My phone wont download apps from the marketplace or my sdcard anymore. It keeps saying the "package file invalid" and with apps from my sdcard it just says not installed. What gives? After a soft reset I was able to download one thing but after than nothing would install
amallama said:
My phone wont download apps from the marketplace or my sdcard anymore. It keeps saying the "package file invalid" and with apps from my sdcard it just says not installed. What gives? After a soft reset I was able to download one thing but after than nothing would install
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Helpful information:
What ROM you're using?
What was the last thing you did before this began happening?
Did you make Nandroid back up, if so -- have you restored?
Have you tried reinstalling the market application?
Have you tried changing to a different ROM and seeing if the problem occurs?
We're here to help, just gotta give us a little more info.
okay
Im using the Fresh Rom,
the last thing I did was install an app of my SdCard.
I didnt do a restore, only because I haven't done a backup in about a week, and I didnt want to lose all the stuff I've done since then.
I dont really know how to reinstall the market app, but does that also control installs from the sdcard?
and ive been using this rom for about 3 weeks with no problems so I dont know if that was the problem
amallama said:
okay
Im using the Fresh Rom,
the last thing I did was install an app of my SdCard.
I didnt do a restore, only because I haven't done a backup in about a week, and I didnt want to lose all the stuff I've done since then.
I dont really know how to reinstall the market app, but does that also control installs from the sdcard?
and ive been using this rom for about 3 weeks with no problems so I dont know if that was the problem
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Hmm...interesting.
The first thing you should do is make a back up. Save all the stuff you have. Then, while still in recovery, I would restore your OLD back up and see if anything changes.
I've created an update.zip file that will automatically delete your Market application (Vending.apk) and then reinstall it. This might or might not fix your problem. Download the file below and copy it to your SD Card, then flash it through recovery.
Tell me what happens.
EDIT:: File was removed due to bad update-script, please see post below.
thanks for the post. I would flash this but when I tried it said that the directory didnt exist. I think it has to do with the permissions or something and I haven't the slightest clue how to do it... grrrr!!!
amallama said:
thanks for the post. I would flash this but when I tried it said that the directory didnt exist. I think it has to do with the permissions or something and I haven't the slightest clue how to do it... grrrr!!!
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Directory didn't existed? I've never heard of that error. You have rooted your phone phone and installed a recovery image, correct?
yes my phone is definitely rooted. Irony is I did a restore from a previous backup, but now its doing the same thing!!
But this is what I get when I try to flash it,
E:cant chown/mod /system/bin
(No such file or directory)
E:Failure at line 10
set_perm_recursive 0 2000 0755 0 755 SYSTEM:bin
amallama said:
yes my phone is definitely rooted. Irony is I did a restore from a previous backup, but now its doing the same thing!!
But this is what I get when I try to flash it,
E:cant chown/mod /system/bin
(No such file or directory)
E:Failure at line 10
set_perm_recursive 0 2000 0755 0 755 SYSTEM:bin
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Well, I'll be honest, I know exactly why you're getting that error... the update script I included in the update.zip file was incorrect. However, I've fixed the problem and uploaded a second version of the update.zip. Please download this file, copy to your sd card and flash. You shouldn't have any problems this time.
Again, this will remove your Market application and then reinstall it. Hope it works, tell me if you have problems. Sorry again.
Thanks! It worked like a charm..Lets hope it stays that way!
amallama said:
Thanks! It worked like a charm..Lets hope it stays that way!
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Well, I'm glad to hear that! Hope things work out. Good luck!
Darn, it worked now Im back to not being able to install stuff again! Im at my wits end with this!
amallama said:
Darn, it worked now Im back to not being able to install stuff again! Im at my wits end with this!
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Wow. Are you using Apps2SD? Also, maybe you should try running a Sprint RUU on your phone, bringing it back to the original factory settings and see if you have problems. If not, try installing a ROM again and see what happens. Otherwise, I'm not sure what's going on here.
Yea I am using App2SD. Im not sure what it is either. It works and then it doesnt sometimes. Its very strange. Reinstalling the Market did work for a little bit, but I don't know. I just keep clearing out the caches and stuff. Maybe that has something to do with it.
Thanks for all your help!
amallama said:
Yea I am using App2SD. Im not sure what it is either. It works and then it doesnt sometimes. Its very strange. Reinstalling the Market did work for a little bit, but I don't know. I just keep clearing out the caches and stuff. Maybe that has something to do with it.
Thanks for all your help!
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Apps2SD = All of your applications will be installed and stored on your SD Card instead of the internal memory on your phone, thus supposedly increasing performance and such. It's best to have a a decent sized card, but also one labeled "Class 6", as it has the fastest transfer rates, so again better performance. I don't think Apps2SD is your problem, but for the hell of it... if you want, you could try disabling it.
**Before trying this, you need to back up your sd card -- meaning, copying all the stuff from the card onto your Desktop or somewhere on the computer before proceeding to the next step.
To do so; go into recovery and choose:
1. Partition sdcard
2. Partition SD
3. Press Home to confirm
4. Set Swap-size to O MB (Use trackball)
5. Set Ext2-size to 0 MB (Use trackball)
6. Fat32-size = Leave that to Remainder
7. Press Home to confirm.
This will FORMAT (erase) everything on your SD card, but not the phone. After its done, you can reboot, mount your SD Card and copy what you saved to the desktop back onto the SD card, like nothing ever changed. However, what did change is that your applications will no longer be saved to the SD card, but rather the internal memory on the phone.
Also, I would reflash the update.zip that I uploaded the other day and see if this Market thing happens again. If it happens again, I'd say you're better off running the Sprint RUU (bringing your phone back to factory settings) and then starting over from scratch, but that's just me.
Okay I will try that!
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Had to Do a Wipe to upgrade from JF ADP1.1 to JF RC33 and had my apps on the SDCARD. Copied the modded files mouint & init back to the phone, and just retraced all the steps to reinstate. Doing that makes my g1 hang at the Splash screen.
Should I format the EXT Partition and start all over again from scratch?
Is there anyway to get the apps back with minimal work or since I wiped does that mean the apps are still on the sdcard but the launch info and icons are gone, not familar with linux and how the phones os works, I would assume its like windows in that if I had programs installed on a drive other then the OS partition and I formated and reinstalled the OS, even those my programs are still untouched, all the registry and launch info is gone from the OS database, so it won't ever run the programs again, without a reinstall.. yes/no?
just some apps were developer apps that were outside the market, and I just don't remember there names to get them again
Dalamak said:
Had to Do a Wipe to upgrade from JF ADP1.1 to JF RC33 and had my apps on the SDCARD. Copied the modded files mouint & init back to the phone, and just retraced all the steps to reinstate. Doing that makes my g1 hang at the Splash screen.
Should I format the EXT Partition and start all over again from scratch?
Is there anyway to get the apps back with minimal work or since I wiped does that mean the apps are still on the sdcard but the launch info and icons are gone, not familar with linux and how the phones os works, I would assume its like windows in that if I had programs installed on a drive other then the OS partition and I formated and reinstalled the OS, even those my programs are still untouched, all the registry and launch info is gone from the OS database, so it won't ever run the programs again, without a reinstall.. yes/no?
just some apps were developer apps that were outside the market, and I just don't remember there names to get them again
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=475381
reflash with my update.zip
I dug through the post last night and must of missed it, anyway I reflashed the r33 and radio update until it halted at the stuck android.
Then I popped up command prompt and ran the android2SD batch files set and it got it back up and running, with some prayer
Dalamak said:
Had to Do a Wipe to upgrade from JF ADP1.1 to JF RC33 and had my apps on the SDCARD. Copied the modded files mouint & init back to the phone, and just retraced all the steps to reinstate. Doing that makes my g1 hang at the Splash screen.
Should I format the EXT Partition and start all over again from scratch?
Is there anyway to get the apps back with minimal work or since I wiped does that mean the apps are still on the sdcard but the launch info and icons are gone, not familar with linux and how the phones os works, I would assume its like windows in that if I had programs installed on a drive other then the OS partition and I formated and reinstalled the OS, even those my programs are still untouched, all the registry and launch info is gone from the OS database, so it won't ever run the programs again, without a reinstall.. yes/no?
just some apps were developer apps that were outside the market, and I just don't remember there names to get them again
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I too had to do a wipe and no matter what I do about the EXT partition, it doesnt want to go away. Even if I use a different SDCARD. It has something to do with phone itself or unless I'm missing something. I tried doing a reinstall of the DREAING.nbh file and reformatted EXT partition and it still says 32mb or so used out of 1GB.
Sistum Id said:
I too had to do a wipe and no matter what I do about the EXT partition, it doesnt want to go away. Even if I use a different SDCARD. It has something to do with phone itself or unless I'm missing something. I tried doing a reinstall of the DREAING.nbh file and reformatted EXT partition and it still says 32mb or so used out of 1GB.
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Whatever I do mine still claims that 31.2Mb is used out of 481.6 Mb. Most likely Superblock info.
joshtheitguy said:
Whatever I do mine still claims that 31.2Mb is used out of 481.6 Mb. Most likely Superblock info.
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Okay soooo what do we do... just continue on with following the instuctions to have apps installed on sdcard?
LucidREM said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=475381
reflash with my update.zip
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Ya know I didn't even realize those were file links in your Signature, show how tired I was last nice, I'll give it a shot.
Thanks!
Dalamak said:
Ya know I didn't even realize those were file links in your Signature, show how tired I was last nice, I'll give it a shot.
Thanks!
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heheh .. i'm inconspicuous .. never liked those blue highlights on links .. i try to keep it all on the signature there for people's easy access
D'oh! After I tried, failed, restored, tried, failed, and remapped, there's an updated build!
That's why they say you can always tell the pioneers - they're the ones with arrows in their backs...
Thanks LR!
LucidREM said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=475381
reflash with my update.zip
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do I have to wipe and reflash with the RC33MOD.zip?
I flashed over JF RC33 and the apps didn't come back, unless I'm misunderstanding what the RC33MOD.ZIP does, which wouldn't be the first time and won't be the last
I've probably gotta reinstall the apps correct?
i downloaded it. installed it with astro. hit reboot. and now the phone wont go past
TMOBILE G1
please help me!!!
oh and im using the newest cyan
trexxcrap2 said:
i downloaded it. installed it with astro. hit reboot. and now the phone wont go past
TMOBILE G1
please help me!!!
oh and im using the newest cyan
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You're not supposed to use any other apps2sd with cyanogenmod, it says that plainly in the instructions.
I think the easiest thing is to wipe and reflash.
AdamPI said:
You're not supposed to use any other apps2sd with cyanogenmod, it says that plainly in the instructions.
I think the easiest thing is to wipe and reflash.
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i went to the menu that says restore to factory / wipe and its still not booting. what exactly do i need to do / download. thanks. (sorry for bein dumb)
You need to wipe your ext partition now. Search this forum for the instructions. Then you need to go back to the CyanogenMod thread and memorize all the warnings he has posted.
You better start reading carefully before you brick your phone. There are multiple warnings saying DO NOT USE ANY OTHER APPS2SD METHOD. Just about all roms now are auto when it comes to apps2sd.
i wiped the phone and took out the sd and it still doesnt boot. do i need to root agian? ughhhh
trexxcrap2 said:
i wiped the phone and took out the sd and it still doesnt boot. do i need to root agian? ughhhh
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Just reflash your rom.
supremeteam256 said:
Just reflash your rom.
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i searched for "wipe ext partition" and cant find anything. can you point me in the right direction?
and thank you guys so much
go into parted from the recovery console.
use "print" to show your partitions, write down the start and stop locations
use "rm 2" replacing my 2 with your ext partition number but most likely it's 2 anyways
then remake the partition using the start and stop locations from the "print" results.
type "quit" or "exit" (i forget which one.
now type "upgrade_fs"
now type reboot recovery and reflash the rom
mmmmmmmmm yummy, a big ol' bowel of booty loops, the prize in the box is an android
thanks guys! with your help she is up and running
but one more question. since i have the new cyan build and you guys say apps2sd is built in how do i activate it? i have an icon at the top saying memory is low.
last question i promise thank you!!!!
trexxcrap2 said:
thanks guys! with your help she is up and running
but one more question. since i have the new cyan build and you guys say apps2sd is built in how do i activate it? i have an icon at the top saying memory is low.
last question i promise thank you!!!!
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All you need in order to get the apps to automatically be moved to the SD card, is to have an existing ext3 partition.
As someone said earlier, use Cyan's recovery (which hopefully you flashed to, right?) and use the Parted application to create an ext2 partition. You will then go back to the normal recovery console and run the script "upgrade_fs", which will upgrade the filesystem from ext2 to ext3.
i have followed the guide for rooting sprint hero to a letter
when it tells me to do back up in recovery mode (step 8) i press home button and i get this error Run nandroid-mobile.sh via adb!
i searched and searched this forum for answer to no avail.
so can you please help me with this?
thanks!
try downloading the Fresh Kitchen and attemp to use it to do a backup. I have run into this a couple times and for some reason however the kitchen gets you into the recovery seems to get things to work properly.
The "with Google" phones have issues rooting straight to 1.5.2. Try 1.2.3., then update.
bossyman15 said:
i have followed the guide for rooting sprint hero to a letter
when it tells me to do back up in recovery mode (step 8) i press home button and i get this error Run nandroid-mobile.sh via adb!
i searched and searched this forum for answer to no avail.
so can you please help me with this?
thanks!
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I ran across this issue recently myself. There was something wrong with my storage card. I manually backed up the storage card, formatted it, then I put the files back. After that, nandroid backup worked like a charm! ...and I have a "with Google" phone. Hope this helps...
Veldetta said:
I ran across this issue recently myself. There was something wrong with my storage card. I manually backed up the storage card, formatted it, then I put the files back. After that, nandroid backup worked like a charm! ...and I have a "with Google" phone. Hope this helps...
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thanks that worked! expect i had to delete most of my stuff off my SD card.
I've had that a few times. I found that plugging my phone to the charger solves it every time.
I got that error once, and it was because I had renamed my Nandroid backup. Just rename it back to the original, and it'll be ok.
Also confirming that this worked, thanks alot.
Just a theory on why this might not work:
How much space do you have left on your SD cards?
Maybe there is not enough room to expand the zip file while it is restoring it.
bossyman15 said:
i have followed the guide for rooting sprint hero to a letter
when it tells me to do back up in recovery mode (step 8) i press home button and i get this error Run nandroid-mobile.sh via adb!
i searched and searched this forum for answer to no avail.
so can you please help me with this?
thanks!
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I only got this error once when my sdcard did not have enough space for the backup. I would put money on that being your problem.
theresthatguy said:
I only got this error once when my sdcard did not have enough space for the backup. I would put money on that being your problem.
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I can confirm that... make a space on your SD card to continue...
I just got this error and freeing up space on the SD card didn't work for me. I formated and everything. Still getting the same error. I am just gonna ruu and start over...
i was getting this error yesterday.fixed it though,the night before i changed the names of the backups...i renamed them back to somewhat the original name n it worked.
Just got this error message. Checked the size of my backups...about 181MB...checked the free space I had...about 101MB. Deleted 3 of the backup files I had to free up space, then it worked. So, for me...it was a space problem.
space problem
I was getting the run nandroid via adb error also... like you said... "not enough space..." that fixed it for me. so simple... thanks
I have the same error message...
My sdcard is empty... i have not a space problem...
I only get the error when my batter is below 40 percent or so and not on the charger. I believe its a safety measure to make sure your phone doesnt die and brick in the process.
I just had this same error, and read through the solutions. None were relevant.
However, I changed my spaces to underscores in my file names and now it works.
Hope this helps someone else. Just make sure everything is in "one word".
I had this issue about an hour ago. I had changed the names of my back ups (So I could remember what the heck they were backing up). I'm fairly certain that changing the name is what caused the issue. I had enough space on my SD card and I even tried plugging it into the charger (as reccommended in previous posts).
Putting underscores instead of spaces fixed this for me. Thank you kingkeld! I'm glad I never ran into this issue sooner, otherwise I would have been screwed (since you only posted this 4 days ago).
all you need to do is plug your phone in and restore
just had that issue and it's a fail safe to ensure no bricking in case your phone dies
Everyone mod is working i geuss except for mines i don't know what am doing wrong.
i tried to mod mine with the dexter mod 1.41 and mines wont work,
1st- i download the file didn't unzip it then i sent it to the SD card and rename it "update.zip".
2nd- i did the factory wipe/reset then i select to wipe all data
3rd- i select update.zip but i notice an message saying( E. can't read from SD card, or something like that). i dont know if that is apart of the mod or what.
4th- when it is finish then i select reboot option and when it is done rebooting i get nothing new. can you help me out are do you know something that i might be doing wrong. i also did do the 1.42 patch aswell didn't work. are is there any other newer way to do it are what. Even if you can write step by step on how to do it properly.
PLEASE HELP ME OUT.
Did your a7 have a sdcard problem before the attempt ?
And even tho it sed it can't read sdcard, did it proceed to install anyway ?
yes it did go ahead with the installation, but it is during the installation process where i saw something about can't read error, i jus got it yesterday then i did the new update from elocity website. then i tried al,ost all of dexter's mod
these are the exat message i got was (E:can't open/usb/update.zip)
(E:Can't mount USB:update.zip)
then underneath that it say (Finding update package)
then it say (Wait for 5 second)
(Installation time out)
(installation aborted)
(Formatting MISC)
these are all the thing it say during installation
Does your a7 read, mount and unmount the sdcard stock?
What is the path to the update.zip?
Sorry for all the questions, I'm just trying to get on the same page
Sent from my Mynized EVo 4G
I'm having just about the same problem. Will be interested to hear any helpful suggestions. At this point, the only thing that is working is to do the factory reset and use the basic version again. I keep getting a message that "update.zip" (although I named it "Update.zip") is a bad file. I also did not get "apply sdcard:update.zip" as a menu option, only "apply:update.zip", which when clicked did read the sd card, then gave the bad file message.
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Lemme clarify first then update. I bought the A7 in February and loaded the most current Dexter mod at that time. It's been running beautifully until this week. Over a period of days, the A7 started acting up until it was no longer usable at all. First, the BlueTooth cut out, then the WiFi, then it just got stuck and was repeatedly lighting up the Elocity logo, but never fully booting up.
Elocity support said to do the Factory reset, which I did and it was back to baseline again. Trying to install the latest version of Dexter is where my problem started. (end of history)
So, now the update for this evening: I tried every version of Dexter's mods and got the "bad" file message each time, even after downloading them again to be sure I wasn't using a corrupted copy. However, my A7 will wipe, then update with Elocity Firmware 2.0134 and read it just fine on the exact same SD card when renamed "Update.zip".
So, now I have a very frustrated boy with autism who can't do his Google Voice search anymore and the Android Marketplace doesn't let me download the apps I already bought for him. We're back to where we were when it arrived out of the box in February, but unable to restore what we had.
I have to think there's a conflict between Dexter's Mods and the new firmware, even after one wipes everything. I even tweeted Dexter (and I don't *do* Twitter!) to see if he could respond for help and am waiting for a response.
Can someone please help? Thanks!!
Sounds like your having issues with the files you download, I have gotten in the habit of not renaming the update file to just that until its on the usb card. Seen to many messages like yours if I saved one update over a prior with the same name. Try download 1.41 and 1.42 leave their names the way they are and save them to folder on your computer. Copy them bother to sd-card leaving names the same still. once both are there rename 1.41 to Update. Remove card from pc put in tablet. Use the recovery system method (press then hold power button method) do wipe, clear cache, the use update option. If this is successful which it should be delete the 1.41 file on card that you renamed to Update, this can be done on tablet or computer. Once that file is gone rename the 1.42 to Update and once again flash from recovery system.
Hope that solves your issue
Make it a habit to not save an update over top of another, though it seems like it would keep you from having to rename but for me it always seemed to corrupt the file.
thanks! I'll give that a try. I notice you said "PC", but I have a Mac ... could that be part of the issue ... downloading to Mac, then moving the file to SD or USB? (could be a stupid question, but if I don't ask, that makes me even more ignorant)
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thanks! I'll give that a try. I notice you said "PC", but I have a Mac ... could that be part of the issue ... downloading to Mac, then moving the file to SD or USB? (could be a stupid question, but if I don't ask, that makes me even more ignorant)
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Do you end up with a folder or a zip file? Safari has a bad habit of extracting zips when it downloads them. Search my posts, there is a long ranting one that covers issues with both PC and Mac.
they're zipped ... I use Firefox 4.0, when the option comes up at download, I always click "save", not "open". Thanks, though.
well, problem solved. I ran Bestial's gapps patch over top of the new eLocity firmware and i have full functionality again. very happy mom here! now to reload all those apps for my boy! =D
Wow, I'm glad you found a solution...I have been following the thread and was getting worried.
I had the same problem after downloading the newest elocity update and then trying dexter's mod. I found out my problem is that I renamed the file "update.zip". If you just rename the file to" update" then it loaded fine. Not totally sure why this worked and maybe it was just my case, but maybe it will help some of you out!
bft305 said:
I had the same problem after downloading the newest elocity update and then trying dexter's mod. I found out my problem is that I renamed the file "update.zip". If you just rename the file to" update" then it loaded fine. Not totally sure why this worked and maybe it was just my case, but maybe it will help some of you out!
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No. Your problem was that you were using a windows machine and your file extensions were hidden (I am psychic, but don't worry, I won't tell anyone your pin number). She is using a Mac, no hidden file extensions.
How do you get to the gapps patch? I'm really having trouble getting any updates on my a7. seems like its not taking anything off the sdcard. i brought a new card and I'm still having the same issue.
sbradby said:
How do you get to the gapps patch? I'm really having trouble getting any updates on my a7. seems like its not taking anything off the sdcard. i brought a new card and I'm still having the same issue.
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bestialbub's patch for google apps (to use the market) can be found at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1019846 with the instructions
It's still working very well for us ... several weeks later.
Good luck!
Hello !
I am feeling really down today after been trying to get my phone working again.
There is a huge problem currently, I am really annoyed that it doesn't work at all.
First thing, my phone won't start after update it just boot loops and never seem to end it.
First thing I noticed /boot, /cache /system and most things are gone, I can load up recovery but nothing more. I have no idea what happened but the whole image folder was wiped and I had to myself put in the CWM recovery.
I can't do an upgrade "again" as it will be stuck @ the unpacking part without starting it at all.
I been trying with 2.3 V2 and with B133(My stock rom I got).
If anyone has a solution that can solve this problem please help out if you could. Also if you are about to tell me get this and that, please most cases I haven't seen any of the Firmware roms in @modaco wiki links work. Means I can't download them, so if you happen to have spare copy please upload it and link it to me. I have been googling and looking through this section twice, nothing really worked out.
Thanks in advance !
If you didn't erase the .cust_backup partition which contain the image folder with all system' s .img files, then maybe it' s damaged. I had some problems with this partition before and when I checked it with windows check disk it repairs it and I had no problems from then. So, try this, and if you still haven' t any file on image folder, you can find the original folder on X5' s forums. Is definately here, but I don't remember where is the link and I don't gonna search it for you. If you cannot find it, you can allways reflash the original rom. If you fix the partition(if this is the problem), I don't think that you'll have problems with update any more.
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If you didn't erase the .cust_backup partition which contain the image folder with all system' s .img files, then maybe it' s damaged. I had some problems with this partition before and when I checked it with windows check disk it repairs it and I had no problems from then. So, try this, and if you still haven' t any file on image folder, you can find the original folder on X5' s forums. Is definately here, but I don't remember where is the link and I don't gonna search it for you. If you cannot find it, you can allways reflash the original rom. If you fix the partition(if this is the problem), I don't think that you'll have problems with update any more.
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Hello, thanks for the reply.
I have no idea about this .cust_backup partition and how I am supposedly to access it via windows. Also the thing you said about fixing partition within Windows, the check disk thing. I am not sure about that part either as I can load CWM and it can read the partitions but they are empty. Also there is nothing in this forums that contains original things, only way for me to fix this if someone have extra copy and can guide me on how and where to place the all needed files. I am pretty sure it's only things that are missing and I can't get a grip out of this.
So to sum up what my problem is.
I did an upgrade from 2.2 to 2.3 with official firmware, it worked out normally but after a reboot my phone became stuck in an endless loop, I can't do anything and it will not I repeat it will not allow me to "re flash" any firmware I tried so far, the 2.3 V2 and B133.
I am begging someone in this forum section, please if you have the knowledge about this problem care to help?
I can't get a refund out the phone warrenty is off and I do not have that much spare money.
Thanks in advance !
If you can get to recovery, wipe cache and data. It should be possible in stock recovery.
The cust partition has all the images for bootloader, recovery etc. You can get to it with the pink screen. Reformatting and then reinserting the images and files could help, but try that when nothing else works.
I can't give you good help via phone, but try wiping data first. Also, try if you can use some other sd card.
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Blefish said:
If you can get to recovery, wipe cache and data. It should be possible in stock recovery.
The cust partition has all the images for bootloader, recovery etc. You can get to it with the pink screen. Reformatting and then reinserting the images and files could help, but try that when nothing else works.
I can't give you good help via phone, but try wiping data first. Also, try if you can use some other sd card.
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The most common things I have already done, but do enlighten me what this "custom" parition is. Because in windows I do not see such partition I see a removable partition which I have now added a folder called image with these containing files.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370960
EDIT ** Also regarding to first person who said about Windows partition manager. The thing is I see a lot of partitions and there is no labeling for them, might be because they are ext2/3 or even something else? In anycase I can't do so much I just find it really odd I have many duplicates and I am guessing that must be errors... Because I am seeing the main recovery partition which has no label too... its at 240 MB where 135MB is used. Lastly there is my internal SD card empty and healthy still I can't reach it within Windows if I do not mount it...And can't now without going into the android OS. I Have loads of free space "partitions I don't understand why they are there".
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Thanks for helping out, it feels not good to have a half dead phone, it's still not solved :'-(
The .cust_backup is the mount point on android for this removable partition with image folder. In windows haven' t this name. I didn't mean to use the windows partition manager, just to use windows explorer, right click on the partition and choose properties, then tools and then check disk. Of course you can use partition manager too, but because as you found there are all no labeled other partitions there and is a bit confused.
As you mentioned, you found the original image folder and you replaced the files. Did you tried to do the update again after that?
Also you can see and the internal sd partiton, but you need linux system. This partition is not fat32, so windows cannot see it.
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The .cust_backup is the mount point on android for this removable partition with image folder. In windows haven' t this name. I didn't mean to use the windows partition manager, just to use windows explorer, right click on the partition and choose properties, then tools and then check disk. Of course you can use partition manager too, but because as you found there are all no labeled other partitions there and is a bit confused.
As you mentioned, you found the original image folder and you replaced the files. Did you tried to do the update again after that?
Also you can see and the internal sd partiton, but you need linux system. This partition is not fat32, so windows cannot see it.
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I have placed all things that I got from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370960
And I can't run the upgrade firmware, it gets stuck at first stage which is to unpack the the update.app thing.
It just stays like that not blinking and frozen.
Did you tried now that you have the original files, to go to recovery mode and wipe data etc?
Also when you try to do the upgrade do you have the device connected with the cable?
I had this problem once and I think that when I disconnected the cable(or maybe wasn' t connected and I connected it, I don't remember well), the proccess bar starts to moving after a while and the upgrade completed successfully.
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Did you tried now that you have the original files, to go to recovery mode and wipe data etc?
Also when you try to do the upgrade do you have the device connected with the cable?
I had this problem once and I think that when I disconnected the cable(or maybe wasn' t connected and I connected it, I don't remember well), the proccess bar starts to moving after a while and the upgrade completed successfully.
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You are not understanding me :-(, I have wiped already millions of times in millions of different ways just to get it work. And no, I don't have the device connrected when I upgrade, it won't work properly then, I have tried to wait for the progress bar to "start" move it won't happen the battery will die, and nothing happened.
I can't go in with normal Recovery mode, can only go in with CWM, the normal recovery mode is really small, I mean only 3mb, while the froyo version is 5mb. Now I am asking if you have the time to upload the image files from 2.3 V2, the ones in forums are for V1. Which I don't know might conflict.
Thanks again for trying to help me out, this is really frustrating to get it to work.
**EDIT**
I worked it out !
I think I understood what you meant, I did as you told I started first with pluggin in the charger forced it to upgrade and now it's upgrading, thank you so much dancer_69. I was going to go tomorrow to buy a new 2nd hand smartphone. But now I can save my money for other things !
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I seem to have downgraded to B133, I will try now with B158 2.3 V2 again and hopefully it will work now.
Yes, wasn't clear because I don' t remember what I've done and solve it. But I think that I did it like you discribed too.
Anyway I'm glad that was helpful(kind of)..
And don' t give up so soon with smartphone' s bricks, I've faced brick kind of problems many times and if the device it' s not completely dead, there is something you can do. Maybe need more search or many tries(sometimes the same things) but at the end(and of course If there isn't a hardware problem) device can unbrick.