Database Users

CWMRecovery issue with update.zip

I have downloaded ROM Manager and flashed CWMRecovery_DJ05_DL09.tar.md5 via Odin to my phone. When I try to apply the update.zip I get stuck with white triangle and orange exclamation point.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

lbmorgan said:
I have downloaded ROM Manager and flashed CWMRecovery_DJ05_DL09.tar.md5 via Odin to my phone. When I try to apply the update.zip I get stuck with white triangle and orange exclamation point.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did you flashed via PDA in ODIN?
Then, did you install the ClockWork Recover mod via ROM Manager?

Yes, I flashed via PDA in ODIN.
As far as "install" CWR in ROM Manager .. not sure. I Flashed CMR successfully and granted SuperUser permission.
Is there more?
BTW .. thanks!

lbmorgan said:
Yes, I flashed via PDA in ODIN.
As far as "install" CWR in ROM Manager .. not sure. I Flashed CMR successfully and granted SuperUser permission.
Is there more?
BTW .. thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
OK. Try this.. put the update.zip found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913470 into the root of your SD card.
Use in ROM Manager select "Boot into Recovery"..
By the way, you don't apply the update.zip when you use Boot Into Recovery from ROM Manager. It does that automatically already.
If you see the green recovery, then you are in CWMR.
You only apply the update.zip if you are in the stock recover (BLUE)...

Thank you.
I did as you said and put the update.zip file on my sd card.
I used ROM Manager and Booted into Recovery. It automatically put me into stock recovery (blue) and gave me the same error. I selected apply update.zip and same error. I guess I am just not meant to have it.

lbmorgan said:
Thank you.
I did as you said and put the update.zip file on my sd card.
I used ROM Manager and Booted into Recovery. It automatically put me into stock recovery (blue) and gave me the same error. I selected apply update.zip and same error. I guess I am just not meant to have it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hmmm.. What Build version are you running? DH12? DL05? DL09? DL30?
Did you make sure you could open the the .tar file you flashed in ODIN? What about the .zip? Make sure you can open both of them via 7zip, to verify that you are not corrept.
Try flashing the .tar file again in ODIN, via PDA (of course)..

dl09 .. Really all I want to do is flash the dl30 .. Fml
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App

I keep getting the same error but I have not seen a good answer yet. I tried to follow the guide by Syn Ack but I can not get past step 2. I get the error E: failed to verify whole-file signature...I have clockworkmod, I ran "Flash ClockWork Recovery" and choose the Fascinate. I also tried "Apply sdcard:update.zip" when I got the E:failed error. What am I missing? I read everything above. I am on DL09, rooted.

Turns out all the .tar files on this site are corrupt .. I found cwmrecovery.tar elsewhere and flashed that and it worked fine.
http://www.multiupload.com/C0HFVLSI22

lbmorgan said:
Turns out all the .tar files on this site are corrupt .. I found cwmrecovery.tar elsewhere and flashed that and it worked fine.
http://www.multiupload.com/C0HFVLSI22
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I never had any issues with any of the tar files I downloaded from here...

wideopn11 said:
I keep getting the same error but I have not seen a good answer yet. I tried to follow the guide by Syn Ack but I can not get past step 2. I get the error E: failed to verify whole-file signature...I have clockworkmod, I ran "Flash ClockWork Recovery" and choose the Fascinate. I also tried "Apply sdcard:update.zip" when I got the E:failed error. What am I missing? I read everything above. I am on DL09, rooted.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did you flash the .tar file with ODIN via PDA??

yes, I reflashed odin by pulling the battery, holding down volume button and plugging in usb cable. Everything worked fine after that.

How to flash clockwork mod?

I just rooted my phone with the one click root and now I'm trying to flash clockwork mod onto my phone so I can flash the froyo ROM and a new theme but every time I click "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" it gives me an error saying that an error occurred while downloading your recovery. I even tried to use older versions and I get the same error. What am I doing wrong? I'd really like to use froyo.

Download the second file linked in this post.
Extract, place update.zip on SD card. Using Odin, place the .tar file in the PDA section and flash.

Where can I download Odin? And where do I get the .tar file?

Kevin Gossett said:
Download the second file linked in this post.
Extract, place update.zip on SD card. Using Odin, place the .tar file in the PDA section and flash.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
After this do we need to flash it from rom manager too

ScoobyDoo27 said:
Where can I download Odin? And where do I get the .tar file?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Odin can be downloaded from here - link 2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788099
tar is in the zip on this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=942021

The .tar file is in the zip you extract...
Odin can be found here.
Since you are placing the update.zip on your SD card, you don't have to flash with ROM Manager

I would recommend reading through the beginners guide which is stickied at the top of the general thread which covers rooting, odin, CWM, ROMS etc.; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897889.

Alright, well I used Odin and flashed that .tar file and I'm still getting an error from clockworkmod. Any other suggestions?

Did you put the update.zip on your sd card? You shouldn't need to do anything with rom manager.
Edit: Further instructions... Place update.zip on root of SD card, flash .tar with Odin using PDA, boot into stock 2e recovery (blue) and apply:update.zip, which should take you into new red cwm

Kevin Gossett said:
Did you put the update.zip on your sd card? You shouldn't need to do anything with rom manager.
Edit: Further instructions... Place update.zip on root of SD card, flash .tar with Odin using PDA, boot into stock 2e recovery (blue) and apply:update.zip, which should take you into new red cwm
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I did all of that and I got a message that says it failed to verify whole-file signature, and that the installation aborted. I guess my phones just not to be rooted....

Wait, are you not rooted? You'll need to be rooted first to install CWM.

No, I'm rooted. I used the one click root. I can use rooted apps such as ad free android, cache cleaner and Titanium Backup. I have the superuser app in my app drawer. I just need to be able to get clockworkmod to work so I can flash some themes and the froyo rom that was leaked.

OK, let's troubleshoot here...
You have done the following:
1. Download Odin, cwm_froyo-odin.zip
2. Extract cwm_froyo-odin.zip, place update.zip on root of SD card
3. Power phone down, remove battery
4. Open Odin, hold volume down and plug in USB to enter download mode
5. Select PDA and place cwm_froyo.tar and flash
6. Upon finish, replace battery, hold both volume buttons down and power on until you enter stock recovery (blue)
7. Apply:update.zip to enter red recovery
You're doing all these steps and still having a problem?

Kevin Gossett said:
OK, let's troubleshoot here...
You have done the following:
1. Download Odin, cwm_froyo-odin.zip
2. Extract cwm_froyo-odin.zip, place update.zip on root of SD card
3. Power phone down, remove battery
4. Open Odin, hold volume down and plug in USB to enter download mode
5. Select PDA and place cwm_froyo.tar and flash
6. Upon finish, replace battery, hold both volume buttons down and power on until you enter stock recovery (blue)
7. Apply:update.zip to enter red recovery
You're doing all these steps and still having a problem?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, I did all of that just as you mentioned. Is it safe to go over them one more time? Or is it bad to keep flashing that file to my phone?

Won't hurt anything
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App

I'm having the same problem. Once i open oden, and plug in the phone and hold down the vol down and power, it comes up to the Downloading.... screen, but Odin doesnt show a thing.

Stuck at Samsung boot screen.

I've tried to Odin back to stock, but that didn't do anything.. I can't even get into stock recovery. Did I brick my phone?

s.lee1993 said:
I've tried to Odin back to stock, but that didn't do anything.. I can't even get into stock recovery. Did I brick my phone?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did you originally use odin to go back to stock? what were you doing to get stuck?

I rooted then installed twrp to flash a stock mf9 rom. I deleted some apps that I wanted back so I wanted to just go back to stock. After trying everything I still can't get passed the Samsung boot screen

First of all what file are you using to return to stock? You should be downloading the stock mf9 tar file and flash it through odin with your phone in download mode. Make sure after you download the zip file you extract the tar file from it. Use odin 3.0 or higher and make sure you only have auto reboot checked and you load the tar under PDA. After odin loads the file then connect your phone with it already booted into download mode. Once odin shows your phone is connected hit start.

cruise350 said:
First of all what file are you using to return to stock? You should be downloading the stock mf9 tar file and flash it through odin with your phone in download mode. Make sure after you download the zip file you extract the tar file from it. Use odin 3.0 or higher and make sure you only have auto reboot checked and you load the tar under PDA. After odin loads the file then connect your phone with it already booted into download mode. Once odin shows your phone is connected hit start.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
im using this file "L720VPUAMDL_L720SPTAMDL_L720VPUAMDL_HOME.tar.md5" and i did exactly what you said. i still cant get passed the screen. tried taking out sd card and doing it again with no luck.

okay, tired again, booted to stock recovery and formatted data. this seemed to fix it. thanks everyone for the help

[Q] Unusual s4 brick help

Forgive my noobishness. I've actually lurked xda boards for years and used the EXCELLENT user made guides for all my phones. However, I'm at a complete loss and nothing I've searched, read, or tried has worked and it's consumed my entire day and left me with no phone at all. I cannot believe this phone can be dead unless there's some physical problem so I'm really hoping someone can walk me back to normal.
I bought a new S4 from T-Mobile on Labor Day (obviously I'm in the US). 2 days ago I rooted it successfully using Jimmy Mcgee's video and the various links including mattlgroff's and k0nane's threads. No problems whatsoever. After I did that I used Ti Backup and backed up the apps just in case, then I ran the moderate version of the Truly Clean script and did a factory reset. Everything was perfect. Then...
My wireless data stopped connecting. But that's not my current problem.
I decided to unroot and go back to factory to a) see if something I did was causing the data issue or b) take it back for an exchange at the store. I started with the K0nane and the Samersh72 guides, but frankly tried so many things and failed I don't know were I went wrong. First I tried M919UVUAMDL_M919TMBAMDL_M919UVUAMDL_HOME.tar.md5
Then I tried Samsung-Updates.com-KERNEL-SGH-M919-TMB-M919UVUAMDL-1366964131.tar
Then I tried the one I did to root it OUDHS-Recovery-jfltetmo-1.0.3.3.tar
Mostly I have gotten a NAND writing fail in Odin with everything I tried (yes I tried making sure Kies is off, the original usb cable, and another PC) which then locks me out of the recovery boot screen and gives me some yellow triangle between a phone and a pc with an error about the stock firmware and tells me to connect to Kies. I can fix that by flashing this PIT file CSB_signed_Fusion3_EUR_0325_V2.pit which allows me to go back to the OUDhs recovery screen.
Also Kies will no longer connect to this device and it says driver install failure when I connect it to the PC (except it stell charges, using the stock cable still).
Dear god someone help me, and I will buy you a beverage. I'm doing instant email notifications of replies. PLEASE.

I'm not sunk yet. I'm rereading the FAQs and guides and I'm going to start over to where I was able to get the rooted version to work. I know the CWM recovery is working so we'll see.

Pull out battery for a while, then go to download mode (vol down+home+power) and flash stock fw in odin.
Wysyłane z mojego GT-I9505 za pomocą Tapatalk 2

diodaq said:
Pull out battery for a while, then go to download mode (vol down+home+power) and flash stock fw in odin.
Wysyłane z mojego GT-I9505 za pomocą Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ok I will try that. Also I am now trying to flash Samsung-Updates.com-SGH-M919-TMB-M919UVUAMDL-1366964131\M919UVUAMDL_M919TMBAMDL_M919UVUAMDL_HOME.tar.md5
I am getting a little farther in the Odin process but it still says fail right after
aboot.mbn

Also I originally followed Jonny's video and only flashed the cwm custom recovery though odin. I flashed the rooted zip file from my phone's internal sd card like in the video. Now I can't get to the internal memory so I tried saving the zip file (the one I used to root it) on the ext sd card. I'm unable to flash that rooted zip from the ext sd card because the phone wants to reboot as soon as it starts doing so.
Is there a way to flash that rooted zip file (or a stock one) from an external sd card?
Is there a way to flash that rooted zip file through odin?

All you have to do is get into download mode and flash stock mdl tar with odin. After it's finished, it'll go into recovery by itself and wipe some small cache partition by itself, after it does that, hold onto the volume up button and get into recovery again and do a factory reset. This is so you don't go into a bootloop. Now get CF auto root and flash it so ur rooted. Next flash a custom recovery and ur all set. It's really easy to do.

norml said:
All you have to do is get into download mode and flash stock mdl tar with odin. After it's finished, it'll go into recovery by itself and wipe some small cache partition by itself, after it does that, hold onto the volume up button and get into recovery again and do a factory reset. This is so you don't go into a bootloop. Now get CF auto root and flash it so ur rooted. Next flash a custom recovery and ur all set. It's really easy to do.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So far I have been totally unable to get odin to flash a stock tar or any tar since I did the first one 2 days ago. Always, fail.

mattwood440 said:
So far I have been totally unable to get odin to flash a stock tar or any tar since I did the first one 2 days ago. Always, fail.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Are you loading the stock tar by clicking PDA?

norml said:
Are you loading the stock tar by clicking PDA?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes. Also when it fails, it locks me out of the recovery mode. Can you tell me what happens when you flash a new PIT file? Doing that alone does not get a FAIL message and it brings back the recovery screen. However, when I select the pit file it automatically selects the re-partition option which the k0nane says is a no-no (at least for flashing the pda, not sure about the pit which is why I'm asking).

mattwood440 said:
Yes. Also when it fails, it locks me out of the recovery mode. Can you tell me what happens when you flash a new PIT file? Doing that alone does not get a FAIL message and it brings back the recovery screen. However, when I select the pit file it automatically selects the re-partition option which the k0nane says is a no-no (at least for flashing the pda, not sure about the pit which is why I'm asking).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Pit file basically means repartitining the storage chip of your device. Yes odin will automatically check repartition when flashing pit files. Flashing pit file is serious business. I recommend following the unbrick/ unroot thtead in the general section. Its pretty precise and I think since you are getting repeated fails in odin you will have to flash pit file.
You will be fine if you follow the instructions there precisely.
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda app-developers app

OMG it worked. K0nane's procedure worked on a different pc. Dowloaded a fresh Kies but didn't install any of the extra stuff with it. Downloaded, extracted, and ran odin as admin. Hooked it up. Downloaded and extracted the UVUAMDL tar. Put that in the pda box and hit start. Mine would immediately FAIL but this one kept working, and working, and working and reboote. Why why why? I've been at this for about 16 hours. That makes no sense. Thanks anyway. I'll try the other root method when I'm feeling brave again.

Paying to get this fixed

My s7 edge got stuck at boot screen so i reflashed stock rom and rerooted then restored the backup i had, it said fail because of low memory while restoring the system and now when i try to reflash the stock rom on odin it says model dismatch fail.
If someone could help me fix this I'm willing to pay something decent, but not a whole lot lol

Re-download the stock rom and flash it

Meboyzram said:
Re-download the stock rom and flash it
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i did that lol thats when it says "model dismatch fail"

Do you have custom recovery?

Do you have a custom recovery?
Do you have the right and the newest Odin Version?
Did you try it with another transfercable or USB-Port?
Do you have the newest samsung drivers?
Did you have any Odin problems like this before?
My suggestion:
Just do a full wipe on your phone. Downlad the newest Odin Version. Get your device into download mode (maybe try different transfercables or USB Ports and the newest samsung drivers) and see if it works now.
If yes, flash the right Bootloader and Modem for your device and then flash the rom you wanted to flash.
If this didnt work, (and you have a custom recovery) try to reinstall the rom without any backups via the recovery at first and check afterwards, if the device is now recognized by Odin.
Good luck

JustAnotherAndroid said:
My s7 edge got stuck at boot screen so i reflashed stock rom and rerooted then restored the backup i had, it said fail because of low memory while restoring the system and now when i try to reflash the stock rom on odin it says model dismatch fail.
If someone could help me fix this I'm willing to pay something decent, but not a whole lot lol
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I guess you still have twrp installed.
1. Step: go to TWRP and wipe everything except your SD-Card
2. Step: enter download mode on your device and then plug your usb in (maybe try a different usb-port or even another computer, or another usb cable)
3. Step:Flash the newest bootloader & modem in one step.
4. Step: Enter TWRP again and flash the firmware.zip via the installation process

I dont have TWRP, but i got it fixed, somehow my roomate got it, thanks anyways guys

So all he got was my phone to turn on, im still having this model dismatch fail issue..

Maybe You're trying to flash wrong firmware? What model did You buy?(check box) and what firmware did You download?
If nothing works then download 7zip. And remove all files from that tar.md5 file and leave system.img only. And then try reflashing it.
This way no matter what device You connect it should force flash this image file. Although it might be dangerous (a tiny little bit) so first make sure that You have proper firmware for Your model.

ProtoDeVNan0 said:
Maybe You're trying to flash wrong firmware? What model did You buy?(check box) and what firmware did You download?
If nothing works then download 7zip. And remove all files from that tar.md5 file and leave system.img only. And then try reflashing it.
This way no matter what device You connect it should force flash this image file. Although it might be dangerous (a tiny little bit) so first make sure that You have proper firmware for Your model.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, I've used these files multiple times before i did what i did, ill give that a try, if it works, i owe you.

If system.img by itself will flash successfully and Your phone won't boot then add slowly more files to that tar file (boot.img, recovery.img etc)
You could also try looking for a pit file for Your phone and then flash it with it. Pit file usually fixes most problems even broken partitions.
And make sure that You put that tar file in AP/PDA.
If nothing above works then send me screenshots of ODIN and the file that You're trying to flash. Maybe I'll notice something. But I hope You'll fix it

JustAnotherAndroid said:
Yes, I've used these files multiple times before i did what i did, ill give that a try, if it works, i owe you.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So I tried, and i get some invalid file error
These are the files that are in the AP one
https://gyazo.com/a72785631ad62d412a8c40eb464d3126

I found out my problem, i was still uing the modified version of odin that i used to root my phone