I tried to flash my Desire HD today.
I followed this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=964996&highlight=Installation+aborted.
Followed it down to every detail, but after i have runned the FULL-WIPE-1-2-3, and started installing the Android Revolution rom i get this error message:
E:Cant't open /sdcard/Android_Revolution_HD-4G-3.2.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted.
I tried to download from another mirror, and ran a MD5 checksum on the file after download, and checked it up against the MD5 checksum that i found in the Android Revolution thread, and it was exactly the same.
What the hell is wrong?
May be a problem with your SD card. Do you have access to another one?
Hmm, no i dont have another SD card
I said i followed the guide to every bit, but i forgot that i skipped the radio step.
I did not flash the radio because i didnt know which radio to flash.
But now i saw that in the Android Revolution thread the recommended a radio, so i downloaded that radio and flashed it.
Could this cause the problem i had? That i didnt flash the radio before i flashed the Android Revolution rom?
I restored the nanodroid backup in clockwork so that i now have a working phone again, but damn i want this to work. If i do a wipe again will it delete the backup i made in clockwork recovery or do i have to make a new backup after i wipe?
SOLVED!!
I got it right now. Dont know for sure which of the things i did that made it working, but ill write em down if someone else has this problem.
- Downloaded the radio suitable for the rom, and flashed it
- Downloaded the rom flash image for the 5th time, this time i downloaded it via torrent
- Renamed the Android_Revolution_HD-4G_3.2.zip to update.zip
b1rken said:
SOLVED!!
I got it right now. Dont know for sure which of the things i did that made it working, but ill write em down if someone else has this problem.
- Downloaded the radio suitable for the rom, and flashed it
- Downloaded the rom flash image for the 5th time, this time i downloaded it via torrent
- Renamed the Android_Revolution_HD-4G_3.2.zip to update.zip
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Thanks SO MUCH it helped! I redownloaded file (now 198 Mb to 128 Mb I had primordially) and renamed it to update.zip
P.S. I have HTC Desire, but I guess this problem is common
Solved, too.
Seems that I've solved the same problem in a much more weird and simpler one. Reboot, redo it, done!
Got a similar problem when installing the revolutionhd rom stuff next, and reboot, redo it, done!
No idea coz I'm a noob and would love to be a noob. I hate the processes to get the result I desire, so I have to suffer from it like a soldier who has to plant lots of flowers to get to the girl.
I was originally using Clockwork mod recovery to backup my From. However when trying to restore it failed . I tried with 4ext recovery and the same thing happened. I looked at the backup folder and I noticed the nandroid md5 file is not seen. When I backup it does say Generating Md5 but still not visible. What am I doing wrong? Because I can't restore my rom
Two things, it could be corrupt or there is an error with the md5, do a search to see if you can fix it.
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Teichopsia said:
Two things, it could be corrupt or there is an error with the md5, do a search to see if you can fix it.
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Can the backup files be corrupt if you dont' wipe dalivik and data before installing new roms.
Teichopsia said:
Two things, it could be corrupt or there is an error with the md5, do a search to see if you can fix it.
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Another thing I have found is that when I try to install a zip from my SD Card Installation will abort. It says BAD File. This has happened with a couple of rom zip files I have tried even though they hve downloaded normally.
My bad. Are you full wiping before flashing a new rom? Wipe data/factory reset?
Wipe dalvik and cache. Wipe all partitions (except sd card).
Always do those before flashing a new rom.
If you didn't do those, flashed a rom on top of your old one - yeah, could cause problems.
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husnain.mohammed said:
Another thing I have found is that when I try to install a zip from my SD Card Installation will abort. It says BAD File. This has happened with a couple of rom zip files I have tried even though they hve downloaded normally.
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That could be a bad download. Check the md5 checksum. Just download a new one.
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Wow. Finally it installs without aborting or messing up. No need to be frustrated anymore. THANK YOU.
Ive always been running CM roms since I got the phone nearly two years ago, but recently have been reading too many good things about ICS roms. My phone has been laggy as of late, and honestly after nearly 2 years, I wanna see and try something new. I've been reading some stuff about updating 4EXT or something like that. Can someone link me or explain in great details how i do this? What is it? And if I do that, will i still be able to run my old CM rom if i decide the ICS roms arent for me? I dont want to be unable to roll back.
Whats the best ICS roms out there right now?
Many thanks!
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SOLVED AFTER A STEP BY STEP INSTALLATION WITH KB!! MANY THANKS
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mapheG2 said:
Ive always been running CM roms since I got the phone nearly two years ago, but recently have been reading too many good things about ICS roms. My phone has been laggy as of late, and honestly after nearly 2 years, I wanna see and try something new. I've been reading some stuff about updating 4EXT or something like that. Can someone link me or explain in great details how i do this? What is it? And if I do that, will i still be able to run my old CM rom if i decide the ICS roms arent for me? I dont want to be unable to roll back.
Whats the best ICS roms out there right now?
Many thanks!
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Depends on your definition of best, personally I like EliteMod ICS (in my signature) but you may want to try out Andromadus Mimicry 1.3.0, it's pretty nice out of the box and has a graphical installer (aroma).
Just be aware that due to the fact that the Desire-Z/G2 does not have an official ICS release, that some things such as hardware drivers have their limits.
1) Camera drivers are not fully available, so the camera won't function as well as it would have on a GB rom.
2) No Wireless-N, also due to drivers, but Wifi-B/G are available.
and a number of other smaller issues which are mentioned varying on the roms, but the two above are the most common complaints, something to keep in mind before you start updating the thread about lack of it.
4EXT Recovery is just another recovery, like ClockworkMod is another recovery.
I personally prefer 4EXT Touch Recovery ( http://www.4ext.net/ has the app to install it ), but both ClockworkMod (what you may have now) and 4EXT can create backups, and restore your backups to the phone (just make sure you do a factory-reset/wipe cache, when you're flashing a brand new rom on, and when you wish to restore a backup.)
So i can flash ics roms with clock work mod and not use 4ext?
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So i can flash ics roms with clock work mod and not use 4ext?
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You can, they're both recoveries and will both apply a rom zip. I just find 4EXT to have quite a bit more features that pertain to ICS (i.e.: the ability to convert some of your partitions from the older ext3 filesystem to the ext4 filesystem which is better, but not all roms support it, most ICS roms do though), as well as the ability to do tar-based backups (compresses, smaller backup size), and the paid version of the app lets you configure a number of settings in 4EXT (much like the paid version of Rom Manager).
Just don't flash roms via the app, always do that from the actual recovery, or you risk causing problems.
Generally speaking: Reboot into recovery (you can do this from the power menu in CM7.2)
1) Perform a backup of your currently installed Rom to the SD card
2) (toggle USB storage and copy over the rom zip if you haven't already done so)
3) Perform a Factory Reset/Wipe and wipe cache
4) Goto Apply zip from SD Card and select the new ROM
5) Flash any additional zips you want on top, google apps, wifi calling, etc (note the thread for any specifics, for example Mimicry doesn't come with Google Apps so need to flash the ICS google apps if you want them, where as EliteMod includes a custom set of google apps already)
6) reboot and enjoy.
If you decide you don't like it, just repeat the above steps, just do a restore at #4 and reboot.
Both of the ones I mentioned (mimicry, elitemod) by no means require a swap partition or sd-ext partition, but you can partition the card via either clockworkmod or 4EXT, just skip the sd-ext2 option (since elitemod doesn't support a secondary one [and not much point either). And don't set a sd-ext size less than 1.5GB (no sense in making it smaller than your /data partition).
For both though, skipping an SD swap is advised, I only have SD swap on mine cuz no other rom I know of supports dataswap and I'd rather have my SD Card partitioned already to test out other roms than to re-do the SD Card each time (since you gota make sure to back up the content of the SD Card to the PC). 4EXT though will let you repartition the SD card without erasing the FAT32 partition, where as clockworkmod will always wipe the whole card before repartitioning (it's just easier to partition from scratch though).
Yeah the whole partition and swapping was the confusing part. But good to hear I don't have to do any of that. I did see the gapps zip included in the mimicry thread, but where can I find a wifi calling apk to install? Also +1 thanks to u for the detailed reply! Thanks!
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mapheG2 said:
Yeah the whole partition and swapping was the confusing part. But good to hear I don't have to do any of that. I did see the gapps zip included in the mimicry thread, but where can I find a wifi calling apk to install? Also +1 thanks to u for the detailed reply! Thanks!
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In Mimicry the Aroma installer will actually let you pick that option during the graphical install. It's one of those roms that presents you with a nice installation menu after you select the zip to be applied. Just bear in mind though you need the 26.13.04.19 radio in order to use the T-Mobile Wifi calling app (and course be on T-Mobile). EDIT If you're one of those people who end up getting no WIFI at all after flashing the Wifi calling app from the aroma installer and have the 26.13.04.19 radio, in the first post of the mimicry thread there's a mention of a Wifi-Fix app you can install that might be able to fix that.
For EliteMod ICS, you would apply it by downloading the zip in my signature (for the wifi calling) and flashing that after flashing the rom. But again, needs the 26.13.04.19 radio, as the app won't work with an old radio (26.03.*)
The thread on applying the radio is also linked from my signature , if you're on a T-Mobile G2, you can just grab the first 26.13.04.19 zip file, rename it PC10IMG.zip just like the instructions say there, put it on the SD Card, reboot into the boot loader and apply the radio. Also if you're planning on flashing either mimicry or Elitemod immediately after flashing the new radio, both roms already Clean your EFS partition for you when you install them in recovery, so you don't have to run the EFS wipe zip (something you normally need to flash in recovery after changing a radio).
KB suggested EliteMOD to me a few days ago,...... Gota say it is running vnice at the moment, highly recommend it. w/ SD EXT, no swap.
I downloaded the zip file from the Andromadus thread, and proceeded to flash the ROM. It says the flash was successful, however upon rebooting, I would see the HTC screen but it would never make it to the boot animation. I would just get a black screen. I tried flashing through ClockWorldMod v5. I cleared all data and caches, and then flashed the ROM.. still not working?
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I downloaded the zip file from the Andromadus thread, and proceeded to flash the ROM. It says the flash was successful, however upon rebooting, I would see the HTC screen but it would never make it to the boot animation. I would just get a black screen. I tried flashing through ClockWorldMod v5. I cleared all data and caches, and then flashed the ROM.. still not working?
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What's the exact details of your phone, i.e.: hboot information and radio version.
I flashed the radio from your signature. Hboot information: 0.82.0000
blkjack said I needed to do a superwipe. If that is the case, how would I perform one?
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I flashed the radio from your signature. Hboot information: 0.82.0000
blkjack said I needed to do a superwipe. If that is the case, how would I perform one?
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hboot in my signature is a 0.84.2000 which is a desire-z engineering hboot.
0.82.000 would be an S-ON hboot which you wouldn't be able to change much at all. (which would be odd if you managed to get the 26.13.04.19 radio flashed, while S-On since it wouldn't normally allow you to).
May want to reboot into the boot loader mode and verify all your hboot information.
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hboot in my signature is a 0.84.2000 which is a desire-z engineering hboot.
0.82.000 would be an S-ON hboot which you wouldn't be able to change much at all. (which would be odd if you managed to get the 26.13.04.19 radio flashed, while S-On since it wouldn't normally allow you to).
May want to reboot into the boot loader mode and verify all your hboot information.
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I flashed a radio in the past. And it clearly says I have S-OFF on the top. I had the (26.03.02.26) radio before. And it did successfully flash the radio linked from your signature. HBoot says 0.82.0000. Where to go now?
EDIT: I found this link (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044992) but dunno if this is outdated or not. If not, which of the three files do I want?
mapheG2 said:
I flashed a radio in the past. And it clearly says I have S-OFF on the top. I had the (26.03.02.26) radio before. And it did successfully flash the radio linked from your signature. HBoot says 0.82.0000. Where to go now?
EDIT: I found this link (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044992) but dunno if this is outdated or not. If not, which of the three files do I want?
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I think, the -=SuperWipeG2+=-.zip should be the right one, but as I'm not sure, I did a quick Google search for you and found this:
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I recently flashed the new 4EXT Mod of ClockworkMod Recovery. The 4EXT Recovery is based off of Koush's CWM Recovery but offers additional power options, one of which is the ability to show the file system format your partitions are formatted in. To my surprise my system was formatted in the Ext 4 format and my data and cache partitions were formatted in Ext 3. The new 4EXT Recovery offers the option to convert the format without deleting any of the data. Your ROM will stay intact after the conversion. I selected that option and changed my data and cache partitions to ext 4 to match my system, rebooted, and notice quite an improvement in speed and smoothness in my current CM7 Nightly. After looking into it further I found out that the SuperwipeG2 that many of us have been flashing is formatting our partitions in the Ext 3 format. The reason only my system was formatted in ext 4 is because I used ClockworkMod Recovery the last time I did a full wipe to first flash the Superwipe, and then I immediately formatted system again with ClockworkMod Recovery. If you've used SuperwipeG2 to do a wipe, more than likely your system, data, and cache partitions are now Ext 3. You might want to check with your ROM developer to see if your ROM will run on the Ext 4 format. If its a CM7 based ROM, it will.
You can find more information about the Ext 4 format here.
Tsubus has since modified SuperwipeG2 so that it now formats the partitions into ext 4 when you flash it. I've used it and it also includes the EFS wipe. You can find it here. As I said, if there is no reason to wipe right now the new 4EXT Recovery can convert your partitions if you choose if they are in currently Ext 3. At the very least you can see what format they're currently in with 4EXT. I highly recommend it. You can always flash back to CWM Recovery if and when you choose. The partitions will remain Ext 4 once you choose to convert.
UPDATE: Several users have reported that checking partition information with Terminal Emulator is not reliable.
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This one should definitely be the right one.
Besides that, the problem might also be a bad download, as your symptom fits a known issue in blk_jack's thread:
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Q) After flashing I'm stuck at the HTC logo screen!
A) This is likely the result of a bad download. Check your downloaded md5sum hash against the one listed next to the download link above....
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I thought it was a bad download too, so I downloaded from one of the mirrors. Still the same problem.
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I thought it was a bad download too, so I downloaded from one of the mirrors. Still the same problem.
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So you did not check the MD5 hash?
Im a bit of a noob and all of this wasnt around when I was flashing CM roms ages ago. How do I do that? Would that fix my issue??
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Im a bit of a noob and all of this wasnt around when I was flashing CM roms ages ago. How do I do that? Would that fix my issue??
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An MD5 hash is something like a fingerprint of a file and it was definitely there when you first flashed CyanogenMod ROMs. The MD5 hash/sum is used to compare two files because it is possible that a downloaded file is slightly different from the original file due to mistakes that could have happened during transfer. So "checking the MD5 hash" means using a program to calculate that "fingerprint" of your downloaded file and comparing it with the "fingerprint" mentioned in blk_jack's thread. If the file you have downloaded is slightly different, its MD5 hash will be different from the MD5 hash that it should have and thus will be unusable and lead to a phone being stuck at HTC boot logo.
By the way, downloading a file from two different mirrors doesn't exclude the risk of getting a corrupt file.
I ran "md5 update.zip" from my Mac's desktop where the file is located. I was returned MD5 (update.zip) = 2a314e5f1361825c83a354aea38c6c4b .. which matches the md5sum of what was given. What next?
And I noticed you have the same H-Boot information that KB was talking about earlier, so I guess that can't be the problem either. Should I just try to Superwipe?
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Ok, so if it is a bad download, how do you remedy it? Because there are only so many options to download the ROM right. And what program are you referring to
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There are actually lots of programs to calculate an MD5 hash. If you are on Linux it usally is as easy as typing md5sum <path to file> in a shell and reading the output. If you are on Windows, I'd recommend a Google search for "md5 generator" or something like this. Maybe even your recovery is able to calculate a file's MD5 hash - I'm using 4EXT and it definitely is, though I don't know if ClockwordMod is.
You can't remedy a bad download except trying to download it again, hoping that the file will be transferred right.
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I ran "md5 update.zip" from my Mac's desktop where the file is located. I was returned MD5 (update.zip) = 2a314e5f1361825c83a354aea38c6c4b .. which matches the md5sum of what was given. What next?
And I noticed you have the same H-Boot information that KB was talking about earlier, so I guess that can't be the problem either. Should I just try to Superwipe?
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Oh, sorry - didn't update the thread's page before submitting my reply.
Just try it, there should be nothing wrong with it.
Okay, I read that I should manually clear all the data and cache first and THEN run the superwipe, followed by installing the ROM right? And I will be downloaded from the thread I listed because I still have ext3 I guess and don't want to deal with a ext4 change right now.
I'm trying to flash this rom and it just fails every time, saying "error flashing zip." Is there something I have to do to flash this rom? The recovery I'm using is TWRP.
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I'm trying to flash this rom and it just fails every time, saying "error flashing zip." Is there something I have to do to flash this rom? The recovery I'm using is TWRP.
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I would check MD5 first and make sure that the file is good. You can use something like Android File Verifier to do this fairly easily. It's free on the Play Store. Just compare the MD5 of the file on your phone versus the MD5 of the download on the host server. If the MD5 does not match exactly then the download is bad. Also, as stated in the OP for that ROM, if you experience issues with installation you should perform a full wipe (Factory reset and System) in recovery prior to flashing.
Just curious, why are you wanting to use a Froyo ROM that's over two years old? Also, I know this sounds dumb, but your device is the EVO 4G, correct?
The advice is free....the bandwidth, not so much
Okay I bet your problem is your recovery. You are using Twrp and it is a version higher than 2.2.2.0 correct? If so there are a couple of options. Downgrade to 2.2.2.0, use armon ra based recovery, or redo the zips update binary and script.
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I used this SPH-L710_ND8_Full Restore_UNROOTED (Compressed Archive).exe
to update my gs3 to ND8. then I Odin PhilZ Touch recovery and used re-root
Rebooted downloaded supersu from play store ran and updated. Used root checker to verify root. all ok
Now flashing new rom. Problems
Wicked X would flash but not boot up
Spirit would flash and boot but not the gapps. When I try to flash the gapps would get a permission error and not flash.
Any ideas would be helpful even if it is "search" please tell me where.
In have you verified md5 of your Wicked X download? Are you using the KK gapps with Spirit? When you flashed Wicked X did you first wipe cache, dalvik, and then wipe for new ROM in Philz before flashing?
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In have you verified md5 of your Wicked X download? Are you using the KK gapps with Spirit? When you flashed Wicked X did you first wipe cache, dalvik, and then wipe for new ROM in Philz before flashing?
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Did not check md5 (Never learned how). Using the PA-Apps found in the OP for Spirit. Wiped everything I found to wipe in PhilZ before flashing all ROMs.
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Did not check md5 (Never learned how). Using the PA-Apps found in the OP for Spirit. Wiped everything I found to wipe in PhilZ before flashing all ROMs.
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Download an md5 checking app from the Play Store. When you download a ROM, load it into the md5 checking app to generate the md5 and then check and see if it matches what it's supposed to be. If they don't match it means it was a bad download and can cause all kinds of funky problems when flashed, like not booting. As far as gapps go any of the KitKat should work, I personally use slimgapps and I haven't had a problem.
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Download an md5 checking app from the Play Store. When you download a ROM, load it into the md5 checking app to generate the md5 and then check and see if it matches what it's supposed to be. If they don't match it means it was a bad download and can cause all kinds of funky problems when flashed, like not booting. As far as gapps go any of the KitKat should work, I personally use slimgapps and I haven't had a problem.
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all md5 are a match. I noticed that I get a error in philZ with flashing some zips:
E: unknown error (file name) {sd-ext}
or something like that. Looks like some zips are looking for an E folder on an ext-sd. any ideas?
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Did not check md5 (Never learned how). Using the PA-Apps found in the OP for Spirit. Wiped everything I found to wipe in PhilZ before flashing all ROMs.
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in PhilZ recovery when you choose a zip file to flash before you press yes there will be a thin gray line that fills up with a blue color and when the line fills up it will show the MD5 of the file you chose now all you have to do is compare it to the one on the download page to see if they match