I am having a strange problem when I try to flash a rom. When I boot into recovery and choose file from SD card it is showing a listing of files that do not correspond to what is on the SD card, they are an old listing of files.
If I take out the SD card and go in it correctly shows no files. I have done a complete format of the SD card and put the ROM on and I can see it fine in Windows but when i reboot the old files are listed....Also I can see the correct ROM ok within the phone when using ROM Manager but then it reboots into recovery and then can't find the file!!
It must be some issue with the SD card any idea how i can fix it?
deeeez said:
I am having a strange problem when I try to flash a rom. When I boot into recovery and choose file from SD card it is showing a listing of files that do not correspond to what is on the SD card, they are an old listing of files.
If I take out the SD card and go in it correctly shows no files. I have done a complete format of the SD card and put the ROM on and I can see it fine in Windows but when i reboot the old files are listed....Also I can see the correct ROM ok within the phone when using ROM Manager but then it reboots into recovery and then can't find the file!!
It must be some issue with the SD card any idea how i can fix it?
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Have you rooted you phone eg. with unrevoked 3...?
Yes I have, everything has been working great until now.
I can still use everything in the phone and apps2sd+ is working. Astro file manager lists files on sd card.
but in recovery there are old folders and an old rom that i flashed a while ago.
WTF
i think flash orginal again...maybe from provider´s site (on my o2 site is a original) or from xda devs rom´s thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695667
and start from zero:
unrevoke again....change radio...change rom...
with kind regards...Alex
edit: if you don´t have it...make a ext3 with rom manager
recreated the partitions in linux and everything is ok now...strange
i rooted my phone and everything was fine, i wanted to flash a new rom and i forgot i formatted my sd card before and update.zip is gone, how should i go about getting it back???
Just go to the Dev forum, and in the How To Root thread they'll have the latest update.zip file. Just put it back on the root of your sdcard.
i got it here for you.. and also you can use rom Manager/clockwork to do it as well
hello
i did this guide to my arc s lt18a 2.3.4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18805560#post18805560
in the end of the rooting i get the massage that "All Done..press key to continue"
after the phone reboot himself i didnt notice any superuser (like the phone just do a normal reboot)
i installed root checker and the result was "sry this device does not have proper root access"
what to do?
p.s i did a bootloader hack
second question
if i want to installed the "mooded rom" i can do it without a root?
i try to put the rom into the phone but i just see in the computer the external sd card. i dont find the 1gb internal card
thanks guys and sry for my english.
No custom ROMs without root.
Also most of them require unlocked bootloader.
If you want to root your Arc and it is on GB, the best is to use DoomLorD's rooting script.
If you have unlocked bootloader and don't want to do much, get RootXperia.zip from somewhere and flash it through CWM.
thanks for the comment.
my bootloader is already unlocked.
but i don't understand what to do for rooting.
i tried the "DoomLorD's" but nothing happens.
flash it through CWM
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what that mean?
do you mean to install it from sd card?
how i can enter to the cwm?
how i can put the file into the internal storage in the phone? i just see the external sd card.
thanks!
alendstrong said:
thanks for the comment.
my bootloader is already unlocked.
but i don't understand what to do for rooting.
i tried the "DoomLorD's" but nothing happens.
what that mean?
do you mean to install it from sd card?
how i can enter to the cwm?
how i can put the file into the internal storage in the phone? i just see the external sd card.
thanks!
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If you don't have a custom kernel with CWM, search for a hotbootable Recovery mode. Flash RootXperia.zip once there.
Also there are a lot of Stock and Custom ROMs pre-rooted so you don't have to do anything.
thanks.
Can I install a ROM while it is on external SD card? because my phone doesnt allow me to put any files on the internal memory (actually i can see the internal storage drive in my computer.. just the external sd card).
thanks
Yes, keep the ROM.zip on your SD card. And then flash it using CWM.
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Hello,
I've recently picked up my galaxy note II from my carrier. Nothing wrong with it but some software stuff I didn't like. So I decided to put Android Revolution HD on it. I've had this rom for ages on my HTC One X NO problems at all.
First as allways when comming from stock I preformed a backup.
So After downloading all nesasary files I preformed a SuperWipe with the SuperWipe.rar from the official forum, checked MD5 sum etc.
Now, my entire SDCard is gone... Backup files, rar files system files.
All I got in my hands right now is a phone with hardware but no software/systemfiles.
Is there anyone who can help me fix this problem or is my phone a total brick right now?
Why would it be a brick? Go to your recovery and reflash the rom?
Lol not going to pressurize you vuddy but you should have read that thread superwipe on samsung rom erases internal sd...and you have to have the rom on external sd
Now what you should do: take an sd card.
Put it in some conputer which reads the sd card (or a mobile).
Transfer android revolution hd on that sd card.
And then insert that external sd with AR HD in your Note 2?
Start CWM recovery.
Mount external sd and install rom
Youre good to go
While on the below thread .. I eventually ended up making my TWRP to format my data, system, cache, as well as internal storage!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46522379&postcount=364
Now it is all gone. successfully.
Note, when i formatted the internal storage - it did ask me to restart to update the partition tables. I did that. I warned me that there is no OS. I went ahead and restarted in recovery. I could browse using TWRP->advanced->file manager and see the zips on external sd card.
I had gapps and rom zip files copied on external SD card. When I try to flash those in TWRP, it throws an error - E: unable to open zip file!
Now I can not flash any of those! there is no OS also on the phone! I suspect that the external SD card is corrupt! I have good zip files on my computer (it has no working sd card reader).
Is there any way, i can transfer these zip files from my computer to phone's internal storage from where i can flash them?
please help!
rohit.bhosale said:
While on the below thread .. I eventually ended up making my TWRP to format my data, system, cache, as well as internal storage!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46522379&postcount=364
Now it is all gone. successfully.
Note, when i formatted the internal storage - it did ask me to restart to update the partition tables. I did that. I warned me that there is no OS. I went ahead and restarted in recovery. I could browse using TWRP->advanced->file manager and see the zips on external sd card.
I had gapps and rom zip files copied on external SD card. When I try to flash those in TWRP, it throws an error - E: unable to open zip file!
Now I can not flash any of those! there is no OS also on the phone! I suspect that the external SD card is corrupt! I have good zip files on my computer (it has no working sd card reader).
Is there any way, i can transfer these zip files from my computer to phone's internal storage from where i can flash them?
please help!
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There's no way to effectively access internal SD without having been mounted first.
But there are two ways you can do this.
1. Take the MicroSD Card and insert into the PC via Card Readers.Then copy the zip files there. Properly eject the card from PC then insert it into the phone. Now TWRP will recognize the files and flash them. If it still does not then its a bad download so download again. Also while there, get the MD5 values as well for your zip files. This allows the recovery to validate the files. If you still have errors then roll back TWRP to version 2.5.0.0
2. Put phone in download mode. Use Odin on PC to flash one of the rooted stock roms. After that, proceed to re-download on phone and try again.
P.S. - I typically never let Recovery to format my external card. Then the file system issues start popping up.
EDIT - I noticed from your other post that your PC does not have a working SD Card Slot. In that case, you could put the card in another phone and then copy the files to this sd card and then use that way.
Perseus71 said:
There's no way to effectively access internal SD without having been mounted first.
But there are two ways you can do this.
1. Take the MicroSD Card and insert into the PC via Card Readers.Then copy the zip files there. Properly eject the card from PC then insert it into the phone. Now TWRP will recognize the files and flash them. If it still does not then its a bad download so download again. Also while there, get the MD5 values as well for your zip files. This allows the recovery to validate the files. If you still have errors then roll back TWRP to version 2.5.0.0
2. Put phone in download mode. Use Odin on PC to flash one of the rooted stock roms. After that, proceed to re-download on phone and try again.
P.S. - I typically never let Recovery to format my external card. Then the file system issues start popping up.
EDIT - I noticed from your other post that your PC does not have a working SD Card Slot. In that case, you could put the card in another phone and then copy the files to this sd card and then use that way.
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How do I flash CM or MIUI ROM using odin? I am trying to search the forums but unable to find anything! odin needs a tar file and all these roms come with zip file! What do I do?
You can't unless the dev specifically made an Odin flashable version, which they never do. Flash the stock root66 firmware with odin.
You can't access the internal storage simply because it's not there anymore. When you chose to format data, it completely wiped out the /data partition. Your internal sd is really located at /data/media, but until you can reboot, this won't be recreated.
I doubt the external sd is corrupt or you would've seen issues before your wiping frenzy. But you can use adb while in recovery to connect the phone to your computer. Search for adb sdk install guide, or similar.
Best option now is to try Odin flashing the root66 firmware.
Oh, and you probably know by now, but never format system! This should only be a last resort type thing imo. Never understood why people recommend it for things like prepping for a Rom flash. The Rom will format system during install anyway.
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I used this
http://apcmag.com/how-to-unroot-your-galaxy-s3-and-flash-it-back-to-stock-rom.htm
and got the stock rom back. appeared like that was the only way to get back to running system. Now it's alright.
to my surprise, following problems disappeared.
1. The SD card no more automatically ejects!
2. battery lasts longer!
3. no random reboots at all!
never thought .. i would feel good getting back to stock rom !
Isn't that exactly what we were telling you to do in the first place though? Use odin to flash stock/root66 firmware? I think you just took the long way is all. I also have all that firmware hosted so people could download it much faster than by using sammobile or samsung-updates hotfile downloads.
Either way though, glad you got it running again!
Just posting so others know if they come across this in the future.
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yes guru! you said it.
I tried adb route too ... but for some reason it never detected my device. I tried removing, installing drivers, getting sdk and all. then tried the odin route.
Now will stay with this rom for some days ... before I get back to MIUI ... want to see it working ... for some reason it was continuously making my phone reboot! now that it is a clean slate, i hope this time, it will work!
fingers crossed!
If you want to try adb again for anything in the future, there's a different driver pkg that would probably help there. Adb universal drivers. Theyre in my driver repo with the rest if you ever need them.
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just copy the zip file on your phone storage
ROM zip files corrupted on external SD!
i think just change your sd card
and its work for you
this happen because of croupted sd card
I have same problem when flash the rom through tarp it shown zip file is currupt. Any one help me I tried more method but I failed every time
ashiqpm14 said:
I have same problem when flash the rom through tarp it shown zip file is currupt. Any one help me I tried more method but I failed every time
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I used this
http://apcmag.com/how-to-unroot-your...-stock-rom.htm
and got the stock rom back. appeared like that was the only way to get back to running system.
Did you try this?