(status 7) installion aborded in CWM while installing CM9 - Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A

Hey fellas recently Ive been trying to install a ROM (CM 9 to be precise) and when i install it shows,
STATUS 7
installation aborted
i have tried to formatted my SD card still in did not worked,
but i also know that it may work if i update the CWM to the latest version and i am using sk17i xperia mini pro so how to do so, can any one guide me please or if there is an other way to do so please tell me.
And I have rooted stock ROM (GB) & stock Kernel.

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Yes. It happened to me many times. The problem is the package and model no. mismatch . Just as a != A .... Simply Install another kernel..
Sent from my WT19i using xda app-developers app

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Disregard the comment above. All you need to do is flash the CM9 kernel (via fastboot), which is contained inside the flashable .zip (I assume it's FXP, right?).
Your phone will now show the FXP logo while booting up. Boot into recovery. You'll see it's CWM v6, and now you're free to install CM9. No more Status 7 errors
It happened to me on a cousin's XPlay.
Don't forget to flash CM9 baseband via FlashTool!

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try this
Hameer123 said:
Hey fellas recently Ive been trying to install a ROM (CM 9 to be precise) and when i install it shows,
STATUS 7
installation abortedl.
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First of all make sure you have the right version of CM9 for your device. Next, open the downloaded ZIP, edit the file updater-script in your CM9ZIP\META-INF\com\google\android\. Delete ONLYthe first line including and upto the first semicolon( which starts with:
assert(getprop("ro.product.device"...
Save the modifications made, re-copy the file to SD Card and try flashing it again.
Make sure you're using the CM9 kernel and baseband 72 too!

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blackstallion1234 said:
First of all make sure you have the right version of CM9 for your device. Next, open the downloaded ZIP, edit the file updater-script in your CM9ZIP\META-INF\com\google\android\. Delete ONLYthe first line including and upto the first semicolon( which starts with:
assert(getprop("ro.product.device"...
Save the modifications made, re-copy the file to SD Card and try flashing it again.
Make sure you're using the CM9 kernel and baseband 72 too!
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its not clear. which line? from where up to where?
please can you give us the exact line which needed ot be deleted?

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Pixelado said:
Disregard the comment above. All you need to do is flash the CM9 kernel (via fastboot), which is contained inside the flashable .zip (I assume it's FXP, right?).
Your phone will now show the FXP logo while booting up. Boot into recovery. You'll see it's CWM v6, and now you're free to install CM9. No more Status 7 errors
It happened to me on a cousin's XPlay.
Don't forget to flash CM9 baseband via FlashTool!
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could u give me the download link to the CM9 kernel for sk17i

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The Kernel is included in the Download ZIP File. Just Download the ZIP file and extract it. Then you have 1 extracted and 1 packed. The packed you put on the sd card.
You take out of the extracted the Boot.img. Maybe it's got another Name, but it's an image File. Just Download flashtool (search in development Forum for Sony flashtool) and Flash via fastboot mode.
But remember: For all these steps, you MUST have an UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER!!!
Sent from my SK17i using xda app-developers app

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static28 said:
its not clear. which line? from where up to where?
please can you give us the exact line which needed ot be deleted?
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Thought that the "first semicolon" description would be enough, but anyway this is the line I'm talking about:
assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "WT19a" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "WT19a" ||
getprop("ro.product.device") == "WT19i" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "WT19i" ||
getprop("ro.product.device") == "coconut" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "coconut");
"WT19{a/i}" will vary as per device codes. For instance, the OP will have"SK17{a/i}" (and "mango" instead of "coconut")
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Hameer123 said:
could u give me the download link to the CM9 kernel for sk17i
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It's there on CyanogenMod's site but here's the link anyway! :angel:CM 9.1

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Pixelado said:
Disregard the comment above. All you need to do is flash the CM9 kernel (via fastboot), which is contained inside the flashable .zip (I assume it's FXP, right?).
Your phone will now show the FXP logo while booting up. Boot into recovery. You'll see it's CWM v6, and now you're free to install CM9. No more Status 7 errors
It happened to me on a cousin's XPlay.
Don't forget to flash CM9 baseband via FlashTool!
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i followed suggestion for status error7 .. of deleting first 3 lines
after placing that updated zip file in sd card .
i again got error
installation update
installation aborted ..
i tried searching ,many links didnt got it .. pls help as i have
xperia mini pro sk17i
unlocked bootloader
rooted
cmw 5.0.2
thanks in advance
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static28 said:
its not clear. which line? from where up to where?
please can you give us the exact line which needed ot be deleted?
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i followed suggestion for status error7 .. of deleting first 3 lines of updater script
after placing that updated zip file in sd card .
i again got error
installation update
installation aborted ..
i tried searching ,many links didnt got it .. pls help as i have
xperia mini pro sk17i
unlocked bootloader
rooted
cmw 5.0.2
thanks in advance

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re install stock
flash cm9 kernel
wipe and factory reset
don't delete system or anything els
then install
good luck

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I understand that you are new but please read the forum rules before posting.....Firstly many threads have been made on this issue so first check them out and then if none comes up to your expectation make a new thread and secondly these type of thread belong to the q/a thread and not the general thread.....so please moderators move this thread to q/a forum
Regards,
Abhinav

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nick_pats said:
i followed suggestion for status error7 .. of deleting first 3 lines
after placing that updated zip file in sd card .
i again got error
installation update
installation aborted ..
i tried searching ,many links didnt got it .. pls help as i have
xperia mini pro sk17i
unlocked bootloader
rooted
cmw 5.0.2
thanks in advance
---------- Post added at 04:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:53 PM ----------
i followed suggestion for status error7 .. of deleting first 3 lines of updater script
after placing that updated zip file in sd card .
i again got error
installation update
installation aborted ..
i tried searching ,many links didnt got it .. pls help as i have
xperia mini pro sk17i
unlocked bootloader
rooted
cmw 5.0.2
thanks in advance
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Your answer is in post #3. Flash the kernel for the ROM 1st, this will update your version of cwm and everything should be fine. You need to be careful when you delete the assert(getprop.... lines from the updater-script. First, these lines are there to protect you from flashing a ROM for a different device and this can really screw up your device, so you should only delete these if you are coming from a custom ROM that wasn't ported correctly (shows the wrong device in the build.prop) or if you have mangled your build.prop beyond belief. One way to tell is by connecting your device to the PC where you keep PC Companion, if it recognized as a different device then you may need to delete the assert(getprop....lines. Second, make sure you use a compatible text editor (in windows you probably want notepad++ ) to edit your updater-script. If you use plain old notepad, or wordpad, or word, you will probably mess up the updater-script and get install errors. The easiest way to fix this is to just redownload the ROM.
Edit: To be fair to nick_pats and to the OP, this is an old thread that was started before there was a Q&A section and probably nick_pats found it the way he was suppossed to...by using the search function!