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recovery unable to flash zip files

I recently got a Samsung Epic 4G Touch and immediately flashed the system to ICS, using SFHub's stock rooted FF18.
Phone works great with that rom. But I was trying to apply Kobridge's tweak pack and discovered that recovery is not letting me install .zip files.
I reboot into recovery fine, and can choose "apply update from sd card .zip" fine. I can navigate to the file fine. When I select it though, it immediately switches to an android bot lying down, with its hood open and a red triangle above it.
I then have to pull the battery to re-boot the phone. It boots into normal startup fine, but the tweak has not been applied.
I tried several versions, and other zips, and it doesn't seem to want to let me install anything that way.
Ideas? I'd rather not have to put CWM on the phone or a different rom on the phone just yet.

That is because the install update zips are for official sprint/Samsung upgrades. To flash those you need CWM.
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You're going to need CWM or another custom recovery to flash anything on your phone

Now I feel like an idiot. I thought the version I got had a working recovery in it, but you're right - it didn't.
I installed Agat's and it's working fine now.
Thanks for the help!

No problem. Your not an idiot. It's alittle confusing sometimes.
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g_ding84 said:
No problem. Your not an idiot. It's alittle confusing sometimes.
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No problem and I agree. You're not an idiot. It's also better to ask questions than it is to end up with a very expensive paperweight because you tried to figure things out on your own like some of us have done.

ROOTED Verizon GS4 & Safestrap ROM install ERROR
Good day everyone!
I seem to have bumped into a problem im hoping someone on here can possibly help with.
I successfully rooted my Verizon Galaxy S4 on ME7 and got safestrap installed. I followed all the steps correctly then
I downloaded the Hyperdrive ROM but when I get to the install step for the ROM, it gives me a error saying "The zip cannot be flashed " or something of that matter. Anyone know a way to fix this or work around it?
Anyones help is truly appreciated.

eQwizzy said:
Good day everyone!
I seem to have bumped into a problem im hoping someone on here can possibly help with.
I successfully rooted my Verizon Galaxy S4 on ME7 and got safestrap installed. I followed all the steps correctly then
I downloaded the Hyperdrive ROM but when I get to the install step for the ROM, it gives me a error saying "The zip cannot be flashed " or something of that matter. Anyone know a way to fix this or work around it?
Anyones help is truly appreciated.
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This is the E4GT forum. You need to head over to the S4 forum, specifically the OP for Hyperdrive.
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eQwizzy said:
Good day everyone!
I seem to have bumped into a problem im hoping someone on here can possibly help with.
I successfully rooted my Verizon Galaxy S4 on ME7 and got safestrap installed. I followed all the steps correctly then
I downloaded the Hyperdrive ROM but when I get to the install step for the ROM, it gives me a error saying "The zip cannot be flashed " or something of that matter. Anyone know a way to fix this or work around it?
Anyones help is truly appreciated.
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Even though you're in the wrong forum... It sounds like a bad download, try redownloading the ROM.
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Samsung epic 4g touch flashing roms

Hi! So I have a rooted Samsung epic 4g touch, and I read the instructions on how to install cysnnogen mod. It's just that I am new to rooting and I don't understand what I should do. If I install a custom ROM how do I boot back into stock. (BTW I have jellybean that I flashed from Samsung myself) rooted 4.1
I rooted following these instructions.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnk617FffXY&desktop_uri=/watch?v=Rnk617FffXY
Thanks in advance
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JUGGERNAUT15 said:
Hi! So I have a rooted Samsung epic 4g touch, and I read the instructions on how to install cysnnogen mod. It's just that I am new to rooting and I don't understand what I should do. If I install a custom ROM how do I boot back into stock. (BTW I have jellybean that I flashed from Samsung myself) rooted 4.1
I rooted following these instructions.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnk617FffXY&desktop_uri=/watch?v=Rnk617FffXY
Thanks in advance
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You can either flash a TouchWiz ROM or a One Click to get back to stock.
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What do you mean by "one click" please be more specific and I also need help rooting my lenovo a2107. It is a new tablet from last Christmas and I haven't been able to root it. I need some help
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JUGGERNAUT15 said:
What do you mean by "one click" please be more specific and I also need help rooting my lenovo a2107. It is a new tablet from last Christmas and I haven't been able to root it. I need some help
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Re-post you're question in the Q and A section at the top of the page.. and I will be happy to help you get cwm recovery and explain flashing custom roms ( in general )

One click exe's are odin style tools you can use to flash a kernel, rom, recovery, etc, without needing to use the full odin tool. All you need to do, is boot your phone into download mode, connect the phone into your computer, and hit the volume up button. After those steps are complete, you can click "start" in the one click exe. It will flash the file for you, without requiring you to make sure that the proper options are checked in an odin tool.

My epic 4g touch for some reason became finicky today and will only flash certain roms now. It will only except blue kuban el29 gingerbread,blue kuban fl24 ics, viperRom v1 and 2.When I try to flash any other roms like cyanogen 10.1,slim beans and even stock gb27 and gb28 full restore it loads but stays in boot image loop.But it will except stock fl24 no data restore one click just fine and el29 but won't except jelly bean along with other roms. It was working just fine two days ago. What could be the problem I don't like be limited to only certain roms. Thx.
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mr. ya-di-da said:
My epic 4g touch for some reason became finicky today and will only flash certain roms now. It will only except blue kuban el29 gingerbread,blue kuban fl24 ics, viperRom v1 and 2.When I try to flash any other roms like cyanogen 10.1,slim beans and even stock gb27 and gb28 full restore it loads but stays in boot image loop.But it will except stock fl24 no data restore one click just fine and el29 but won't except jelly bean along with other roms. It was working just fine two days ago. What could be the problem I don't like be limited to only certain roms. Thx.
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The issue may be because the different roms you mention use different recoveries. Try this method:
1. Click restore for whatever rom you want to restore
2. Once it restores, don't reboot phone yet
3. Click the advanced tab
4. Choose reboot recovery ( this installs the correct recovery for the rom you want to restore)
5. Restore desired Rom once again after recovery boot ( this time it will allow rom to be restored on proper recovery)
6. Reboot phone
Edit: Also, you will need to reflash correct modem after install. This can be done after you restore rom, prior to rebooting phone

So I tried what u mentioned above,still didn't work. It won't flash any ROM that is jelly bean. Only gingerbread or ICS. I read somewhere that my recovery needs to be updated so I tried that also and still no cigar for flashing jelly bean.

mr. ya-di-da said:
So I tried what u mentioned above,still didn't work. It won't flash any ROM that is jelly bean. Only gingerbread or ICS. I read somewhere that my recovery needs to be updated so I tried that also and still no cigar for flashing jelly bean.
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Do you have insurance? Try to flash the ICS no root one click then try to upgrade via OTA or Kies... If that doesn't work take it in and say you want a new device cuz you can't use JB.

Tried stock no root restore sprint and vm and all it does is boot loop as it does with any jelly bean rom. There's gotta be a way to fix it with out having to get a new phone.

try
u need to wipe cache partition and wipe dalvik cache then run format script flash rom and then modem and then reboot

[Q] Upgrading to Android 4.3 (N7100XXUEML6)

Hi everyone... I tried looking for the answer to my question but didn't find any thread that covered the information for latest firmware (Samsung introduces something new everytime!).
So, I was using Pheonix ROM v17 with the MJ5 Bootloader, and then installed Android Revolution HD 20.1 (I don't know which BL I'm now using)!
I never flashed a stock rom using odin or through some other source below.
Now I want to flash the stock rooted and deodexed firmware. The OP doesn't tell anything specifically about a bootloader. We have to flash the rom through the recovery.
My question is, that if I install that rom via recovery, will my bootloader change? Will there be any recovery issues? Will I be able to re-flash other roms like the ARHD? Please tell me, because I am experiencing some serious issues with the battery and I hope that a clean stock install would fix this...
Any help would be highly appreciated!

Bullay said:
Hi everyone... I tried looking for the answer to my question but didn't find any thread that covered the information for latest firmware (Samsung introduces something new everytime!).
So, I was using Pheonix ROM v17 with the MJ5 Bootloader, and then installed Android Revolution HD 20.1 (I don't know which BL I'm now using)!
I never flashed a stock rom using odin or through some other source below.
Now I want to flash the stock rooted and deodexed firmware. The OP doesn't tell anything specifically about a bootloader. We have to flash the rom through the recovery.
My question is, that if I install that rom via recovery, will my bootloader change? Will there be any recovery issues? Will I be able to re-flash other roms like the ARHD? Please tell me, because I am experiencing some serious issues with the battery and I hope that a clean stock install would fix this...
Any help would be highly appreciated!
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Bootloader won't change irrespective of what which ROM you flash,i am using philz touch recovery ever since i was on 4.1.2 and now i am running 4.4.2 probam version and been on mj5 bootloader ever since i made the jump from 4.1.2

Recovery CAN NOT flash bootloader, so whatever you flash from recovery be assured that your bootloader will stay the same. The only way to flash bootloader is through ODIN or regular KIES/OTA update....

Thank you so much for the reply. I can finally flash in peace!
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@dalanik but what if an official firmware update is released...? For e.g. If I'm prompted to install the NA1 Firmware, will my bootloader still get updated?
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Bullay said:
@dalanik but what if an official firmware update is released...? For e.g. If I'm prompted to install the NA1 Firmware, will my bootloader still get updated?
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If you are on STOCK, then yes, that would be through OTA or via KIES. But as I said - you would have to be STOCK in order to receive update.

So, i just flashed this rom and im getting this error with the supersu...
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Alright so i solved the problem by re rooting with Dr. KETAN'S MultiTool.
Run the zip, and do nothing except root your phone...
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Speakerphone problems..

OK, I have notifications and music playing through external speaker as normal, but when I try to use speakerphone it goes silent. The earpiece works fine in calls, but speakerphone does nothing. I am rooted and this problem persists across all of my backups (carbon 4.2/pac 4.2/Mokee 4.4/stock ics 4.0.4/Slimbean 7 4.2) the only audio mod I have used was Viper4android and Sony Walkman, and after every restored backup no speakerphone, I have also tried flashing new roms (Cm9) just to test and it still persists. I am running FK19 and the prl is 15110 (flashed custom prl). could this be a hardware issue? even tho the other sounds still play through the external speaker?
Thanks

It's been an issue with AOSP-based ROMs for quite awhile. There's no fix.
Try flashing the latest GB27 ROM.
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Bummer, it even occurs when I flash or Odin stock ROMs though. I can't use the gb27 ROMs yet as I haven't been able to successfully convert them to uscc yet. I got an unbranded (no carrier) gb28 but MMS is still an issue.
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htrowpiks said:
Bummer, it even occurs when I flash or Odin stock ROMs though. I can't use the gb27 ROMs yet as I haven't been able to successfully convert them to uscc yet. I got an unbranded (no carrier) gb28 but MMS is still an issue.
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GB27 and GB28 are essentially the same thing... Did you change your mmsc url and apn?
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Yep, used gesture search to open apns and think it was ##data#? That opened the other settings menu, but mms didn't work.
Maybe I missed something somewhere. I have the odin flashable gb28, used the cwm installer bat file, and flashed the agat recovery. after that I got bootlooped, and the factory reset/wipe didn't fix it. Maybe I could use the TWRP recovery instead? I did spend a lot of time trying to get the Touched by an S4 rom to work, but I still got bootloops with that one as well. I used the jb format all x2 zip before install, but I was thinking that maybe I flashed it from the wrong recovery. Im gonna go re-read the op instructions again and maybe take another swing at it. Any suggestions would be welcome, along with hints, tips, clues, and up to and even including "hey dumbass you forgot to ......"
thanx
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Twrp will not work with Touchwiz based ROMs. Odin to gb28, then Odin agats kernel. Avoid any cwm installers.
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Twrp will not work with Touchwiz based ROMs. Odin to gb28, then Odin agats kernel. Avoid any cwm installers.
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Successfully odin'd gb28 and then odin'd agat. also was able to modify ACPverter (uscc zip mod) to change build prop and eri.xml in framework-res, still no luck on getting the apn settings to stick (MNC MCC wont take, dont know the correct values and the old ones wont work), also ##3282# , and ##72786# won't work and I am unable to change the MMSC url.
All that being said it is still running very well and thanks again for the advice on odin'ing everything. if only I could odin tbs4, anyway its a good starting point and stable enough for me to mess around with even though the speakerphone still refuses to work....

ok so I did some reseach and found that the speakerphone issue is from the sprint kernels, around cm10.1 they start to break the Bluetooth and speakerphone, prior builds have success in some cases. time to odin the hell out of it and see if I cant get it back! I have about 4 different tar files for ICS and Gingerbread, and I am gonna give them all a shot
Note: while odining the gingerbread build, after reboot it showed "decrypting meta data" and some other things I couldn't read it fast enough....weird.....
ok stock ics, stock rooted ics, stock gingerbread, stock unbranded JB, stock pit files with ics and gingerbread = no bueno speakerphone/Bluetooth!!!!! anyone got any other suggestions?

Update. I also changed the speaker/antenna that is mounted inside the housing at the bottom of the phone. I replaced it with one from a sprint branded phone and still no luck... S3 arrives next week..
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Rooting

So...I'm no longer under warranty thru Sprint, but still have hardware coverage. So my Sprint store said in not so many words that playing with my software is a go.
So I haven't done a root since my lg2 so I'm way out of the loop. I've been reading thru the forums here but all confusing and not very organized.
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The pic above is what I'm running. What would be a good recommendation for a daily driver and some battery saving.
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pdxguy77 said:
So...I'm no longer under warranty thru Sprint, but still have hardware coverage. So my Sprint store said in not so many words that playing with my software is a go.
So I haven't done a root since my lg2 so I'm way out of the loop. I've been reading thru the forums here but all confusing and not very organized.
The pic above is what I'm running. What would be a good recommendation for a daily driver and some battery saving.
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First off, you need Odin. It's a must, can't do anything without it.
Next you need to download TWRP custom recovery (Team Win Recovery Project) and use Odin to flash it.
From there, go into twrp on your phone and flash superuser to root your phone. OR if you're going for a rom, make a backup, go to wipe, advanced wipe, and select dalvik, system, data, and cache, perform a wipe, then flash the rom you choose. Most roms come prerooted anyway so you won't need to manually flash for root.
Hope this helps.

redxblood85 said:
First off, you need Odin. It's a must, can't do anything without it.
Next you need to download TWRP custom recovery (Team Win Recovery Project) and use Odin to flash it.
From there, go into twrp on your phone and flash superuser to root your phone. OR if you're going for a rom, make a backup, go to wipe, advanced wipe, and select dalvik, system, data, and cache, perform a wipe, then flash the rom you choose. Most roms come prerooted anyway so you won't need to manually flash for root.
Hope this helps.
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Could u please help me to root my phone because i tried to root it using odin after flashing twrp i got my phone freez in boot screen with no thing happens after that i flashed a stock rom to get my phone working again.
Im runing MM 6.0.1 stock rom
Could u please tell me how to root it step by step?

taktoka88 said:
Could u please help me to root my phone because i tried to root it using odin after flashing twrp i got my phone freez in boot screen with no thing happens after that i flashed a stock rom to get my phone working again.
Im runing MM 6.0.1 stock rom
Could u please tell me how to root it step by step?
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Did u ever find a way to root it?
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Not yet bro