Hello, I apologize for my ignorance, but I am having a problem I have been unable to find a solution to anywhere on the site. I have a Moto Droid RAZR MAXX running Gingerbread 2.3.5 and am trying to flash the mod "[MOD]External SD as Primary/Internal" which should swap the internal and external sd cards. In the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1545292 it just says the flash the switchSD.zip file. By this, I assume, perhaps incorrectly, that I should boot to recovery mode and select "apply update from sdcard". When I do this, however, i get the following: E:signature verification failed Installation aborted. Does this mean the mod not compatible with the razr maxx, or am I just going about things all wrong. I have also tried RSD Lite, but it says there is nothing in the file it can work with. I appreciate any help anyone can provide. Thank you.
Choose .zip from sdcard option, try that.
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Thanks, but I think that is what I am doing. There is no option that says from a zip file. It when I select "Apply update from sdcard" I am able to navigate to it - its in the root directory of the external sdcard. When I select it it begins, saying: Finding update package, Opening update package, Verifying update package, and then this is where is says the signature verification failed. Installation aborted. Do you think it is incompatible with the razr maxx? From what I have read, if it works on the normal razr, it should on the maxx as well? Maybe? Anybody tested it? Unfortunately I am unable to post this question int eh thread relating to this topic, as I am a new member. Thanks again.
Well, I thought I would update on my progress in case anyone else is having the same problem. I was unable to ever get the mod to flash on my Droid Razr Maxx, as it just says "Signature Verification Failed". I did eventually get it to work though. I had to take the file "vold.fstab" out of the zip file, and copy it to my memory card. I then used Root File Explorer to replace the original file in the directory /etc. For some reason I could not get it to just overwrite the original - I get a message saying the phone does not have enough storage space for the file, even thought there is plenty. I had to delete the original, then I was able to copy the file successfully. This seems to work just fine, fixing my only real problem with this phone. Perhaps someone can move this message to the proper thread, as I am unable to post there myself because I don't have enough posts.
Thanks for figuring this out! I was having the same problem with my Droid Razr!
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Hey everybody,
I apologize in advance if this post is a duplicate but I have tried searching for a solution and still lost. Here is what I did: I used the Odin to restore stock rom, then re-rooted using the one click method, then downloaded a rom from theunlockr.com, then used rommanger to install it. My rom has gave me no problems but now when I try to reboot into recovery to install something else(Like the 2.3 keyboard or a lagfix) i get this error:
E:Can't open /sdcard/update.zip
(No such file or directory)
Installation aborted
Can someone please help me? Thank you, BTW I have a Samsung Vibrant running axura-froyo-rom
I had the same problem too.
When I put update.zip at the root directory of internal memory... once I restart the phone (not get into the recovery mode), this file is missing / dissapear. So... I always got this message too :
E:Can't open /sdcard/update.zip
(No such file or directory)
Installation aborted
anybody can help us pleaseeeeee
I got my phone to factory settings using odin then i rerooted my phone and flashed the same custom rom back on and it worked. Try reflashing your phone, backup first, might work.
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I got my phone to factory settings using odin then i rerooted my phone and flashed the same custom rom back on and it worked. Try reflashing your phone, backup first, might work.
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thanks for reply.
how to use factory setting using odin ? tick the "re-partition" box ?
can you explain to us step by step please ?
I'm so frustated
Did you guys delete the update.zip after rooting?
If you do not see
sdcard/update.zip using a file manager, download the update.zip from my noob guide, move it to internal memory and then try to flash CWR.
Also, look in the bottom of the noob guide (last few posts) for a solution to a RECENT issue with CWR... I assume whatever Koush did in the last update is causing this problem? BUT, there is a fix posted by another XDA user... just a matte of downloading the file and putting it in the right place.
mikomikos said:
thanks for reply.
how to use factory setting using odin ? tick the "re-partition" box ?
can you explain to us step by step please ?
I'm so frustated
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check out this link...its what i used
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
listen to s15's post....he knows what he is talking about. i followed his noob guide in his sticky and everythign worked perfectly! his vids are also very helpful. one thing i have found that works a lot as well is if you download ROM Manager from the market and then click on "fix permissions"... don't know if this would help in this situation but i have had that fix weird stuff.
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Did you guys delete the update.zip after rooting?
If you do not see
sdcard/update.zip using a file manager, download the update.zip from my noob guide, move it to internal memory and then try to flash CWR.
Also, look in the bottom of the noob guide (last few posts) for a solution to a RECENT issue with CWR... I assume whatever Koush did in the last update is causing this problem? BUT, there is a fix posted by another XDA user... just a matte of downloading the file and putting it in the right place.
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yeah this, the update.zip is ESSENTIAL for your phone to run the clockwork recovery, it stores all the things needed, and when you click "reinstall packages" your system goes in update.zip and looks for what to boot up and finds CWR and boots that so you see that screen.
Don't delete it if you did.
i have tried numerous times to root,but cant seem to get update.zip file in right place,can anyone help? thanks. challenged noob!!
Rayn1328 said:
i have tried numerous times to root,but cant seem to get update.zip file in right place,can anyone help? thanks. challenged noob!!
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When you usb into your phone it needs to be in the initial area of your sdcard.
You might have a bad update.zip file. Two things, verify the md5(if possible) from where you got it and check the properties and make sure it's not names update.zip.zip. The later is very common.
Try this method too btw, when I Odin back to stock I always use this one to root again. Follow the 'Automated Method' area.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=786877
you will need these drivers AND set your phone to debugging mode (settings/applications/development check USB debugging).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
hey all,
Newbie here trying to flash a ROM, i am running into this same error, i have tried everything here and i have one question (might be a stupid question) but my root sd folder is called SD/, not SDCard/ ...is this a path error?
Please note it file must be in the internal card, not the SD card.
This step drove me nuts.
"2. Copy the update.zip (and the ROM) to the INTERNAL SD (not the external SD Card). sdcard/ " (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732458)
i ran into the same problem...how do i get from 3e to CWR?
here's what's shown in my vibrant directory: Android, DCIM, external_sd, LOST.DIR
i dont have an internal sd (the card) so it's not shown?
the path i got error on: /mnt/internal_sd/update.zip
1. when i tried to "reinstall packages" i keep getting the error that the update.zip file cant be found. should i create a folder for it or something? i think it's a matter of pathing but i cant find out the right place to put the file...(to get from 3e to CWR)
2. i see people suggesting boot with odin or sth like that...does that solve my problem and how do i do that?
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i ran into the same problem...how do i get from 3e to CWR?
here's what's shown in my vibrant directory: Android, DCIM, external_sd, LOST.DIR
i dont have an internal sd (the card) so it's not shown?
the path i got error on: /mnt/internal_sd/update.zip
1. when i tried to "reinstall packages" i keep getting the error that the update.zip file cant be found. should i create a folder for it or something? i think it's a matter of pathing but i cant find out the right place to put the file...(to get from 3e to CWR)
2. i see people suggesting boot with odin or sth like that...does that solve my problem and how do i do that?
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You definitely have an internal sd card. Use Astro file manager or something similar and put update.zip on the root of internal sd card, meaning not in a folder. It should look like sdcard/update.zip. If you are having the 3e mismatch recovery issue read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833423
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i go to the link that you linked and ran the script. then i download the update.zip file at the noob guide with a slimbean 4.2.2 rom and addons. this time i would just put it in the root folder (technically not in any folder). when i try to reinstall packages, the screen shows that it is "replacing stock recovery with clock work recovery"... but then it would go back to the 3e.
so...i guess putting the files in the root folder is correct. but someone it still wont let me get tot CWR...
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i go to the link that you linked and ran the script. then i download the update.zip file at the noob guide with a slimbean 4.2.2 rom and addons. this time i would just put it in the root folder (technically not in any folder). when i try to reinstall packages, the screen shows that it is "replacing stock recovery with clock work recovery"... but then it would go back to the 3e.
so...i guess putting the files in the root folder is correct. but someone it still wont let me get tot CWR...
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You have to reinstall packages twice for it to work properly. It is normal to not work the first time, just reinstall packages again and you should be good to go. If you keep having issues you should just flash back to stock 2.1 with Odin and go from there.
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Hey all, I posted this on CM's forums as well but haven't gotten any replies so I figured I'll try this forum as well. I'm a new to mod installations so forgive if some of these questions are redundant/plain stupid. I figure it's better to ask a stupid question though, than to brick my phone.
Anyways, here goes:
So I have installed ClockworkMod (free) and created a recovery.
I copied a stable version of CM into my root folder (update-cm-7.1.0-GalaxyS2-signed.zip)
Now to install it do I go into ROM Manager, and under ROM Management select "Install ROM from SD Card"? Then check off the 3 options and hit ok, and reboot into recovery on the next popup window?
Finally...when the phone reboots into "Android System Recovery"..I see this:
Android system recovery <3e>
Enter: OK Key, Select: VOL UP/DOWN
reboot system now
apply update from sd card
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
-- Installing package...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:failed to verify whole-file signature...
E:signature verification failed...
Installation aborted.
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So do I go into "apply update from sd card" and select the CM zip file?? And after that I see there's mention of another zip file simply labelled "update.zip"...its also in my root. So I use that AFTER CM.zip right?
And finally...whats up with the errors there while installing the package? Is that ok?
Thanks! And sorry if this is the wrong forum. I didn't spot a specific mod-related forum here.
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Hey all, I posted this on CM's forums as well but haven't gotten any replies so I figured I'll try this forum as well. I'm a new to mod installations so forgive if some of these questions are redundant/plain stupid. I figure it's better to ask a stupid question though, than to brick my phone.
Anyways, here goes:
So I have installed ClockworkMod (free) and created a recovery.
I copied a stable version of CM into my root folder (update-cm-7.1.0-GalaxyS2-signed.zip)
Now to install it do I go into ROM Manager, and under ROM Management select "Install ROM from SD Card"? Then check off the 3 options and hit ok, and reboot into recovery on the next popup window?
Finally...when the phone reboots into "Android System Recovery"..I see this:
So do I go into "apply update from sd card" and select the CM zip file?? And after that I see there's mention of another zip file simply labelled "update.zip"...its also in my root. So I use that AFTER CM.zip right?
And finally...whats up with the errors there while installing the package? Is that ok?
Thanks! And sorry if this is the wrong forum. I didn't spot a specific mod-related forum here.
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Use this link here, i think your problem is you afe flashing with rom manager you should use CWM for a first time install and you need to flash twice back to back to ensure a clean install.
I have been trying to update my droid razr to the latest 6.12.173 from verizon, but the update fails on 'Verifying current system'
The error is:
apply_patch_check("/system/app/blur_facebook.apk"...
When I first rooted my phone I deleted this apk by accident. (noob mistake, I should have froze it instead)
I have tried replacing the apk with one I downloaded from 4shared, but I don't know if it was a working file or not.
I have also tried a factory reset and still have the problem.
Is there a way to replace this file or get around the verifying process?
Thanks for all your help.
You should be able to grab the right apk from a ROM dump. You'll probably want to use something like Root Explorer to copy the file so you can set the permissions on it.
Hey been on these forums forever since i was installing themes on my hp ipac or htc shadow. Not a noob by any meens. Been flashing android since my G1. Now that thats out of the way im trying to flash a ICS leak to mess with the webtop 3.0. I was coming from a stock/rooted .181...
1. I fastbooted to .181 using the droid razr 1.6 utility.
2. then i root using ICS installer Combo.
3. Next i use the ICS installer Combo to install the .79 leak.
4. allowed rom manager and su user permissions. i get an error that it can not mkdir to /sdcardEXT.. is this a normal error? Either way once the phone reboots it starts install but then gets the ! in the triangle and what i assume, fails and reverts back to .181.... What am i doing wrong iv been at it for like 3 hours and im pulling my hair out trying to figure out what im missing. My battery is at 40%, is that an issue? Assuming not since if i can fastboot to .181 i should be able to install .79
Hopefully this makes sense and thanks for taking a look
I had something similar to this happen to me when downgrading-rooting-upgrading my Transformer Prime. It failed the upgrade OTA part because I had modified the build.prop and that kept it from installing the upgrade and I got the ! triangle. Have you changed anything? Frozen any apps? Changed your build.prop from stock?
There is a directory you can look in for the log file of why it failed the upgrade. I think it is under /cache/recovery directory from root. (you have to be rooted to see it and use a root explorer). Open the log file and see why its failing.
Thanx for the quick reply. if memory serves me right i modified the build prop to mess with the s-voice app. so your saying fastbooting wouldnt restore this? if not i guess il have to figure out how i changed it and change it back before trying this install again
Well, I would have thought fastbooting would bring it to total stock, but I had made a change in my build.prop AFTER I had downgraded I believe. I think I would check that directory if you can /cache/recovery for the log file and see whats causing your failure specifically. Again, you'll need a good root explorer (like "Root Explorer") and make sure you have it do root so you can see the sub directories too. I was using ES Explorer and it was not seeing the /cache/recovery directory, just /cache and using Root Explorer showed me the sub folder.
PS> Changing your build.prop back to what it looked like before the change didn't work for me. I had to get a stock, unmodified build.prop form another user on here for it to work.
PPS> Why are you wanting to install the leak? Its pretty much been all but confirmed its happening OTA very soon.
Ok i checked out the build.prop alot of stuff in there but seems to all be correct.
I checked that log file and at the very bottom i get this.
Finding update package...
I:Update location: /cache//Blur_Version.6.12.181.XT912.Verizon.en.US.zip
Opening update package...
I:1 key(s) loaded from /res/keys
Verifying update package...
E:failed to open /cache//Blur_Version.6.12.181.XT912.Verizon.en.US.zip (No such file or directory)
I:verify_file returned 1
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
Have no idea what that means tho... If anyone needs the whole log to help me out let me know
Well, thats a lot different than what mine said so your problem is different, but I'm sure someone can help with that info. Heres what mine said when it was the build.prop:
file "/system/build.prop" doesn't have any of expected sha1 sums; checking cache
failed to stat "/cache/saved.file": No such file or directory
failed to load cache file
script aborted: assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/build.prop"
etc...
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Well, thats a lot different than what mine said so your problem is different, but I'm sure someone can help with that info. Heres what mine said when it was the build.prop:
file "/system/build.prop" doesn't have any of expected sha1 sums; checking cache
failed to stat "/cache/saved.file": No such file or directory
failed to load cache file
script aborted: assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/build.prop"
etc...
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Yeah hopefully someone can, i mean with the ota around the corner this is not too big of an issue as long as it doesn't effect the official ota. Thanks for taking the time tho.
Well, the only other thing I can think of thats happened in the past is the wrong "region" file for the phone you are trying to update.
Like you are on US_ENG on your phone and you are trying to flash a WW_ENG or something so its not matching up? *shrug* just a blind guess. Hope someone can help you out.
This may or may not help, but I got that error back in the day flashing a ROM on my D2. In clockwork there was a option to disable and enable signature verification.
Or maybe the zip is messed up?
See the thing is i did this all through the guide in the dev section. i would have posted it there but i didnt have enough posts to post there, im more of a reader than a preacher. i only downloaded the 2 files with the 2 different batch scripts. 1 to fastboot to .181 and 1 to install ICS. Il figure it out eventually, but thanks guys. hopefully someone gets me there sooner.
**fixed it, i ended up using the permissions option in rom manager and also made sure the phone was over 50% and it worked so hopefully this helps soeone eles if they stumble across it.
A few months ago, I made a help thread on how to get my phone rooted after some roadblock. However, I didn't get any type of help whatsoever. So I decided to remain on the phone's base firmware for eternity. However, I decided to try again. Anyways, below is the opening post I made for that thread. I only included the parts I still have trouble on.
(i made sure to do a backup)
Let me sum up what I have done:
I've managed to follow a guide on a wiki(I lost the link however, since I ATTEMPTED to give up on this) that involved me downgrading my firmware, then do some steps to install cyanogen 1.4. Afterwards, I got to step that required me to rename some file to update.zip. I followed that step and noticed my computer didn't convert the file to a zip file(it remained as a img file) but continued anyway while finding that odd.
Afterwards, cyanogen tells me that it cannot find the zip file. I've search most of google and a bit of this site, and i've seen various solutions that failed me such as:
-renaming the update.zip to update
-using android sdk(which i have no clue on how to use)
So if you managed to read my long and boring story, let me ask one question:
How do I get my phone back to normal if rooting is impossible at this point?
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the file staying an image file though you renamed it usually comes from windows hiding known file types' extensions. you can turn that off in your file browser through Tools -> Folder Options and somewhere over there there should be a checkbox that says "hide known extensions" or something.
(that means that if the file was originally called abc.img it is now abc.zip.img only the .img part is hidden).
the link you had to a wiki is probably this one:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/TMobile_myTouch_3G:_Rooting
or any other one from this page:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Magic
good luck
Thanks to that, i've gotten a little farther. Hoewever, i'm stuck at flashing a recovery. it now says: FAILED (remote: not allow)
What is this?
EDIT: After hours of searching, it seems that this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548218 is the answer. However, since my SD cards cannot be gold carded(since I need a gold card for this solution), i'm pretty much screwed until I find a compatible SD card. Thanks for trying though.