So I've been locked out of clockworkmod, with the error that it can't read /cache/update.zip. I've looked in the /cache/ directory, and there's no update.zip in there. Could I just get the update.zip from someone's /cache/ directory who is able to run clockworkmod and put it in my /cache/ folder to fix this?
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Can you get to rom manager? If so.. just install clockwork again. Update.zip is on the sd card..
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pinoiryder said:
Can you get to rom manager? If so.. just install clockwork again. Update.zip is on the sd card..
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I can get into ROM manager, and I've done this more than once. The update.zip you're talking about is in /sdcard/. When I try to get into recovery, the error message is that it can't find the update.zip in /cache/, not /sdcard/.
there is no update.zip in /cache/
there is a /cache/recovery but it is empty.
I'm still guessing that your update.zip is corrupted or something. I would try running rom manager, flash clockwork recovery, then reboot into recovery.
Can you even get to the samsung recovery?
d_bot said:
there is no update.zip in /cache/
there is a /cache/recovery but it is empty.
I'm still guessing that your update.zip is corrupted or something. I would try running rom manager, flash clockwork recovery, then reboot into recovery.
Can you even get to the samsung recovery?
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Okay, let's just forget I said anything. I have no idea why or how, as I haven't done anything with the phone (nearly literally, I've had one phone call and been handling all my texting through Voice), and now it works. Egg on my face.
LOL love when things fix themselves haha
Well, I don't, because then you never find out how to fix it if it happens again. Which it did. I just had to keep hitting "reinstall packages" in the stock recovery, which would just put me back in the stock recovery, until it eventually put me into ClockworkMod recovery. Guess that'll do for now.
For some reason after the J16 update my recovery went back to stock even after I updated via rom manager. Had to do it again after I restarted and now it loads clockwork fine. Backing up with it now.
Did you get any error messages when it took you to stock recovery? Also, when you updated to JI6, did you update to a JI6 ROM that had ClockworkMod included? If you updated to the OTA JI6 you would have lost ClockworkMod, I think.
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ok,, Im new at this root, lagfix you name it, I dont know it.
I have a fascinate and I must have done some stupid thing, that now I cant boot or do a recovery, I have only rooted my phone and was never succsesful at the lagfix,, Please tell me how to reset my phone to fact.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782204
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782204
beat me to it
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782204
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Just barely
ok,, so I go to command pronpt and can't get to cd C:\android-sdk\tools
Are you familiar with adb?
Do you have it all setup?
Are you getting an error?
What happens when you try to get into cwm recovery?
Did you delete the update.zip from the sd card that was placed there during cwm flash?
We need to know those answers before we can guide you in the right direction.
Are you familiar with adb?
Do you have it all setup?
Are you getting an error?
What happens when you try to get into cwm recovery?
Did you delete the update.zip from the sd card that was placed there during cwm flash?
We need to know those answers before we can guide you in the right direction.
I do have the adb and have it set up, the error im getting is (faeled to open sdcard/updated.zip no suck file or directory) (signature verification failed, installation aborted. and on the sdk and adv manager.exe, I cant input data
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Are you familiar with adb?
Do you have it all setup?
Are you getting an error?
What happens when you try to get into cwm recovery?
Did you delete the update.zip from the sd card that was placed there during cwm flash?
We need to know those answers before we can guide you in the right direction.
I do have the adb and have it set up, the error im getting is (faeled to open sdcard/updated.zip no suck file or directory) (signature verification failed, installation aborted. and on the sdk and adv manager.exe, I cant input data
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Ok, so that's because you are in stock recovery and not clockwork mod...use odin to reflash cwm. The error shows that the update.zip is not on the card...and you must leave it there and not touch it at all.
If I was on my PC I would post link. Koush has a index of recoveries and a fascinate.zip. hold you can rename it update. Put it on the root of ur SD, then when u go into recovery 2 e hit apply update.zip and go into clockwork and wipe data/cache
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if you have windows vista or windows 7, find the fascinate.zip recovery and rename it update only. then put it on the root of your sd card, in other word the first screen you come to when you mount your sd, and not in any folder. here ya go, and dont forget what i already suggested you do in recoery 2e
http://koush.tandtgaming.com/recoveries/
Ok,, I really thank you for helping me, but I did what you ask and this is what im getting, in odin I I can not see my device, I renamed the fascinate.zip to update and put it in the sd card root directory. I feel like anything that I try to put in sdcard root dir... recovery 2e fails it...
Im sorry if im not being clear, but I am new at this,
thanks..
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Ok,, I really thank you for helping me, but I did what you ask and this is what im getting, in odin I I can not see my device, I renamed the fascinate.zip to update and put it in the sd card root directory. I feel like anything that I try to put in sdcard root dir... recovery 2e fails it...
Im sorry if im not being clear, but I am new at this,
thanks..
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Can I assume you do have the correct drivers for the phone installed on your pc?
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Been there, done that...
Daswolven said:
Can I assume you do have the correct drivers for the phone installed on your pc?
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Having had to use the odin files twice to recover my phone, I will confirm you *MUST* have the correct Fascinate drivers downloaded/installed for this to work. Go ahead and download all the Odin recovery files and save to a location on your computer (just in case) and I also downloaded the Odin .exe and saved it to pc as well. Pull battery on phone, and reinsert but do not power phone on. Hold Power UP and plug powered-off phone into USB cable, should return a yellow triangle with a droid shoveling. Open Odin, and your device should show as a yellow block in the first slot for devices. Now, click on PDA button, and choose the "System" recovery file FIRST! It'll take a couple of minutes, phone will reset. If this doesn't fix it, begin using Odin to flash the other files one at a time, testing device between. It may take a few tries, but be reassured, this *CAN* and *WILL* fix the phone if used properly.
OK I have a problem. I had a difficult time flashing to DI18, figured out it was the pc not installing all the drives. Got there, went to backed snack 1.6 without a problem. I try anything else and I get the same error no matter what I wipe or anything.. tried DJ29 and DK05 and a few of the custom roms based n those 2 and I end up with can't symlink system/bin/dumpcrash, error at line 6..
I flashed DI18 with odin, fresh, didn't install any apps or sync with google, and same thing when I clockwork.. rom manager won't boot into clockwork, only android.. Is it me? Am I doing something wrong? I read someone flashed DJ29 or a DK05 rom over baked snack and I can't seem to find a solution.
Any help is appreciated.. I can't find any topics or posts that offer help or guidance in what to do with errors..
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I had that same sot of problem. Rooted the epic flashed clockwork and woudnt boot in to the proper recovery. So here is what I did: with any file manager go onto your sd card and delete the update zip from the sd root directory. Then go into rom manager and reflash clockwork. Then manually boot into recovery by holding down volume down, power, and camera button. This should get you into clockwork recovery.
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OK I tried but rom manager wont boot into any recovery now. I still have to boot in manually.. Not a problem, but I tbought booting from RM would be better for installing the .zip. gonna change the battery and try flashing but I am more concerned with how to flash any DJ29 or DK05 rom cuz I haven't been able to no matter what.
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Tried it and same symlink error, should I rename to update.zip?
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I had that same sot of problem. Rooted the epic flashed clockwork and woudnt boot in to the proper recovery. So here is what I did: with any file manager go onto your sd card and delete the update zip from the sd root directory. Then go into rom manager and reflash clockwork. Then manually boot into recovery by holding down volume down, power, and camera button. This should get you into clockwork recovery.
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Exactly. You HAVE to go to Clockwork from the 3 button boot. STOP using Rom manager.
Elazgar said:
Tried it and same symlink error, should I rename to update.zip?
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If you are actually in Clockwork via the 3 button boot (green text) and you can't install a zip, any zip as that is an option to actually choose the zip no mater what the name. THEN you need to re-root the phone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770388
and re-install Clockwork
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782300
Also, this is a general topic that should be in the General forum, not in the development section as you aren't developing anything in this thread.
Ok thanks, wasn't sure where it belonged.. I have installed baked snack 1.6 and I can keep doing it no matter what I do, I don't even need to wipe. But anything else won't install. Root is there, I use apps that need it and the only one that has given me problems is root manager about su and not etting permission even though it has permission, so I will removethe permissions and see what happens.
Thanks a lot for the help, it's highly appreciated.
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Hello all.
the other day i installed [ROM] VIPERrom v1.0.2. The install went great, just as any other ROM install I've done in the past. Today i wanted to try my luck with quantum but ran into a road block.
every time i boot into manual recovery mode to run the update.zip to access clockwork i get a very weird error i cant seem to figure out. Google really hasn't
been much help either.
When i hit update.zip i get:
E:can't mount sdcard/dev/block/vold/179:1 (no such file on directory)
Then another error saying the E:/update.zip is invalid or something along those lines.
I want to say this might have something to do with file structure change in viperrom maybe? Recovery is still 2e and i always boot to manual.... The phone and ROM still functions fine, i just want to try quantum or go back to baked snacks or another 2.1 variant for battery life....
I have reformatted my sd after backing up to my pc... no dice
Is a possible remedy to try and flash back to stock di18? Or could that cause issues...? what about odin?
for anyone else who happens upon this problem, just flash back to a stock release with odin.
Fixed me right up!
Thanks for the tools devs!
While you can go the Odin route, a simpler method would be to go to CWM recovery, factory reset at least 3x, clear cache at least 3x, and instead of selecting "update.zip" choose "install zip from sd card" then navigate to the ROM you want. Since you are changing ROM's all together it is not an update.
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While you can go the Odin route, a simpler method would be to go to CWM recovery, factory reset at least 3x, clear cache at least 3x, and instead of selecting "update.zip" choose "install zip from sd card" then navigate to the ROM you want. Since you are changing ROM's all together it is not an update.
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Thanks... yes, its not an update.zip, its a rom... you need to choose "install zip from sdcard" then "choose zip from sdcard"... glad you got it fixed though
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That didn't work for me last night
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While you can go the Odin route, a simpler method would be to go to CWM recovery, factory reset at least 3x, clear cache at least 3x, and instead of selecting "update.zip" choose "install zip from sd card" then navigate to the ROM you want. Since you are changing ROM's all together it is not an update.
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i had the same exact problem couple days ago.. and fix it the same way as you hahaha.
One thing i dont understand though guys, yall said we can just install from zip where i do not see that option straight up.
All you see is reboot, apply sdcard update.zip, wipe data and wipe cache. How did yall directly go to install from zip? am i missing something?
Thanks!
I think everyone here is talking about the update.zip from the normal recovery.
For me i always have to hit apply update.zip in normal recovery to get to clockwork unless i use rom manager.
Sounds like you guys are talking about the stock recovery, not clockwork. To be clear, clockwork recovery is loaded by powering on the phone while holding the vol. down and camera buttons at the same time. If you are in the right recovery you will see the option you seek!
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thanks all for the replies. i was talking about the stock recovery...
Any time i want into clockwork i do the vol d+camera+power combination.
That take me to manual stock recovery where i load an update.zip to access clockwork....
Stock wouldnt let me load clockwork anymore... Odin fixed it but this raises another question for me....
Do i have clockwork set up correctly? Should the button combo take me straight to clockwork?
Sorry for being a noob guys and thanks for the help!
I'm out and about and can't link it but noobnl posted a redirect fix that let's quickboot and root manager take you straight to clockwork. It bypasses the stock recovery thus no need for the update.zip anymore. I think that's what you need...rom manager is supposed to work with it too I believe.
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Do i have clockwork set up correctly? Should the button combo take me straight to clockwork?
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If you have the current version of cw then the three button boot should take you directly to it. Not sure what the problem is, maybe someone more experienced than me will know.
So i had to Odin back to stock because in whatever rom i used i wouldnt get vibration for text messages. This worked fine and i flashed back to eugenes stock jk2 that was prerooted. Now i need to install new roms again and im having trouble. I have rom manager installed and superuser was already there. I got the rom on the sd card (tried with multiple roms), but when i go to flash the roms it fails because it can't verify the signature. Even when i go to fix permissions and reboot my phone like rommanager tells me to it cant flash a new rom. On the other roms i had i would just go to advanced options in recovery and disable verification checks but with the stock recovery i cant do this. So my main question is why isnt this option in cwm recovery and how can i get it there so i can start getting roms again. Thanks for anyone who takes the time to read this...
Make sure that you have CWM recovery flashed onto your phone using odin. Also make sure that whatever rom you install is on agreement with your software version.
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yea maybe i need to try one of eugenes roms because its his froyo version? i have cwm because i installed it through rom manager (well at least i think i have it)
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So i had to Odin back to stock because in whatever rom i used i wouldnt get vibration for text messages. This worked fine and i flashed back to eugenes stock jk2 that was prerooted. Now i need to install new roms again and im having trouble. I have rom manager installed and superuser was already there. I got the rom on the sd card (tried with multiple roms), but when i go to flash the roms it fails because it can't verify the signature. Even when i go to fix permissions and reboot my phone like rommanager tells me to it cant flash a new rom. On the other roms i had i would just go to advanced options in recovery and disable verification checks but with the stock recovery i cant do this. So my main question is why isnt this option in cwm recovery and how can i get it there so i can start getting roms again. Thanks for anyone who takes the time to read this...
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Are you putting the rom on the internal memory?
Yea i copied it to the iternal sd, i see it on the internal sd, but the only way to reflash it is to rename it update.zip becauae all i can do is reinstall system packages
You have to download cwmrecovery, plug your phone in while in download mode and put cwmrecovery onto your phone. Just installing rom manager doesn't cut it and trying to flash anything will give the exact errors you're talking about.
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how do you delete the post ?
So i put the cwm recovery in the phone slot in odin and reflash it?
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Yea i copied it to the iternal sd, i see it on the internal sd, but the only way to reflash it is to rename it update.zip becauae all i can do is reinstall system packages
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You put the rom Just on the internal sd card not any folders right?
its doesent matter at least for me if the rom is right there or in a folder no difference just file called update.zip need to be there (not in the folder )
and no ! u cant flash clockwork recovry thru odin ! loL both of these program u mentioned are intended to flash roms not to be flashed as rom p u can flash in clockwork recovery if the rome is made for it which would be packed with .zip file if its odin file it would be .tar not every rom is flashable thru odin or clockwork depends how devs made it
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its doesent matter at least for me if the rom is right there or in a folder no difference just file called update.zip need to be there (not in the folder )
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Something must have gotten corrupted in the file transfer. I know your fustrated . Have you tried repeating the odin process?
Yea it was on the internal sd, i mean iv probably flashed 20 different roms and i know how to move them between different file folders and how to access them ect... The only problem is basically that im stuck in stock which has a different recovery
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Something must have gotten corrupted in the file transfer. I know your fustrated . Have you tried repeating the odin process?
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No this sounds like a good idea though, maybe i should use a different tar file.
lavcoles said:
Yea it was on the internal sd, i mean iv probably flashed 20 different roms and i know how to move them between different file folders and how to access them ect... The only problem is basically that im stuck in stock which has a different recovery
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Here is the update.zip that will flash you into clockwork from stock recovery. Put this on your phone's internal sd, reboot to recovery, and hit "reinstall packages". If your phone reboots to stock recovery again, hit reinstall packages again and the second time it should put you right into Clockwork Recovery. Good Luck.
Thank you this is what iv been looking for
NP Friend, let me know if it works for you.
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NP Friend, let me know if it works for you.
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wow it still says i cant flash the .zip file for some reason, it gives me the same error message about signature verification. I am rooted and i even rerooted but it didnt make a difference, thanks for trying to help though
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wow it still says i cant flash the .zip file for some reason, it gives me the same error message about signature verification. I am rooted and i even rerooted but it didnt make a difference, thanks for trying to help though
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What rom are you currently running, still on Eugene's JK2? If you Odin'd a stock file, you may have 2e recovery, not the modded 3e. Check this thread, it may help you out with the stock recovery issue. In fact untermensch mentions this kind of issue specifically in the OP. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833423
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Here is the update.zip that will flash you into clockwork from stock recovery. Put this on your phone's internal sd, reboot to recovery, and hit "reinstall packages". If your phone reboots to stock recovery again, hit reinstall packages again and the second time it should put you right into Clockwork Recovery. Good Luck.
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I just added this to the ACS, thanks for reminding me
I've been having a lot of problems getting my tmobile vibrant into cwm recovery,
i flashed recovery through cwm and selected boot into recovery. when i get into recovery and select reinstall packages, I get mixed messages.
i tried flashing cwm with the initial update.zip it puts on the sd, little bar shows up at the bottom and gets about 1/3 of the way, and says
E:/failed to verify whole file signature.
installation aborted.
Went into clockworkmod folder on my computer retrieved the recovery-update.zip, renamed it update.zip. I tried putting both of these files on the sd card root, /external_sd, phone internal memory and the sd folder on the phone. nothing works
Am i doing this wrong?
Have you tried the fix permissions option in CWM? I have had strange errors like that before and that helped.
can you be more specific please?
it says an error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands.
search for 3e modified recovery in the dev section
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that might help me if i knew what it meant. im just learning about this stuff but it seems to be getting more and more complicated all the time
I guess this post is dead.
Thanks for the help guys.):
Go into SuperUser and see if it runs. It sounds like you lost root. If that is the case you may need to re-root it.
What do you mean you flashed recovery through cwm? If you can already use cwm you shouldn't have a problem.
Have you tried downloading ROM manager from the market? You will need to have your phone rooted to install cwm through ROM manager.
U r probably on the 3e recovery and have to get back the 2e recovery don't odin back to 2.1
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Here is the tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=925400
Run a search before posting and you will most likely find the answer! :]
It works for KA7 too.
You probably just need the steps of putting it into shell root > script from 3e recovery to 2e recovery, then you're good to go.
I just odined a new kernel and after that, my phone went into cwm recovery and i flashed nero v.3. everything works great.