so i had trouble updating my infamous rom and decided to wipe everything. i didnt like twrp so i reinstalled cwm wia odin and then restarted the phone into cwm and selected install zip. i then selected the new liquid smooth kang and it says in cwm that the insta;ll was sucsessful and then i reboot and i know that it can take up to 5 minutes to get past the initial boot up and into android for the first boot. yet the phone hasnt made it past the liquidsmooth loading screen and has not booted into android after 10 minutes. i have tried to install a different rom instead with the same issues. any ideas what my issue could be?
Sounds like you might have a bad download. Did you verify an MD5 checksum? Try to re-download the file and see how that one goes. Of course let us know what you find.
Edit: I noticed you tried with another ROM as well. What version CWM are you running and what is your procedure to wiping the phone.
Sounds like a case of the infamous Liquid RC brick. Can you post the exact file name you downloaded?
Need some help. Rooted Sprint Note 2 with Galaxy Note 2 Toolkit V3.0. Installed TWRP recovery and made backup. Tried a few different roms (AOKP,Carbon) and few different gapps and I can not get a custom rom to install. Every time I try I get stuck at boot. I have allowed 15 minutes, I have wiped data, cache and dalvik each time. The build is JZO54K 4.1.2 Any help would sure be appreciated.
First things first. Have you verified md5 sums on the roms you downloaded. First guess would be a corrupt download.
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Unsure how to do that?
Downloaded from Goo.im and through Goo Manager if that matters but I do not know how to verify them? Md5 sums are like numbers that authenticate download?
If you are using goo manager than the md5 is fine. Goo manager automatically checks that and deletes it if its bad.Try flashing this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769 and if it still wont boot flash a stock rom in odin with repartition checked. (youll need a pit file) .
Thanks Guys
Thanks for your help guys. Was going to flash back to stock but first I downloaded Busybox from market and did the custom install. That did the trick. Almost like the toolbox was missing a Busybox file or something? Anyway I did that and flashed as normal with regular boot time. Thanks!
I rooted my GS3, verified root. I am trying to flash ROM, every time I try through Goo manager and TWRP it fails I get error message "no MD5 file" doesn't matter if I download ROM from XDA (when I can find them) or download through Goo Manager. tried to even flash with ODIN, which only let's me restore to Stock ROM/Backup. which had MD5 file. when I try to browse for MD5 files I don't see them in the zipped or unzipped files on my PC, and not in ODIN either. I have verified developer options is on, and I tried with USB bugging on and off. and uncheck verify MD5 as well. I down loaded to pc and have tried to download directly to the device. not running antivirus on device and shut antivirus off on pc. will not copy files from pc to device. Device also stops or seems to loos connection on pc via USB Cable. What am I missing here? this is not rocket science!!
Have you verified MD5 of the ROM? Also, another suggestion, perhaps try to change recoveries from TWRP to CWM. However, you mentioned that you can't even download the Rom to your device? I assume you're able to browse the device's content since you used Odin to stock? Lastly, try to Odin back to stock, root it, flash recovery and give it a go.
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I rooted my GS3, verified root. I am trying to flash ROM, every time I try through Goo manager and TWRP it fails I get error message "no MD5 file" doesn't matter if I download ROM from XDA (when I can find them) or download through Goo Manager. tried to even flash with ODIN, which only let's me restore to Stock ROM/Backup. which had MD5 file. when I try to browse for MD5 files I don't see them in the zipped or unzipped files on my PC, and not in ODIN either. I have verified developer options is on, and I tried with USB bugging on and off. and uncheck verify MD5 as well. I down loaded to pc and have tried to download directly to the device. not running antivirus on device and shut antivirus off on pc. will not copy files from pc to device. Device also stops or seems to loos connection on pc via USB Cable. What am I missing here? this is not rocket science!!
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Don't flash custom ROMs from goo manager or odin... Do your standard wipes, and flash from recovery. Maybe your recovery needs updated? What version are u on? You can verify md5 sums with a file explorer such as astro or there's even an md5 checker here in the forums. As far as transferring files from PC to phone, is your USB cable good?
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Have you verified MD5 of the ROM? Also, another suggestion, perhaps try to change recoveries from TWRP to CWM. However, you mentioned that you can't even download the Rom to your device? I assume you're able to browse the device's content since you used Odin to stock? Lastly, try to Odin back to stock, root it, flash recovery and give it a go.
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Yeah, I've never used twrp, been using cwm for years and am kind of partial to it.
At op, latest version for this is 6.0.3.6... U can use ROM manager to flash this if u wish. Not sure if this will help??
No MD5 file found
mgostom said:
Have you verified MD5 of the ROM? Also, another suggestion, perhaps try to change recoveries from TWRP to CWM. However, you mentioned that you can't even download the Rom to your device? I assume you're able to browse the device's content since you used Odin to stock? Lastly, try to Odin back to stock, root it, flash recovery and give it a go.
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I have tried CWM as well. for some reason none of the ROMS no matter where I download from seem to pull the MD5 file, liquid smooth, paranoid 3.69, carbon, none, I try to browse the device for them and nothing. But I can't seem to even do my first flash! I noticed in any of the ROMS I download for some reason it does not pull the MD5 file. I have downloaded from here XDA and other sites, and android forums too! I don't get it. This should be fairly easy according to all the research I have done even before my first attempt. I can root no problem, I used Odin and Samsung GS3 Tool kit.
No MD5 file found
DMF1977 said:
Don't flash custom ROMs from goo manager or odin... Do your standard wipes, and flash from recovery. Maybe your recovery needs updated? What version are u on? You can verify md5 sums with a file explorer such as astro or there's even an md5 checker here in the forums. As far as transferring files from PC to phone, is your USB cable good?
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Yeah, I've never used twrp, been using cwm for years and am kind of partial to it.
At op, latest version for this is 6.0.3.6... U can use ROM manager to flash this if u wish. Not sure if this will help??
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I followed your suggestion using CWM 6.0.3.6. and yes it does seem to work better! I am almost there! I am able to flash custom ROMS. but the seem to get hung up upon reboot. USB cables brand new. I even tried different USB Port and Different PC. Still being a bugger! I wish I could find other ROMS more easily on here! or even a little easier on some of the developer sites. I found a work around and pull my ext. SD card and download ROM to that and not on the PC. I found some really Nice one I would like to try but like I said seems to hang on reboot like hour and I get tired of waiting. Thanks for your help! any other suggestions would be GREATLY Appreciated!
Badfish63 said:
I followed your suggestion using CWM 6.0.3.6. and yes it does seem to work better! I am almost there! I am able to flash custom ROMS. but the seem to get hung up upon reboot. USB cables brand new. I even tried different USB Port and Different PC. Still being a bugger! I wish I could find other ROMS more easily on here! or even a little easier on some of the developer sites. I found a work around and pull my ext. SD card and download ROM to that and not on the PC. I found some really Nice one I would like to try but like I said seems to hang on reboot like hour and I get tired of waiting. Thanks for your help! any other suggestions would be GREATLY Appreciated!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1705
Simple search is all it takes. Touchwiz based roms are in android development, while aosp ROMs are in the original android development threads. Don't forget to hit the "thanks" button to anyone who has helped u out! Good luck!!!
Badfish63 said:
I followed your suggestion using CWM 6.0.3.6. and yes it does seem to work better! I am almost there! I am able to flash custom ROMS. but the seem to get hung up upon reboot. USB cables brand new. I even tried different USB Port and Different PC. Still being a bugger! I wish I could find other ROMS more easily on here! or even a little easier on some of the developer sites. I found a work around and pull my ext. SD card and download ROM to that and not on the PC. I found some really Nice one I would like to try but like I said seems to hang on reboot like hour and I get tired of waiting. Thanks for your help! any other suggestions would be GREATLY Appreciated!
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The Roms should not be that hard to find and as stated you NEED to verify the MD5 before installing. Thats the long weird numbers/letters in the download sceen. A bad flash is a headache. To double check, you are doing (in CWM or TWRP) wipe data, then wipe cache, then wipe dalvick right? If you dont do those things its a dirty flash and will cause issues. Then in CWM in the install from sdcard screen, try to toggle the signature verification option. Also, sometime when you go from CM to TW and back, it can be a problem. Try wiping/reset from the settings-backup and restore-factory reset option for a super clean wipe. Use caution though as this will delete internal sdcard so back it up and put the rom of choice on external SD. This is a hassle but needs to be done on occasion. If you use titanium backup, copy to folder to external sd and change restore location in preferences.
Something I just found.
I have flashed custom roms to my padfone2 and everything was fine but when I tried to flash zip file with stock rom it showed no md5 file error.
I had a look into the downloaded stock rom zip file and I found out that the actual zip file with rom in it was in a folder inside downloaded zip. As soon as I extracted the zip from downloaded zip and flashed it everything went without a problem. Maybe I'm just stupid not to have look at that in the first place but I hope it helped others. Best of luck everyone.
Good Afternoon sorry for bumping an old thread.
I joined today because I am having the same problem that the original poster had written about.
I have an ATT samsung galaxy s3, I had root access, and verified with super user. I also installed TWRP and CWM because each kept giving me errors when I tried to install CM 11 onto my phone. It also says there was no MD5 information found. I have used the md5 file checker program and the MD5 matches up to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2518998
Download:
CM 11.0 Unofficial Beta 7 for d2tmo and d2att
MD5: ef93957db1e6704f23f9015231a82826
So the MD5 matches, yet when I try to install it keeps giving me errors. I also tried other versions of CM that I found on here via links. Right now my phone has no OS as another guide I read some where also said to wipe system data (sorry if that was stupid, I was just following a guideline)
So I'd like to get a working OS on my phone asap so I can get calls and texts.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. And being new I'm sorry if I broke any taboos or did not give some information that is typically given when describing a problem.
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HEY...AM NEW TO THE FLASHING ROMS, AND ROOTING, ANDROID DEVICES..I HAVE A GALAXY NOTE 2 VERIZON SCH-I605...I FALLOW ALL THE STEPS TO ROOT AND UNLOCK BOOTLOADERS AND ALL THAT TRYING TO FLASH THE NEW 4.4 KITKAT BUT NO MATTER WHERE I GET THE DOWNLOAD FROM..AFTER I TRY TO FLASH IT ON THE DEVICE IT GIVES ME A FAILED MESSAGE...
SKIPPING MD5.......
NO MD5 FILE FOUND..........BLAH BLAH BLAH
I MAKE SURE I CHECK THE MD5 TO MAKE SURE IT MATCHES AND ALL BUT FOR SOME REASON I JUST CANT FLASH ANYTHING TO MY PHONE....
CAN SOME1 HELP ME OUT....
Did you get a answer, I have same problem?
GN2RD809 said:
HEY...AM NEW TO THE FLASHING ROMS, AND ROOTING, ANDROID DEVICES..I HAVE A GALAXY NOTE 2 VERIZON SCH-I605...I FALLOW ALL THE STEPS TO ROOT AND UNLOCK BOOTLOADERS AND ALL THAT TRYING TO FLASH THE NEW 4.4 KITKAT BUT NO MATTER WHERE I GET THE DOWNLOAD FROM..AFTER I TRY TO FLASH IT ON THE DEVICE IT GIVES ME A FAILED MESSAGE...
SKIPPING MD5.......
NO MD5 FILE FOUND..........BLAH BLAH BLAH
I MAKE SURE I CHECK THE MD5 TO MAKE SURE IT MATCHES AND ALL BUT FOR SOME REASON I JUST CANT FLASH ANYTHING TO MY PHONE....
CAN SOME1 HELP ME OUT....
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I can't believe this, because I have downloaded and burned roms before. Now I cannot download a rom and get an md5 file nomatter what I do.
This is my first time posting in the forums.
Okay, So I bought The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite Wi-Fi (sm-t110) [droid 4.2.2] and I wanted to root it. I installed the TWRP v2.6.3.0 recovery project to it.
I happened to make the idiotic mistake of wiping the entire device without making a backup (it was really late at night) and now I can only access the TWRP module. I tried to flash the "StockRom-V1.1-T110.zip" to it but this message keeps popping up:
Installing...
Checking for MD5 file...
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found
Verifying signature...
E:Zip signature verification failed:1
Error flashing zip...
Updating partition...
I was just wondering if it is possible to recover and bring back the Stock version of the (sm-t110) or did I brick the tablet and am I S.O.L?
I really do appreciate anyone that takes the time to read this.
Thebombard said:
This is my first time posting in the forums.
Okay, So I bought The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite Wi-Fi (sm-t110) [droid 4.2.2] and I wanted to root it. I installed the TWRP v2.6.3.0 recovery project to it.
I happened to make the idiotic mistake of wiping the entire device without making a backup (it was really late at night) and now I can only access the TWRP module. I tried to flash the "StockRom-V1.1-T110.zip" to it but this message keeps popping up:
Installing...
Checking for MD5 file...
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found
Verifying signature...
E:Zip signature verification failed:1
Error flashing zip...
Updating partition...
I was just wondering if it is possible to recover and bring back the Stock version of the (sm-t110) or did I brick the tablet and am I S.O.L?
I really do appreciate anyone that takes the time to read this.
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Don't have the same model so I can't say for sure. But it happened to me all the time - tab without OS! All you have to do is use TWRP to wipe everything, format data included, several times if need be, then reflash stock though ODIN. Make sure you get vanilla stock of the same version as that which you had on the tab before. TWRP will be gone and needs to be reflashed, but that's trivial stuff.
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Don't have the same model so I can't say for sure. But it happened to me all the time - tab without OS! All you have to do is use TWRP to wipe everything, format data included, several times if need be, then reflash stock though ODIN. Make sure you get vanilla stock of the same version as that which you had on the tab before. TWRP will be gone and needs to be reflashed, but that's trivial stuff.
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So on TWRP, reboot with the Download button and than connect with ODIN with the updated firmware?
Do you know where I can get the md5 of the vanilla stock?
Thebombard said:
This is my first time posting in the forums.
Okay, So I bought The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite Wi-Fi (sm-t110) [droid 4.2.2] and I wanted to root it. I installed the TWRP v2.6.3.0 recovery project to it.
I happened to make the idiotic mistake of wiping the entire device without making a backup (it was really late at night) and now I can only access the TWRP module. I tried to flash the "StockRom-V1.1-T110.zip" to it but this message keeps popping up:
Installing...
Checking for MD5 file...
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found
Verifying signature...
E:Zip signature verification failed:1
Error flashing zip...
Updating partition...
I was just wondering if it is possible to recover and bring back the Stock version of the (sm-t110) or did I brick the tablet and am I S.O.L?
I really do appreciate anyone that takes the time to read this.
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this simple step.. and some stuff
http://forums.androidcentral.com/verizon-galaxy-s-iii-rooting-roms-hacks/191375-guide-restore-back-clean-factory-stock-update-10-23-a.html
you can use this site for stock fw, but this site is maintenance. suggest you to use custom rom for awhile till you get the stock..
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
sorry i cant help you that much
Thebombard said:
Installing...
Checking for MD5 file...
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found
Verifying signature...
E:Zip signature verification failed:1
Error flashing zip...
Updating partition...
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You See your listet error: updating Partition
Have you check repartion by Odin?
If yes ,so you need a pit.file for your Tab befor you can flash Stockrom back to your Tab.
2. Please use always The newest Version of Recovery, depent ob The New updater scripts at the roms.
Thebombard said:
This is my first time posting in the forums.
Okay, So I bought The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite Wi-Fi (sm-t110) [droid 4.2.2] and I wanted to root it. I installed the TWRP v2.6.3.0 recovery project to it.
I happened to make the idiotic mistake of wiping the entire device without making a backup (it was really late at night) and now I can only access the TWRP module. I tried to flash the "StockRom-V1.1-T110.zip" to it but this message keeps popping up:
Installing...
Checking for MD5 file...
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found
Verifying signature...
E:Zip signature verification failed:1
Error flashing zip...
Updating partition...
I was just wondering if it is possible to recover and bring back the Stock version of the (sm-t110) or did I brick the tablet and am I S.O.L?
I really do appreciate anyone that takes the time to read this.
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Please check what options you are have Into recovery mode?
reboot system now
apply update from adb
apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
If this all your options, so you have Stockrecovery.
So all of a sudden I'm unable to install new ROMs. I've tried several different ones and the same happens for each of them.
It freezes here:
Installing '/sdcard/*ROM name*.zip
Checking for MD5 file...
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found
It just stops here and says "Flashing file 1 of 1" at the bottom of the screen. The progress bar doesn't move. I let it sit there for 30 minutes and nothing. I've updated to the most recent version of TWRP, I've tried mounting the system partition before starting the install and I've tried several different ROMs. I always end up having to hold down the power button for a while to shut the phone down, then restore my backup. I'm currently using cm-11-20141112-SNAPSHOT-M12-m7vzw.zip ROM and openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-m7wlv.img Recovery
I don't think this is related, but the reason I'm trying to flash a new ROM is because my GPS stopped working after installing the one I'm currently on.
JGress said:
So all of a sudden I'm unable to install new ROMs. I've tried several different ones and the same happens for each of them.
It freezes here:
Installing '/sdcard/*ROM name*.zip
Checking for MD5 file...
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found
It just stops here and says "Flashing file 1 of 1" at the bottom of the screen. The progress bar doesn't move. I let it sit there for 30 minutes and nothing. I've updated to the most recent version of TWRP, I've tried mounting the system partition before starting the install and I've tried several different ROMs. I always end up having to hold down the power button for a while to shut the phone down, then restore my backup. I'm currently using cm-11-20141112-SNAPSHOT-M12-m7vzw.zip ROM and openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-m7wlv.img Recovery
I don't think this is related, but the reason I'm trying to flash a new ROM is because my GPS stopped working after installing the one I'm currently on.
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The GPS failure seems to be a common issue when using GPE and AOSP roms. I've had it myself in the case of both CM and GPE. One way to help avoid it is to turn GPS on in a sense rom, get a good GPS lock, then wipe and flash your non-sense rom. As for your problem flashing a ROM, have you tried any other versions of TWRP? If you are unable to get into a ROM to flashify, I would try rolling back to older versions using fastboot. Personally I have not tried flashing a full ROM with 2.8.4 yet, but 2.8.3 worked fine for me so maybe you can start by rolling back to it. I don't know if any TWRP settings might be preserved when overwriting a version of it with a different one, but you could also try flashing the stock one before flashing TWRP again. If that doesn't work, your last resort would probably be to wipe using the stock recovery or flash the factory image found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...nt/ruu-vzw-kitkat4-4-3-sense-6-s-off-t2867643
Remember it wipes everything.
I had a similar problem last year. I had inadvertently installed a twrp recovery meant for my Thunderbolt onto my m7. I opened the zip and read the build.prop file and saw I had the wrong recovery. Just sounds like a mistake I've made.
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