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Can't Delete nandroid backup

Ok, never seen this before and suspect SD card corruption.
I did a nandroid backup today before I flashed a custom kernel. Everything went well. Now I am getting low space alerts (got the 8GB model). I want to delete the backup which comes in at 1.8GB. Problem is, the permissions are wacky - the folder perms are rwsrwsr-t (775 with set uid, set gid and sticky).
I can't delete or change permissions with either root explorer or from the shell as root!
Has anyone seen this before, or have a solution ?

timekillerj said:
Ok, never seen this before and suspect SD card corruption.
I did a nandroid backup today before I flashed a custom kernel. Everything went well. Now I am getting low space alerts (got the 8GB model). I want to delete the backup which comes in at 1.8GB. Problem is, the permissions are wacky - the folder perms are rwsrwsr-t (775 with set uid, set gid and sticky).
I can't delete or change permissions with either root explorer or from the shell as root!
Has anyone seen this before, or have a solution ?
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Same here. No clue how to get rid of it.

This is what I did when I switched from CWM to TWRP
1. Get Root Explorer
2. Navigate to /data/media/clockworkmod/backup
3. Delete whatever backups
4. ?????
5. PROFIT!
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Its a common issue with some versions of CWM, but Koush has released a (radically) new version
fix is as Wiithepeng said

wiithepeng said:
This is what I did when I switched from CWM to TWRP
1. Get Root Explorer
2. Navigate to /data/media/clockworkmod/backup
3. Delete whatever backups
4. ?????
5. PROFIT!
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"I can't delete or change permissions with either root explorer or from the shell as root!"
If I delete with root explorer I get "delete failed". If I adb shell in and `busybox rm -fR` I get "Operation not permitted"

With those steps?
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When I tried deleting from /mnt/sdcard or /sdcard or /storage/sdcard0 it would not work until I tried /data/media
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Phonic posted a script in the "[RECOVERY] r3 (6.0.0.4) - Interim ClockworkMod recovery for Nexus 7" thread in the Android Dev forum,
when executed thru CWM will delete undeleteable backups
didnt use it myself, I used Solid Explorer to delete /data/media/clockworkmod/backup/......

Ok, I rebooted into recovery and was able to delete the files with adb shell.
wiithepeng: Sorry, didn't see the /data/media path at first glance, I was going straight to /sdcard - so it might have worked your way.
Thanks for the help.

No problem. Glad you delete those backups
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Try THIS. Common problem and fixed in the newest version of the Recovery from that thread AND apparently the newest CWM directly from Koush.

wiithepeng said:
This is what I did when I switched from CWM to TWRP
1. Get Root Explorer
2. Navigate to /data/media/clockworkmod/backup
3. Delete whatever backups
4. ?????
5. PROFIT!
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Thank Bro, this was bugging the crap out of me. I had no idea to navigate through data/media etc. Good fix!

wiithepeng said:
This is what I did when I switched from CWM to TWRP
1. Get Root Explorer
2. Navigate to /data/media/clockworkmod/backup
3. Delete whatever backups
4. ?????
5. PROFIT!
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Thanks! I was about to tear my hair out! I used ES File Explorer though.

wiithepeng said:
This is what I did when I switched from CWM to TWRP
1. Get Root Explorer
2. Navigate to /data/media/clockworkmod/backup
3. Delete whatever backups
4. ?????
5. PROFIT!
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Thanks bro... Root Explorer is premium so even ES File Explorer works as long as you are rooted and grant it SU access, which would be anyway as you have CWM.
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wiithepeng said:
When I tried deleting from /mnt/sdcard or /sdcard or /storage/sdcard0 it would not work until I tried /data/media
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This worked for me :good:

Wahay, Fix ed
I was going to make a zip and flash as i thought all was lost but then I just fixed this via adb using the following commands, I didn't get any errors and it was successful, here is what I did,
# cd /data/media/clockworkmod/
# chmod 777 backup
# cd backup
# rm -rf <backupfilename>
Hope this helps others,

[HELP] I need to restore build.prop

Hello XDA-Developers. I am using the a rooted Orange San Francisco (ZTE BLADE) running CM 7.1 Stable. I was reading a guide on how to edit the build.prop file in the /system/ directory in order to get access to some previously incompatible apps:
howtogeek.com/116456/how-to-install-incompatible-android-apps-from-google-play
I tried it and changed the two lines to 'samsung' and 'Nexus S'. When I rebooted my device later it only showed the green android boot logo and did not proceed booting any further. Its still stuck like that. I have got a copy of the original build.prop file locally on my c:\ drive. I read that you can sort this problem out by using adb. I have got adb set up and now I don't know what to do next. I want my phone fixed without losing any data. Can anyone help?

Reflash your rom or a newer build
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If I do that won't I lose my phones internal memory data for my apps.

Aaqib1 said:
If I do that won't I lose my phones internal memory data for my apps.
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No, Just flash it by the recovrry. It will rempoace system files, not the data
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I've fixed it. I find that I had build.prop.bak in the system folder and I renamed it to build.prop and it worked. Thanks for your help anyway. This post is closed.
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Aaqib1 said:
I've fixed it. I find that I had build.prop.bak in the system folder and I renamed it to build.prop and it worked. Thanks for your help anyway. This post is closed.
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How did you access /system if u couldn't boot

I couldn't boot up the phone but I could boot into clockworkmod recovery. I mounted the system and went to adb. I typed 'adb shell' and changed directory to system. Then I did 'ls' and found that there was a backup of the file that I had changed. The backup was called build.prop.bak so using adb shell I typed 'mv build.prop.bak build.prop' which renamed the file to build.prop and then I rebooted and it worked.
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How to push an app to system?

I've seen apps that you have to "push" them to install them. What exactly does that mean and how do I do it?
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rmhumtex97 said:
I've seen apps that you have to "push" them to install them. What exactly does that mean and how do I do it?
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You need to use adb on a computer the command would be
adb push nameofapp.apk /system/app/
Or
You can use a file manager with root access and copy the app to /system/app and fix permission to rw-r--r-- and reboot
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Or, alternatively you can use Titanium Backup to do the job.

ottoemezzo said:
Or, alternatively you can use Titanium Backup to do the job.
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How do you get it to do it?
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Open TB
go to the backup/restore tab
find the app you want
Long press the app till a menu pops up
Find option to convert the app in the menu and follow directions
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Well, I meant exactly like bobdarkside has just described. I think we might misunderstood you, because with TB you can only convert previously installed apks into system ones. So if you need to do it without installation go for adb or file manager method.

spaceman860 said:
You need to use adb on a computer the command would be
adb push nameofapp.apk /system/app/
Or
You can use a file manager with root access and copy the app to /system/app and fix permission to rw-r--r-- and reboot
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Ok I copied the app to system/app now I just need to fix permission to rw-r--r-- but I don't know what that is and how I do it
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Never mind I figured it out
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I can't delete any files on my nexus 7?

My nexus 7 had slowed down recently. So I was advised by someone here to reinstall the stock rom. So I backed everything up that was on it and installed the latest version of android (4.2.2). It worked. It's not slow anymore. But there's one problem. I can't delete any files on it using es file manager. I get a message saying "cannot delete some files. Please make sure that your storage is not mounted as read-only". I don't know what that means. Can someone help me?
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You can delete unwanted files straight from TWRP Recovery. TWRP > Advanced > File Manager >SD Card > Select Items > Delete.

Well that worked. But it's too much trouble to have to go into TWRP just to delete a file. Why can't I delete it with ES file explorer like I could before I reinstalled the stock rom?
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You don't state if you're rooted....

Yes it's been rooted.
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And SU or SuperSU (whichever) is active, with root permissions being granted as needed?

Depending on where you're working you may need to ask for write and mount privileges through terminal.
For example if working in /system:
Code:
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
Caution do not do this if you are not experienced. You may damage your system.

danvee said:
And SU or SuperSU (whichever) is active, with root permissions being granted as needed?
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Yes. I have SuperSU. It's active with root permissions granted.
TheAltruistic said:
Depending on where you're working you may need to ask for write and mount privileges through terminal.
For example if working in /system:
Code:
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
Caution do not do this if you are not experienced. You may damage your system.
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Hmm I'm not sure I understand. I already put it in rw mode in the es file explorer app under tools/root explorer. But it still won't let me delete things.
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Guys something is definitely not right. I just noticed that I can't read or write or edit text files (.txt). When I try to open a text file with es note editor it says an error occurred while trying to open file. Why is this happening? I almost wish I never did a fresh install.
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Bryon15 said:
Guys something is definitely not right. I just noticed that I can't read or write or edit text files (.txt). When I try to open a text file with es note editor it says an error occurred while trying to open file. Why is this happening? I almost wish I never did a fresh install.
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Have you looked into TWRP > Advanced > Fix Permissions?

Bryon15 said:
Guys something is definitely not right. I just noticed that I can't read or write or edit text files (.txt). When I try to open a text file with es note editor it says an error occurred while trying to open file. Why is this happening? I almost wish I never did a fresh install.
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Hm weird. Under the assumption that you are doing everything correctly, it should work as superuser permissions supersedes all and any limitation unless the file is open preventing it from being written to. If that's the case you will have to go through recovery as Username invalid suggested to edit the file.

Username invalid said:
Have you looked into TWRP > Advanced > Fix Permissions?
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I just tried that. Unfortunately it didn't work. And it gets worse. It seems like I can't do anything to the file system at all. Meaning I can't create a new file or folder. And I can't edit or delete what's already there. I haven't tried to download anything yet. But that probably won't work either. This is terrible.
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Nope. Can't download nothing. I just tried to download the music video beat it by Michael Jackson from youtube using the tubemate app. It said: Error: open failed: EACCES (permission denied)
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Bryon15 said:
Nope. Can't download nothing. I just tried to download the music video beat it by Michael Jackson from youtube using the tubemate app. It said: Error: open failed: EACCES (permission denied)
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15985631/open-failed-eacces-permission-denied-in-a-virtual-device
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12415157/filenotfound-open-failed-eacces-permission-denied

Username invalid said:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15985631/open-failed-eacces-permission-denied-in-a-virtual-device
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12415157/filenotfound-open-failed-eacces-permission-denied
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I read it. It says to fix it I have to remove and recreate the virtual device and change the size. But I have no idea what that means or how to do it. Why is everything so hard?
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If you can install apps, install root explorer from the store. Its the better tool for this type of issue. Also install terminal emulator and try the command that was in one of the replies above.
How did you return to stock?
Please don't fall back on the I'm a noob thing and expect people to hold your hand. The more you do/learn yourself, the better help you can expect here.
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ezas said:
If you can install apps, install root explorer from the store. Its the better tool for this type of issue. Also install terminal emulator and try the command that was in one of the replies above.
How did you return to stock?
Please don't fall back on the I'm a noob thing and expect people to hold your hand. The more you do/learn yourself, the better help you can expect here.
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I returned to stock with the nexus 7 toolkit. It does everything for you. But it doesn't seem to help with this. Anyway I looked at those apps, and root explorer is $4.00. I don't mind paying for it. But I want to know if it's a necessity to have before I buy it.
The other app (terminal emulator) has multiple versions by different companies. How do I know which one to get? Here are some:
Android terminal emulator by jack palevich
Terminal emulator by cityapp
Shell terminal emulator by mobildev
Terminal IDE by Spartacus Rex
There are even more, those are the free ones.
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Bryon15 said:
I returned to stock with the nexus 7 toolkit. It does everything for you. But it doesn't seem to help with this. Anyway I looked at those apps, and root explorer is $4.00. I don't mind paying for it. But I want to know if it's a necessity to have before I buy it.
The other app (terminal emulator) has multiple versions by different companies. How do I know which one to get? Here are some:
Android terminal emulator by jack palevich
Terminal emulator by cityapp
Shell terminal emulator by mobildev
Terminal IDE by Spartacus Rex
There are even more, those are the free ones.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.root.browserfree&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm&hl=en

Username invalid said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.root.browserfree&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm&hl=en
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Thank you. I'm going to attempt to fix it now. Wish me luck.
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Do I have to download ADB tool for my PC to use with this?
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[Q] Please some one help, No Os and failing with ADB

Hi
I was changing Roms and like a fool wiped everything, all data etc so now I have no OS.
I can get into recovery just fine and have used the Nexus tool kit to push the PA rom and Omni Rom so that using TWRP file explorer can see them however it just keeps failing when I try to install.
after it skips the md5 it says
warning no file_contexts
then
error executing updater binary in zip and more texts which i can copy if important.
What can i do to get my phone backup and running please.
DESPERATE!

foxguard said:
Hi
I was changing Roms and like a fool wiped everything, all data etc so now I have no OS.
I can get into recovery just fine and have used the Nexus tool kit to push the PA rom and Omni Rom so that using TWRP file explorer can see them however it just keeps failing when I try to install.
after it skips the md5 it says
warning no file_contexts
then
error executing updater binary in zip and more texts which i can copy if important.
What can i do to get my phone backup and running please.
DESPERATE!
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In TWRP go to Advanced and then click ADB sideload and swipe when it tells you to. Go to the folder on your computer your ROM is in and open a command prompt/ terminal. Lastly type adb sideload "filenamehere.zip" After you type this wait and you will see Success. There you go buddy.
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DREWHAMM974 said:
In TWRP go to Advanced and then click ADB sideload and swipe when it tells you to. Go to the folder on your computer your ROM is in and open a command prompt/ terminal. Lastly type adb sideload "filenamehere.zip" After you type this wait and you will see Success. There you go buddy.
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Hello mate,
thanks for your quick response although im not 100% sure i get it.
What will this acheive? Getting the rom.zip on my phone? if so I have done with using the tookit and it is when i go to install the rom i get all the errors.
If that is not what we are doing then ok... but im still lost.if i open ADB sideload and swipe the phone just sits saying 'starting adb sideload' What do i do next?

Connect phone to your PC. Then start sideload. After you swipe and it says Starting ADB Sideload open a command prompt in the folder your ROM is in and type adb sideload filename.zip. Put the file name of the Zip where I have filename.zip. This will sideload the ROM. Which means it will flash the ROM. After you do this reboot your phone and all will be good.
All sideloading does is flash a ROM that is on your PC instead of phone. It does the same as flashing one, only this way it doesn't have to be in your storage.
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DREWHAMM974 said:
Connect phone to your PC. Then start sideload. After you swipe and it says Starting ADB Sideload open a command prompt in the folder your ROM is in and type adb sideload filename.zip. Put the file name of the Zip where I have filename.zip. This will sideload the ROM. Which means it will flash the ROM. After you do this reboot your phone and all will be good.
All sideloading does is flash a ROM that is on your PC instead of phone. It does the same as flashing one, only this way it doesn't have to be in your storage.
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Ok that makes more sense and i get it, although im not sure how to open a command promt in the folder where i have the rom saved. I know if i type cmd in run that opens command but thats just in the local folder, what command prompt do you mean. Sorry mate i know some stuff just cant get my head around this!

Command prompt is cmd. To open a folder in command prompt you type cd path/to/directory. The easiest way to find what directory is right click on the file and click on properties, from there copy where it says location (may say something else but its where it is located.) It will be like path/to/directory. Separated by /. Copy that and then in the cmd type cd and then paste what you copied. Then you will be in that location and will be able to do the adb sideload
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Under the general tab in properties is where you will find the location btw
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DREWHAMM974 said:
Connect phone to your PC. Then start sideload. After you swipe and it says Starting ADB Sideload open a command prompt in the folder your ROM is in and type adb sideload filename.zip. Put the file name of the Zip where I have filename.zip. This will sideload the ROM. Which means it will flash the ROM. After you do this reboot your phone and all will be good.
All sideloading does is flash a ROM that is on your PC instead of phone. It does the same as flashing one, only this way it doesn't have to be in your storage.
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ok getting closer, but not CMD say adb is not recognised as an internal or external command? what have i done wrong?
im typing
adb sideload pa.zip

Have you installed adb? If not go to this link, install this, and then it will work perfectly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
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I thought you had adb already installed. Once you do this I recommend you to learn how to use adb and fastboot, not toolkits. Toolkits get people in trouble like this right here and because you don't know how the toolkit does what it does or how to do it yourself you're stuck. Everyone needs to know those two thingd if they're doing anything to an Android phone so they can fix it if something happens. It's easy to learn and takes less than an hour to understand.
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Be sure to go to the op in that link as well. I thought I linked the op but guess not
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DREWHAMM974 said:
Have you installed adb? If not go to this link, install this, and then it will work perfectly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
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I thought you had adb already installed. Once you do this I recommend you to learn how to use adb and fastboot, not toolkits. Toolkits get people in trouble like this right here and because you don't know how the toolkit does what it does or how to do it yourself you're stuck. Everyone needs to know those two thingd if they're doing anything to an Android phone so they can fix it if something happens. It's easy to learn and takes less than an hour to understand.
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Be sure to go to the op in that link as well. I thought I linked the op but guess not
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No, i thought The toolkit was the best way but will definatly look into this adb once im sorted, although it has failed again.
It transfers the file over and starts to flash but i then get error.
warning no file contexts
error_metadata+recursice: some changes failed
E:Error executing updater binary in zip 'data/media/sidelaod.zip
What does this mean?

You can also flash the full frimware via Fastboot Get it here https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

LightingZ said:
You can also flash the full frimware via Fastboot Get it here https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
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Thanks, thought Nexus 4 was Mako? I dont see that there.

Download a different ROM, that's a bad download
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DREWHAMM974 said:
Download a different ROM, that's a bad download
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Im using the same zip's that i have used before to flash the phone and all worked fine, have now tried 3 different roms and getting the same error?

I'm not sure try flashing the firmware. Also the Nexus 4 is also known as the Occam. Try the firmware.
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DREWHAMM974 said:
I'm not sure try flashing the firmware. Also the Nexus 4 is also known as the Occam. Try the firmware.
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Downloading now and will try, thank you so much for all your help so far mate, proper fooked!!

foxguard said:
Im using the same zip's that i have used before to flash the phone and all worked fine, have now tried 3 different roms and getting the same error?
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If you don't want to do the firmware try downloading a stock rom and side loading it. Maybe that will help. I've never had a sideload not work.
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DREWHAMM974 said:
If you don't want to do the firmware try downloading a stock rom and side loading it. Maybe that will help. I've never had a sideload not work.
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ok just downloaded the occam file from here
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#occamkot49h
does it matter if i rename it but leave as a tgz?
assume in cmd i have to change .zip to .tgz
I have done this and now i get error file is corrupt, will try another one.

ok download another version of the factory and didnt rename it this time and still getting E:zip file is corrupt
please help me im so stuck!

foxguard said:
ok download another version of the factory and didnt rename it this time and still getting E:zip file is corrupt
please help me im so stuck!
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What are you using to extract it? Use 7-zip
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jd1639 said:
What are you using to extract it? Use 7-zip
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Do i need extract it? thought i was told to just add the zip file path?