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Cannot Install ANY cm/aosp/aokp Rom

hello all,
I'm having trouble understanding something with my SIII. I have a Canadian Rogers SIII currently running DJJOHNNYBLAZE's rom.
great rom, no problems at all!
But when I try to, I haven't been able to install any CM, AOKP or AOSP rom on my phone through TWRP or CWM recovery... only the stock based roms work when I install them..
is there something I'm missing? or doing rom? I'm quite familiar with the flashing process, I've done it a million times on my SIII and my previous Sony Xperia..
Any help, tips or direction to an answer is much appreciated

RoshanDoon said:
But when I try to, I haven't been able to install any CM, AOKP or AOSP rom on my phone through TWRP or CWM recovery... only the stock based roms work when I install them..
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First question: what fails about the install process?
Second question: how did you install the recovery images?
Most of the time when I hear something like this on a Canadian S3, it's because of the different device code (d2can vs. d2att) of the Canadian model; the images you get through goomanager or ROM Manager or similar will see that you're trying to install a d2att ROM on a device it sees as a d2can, fails to get that the two are software-compatible, and aborts with a "status 7" error.
If that's the case, you can manually flash, say, the d2att TWRP image (look here for the image and instructions), which will happily flash d2att ROMs onto your device.

smelenchuk said:
First question: what fails about the install process?
Second question: how did you install the recovery images?
Most of the time when I hear something like this on a Canadian S3, it's because of the different device code (d2can vs. d2att) of the Canadian model; the images you get through goomanager or ROM Manager or similar will see that you're trying to install a d2att ROM on a device it sees as a d2can, fails to get that the two are software-compatible, and aborts with a "status 7" error.
If that's the case, you can manually flash, say, the d2att TWRP image (look here for the image and instructions), which will happily flash d2att ROMs onto your device.
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thanks for the quick reply
to answer your first question: when i flash any of them, in recovery it just says "Failed" in red letters.. the funny part is I've installed a couple open source roms before and they worked (ie Liquid, Ktoonez AOKP rom), now i can't :S the ones i flashed were d2att, possibly my problem now, however, why did they work before?
to answer the second: i do a factory reset, wipe cache, flash rom, install gapps, wipe dalvik (as stated in most forums)
also, i've installed TWRP by installing GooManager on my phone and installing it from there, is that wrong? is it different than manually doing it with the command?
thanks again

RoshanDoon said:
i've installed TWRP by installing GooManager on my phone and installing it from there, is that wrong? is it different than manually doing it with the command?
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Yes - that means you have the d2can TWRP image and not the d2att recovery image, which causes the problem I described. You will probably want to manually install the d2att image in its place.

smelenchuk said:
Yes - that means you have the d2can TWRP image and not the d2att recovery image, which causes the problem I described. You will probably want to manually install the d2att image in its place.
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ahhhh... gracias!
will do that now then, thanks

I'm having a similar problem.
I've rooted my s3 i747m (virgin), and I have backed up using TWRP.
Attempting to install Cyanogen mod from a .zip on internal sdcard. In recovery mode I've gone in and tried to install from the zip, but I'm getting status 7. Any ideas?

ultrashaun said:
I've rooted my s3 i747m (virgin), and I have backed up using TWRP.
Attempting to install Cyanogen mod from a .zip on internal sdcard. In recovery mode I've gone in and tried to install from the zip, but I'm getting status 7. Any ideas?
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Exactly the same problem, exactly the same cause; read the earlier posts in this thread for an idea of what to do.

smelenchuk said:
Exactly the same problem, exactly the same cause; read the earlier posts in this thread for an idea of what to do.
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Again! You've done it sir. This worked exactly right. Thank you so much.

[Q] Nexus doesnt let me do anything

Hello
I have purchased a second hand Nexus. It is rooted and has got custom rom. Also Teamwinner or so is installed. When i boot into recovery to install some other rom it exits with error 7. Same when i try to update the teamwinner to the newest version.
Any idea what to try?

dosada said:
Hello
I have purchased a second hand Nexus. It is rooted and has got custom rom. Also Teamwinner or so is installed. When i boot into recovery to install some other rom it exits with error 7. Same when i try to update the teamwinner to the newest version.
Any idea what to try?
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i remember seeing error 7 before on a rom i tried to flash.. i was using CWM so its not the recovery's fault. turns out there was a problem with the rom...
so find another rom to flash would be my answer for now.

The problem is that i get this error whatever i tried to flah. Even cwm or some other rom result in same error

dosada said:
The problem is that i get this error whatever i tried to flah. Even cwm or some other rom result in same error
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What procedure are you using to flash? What file are you trying to flash and where did you get it from?

I start up the phone using volume down and power. Then in teamwinner i chose install zip and then the file
so far have tried, all downloaded from here or linked from here, those files
CWM-Touch-6.0.2.5-DJ
Hellybean-20130405-crespo
TWRP-2.4.4.0-DJ
jellyshot_crespo-v3.3
nothing works. all of them exist with error 7

dosada said:
I start up the phone using volume down and power. Then in teamwinner i chose install zip and then the file
so far have tried, all downloaded from here or linked from here, those files
CWM-Touch-6.0.2.5-DJ
Hellybean-20130405-crespo
TWRP-2.4.4.0-DJ
jellyshot_crespo-v3.3
nothing works. all of them exist with error 7
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This is the Galaxy Nexus forums, that firmware aka ROM is for crespo aka Nexus S
Sent from my Nexus

Fair enough about the roms, but why cant i even install cwm? This shows me just the error 7 too

I wouldn't be surprised if your recovery is either not for your device or not even a flash able zip.

dosada said:
Fair enough about the roms, but why cant i even install cwm? This shows me just the error 7 too
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Where did you get that CWM? http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager? If so those are img files, for flashing from fastboot. But I have no idea what "DJ" is for. To flash from recovery it needs to be packaged in a flashable zip.
Or you can install CWM from the ROM Manager app. Or TWRP from GooManager.

quite frankly i wouldnt use CWM. The UI is annoying as hell, and it tends ot be a lot slower, at least from my own experience.
I recommand TWRP, http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2/90 latest version here for maguro.
if you have adb set up, installing twrp is cake, simply open adb and type:
1) adb reboot bootloader
2) fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img <-----assuming you are in the directory of that img file you just downloaded, and TWRP is just the name of the img file, its usually attached with version, so i would rename it for easier access.
3) after you flashed it just boot into recovery and start flashing your new rom.
If all else fail.....use the toolkit and flash factory image for a fresh start, i havnt failed with factory image yet

[Q] Can't flash ROM Official CM 10.2

Hi,
I can't flash this ROM onto my N5100: [ROM][N5100]Official CM 10.2[JLS36I][11/18/13]
I have twrp 2.6.0 installed and everytime I try to install the zip it says error executing updater binary in zip and it fails.
Also tried this with other recovery, but always getting the same error.
I must be doing something fundamentally wrong, can anyone help me out?
Thanks for any hints.

Try the version of TWRP that I made here or one of civatos CWM recovery.

Cool, thanks, worked like a charm. :good:
nickdollahz said:
Try the version of TWRP that I made here or one of civatos CWM recovery.
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Another solution
500e said:
Hi,
I can't flash this ROM onto my N5100: [ROM][N5100]Official CM 10.2[JLS36I][11/18/13]
I have twrp 2.6.0 installed and everytime I try to install the zip it says error executing updater binary in zip and it fails.
Also tried this with other recovery, but always getting the same error.
I must be doing something fundamentally wrong, can anyone help me out?
Thanks for any hints.
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Here is another solution.

CWM Help!

I'm rooted on stock 4.1 but i didn't have a custom recovery so I flashed cwm rom manager. I was able to make a nandroid backup fine but when I tried rebooting in to the recovery, it would just take me to stock recovery. How do I fix this? Thanks, in advance!
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|| Acer || said:
I'm rooted on stock 4.1 but i didn't have a custom recovery so I flashed cwm rom manager. I was able to make a nandroid backup fine but when I tried rebooting in to the recovery, it would just take me to stock recovery. How do I fix this? Thanks, in advance!
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For some phones, it seems Rom manager doesn't flash the recovery properly. Just like Goomanager, for me, will not flash TWRP at all. I prefer to flash it using MSkips Toolbox or ODIN by itself if you know how. If you use the toolbox, it will be an older version of CWM, but after you flash the older version and make sure it works by rebooting your phone into recovery, then you can flash the newest version of either CWM or TWRP in ZIP format HERE. ODIN can be tricky for some who've never used it before. The Toolbox automates this process for you.

joeyhdownsouth said:
For some phones, it seems Rom manager doesn't flash the recovery properly. Just like Goomanager, for me, will not flash TWRP at all. I prefer to flash it using MSkips Toolbox or ODIN by itself if you know how. If you use the toolbox, it will be an older version of CWM, but after you flash the older version and make sure it works by rebooting your phone into recovery, then you can flash the newest version of either CWM or TWRP in ZIP format HERE. ODIN can be tricky for some who've never used it before. The Toolbox automates this process for you.
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Thanks for the help! I didn't know about goomanager until you mentioned it, and it happened to work perfectly for me so I don't have to go through all the trouble

|| Acer || said:
Thanks for the help! I didn't know about goomanager until you mentioned it, and it happened to work perfectly for me so I don't have to go through all the trouble
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If you prefer CWM, give Philz Touch a try, it is a very advanced version of CWM, and works great for a lot of users, myself included. There are flashable .zip files for Philz and CWM, if you install both on your SD card there is no harm in switching to Philz in order to check it out, you can then easily flash back to CWM if you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2446393
P.S. Knowing how to use Odin is a valuable skill, nothing wrong with having an app perform a task like installing a custom recovery as long as you also know the more "nuts and bolts" approach.

Trouble flashing custom rom on T999L

I had no problems rooting my s3 and putting custom recovery but when I attempt to flash either cyanogenmod or resurrection remix I get the status error 7. Then if I delete the Assert portion I either get status 6 error or it goes into a boot loop and I have to reinstall stock again with odin. I have also downloaded notepad++ as recommended to no avail.

You need to be on at least MD5 bootloader/firmware.
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DocHoliday77 said:
You need to be on at least MD5 bootloader/firmware.
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I just looked on the firmware I flashed on my phone whenever it wouldn't boot and it is md5.

So are you saying you tried to flash MD5 and it would not boot? What were you running before flashing? Did you factory reset?

DocHoliday77 said:
So are you saying you tried to flash MD5 and it would not boot? What were you running before flashing? Did you factory reset?
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I have tried multiple roms and sometimes got error 7 sometimes error 6 and sometimes unable to boot, at which point I would then flash the stock firmware with odin on it and then it would work again, but I want to be able to put a firmware with kitkat on it.

Youd probably be best off updating to 4.3 firmware if you haven't already. If you're out of warranty there is little reason not to update imo.
Then use twrp 2.7.0.0 for your recovery. Some have had recent problems flashing with cwm.
If you still have issues, let us know exactly what steps you followed and exactly what you were trying to flash.
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It came with 4.3, that's not the issue, I have tried both twrp and cwm to flash a cyanogenmod kitkat rom and I get the status error 7 at first, if I do what is said to get rid of that and delete the lines at the start then it gets a status error 6. At which point it no longer boots then I need to flash it back to the stock firmware.

Did you try the latest version of either Recoveries ? If its not the latest version you'd get error.
With the 4.3 firmware, you do not have to remove any Assert Lines from the updater Script. Just in case go back to the last stable release of CM 11.

27a
Just updated to a newer cwm to no avail, still getting status 7 error.

What CWM Version is that ?

6.0.4.5

Please post the Recovery Log. Its present in /cache/recovery

62453634 08
I don't see a cache folder

deadly8123 said:
I don't see a cache folder
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You need a Root Explorer with Root access. Remount System as R/W in your Root Explorer.

Finally was able to do it I flashed a d2lte rom instead of a d2tmo rom.