[TouchPad General] nevertells2:
OK, got ambitious and was totally successful using Philz CWM 6.0.4.7 to flash the latest CM12.1 dated 20160109. The flash went as smooth as glass without a single hitch. Wiped cache and Dalvik cache and then waited for the apps to be rebuilt. Boy is ART slow at doing that. I feel for [MENTION=4501977]db_white[/MENTION] with 200 apps installed. :p Still see the lag from time to time, but like I said before, it's nothing I am concerned about. It does not happen that often and it is a small amount of time when it does, like normal for an app to start is a couple of seconds, with the lag, maybe three to four seconds. What else is different in this build, who knows! Definitely something I won't stress about. :rolleyes: Probably my favorite feature of Lollipop is the WebOS cards like view in "Recent Apps".

I did some Googling and finally found the thread for Philz CWM 6.0.5.1 which includes info about most older builds. Boy, are we operating in the stone ages. The latest build is 6.59.0. And the thread says that support has ended. If you would like to learn more about Philz CWM, here is the link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2201860

I am guessing that if you want a later version of CWM, the base code has to be modified and compiled for that device.

NT

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You know, it's been so long since I have switched between CWM and TWRP, I'm not positive. Best I remember, if there is enough room in /boot, after using one recovery to flash the other, you will end up with both installed. In the days before we had the option to remove WebOS, there was the chance that trying to install a different recovery would fail because of a lack of room. But now with WebOS removed, that should not be an issue. Once you have the recovery you want installed, you can use Rom Toolbox Lite to remove the respective uImage file from /boot. That would be either uImage.ClockworkMod or uImage.TWRP. There is one other thing you have to do. There is a file in /boot named android.default.recovery . This is the file that tells the Android OS which recovery you are using if you "reboot to recovery" from Android. If you have CWM currently installed and decide to change to TWRP, and don't change that text file from ClockworkMod to TWRP, "reboot to recovery" will not work. Of course, all you need to do is reboot, and select your recovery from the Moboot menu.

Well, I just looked at my TP and with TouchPad Toolbox in /boot, there is not enough room to have both recoveries in /boot. So that means that you are going to have to temporarily move the uImage.TPToolbox out of /boot, install your recovery of choice, remove the one you don't want and then move uImage.TPToolbox back to /boot. I only have 989K left in /boot. TouchPad Toolbox takes up over 10mb. CWM is 582mb and if memory serves me, TWRP is almost that big too.

If there is a better way to do this, someone please speak up. I suppose that a script could be added to the zip of the recovery you want to install that would look for and remove the one you don't want installed. Whether that has been included in the current crop of recovery zips, I don't know.

Grimm, what is your take on this?

NT