[Q] set_perm (status 7) error - Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am getting the following error when installing hellybean.
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
set_perm: some changes failed
E:Error in /sdcard/Hellybean-201
30205-fascinatemtd.zip
(status 7)
Installation aborted.
I have followed install instructions from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070
Installed hacksung ics 1 no problems. Go back into recovery, triple wipe, and try to install hellybean. It boots into devil touch recovery 6.0.2.7. and from here I get the same error above even after triple wipe, fix permissions, format /system, replaced sd card (started install all over again from stock), multiple downloads of hellybean, all of which is to no avail. Anyone have any other suggestions of how to fix??
sd card is 16 GB class 10.
I would post this under development for hellybean where other users have had similar issue but nobody has given a new response and I am not allowed to post in that thread because I'm a noob.

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You should flash helly a total of 3 times if coming from ths-1
Sent from my SCH-I500 using xda premium

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hhp_211 said:
You should flash helly a total of 3 times if coming from ths-1
Sent from my SCH-I500 using xda premium
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The installation is aborted after the error so it doesn't matter how many times I try it I get the same result.

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ulnevrwalkalone said:
The installation is aborted after the error so it doesn't matter how many times I try it I get the same result.
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well just make sure you are following section 4 to the "T"
Step 3: Power off phone and pull battery.
Step 4: Open odin on your computer.
Step 5: Plug in factory usb cable and hold the volume down button. Yellow
triangle should appear saying "download mode".
Step 6: Click on PDA in odin and find the stock EH03 rom you downloaded to your computer in step 1.
Step 7: Click on PIT in Odin and select the atlas 2.2 pit you downloaded in step 1(make sure repartition is checked).
that is a combined step before proceeding
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Step 8: Click start and wait 5min, box in left hand corner of odin will say PASS, then click reset.
Step 9: Unplug usb cable, put battery back in and boot phone.
Step 10: Power off phone and pull battery.
Step 11: Plug-in the factory usb cable and hold the volume down key, get into "download mode".
Step 12: Open Odin, click PDA and select cwm4 fixed for cm7 you downloaded in step 1, hit start, should only take 10 sec, then say pass. Click reset.
Step 13: Close and open odin to reset connection. click on the PDA function and find the GB bootloaders.tar that you downloaded in step 1 and hit start.
Step 14: Unplug usb cable and insert battery.
Step 15: With three fingers hold the power, and both vol. up/down until you see the samsung logo appear the second time and let off. you should be in blue recovery 4.
Step 16: Wipe Data/Factory reset, then under the "advanced" menu wipe dalvik cache
Step 17: Use soft menu key on bottom left of phone and get back to main page in cwm. Find and select install zip from sd, then select chose zip and find the rom you pushed to your sd card in step 2. Select it and it will take you to a secondary menu, arrow down select yes.
Step 18: Once the rom finishes installing reboot.
You are currently now on ICS Team Hacksung build 1 or 2 . Continue following instructions below for upgrading to a custom ICS or JellyBean rom
Step 19: Download one of the roms below to the root of your sd card.
Step 20: Download latest GAPPS package to root of sd card
Step 21: Reboot recovery via the power menu.
Step 22: Wipe Data/Factory reset and Install .zip from sd that you downloaded in step 19. Then Install gapps zip from sd that you downloaded in step 20 and reboot.
I had to do step 22 --3 times --- 1st time gives you a warning,,, 2nd time appears to install but on reboot takes you back to new updated recovery menu,,, 3rd reflash zip one more time, reboot ,,, good to go
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Update: tried to install CM 10.1 nightly with same result, tried installing from stock, then tried intalling from HSM-1 and both times got the same set_perm (status 7) error.
I also noticed that after failed installation attempts the sd card has bad sectors on it (from chkdsk). So I do a reformat and fresh copy of ROMS and still get back to same error. I am 95% sure its not an sd card issue because as I said before this is the second card I am using on this phone with the same result
HSM-1 installs from CWM 5.5.0.2 and as far as I can tell this is the only recovery that actually allows me to install a ROM on this phone. Does anyone have a link for a CWM 5.5.0.2 that I could flash from ODIN??

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ulnevrwalkalone said:
Update: tried to install CM 10.1 nightly with same result, tried installing from stock, then tried intalling from HSM-1 and both times got the same set_perm (status 7) error.
I also noticed that after failed installation attempts the sd card has bad sectors on it (from chkdsk). So I do a reformat and fresh copy of ROMS and still get back to same error. I am 95% sure its not an sd card issue because as I said before this is the second card I am using on this phone with the same result
HSM-1 installs from CWM 5.5.0.2 and as far as I can tell this is the only recovery that actually allows me to install a ROM on this phone. Does anyone have a link for a CWM 5.5.0.2 that I could flash from ODIN??
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what class is your sdcard? it's recommended to use a class 6+ sd card. this may be causing your error. but if recommend flashing back to stock and try ths b2.

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hhp_211 said:
I had to do step 22 --3 times --- 1st time gives you a warning,,, 2nd time appears to install but on reboot takes you back to new updated recovery menu,,, 3rd reflash zip one more time, reboot ,,, good to go
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When you say 2nd time it appears to install do you mean it actually takes a bit of time and shows a progress bar? Because after 2nd try it gets into recovery 6.0.2.7 and if I triple wipe from there I just get the same status 7 error.
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what class is your sdcard? it's recommended to use a class 6+ sd card. this may be causing your error. but if recommend flashing back to stock and try ths b2.
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its a class 10 16 gb card.

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ulnevrwalkalone said:
When you say 2nd time it appears to install do you mean it actually takes a bit of time and shows a progress bar? Because after 2nd try it gets into recovery 6.0.2.7 and if I triple wipe from there I just get the same status 7 error.
its a class 10 16 gb card.
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once you boot into recovery the second time, try not wiping and just install. see if that fixes it

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ztotherad said:
once you boot into recovery the second time, try not wiping and just install. see if that fixes it
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Another weekend of testing and still same result. I have managed to get aokp ICS on with devil kernal. Is jellybean significantly better than ICS, or put another way, is jellybean going to be worth the headache its causing?

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ulnevrwalkalone said:
Another weekend of testing and still same result. I have managed to get aokp ICS on with devil kernal. Is jellybean significantly better than ICS, or put another way, is jellybean going to be worth the headache its causing?
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i think jelly bean is a lot better than ICS, but when i got this fascinate ics was already out, so i didn't have to much problems with it. i do like the three button press to enter recovery.

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ulnevrwalkalone said:
Another weekend of testing and still same result. I have managed to get aokp ICS on with devil kernal. Is jellybean significantly better than ICS, or put another way, is jellybean going to be worth the headache its causing?
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which exact version / file of aokp ICS are you on now?
Like ztotherad said,, I also feel jellybean is a lot better than ICS and worth any effort needed to get up and running
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could you explain exactly which step you got to,,, It sounds like maybe you did not get the Team Hacksung build 1 or 2 installed from steps Step 17 and 18
that is a crucial part of the process..
I found for me to print out the instructions and physically cross off the steps as I went along (way back in the day) when I was having issues and sure enough I was missing part of a step I thought I was doing...
also don't try to do anything extra with clearing/rebooting/wiping that is not listed
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either that or Step 6 and 7 were botched up,,, ,,,,or Step 13 missed, although quite a few are up and running with-out the GB bootloaders...
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"" When you say 2nd time it appears to install do you mean it actually takes a bit of time and shows a progress bar? Because after 2nd try it gets into recovery 6.0.2.7 and if I triple wipe from there I just get the same status 7 error. ""
remember "also don't try to do anything extra with clearing/rebooting/wiping that is not listed"" IE: into recovery 6.0.2.7 and if I triple wipe from there ... dont do that
Just
do step 22 --3 times --- 1st time gives you a warning,,, 2nd time appears to install but on reboot takes you back to new updated recovery menu,,, 3rd reflash zip one more time, reboot ,,, good to go,,, ,,, back into recovery and then on to flash gapps
meaning once you boot into the new recovery,, you still need to flash the install 2 more times then reboot and wait
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hhp_211 said:
"" When you say 2nd time it appears to install do you mean it actually takes a bit of time and shows a progress bar? Because after 2nd try it gets into recovery 6.0.2.7 and if I triple wipe from there I just get the same status 7 error. ""
remember "also don't try to do anything extra with clearing/rebooting/wiping that is not listed"" IE: into recovery 6.0.2.7 and if I triple wipe from there ... dont do that
Just
do step 22 --3 times --- 1st time gives you a warning,,, 2nd time appears to install but on reboot takes you back to new updated recovery menu,,, 3rd reflash zip one more time, reboot ,,, good to go,,, ,,, back into recovery and then on to flash gapps
meaning once you boot into the new recovery,, you still need to flash the install 2 more times then reboot and wait
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OMG it worked !! I got fresh downloads and followed instructions and before I had tried it but everytime I would factory reset I would wipe cache (not davlik) literally only did factory reset and installed. First time got the warning, second time got my status 7 error and was worried. Went ahead and insalled rom again, it went through, installed again, reboot and I am now in CM 10.1.
THANKS!
Do you think I should mention to the OP of the instructions to make this more explicit because I have seen other users with my same issue...