flashing rom from zip file - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Pls help. I'm trying to flash a new rom from zip file via sdcard. I cannot do it via cwm. Fail everyte I tried. I choose install from SD card and I can see the IP file there but when I choose and install. It is fail. Or bad.what I have to do.can I use Odin. Pls help me.I'm new here

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I'll download again. Still I can extract the file anyway. Is it normal. Should work right

oudsur said:
Pls help. I'm trying to flash a new rom from zip file via sdcard. I cannot do it via cwm. Fail everyte I tried. I choose install from SD card and I can see the IP file there but when I choose and install. It is fail. Or bad.what I have to do.can I use Odin. Pls help me.I'm new here
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Is your phone rooted? What rom are you currently mounting? What kernel?
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Root JL5 AND INSTALL nero v

Now I have stock JL5 froyo rom. But I wanna install nero v rom. But when I try to root my vibrant always ended with error. Please send me step by step guide
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didnt want to make another post because it has to deal with nero v.5
im on nero v.3 and would like to go on nero v.5
just want to make sure, but when im in recovery, do a nandroid backup, then update from sd card. when i choose the nero-5-voodoo option, i get this:
E:Cant Open /sdcard/nero-5-voodoo.zip
(bad)
installation aborted.
now i had that message when i unrooted and updated to v.3 but cant remember what step im doing to update to v.5
do i have to change it to update.zip? rename it and not put .zip?
Any help would be much appreciated. PM's would be better.
Thanks!
steveruv said:
didnt want to make another post because it has to deal with nero v.5
im on nero v.3 and would like to go on nero v.5
just want to make sure, but when im in recovery, do a nandroid backup, then update from sd card. when i choose the nero-5-voodoo option, i get this:
E:Cant Open /sdcard/nero-5-voodoo.zip
(bad)
installation aborted.
now i had that message when i unrooted and updated to v.3 but cant remember what step im doing to update to v.5
do i have to change it to update.zip? rename it and not put .zip?
Any help would be much appreciated. PM's would be better.
Thanks!
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1. if any doubts of a corrupted file, re-download the nero-5 file
2. place the nero-5 file (no need to rename) on your /sdcard directory
3. go to ROM Manager, select Flash ClockworkMod Recovery, and select Vibrant
4. select Install ROM from SD card and point to the nero-5 file
5. Ok out and let it reboot and do its thing. If it's not executing automatically, you may have to select Reinstall Packages in Recovery Mode.
ghamer said:
Now I have stock JL5 froyo rom. But I wanna install nero v rom. But when I try to root my vibrant always ended with error. Please send me step by step guide
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You need to provide more info on the error if you want more people to assist you.
in any case, everything is in here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
xxxman999 said:
1. if any doubts of a corrupted file, re-download the nero-5 file
2. place the nero-5 file (no need to rename) on your /sdcard directory
3. go to ROM Manager, select Flash ClockworkMod Recovery, and select Vibrant
4. select Install ROM from SD card and point to the nero-5 file
5. Ok out and let it reboot and do its thing. If it's not executing automatically, you may have to select Reinstall Packages in Recovery Mode.
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I'm gonna try it out. Is it because Im on a J5 Kernel? If so, should i download the appropriate kernel, install it thru recovery first, then install nero-5?
Thanks for the reply!
steveruv said:
I'm gonna try it out. Is it because Im on a J5 Kernel? If so, should i download the appropriate kernel, install it thru recovery first, then install nero-5?
Thanks for the reply!
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you should be able to flash straight to Nero-5 unless you are getting other errors besides what you mentioned in your original post. Based one what you mentioned, it sounded like you had a corrupted ROM file.

[Q] is there a way to have all my apps back???

i sold my old samsung vibrant, and i had like 200 apps on it. I just buy a new one today, and i wonder is there a way that i can have all my app from the old one to my new one...Thank you....
Did you save a copy of titanium backup on your pc?
if not, no. Your paid apps, yes.
i think i didnt, but i had titanium back up on my old phone before...and can u pls show me how to copy the titatinum back up to my pc.
connect via usb
mount
browse on pc to find sdcard/titaniumbackup
move folder to desktop so you have a copy.
s15274n said:
connect via usb
mount
browse on pc to find sdcard/titaniumbackup
move folder to desktop so you have a copy.
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Will this method work if you get a different device? Say downgrading from a Vibrant to a MT4G?
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I've never tried with my other phones, see no reason why not though.
Thank you so much...
by the way, i forgot how to flask a custom rom at the first time...i got my phone rooted, and downloaded the rom manager...downloaded the custom rom zip file to sd card, then go to rom manager to flash it but it didnt work...Do i have to rename that zip file to update.zip????
ali129 said:
by the way, i forgot how to flask a custom rom at the first time...i got my phone rooted, and downloaded the rom manager...downloaded the custom rom zip file to sd card, then go to rom manager to flash it but it didnt work...Do i have to rename that zip file to update.zip????
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From rommanager flash clock work recovery then boot into recovery and find the zip and flash
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Yes rename the zip file to update.zip but that should have already been done when you rooted your phone.
^ no. you never rename a rom.
Flash cwr
Reboot into cwr
Install zip from sd
Check out the noob guide (signature) for much more detail and steps.
You can do it from rom manager, but cwr still needs to be flashed.

Rooted but wont install new roms

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?
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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
Theonew said:
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?
Theonew said:
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
kerriannec31 said:
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?
Theonew said:
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??

[Q] Wanamlite ROM Questions

Hello all.
I have a few questions about the Wanalite ROM that I would be grateful if someone could answer.
1) On his site it says to get MTP back you need to flash a patch which you can download. How do you flash this patch? Is it just a case of putting the zip file on my phone then installing it from the SD card using CWM?
2) He also says that he has disabled the voice talk option when you double tap the home button for faster home load. He says to re-enable it you can push a stock “android.policy.jar” from my stock deodexed rom to “/system/framework”. What does this mean? How do I do this?
Thanks
xbroogw1 said:
Hello all.
I
1) On his site it says to get MTP back you need to flash a patch which you can download. How do you flash this patch? Is it just a case of putting the zip file on my phone then installing it from the SD card using CWM?
Possible as that is the usual way to flash if not its Odin flash .
2) He also says that he has disabled the voice talk option when you double tap the home button for faster home load. He says to re-enable it you can push a stock “android.policy.jar” from my stock deodexed rom to “/system/framework”. What does this mean? How do I do this?
Copy android policy jar from stock deodexed rom .
Put on phones sd card .
Using root explorer copy that file to system framework .
jje
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xbroogw1 said:
Hello all.
I have a few questions about the Wanalite ROM that I would be grateful if someone could answer.
1) On his site it says to get MTP back you need to flash a patch which you can download. How do you flash this patch? Is it just a case of putting the zip file on my phone then installing it from the SD card using CWM?
Thanks
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yep
its a zip file, flash it using cwm

Possibly soft brick S3??? Noob needs help!

First of all I've read some posts but haven't found what I need. I know you may read this kinda post all the time from unexperienced people but we are all learning. This is the deal, I was trying to flash Cyanogenmod 10.1 in my s3, I saved the rom file and the gapps file in my sd card. After I do all the whipping (data+cache+delviks cache) and go to find the zip files they are not in .zip format so de recovery mode doesn't recognize the files as such. So I just went back and tryed to reboot the phone again but it gets stucked in the Samsung Gt I9300 image. I know this may be really simple to fix but I'm a noob! Btw the phone does enter both, recovery and download mode. Any help will be greatly appreciated!
"after I did all the whipping" LOL
what do you mean, they're no in the zip format? did you unzip them?
sd card
push the file into ur sd card either throw recovery or by sd card reader and boot into recovery then chose the zip from ur sd card and install
rustymanx said:
push the file into ur sd card either throw recovery or by sd card reader and boot into recovery then chose the zip from ur sd card and install
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This... Most custom rom come in a directly flashable zip.
Glebun said:
"after I did all the whipping" LOL
what do you mean, they're no in the zip format? did you unzip them?
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My bad... English is not my first language,I'm still learning. I already solved the problem by restoring a previous nandroid backup. Everything is fine now. Thanks for taking the time to answer.
xSpeced said:
This... Most custom rom come in a directly flashable zip.
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Thanks for your answer. The thing is that the files were not in the zip format and I couldn't flash them in the recovery mode. If I compress them into zip format would it work??
r_saez said:
First of all I've read some posts but haven't found what I need. I know you may read this kinda post all the time from unexperienced people but we are all learning. This is the deal, I was trying to flash Cyanogenmod 10.1 in my s3, I saved the rom file and the gapps file in my sd card. After I do all the whipping (data+cache+delviks cache) and go to find the zip files they are not in .zip format so de recovery mode doesn't recognize the files as such. So I just went back and tryed to reboot the phone again but it gets stucked in the Samsung Gt I9300 image. I know this may be really simple to fix but I'm a noob! Btw the phone does enter both, recovery and download mode. Any help will be greatly appreciated!
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Flash a stock rom via Odin .
Basics for Noobs please read before flashing a brick .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927113
jje
First , you might try to wipe. if it does not work either, please use 2nas android flash tools
2nas.com
Provides :
1: Integrates Unbrick / Flash ROM / Root All-In-One.
2: Use the same protocol as ODIN, but 2nas is more user-friendly and easy-to-use.
3: Cloud based database to flash your android phone with correct files(ROM, etc)
4: Automatically download necessery files to flash, and check them with SHA1, it's safe for your phone.
5: Store all downloaded files in local disk, under a good directory structure, it's usefull when you have several phones.

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