HPTouchPad:Installing CM-9

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This page describes how to install CyanogenMod 9 onto an HP TouchPad. It refers to file and directory names found in the previous step: Configuring webOS.

Prepare the TouchPad

 * Boot the TouchPad to webOS.
 * Connect the TouchPad to the PC with the provided USB cable.
 * A USB notification window will pop up on the TouchPad display.
 * Select USB Drive mode.
 * The TouchPad will be assigned a device drive number by Windows Explorer.
 * Windows Explorer will create a window open to the TouchPad's root directory.

Create the install directory
Create a directory  in the webOS root directory. Precise spelling and case is essential.

Copy the four .zip files from the PC's  folder into the  TouchPad   directory: 
 * moboot_038-tenderloin
 * cm-9-20130429-NIGHTLY-tenderloin
 * update-CWM6_tenderloin-20121215
 * update-gapps-ics-20120429-signed

Create the backup recovery directory

 * Create a directory  in the webOS root directory.
 * Create a directory  in the newly created   directory
 * Copy the correct archive to the  directory.

Eject the TouchPad, then disconnect the USB cable from the TouchPad

Reboot and Install
Reboot the TouchPad into USB (recovery) mode
 * Hold PowerOn button and Volume UP simultaneously until the large white USB symbol appears on the TouchPad display.
 * Connect TouchPad to PC with provided USB cable. The PC will give a tone indicating the connection is made.

On the PC, open a Windows Command execution window
 * Excute the following command:
 * The prompt will return within a second or two.
 * The TouchPad display will change to the HP logo and then immediately to the Double Penguin display mode.
 * Screens of text will scroll by while the installation proceeds.
 * The TouchPad will reboot in five minutes or so.
 * Disconnect the TouchPad from the PC as it boots.
 * The TouchPad will reboot in five minutes or so.
 * Disconnect the TouchPad from the PC as it boots.

Moboot should present multiple boot selections, and it should default to CyanogenMod 9 after a timeout of about five seconds. Allow the TouchPad to boot to CM-9. It takes two or more minutes to reboot.

Proceed to configure the CM-9 environment.