Hey guys,
been a lurker for long...
anyway, I downloaded VERTREMA ROM cz I love the ICS theme... so I rooted my SGS2 using CF-ROOT guide here
Checked it using Root Check Basic tool, and it says i have root access... so my sgs2 is rooted
so.... i tried to install this ROM using CWM app... i tried using update, chose the file, rebooted but didnt work... it says something E: can't open .....zip
What did I do wrong?
BTW, i placed the ROM inside /download/ folder (not in external SD)
Thanks,
t_mo_t said:
Hey guys,
been a lurker for long...
anyway, I downloaded VERTREMA ROM cz I love the ICS theme... so I rooted my SGS2 using CF-ROOT guide here
Checked it using Root Check Basic tool, and it says i have root access... so my sgs2 is rooted
so.... i tried to install this ROM using CWM app... i tried using update, chose the file, rebooted but didnt work... it says something E: can't open .....zip
What did I do wrong?
BTW, i placed the ROM inside /download/ folder (not in external SD)
Thanks,
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Did you download the entire package ? it may happen if the download got interrupted mid way ......... in that case you'd have a zip file of a lesser size which can't be opened ....... try extracting the zip if you get an error you've got to redownload the package....
also ensure that the package is not read only (just incase)
digi_fort said:
Did you download the entire package ? it may happen if the download got interrupted mid way ......... in that case you'd have a zip file of a lesser size which can't be opened ....... try extracting the zip if you get an error you've got to redownload the package....
also ensure that the package is not read only (just incase)
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ok... package is not read-only... it's -rw... so it's good....
how do i check the md5 checksum in multiupload?
i m downloading the latest version now... hope it wont get disconnected...
Find an app like MD5Summer (Windoze) to check the MD5 sum once you've downloaded the package.
Also, you can use pretty much any archive program (7Zip, IZArc, WinRar) to test the archive once you've finished downloading it.
If it comes up with fail for *any* file, don't flash that package/download it again. You might have to try downloading it from a different PC/internet connection like I did a while back when I was having probs downloading roms from home without them being corrupt.
t_mo_t said:
ok... package is not read-only... it's -rw... so it's good....
how do i check the md5 checksum in multiupload?
i m downloading the latest version now... hope it wont get disconnected...
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Find an app like MD5Summer (Windoze) to check the MD5 sum once you've downloaded the package.
Also, you can use pretty much any archive program (7Zip, IZArc, WinRar) to test the archive once you've finished downloading it.
If it comes up with fail for *any* file, don't flash that package/download it again. You might have to try downloading it from a different PC/internet connection like I did a while back when I was having probs downloading roms from home without them being corrupt.
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no no... i mean before i downloaded the package.... is there a md5 checker tool so that i can compare wit the one that i downloaded?
ok i will try to download using another pc..
You have to finish downloading the rom/package before you can check the MD5 sum as there's nothing to check if you haven't downloaded it (obviously)
t_mo_t said:
no no... i mean before i downloaded the package.... is there a md5 checker tool so that i can compare wit the one that i downloaded?
ok i will try to download using another pc..
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You have to finish downloading the rom/package before you can check the MD5 sum as there's nothing to check if you haven't downloaded it (obviously)
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yes i know... what i meant was,... is there like a website that tells me the md5 cs in multiupload, so i can compare to the one that i had just finished downloading...
anyway.... thanks to the above poster.. i deleted it from my phone and then transferred the file again... and now it works.... weird,... i transferred first to my microsd, then to phone... i guess that method doesnt work... better to transfer it directly to phone...
thanks y'all!!! been a great help... very nice community here
The MD5 checksum is usually listed next to the link where you download the archive wherever you're downloading it from. Honestly, it's not that important. The most important thing is you get the entire file. And if you "test" the archive in 7Zip/IZArc/WinRar & it comes up all files OK you should be fine.
I've never had a problem flashing a rom/kernel where the test in IZArc has indicated all files contained within are OK/the archive isn't corrupt.
t_mo_t said:
yes i know... what i meant was,... is there like a website that tells me the md5 cs in multiupload, so i can compare to the one that i had just finished downloading...
anyway.... thanks to the above poster.. i deleted it from my phone and then transferred the file again... and now it works.... weird,... i transferred first to my microsd, then to phone... i guess that method doesnt work... better to transfer it directly to phone...
thanks y'all!!! been a great help... very nice community here
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The MD5 checksum is usually listed next to the link where you download the archive wherever you're downloading it from. Honestly, it's not that important. The most important thing is you get the entire file. And if you "test" the archive in 7Zip/IZArc/WinRar & it comes up all files OK you should be fine.
I've never had a problem flashing a rom/kernel where the test in IZArc has indicated all files contained within are OK/the archive isn't corrupt.
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ic.... oh well.. thanks anyway .... ohh 1 last question.. so if i want to revert to the stock rom, i just do the same thing but with the stock rom i can download from samfirmware?
Why not download the stock rom from here ? I wouldn't know about files from Samfirmware as I've never downloaded anything from there.
If you want to go back to stock, download the rom from Intratech's thread, flash it in Odin, done. Again, test the archive integrity in IZarc or similar to make sure it's OK (given you seemed to have had some problems downloading an archive that wasn't whole or corrupted).
t_mo_t said:
ic.... oh well.. thanks anyway .... ohh 1 last question.. so if i want to revert to the stock rom, i just do the same thing but with the stock rom i can download from samfirmware?
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kewl! thanks!!!
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Why not download the stock rom from here ? I wouldn't know about files from Samfirmware as I've never downloaded anything from there.
If you want to go back to stock, download the rom from Intratech's thread, flash it in Odin, done. Again, test the archive integrity in IZarc or similar to make sure it's OK (given you seemed to have had some problems downloading an archive that wasn't whole or corrupted).
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Or you could use Mobile Odin and keep your root intact even when stock
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I'm a noob but i can usally grasp technology pretty easy . I'm trying to flash my phone but when i try to choose the file from the firmware (yes its in there i checked) its not there at first i just chose the folder flowed the instructions to see if it worked anyway but it didnt work. i tried both flash tool FlashTool version 0.2.9.1 and FlashTool version 0.2.8 but none worked (they were both the same i think) im using vista if that helps. Help please
First things first you're using Vista... Thats always a problem LOL... sorry =)
No, it shouldn't be...
You should just be able to select the folder that the file is placed in and it should come up on Flash Tool...
Let me ask... in the folder is it one file or a group of files??
i just put the rar file in there and unpacked it there
snakeyes250 said:
i just put the rar file in there and unpacked it there
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What files did you get out of the extracted RAR?
MD5,X10a_1.0_2_1_A_0_435 one text one ftf
Have you put all files in the firmwares folder of x10flashtool?
yeah i have
So you can see the files when you press FLASH in flashtool, and then select the file you want to flash? Where does it fail? Explain better.
i click on flash the i click on the 3 little dots to choose a folder it says the folder is empty. I can only see the file it i go in my download where i have my flash tool folder
That shouldnt be necessary, if you have the tft file in the firmwares folder it should come up directly when you click flash. Dont know what could be wrong! :s You have extracted flashtool right? And the firmware files..
yeah......
also i dont know if this will help but the only click-able buttons are flash donate and save log. The others are just there
snakeyes250 said:
also i dont know if this will help but the only click-able buttons are flash donate and save log. The others are just there
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Nope its supposed to be that way. What are you trying to flash btw?
my x10a i was tired of being stuck on 1.6
Tutorial Video
Maybe this video could help you bro. This helped me a lot. Thanks to BluechipJ for making this video on youtube.
Look this up at youtube. It seems that I am not able to post link yet.
/watch?v=wacg-dsx9ew&fmt=22
I'm using nightly 123. The program seems to work just like it's suppose to, no errors, but after I run the program I use Show me my IMEI and it still doesn't show that I have an IMEI no. I'm using ADB wireless to update the EMEI. The program runs and and reboots my nook afterwards.
I don't know what else to do, and i can't post in the developer's thread yet so I thought I'd ask here. Hope someone can tell me what I'm doing wrong. Thx
Well I still can't post in the right forum, does anyone have any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Thx
Sorry... didn't see this thread....
If you are using in-place... as it seem you are by the reboot... check to see if you have a /framework/framework.jar.bak present... you might also look at /rom and see if a file called imei is created there...
I'd say you have to have the framework.jar.bak file or you'd get the error that it had issues updating your device.
Since you are on CM7... go to phone app and dial *#06# and see what it tells you for IMEI.
Lastly... you can update the rom zip file... and flash the rom "-IMEI.zip" file.
Sorry... but this is the first report I've seen of it not working... and it may be the app you're using to show it... thus try the phone app thing.
Did not workforce me either. Using the dialer to check returns no number. I do have a framework.jar.Bak though. I'd really like this to work so that I could use the xda app with out it fcing. What file were u saying to flash DD? Thanks.
If you are using in-place... as it seem you are by the reboot... check to see if you have a /framework/framework.jar.bak present... you might also look at /rom and see if a file called imei is created there...
I'd say you have to have the framework.jar.bak file or you'd get the error that it had issues updating your device.
Since you are on CM7... go to phone app and dial *#06# and see what it tells you for IMEI.
Lastly... you can update the rom zip file... and flash the rom "-IMEI.zip" file.
Sorry... but this is the first report I've seen of it not working... and it may be the app you're using to show it... thus try the phone app thing.
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Always remember...
1. I have the framework.jar.bak file
2. In the /Rom folder there isn't an imei file, but there is one in the /rom/devconf folder
3. When I dial the command in the phone app it comes back with a box that says imei then an OK button. There is no number if thats what you wanted to know.
4. I'm not exactly sure on the steps to update the rom zip file.
Thanks alot for answering my post.
OK... and I did mean the bak file should be in /rom/devconf... sorry bout that... was responding from work and in a hurry....
To update the rom... just tell it no to in place... and then yes to updating a ROM zip file...
After it finishes patching the zip file... flash the ROM "-IMEI.zip" and any OC kernel you're using.
I'll look into what's going on... it could be the newer rom update is missing symlinks and busybox is not working correctly... researching the cause.
DizzyDen said:
OK... and I did mean the bak file should be in /rom/devconf... sorry bout that... was responding from work and in a hurry....
To update the rom... just tell it no to in place... and then yes to updating a ROM zip file...
After it finishes patching the zip file... flash the ROM "-IMEI.zip" and any OC kernel you're using.
I'll look into what's going on... it could be the newer rom update is missing symlinks and busybox is not working correctly... researching the cause.
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Will try it After work. I'm assuming it prompts u for the path to a zipped rom, and then creates one with imei added in the name. Then flash like n e other rom. Thanx.
Thx for the quick reply's. I updated the rom.zip file like you said. I think I'll wait to try it to see if you can figure out how to get the in-place update to work. I just updated the recent nightly and hate to start over again . If I have to I will though. Thx alot for your help.
newellj79 said:
Will try it After work. I'm assuming it prompts u for the path to a zipped rom, and then creates one with imei added in the name. Then flash like n e other rom. Thanx.
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If it finds zip files in current directory... it will attempt to locate the newest (by filename) and prompts you if it is the correct one... if you click no... it opens a windows open dialog to browse to the zip file you want to update... the "-IEMI.zip will be placed in the same folder as the rom.zip.
lemdaddy said:
Thx for the quick reply's. I updated the rom.zip file like you said. I think I'll wait to try it to see if you can figure out how to get the in-place update to work. I just updated the recent nightly and hate to start over again . If I have to I will though. Thx alot for your help.
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If you flash the update... you don't have to start over... it retains your data... just like any other update. You just have to make sure you install the OC kernel also... it is the same process as updating any nightly... the only difference is you run the IMEI generator on it prior to flashing it so you will have the patched framework.jar as soon as you flash it.
I just flashed the file your program created and I still have no imei no. when running the phone app or with the program Show me my Imie. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or not, but everything seemed to work as it was suppose to except getting an Imei no. Thx.
lemdaddy said:
I just flashed the file your program created and I still have no imei no. when running the phone app or with the program Show me my Imie. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or not, but everything seemed to work as it was suppose to except getting an Imei no. Thx.
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hmmmm.... trying to see what the issue could be.... if you flashed the "-IEMI.zip" file the patched framework.jar file should be the one it installed... so it SHOULD work just fine.
Try running fix permissions and try in-place again... it could be that your permissions are preventing /system/framework/framework.jar being overwritten.
You can open the "-IMEI.zip" file in a zip file manager (winzip, 7zip, winrar) and see if the /system/framework/framework.jar file has a different date than the rest of the files.
In the rom zip file your program made the date of the framework jar was modified to today's date. I ran rom manager and fix permissions and rebooted then ran in place from your program. I still don't get a number with either phone or show me my emei. I also don't get any errors while running your program.
lemdaddy said:
In the rom zip file your program made the date of the framework jar was modified to today's date. I ran rom manager and fix permissions and rebooted then ran in place from your program, all appears to be good, no errors.
I still don't get a number with either phone or show me my emei.
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This is just crazy... if the zip had the framework.jar file with today's date... it should be the one installed.. and it should have the imei in it...
Do me a favor... extract framework.jar from your zip file... email it to me at [email protected] so I can look into it and ensure the edit to the file went as planned.... or wait and I'll give the option to not delete the TelephonyManager.smali so you can look at the file and ensure the edit took place.
try this...
adb shell ls -l /system/framework
See what the date and time on that file is.
Ok i sent the framework.jar file, thx alot for your help.
lemdaddy said:
Ok i sent the framework.jar file, thx alot for your help.
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NP... I got the file... for some reason the patch seems to not be in the file... this is the framework.jar file from the -IMEI.zip file... right?
When you run the program... does it give you a pop up with your S/N, MAC and IMEI ?
yes it is from the updated emei.zip rom file. Yes it does show the numbers when i run your program after it pulls the file from my nook
lemdaddy said:
yes it is from the updated emei.zip rom file. Yes it does show the numbers when i run your program after it pulls the file from my nook
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OK... check your pm... also if you will adb pull /rom/imei and email that... I will create a framework.jar for you until I can track down what is going on.
Phone call would probably be easiest to track down the issue... Gave you number in pm... or you can pm me your's if you'd rather me make the call.
I got it working by using the flash method. I'm finally able to use tthe xda app!
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I wish mine would have. Dizzy is looking into why mine still won't work. I'm glad yours is working. I appreciate all your help Dizzy
Lemdaddy... if we get a chance to make contact tomorrow... sat... I want to try a couple of things so we figure out why the smali isn't working on your computer...
My Galaxy S2 has been rooted for about 2 months now and has been running on the Lightening ROM no problem, but last night when i tried to install a new ROM through CWM it wouldn't let me. I tried to install Villianrom and Cyanogen mod and both failed. Both ROM s were shown on my SD card as zip files and when i tried to move them they failed to get a signature and now when i boot into CWM neither of the ROM s show anywhere it just says NO FILES FOUND. Luckily i had a titanium backup of my Lightening ROM that i could revert to but i am puzzled as to why these ROM s wont install.
Any help would be appreciated
You are not supposed to extract them. They are supposed to be left as "zip" files.
They are getting left as zip files. All i do is download the RAR file and drag it onto sd card and there is nothing showing on the sd card i done all the necessary wipes and then when i try to select a rom off sd card this is what i get:
Android/ Attachments/ DCIM/ Download/ GOLauncherEX/ Galaxy_S_Unlock/ GoStore/ LOST.DIR/ ScreenCapture/ ShareViaWifi/ Sounds/ TitaniumBackup/ Wallpapers/ WhatsApp/ bluetooth/ burstlyImageCache/ clockworkmod/ data/ external_sd/ media/ openfeint/ samsungapps/ usbstorage/ zedge/ update.zip
But never a ROM to select from!!
kerriannec31 said:
They are getting left as zip files. All i do is download the RAR file and drag it onto sd card and there is nothing showing on the sd card i done all the necessary wipes and then when i try to select a rom off sd card this is what i get:
Android/ Attachments/ DCIM/ Download/ GOLauncherEX/ Galaxy_S_Unlock/ GoStore/ LOST.DIR/ ScreenCapture/ ShareViaWifi/ Sounds/ TitaniumBackup/ Wallpapers/ WhatsApp/ bluetooth/ burstlyImageCache/ clockworkmod/ data/ external_sd/ media/ openfeint/ samsungapps/ usbstorage/ zedge/ update.zip
But never a ROM to select from!!
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is it zip or rar?
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
Its says that it is a WIN RAR ZIP archive. Villianrom 2.4.2 from the villian website. At first you could see the file but it failed to get a signature and when i booted out and back in to CWM there was nothing and i can no longer see any files.
(I am using linux on my pc not windows.)
kerriannec31 said:
Its says that it is a WIN RAR ZIP archive. Villianrom 2.4.2 from the villian website. At first you could see the file but it failed to get a signature and when i booted out and back in to CWM there was nothing and i can no longer see any files.
(I am using linux on my pc not windows.)
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What is the exact error of the "fail to get signature"? You said that you see "update.zip", is that the rom? Also, have you tried a new sd card?
Theonew said:
What is the exact error of the "fail to get signature"? You said that you see "update.zip", is that the rom? Also, have you tried a new sd card?
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Really sorry but not sure of the exact error message that came up it was late last night and its not coming up with that now. I have tried a new sd card didnt make any difference. I tried the Update.zip and all i get is (replacing stock recovery with clockwork mod recovery) and then its stuck at the screen loading bar doesnt move at all.
I have even tried it with ROM manager and left it sitting for over an hour and still didnt do anything
kerriannec31 said:
Really sorry but not sure of the exact error message that came up it was late last night and its not coming up with that now. I have tried a new sd card didnt make any difference. I tried the Update.zip and all i get is (replacing stock recovery with clockwork mod recovery) and then its stuck at the screen loading bar doesnt move at all.
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That means the update.zip file is ClockworkMod Recovery. Have you tried downloading the roms via Rom Manager then trying to flash them?
Theonew said:
That means the update.zip file is ClockworkMod Recovery. Have you tried downloading the roms via Rom Manager then trying to flash them?
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Yes tried ROM manager and left it sitting for over an hour and it still didn't do anything
kerriannec31 said:
Yes tried ROM manager and left it sitting for over an hour and it still didn't do anything
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Have you tried downloading the rom straight from the web onto your device via your device's browser?
kerriannec31 said:
Yes tried ROM manager and left it sitting for over an hour and it still didn't do anything
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Just tried rom manager again and this is what came up:
--Installing package. . .
Finding update package. . .
Opening update package. . .
Verifying update package. . .
E:failed to seek in /cache/update.zip (Invalid argument
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted
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Have you tried downloading the rom straight from the web onto your device via your device's browser?
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Dont see how this will make a difference as i have tried downloading if through 3 different laptops and through rom manager
kerriannec31 said:
Dont see how this will make a difference as i have tried downloading if through 3 different laptops and through rom manager
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What option do you select in CWM Recovery when you are flashing the rom?
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What option do you select in CWM Recovery when you are flashing the rom?
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Chose zip from sd card and there is nothing showing up it says NO FILES FOUND
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Chose zip from sd card and there is nothing showing up it says NO FILES FOUND
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When you use a file explorer and look on your SD card, do you see the rom file?
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When you use a file explorer and look on your SD card, do you see the rom file?
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I have just this minute flashed it back to stock and i am about to root it again and try to install villianrom. If it doesnt work this time i am just going to leave it stock. Will let you know how it goes.
Thanks again
Hi just to let you know phone is now rooted and has villianrom installed without a glitch. Dont know what the problem was but seems to have fixed itself now.
Thanks
I also had this issue early when I got my sgs2. Here is how I fixed it. I used the "unbrick" method, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
So flash the package in pda that contains stock kernel and rooted rom or stock rom doesn't matter, then flash the code works kernel that contains cwm again, then you can boot into cwm and flash roms again. Not sure what the root of the issue was, I just know that this fixed my problem. Make sure that if you are flashing via cwm your are installing a .zip and not a .tar or other extension as the .tar are for odin. Let me know if this doesn't fix your problem I'll be happy to help dig a little deeper although I would bet that this will fix it
Edit: looks like you got it working while I was writing this
xx_bluedev_xx said:
I also had this issue early when I got my sgs2. Here is how I fixed it. I used the "unbrick" method, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
So flash the package in pda that contains stock kernel and rooted rom or stock rom doesn't matter, then flash the code works kernel that contains cwm again, then you can boot into cwm and flash roms again. Not sure what the root of the issue was, I just know that this fixed my problem. Make sure that if you are flashing via cwm your are installing a .zip and not a .tar or other extension as the .tar are for odin. Let me know if this doesn't fix your problem I'll be happy to help dig a little deeper although I would bet that this will fix it
Edit: looks like you got it working while I was writing this
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Yeah got it fixed i flashed the stock kernel in and then re flashed it with cf root then re installed villainrom and seems to be working fine so will see how it goes.
Hi just a quick question. When i install new firmware should i have to back out and reboot system once install complete or should the phone do it by itself??
I just flashed UHLB2 from Intratech's thread.
My phone downloaded the file fine, and Odin had a green 'PASS!' in the top left corner. I think it installed OK as well as I saw the word 'Sucessfully (something)' just before it rebooted.
But now trying to turn it on, the phone is in a perpetual state of starting up. It just replays the starting animation over and over again.
What is wrong?
Also, I noticed the file I downloaded was ~286MB, as opposed to ~333MB in the file from sammobile. Intratech's file was .7zip, and sammobile's was just .zip.
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I just flashed UHLB2 from Intratech's thread.
My phone downloaded the file fine, and Odin had a green 'PASS!' in the top left corner. I think it installed OK as well as I saw the word 'Sucessfully (something)' just before it rebooted.
But now trying to turn it on, the phone is in a perpetual state of starting up. It just replays the starting animation over and over again.
What is wrong?
Also, I noticed the file I downloaded was ~286MB, as opposed to ~333MB in the file from sammobile. Intratech's file was .7zip, and sammobile's was just .zip.
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I'm just speculating... I don't think 7zip files are compatible with Odin. That's probably your problem. The 7zip file from Intratech will contain compatible zip files. You can extract it using the program 7zip(freeware) which I'd highly recommend for general use anyway.
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I'm just speculating... I don't think 7zip files are compatible with Odin. That's probably your problem. The 7zip file from Intratech will contain compatible zip files. You can extract it using the program 7zip(freeware) which I'd highly recommend for general use anyway.
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Yeah I do unzip the files with 7zip, after which it is a .md5 file.
And I've flashed many times before using that method so I don't think it's that. Thanks anyway.
.7zip file is not supported by Odin.
You need to extract that .7zip file, you will get .zip file that supported by Odin.
I think the downloaded file you used is incomplete. Most of the file sizes downloaded are around 350MB or higher. Recommend you re-download the file again or even an older release and re-flash the phone.
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Yeah I do unzip the files with 7zip, after which it is a .md5 file.
And I've flashed many times before using that method so I don't think it's that. Thanks anyway.
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Just rename .md5 to .zip file.
JasMiL said:
Just rename .md5 to .zip file.
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No. Odin can flash .md5 so you should leave it. md5 files actually help because Odin can check the md5 hash and stop if the file is corrupt/incomplete.
But you have to extract it from 7z because it can't flash that.
Sounds like you've got an incomplete file if the file size is less than what you'd expect. Re-download and try flash again.
Also, to those saying extract the 7zip file; I'm pretty sure OP said he had done that before flashing and had used the .md5 file. Unless I'm reading his posts wrong, in which case, yes unzip the 7zip file and flash the .md5.
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Sounds like you've got an incomplete file if the file size is less than what you'd expect. Re-download and try flash again.
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Hm..
I've downloaded and flashed again, but I have the same problem. The new file was bigger than the original one, so the original was probably incomplete. But the file has been at about 274MB for about 6 hours now on Intratech's post. I guess I'll just have to stick to LA4 for now then.
I am in the process of upgrading to the 4.03.605.1 rom posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1830859, but I am having issues with the firmware upgrade package. My computer says the zip is corrupted, and the phone will not read it. Has anyone else had issues, or have a resolution? I checked the md5sums and they match.
Thanks
mustangz5 said:
I am in the process of upgrading to the 4.03.605.1 rom posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1830859, but I am having issues with the firmware upgrade package. My computer says the zip is corrupted, and the phone will not read it. Has anyone else had issues, or have a resolution? I checked the md5sums and they match.
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is it a zip inside of a zip? zipception?
synisterwolf said:
is it a zip inside of a zip? zipception?
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I tried to check that, but I can't even open the initial zip. Windows throws an error of "error [file]; start of central directory not found; Zip file corrupt. Possible cause: file transfer error."
mustangz5 said:
I tried to check that, but I can't even open the initial zip. Windows throws an error of "error [file]; start of central directory not found; Zip file corrupt. Possible cause: file transfer error."
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Sounds like a bad download. I got that too from android police. Might try it again.
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synisterwolf said:
Sounds like a bad download. I got that too from android police. Might try it again.
Sent from my iPhone...
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Yea I tried to download it a few different times, and tried from other websites too (which just link back to the same files). Had to put a recovery back on my phone so I could use it again after hours of trying to find the solution.
Anyone else have any ideas?
mustangz5 said:
Yea I tried to download it a few different times, and tried from other websites too (which just link back to the same files). Had to put a recovery back on my phone so I could use it again after hours of trying to find the solution.
Anyone else have any ideas?
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you can get the global ruu right here.....http://bit.ly/RaKEAr
Thank you! Does this file contain both the firmware and the OS update? I was able to download the OS update just fine on the other page, just not the firmware.
Appreciate the help!
Actually - that zip file contains the same error as the other link. Anyone know of a different location of a non-corrupted file?
mustangz5 said:
Actually - that zip file contains the same error as the other link. Anyone know of a different location of a non-corrupted file?
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Try the update to the global RUU. Found one on AndroidPolice but can't post link here yet. Just google androidpolice global ruu
Android zip files need 7zip if you want to look inside it.
Also check that you aren't renaming it as ph98img.zip.zjp because windows hides the file type by default.
So this was a two part issue! #1) post above was right about winzip not being able to handle the file.
Second issue was that I did not have the bootloader re-locked, which is required for this kind of update. I came from the tbolt which didnt require locking & unlocking.
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