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Flashing Help

Ok guys I really need your help. I messed up flashing and because I did things in the wrong order. Here's what I did:-
1. I upgraded gen1 to gen 2
2. I then wiped data/factory reset without flashing clockworkmod recovery.
3. The phone then rebooted and stayed on the green man screen and thats it.
4. I managed to finally find a clockworkmod that would work v3.0.1.4 none of the others came on, it just stayed at the green man screen.
5. I try flashing and all it say's:-
Install from sd card
Finding update
opening update
E:Can't open/sdcard/update.zip
(no such file or directory)
Installation aborted.
I did another phone at christmas and that worked fine because I did it in the right order. But I do remember when I flashed the clockworkmod it was green and upsidedown, but I can't find one that does that now.

Is the rom you're trying to install called update.zip? If not then choose the option "Install rom from sd card" and select the rom.

Installing ROM error, what am I doing wrong?

Hey,
I recently rooted my phone GS2 and wanted to install the CyanodenMod 7.1.0, but I keep getting an error every time I try install via Rom manager, Btw this is my first time doing this, I have read lots from sites and forums but just don't get what is going wrong, This is what I do:
- Download ROM Manager
- Click "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" and it does that successfully
- Click "Download ROM" and select "CyanogenMod" it download fine and then click "Wipe Data and Cache" & "Wipe Dalvik Cache". I have also done the same thing but using the option from SD Card.
- My phone restarts and boots into the standard recovery and give this error:
"--Installing Package...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted."
- Then I just click "reboot system now" since it didn't work and now I am stuck.
I sort of know the problem, it isn't booting into the Clockwork Recovery it's just booting to the standard recovery, but I have no idea how to make it open the Clockwork Recovery, please help or tell me what I am missing.
Thanks for reading.

Don't use Rom Manager, It is not compatible with our phones
You should still be able to enter Download mode
Visit the thread HERE and have a good read and you should be able to get your phone back in working order

Ugh, rom manager. I tend to avoid the apps for doing that kind of thing. I use Odin for Kernels and CWM (Home+Power+Volume Up method) for ROMs. The other ways tend to crash.

How do I do it via CWM? Can you do little step by step guide only rough if possible? Thank you.
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Mark719 said:
How do I do it via CWM? Can you do little step by step guide only rough if possible?
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If only this was already written somewhere, like a FAQ or wiki.

You can boot into recovery mode manually, and choose the zip file from sdcard and flash it straight away. You can also toggle the signature verification there if you get the same error.

1. Download Siyah kernel, open the .zip and copy the zImage file to your SDcard.
2. Install DarkyROM2 app via Android market
3. Choose Flash option in DarkyROM2 tool and select the zImage file copied to SDcard.
Once DarkyROM finishes doing its job you should have ClockWorkMod Recovery installed.
For CM7
1. Download CM7 manually from cyanogenmod.com site
2. Copy the downloaded zip to sdcard
3. Shut of your phone and power it on using volume up+home+power
4. Hold it till you get to a screen with lots of options in orange or blue color thats CWM
5. Do a factory data reset ( Will delete all apps/settings )
5. Select Install zip from sdcard > Choose zip from sdcard > select CM7 zip you copied
say ok.
6. Reboot your device, done .. you should boot into CM7.

[Q] Help Please! can't install any roms

Hello..I had WajkIUI_multilang_1.11.18_RTL, which was working just fine then i tried a new rom,,i didn't like it so when i tried to go back to the old rom,i just can't finish the installation,when i use the RSD lite to install the original rom it works fine then i root the device,then i installed SndInitDefy then when i go to the recovery menu i can't install the rom,,i've tried manytimes , but the same thing happens:
when i try to wipe the data or cache: E: Can't open /tmp/recovery.log
so i go to the next step by choosing the installation of the rom and i get this message:
E: can"t make /tmp/update_binary
ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.1.8
insallation aborted
Please help my..i don't know what to do now,i went to the Wajkiui rom page and red everything carefully ..but still can't change my rom, i need to insatll the Wajkiui rom
right now the rom is : shadow-128 2.3.4
that alot

Which version of 2ndinit did you use?
The best for wajkiui is 1.4.2
Or you can try to select stable recovery instead of latest recovery.
I'm using the same config(shadow_2.3.4-134_DFP-10.sbf and WajkIUI_multilang_1.12.16_ICS.zip)

i'm using the same version..i've tryied everything in the Recover to install the rom,but i still get the same error message

This is what i'm going:
Rooted the device, installed SndInitDefy_1.42.apk and activated the Sndindefy
i copied the rom into my MC.
started my phone
Entered the boot Menu
in the RECOVERY menu there are only two options: ( Custom Recovery- Stock Recovery )
in Custom Recovery- Wipe data/cache =
formatting data...
formatting cache...
formatting sdext...
No app2sd partition found. Skipping format of /sd-ext.
formatting sdcard:/.android_secure...
Data wipe complete.
E: cant open /tmp.recovery.log
then i choose: install zip from sdcard
i chose the rom zip.
--installing: sdcard:wajkiui..
Finding update package..
opening update package..
Installing update...
E: Can't make /tmp/update_binary
Installation aborted.

Ok...
I dont't know what it could be...
Try wipe dalvik cache too.(under avanced menu)
And try to format your sd card.
It worked for me with the "shadow_2.3.4-134_DFP-10.sbf".
rooted by "root4defy134.zip" (applied in stock motorola recovery)
then installed 2ndinit 1.4.2 (2.0 worked too) and installed the latest wajkiui.

Try downloading the zip file again. Maybe it's corrupted.
Sent from my MB526 using XDA App

I've formatted the memory card..i downloaded the rom again..the problem isn't with the rom..its in the RECOVERY option..cuz b4 installing the rom the device isn't able to wipe neither the cache nor the data...and after that the rom is unable to install
plus the (avanced menu) isn't showing,
i really don't know what to do next...

Ok.
Just try now with 2nd init 2.0. Insall 1.0.7(it wil ask during install recovery,WIFI nedded)
Now you must have advanced menu.

I've done what u told me,,,and it WORKED ..yaay..lol
thats alot buddy, i've been trying to fix it for the past 3 days..and u've helped me alot..even though i insalled many roms inclding the Waijk using the same old version of 2nd init..i don't know why it gave me so much truble sudenly..anyways the problem is solved with YOUR help..
I want to thank u for ur time and concern,,

That's cool! I'm glad that I could help.

buruss said:
Ok.
Just try now with 2nd init 2.0. Insall 1.0.7(it wil ask during install recovery,WIFI nedded)
Now you must have advanced menu.
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how to do this... please help me.. i wanna install cutom rom like thread stater, now stuck at splash screen

[Q] Please help me, error while flashing

Hi guys, I hope you can help me.
I have just rooted + flashed my motorola defy plus for the first time (on any device for that matter)
I installed 2nd init, version 0.6.... or something.
Put a rom, kernel and google apps on my sd-card
Then I turned usb-debugging off and rebooted my phone.
Now I can get into bootmenu, and this is what I do:
1) go to recovery
2) select custom recovery
3) then it says: Clockworkmod Recovery v2.5.1.8
E: Can't open /tmp/recovery.log
4) I then select wipe data/factory reset
5) then it says this: Formatting DATA
Formatting CACHE
FORMATTING SDEXT
No app2sd partition found. Skipping format of /sd-ext
Formatting SDCARD:/.android_secure
Data wipe complete
E: Can't open /tmp/recovery.log
6) After that i select install zip from sdcard
7) then I select choose zip from sdcard
8) then I select the zip file containing the rom
9) And it says: Finding update package
Opening update package
Installing update
E: Can't make /tmp/update_binary
Installation aborted
Now I can't go any further and can't use my phone at all
I hope u guys can help me, and that I haven't F*ed up my phone

I have a quite similar problem.
On a defy+,rooted 2ndinit installed, backup-ed first, download the new quarx05/03 ICS, put the zip on sd, wipe data, reboot and start to install ics, but the message was
''Finding update package
Installing update
E: Can't make /tmp/update_binary
Installation aborted"
Thanks to the previously backup I can use may phone as usual.
What I have done wrong with de ICS installation?
Thanks
PS. Sorry for probable a dummie question:What we have to do with md5 zip near the CM9 Jordan.zip?

A little help please about the subject?
Thank you

ics
The entire process
ClockworkMode v2.5.1.8
Wipping data...
Formatting DATA...
Formatting CACHE...
Formatting SDEXT..
No app2sd partition found.Skipping format of /sd-ext.
Formatting SDCARD: /.android_secure...
Data wipe complete
E: Can't open /tmp/recovery.log...
Installing: SDCard:download/CM9-ICS-MR1-120305-jordan.zip
Finding update package
Opening update package
Installing update
E: Can't make /tmp/update_binary
Installation aborted
if try Wipe Dalvik Cache:
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(No such file or directory)
I guess that this is a simple and many times occured error, since nobody has any answer....

Does you disabled the usb debugging before flashing?

Yes I do, but nothing change,
Thanks

if I'm not mistaken the last release of 2nd init is not compatible with defy. Try to check this on the development forum. I hope I have been of help.

I'd tried with both 1.0.7 latest and 0.6.1.
With latest, the phone is blocked.
Thanks

I had used this. Try with it
P.S. sorry for my bad english.

Tried, the same errors,
Thanks

I don't know. Sorry. By the time i had used that.

I think you need to go to stable recovery after you wipe your data from custom recovery
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I think you need to go to stable recovery after you wipe your data from custom recovery
What do you mean by "stable recovery"? You talk about version 0.6. of 2nd init or something else?
Can you show a step-by step procedure?
Thank you in advance.
However, which is the procedure to un-root a defy+ and to have it with the original, fresh system?

I had flash a new SBF, root with Unlockroot v2.3, anything else doesn't work, 2ndinit v2.0 stable, wipe data/cache/dalvik (same errors), try to install cm9-ics, the same error "Can't make /tmp/update_binary"
What the f.....?

cretu22 said:
I had flash a new SBF, root with Unlockroot v2.3, anything else doesn't work, 2ndinit v2.0 stable, wipe data/cache/dalvik (same errors), try to install cm9-ics, the same error "Can't make /tmp/update_binary"
What the f.....?
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Hi, I have exactly the same problem.. Trying to find a solution but is quite difficult. First I thought it has something to do with the partitioning, as stated in THIS topic. But, in THIS topic, people say that partitioning the SD card is not necessary at all..

@Cretu22: Yes stable recovery is CWM 0.6
Don't install stable recovery! I too faced this issue when I flashed using stable recovery. In snd init install Latest recovery and then try flashing your ROM. That should work..

I did choose the stable version indeed 0.6.7.
Now i did uninstall it and installed the latest 1.0.7, but when I reboot my phone it won't get into the boot menu but just boots into android. Tried it several times, but only with 0.6.7 I seem to be able to get in the menu

fokkeh said:
I did choose the stable version indeed 0.6.7.
Now i did uninstall it and installed the latest 1.0.7, but when I reboot my phone it won't get into the boot menu but just boots into android. Tried it several times, but only with 0.6.7 I seem to be able to get in the menu
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Okay!! I hope you were pressing the volume down button when the blue LED came?? Try doing this again all over.. I mean reinstall 2nd init and then latest recovery.. I remember doing this once(instal latest recovery after I installed stable recovery)..

pranks1989 said:
Okay!! I hope you were pressing the volume down button when the blue LED came?? Try doing this again all over.. I mean reinstall 2nd init and then latest recovery.. I remember doing this once(instal latest recovery after I installed stable recovery)..
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Yes, its working Pressing the volume down button was not necessary with 0.6.7, that was what went wrong. Now the zips installed like a charm

i know the answer and is very simple
the problem is that you cannot create that specific folder.... because it already exist, cmp (connected music player) creates it, just delete it from SD and done!

Defy+ Boot Loop after installing 2ndInit !!!

Hi everyone.
This is my first post here.
First of all, I apologize for my bad english.
I have a Defy+ running android 2.3.4 and decided to upgrade android version using CM10 (Jelly Bean), but now I'm stucked in a boot loop...
I did the following steps:
- first rooted the phone using ROOT Genius;
- installed 2ndInit (vs 2.3) from this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032212);
- put CM10 (zip) and GApps into de SD Card;
- reboot the phone pressing vol - (then vol + too) to access the 2ndInit boot menu. It show four options:
1. reboot system now;
2. apply update from sdcard;
3. wipe data/factory reset;
4. wipe cache partition
- I did the wipe data and cache (3 and 4), whose worked well;
- then I finally tried to install CM10 and got the message:
E: filed to verify whole-file signature;
E: signature verification failed;
Installation aborted.
I couldn't figure out what was doing wrong...
Searched for some help and as a try, I installed 2ndInit (vs 2.0), and turned-off the phone.
Now, I still not able to install CM10 and I'm stucked in a BOOT LOOP!
Wipe data/cache don't fix the problem and I still have the same four options after press VOL - and access the recovery menu...
Don't know what I did wrong nor what to do to solve the problem...
I searched the forum, and it seems the only way is to flash SBF. Is that the case? If so, how can i do?
That's the first time I do things like that on Android and I don't understand what to do based on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966537
Please, someone might help me?
Thanks in advance!!