my PC at home or on my flash drive.
@b52apl
Do *you* still have the file you had originally downloaded? The .7z one that said VS985 and OTA? If you rename it to .zip it should work - the contents looked fine when I checked after I did that, but then I accidentally deleted it, and I had already purposely deleted it on AFH since I thought it was the wrong file. If you still have the original zip could you upload it somewhere so I can put it back on AFH? I've also PM'd the OP to see if he still has the file.
I can't believe I did all that.
You can still use TWRP v2.8.7.0 (flash the new version from your existing 2.7.0.1) in the meantime if you wish. It's in one of these sections - my stickied guide in the General section should have a link to the thread if you can't find it.

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roirraW "edor" ehT said:
Thanks for accidentally discovering that I had the right file named wrong, and the wrong file named the right thing in the same place! Sorry about the confusion.
Edit 3: I am NOT having a good day. I managed to delete the wrong file both on my local PC I just downloaded them to, and on AFH. *grumble* I'm looking for another copy, I might have it on my PC at home or on my flash drive.
@b52apl
Do *you* still have the file you had originally downloaded? The .7z one that said VS985 and OTA? If you rename it to .zip it should work - the contents looked fine when I checked after I did that, but then I accidentally deleted it, and I had already purposely deleted it on AFH since I thought it was the wrong file. If you still have the original zip could you upload it somewhere so I can put it back on AFH? I've also PM'd the OP to see if he still has the file.
I can't believe I did all that.
You can still use TWRP v2.8.7.0 (flash the new version from your existing 2.7.0.1) in the meantime if you wish. It's in one of these sections - my stickied guide in the General section should have a link to the thread if you can't find it.
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I still have the file. I don't have a personal place to upload it to. If you send me a message with an address, I'll upload it to wherever you want it. The file is 9.52Mb. Just to be clear, I converted it to a .zip file, but TWRP refused to install it. Should I have tried to restore it as a backup file?

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b52apl said:
I still have the file. I don't have a personal place to upload it to. If you send me a message with an address, I'll upload it to wherever you want it. The file is 9.52Mb. Just to be clear, I converted it to a .zip file, but TWRP refused to install it. Should I have tried to restore it as a backup file?
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I'll PM you a link to a folder on my Google Drive that I gave public permissions to upload.
When you say you converted it to a zip, what exactly did you do? Did you just rename the file or something else? I'll still take a look at it, see if I can figure it out, and as long as I can extract the recovery.img from the zip, then I can make a fresh zip if necessary.
No, you wouldn't be able to restore it because it's not a TWRP backup.
If you upgrade to TWRP 2.8.7.0 then you can choose it's option to flash am Image instead of Zip and can try flashing the recovery.img if you can extract that from the zip, but probably best to be safe and let me test first.

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@b52apl
Good news! I was able to rename the file to vk810-CWM_6.0.5.1-recovery-by-N00b-un-2.zip and it worked perfectly. I was able to flash it, reboot recovery and was in CWM recovery. Mind you, I wasn't on TWRP v2.7.0.1 any more - I was already upgraded to TWRP v2.8.7.0, so I don't know if there's any compatibility issue with the much earlier version of TWRP. Once I rebooted in CWM Recovery, I was able to flash the TWRP v2.8.7.0 zip back and reboot recovery again, although I had to turn CWM's Advanced menu/Lokify option off first. I was also able to extract the recovery.img from the zip and as I suggested, it's got to be fine to flash that directly from TWRP v2.8.7.0 which has the option to switch from displaying Zips to displaying Img's, and then to flash it.
I also had a text file with the original MD5 hash of the "vk810-CWM_6.0.5.1-recovery-by-N00b-un-2.zip" I had uploaded previously, and it was the same MD5 so I know it wasn't corrupted:
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22B138C250B3A1F3B9FDB1E2B5A84549
Thanks again for the re-upload!