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-[Sticky] maybe - Flashing RUU Error/Solution & Explanation List-

I realize this information is on the HTC website but I have seen alot of questions lately regarding these errors. I decided that maybe, just maybe it might help someone with an error when flashing a rom, radio or splash and they can't quite figure out what the error is referring to. I also figured that this might lighten the load that GSLEON3 has been seeing lately with all of the "HELP, I think I BRICKED my phone" threads that keep popping up. Maybe it will help and maybe it won't but I thought it might be worth a try. I'd like to say thanks to OLI, Jocky, all of the rom cookers, GSLEON3 and XDA. You people make this fun.
I hope this helps someone.
? ERROR [202, 204] : CONNECTION
? This error message will appear when the device is not connected to ActiveSync correctly. Make sure
you properly connect the device to the PC through ActiveSync before running RUU.
? ERROR [206] : MEMORY ALLOCATION
? ERROR [280] : UPDATE ERROR
? When you see any of these error messages, close other running programs on the computer and run RUU again.
? ERROR [208] : FILE OPEN
? ERROR [210] : FILE READ
? These error messages indicate that RUU lacks certain important files and cannot continue with the update. Please get the complete RUU package again.
? ERROR [212] : FILE CREATE
? ERROR [214] : FILE WRITE
? ERROR [222, 224] : DEVICE NOT RESPONDING
? These error messages will appear when remote access control has failed. Check the ActiveSync connection and try running RUU again.
? ERROR [220] : MAIN BATTERY POWER
? This error message will appear when the device's battery power is not sufficient. Although RUU will instruct you to plug in the AC adapter, it still has to make sure that your device has enough power to upgrade the radio. (Even when you plug in the AC adapter, the device is unable to charge the battery
when it is upgrading the radio).
? ERROR [238] : FILE READ
? This error message may appear when, for some unknown reason, the ROM image on the Mobile Device is corrupt. Download the whole RUU and try again.
? ERROR [240] : FILE OPEN
? When this error message appears, check whether the downloaded image is placed in the directory of RUU. If, for some unknown reason, you find that the ROM image is not located in the RUU folder, you have to download the RUU and retry again. Check that the contents of the folder is a KaiserCustomRUU.exe file and an RUUSigned.nbh file. If you put the os-new.nb file in by mistake instead of the .nbh, this is the error that shows up. Thanks ConfusedSTU.
? ERROR [242] : INVALID LANGUAGE
? ERROR [244] : INVALID MODEL ID
? ERROR [294] : INVALID VENDER ID
? ERROR [296] : UPGRADE ONLY
? One of these error messages will appear when you use the wrong RUU to do the upgrade. RUU will check if the Model ID and Language ID are compatible with the device. Make sure you use the appropriate RUU tool to upgrade.
? ERROR [246] : DEVICE NOT RESPONDING
? This error message indicates that RUU cannot start the update process. Please contact your service provider for assistance.
? ERROR [260] : UPDATE ERROR
? This error occurs when there is an "open port error" before upgrading the CE ROM image. Solution: You can reset the device and run RUU again. If you still encounter an "OPEN PORT ERROR" again, reset your computer and try again.
? ERROR [262] : UPDATE ERROR
? This error occurs during the CE ROM code upgrade process.
Solution: If this happens, you can just soft-reset the device and run RUU again. The update process will then continue.
Note: At this stage, the Wince is destroyed; instead, it is in upgrade mode.
? ERROR [300] : INVALID UPDATE TOOL
? This error message will appear when you use the incorrect RUU version to upgrade.
? ERROR [330] : ROM IMAGE ERROR
? This error message will appear when you use the incorrect RUU to upgrade and the image file size is larger than the Flash ROM size. In this case, download the correct RUU version to upgrade.

Nice one mate, at leat this will give people who flash some idea what to do when or if they get errors flashing.

great find thanks for posting this will be useful for everyone.

Obligatory "thank you" post.

haha ok ok mistake now i see the solutions xD!

edit...............

Thanks P1T.
Just to put one in laymans terms from real life experience:
ERROR 240
Check that the contents of the folder is a KaiserCustomRUU.exe file and an RUUSigned.nbh file. If you put the os-new.nb file in by mistake instead of the .nbh, this is the error that shows up!!

I thought everyone knew that these error codes were included in the .doc files that come with shipped ROMs (and removed within custom_ruu.exe).
Guess not Great post P1tater!

Confused Stu said:
Thanks P1T.
Just to put one in laymans terms from real life experience:
ERROR 240
Check that the contents of the folder is a KaiserCustomRUU.exe file and an RUUSigned.nbh file. If you put the os-new.nb file in by mistake instead of the .nbh, this is the error that shows up!!
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I'll add this to the post. Thanks Stu.
_Alex_ said:
I thought everyone knew that these error codes were included in the .doc files that come with shipped ROMs (and removed within custom_ruu.exe).
Guess not Great post P1tater!
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I thought so to but I have had to answer a couple of these lately and was hoping that this might help to clear a few things up.

Bump (keeping it on the first page) & +1 for sticky
Oh, i would change the name to start with "Flash error codes" or at least include that in the title.

RPG0 said:
Bump (keeping it on the first page) & +1 for sticky
Oh, i would change the name to start with "Flash error codes" or at least include that in the title.
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I can make that change.

Thanks for the info pal

helpful! thankx

Wiki
Ported to the Wiki
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=RUU_Errors
Ta
Dave

Thanks dude. Great work. You put a lot of effort in this kind of handy things.
Oh, by the way, do you have a social live?

iXiR said:
Thanks dude. Great work. You put a lot of effort in this kind of handy things.
Oh, by the way, do you have a social live?
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I Can't speak for P1, but nope, I work, go home, play with my Son and either relax in front of the Telly or play on my PC.
Everynow and again on a weekend I'm forced into meeting something called friends by my better half
Dave

DaveShaw said:
I Can't speak for P1, but nope, I work, go home, play with my Son and either relax in front of the Telly or play on my PC.
Everynow and again on a weekend I'm forced into meeting something called friends by my better half
Dave
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That's similar to my own schedule. P1 got to have a secret in finding time for this kind of things

ERROR 200
I got this error 200 "get newer update utility" I am using windows vista 32 bit.
where can i get a newer update utility? thanks

I-mate JasJam upgrade error
hey guys no matter what i do even if i do a reset on the phone and restart the computer i keep getting the 260 error when doing the rom upgrade. i am using windows 7 and have had no errors with anything ever with it.
Any ideas?
Josh

rumjar86 said:
hey guys no matter what i do even if i do a reset on the phone and restart the computer i keep getting the 260 error when doing the rom upgrade. i am using windows 7 and have had no errors with anything ever with it.
Any ideas?
Josh
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Try resetting the phone and the computer to make sure that no other processes are running. Then try putting phone into bootloader, and when sync'd try flashing from there.

[Q] Flashing problems.

Hello everybody.
I've scoured these forums for a few days now, in hope that I can resolve this very frustrating problem but, alas, I've failed in my mission and have had to resort to picking your brains. (sorry about that!)
I'm running Cyanogen mod 7 on my T-Mobile G2 GSM and so far the ROM has worked brilliantly. The only reason I'd like to change is because of the poor GPS. I've tried a patch and the command fix but both of them didn't work for me.
Anyway... When I boot into Clockwork mod recovery (and wipe all the necessary files) and try to load my new ROM, I'm presented with an error message similar to this:
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finding update package...
opening update package...
E:error in / [ROM NAME & LOCATION]
Install Aborted
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I've tried downloading the rom several times via different websites, tried different ROMs all together, followed every bit of advice I could muster on here, and even purchased a new memory card... Just in case.
It's really frustrating though because I have to use recovery to get Cyanogen back (I need it to tether or I have no internet at home!) and that takes so long each time.
As you can probably imagine, it's really frustrating .
Any help would be massively appreciated!
Thanks again,
Bacoon.

Bacoon said:
finding update package...
opening update package...
E:error in / [ROM NAME & LOCATION]
Install Aborted
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on sdcard /mnt/sdcard/clockworkmod folder there is a log take a look at it
I think you have to flash a corresponding CWM by fastboot utility

Thank you for getting back to me!
There are 2 that I can see. Should i go for Recovery.log or Report.log?
It's also giving me lots of options to view it... Should I use html viewer? It seems like the only thing that'd work.
Cheers!
EDIT:
I used the HTML viewer on "Report.log" and it came up with a HUUUGE list. Anything in particular I should be looking for, mate?

Bacoon said:
Thank you for getting back to me!
There are 2 that I can see. Should i go for Recovery.log or Report.log?
It's also giving me lots of options to view it... Should I use html viewer? It seems like the only thing that'd work.
Cheers!
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report.log is generated from cwm recovery menu to report them errors
It says open ROM Manager to repport the issue
recovery.log in a general log to describe CWM activity
I think easy way is to change to a CWM that will allow you to flash that ROM
(I can't tell you exactly because I don't have links)
Code:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
to see/edit files use notepad or better Notepad++ that's a decent editor/viewer best Notepad replacement
I don't know give me a link to that log or better think to change CWM recovery...

alsnxpl Ancient
try CM 10.1
---------- Post added at 03:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:29 AM ----------
Android_Number17 said:
try CM 10.1
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By Mardon

Error in installing custom rom :(( Samsung pocket

"E:Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip
(status 2)
Installation aborted."
what is that? what to do guys? help me please. im a newbie here.
-Samsung Pocket user.

JKevin02 said:
"E:Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip
(status 2)
Installation aborted."
what is that? what to do guys? help me please. im a newbie here.
-Samsung Pocket user.
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Nobody told you that use CWM for flashing ROMs?

nobody boss. this is my first time. how to use that? and where i can get that? please guide me. thanks.

First make sure you have a custom Recovery like ClockWorkMod or TWRP or else you would end up having a soft brick.
You made that zip or is it from a defined rom cook for your phone.?
Anyway the possible reasons of that problem are:-
1)signature missing
2)zip is broken
To get rid of the first problem
Check if the META-INF folder is present in the zip..if not then Sign the zip using zipsigner2 app or anyother zip signer packages you can find in xda.
If META-inf folder is present..go to Recovery and toggle signature verification and set to OFF..then try.
For second problem.
Either create a new zip then sign then flash.
Hopefully thats the problem you are asking about.Hoped i help
-Rik[Rittik]

First of all, wrong place
Secondly, why you posted it three times?
Then, from where did you download this ROM?

[Completed] Failed to install cyanogen cm-11-2014*-icong.zip . Busted my Phone.. Help Urgent!

Hi, I read lots of posts here in xda on how to install custom ROM on my HTC Salsa, lot of times i felt bad as the posts always required my phone to be S-OFF. I couldn't find a nice and easy solution for this.
However somewhere i read that it is not mandatory to have S-OFF and which is when i just started experimenting on my phone.
I did unlock the bootloader from HTC dev . But i still have S-on.
I downloaded some *i9500 custom ROM and copied it to my downloads folder in sdcard. Tried to install the zip from sdcard from my CWM Recovery and it failed always. But then i thought that it could be the problem with image which i downloaded as it is not supported. So then i found one more post for HTC Salsa and downloaded the image from the link given in there.
Here is the link of that post : http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2745185
Here is the link from where i downloaded the zip : http://download.androidarmv6.org/_builds/icong/
Here is the image which i downladed : cm-11-20140719-NIGHTLY-icong.zip
After getting into CWM Recovery i tried to install the same and at first it looked that it is going to install but in some time i get some error like
set_metadata_recursive.... error STATUS 7. INSTALLATION ABORTED.
Then i thought i was doing to wrong and as per some post .. i formatted all the /boot /system /sdcard ....partitions listed in CWM.
Now my sdcard is completely formatted .
After i copy my image there and try to install the same :
I get :
--Installing: /sdcard/cm-11-20140719-NIGHTLY-icong.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
E: Error in .sdcard/cm-11-20140719-NIGHTLY-icong.zip
(Status 0)
Installation aborted.
I can't even reboot to my old ROM. .. Not sure if its lost completely. .. Need help urgently.
Please help me recover or reinstall any ROM just for my phone to come back to life again.

You have posted the issue in the right forum in your initial post. That is the right place for your concern. Please be patient and wait for one of the experts to respond.

S8 Active (G892) Oreo OTAs

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I missed this, was there an issue?

twizt3d said:
I missed this, was there an issue?
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If anyone installs it, there is no way back at all AT&T doesn't release Odin files for the phone at all.
Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

FatalONEM8 said:
If anyone installs it, there is no way back at all AT&T doesn't release Odin files for the phone at all.
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Ahh so it's the same thing listed in the 892 thread under the s8 (unbranded) forum. Bl2

Bump (sorry mods) new info!
Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

Downloading bra3 now. Pics and more to come.
Edit. Flashed fine, more to come.

Screenshots attached

twizt3d said:
Screenshots attached
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That is great that we finally get Oreo for Active S8

norbarb said:
That is great that we finally get Oreo for Active S8
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Agreed but I think the Odin files were the bigger find

The ARA1 to BRA3 link hangs for me, all others are ok.
Edit: Sorry for being impatient, I waited for the download and have successfully updated to 8.0!

New update available! BRB2! February patch!
Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

I am redownloading BRB2 now, but my first go around, the update from sd failed, and sideloading failed.
E3005 "/system/HWRDB/data/hwr_en_us.dat" has unexpected contents.
E:Error in /sideload/package.zip
(Status 7)
failed to open driver control: No such file or directory
E:ensure_path_unmounted failed to unmount /efs (device or resource busy)
Successfully verify for dmverity hash tree Installation aborted.#1
Edit, i was unable to complete this update tried several attempt all resulting in the above error

twizt3d said:
I am redownloading BRB2 now, but my first go around, the update from sd failed, and sideloading failed.
E3005 "/system/HWRDB/data/hwr_en_us.dat" has unexpected contents.
E:Error in /sideload/package.zip
(Status 7)
failed to open driver control: No such file or directory
E:ensure_path_unmounted failed to unmount /efs (device or resource busy)
Successfully verify for dmverity hash tree Installation aborted.#1
Edit, i was unable to complete this update tried several attempt all resulting in the above error
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I was finally able to flash this successfully. The issue I had related to the Odin files when I was returning to ara1. Please see the updated post if you need to restore to ara1. Thanks to norbarb and fatalonem8 for assistance with that.

Okay I am a Newbie at this with a ATT Samsung S8 Active
is there a step bye step guidance for this ?
Thank you
Eric

Ericthepilot said:
Okay I am a Newbie at this with a ATT Samsung S8 Active
is there a step bye step guidance for this ?
Thank you
Eric
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1. Download the update file. ( https://samsung.firmware.science/download?url=48974/1488/SS-G892AUCS2ARA1-to-U2BRB2-UP )
2. Place file on your SD card.
3. Reboot into recovery (hold bixby+Vol up + power)
4. Wait like 15 sec for recovery to boot, may look like it gives you an error but it boots.
5. Select install update from SD card, and select the file that you copied to the SD card.
6. Let it install, after that enjoy Oreo.

bugity said:
1. Download the update file. ( https://samsung.firmware.science/download?url=48974/1488/SS-G892AUCS2ARA1-to-U2BRB2-UP )
2. Place file on your SD card.
3. Reboot into recovery (hold bixby+Vol up + power)
4. Wait like 15 sec for recovery to boot, may look like it gives you an error but it boots.
5. Select install update from SD card, and select the file that you copied to the SD card.
6. Let it install, after that enjoy Oreo.
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Hi does this Guide applicable to QL1?
or i should update to ARA first?
and 1 more question if i will update 4 File ARA1 will i loose my personal data?

vazovskiiii said:
Hi does this Guide applicable to QL1?
or i should update to ARA first?
and 1 more question if i will update 4 File ARA1 will i loose my personal data?
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Yes, yes, and yes.
The last link in the OP will update you from QL1 to ARA1 if you need to. Probably better just to install through Odin tho.
You should be on 2ARA1 to update to BRB3, the latest link tells you what version it updates you from and to.
And installing an update.zip will erase your data usually, but there is a way to get around it by turning your phone off at a certain part during the update.

vazovskiiii said:
Hi does this Guide applicable to QL1?
or i should update to ARA first?
and 1 more question if i will update 4 File ARA1 will i loose my personal data?
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You should update to ARA1, you won't lose data if you flash HOME_CSC. There's a new bypass method for the wipe that occurs during sideload https://pastebin.com/pNKQrfva

FatalONEM8 said:
Recently, we've been able to find Odin files for the G892A they are ARA1 and very new link is here: https://mega.nz/#!d3xxiZiK!63ekoH4Iif2z6MFZ6TJ-2IRcHSh8reO-xZD80KUVUOU
you will need that for these OTAs
Latest:https://samsung.firmware.science/download?url=48974/1488/SS-G892AUCS2ARA1-to-U2BRB2-UP
https://samsung.firmware.science/download?url=48974/1488/SS-G892AUCS2ARA1-to-U2BRA3-UP
https://samsung.firmware.science/download?url=48974/1488/SS-G892AUCS2AQL1-to-U2BRA3-UP
https://samsung.firmware.science/download?url=48974/1488/SS-G892AUCS2AQL1-to-S2ARA1-UP
These are the OTAs for Oreo, credit goes to @locajm for the Odin files and the OTA links norbarb.
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Oops, still not used to XDA app ??

vazovskiiii said:
Hi does this Guide applicable to QL1?
or i should update to ARA first?
and 1 more question if i will update 4 File ARA1 will i loose my personal data?
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You can use the ql1-bra3 ota, to skip ara1, but make sure you follow the guidelines to avoid the wipe.