Im having the worst time in the world trying to get this froyo for my evo. I have it in the root of the sd card, "O:" and removed known file extensions just to make sure its update.zip and not update.zip.zip.
everything is what it should be according to every post ive looked at. Yet no matter what I do, i still get signature verification failed, installation aborted.
Any ideas?!
I could the same thing last night. But what I had to do was to update to 1.47 then go in and update it another time name the file update and that is it. And it should work.
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This is how it's done.
Follow the step by step directions I copied from androidpolice below. When you get to step 8, you will most likely see the red triangle with exclamation point. Don't worry. Just hold the up volume button and press the power key. This will activate the menu where you will see "apply update.zip". Proceed with step 8. It takes care of the rest.
We’ve provided some simple instructions for installing the update:
1. Download the update file and rename it to update.zip.
Note #1: DO NOT UNZIP THIS FILE
Note #2: Make sure you didn’t rename this to update.zip.zip by accident, if your Windows is configured to not show file extensions.
2. Place in the root of your SD card (connect via USB and mount as a drive, transfer via bluetooth, download directly on the phone – pick your poison).
3. Reboot into recovery mode (hold the Volume Up button while your phone is booting).
4. You will be presented with the boot loader. The Volume Up/Down buttons navigate the menu, and the Power button selects.
Note: you may see the red exclamation (!) point at this stage. Try mashing the up/down/power buttons and wait for 10-15 seconds. The recovery should eventually come up.
5. Select Bootloader.
6. Scroll down to Recovery and select it.
7. The phone will reboot again, this time into recovery.
8. Select “apply update.zip” or “install from .zip” (depending on your recovery image).
9. The installation process will take 15-20 minutes and a few reboots.
10. Enjoy!
i can get to that point just fine, its the install that fails due to signature verification failure, i have followed all the steps to prevent any mishaps, but still cannot get past it.
I think I had the same issue with the file after I renamed it update.zip (it was hidden and already there). I renamed it but did not help.
I would recommend deleting it from the card and downloading a fresh copy of the update. Copy it to the SD card and try again.
This is the source I used and it worked.
herehttp://www.megaupload.com/?d=LCONCXF1
xcodesterox said:
i can get to that point just fine, its the install that fails due to signature verification failure, i have followed all the steps to prevent any mishaps, but still cannot get past it.
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You are probably going to need to download a different file, as a lot of the mirrors here are corrupted. If your file size is 70 something, that is corrupt. The correct file size is 80 something (sorry, I'm on my phone).
Look for a different mirror to download from.
Did everything and nothing, not even the (!) thing, everytime I scroll down to recovery it just takes me back to the main menu (bootloader) and nothing seems to work, am I doing something wrong?
yeah ive only downloaded the 84mb ones, i even had the original from HTC with no results. my evo refuses to evolve lol
-- Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
fsuwade said:
I could the same thing last night. But what I had to do was to update to 1.47 then go in and update it another time name the file update and that is it. And it should work.
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Im Hoping thats what the case is, I'm installing 1.47 now, if this doesnt work then im at a loss
well, no luck. i guess i have to wait till the 3rd
I had to remove all the excess files from my sd card root for it to finally work correctly. I think the only thing i had left on my sd card root were folders and the froyo renamed to update.zip
If you are rooted why not boot into recovery and install update from zip. Note that this option will un-root your phone in the process. There are also post on the forum with the stock Rom for non rooted phones, if you are not rooted. You can try using that file rather than the one you got. This may get u on 2.2 b4 u know it.
http://WWW.rootznculture.com
Kornsaq said:
I had to remove all the excess files from my sd card root for it to finally work correctly. I think the only thing i had left on my sd card root were folders and the froyo renamed to update.zip
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I have many folders and I cleaned up the excess files, still though, no result.
thanks for the tip though, i got really excited to try that,.
jahnile said:
If you are rooted why not boot into recovery and install update from zip. Note that this option will un-root your phone in the process. There are also post on the forum with the stock Rom for non rooted phones, if you are not rooted. You can try using that file rather than the one you got. This may get u on 2.2 b4 u know it.
http://WWW.rootznculture.com
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Im rooted, i tried being rooted, and unrooted. Ive been going at it since it released when i was at the movies.
thanks for the tip
Same problem
Hey xcodesterox.
I had the exact same issue and even download the linked file from ckombo.
I was finally able to get it to work.
What was happening for me was, I would download the file and my Mac is set to unzip a downloaded file from Safari, I would then just zip it myself after this. This was not working so I switched to Firefox, where I do not have it set to autoextract, and therefore I did not have to re-zip. THAT time it worked.
I hope you had the same issue.
Ok so you said right now you are in rooted. You should try removing all zip files that are current on the root of your SD card. U can back it up to your pc. Then use the file/ method found in this post. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740319
http://WWW.rootznculture.com
1:42am day two and im finally enjoying my fozen yogurt.
if anyone cares, i had to use the rooted version of this update, so its still a mystery as to why it wouldnt install. thanks for everything
I had some problems workign so i did this
1.did factory reset(backup date)
2.did the ruu 1.47 update
3.copy zip file to sd (drag and drop in windows, just dont drop into esisting file and dont unzip)
4.name the file update windows will add the .zip checkby right clicking on the file going to preferances then details tab (in win7 anyway)
5.power down phone
6.reboor by holding vol down and power wait for it to read you card
7.might get a cant open cache error, didnt prevent my update
8. using vol keys nav down to recovery, hit power button to select
9.vol down to highlight the update.zip file and powr to select
i was running 1.17 firmware so i had to update from that to 1.32 then 32-47 so check your version and update accourding, is it worth it? my bat life does seem a lil better flash is smother than the flash update i ran in 2.1, and browsign does seem smother, also landscape mode works in both left and right!
Where did you found this rooted version? I have the same problem...
Related
Ok so this is whats been happening. I have an eris im trying to load a custom rom on after I did the 2.1OTA
When I came out to XDA to use the root I was at first confused since it was all going from 1.5 to 2.1. After reading further I read reports that 2.1OTA is rootable just like 1.5 as long as I follow the proper steps.
I: Gaining root
An unlocked hboot will allows us to flash in a modified IMG ROM signed with test keys as supposed to requiring an official ROM from HTC. This will open us to be able to flash a modified recovery.
1. Download this file: PB00IMG.zip (md5: 63eacc5ede3b179f95dc22d8ef585f94)
2. Place PB00IMG.zip onto the root directory of your sdcard.
3. Power down your phone.
4. Hold Volume Down while you Power On. This should bring you to a screen saying "HBOOT" and some other stuff. Wait for it to load the image, and it will say Push Activate. Push the trackball button to continue. The process will take around 5-10 minutes. The first time your phone boots up it will take a lot longer than normal.
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I think this is where things go wrong. When this was attempted it I saw that my bootloader was now reading 1.49 (phone never been rooted before) instead of the one people report you need to root which is 1.47
It loaded up under 2.1 still and I believe its still the 2.1OTA so I head on to next step for recovery img. something seems to have gone wrong with it too (possibly me messing up the sdk) as now when I try to load any recovery images via fastboot "FAILED <remote: not allow>
Now the more trouble part is now that its ready I follow the instructions on how to actually load the rom through the recovery and SD card method. I believe my recovery is not what its supposed to be either as when it loads I see an android next to a caution symbol with a yellow ! and when the recovery screen is brought up I only have 4 options. Ill type abit what I see
"
Android system recovery <2e>
Use volume key to highlight:
click power key to select.
Reboot system now
Apply sdcard:update.zip
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe cache partition
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command"
Now I have tried the instruction of wiping first with a data and cache wipe but it does not give me any options after that on to flash from sdcard
IV: Flashing a custom ROM
1. Download the Rooted 2.1 v0.8T2 zip file.
2. Copy the WHOLE zip file to the root directory of your SD card. (You can enable USB-MS enable from your shiny new recovery to mount your phone as a USB Mass Storage device.)
3. Choose Wipe. Choose data/factory Reset (In the stock ROM, the dalvik is stored in the data and you don't have an EXT partition... yet.)
4. Choose Flash zip from sdcard. Find the eris_0_3.zip file.
5. Wait until it shows as complete and choose reboot system now.
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I have tried putting different ROM's on my sdcard. I attempted to downgrade using the tutorial provided and using the official RUU from PCD's website. (which both didnt work as downgrade would stop at recovery or RUU states wrong bootloader version towards the middle of the load) and I tried even renaming the ROM's to update.zip the message I get everytime is the same with 2 results one for the rom without the update.zip and one with it.
(with update.zip)
-- Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted
(without update.zip)
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted
Also for those wondering I followed the method of installing drivers and using debugging mode ....all drivers seem to be working fine.
Also just for further info when I run the RUU to try and downgrade my bootloader goes back to showing 1.47 but the radio is still 2.40 if this gives and help
If some could first tell me where I went wrong and then where to go from here I will be most appreciative and im even willing on putting out a reward if someone can do this for me quickly (I am poor some it wont be a big reward but it will be something)
Thanks for any help.
This means you are on the leaked version now and there is nothing that can be done as of right now.
K well thanks for the short and sweet answer. Can anyone tell me how I went from stock 2.1OTA to getting the leaked verision? was it step number one that did it? something didnt load correctly after that?
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K well thanks for the short and sweet answer. Can anyone tell me how I went from stock 2.1OTA to getting the leaked verision? was it step number one that did it? something didnt load correctly after that?
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So you saying you had 1.5, then got the OTA update from Verizon?
If that is true, are you sure you downloaded the correct root image? Cuz if I remember correctly, the non root one is named the samething. But I could be wrong as I never tried leak.
sounds like you got a bad pb001.img file.
ca2l3vin, it sounds like you may have downloaded and flashed the wrong PB00IMG.zip file. Where did you get it from?
nevermind addressed my issue
As far as I understood I got it from the tutorial was the first place I got it. After I started to have issues I downloaded it from another site thinking I could just update with correct one. Same name same file size and unfortunately same results.
also I did forget to put in my build number like the above post so ill drop that in now.
Firmware Version
2.1
Baseband Version
2.40.00.01.22
Kernel Version
2.6.29-5898f66b
[email protected] #1
Build Number
2.19.605.1 CL123435 test-keys
Software Number
2.19.605.1
Browser version
webKit 3.1
PRI Version
2.11_002
PRL Version
51866 (I know this is just area based)
ERI Version
5
ca2l3vin said:
As far as I understood I got it from the tutorial was the first place I got it. After I started to have issues I downloaded it from another site thinking I could just update with correct one. Same name same file size and unfortunately same results.
also I did forget to put in my build number like the above post so ill drop that in now.
Firmware Version
2.1
Baseband Version
2.40.00.01.22
Kernel Version
2.6.29-5898f66b
[email protected] #1
Build Number
2.19.605.1 CL123435 test-keys
Software Number
2.19.605.1
Browser version
webKit 3.1
PRI Version
2.11_002
PRL Version
51866 (I know this is just area based)
ERI Version
5
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I hate linking back to another forum, but I used this guide and it worked flawlessly for me.
http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/53963-guide-stock-1-5-latest-root-2-1-a.html
Did not check your link to see if its teh same but I can vouch that this one is 100% working.
af man...seriously!
out of curiously i reboot my phone via power + volume up and saw my hboot version 1.49.... it's werid because I had my phone rooted long ago when I was running on 1.50. Anyway, I'm still able to boot into Amon_RA's recovery and using Tainted Vanilla ROM as of now. I'm thinking it might be because of *228 actually reprogrammed SPL somehow, because i saw glimpse of message during programming phase, it said "SPL unlocked" and "OTA update completed"
HAAZAAAA!!!! Thanks to droidkevlar
So what happened was the wording on the original tutorial confused me quite abit. basically on the recovery step I skipped over it completely due to the fact that it was worded as an optional step for just creating your own recovery point. Once I read the guide linked by droidkevlar I see that THAT is the actually Amon's Recovery image needed to load the custom ROMS in the first place.
ITS A NEEDED STEP not really an optional one (unless your a dev I guess)
I just did my first flash to the EvilEris Rom and now will be trying others out.
I think the tut should be possibly re-worded as I have seen others that seem to be in the same boat I was in. or atleast put in that all steps are needed.
Anyways all the steps and files are the same on both so just follow them both out all the way and it works with 2.1OTA
ca2l3vin said:
HAAZAAAA!!!! Thanks to droidkevlar
So what happened was the wording on the original tutorial confused me quite abit. basically on the recovery step I skipped over it completely due to the fact that it was worded as an optional step for just creating your own recovery point. Once I read the guide linked by droidkevlar I see that THAT is the actually Amon's Recovery image needed to load the custom ROMS in the first place.
ITS A NEEDED STEP not really an optional one (unless your a dev I guess)
I just did my first flash to the EvilEris Rom and now will be trying others out.
I think the tut should be possibly re-worded as I have seen others that seem to be in the same boat I was in. or atleast put in that all steps are needed.
Anyways all the steps and files are the same on both so just follow them both out all the way and it works with 2.1OTA
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Glad I could help. Aloysius is also a very good one to check out. Heard there are issues with v12 but v11 maps is solid!
Ladies and gentlemen, if you are getting impatient on waiting to get your scoop of FroYo...this is NOT the RUU, so it will not wipe any memory off your phone...PLEASE READ EVERYTHING CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU BEGIN!
Quick Note: While one of the great things about the update.zip is that you are not required to clear your memory...i have found from personal experience that your phone will run much smoother by doing a factory reset(much like it would by wiping your hard drive on the computer). This has nothing to do with the update.zip....people who recieved the OTA from Verizon have also reported lots of bugs with updating.
First off, ensure that you have the Stock 2.1 ROM with first OTA, it WILL NOT work otherwise.
software/Build version will read as the following: 1.22.605.2...if it is 1.22.605.0, the update wont work...please go here to update it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7933281#post7933281
Directions:
-Drop the update.zip provided at the bottom of the page on to the Root of your SD card.(Just to clarify the "root" of your sd card means you just drag and drop the file to your SD card. DO NOT put it in any folders!)
- Turn your phone off.
- Press and hold the Volume Down and Power at the same time to boot into HBOOT.
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When the white HBOOT screen appears, use the volume button to move down to “RECOVERY.”
- Press the Power button to select “RECOVERY.”
- When the triangle and exclamation appears, hold the Volume Up and Power button at the same time.
- Using the volume button, scroll down to “apply sdcard:update.zip” and select it.
-Your phone should update now, but it will take some time
enjoy your FroYo everyone ...and a very special thanks to teslatech at Android Central for pulling the .zip from his phone
Update.zip here....http://www.4shared.com/file/aI_WeWN7/update.html
Or here...http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6MC4BIEG
All issues should be resolved at this point...PLEASE REPORT IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ISSUES!
EDIT:>>>>>>>>Youur Baseband should read as followed to perform this update....1.00.03.04.06...if it doesnt please follow this link to downgrade your phone to stock Android 2.1 http://androidforums.com/incredible-all-things-root/99828-video-howto-unroot-incredible-downgrading.html <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Follow this link for rooting directions AFTER you install the update.zip ...http://www.droid-life.com/2010/09/07/unrevoked-3-2-drops-1-click-root-for-2-2-on-droid-incredible/
Better link:
http://android.clients.google.com/p...on_WWE_3.21.605.1_1.22.605.2_release_sign.zip
Berzerker7 said:
Better link:
http://android.clients.google.com/p...on_WWE_3.21.605.1_1.22.605.2_release_sign.zip
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thankyou, i wasnt sure how to make a link for it...but either way...i want everyone to thank him, lol...i was just complaining to someone else right before him about not putting the update up. So he is our savior
The assumption is that you download, rename as update.zip, place in your sdcard root and then go to recovery?
krelvinaz said:
The assumption is that you download, rename as update.zip, place in your sdcard root and then go to recovery?
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Im not completely sure yet...we are trying to figure that out over at android central...dont worry, i will have everything sorted out shortly
Yes, that's all that's required, rename to update.zip, apply this.
Make sure you're software version is 1.22.605.2 before you apply this update. If you installed the OTA from a couple months ago, you should be fine.
If anyone still doubted the RUU was not the same as the OTA, it is. I've compared all the files which aren't patch files and they are identical matches.
rmk40 said:
If anyone still doubted the RUU was not the same as the OTA, it is. I've compared all the files which aren't patch files and they are identical matches.
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I never said it wasnt, did i?...some of us dont want to use the RUU, cuz it wipes the memory off the phone...the update.zip doesnt..and we have been scrambling for days to get it
Copied to update.zip on the sdcard, went to recovery.... just sits there with black device and red triangle !
Been about 5 mins, nothing further, no indication it saw anything.
schwartzman93 said:
I never said it wasnt, did i?...some of us dont want to use the RUU, cuz it wipes the memory off the phone...the update.zip doesnt..and we have been scrambling for days to get it
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If it sounded like I was downing getting the update.zip, sorry about that. That was not my intention. Thanks for getting it to us.
I was just pointing out for the folks who still thought it was different that I've done an MD5 comparison and they're identical.
krelvinaz said:
Copied to update.zip on the sdcard, went to recovery.... just sits there with black device and red triangle !
Been about 5 mins, nothing further, no indication it saw anything.
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Press volume up + power button, which brings up the recovery menu. Then apply update.zip.
krelvinaz said:
Copied to update.zip on the sdcard, went to recovery.... just sits there with black device and red triangle !
Been about 5 mins, nothing further, no indication it saw anything.
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yea, same here...we are trying to figure it out over at android central...sorry i posted this thread up...i just got so gitty...we will have it figured out asap though
rmk40 said:
Press volume up + power button, which brings up the recovery menu. Then apply update.zip.
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thanks. but the update failed.
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/command
-- Install from sdcard...
verifying update package...
installing update...
Verifying current system...
asser failed: very long string
E: Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(Status 7)
Installation Aborted
krelvinaz said:
thanks. but the update failed.
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/command
-- Install from sdcard...
verifying update package...
installing update...
Verifying current system...
asser failed: very long string
E: Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(Status 7)
Installation Aborted
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we are trying our best...im sorry for prematurely posting this up...as you can see i changed the title in hopes that someone can help
I'm total noobe and probably should hold my tongue but what of you rename to the proper pb...img.z
ip? I forget the numbers for the incredible.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
krelvinaz said:
thanks. but the update failed.
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/command
-- Install from sdcard...
verifying update package...
installing update...
Verifying current system...
asser failed: very long string
E: Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(Status 7)
Installation Aborted
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The assert error indicates there is something on the phone configuration it doesn't like. It is not because the download file failed. that succeeded and matched the correct checksum's. Confirmed this with Unrevoked on IRC.
Just in case someone else gets this.
looks like I will use the RUU update instead. Will do it from work since I only have Win7 here.
marcmarshall said:
I'm total noobe and probably should hold my tongue but what of you rename to the proper pb...img.z
ip? I forget the numbers for the incredible.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
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i have successfully got it working under update.zip...i will post up a new thread shortly
....but can someone tell me how to delete this one?
Intriguing
Alright so after playing round a bit I've had some interesting luck.
After downloading the file I renamed it to update.zip, placed it within the root of my sd card and proceeded to turn the phone off.
After entering Hboot ( Volume Down + Power ) I launched recovery.
At the recovery screen the phone with a red triangle, I did Volume up + Power to bring up the recovery options and chose Apply update : sd card
It took a few minutes to load, asked me to select reboot from menu. Loaded the 2.2 splash and I now have froyo.
My question is, Couldn't this be done from clockwork as well as there is an SD update from there as well?
Hack.Me said:
Alright so after playing round a bit I've had some interesting luck.
After downloading the file I renamed it to update.zip, placed it within the root of my sd card and proceeded to turn the phone off.
After entering Hboot ( Volume Down + Power ) I launched recovery.
At the recovery screen the phone with a red triangle, I did Volume up + Power to bring up the recovery options and chose Apply update : sd card
It took a few minutes to load, asked me to select reboot from menu. Loaded the 2.2 splash and I now have froyo.
My question is, Couldn't this be done from clockwork as well as there is an SD update from there as well?
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Unfortunately...im the wrong person to ask, lol...im not good when it comes to rooting
Reason I ask is because it could potentially save a lot of time and effort on the peoples part of having to return to stock etc.... assuming they are running the correct version and baseband pre update. But then again, the update could perhaps check to ensure the stock recovery is in place before hand. Had I not just have updated I would try it myself.
Perhaps we could find a guinea pig to try updating via clockwork...
This is my situation...
I recently rooted for my Wildfire using Unrevoked3, have no installed any custom roms whatsoever.
To install the new firmware (Update 1.25.405.1) i followed a guide which involved renaming it to update.zip and used clockmodrecovery to install update.zip from the SD card.
Update was successful however i lost the root (as expected)
I tried to rerun unrevoked 3 to reroot but all it does is reboot my device and it remains unrooted.
On the HBOOT recovery menu i now get a red triangle with an exclamation mark against a black background. i do power + volume up and it says android system recovery and in yellow 'E: Cant open/cache/recovery command'
How can i reroot my phone so i can use apps such as titanium backup once again? (and yes ive tried to install busybox and i get a failed error message)
I have looked around the forums and made lots of searches some of which address this question but i am yet to find a solution which works... Im sorry if this question is redundant as i am new to this sorta thing.
Thanks.
Did you follow this guide?
Update: What I did to succesfully install the update on a rooted phone
- unplug phone from USB, let it download update (it's about 13 Mb in size)
- phone will ask to reboot -> update will fail, you will be dumped in clockworkmod
- As always, do a Nandroid backup before doing anything that might possibly render your phone unusable.
- Select update from zip/sdcard (or similar), navigate to zip in downloads folder
- the update process will start
- reboot (this can be a longer boot than usual, took 10 minutes on my phone)
- phone will notify you that the update has succeeded! If you've upgraded from your stock ROM (like I did), the phone info screen should look similar to that in the attached image.
- (reflash needed for root)
It doesn't say to rename the file though.
I'm going to do this now (im guessing youre on TM too?)
thanks for the info, i'm just about to do the same thing, after trying [ROM][04/10] WildPuzzleROM v8.0.5; until i realised there are still problems, got scared and restroed nandroid backup Couldn't get marketplace to load?
when phone reboots after downloading the update, i guess its supposed to be installed by the recovery program, but i have clockworkmod, I tried apply sdcard:update; get error back with failed to open update.zip and sig veri failed.
Not sure what to do? Will try booting normally, checking sd theres a file called 'OTA_Buzz_TMO_UK_1.25.110.1_R-1.14.110.1_R_release31o90ome6fwgje76.zip' on the sd card under download folder. will try renaming to update.zip and placing in \sdcard root folder
otherwise i'm thinking rom manager to install, but mobilism is down it seems and can't get hold of it
EDIT: Just rename the update put it in the \sdroot. Boot into recovery and install update.zip. works fine, takes ages, very scarey process.
Will try going back to puzzle when i have more time! Lets hope 1.25 don't crash as frequently!
Yes, i did follow all those instructions and it still didnt work. However i have managed to reroot my wildfire haha so problem is resolved. It was a stupid problem, after i rooted the first time, i reinstalled htc sync to sync some stuff but forgot to uninstall. After uninstalling it again i was able to reroot.
Sorry guys... very silly mistake by me.
24 hours with the tab...
I am new to the tab and i am not going to root yet. I want to use it as ASUS intends it to be, for right now.
Anyways, it came 3.0.1, and i when i ask it to update it tells me no new updates are available. Battery is fully charged, wifi signal is great.
Anything else i can do?
PS- I am saving a review until i get the update, but typing this message was at best frustrating.
Cheers!
Im trying to figure this out as well. Im planning on calling Asus today and ask for help I'll share how to do it as soon ask figure it out
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Agnog said:
Anyways, it came 3.0.1, and i when i ask it to update it tells me no new updates are available. Battery is fully charged, wifi signal is great.
Anything else i can do?
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Download the update manually from the Asus website, save it in your TF's internal memory, then try going to the update page and it should detect the file and allow you to install it. If it doesn't come up straightaway try rebooting your TF and try the update page again.
jonitfcfan said:
Download the update manually from the Asus website, save it in your TF's internal memory, then try going to the update page and it should detect the file and allow you to install it. If it doesn't come up straightaway try rebooting your TF and try the update page again.
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Something isn't right because your tablet should update automatically once it gets a connection.
I think you an install the update manually.
1)Download the firmware from Asus, unzip it and put the contents for the ASUS/Updates/ folder on the root directory of the external SD card. Rename it to EP101_SDUPDATE.zip
2) Boot into recovery - hold volume down, press power button. Your TF will turn on and say it's going to blow up in 5 secs. Press volume up within 5 secs. Don't delay because you could wipe your data if you press volume up too late.
3) get some popcorn and watch the magic happen. Afterwards, it will reboot, you'll see a progress bar to indicate that it is flashing. Then it should boot into sweet honeycomb.
4) Delete or rename the EP101_SDUPDATE.zip for something else, or else it will flash every time you go to stock recovery.
Edit: I think the firmware has to match your current build, i.E., US, TW, WW. Check your build info to be sure.
gee one said:
I think you an install the update manually.
1)Download the firmware from Asus, unzip it and put the contents for the ASUS/Updates/ folder on the root directory of the external SD card. Rename it to EP101_SDUPDATE.zip
2) Boot into recovery - hold volume down, press power button. Your TF will turn on and say it's going to blow up in 5 secs. Press volume up within 5 secs. Don't delay because you could wipe your data if you press volume up too late.
3) get some popcorn and watch the magic happen. Afterwards, it will reboot, you'll see a progress bar to indicate that it is flashing. Then it should boot into sweet honeycomb.
4) Delete or rename the EP101_SDUPDATE.zip for something else, or else it will flash every time you go to stock recovery.
Edit: I think the firmware has to match your current build, i.E., US, TW, WW. Check your build info to be sure.
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I am following your instructions and all I am getting is the Android with the exclamation mark symbol when I reboot from recovery.
Agnog said:
I am following your instructions and all I am getting is the Android with the exclamation mark symbol when I reboot from recovery.
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Nevermind, I got it. I was being dumb.
3.1 goodness.
Agnog said:
Nevermind, I got it. I was being dumb.
3.1 goodness.
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What you do to get it to work im having the same issue with the exclamation mark symbol.........
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....ok i took a shot and did EXACTLY (read carefully) what was in the directions... i removed all the folders that were part of the udpate ( ASUS\UPDATE) I put the .zip on the root of the sdmicro... this contradicts what the SOP says to do with the manual update but hey it works ...thanks
EDIT EDIT
This should be added to the STICKIY as a way to update!!
gremmie said:
What you do to get it to work im having the same issue with the exclamation mark symbol.........
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....ok i took a shot and did EXACTLY (read carefully) what was in the directions... i removed all the folders that were part of the udpate ( ASUS\UPDATE) I put the .zip on the root of the sdmicro... this contradicts what the SOP says to do with the manual update but hey it works ...thanks
EDIT EDIT
This should be added to the STICKIY as a way to update!!
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Agreed. I misunderstood the directions at first - my fault for being a noob. I ended up using the full SD slot on my dock, but the math was the same.
HUGE thanks to gee one.
Rooting & Flashing To Stock 2.1
1. Download the files below
2. Copy "ESPRIMG.zip" to the root of your sd card on your phone
3. Extract "Super-Click 2.3.1" & "Mt3s Rooter" to their own folders on your computer
4. Navigate to settings on your phone. Select "Connect to Pc", choose "Charge Only"
5. Navigate to "Applications" then select "Devolpment" and make sure "USB Debugging" is on
6. Run the .exe files within each of the folders (Run .exe as Admin if your using Vista/Win7)
7. In SuperOneClick, select "Shell Root", wait for it to finish rooting
8. In the mt3gs rooter program, click on "Root Me"
You will need to turn on the phones WIFI within 30 seconds so be quick and then wait for it to restart.
9. Once your phone is rebooted it should be in BOOTLOADER Mode. Press volume down to select fastboot (If it doesnt show fastboot then select Bootloader and it will then show the menu with fastboot).
Once fastboot is highlighted, press the power button once.
It will check for ESPRIMG.zip and should show a progress bar in the top right.
After waiting a while it will ask you if you want to update, press volume up.
When it is finished it will ask to reboot, press volume up to do so. (If phone says on Mytouch circle for too long just take out the battery and restart)
If you want to put CM7 on your phone do instructions below.
Installing CM7 with Google Apps
1. Rename "update-cm-7.0.3-Slide-signed.zip" to "update.zip"
3. Copy "Update" & "gapps-gb-20110613-signed" to the root of your phone
4. Turn your phone off. Once off press and hold the volume down and power button at the same time.
5. It will look for the ESPRIMG again, after its done you will see the menu. Highlight "Recovery" and press the power button
6. A Red Triangle screen will show. Press volume up and power, then select "Wipe data/factory reset" then done do the same with "Wipe cache partition
7. After all that you will select "Apply sdcard:update.zip"
8. Select reboot system now
9. Once phone is restarted go into the app drawer and open ROM Manager.
10. Scroll down and select "Download Rom" then select install and then select the option it shows. It should say that Clockwork Mod installed.
11. Now select "Install Rom from SD Card" and select "gapps-gb-20110613-signed" and press OK twice.
It will reboot and show it installing.
Once done it will reboot again and your done. (Btw it will have you sign in and such)
DOWNLOAD THESE FILES:
SuperOneClick 2.3.1-
http://depositfiles.com/files/n0dcxce3t
Mt3s Rooter-
http://depositfiles.com/files/hn8tn6141
or
http://www.mediafire.com/?7yq3wo5yl3odz4k
HTC Espresso Stock Rom (ESPRIMG for 2.1 stock rom)-
http://www.4shared.com/file/OsmF_ZD7/ESPRIMG.html
CM7 Rom for Mytouch 3G Slide-
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/get/update-cm-7.0.3-Slide-signed.zip
Google Apps-
http://cmw.22aaf3.com/gapps/gapps-gb-20110613-signed.zip
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MyTouch 3G Slide Drivers (These Might Help With Failed ADB Connectivity)
http://secure.htc.com/US/support/t-mobile-mytouch-3g-slide/downloads/
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
I pieced this together so I don't take full cred. I know this works because I did it to my phone as I typed it
If this works make sure to post it. Also remember to give thanks. This was not easy to figure out.
problem
what if it says cannot roll back bootloader while espring is updated it says bypassed
It bypasses normally
Why not use ClockWorkMod recovery as update.zip and use that to flash roms and things from there?
Just didn't wanna do it that way
thank you so much for posting this i have been trying to gain root ever since i got my phone which was last year thank you
I cant flash update.zip it keeps saying cant mount sd and when i reboot it says i dont have an sd card i need help im stuck with 2.1 and cant load a rom
not working
Didnt work for me.
superoneclick worked saying i had temporary adb root, then i would run mts rooter and it seems like that when the cmd prompt comes up that it doesnt work.
on the first part it said
"cd: can't cd to /sqlite_stmt_journals"
then after I turn wifi on and the cmd prompt goes again I get:
"./exploid not found" and " secretlol not found"
any help?
one small hiccup
Used these instructions to root a friend's phone last night. There was one deviation we had to deal with:
5. It will look for the ESPRIMG again, after its done you will see the menu. Highlight "Recovery" and press the power button
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While we could see the menu the phone only gave us the choice to run update (YES) or reboot (NO). Recovery was inaccessible. We ran the update (with the bootloader bypassed) then when asked to reboot we chose (NO) and then could select RECOVERY and follow the steps above.
Yes, we did repeat the UPDATE.ZIP process but this time it did not skip Bootloader. Soon CM7 was up and running.
Hope this helps and thanks for the great instructions.
i need some help my says i dont have sd card when it boots up .Also it wont let me apply the update.zip .it says cant mount /dev/block/mmcblk0
cant find /sdcard/update.zip
Ive already reloaded ESPRIMG aboput 15 times im stuck with a useless phone please help
Also my pc wont recognize my phone so i cant use adb or anything
angelo420 said:
I cant flash update.zip it keeps saying cant mount sd and when i reboot it says i dont have an sd card i need help im stuck with 2.1 and cant load a rom
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Some sd cards work better than others. Sandisk with a little 4 work great. Try to reformat it with a pc and I think it needs to be Fat32
jasonftfw said:
Didnt work for me.
superoneclick worked saying i had temporary adb root, then i would run mts rooter and it seems like that when the cmd prompt comes up that it doesnt work.
on the first part it said
"cd: can't cd to /sqlite_stmt_journals"
then after I turn wifi on and the cmd prompt goes again I get:
"./exploid not found" and " secretlol not found"
any help?
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Your pc is not detecting your phone. Try installing HTC Sync from the Mytouch 3Gs support page. Also make sure to run it as an administrator while being logged in on a admin account
I actually rooted mine while placing the phone in SYNC Mode after removing the sync program and pressing back button on phone to have it stop looking for SYNC...Just remove SYNC program from the computer not the drivers for the phone to be recognized.
Your pc is not detecting your phone. Try installing HTC Sync from the Mytouch 3Gs support page. Also make sure to run it as an administrator while being logged in on a admin account
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I downloaded the htc sync software from htc dot com /us/support/t-mobile-mytouch-3g-slide/downloads/ (xda's settings stop me from submitting a link as this is my first post), I then tried to rerun the SuperOneClick and it failed saying "ADB server is incorrect version" or something similar. I copied the ADB.exe from the HTC Sync app directory into the SuperOneClick, and wham bam it worked. Of course the MT3Rooter failed with the same error, so I repeated the copy and I had root.
Thanks for your help everyone, it is very appreciated by this sorta geek.
PS: As a software geek and a 42 year old jerk, it hurts my heart that XDA has to run such nasty anti-spam settings just to keep crap off this forum. Ends up penalizing the users with good intentions. I totally see why it has to be done, and I support the effort, just is sad that it has to be this way.
how do you achieve s-off though? does downgrading, also downgrade your bootloader?
the goldcard app is not working, the site is down to generate keys.
Insanityrains: I have two stupid questions. Is there something I'm missing here? You don't have consecutive numbers for your instructions. Should I follow them in the order you have posted or in the order of the numbers?
Dumb question 2: Where is the download link for the ESPRIMG.zip file?
Thanks for your instructions! I hope it works for me.
UPDATE
I followed the steps to the letter. It worked seamlessly. Thanks insanityrains for putting all this together and the developer who actually figured this out!! However, few things I had to learn by doing it over and over again:
The first part worked awesome! (i.e. rooting and installing 2.1). It will keep saying there were errors and stuff but keep doing what insanityrains says to do.
The second part (installing CM7 with google apps was the hurdle for me): Follow his numbering in post #1 (once again, I'm refering to the second part) to understand what I'm saying below.
Before you begin, you don't need the ESPRIMG file anymore once you have rooted and installed 2.1 (the first part). So delete that file from the root of your SD card. By doing this, you can skip the annoying wait as it tries to reinstall 2.1 on your phone. Now for the two mistakes I did.
1. The first step was a silly mistake, but very much possible for someone to commit. Just rename the file "update" and dont add ".zip" like I did. Everytime I try installing the ROM it kept saying "cannot locate update.zip". I was scratching my head for a few times before I realized the mistake
2. Step #5. It will search for the ESPRIMG file and it is not going to find that. Select "recovery" then
For noobs, dont freak out while doing it. It was scary for me to root the phone. But once I did it fine, it was fun!
so in order to install roms you have to rename them to update zips?
anybody even here anymore?
theres too many outdated rooting guides on here. i already know i cannot achieve s-off now that we accepted the OTA. i already tried to root and it went fine but the clockwork recovery will not work. also when i boot into the 2.1 rom that i downgraded to i see there is no superuser app but it appears i am rooted because most root apps work minus wireless tether. i just want root and to run a semi stock non cm7 type rooted rom. is this possible with s-on or not?
if so can someone point me in the right direction please?
Worked!!!
Thanks insanityrains. Followed the steps and it worked. I would echo comments re: Menu choice for "Recovery" (see updates with fezmonger and ganjagarn).
Again - thanks!
fixxxer2008 said:
anybody even here anymore?
theres too many outdated rooting guides on here. i already know i cannot achieve s-off now that we accepted the OTA. i already tried to root and it went fine but the clockwork recovery will not work. also when i boot into the 2.1 rom that i downgraded to i see there is no superuser app but it appears i am rooted because most root apps work minus wireless tether. i just want root and to run a semi stock non cm7 type rooted rom. is this possible with s-on or not?
if so can someone point me in the right direction please?
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I thought someone on here said that you could use clockwork mod but you probably have to put it in, i can't help since I rooted my phone with the original method that was much easier.
Have you tried installing rom manager and letting it flash clockworkmod recovery?
jacewt said:
I thought someone on here said that you could use clockwork mod but you probably have to put it in, i can't help since I rooted my phone with the original method that was much easier.
Have you tried installing rom manager and letting it flash clockworkmod recovery?
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i was working on it for a client, i gave up. thanks anyways.