[Q] Rom manager is misbehaving - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi everyone, I have a problem with Rom Manager:
on any rom/kernel I tried it so far, Rom Manager could not make a Backup. I always get:
CWM-based Recovery V6.0.1.0
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:failed to seek in /cache/update.zip (Invalid argument)
E:signature verifivation failed
It however gives the option to
Yes - Install untrusted zip
if I install that, the instalation is aborted
After searching the Internet for a while, it seems that Rom Manager does not work on GT-I9100. However, I still have a lot of Questions:
-Why does Rom Manager search and try to install a update.zip? If i backup via recovery it just backups.
-are there alternatives? not counting cf-kernel with CWM.
-why does Fluxis rom manager in his xxTweaker app work?
-why does the prograss bar move when I just do nothing after the signature verification fails?
Any help and suggestions are very much appreciated

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Coirpre said:
Hi everyone, I have a problem with Rom Manager:
on any rom/kernel I tried it so far, Rom Manager could not make a Backup. I always get:
CWM-based Recovery V6.0.1.0
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:failed to seek in /cache/update.zip (Invalid argument)
E:signature verifivation failed
It however gives the option to
Yes - Install untrusted zip
if I install that, the instalation is aborted
After searching the Internet for a while, it seems that Rom Manager does not work on GT-I9100. However, I still have a lot of Questions:
-Why does Rom Manager search and try to install a update.zip? If i backup via recovery it just backups.
-are there alternatives? not counting cf-kernel with CWM.
-why does Fluxis rom manager in his xxTweaker app work?
-why does the prograss bar move when I just do nothing after the signature verification fails?
Any help and suggestions are very much appreciated
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When I used ROM manager about 1 year ago it didn't work for me either and everyone said to me back then that if you have GT-I9100 you should not use ROM manager. Now I use Siyah Kernel and the built in custom CWM and it uses chainfires CWM app modded to Siyah and that works perfectly. In the fluxxi kernel he has probably modded ROM manager so it doesn't download a new update.zip but the one that already exists.
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rom manager
Stop using ROM Manager, it doesn't behave well with the s2.

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scayre32 said:
Stop using ROM Manager, it doesn't behave well with the s2.
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Exactly what I said
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@scarye32: yes, that's what i found out so far. any possibility of making backups with custom names that you know of?

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Yeh Rom manager kept telling me that it couldn't mount the custom ROM I was flashing but I just booted to recovery and flashed it manually and I worked fine...
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Coirpre said:
@scarye32: yes, that's what i found out so far. any possibility of making backups with custom names that you know of?
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Do you want to keep your kernel or can you flash another to get a custom CWM? If you are willing to change I would suggest Siyah Kernel as it comes with a custom CWM that is touch and works flawlessly
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I don't think siyah kernel works on jb... but i will try when i have the time... on ics i just accepted the fact and used fluxi kernel which also has a modded rom manager which works fine. the app even stays installed when changing kernel and keeps working to an extent. rom manager works, but i am not trying the more basic kernel-related stuff for the time being...

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Coirpre said:
I don't think siyah kernel works on jb... but i will try when i have the time... on ics i just accepted the fact and used fluxi kernel which also has a modded rom manager which works fine. the app even stays installed when changing kernel and keeps working to an extent. rom manager works, but i am not trying the more basic kernel-related stuff for the time being...
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Not sure if gokhanmoral have made one for jb either, but I'm quite sure he will yeah that's smart
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