I rooted my new PadFone S so I could delete a lot of the Asus bloatware. Especially as some of it was in Chinese and I'm not so good reading that
Anyways Asus has trotted out a few updates recently and when I try to instal them I get a Code 7 and unexpected contents in Asusbrowser folder message. I then reboot and it starts right up OK.
I have tried unrooting the phone using Superuser SU and still no joy.
Does anyone know what's going on?
Will I have to delve into the source code and make some repairs?
Have never done it on any of my MANY phones but have performed OS surgery on my computer many times.
Can't be too much different I suppose.
BUT I will need some directions from you great pioneers who have trekked into the wild unknowns of ROM surgery.
Will have to work on a signature soon!
Thanks in advance.
Jamie
Sd card not in rewritable mode.. use sd card fixer to fix that problem
azm.azman82 said:
Sd card not in rewritable mode.. use sd card fixer to fix that problem
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The update download is located in the main root of the phone's memory. I don't have a SD card installed (Yet).
Here is what I see on screen after the update fail.
Android system recovery <3e>
KOT49H.TW_PadFone-11.19.5.61-20140910
Volume up/down to move highlight:
Enter button to start:
reboot system now
apply update from internal storage
apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
The android on his back. Chest plate open. Red triangle with ! in it
Below him Error!
Then
Finding update package.......
Opening update package......
Verifying update package....
Installing update....
Verifying current system....
"/system/app/ASUSBrowser.apk" has unexpected contents....
E:Error in /cache/dlpkgfile
(Status 7)
Erroe in /cachedlpkgfile
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
What I have done is just reboot it. I need this very much for work right now so I haven' been able to mess with it except on weekends.
I have tried Wipe data/ factory reset but no joy. just had to put all my stuff back on Phone.
More info for you guys.
I used Towel root to root phone. Installed SuperuserSU Pro and I have deleted several apps ASUS installed that were completely in Chinese. Cannot read Chinese currently so I figured they were just taking up space.
I have also tried unrooting Phone from SuperuserSU but again no joy.
jamie57 said:
The update download is located in the main root of the phone's memory. I don't have a SD card installed (Yet).
Here is what I see on screen after the update fail.
Android system recovery <3e>
KOT49H.TW_PadFone-11.19.5.61-20140910
Volume up/down to move highlight:
Enter button to start:
reboot system now
apply update from internal storage
apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
The android on his back. Chest plate open. Red triangle with ! in it
Below him Error!
Then
Finding update package.......
Opening update package......
Verifying update package....
Installing update....
Verifying current system....
"/system/app/ASUSBrowser.apk" has unexpected contents....
E:Error in /cache/dlpkgfile
(Status 7)
Erroe in /cachedlpkgfile
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
What I have done is just reboot it. I need this very much for work right now so I haven' been able to mess with it except on weekends.
I have tried Wipe data/ factory reset but no joy. just had to put all my stuff back on Phone.
More info for you guys.
I used Towel root to root phone. Installed SuperuserSU Pro and I have deleted several apps ASUS installed that were completely in Chinese. Cannot read Chinese currently so I figured they were just taking up space.
I have also tried unrooting Phone from SuperuserSU but again no joy.
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For anyone who might have followed this I unrooted phone using Kingo Root then got the Asus update from the official Asus site. I put it in the internal SD card and then launched it into the stock recovery. I then let it do it's thing.
Phone started up and immediately started downloading another update of some sort. Let it go and update. Flashed an update and now everything is working well. It reloaded all the bloatware but I have rerooted and removed the bloat.
Seems to be working fine.
Now they just have to hurry up and OTA Lollipop!!:laugh:
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Hoping for some assistance in troubleshooting here, successfully rooted my phone and attempted to flash voodoo using the methods described in the following thread:
HOW TO: Root, Install Clockwork, Safely Remove Bloatware, Integrate Google
To my knowledge everything worked as described until I attempted to install voodoo. Upon doing so the phone booted very quickly back into what appeared to be the stock kernel/system. I lost my superuser.apk application but still retained the su and busybox files on my sd card. I have cwmod installed and can access it but the voodoo install appeared to have failed.
My problem is that I believe the device is still rooted, because when I launch adb shell it presents a # prompt, but when I attempt to perform a factory reset (I would like to start the whole process over) the procedure errors out with the message that partitioning failed and E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (Invalid argument).
I've tried the fix permissions and format SD card options within CW recovery without any luck (the only result is that now I don't seem able to install any apps; the phone believes there is no space). I also attempted to use Odin to restore factory kernel/system status but the problem persists. My goal right now is to get everything back to factory and start all over, any advice would be much appreciated.
Voodoo definitely failed and your MBR is messed up now. (Invalid argument)
Please use the voodoo uninstall in the OP of this thread to remove the damage.
You can then make another attempt at installing the voodoo kernel if you wish.
Will do so shortly, appreciate the quick response
This corrected my problem. Thank you for the referral PhoenixPath, and thank you adrynalyne for taking the time to put this together for us mouth breathers
Ok so I installed rom manager and downloaded the M9 rom and put it in the root of my sdcard. I select install rom and it reboots in recover . The options I have are
reboot system
reinstall packages
delete all user data
delete cache data
format internal sd
I tried selecting reinstall packages but it gets about 10% and says E:failed to verify whole file signature
Installation aborted.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks
It looks like you are not rooted or you lost your update folder (the rooting folder)
You should see if the phone is rooted on the app menu a superuser icon if you do not see that then it is not rooted. When the phone is correctly rooted in recovery the menu will have "install zip from the sdcard" if that is not there thenit is not rooted. This could be caused from a bad flash you may need to reflash the root (use oneclick) and/or may need to odin back to stock and start from there.
Okay, first, I have tried googling and came up with no answers. Second, I tried looking through xda and came up with no answers. The closest thread I found anywhere was here. Here is my situation.
I have the EVO 4G LTE and I am running stock and rooted. Over last weekend I became s-off. So, now I am s-off with a stock recovery and would like to install the OTA update that is out. Please don't tell me not to in this thread and just wait for a rooted ROM and the like. I know the risks involved and what potentially could happen.
Ultimately, when I try to apply it I get the red triangle. When I hold the volume up and power on it goes into the stock recovery and here is what it says.
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
Copying to fotaBoot to /data/system for customize reload...
Verifying current system...
assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/app/SoundHound_Freemium.odex","66f464f0ac1689b294f72c9006532b66195ca2ae", "798feb0102e51071f4634f784b740e168507f4")
E:Error in /internal_sdcard/Download/OTA_Jewel_CL_ICS_40_Sprint_WWE_1.22.651.3-1.13.651.1_release_268385t21cg6sjfe2o8g14.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
So, what this tells me is that soundhound is preventing me from installing the update. I didn't even have soundhound installed when I tried the update. Also, I looked with root explorer under /system/app and there was nothing listed for soundhound or the like. I thought just deleting the file would maybe solve my problem. I also tried installing it from the market. I think I must have accidentally restored this file from a different backup on accident and don't have that backup anymore.
So, this leaves me to my quandary. What can I do to install the OTA? Does anyone have any thoughts or insight? Thanks in advance.
Okay, I have tried this as well. I flashed the most current TWRP recovery and wiped cache and dalvik cache. Then I flashed a stock recovery and tried the update again. I received the same error as last time with the stupid soundhound.odex file. Does anyone have a soundhound free file with the apk and odex file? I figure if I had that I could place it in the proper location with root explorer or adb install it to get the update to apply. Still, any thoughts could be helpful.
It might be a way for HTC to prevent rooted phones to update as how u explained it soundhound isn't installed but when u purchase this phone it comes with sound hound preinstalled into system directory which u cannot uninstall without root privlages
Sent from my EVO using xda premium
I appreciate the input. I guess I forgot that soundhound comes preinstalled on the phone. I just checked the RUU and looked at the rom and you are right. It is there. So, now I have the .apk and .odex files from the stock rom. My question is now how do I install it so that it looks like it was there from the beginning as a system file?
Thanks again for reminding me it came with the phone. I feel I am closer to being able to install the update.
DONE AND DONE!!!!
First thing is that I changed the title because it was not SoundHound's fault at all. It was my idiot self that uninstalled a system app. I don't remember doing that but I won't deny that somehow I did.
Now to the meat of how I solved this.
I got the correct system files (both .apk and .odex) and placed them on my sd card
I mounted /system/media as r/w with root explorer and copied both files into the /system/media directory (must do this first before putting them into /system/app)
I changed the permissions to rw-r--r-- as were all the other apps in the /system/app directory
I copied both files over to /system/app
I rebooted the phone
Once the phone rebooted I updated the app in question and opened it
I rebooted again just to be safe
Then I downloaded and installed the update
SUCCESS!!!!!
Anyway, just wanted to share for everyone in case you run into a similar problem when trying to update. Reach out to me if you need any help with any of the steps. Thanks to such great people and developers on xda.
Some threads are saying that even if you're S-Off, the new HBOOT won't let you flash Superuser and TWRP. Were you able to reroot?
For various reasons, I'd like to just take the OTA and reflash SU and TWRP (I'm S-Off, rooted, stock recovery right now).
bpdamas said:
DONE AND DONE!!!!
First thing is that I changed the title because it was not SoundHound's fault at all. It was my idiot self that uninstalled a system app. I don't remember doing that but I won't deny that somehow I did.
Now to the meat of how I solved this...
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Some threads are saying that even if you're S-Off, the new HBOOT won't let you flash Superuser and TWRP. Were you able to reroot?
For various reasons, I'd like to just take the OTA and reflash SU and TWRP (I'm S-Off, rooted, stock recovery right now).
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I was able to reroot. However, first I had to install the lazy panda hboot and flash TWRP through fastboot usb. I then flashed a su zip once I booted into TWRP. Hope this helps. I am trying to make a new thread for this right now.
I had the same issue but with a different problem. I had rewritten my build.prop to incorporate the application associations as they should be (thanks Crapple!). As a result, the OTA was failing to install. Volume UP + Power showed me the error. Restored the original build.prop I had backed up and OTA fired off. A few more steps and I'll have your S-OFF OTA rebuild complete. Thanks!
I wanted a clean cyanogemod installation on my desire z so I followed this guy's advice:
For a clean install, just boot into recovery, format the /system partition (found under the Mounts and Storage menu) and then perform a Factory Reset/Data Wipe. After that, you are good to install CM and gapps. This does not erase your sdcard, so if any apps stored stuff on there, it will still be there unless you manually erase it.
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I didn't think it through and restarted the phone thinking I'd use clockworkmod to reflash the cyanogenmod rom. When I turn it on now it just displays the green 'htc' text on white background, none of the buttons do anything.
I've still got adb etc installed from rooting a year ago, is there a way I can unscrew this up? A million thanks.
Edit: When I start it and go to the loader screen by holding down the optical button, it gives me 'bootloader' as an option but when I select it, it looks like it scans the SD, tells me there is no image and offers to start an update. I can see it with adb but can't get a shell, it says - exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) -'. Is there a boot file I can push onto it?
Read one of THESE.
I believe adb push a ROM and gapps to /SD card.
Sent from my EVO using xda premium
It seemingly randomly booted in cwm recovery after about 30 on-offs and I loaded the cyanogen rom, not a satisfying fix but I'll take it. Thanks for your help.
Hi guys,
As the title said, Galaxy Player 5.0 Wifi got soft-bricked during the flash process. Now, it stucks at the loading screen with the samsung text only. I can still get to the Recevery and Downloading mode but up till now I have tried flash many stock ROM, factory reset without hope. I believe that it's the software conflicting problem or problem with the bootloader
Please help me with this, my friend ask me to flash it to Cyanogen Mod 9 and I bricked his player. That's really bad for both of us. Before any thingies, it run on Froyo and on the back cover, it said YP-G70CW/ Made in CHina
Please help me with this soon ( any suggestion is appreciated
Hello my friend!I will say again:
ALWAYS WHATEVER IS HAPPENING,BEFORE FLASHING A NEW ROM YOU MUST BACKUP THE CURRENT SYSTEM FROM CWM!!!
If you have this,you may go to back-up and restore in CWM,restore and vouala you have again your current rom.
If you have not made a system Back-Up (also Nandroid backup) you will have to download a new rom,send it to your device in downloading mode and then install this.
I can suggest you the ROM CM9 that I use because its just awesome.Just a little prob with the preloaded microSD card.
What device do you have?INTL or USA?
Actually, I'm having the .zip file of CM9 from this topic as well : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1679957
However, even though I can connect my phone to the computer, use ODIN to root it and flash the .zip file after factory reset, etc. , the situation is still the same :-< It stay stuck at the samsung logo like forever
I believe I'm using an Intl one because it has hot physical home button. However, the back cover read: YP-G70CW Made in China. Therefore, I don't know which ROM should I flash??
do you follow ALL the instructions from this thread?
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do you follow ALL the instructions from this thread?
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I did. I did the factory reset and deleted cache, etc. before installing the .zip file. :-<
did you do this in CMR:
Wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache
?
To wipe dalvic cache go to advanced section in CWM
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To wipe dalvic cache go to advanced section in CWM
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yes, i meant CWM, mistyped it..
I did them all too. However, for the Dalivik cache, it does not show up text at all, just a little flash nothing changes. What seems to be wrong here is that every time I finish an action, it show up 4 line of errors like: can't mount to cache/..../recovery.log. Is that the problem??
Yes thats the problem.You may have locked the internal SD...Try formatting you external SD and then pass your zip again,this may fix the problem
If system can't mount it's files,there is no way it will load.
I took the external SD card out, formatted it and flashed the CM9 again. No luck
The four lines of error read like below, they keep appearing every time I do something:
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
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I did them all too. However, for the Dalivik cache, it does not show up text at all, just a little flash nothing changes. What seems to be wrong here is that every time I finish an action, it show up 4 line of errors like: can't mount to cache/..../recovery.log. Is that the problem??
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Those errors are common within using CWM for the Galaxy Player 5. If you rebooted the device, it will most likely go away. There is no need for concern.