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Hi 2 all!
Before somebody claims - I read and searched the threads but I was not able to flash a new rom.
My envoirment:
Win 7 X86
HTC Desire (rooted)
8 GB Memory Card (I copied the new rom in the root directory and named it update.zip)
I tried rom manager (the non-paid version):
I don't know which menu (after my device rebooted) should I take?
applying sdcard update.zip?? (I selected this, bus no new rom..)
I also tried the fake flash method:
Error Message: signature verification failed.
Now, please can anyone tell me how to flash to a new rom?
br,
Chris
Edit: Solved: The zip file was corrupt
Is your handset branded? What rom are you trying to flash. Have you rooted your device? Because it needs to be rooted to flash 99% of the roms available here.
..no, its not branded; its also rooted.
So what rom are you trying to flash? You should be able to flash one if your handset is rooted.
If you use fake flash don't rename it but put it on your sd card root. Then in the menu go to flash zip from sd then choose the rom. Just before you flash make sure to select wipe data, cache etc.
why did u rename the rom?...once in the custom recovery it should not matter what the rom is called...from the menu u just select flash zip from SD then select the rom from the list
Dwayne01 said:
why did u rename the rom?...once in the custom recovery it should not matter what the rom is called...from the menu u just select flash zip from SD then select the rom from the list
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...somewhere I read to rename the rom the update.zip.
Now I am following this link: http://theunlockr.com/2010/06/07/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-the-htc-desire/
I am trying the rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705606
Will whipe date/whipe cache clear my memory card?
Will any other action clear my memory card?
br,
Chris
Ok so that rom should be fine. Do not rename it.
Wiping cache/data etc will only wipe data form the handset. All your memory card will be still intact. Only repartitioning the card will wipe it so back up any data first if you ever plan on doing that.
If the error is signature verification failed, re-sign the ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682972
Alright so I have looked quite hard on this forum for an answer, which I found no trace of, but anyways, I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus running CyanogenMod 10, and I have been trying to get Gapps so that way I can run it like a regular Android device, but after I transferred the proper Gapps .zip to my SDcard, boot into custom recovery, and then go to install .zip from SDcard, the .zip doesn't show up, I've tried moving it to different places, (SDcard root, and downloads folder) but it still doesn't show up. But here's the thing, I can still see the CM .zip in the root of my sdcard, so it must only be this one .zip. Please help me, I would "thank" you and be very grateful.
maybe you should upgrade your clockworkmod recovery.
Hi,
I am trying to flash ROM from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2016575 which is N7105XXDMC3 ULTIMATE v1.1C....
i did wiped cache/dalvik and system wipe and then went in install and pointed the zip file and says cannot open zip file…
I have I317M canadian rogers device which is already rooted.
PLEASE HELP!
no matter what zip file i transfer to ext sd card, it says
E: unable to open zip file.
Error flashiing zip /external_sdcard/N7105XXDMC3
FAILED.
its is fixed now i have changed the micro sd card...now I have another issue there is a information screen appears on the main page that doesn't go awayand stays there it has information like
PDA
Phone
CSC
HW
etc...
it is so annoying please let me know how to remove it, i have checked pretty much all settings...
I'm running twrp 2.7.1 and have quite a few problems but I'll just start out with the backup and restore options.
The tutorials I've reviewed instructs to simple backup your stock rom and to reinstall, choose the file and restore.
Why isn't the wipe and factory restore procedure performed?
I followed the instructions and attempted to restore the latest backup but when I hit reboot I get the no OS installed warning, this is without any wipe. I doubled check the checksum of this backup for accuracy.
If I choose the earliest file from the restore list, I get no OS warning and am able to reboot back to the "older" flash of the stock rom. I actually performed the same procedure after a failed install of a custom rom with wipe. Got the OS warning after loading the latest backup but no warning with the oldest.
This only scratches my problem but I'd like to address and hopefully fix this first.
Thanks for any suggestions.
If the nandroid was made with a different version of twrp, maybe try reflashing that version and try again.
Alternatively, you could just flash whatever rom is backed up, then try to only restore the data portion.
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Just tried your suggestion choosing latest backup and restoring data only. Now after the splash screen it wants to setup language, email etc. again.
What I meant was flash whatever rom it was that you were trying to restore. If its the sane rom in another backup that's fine though. Did the data restore pass the md5 check?
You can try again, but afterwards go to twrps advanced menu and copy log to SD. It may provide some clue as to what's wrong. Attach it here if you want me to take a look.
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Well I'm starting to think twrp is corrupt.
I tried to load the ndroid backup I made yesterday but the log showed it was done in 8 seconds. I attempted to flash back to the original image I made 2 months ago which I have been successful doing..I thought everything was flashing when I noticed the screen is now says...
Could not do normal boot.
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SGH-1747
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD:Yes (3 counts)
CURRENT BINARY: Custom STATUS: Custom
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: Enable
Downloading....
Do not turn off target!!!
It's been stuck on this screen for a while.
Sounds like something got corrupted, or you need to try with a different recovery. Either way its in download mode for flashing with Odin.
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Have you tried using Philz Touch? I was using TWRP but ran into problems flashing ROMs. I switch to Philz and the problems went away.
Unfortunately, Philz can't restore TWRP nandroid backups.
Could I please get some advice on what to do next?
Okay, I was able to pull the battery and boot into twrp, restore the old stock rom and safely reboot but this is one of many problems.
I haven't been successful installing any roms. I've downloaded Liquid Smooth, Gummy, Carbon and Slim 4.4.4 versions and encounter the following error message.............E: Unable to open zip file
Error flashing zip / external_sd / custom rom / "file name"
I'm using a 64 gb card but am not sure how it's formatted. I've created files with the roms in the internal card but twrp doesn't see it.
I've read tutorials and researched some of the blogs and I assure you that I'm not doing anything haphazard but the amount of problems I'm having is absurd.
the only thing i can think of (and hopefully someone more knowledgeable will chime in) is if in twrp settings see if 'md5 check ' is checked. if it is then uncheck it and try to flash again. srry thats all i got right now. (or bad idea doc ?)
good luck.
err on the side of kindness
Try flashing from internal SD. Don't know why but its worked for a couple other people so far. If it still doesn't work, please use the copy log to SD option and attach it here.
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Challenged_101 said:
Okay, I was able to pull the battery and boot into twrp, restore the old stock rom and safely reboot but this is one of many problems.
I haven't been successful installing any roms. I've downloaded Liquid Smooth, Gummy, Carbon and Slim 4.4.4 versions and encounter the following error message.............E: Unable to open zip file
Error flashing zip / external_sd / custom rom / "file name"
I'm using a 64 gb card but am not sure how it's formatted. I've created files with the roms in the internal card but twrp doesn't see it.
I've read tutorials and researched some of the blogs and I assure you that I'm not doing anything haphazard but the amount of problems I'm having is absurd.
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I suggest Philz Touch as a substitute for TWRP. I was having problems with TWRP until I switched to Philz.
I noted that I tried to flash from the internal card but twrp could't find the folder I created.
Twrp still didn't see the files after i moved them out of the folder and placed them among the other folders.
Challenged_101 said:
I noted that I tried to flash from the internal card but twrp could't find the folder I created.
Twrp still didn't see the files after i moved them out of the folder and placed them among the other folders.
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Open a file explorer like es file explorer..create a new folder and put the ROM zip in the external SD..I had to do that and I use cwm
I created files with Astro file manager but twrp still doesn't see them on the internal card just the external but won't open the zips.
I'm just not getting much feedback on my problem. Will posting on a different forum help?
If the external sd is formatted as exFat, recovery may not be able to read it correctly. Since its a 64gb card, I bet this is the problem.
Have you gone into the mounts menu and remounted your internal sd and/or /data? Maybe its just not mounted...
You might also want to try twrp 2.6.3.1 or 2.8.0.1. You can get them from the link in my sig.
Or try philz recovery as suggested before.
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Hi,
The story (if you care)
I updated successfully the CM13 Rom (actually just wanted to update CM12, but what ever)
I found myself in a situation where i have CM13 but no gapps. So i changed CWM to TWRP to flash open Gapps aroma.
It worked but i found the system unstable so i decided to flash CM12.1 back and appropriate Gapps back.
But every trial I did there was a conflict with gapps etc etc. It worked, but Rom was always unstable.
During the flashings etc, I noticed that "factory reset" acutally left many files and apps in the phone. I figure "i juste do like on any PC, I completely Wipe the Data, and install clean OS".
So I wen't to TWRP and decided to wipe everything I could except microSD Card (wipe > advanced > checked all boxes : dalvik, system, cache, preload, data, internal storage ). The SD card had latest CM12.1 release and gapps aroma for 5.1, ready to flash
I found myself in a situation where neither TWRP nor CWM would flash a .zip file : and TWRP showing
Code:
E:Mount: Unable to find partition for path '/sdcard'
After multiple TWRP / CWM flash and reflash and trying to press any button suggesting that it would fix something, I managed to remove the
Code:
E:Mount: Unable to find partition for path '/sdcard'
message on TWRP.
Though TWRP would still not flash .ZIP files, so I tried to flash the CyanogenMod recovery .img into the boot partition and from there I was able to install the ROM (.zip)
The actual situation :
So now I have a CM 12.1 running without GAPPS only able to flash .ZIP files. (Cyanogen recovery is gone now because installed the ROM over it).
So I wish there was a post/walkthrough that would explain how to install/reinstall a clean recovery, maybe even a clean ROM, clean kernel (not that I know what it is). This walkthough wouldn't expect you to have a working recovery nor a ROM installed.
rsepierre said:
Hi,
The story (if you care)
I updated successfully the CM13 Rom (actually just wanted to update CM12, but what ever)
I found myself in a situation where I have CM13 but no gapps. So I changed CWM to TWRP to flash open Gapps aroma.
It worked but I found the system unstable so I decided to flash CM12.1 back and appropriate Gapps back.
But every trial I did there was a conflict with gapps etc etc. It worked, but Rom was always unstable.
During the flashings etc, I noticed that "factory reset" actually left many files and apps in the phone. I figure "i just do like on any PC, I completely Wipe the Data, and install clean OS".
So I wen't to TWRP and decided to wipe everything I could except microSD Card (wipe > advanced > checked all boxes : dalvik, system, cache, preload, data, internal storage ). The SD card had latest CM12.1 release and gapps aroma for 5.1, ready to flash
I found myself in a situation where neither TWRP nor CWM would flash a .zip file : and TWRP showing
Code:
E:Mount: Unable to find partition for path '/sdcard'
After multiple TWRP / CWM flashes and reflash and trying to press any button suggesting that it would fix something, I managed to remove the
Code:
E:Mount: Unable to find partition for path '/sdcard'
message on TWRP.
Though TWRP would still not flash .ZIP files, so I tried to flash the CyanogenMod recovery .img into the boot partition and from there I was able to install the ROM (.zip)
The actual situation:
So now I have a CM 12.1 running without GAPPS only able to flash .ZIP files. (Cyanogen recovery is gone now because installed the ROM over it).
So I wish there was a post/walkthrough that would explain how to install/reinstall a clean recovery, maybe even a clean ROM, clean kernel (not that I know what it is). This walkthough wouldn't expect you to have a working recovery nor a ROM installed.
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Hi rsepierre,
I've got a few questions.
First of all, am I correct if I say that you're able to boot Android and use your phone normally (without GApps)?
Secondly, are you still unable to boot into recovery and use it?
If that's the case, I think you should try flashing a new CWM/TWRP recovery through Odin again.
Don't forget to boot into recovery immediately after it's flashed!
You might want to untick the option of rebooting automatically ("Auto reboot" or something similar) in Odin. In that way you can reboot into recovery manually.
If that's all done and you're in recovery, I'd use adb sideload (or an SD card) to flash the Open GApps zip.
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