Help! what file extension do I use to read the cwm file to root my phone? Im thinking its that that cause it wont finish rooting and I dont have the correct program to read it. can anyone please help me with this
I am in the process of upgrading to the 4.03.605.1 rom posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1830859, but I am having issues with the firmware upgrade package. My computer says the zip is corrupted, and the phone will not read it. Has anyone else had issues, or have a resolution? I checked the md5sums and they match.
Thanks
mustangz5 said:
I am in the process of upgrading to the 4.03.605.1 rom posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1830859, but I am having issues with the firmware upgrade package. My computer says the zip is corrupted, and the phone will not read it. Has anyone else had issues, or have a resolution? I checked the md5sums and they match.
Thanks
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is it a zip inside of a zip? zipception?
synisterwolf said:
is it a zip inside of a zip? zipception?
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I tried to check that, but I can't even open the initial zip. Windows throws an error of "error [file]; start of central directory not found; Zip file corrupt. Possible cause: file transfer error."
mustangz5 said:
I tried to check that, but I can't even open the initial zip. Windows throws an error of "error [file]; start of central directory not found; Zip file corrupt. Possible cause: file transfer error."
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Sounds like a bad download. I got that too from android police. Might try it again.
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synisterwolf said:
Sounds like a bad download. I got that too from android police. Might try it again.
Sent from my iPhone...
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Yea I tried to download it a few different times, and tried from other websites too (which just link back to the same files). Had to put a recovery back on my phone so I could use it again after hours of trying to find the solution.
Anyone else have any ideas?
mustangz5 said:
Yea I tried to download it a few different times, and tried from other websites too (which just link back to the same files). Had to put a recovery back on my phone so I could use it again after hours of trying to find the solution.
Anyone else have any ideas?
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you can get the global ruu right here.....http://bit.ly/RaKEAr
Thank you! Does this file contain both the firmware and the OS update? I was able to download the OS update just fine on the other page, just not the firmware.
Appreciate the help!
Actually - that zip file contains the same error as the other link. Anyone know of a different location of a non-corrupted file?
mustangz5 said:
Actually - that zip file contains the same error as the other link. Anyone know of a different location of a non-corrupted file?
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Try the update to the global RUU. Found one on AndroidPolice but can't post link here yet. Just google androidpolice global ruu
Android zip files need 7zip if you want to look inside it.
Also check that you aren't renaming it as ph98img.zip.zjp because windows hides the file type by default.
So this was a two part issue! #1) post above was right about winzip not being able to handle the file.
Second issue was that I did not have the bootloader re-locked, which is required for this kind of update. I came from the tbolt which didnt require locking & unlocking.
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Hello,
I'm very close to insanity now with trying to install cybermaus' custom rom for the A789 for the past 6 hours. I followed the instructions in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1874403
The first thing it tells you to do is read another guide here, which I have read countless times:
http://bm-smartphone-reviews.blogspot.nl/2012/05/mt6575-flashing-tutorial.html
I have installed the drivers fine. I have two issues (so far) which are driving me insane:
1. Where on earth am I supposed to be getting this scatter file from? I have downloaded various versions from here there and everywhere over the internet. There is also one in the TWRP_recovery_v2.3.1.1_for_A789.zip file (which is with the ROM file on cybermaus' Dev-Host page) which I have tried (by the way that zip file is mentioned no where in any of these guides so god knows if that is involved or not). Where does the scatter file need to be placed in relation to the rom? When I load the scatter file into Flash Tool I either get all the file locations blank, and all the memory region address, begin address and end addresses all blank as well. Or if I extract the contents of the ROM zip file (A789_ROW_S107_cybermaus_ICS_v3.21.zip) and put the scatter file (one that I found on GSM Forums) into the same folder with the extracted rom contents I get ONLY the BOOTIMG with a location but still no memory addresses and it doesn't work anyway. I cannot get it to find a location of everything in the "Names" column (ie PRELOADER, DSP_BL, MBR, EBR1 etc) as it shows in the guides.I am following the guides exactly and have tried so many things to attempt to do this!
2. How, in gods name, does the A789_ROW_S107_cybermaus_ICS_v3.21 file get flashed at all according to these guides? Is it just me or does the actual ROM not get mentioned at all anywhere in both guides?? I CLEARLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS and I don't want to be unfair but I don't feel like it's been explained very well !! Is the scatter file supposed to somehow tell the Flash Tool where the ROM is?? Do they have to be in the same folder?? Does the ROM have to be extracted or it remains as .zip?? Cybermaus himself in another post about scatter files says "I have seen several people asking 'where to find the scatter file'. Well, it comes with the ROM you want to flash. If your ROM file does not come with a scatter file, then is not a ROM file that can be flashed with the flash utility, but with an open recovery." O K, so, where is the one with his rom?? Am I stupid or is it not there?
I have flashed other phones successfully in the past with CWM where the guides had clear instructions on how to download and install CWM, then download the .zip file of the rom and then boot to CWM and install it, however this phone has none of that and I just can't see how this is supposed to work. Other people have clearly been able to do it!
Please can someone guide me a bit and explain to me what I have to do, considering I have followed the guide exactly a billion times and it does not work (for me anyway). Usually I find getting the drivers to work the annoying bit but this whole scatter file thing, WTF???
I would appreciate any help!
Please can someone who has a copy of A789_ROW_S107_cybermaus_ICS_v3.21.zip that THEY KNOW WORKS please upload it to somewhere and please post the link. There seems to be a problem downloading the version that is in the guide in Cybermaus' DevHost site, it downloads extremely slowly and then at the end files are missing every time, I have tried to download it many times on different days, the scatter file and lots of others are missing and sometimes it stops at around 150MB but says it is 100% done.
Please help, this might be what's preventing me from following the guide.
Hi. I am a newbie in flashing phones. I am having a Lenovo A850. I was planning to flash it to Android Marshmallow (CynogenMod) . It was really hard to find the ROM. Somehow I managed to find one here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/le...rom-unofficial-cyanogenmod-13-lenovo-t3724018 . Once I downloaded it, I noticed that it is in RAR format. I tried entering CWM in my phone, and the RAR file doesn't show up. CWM probably does not support flashing RAR files.
What should I do now?
Maevinarsh said:
Hi. I am a newbie in flashing phones. I am having a Lenovo A850. I was planning to flash it to Android Marshmallow (CynogenMod) . It was really hard to find the ROM. Somehow I managed to find one here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/le...rom-unofficial-cyanogenmod-13-lenovo-t3724018 . Once I downloaded it, I noticed that it is in RAR format. I tried entering CWM in my phone, and the RAR file doesn't show up. CWM probably does not support flashing RAR files.
What should I do now?
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What you do for a quick fix is to open the .rar file on your computer using a software like winrar, or 7zip. Then compress it using the software as a .Zip file then you can flash it easy as that.
Doing this is changing the file format all correctly with correct conversions so it should be alright. But be aware that this is a quick fix which I use and have success with. Not sure if it would work for you But it should, if it doesn't don't hit me ~ QAQ
Note that this is possible as well on phones using file manager with inbuilt rar,win support
Greetings!
First of all, a *HUGE* thank-you to bert_747 for his outrageous article on unbricking a Zenpad Z8.
(Viz.: https://forum.xda-developers.com/u/repair/hard-brick-asus-zenpad-s8-z580ca-z580c-t3465203)
One interesting thing with the Asus Flash Tool. It really, really, REALLY wants a zip file. Of course, you can override it but it originally expects to find a zip file.
My problem is that when I pick a valid zipped firmware file, it always fails with an "Unable to open zip file such-and-so - and it always fails regardless of the file.
The downloaded image/raw file (which is a zipped file anyway. . . .) worked like a Thing of Beauty. I was ultimately able to update to the latest firmware by copying it to the root of the internal drive.
Bizarre behavior. . . Anyone have any idea why?
Jim "JR"