Hi
I am running a Stock LSD 4.1.2 JB Rom on my I9100 and do not wish to Root my phone. Yes it was rooted once but I have a specific reason for not wanting to revert back to root.
On a few occasions over the past year I have wanted to flash an app via "Recovery Mode", a .zip file located on the phone's external SD card.
On trying to flash, the following is displayed in yellow: -
E: failed to verify whole-file signature
E signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
I have searched and searched this and other forums and although I can find many many instances when this has ocurred with other people I have not yet seen a generic solution to this problem.
It must ocurr because of a certain situation being prevelant within my phone and the references to it on forums usually suggest they are because someone is messing with a Custom Rom and/or a Rooted Kernal etc etc.
Could someone please tell what is happening, why this is the case and what can be done to sort it please.
I would say that my phone is just over 18 months old, never has had a problem, has been flashed with "Stock Roms" quite a few times and all without wiping or restoring to the factory settings. I do not want to wipe it to sort this problem out and am hoping an easy fix is available.
Hope someone can help
ps - I am trying to install the 4.2 Camera via the patched.zip and have tried to install the "Temporary" Clockwork Recovery" app with exactly the same problem. I stress I do not want to Root.
Anyone please?
rozel said:
Hi
I am running a Stock LSD 4.1.2 JB Rom on my I9100 and do not wish to Root my phone. Yes it was rooted once but I have a specific reason for not wanting to revert back to root.
On a few occasions over the past year I have wanted to flash an app via "Recovery Mode", a .zip file located on the phone's external SD card.
On trying to flash, the following is displayed in yellow: -
E: failed to verify whole-file signature
E signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
I have searched and searched this and other forums and although I can find many many instances when this has ocurred with other people I have not yet seen a generic solution to this problem.
It must ocurr because of a certain situation being prevelant within my phone and the references to it on forums usually suggest they are because someone is messing with a Custom Rom and/or a Rooted Kernal etc etc.
Could someone please tell what is happening, why this is the case and what can be done to sort it please.
I would say that my phone is just over 18 months old, never has had a problem, has been flashed with "Stock Roms" quite a few times and all without wiping or restoring to the factory settings. I do not want to wipe it to sort this problem out and am hoping an easy fix is available.
Hope someone can help
ps - I am trying to install the 4.2 Camera via the patched.zip and have tried to install the "Temporary" Clockwork Recovery" app with exactly the same problem. I stress I do not want to Root.
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You need root access to flash apps or modify your system
pasanjay said:
You need root access to flash apps or modify your system
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Ermm, do not think so. Please review this thread before making wild comments like this: -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2082103
I know in some way though that you probably thought you were helping.
Surely this problem has a cause and a solution?
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Ermm, do not think so. Please review this thread before making wild comments like this: -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2082103
I know in some way though that you probably thought you were helping.
Surely this problem has a cause and a solution?
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u have to first flash the 'Temporary CWM recovery .zip' then select 'reboot to recovery' option in stock recovery to enter 'temporary cwm recovery' there u select the 'Camera zip file' to flash.
PS- after flashing 'Temporary CWM recovery.zip' do not reboot ur phone the normal way by doing so u will lose ur temporary recovery.
each time before flashing any zip file u have to flash 'temporary cwm.zip' file first.
Hi thanks but I know this.
Can we get back to my topic please? I would not have posted if I could flash the Temp CWM Recovery. zip file
I just need to know what causes the error I am getting and how I can irradicate it.
rozel said:
Can we get back to my topic please? I would not have posted if I could flash the Temp CWM Recovery. zip file
I just need to know what causes the error I am getting and how I can irradicate it.
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As the error indicates, it fails to verify the file's signature. You can't flash unsigned packages via stock recovery. The solution is exactly what was already mentioned to you:either root and install a custom kernel/recovery (you don't want it, that's fine), or use a temporary custom (non-stock) recovery. While I had problems with the stock recovery flashing unsigned zips (obviously), I never had an issue with flashing a temp recovery. Try redownloading and reinstalling it - it could be a corrupt file. Which recovery are you trying to use? I recommend the temp touch CWM by Phil (the dev of the PhilZ kernel; use link in his signature). Always works like a charm.
kt-Froggy said:
Try redownloading and reinstalling it - it could be a corrupt file.
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Nice one! Thank you
It must have been a duff file (temp touch CWM by Phil) as the one I just downloaded, installed without a problem. It was the very same program file but from a different source.
Just installed the 4.2 Camera too so now going to play
Thank you again
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I have this problem in my SGS2.
I root it then downloaded ROM Manager pressed the Flash CWN recovery, chose the SGS2 option and then it automatically download CWN 4.0.1.5, then, after doing that, every time I try to reboot into Recovery it show my the signature fail error.
I got 2.3.3.
I have exactly the same problem and i didn't find a fix until now.
I assume:
1. full factory default (if not, installing the original ROM)
2. rooting
3. install rom manager + recovery
will fix it but i'm too lazy to reinstall everything again.
Same problem here, please someone help
Please follow the direction s that are posted all over xda. A search for your issue is posted many time. I don't even have this device and after a few searches I found the answer. I,advice you to do your homework.
Hallo all'
I have just bought A samsung galaxy s2. Its about 2 weeks old now. So I have recently decided to root it but I think It got wrong. It says its rooted because I can use rom manager and superuser. The problem is I just downloaded a rom and every time I get in to recovery mode iam getting the error: so when I go into recovery mode at the android screen with the triangle and exclemation mark I get the error:
Finding package:
Updating
E failed to verify whole file signature
E (another error cant remeber)
Then it goes into recovery mode but I only have.4 options
Reboot
Wipe system
Update system (when I choose update.zip doesnt work)
Wipe cache
help me please?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
you need to download flash an insecure kernel in order to get root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
Flash the zImage of your root kernel. You will get it by extracting the .tar root file. Copy it to your SD card and flash via CWM with the option Flash Kernel.
Sadly that should not work as at this point he is still running e3 recovery.
TrippinBawLz said:
Hallo all'
I have just bought A samsung galaxy s2. Its about 2 weeks old now. So I have recently decided to root it but I think It got wrong. It says its rooted because
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
Use one with CWM 4 do not use Rom Manager .
jje
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Had the same problem, here is the solution I used; seems to have fixed it for me:
www (dot) inspiredgeek (dot) com/2011/06/16/install-clockworkmod-4-0-0-2-cwm-recovery-for-samsung-galaxy-s2-ii-how-to/
(Sorry for fudged address, cant post links yet since I'm a new user)
Another problem
Solution of brainedbysaucepans worked, but iam having another BIG problem now. So I have installed CWM and went in to CWM with Volume up+Home+Power buttons, from there i choose for install from zip and i have installed the newest
MIUI rom. Restarted. Screen doesnt get passed the ''Samsung galaxy s2'' screen with the triangle and exclemation mark. So I went back to CWM and wiped all data. Still cant get past 1st screen. Telephone is un-usuable. A brick is more usefull then my telephone atm :<. Please help. URGENT.
Without knowing what you have done wrong my suggestion would be to wipe the phone install a stock rom and start reading the faqs and guides .
Full wipe boot to recovery .
mounts and storage format data cache system sd card .
put phone to download mode and flash a stock rom .
jje
betadan said:
Sadly that should not work as at this point he is still running e3 recovery.
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Thank you! I know you are wise in saying this, as Recovery 3e requires signature verification for flashing external files. Tried pointing stock Recovery to .zip files on sd card (so as to toggle signature verification off), but it doesn't display those files for some reason. How do I get an alternate Recovery that will work with CWR, so that when I flash it will unpack, or how do I otherwise bypass this requirement? Samsung Galaxy SII, Sprint, rooted, but last 5 hours pretty hung up on getting full Recovery going. Obviously a bit of a noob, but would be wicked happy to get a workaround here so I can start flashing ROMs and such.
betadan said:
you need to download flash an insecure kernel in order to get root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
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bs, cannot find it. BUKI1 2.3.5 (gingerbread.BUKJ3) no work at all
signature not verified
trying to use bloatkill.zip on my Huawei h866c. After placing .zip folder on sd card and updating with recovery, I get signature verification failed message. Is there a work around. My phone is not rooted and cannot be rooted because of the addition of SuameKinUser.apk to my system files. I would like to remove it so I can traditionally root this device.
Thanks for the help.
I'm having the same sort of problem at the moment, did you ever resolve this?
My phone was locked to the 3 network when I got it, I rooted the phone and got it to the current set up as below;
Samsung gt-i9100
android version - 2.3.5
baseband version - I9100NEKI2
kernel version - [email protected] #2
build number - GINGERBREAD.XWKI8
I have SuperSU installed
I have recently tried to update using Cyanogenmod and Revolt files/guides here on XDA, the latest file being revolt_i9100-ALPHA-20131011.zip however i get the same message on install of;
E:failed to verify the whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Can anyone please point out what is going wrong or direct me to another guide that would be best suited to upgrading from my current setup?
This problem started when I was trying to root my phone with Rachmat3's method when it couldn't mount sd card... Although I tried I tried with many ways nothing happened... always the same message: failed mount /sdcard..
I managed to root it somehow and I flashed Resurrection remix 1.0.. So far so good.. I downloaded rom manager(don't know why exactly, just read that it was helpfull) and noticed that i had no clockworkmod so i flashed it by rom manager.. I guess this means that now I have it installed in my phone.. which means that if I reboot my phone into recovery mode it will launch cmd or if not through recovery mode i'll find it into sdcard and install it from there... Right??? Correct me if I'm wrong please... So although I see in Rom manager that I have clockworkmod it doesn't launch in recovery mode... even if I try reboot into recovery through Rom manager when it goes into recovery, stops after a while with this message can't found cache/update.zip.. So I think maybe the problem is that this file misses(I don't know why of course.. i sure not delete it myself on purpose) is there any way to download it manually and put it into cache throw root browser??? Dont know... just saying! Or I don't know... am I missing something????
If you want CWM recovery, you need to flash a kernel which includes it such as CF-root or any of the custom ones.
oinkylicious said:
If you want CWM recovery, you need to flash a kernel which includes it such as CF-root or any of the custom ones.
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I used CF-root already... it's the only method I managed to root it cause i'm on ICS... I downloaded CF-Root-SGS2_XX_XEO_LPQ-PROPER-v5.4-CWM5.zip from this page.
I managed to get clockworkmod touch after all so guess my problem solved!!!
But still have no idea why showed that message...
I recently installed TWRP custom recovery on my phone so I could install the "Carbon" custom ROM. When it turned out that I apparently need CWM, not TWRP in order to do this, I had already installed TWRP. Some other things I can't remember well enough to describe happened while I was tinkering further, and what I know now is that there is NO operating system installed on my phone, just TWRP (which is the only thing into which my phone will boot) and it's telling me it's "unable to mount preload." I vaguely remember it telling me something to the effect of "you may need to [some action here] before you'll be able to use 'data' again" when the process of trying to install Carbon through TWRP failed. Now I can't seem to put the stock firmware back on the phone. When I select the ZIP file to install, it tells me "skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found" even though the ZIP file is definitely on the SD card. I'm guessing this has something to do with its inability to mount "preload"? I honestly don't know. I just know I'm stuck.
What I want to do is reinstall the stock firmware and recovery program that comes with my phone, get rid of TWRP completely, and then try installing CWM from the play store, the simple way. All this bootloader stuff is too advanced and risky for me. But first I need to get my phone working/booting into the android OS in the first place.
Can anyone give me instructions on how to fix this? If so, please be *extremely* specific and explicit, tell me every single step very clearly, as though you were explaining it to a child. Please don't assume I know what you're referring to with slang, shorthand or anything else. This is my first experience with custom recovery managers and ROMs, so please don't take anything for granted.
Hello, my JIayu F2 phone got a problem, I don't know if it's a virus/malware/spyware exactly, Malwarebytes found pup.riskware.smsreg but after factory reset it doesn't find anything and the problem is still here.
There's a hand cursor that appears on the top screen and it seems like the phone is taken over, it's extremely hard to navigate and ads pop up left and right even if I disable unknown sources. Parasite apps also spontaneously install themselves.
I have changed my google password, reset the phone to factory settings, the problem is still there even before I connect the phone to the internet.
I can't flash a ROM because the phone is hard to navigate and the USB port broken. Can't install apps from the playstore, the malware blocks the download, but I can install Apks.
Is there any app I could install to check what is going on? Malwarebytes doesn't find anything anymore, should I use something else?
If there's a way I could flash a rom without the USB I'd be glad to do it but the apps I tried (flashify, rom manager) don't see the zip file image to reboot in recovery
Thanks in advance
Please can someone help?
The phone still switches itself on I can do a few stuff before the "malware" takes over, mostly in airplane or safe mode.
Do you have a custom recovery (TWRP or CWM) installed already? If so just find a stock rom for your device, boot into recovery and then wipe everything before installing the rom.
Thanks for your answer, I have ROM manager installed but CWR does not seem to work, is there a way to install it through an APK? I think the issue was it was not seeing the zip file of the stock ROM I have on the SD card. Would it work with an IMG file? I also don't know if my phone is supported by CWM or the other, on the jiayu website they only offer the SP flashtools option which requires USB connection. The file they provide for the ROM is a zip.
I can do stuff on my PC and install apks on the phone but as soon as I connect it to the internet it becomes impossible to navigate.
Thanks
The issue is it is built into the OS. Nothing short if a custom rom will fix that.
If you think a recovery can be done by an apk then you have to do more research as it doesn't seem like you are aware if your bootloader in unlocked or not
Hello so I switched the phone back on again and I do have CWM installed through ROM Manager, with superuser permission. The issue is that I can't seem to find the .zip file on my SD card whenever I browse with ROM manager/flashify/rashr, they don't see it, is it because I need to use a .img?
I have managed to reboot in recovery ( does that mean my "bootloader is unlocked"?).
If I need to get another ROM to make this work let me know which one and if I should go for a .img file or .zip
Thanks a lot!! And sorry I'm a total noob I tried to make this work on my own but have been unsuccessful
You will need to find a custom rom for it. It will not flash a stock rom. Also a stock rom will not fix it. It is built into it.
zelendel said:
You will need to find a custom rom for it. It will not flash a stock rom. Also a stock rom will not fix it. It is built into it.
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Thanks so is the only problem the fact that my ROM is a zip file and not an IMG? Flashify has an option to install .zip files but its file explorer does not see my ROM , I don't get it.
I have looked up online and the only custom roms for JIayu F2 available seem to be the original ones. from the vendor /"stock". WHere can I find compatible alternatives? WHen I got my phone 10 months ago it had no infection, I guess it's a "backdoor" issue that enables a malware to survive factory reset?
Sorry this is my first time trying to do this, it's pretty tough for a noob.
That is part of the issue with many of those devices. Developers don't get them so there normally is not any roms for it.
Not a backdoor persay. But built into the OS from the oem.
I can't say anything about CWM recovery as I have not used it in years since it was discontinued by the developer. It most likely will not flash any newer roms.
Also if it is a stock oem rom then no recovery will flash it except the stock one.
But when I got my phone it worked fine, it's only after 10 months I started having problems, probably after installing an infected app. Wouldn't downloading the original stock ROM enable me to go back to the true factory settings, unaffected by this malware?
JIayu offers flashing with SP flashtools but it requires USB connection, I need to find a way around that :/
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But when I got my phone it worked fine, it's only after 10 months I started having problems, probably after installing an infected app. Wouldn't downloading the original stock ROM enable me to go back to the true factory settings, unaffected by this malware?
JIayu offers flashing with SP flashtools but it requires USB connection, I need to find a way around that :/
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You can give it a shot. Make sure to completely wipe the device when you do. Otherwise what ever it is could survive the flash. I have not used their software but look for an option to format all partitions before flashing. Mainly System and data
zelendel said:
You can give it a shot. Make sure to completely wipe the device when you do. Otherwise what ever it is could survive the flash. I have not used their software but look for an option to format all partitions before flashing. Mainly System and data
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Thanks so how do I find the ROM through the file explorer? Because like I said it does not show so I can't flash it It's a zip file on my SD card, the file explorers of flashify/rashR/Rom manager only show me file directories but not the zip file.
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Thanks so how do I find the ROM through the file explorer? Because like I said it does not show so I can't flash it It's a zip file on my SD card, the file explorers of flashify/rashR/Rom manager only show me file directories but not the zip file.
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Honestly I am not sure. If It was me I would find the official way to flash the device from bootloader and not rely on recovery.