Hey guys
I've gone through all the steps as instructed, but can't install HD RSL15 successfully. I downloaded the installation file from a mac which then automatically unzips the folder. Zipped it back up with 7zip and threw it on the phone. I went through all the prescribed steps using TWRP 2.6 and AndroidUnite's video on youtube (How To Install TWRP Recovery And Flash Custom ROM) as example. This is the 2nd time Ive downloaded the file and I switched over from CWM based on advice in these threads.
When it comes to installing the ROM the window ends up looking like this:
Checking for MD5 file...
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found.
Error flashing zip...
Updating partition files...
FAILED
Have I done something wrong during the previous steps (flashing, installing recovery) or does it have something to do with the method of zipping the files (tried fastest and store as compression options, doing store makes the file unreadable by the phone during recovery mode)?
I've read there is supposed to be an md5 file in the installation files, but mine didn't have any. Can someone let me know about the contents of the zip file so that I can zip it up as intended or something. Please help
PS. I know this is a copy of another reply i posted, but i cannot delete those and i haven't received any help in the other threads
I'm having a similar issue, only I run the checksum before I flash and the md5 is never the same. Has anyone fixed this?
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KissyLynn said:
I'm having a similar issue, only I run the checksum before I flash and the md5 is never the same. Has anyone fixed this?
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KissyLynn, can u send me a screen shot of ur zip file's contents please
Don't let your Mac unzip the file. There is probably a problem when unzipping or rezipping. Just leave the file the way it is, don't unzip it.
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stelv said:
Don't let your Mac unzip the file. There is probably a problem when unzipping or rezipping. Just leave the file the way it is, don't unzip it.
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No choice in the matter. Can u let me know what the zip contents should look like so i can try and solve the problem
Rhetorical said:
No choice in the matter. Can u let me know what the zip contents should look like so i can try and solve the problem
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Here is a screenshot of the contents, I really don't think it is going to work if you unzip and zip the file. You usually can't just rezip a rom file. The md5 will be different and it will give you an error. Not sure what you are using on your mac to download, but maybe try with chrome. The file should not automatically unzip, and if it does there should be a zip file intact still somewhere on your mac. You need to flash the original zip file.
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Here is a screenshot of the contents, I really don't think it is going to work if you unzip and zip the file. You usually can't just rezip a rom file. The md5 will be different and it will give you an error. Not sure what you are using on your mac to download, but maybe try with chrome. The file should not automatically unzip, and if it does there should be a zip file intact still somewhere on your mac. You need to flash the original zip file.
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Hey Stelv, i did a screen share and am busy copying what i hope is the original zip file (hyperdrive rsl15 universal s3.zip.download), but we'll have to see, files are still being copied over individually so not sure it's right. I don't see an md5 file in that main directory, where is it situated??
Md5 is achieved by opening terminal on your mac and typing Md5 and then a space and then drag and drop your zip file into terminal and hit enter. If it doesn't match the md5 number in the hyperdrive thread its not going to install correctly. There are also md5 checker apps on the market.
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redownloaded and it works like a charm, thanx for the assist
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Recently I started downloading music in zip files to my phone for storage. But when I try to unzip them, I get errors. I tried on 4 did file managers including root manager. Do I need s-off todo this?
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Mount USB and unzip it. Nice and quick. Root explorer does it and most other archiving apps do it. Maybe the archive is corrupt?
I don't think so. Root manager actually lets me open the file and listen to the songs with the inapps player but if I try and extract, I get either a error or a completed msg but I check the file and it's empty
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I use the good old Astro and it always unzips the files for me. Also tried AndroZip, worked, too.
No idea then. A zip file is just an archive for file(s) so you should be able to extract them just fine. Otherwise it is deemed corrupted. I guess you could test the archive and see if there are any errors with it and maybe if there is, that might help you a little more. You can test the archives out using WinRar or maybe some app.
Try Estrong file explorer.
Else download dropbox and transfer the files to your phone after you unzipped them on your computer.
BTW unzipping should not even require a rooted phone.
thx 4 the info all. im going to reflash cyanogen 7. just a question thou. is cyanogen 7 the best of the best as far as roms r concerned?
Maybe there's something wrong with the zip file or the ROM. No need to S-OFF in order to extract archive files
what exactly is md5? Ive noticed alot of the devs are posting the md5 with their roms now. Just wondering what it is. Also I was running calks rom and then flashed miui and cm7 then tried to restore back to calks and i get a md5 mismatch error..how do i correct that? do i just delete them from my sd card and make new nandroid backups? thanks
Redownload it. Md5s basically validate if the file was downloaded without problems
MD5 is an algorythym that will take any data (file) and spit out a (supposedly) unique hash. It is possible for 2 different files to have the same MD5 hash, but it's so rare that it doesn't matter.
So if a dev gives you an MD5 hash for their file, you can download a utility called md5sum and use that to check your downloaded file to see if it matches. If it doesn't then you got a bad download.
With your particular problem, something changed in your backupset to cause the mismatch. Did you delete any files from your backup folder, like the cache image? There should be a file called nandriod.md5 that contains one line for each image file along with it's md5 hash. Check each image file with "md5sum <filename>" and compare it to the nandroid.md5 file. If a file is listed in the nandroid.md5 file, but you don't have that file (ie. a deleted cache file), then just remove that line from the nandroid.md5 (i believe that will work).
I haven't tried it, but i think, if you rename the nandroid.md5 to something else like nandroid.md5.old, then it may just skip checking the md5's. Or you may need a blank nandroid.md5. Things to try if you feel like it.
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Its the roms social security number...
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please, allow me:
http://bit.ly/w33grw
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Haha hohoho LMFAO. THAT IS CLASSIC.
Search. The most unused button ever...
If you noticed, he wasn't JUST asking what md5 was.. he was also having an md5 mismatch issue with a nandroid restore and was asking how to fix it. Would the google search on "md5" tell him that?
Although, this thread SHOULD be in the Q&A section.. shame on you OP
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I have to admit though, the first time i saw LMGTFY, i nearly died laughing.
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hey guys,
i have a little problem, i recently bought a new imac and every time i try to download a new rom, it does not download right. i try to compress it into a zip file, and put onto the root of my sd card. i try to flash it and it doesnt go, anyone else have a mac and have this problem?
Thanks in advance.
Jelly Nugget said:
hey guys,
i have a little problem, i recently bought a new imac and every time i try to download a new rom, it does not download right. i try to compress it into a zip file, and put onto the root of my sd card. i try to flash it and it doesnt go, anyone else have a mac and have this problem?
Thanks in advance.
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Not having a Mac in front of me, IIRC, the Mac automatically unzips the file when you download. In the browser settings you can tell it to do nothing when it finishes downloading a compressed file. Your problem is, once the file is unzipped, I don't think you can zip it again because the MD5 changes and the signature verification fails when you try to flash it.
Assuming you are using the Mac default Safari browser, under preferences > general, uncheck "Open safe files after downloading..."
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Not having a Mac in front of me, IIRC, the Mac automatically unzips the file when you download. In the browser settings you can tell it to do nothing when it finishes downloading a compressed file. Your problem is, once the file is unzipped, I don't think you can zip it again because the MD5 changes and the signature verification fails when you try to flash it.
Assuming you are using the Mac default Safari browser, under preferences > general, uncheck "Open safe files after downloading..."
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that did the trick, thanks alot!
Some of my Nandroid backups have been getting md5 mismatched lately. I just realized that the reason may be because I change their names to something like "Blend ICS" or "Blazer", etc. Anyone know if this is the problem? And is there any way to rename them without causing a mismatch? Someone said to just add some like "blazer" without spaces right before the auto-named CWM folder (so basically the date). This won't cause problems will it?
iniz94 said:
Some of my Nandroid backups have been getting md5 mismatched lately. I just realized that the reason may be because I change their names to something like "Blend ICS" or "Blazer", etc. Anyone know if this is the problem? And is there any way to rename them without causing a mismatch? Someone said to just add some like "blazer" without spaces right before the auto-named CWM folder (so basically the date). This won't cause problems will it?
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As long as you only add to the beginning without changing the rest if the name you should be ok.
Although I might recommend another option. When I need to categorize them I just create a new folder, name the new folder whatever i want and move them into it. If I need to restore a specific nandroid I just move it back into the original CWM backup folder and restore it.
iniz94 said:
Some of my Nandroid backups have been getting md5 mismatched lately. I just realized that the reason may be because I change their names to something like "Blend ICS" or "Blazer", etc. Anyone know if this is the problem? And is there any way to rename them without causing a mismatch? Someone said to just add some like "blazer" without spaces right before the auto-named CWM folder (so basically the date). This won't cause problems will it?
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I've heard as long as you don't have any spaces, it should be fine. Such as "Blend.ICS" or something. I had the same issue long ago, I put the name of a ROM (with spaces) instead of the date then had the same issue. I simply fixed it by replacing the name back to a random date without spaces.
I never rename anything but I have heard you can change the beginning portion and I try to limit the amount of nandroids only three stock, daily driver, and one test build I update my daily every few days and delete the old one
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I always change the name because it only shows the timestamps. I modify the name with rom version and status good or final ....
I check the md5 checksum after the name change and it's always successful. Even I restored with name changed nandroid backup multiple times and never had any problem.
Only the problem with nandroid backup was I made it thru rom manager or rom toolbox. It's causing md5 mismatch on ics rom. So ifyou use rom toolbox or rom manager on ics, you need to extremely careful.
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Yeah I have an ICS ROM and I tend to avoid using apps like ROM Manager and just do it myself in Recovery. But thanks everyone for the responses. I think I'm just gonna create a folder for them like rwilco said or just edit the beginning.
One of the good habit is verifying the md5 checksum using the tool something like afv. I'm always check the md5 checksum against the nandroid backup. This tools is free and very useful...
MD5 Checksum
How do you do the md5 check? Is there a special command you need to type at a command prompt?
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How do you do the md5 check? Is there a special command you need to type at a command prompt?
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There are many ways but I use afv.
For example - (serious of screenshots)
1. You can change the directory name of nandroid backup (it's not related to md5 checksum at all. But don't change the individual file's name inside of the directory. If you do that, then you have to change the md5 checksum file and checksum data also.
2. Open afv and select file
3. move to the directory and long click on nandroid.md5 file
4. select verify nondroid backup
5. check the result.
If you want to check the individual backup's md5 checksum, select the file and do the 'calc md-5 checksum' and compare the result with nandroid.md5 file.
Lots of fun (lof)!
kobridge said:
There are many ways but I use afv.
For example - (serious of screenshots)
1. You can change the directory name of nandroid backup (it's not related to md5 checksum at all. But don't change the individual file's name inside of the directory. If you do that, then you have to change the md5 checksum file and checksum data also.
2. Open afv and select file
3. move to the directory and long click on nandroid.md5 file
4. select verify nondroid backup
5. check the result.
If you want to check the individual backup's md5 checksum, select the file and do the 'calc md-5 checksum' and compare the result with nandroid.md5 file.
Lots of fun (lof)!
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How do you correct the md5? im not sure what i did but every nandroid i make refuses to restore saying that "md5 mismatch"...
Can afv match the md5?
samsmalls said:
How do you correct the md5? im not sure what i did but every nandroid i make refuses to restore saying that "md5 mismatch"...
Can afv match the md5?
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If nandroid backup md5 file mismatch, then calculate individual files md5 checksum and compare with nandroid.md5 data. Modify the checksum data from nandroid.md5 file. It does not automatically match the md5. AFV only provides verification and calculation.
To fix the md5 mismatch automatically, you can use another tool something like 'Root Toobox'. This tool fixs the md5 error but does not show the fixing result. So, this tool is not recommended to fix the md5. There are many other tools in the market, please try to search.
Update - do not use root toolbox. It breaks the md5 file.
samsmalls said:
How do you correct the md5? im not sure what i did but every nandroid i make refuses to restore saying that "md5 mismatch"...
Can afv match the md5?
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If you have a mismatch with md5 - see my signature. You can type the command from terminal on your phone. Then everything is right again.
Oops, forgot I deleted it from my signature. Here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=714114
iniz94 said:
Some of my Nandroid backups have been getting md5 mismatched lately. I just realized that the reason may be because I change their names to something like "Blend ICS" or "Blazer", etc. Anyone know if this is the problem? And is there any way to rename them without causing a mismatch? Someone said to just add some like "blazer" without spaces right before the auto-named CWM folder (so basically the date). This won't cause problems will it?
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If you have this problem, use rom manager or romtoolbox to rename the backups , and itll work
This thread is 4 months old...
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Indeed it is
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krishneelg3 said:
If you have this problem, use rom manager or romtoolbox to rename the backups , and itll work
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So one person says Rom Manager / Rom Toolbox will not work for renaming nandroids, you say it does. Which is it?
I recently had some backups that didn't work because I renamed them completely. I got md5 mismatches. I dont use CWM though. Strictly 4EXT. I dont believe Rom Manger will do much for you if your recovery is not CWM. Still, renaming seems to be problematic but you have to do something to keep them organized/separate. Dates dont mean much a few weeks later.
It doesn't matter what you name the backup. Just don't add spaces instead if where the space is put dots "." And it'll work.
I rooted my phone today and did a CWM backup - I then flashed CM10 and then tried to do a restore but when I try it I get the following error "Couldn't open directory, No files found"
Yet when I browse my files I can see the back up I made in the CWM folder - why won't it restore this?
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance!
jackryan57 said:
I rooted my phone today and did a CWM backup - I then flashed CM10 and then tried to do a restore but when I try it I get the following error "Couldn't open directory, No files found"
Yet when I browse my files I can see the back up I made in the CWM folder - why won't it restore this?
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance!
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Hmm...not sure if it's related, but the only time my CWM backup didn't restore was some MD5 mismatch error. I renamed the backup to "backup.tar" (if you're using *.tar and not /blobs) after I read that worked on a thread, and wala, it worked! Unsure if that's what your issue is, though.
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Hmm...not sure if it's related, but the only time my CWM backup didn't restore was some MD5 mismatch error. I renamed the backup to "backup.tar" (if you're using *.tar and not /blobs) after I read that worked on a thread, and wala, it worked! Unsure if that's what your issue is, though.
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I just tried what you said and it still doesn't work - I did notice that my backup is a file folder not just a file - so I don't think renaming the folder to a .tar will actually do anything to it?
Is there any other way to restore from a back up I have on my phone but that CWM doesn't seem to see??
You could try moving the file with a file manager or make sure permissions are good.
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Push it with Odin? Or just grab the stock rooted file from the stickies and push that with Odin.
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What would I be looking for as far as permissions go?
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I just tried what you said and it still doesn't work - I did notice that my backup is a file folder not just a file - so I don't think renaming the folder to a .tar will actually do anything to it?
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Hmm..it's been a while since CWM--do you have any folder called blobs? If so, then my tip to rename to "backup.tar" won't work. Basically, you're right. If you don't have a *.tar backup, then I got nothing. CWM used to be *.tar only, then defaulted to /blobs, and now is defaulting back to *.tar with the option of /blobs.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2101424
No idea what's going on with this crap. I've lost every backup now for two weeks, the worst of which was my stock backup.
i may have ended up finding a solution to the problem here, if yours is similar enough to mine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2101424