[TouchPad Development] nevertells2:
I am re-posting in this thread a reply I made over in Rootzwiki to another user's comment about data/media roms. The whole point is to get some discussion going on what is discussed in the post below. And yes, I have posted this elsewhere for the same reason.

"I don't know how much longer Flintman wants to try to keep up with two different builds. The obvious direction of the builds is data/media, so if anyone wants to keep up with the evolution of the builds on the TouchPad, then they are going to have to get used to installing and updating data/media builds. I agree 100% that the process of a clean or fresh install is a royal PIA. Grimm has spent days sorting it out and has narrowed it down to a limited number of steps with a minimum of confusion. The more users who voice their dissatisfaction with the current process will hopefully get the attention of the developers and hopefully they will do something about it. That is why I said in post #58:

"What needs to be done is a recovery like Philz that can flash all the resize zips that right now only 6.0.3.6 and the original CWM6 can. We need one ACMEInstaller and one ACMEUninstaller that can do it all. Installing a data/media Rom should not have to be a PIA to install or upgrade. It should require no more effort than what was required to install older versions of CM and the other Roms."

And posted a warning in post #60.

Through Grimm's efforts the process of installing a data/media Rom on a clean TouchPad or upgrading from a non-data/medial Rom, is down to the following:

1. Run Acmeuninstaller2 to remove android (if upgrading from a non-data/media Rom)

2. Boot to WebOs and reset/wipe the Sdcard to clear out the last bits of Android(this frees up ram for the resize step below)

3. Run ACMEInstaller5 to install Moboot 0.3.8 and CWM 6.0.3.6 DM

4. Boot to CWM v6.0.3.6 and run the appropriate data_resize zip. Immediately reboot back to CWM, this initializes the resize

5. Now with CWM v6.0.3.6, install Milaq's CM10.2 DM and Gapps for Android 4.3

6. Now use CWM v6.0.3.6 to install Philz CWM v6.0.4.7 DM SeLinux

7. Use Philz CWM v6.0.4.7 DM SeLinux to install whatever version of Android 4.4.2 and it's gapps you want.

Now that is just the basic steps laid out without links to files needed and instructions for housekeeping you need to do. You will find all that in Grimm's post #56. If Grimm had not done all the homework, testing and finally writing that guide, we all would still have to jump around several different forums trying to sort out what to do. There still would be a lot of confusion on which recovery to use for which step during installation or with which Rom.

Now if you all want to have to continue to do it Grimm's simplified way(groan), then make yourselves heard to the developers that something needs to be done. The developers want us to adopt their vision of what Android installed on a TouchPad should be like. That's great, but they also need to provide the support via the installers and recoveries that keep that vision as uniform and easy as possible.

My hat of off to Flintman for continuing to provide a temporary method of testing Android 4.4.2 without having to endure the hassle of a data/media installation.

And my hat is off to MPgrimm2 for making the effort to simplify the process of trying to follow the developer's vision."

You can find post #56 that I refer at this link:http://rootzwiki.com/topic/113874-r...uilds-on-the-hp-touchpad-edited-030414/page-6