Preparing TouchPad for Installing Android

You could simply clear out your personal data and apps. To do this, press the menu button at the bottom right of the screen, swipe right to the Settings tab, open Device Info, click Reset Options and press Full Erase.

If you decide not to clear out your data, you should at least ensure there’s 2GB free on your TouchPad’s internal storage, so the Cyanogen installer can create the Android system partition. When you’re ready to install Android, the first thing to do is connect your TouchPad to your PC and create a folder in the root directory called “cminstall”. Into this folder, you need to download several software packages: you can find links to them all on the official alpha release page (scroll down to the bottom of the long introductory post to find the links). You’ll also find more information, advice and FAQs on that page, as well as videos to help you out, so if you have trouble with any of the steps in this feature, that's a good place to start.

The package links are headed “CM7”, “Clockwork Recovery” and “Moboot”. The files themselves, which should end up in the “cminstaller” folder on your TouchPad, are called:

update-cm-7.1.0-tenderloin-a1-fullofbugs.zip

update-cwm_tenderloin-1012.zip

moboot_0.3.3.zip

Let the name of the CyanogenMod 7.1 package serve as another, not too subtle reminder that the operating system you are about to install is not release-quality software!
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For more general information about the CyanogenMod team, visit the official website
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