What exactly is this folder? It says it was modified today, but I don't recall downloading or modifying any files that had to do with clockwork. I did go to rom manager and tell it to flash recovery or whatever the first option is, but I'm still on the same version I had before.
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I am not a noob, but am a noob to Android on the Epic. I've been ok on my Vibrant, but I am trying to assist a friend on installing Mobile AP or Wireless Tether on the Epic.
I have read all of the docs., but all seem to skip the point of how to install the apk. On the Vibrant, I can copy the zip files right to the internal sd, and reboot into clockwork recovery, and install from there. With the Epic, not so.
Apks are installed thru the file explore or astro.
What about .zip installs? Do I have to rename the files to update.zip for clockwork receover to see it at boot? It doesn't have browse, like the Vibrant.
clockworkmod needs to be install first before you can browse zip files
Yes, thanks, that worked for the .apk, but what about the .zip installs that are flash installed via recovery, such as MobileAP, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=756804.
For example, when I copied the 'mobileap' .zip installation file to the sd card, rebooting into clockwork recovery, it does not see the it. It only see's a previously used, update.zip file.
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Apks are installed thru the file explore or astro.
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volkly said:
clockworkmod needs to be install first before you can browse zip files
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I have installed clockwork mod.
boot into clockworkmod recovery, select install zip from sd card, and then select your zip file.
Every time i try to flash a rom i get a error that says
E:Cant find update script
Using Amon Ra recovery. Wiped everything and partitioned sd card.
Thanks for any help
Sounds like the update package is not signed with valid keys. Is your phone rooted ?
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Every time i try to flash a rom i get a error that says
E:Cant find update script
Using Amon Ra recovery. Wiped everything and partitioned sd card.
Thanks for any help
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check your zip. If you zip a file two folders deep it will give the same error. open your zip and see if you see your files or another folder.
yeah when i unzip it, the first folder i see is the name of the rom "fresh" then when i open it, I see; boot image file, data folder, META-INF folder, sdcard folder, and system folder.
Well update script is in META-INF\com\google\android but if your zip file is not signed then it can't be flasshed that is why you get upgrade script not found.
How do i do that????? And walk me through what "signed" means
And im using a macbook pro if that helps any
Thanks a ton
Well did unziped the zip folder ? Did you make any changes to the installation zip ?
Now what rom are you running. So you have root ? When you use connectbot and type su deo you see #? It could be that your phone is not ruter and does not have proper recovery installed since we can't sign rom with the same keys that developers at sprint use we have to root the phone and allow it to accept custom rom.
all i did was download the fresh rom from the forum onto my computer, compressed it (zipped it) then rebooted my phone into recovery, wiped everything i needed to, enabled the usb, moved the zip over to the phone, disabled the usb and then went to flash zip, found the zipped fresh rom and tried to flash it.
Im running my stock rom that came with the phone.
If you running this on mac the os x will unzip ypur file and put the download file in trash so use zip file from trash. Now You need to use simple root to root and install proper recovery on your phone then you will be able to install custom rom .
Awesome! found the zip file in the trash like you said, transfered that over and it worked! thank you thank you thank you!
I've learned to mount while in recovery and put a ROM in the root folder, but when i go to "flash zip from sdcard" i can't select anything?
Was there something i forgot? I see that the ROM is a img file, do i mount it and extract the files within it and then put those into the root folder? (Just tried it, and nothing happens when i mount the img?)
Are there other things i have to do all over again b4 i can even flash a rom?
*I wiped everything b/c i was trying to re-flash the rom i had in order to see if that would solve my Wi-Fi problems.
It needs to be a zip file in order to flash through recovery.
So how do i get it to be a zip file instead of img?
Hmm i assume i need to download winzip then?
Got WinZip, put the rom back in the root folder as a zip file, still nothing showing up.
Jut redownload the rom from wherever u got it from. Make sure its a zip file then try that
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Wow, this whole time i've been extracting the downloaded file and then putting the files into the root folder. I'm supposed to just put the downloaded zip directly into the root huh?
Lets see if it works now.
Ugh, okay. Got it to work. Installed new ROM. But, the reason i tried all of this was b/c my Wi-Fi was not working. It still isn't.
Well that totally depends on the rom. Some custom Rom's might not have wifi set up yet, which does seem strange because that is a basic. But go over the simple things first such as :Is wifi enabled. I know it sounds stupid but it could be a fix lol!
In TWRP, when you flash a rom you are pointing it to a .zip file, or bootloader or modem or whatever. Great, but when I create a backup of my rom in TWRP it doesnt make a flashable .zip it just makes 4 .win files. If I then go into TWRP and select restore it asks for the location of the .zip and if I go to that location obviously there is none to be found. Do I just use like winrar or 7zip and make it a .zip or what? I dont understand this and I better because If I ever need it Im screwed.
TWRP backups are not zip files. You point it to where TWRP created the backup folder.
First off, though I don't know that it'd be a factor here, but I switched carriers from T-Mobile to AT&T. I don't really see how switching SIM cards would have any effect - I'd already updated to 20e, re-rooted, and installed TWRP. Double checking under Settings/Hardware Info, it shows my phone still is listed as a LG-D851.
It's been awhile since I made or checked my local TWRP backups but checking just now my TWRP folder displays as a 0 byte file. My thought was delete the file, copy a full set of TWRP folders (nandroid) back from my extSDcard and I'd be fine. Problem is I can't delete the file (and now thinking best to ask first, lol!).
I've tried with FX file manager (with root granted) but get an access denied error. Going in under System as root user and navigate to /mnt/sdcard/, I see all other folders but no TWRP file. I've tried ES File Explorer which successfully deletes it, but it reappears. Even tried deleting and creating a temporary TWRP folder immediately after but I get "Sorry, operation failed".
I'm able to get into TWRP, run a backup which says it completed successfully, but I see it as this file rather than a folder like it should be... Searching, I found one a workaround: TWRP Troubles
I use TWRP Manager free and thought about installing the latest TWRP for my D851 (from 2.8.6.0 to 2.8.7.0) but don't know if it'd create a bigger problem. Thought best to ask the pros!!
Any thoughts?
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I've tried with FX file manager (with root granted) but get an access denied error. Going in under System as root user and navigate to /mnt/sdcard/, I see all other folders but no TWRP file. I've tried ES File Explorer which successfully deletes it, but it reappears. Even tried deleting and creating a temporary TWRP folder immediately after but I get "Sorry, operation failed".
I'm able to get into TWRP, run a backup which says it completed successfully, but I see it as this file rather than a folder like it should be... Searching, I found one a workaround: TWRP Troubles
I use TWRP Manager free and thought about installing the latest TWRP for my D851 (from 2.8.6.0 to 2.8.7.0) but don't know if it'd create a bigger problem. Thought best to ask the pros!!
Any thoughts?
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As I added after my initial post, if I boot into TWRP recovery and connect to my PC, TWRP shows on my PC as a folder. I'm able to copy it to my PC, but this isn't the most elegant. Is there something more I can do to get back to seeing/using folder operations on it while using an android file manager?
Again wondering if I update TWRP via TWRP Manager if that'd help any...and presumably my hardware hasn't changed any, so still would be TWRP for the d851?
Thanks!!