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I loaded the recent update on 12/24 and have not been able to use my tablet since then.. When turned on, it goes thru the ViewSonic screen and the gtablet screen, then just goes to a blank black screen.. It was stock before I loaded the last update..
I have tried to reboot using the power button and vol+
- if there is no microSD card in I get the following message
E: can't mount dev/block/mmcblk2
(no such file or directory)
E: can't mount SDCard2: recovery/command
Formating MISC:...
Rebooting...
- if there is a microSD card with the new download and recovery/command I get the following message
Formatting MISC:...
Rebooting...
Either way, I get a blank screen and no way to change things or update.
Is there anything I can do to get it working again?
This was all stock? Sounds like the flash update failed badly.
Suggestion -- reflash using one of the stock ROM's we've grabbed. Post info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842000. Quick instructions:
- Have a microSD card ready.
- Download the 3338 ZIP file, save it to the root of your microSD card and then rename it to "update.zip".
- Grab the homebrew 1.00 ZIP and extract just the /recovery/command file to the same folder in your microSD.
So, if your microSD is your F drive, you should have the following:
F:\update.zip
F:\recovery\command
- "command" is a text file. Open it in notepad and edit "SDCARD" to "SDCARD2". Make sure notepad doesn't add a .TXT extension when you save it.
Insert the microSD back into your device and reboot into recovery. If you're lucky your device will reflash and reboot.
If this all runs and you still get the same black screen on reboot, my next suggestion is to try one of the older firmware ZIPs and flash as I mentioned above.
edit due to Roebeet answering while I was
It was all stock, with a few added apps...
I tried to reflash the file as noted, with no success... same with the 12/19 -3316 update... it goes thru the recovery reboot, and then to the black screen...
A question on the recovery file.. my computer will not allow a "\" as part of a name... I have been trying this was a recovery file, with just the command file in it... if I need to do something different, let me know..
Sandy A. said:
It was all stock, with a few added apps...
I tried to reflash the file as noted, with no success... same with the 12/19 -3316 update... it goes thru the recovery reboot, and then to the black screen...
A question on the recovery file.. my computer will not allow a "\" as part of a name... I have been trying this was a recovery file, with just the command file in it... if I need to do something different, let me know..
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The instructions posted by roebeet should work. Make sure your microsd card is formatted as FAT32.
1. The file update.zip should be in the microsd card's root directory.
2. The folder recovery should be in the microsd card's root directory.
3. Inside the recovery folder there should be a file named command.
4. And inside the command file you should have the following line:
--update_package=SDCARD2:/update.zip
Still don't have it working.. I have tried all of the updates, and still have a black/blank screen once it goes thru the ViewSonic and gtablet screens..
I have noticed that when I take the sd card out, and check on my computer, that the recovery folder is empty, but I know it had the command file in it before..
any other suggestions??
I believe it's fixable but at this point you may be happier returning it for a new one. It sounds like your update download was corrupted and borked your install.
Not exactly what I wanted to hear.. but..
I called customer support, and got thru today (tried last night and was put on hold then the call dropped)... I was told I wasn't the only person who had this problem with the last update... they are going to send me instructions on how to send it in for repair...
The only I can tell you to try is the same thing Roebeet said earlier. If you have never installed clockworkmod recovery then go here and download the 3389 update
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=879534
Rename the file to "update.zip" ....make sure it doesn't get named update.zip.zip
Then go here and download cwm 0.8.zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865017
Unzip the cwm0.8.zip and you should have this
update.zip
a folder named "recovery" with a file named "command"
update.zip.......DELETE THIS FILE
recovery/command
the command file should have this line in it
--update_package=SDCARD2:/update.zip
If you have a micro sd card then place the 3389 update file that you renamed to "update.zip" on the root of the micro sd card. Not in an folders
Now place the recovery folder on the root of the micro sd card. Make sure the "command" file is in the recovery folder.
When you open your micro sd card you should see this
recovery (folder)...."command" file in this folder
update.zip
Insert the microsd card into the GTab. Make sure tablet is off and then Press power and vol+. hold Vol+ until you see "recovery key pressed". It should install the 3389 firmware and reboot.
If something happens during the install or if your download is corrupted again always check the recovery folder for the command file because it will be deleted on install.
Just a thought, are you sure it has a good charge on the battery? When I first got my gtab I had a similar issue getting it to boot, until I realized the battery was drained
Hi everyone, I'm a new android/gtab user and looking for some help with installing clockworkmod. I've followed some instructions from this web site. It looks like the installation goes through successfully because I see "Detect a recovery key pressed" followed by "Booting recovery kernel image" after pressing Power and Vol+. A package gets installed and the device reboots normally. they I power down again and try to enter clockworkmod by pressing the Power and Vol+ again and it just keeps doing the same thing over and over. I have in my root the update.zip file and a recovery folder. Am I supposed to delete these after installing? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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baoweezy said:
Hi everyone, I'm a new android/gtab user and looking for some help with installing clockworkmod. I've followed some instructions from this web site. It looks like the installation goes through successfully because I see "Detect a recovery key pressed" followed by "Booting recovery kernel image" after pressing Power and Vol+. A package gets installed and the device reboots normally. they I power down again and try to enter clockworkmod by pressing the Power and Vol+ again and it just keeps doing the same thing over and over. I have in my root the update.zip file and a recovery folder. Am I supposed to delete these after installing? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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Read this carefully
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892090
Once the tablet boots once it deletes the command file in the recovery folder
Thanks, I've read it through and had the files on the internal SD card exactly as the image in the link shows. I get the message in the upper left corner saying "Detect a Recovery Key Pressed", and then a 2nd line that reads "Recovery Image Detected. After that I see the cardboard box. The tablet then reboots as normal and I do not see any signs of a clockworkmod menu. Can I use the built in data erase function to restore it back to factory conditions and start over? I have rooted it with z4root.
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baoweezy said:
Thanks, I've read it through and had the files on the internal SD card exactly as the image in the link shows. I get the message in the upper left corner saying "Detect a Recovery Key Pressed", and then a 2nd line that reads "Recovery Image Detected. After that I see the cardboard box. The tablet then reboots as normal and I do not see any signs of a clockworkmod menu. Can I use the built in data erase function to restore it back to factory conditions and start over? I have rooted it with z4root.
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If you are installing from the internal sdcard make sure the line in the "command" file says "SDCARD" not "SDCARD2"
/sdcard/update.zip
/sdcard/recovery/command
The command file deletes every time you boot into recovery even if it doesn't install cwm. Make sure the file is there and pointing to the right sdcard.
You have to reboot after installing to get into the clockwork menu. Power/Vol+. If it doesn't go to cwm recovery it is not installed
Thank you very much! That did it! I did read your suggested link carefully but I guess I just didn't understand it enough to really "get it"
Thanks again!
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i hate to start this up again but i'm having the same issue and followed the steps from the other thread about cwm and roms.. to my understanding i followed the instructions and downloaded the file then exstracted it and putting the update.zip file & recovery fold on my enternal sd card but each time i do this it boots up and the two lines of txt appear but once i delete the folders and push the pwr & vol + buttons it just boots up normal again. i think i may be doing something wrong while labeling the files but i've done this at least 8 times already and no dice.. i'm at the point of returning it if i cant manage to get this to work unfortunately i was so excited to get this tablet with such high hopes but now its just a head ache, well if anyone wouldn't mind to give me some pointers, i would be greatly thankful.
jalladi said:
i hate to start this up again but i'm having the same issue and followed the steps from the other thread about cwm and roms.. to my understanding i followed the instructions and downloaded the file then exstracted it and putting the update.zip file & recovery fold on my enternal sd card but each time i do this it boots up and the two lines of txt appear but once i delete the folders and push the pwr & vol + buttons it just boots up normal again. i think i may be doing something wrong while labeling the files but i've done this at least 8 times already and no dice.. i'm at the point of returning it if i cant manage to get this to work unfortunately i was so excited to get this tablet with such high hopes but now its just a head ache, well if anyone wouldn't mind to give me some pointers, i would be greatly thankful.
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Read this carefully..If you don't have the command file pointing to the correct sdcard it won't install.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892090
Just the first post
SDCARD!
Jalladi,
That is exactly what mine was doing until I edited the COMMAND file that is in the Recovery folder. In my case, I installed CWM on my internal card. After editing the COMMAND file to point to SDCARD instead of SDCARD2, it worked correctly. I used Notepad in Windows to edit the file while connected to my laptop.
Good luck!
Thanks for this forum, worked like a charm. FYI the command file does not have an extension (ie .txt).
I'm sorry I still don't understand, I'm trying to install on the internal card, but just keeps restarting. I see the recovery folder with command file. It doesn't have anything about sdcard or sdcard2. What do I do with the file to correct?
Thank you for your help!!
daveconner98 said:
I'm sorry I still don't understand, I'm trying to install on the internal card, but just keeps restarting. I see the recovery folder with command file. It doesn't have anything about sdcard or sdcard2. What do I do with the file to correct?
Thank you for your help!!
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When you download CWM, you extract the contents of the file. The contents are an update.zip file and a recovery folder with a command file in there (no extension on the command file at all). The command file will have only one of the two lines below, depending on where you are installing from:
--update_package=SDCARD:/update.zip
--update_package=SDCARD2:/update.zip
SDCARD is the internal memory of the tablet, whereas SDCARD2 is the MicroSD card that you have in the SD Slot on the side of the tablet. The update.zip file and recovery folder with the command file inside of it should be placed on the root location of either your internal memory or your MicroSD card. I hope this helps. Good luck.
Have CWM v3.1.0.1 installed and can boot just fine but when I install the new CWM, I get "E:Can't open /sdcard/cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip (bad)"
This happens with any zip file I'm installing. I get "E:Can't open /sdcard/*.zip (bad)"
I thought maybe I had a bad download so I downloaded and re-downloaded the zip files. Nothing.
I've Rooted using One Click Universal root v4 and during the root process installed CWM 3.1.0.1. No problems. All worked fine.
Was thinking my sdcard might be the problem so I installed on my PC brk's Universal root toolkit v7.1 and tried to use NVflash on Revolver and Prime 2.0.3. Well it just sits there for an hour hung about 30% into it.
Will try brk's Universal root toolkit and attempt recovery install.
Any suggestions/ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Maybe try to format your micro sd card again using the pc.
sdformatter is a good program.
Well I fired up, brk's Universal root toolkit v7.1 and ran the restore recovery and then installed Prime v2.0.1 with success. Installed using NVflash option.
After going through reboots to ensure Prime installed (which looks really good), I decided to try to install the Prime v2.0.3 patch (zip file) using the updated CWM 3.2.0.1.
Well, that didn't work. Got the same error, "E:Can't open /sdcard/*.zip (bad)".
Can't figure this out. Never had this problem before.
Maybe the next course of action is the formatting of the sdcard.
Doesn't the tablet format the card? Or do you recommend using this, sdformatter?
I usually use the PC.
Keep in mind it only work with FAT32 on the micro sd
and you're using the micro sd on the tablet itself correct?
Yes.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium
Have exactly same problem, it seem like problem somewhere in CWM 3.1.0.1
In details:
Had rooted 8.5.6.13 with Brk.root.toolkit.v7.1 (that one includes CWM 3.1.0.1),
Put cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip in root of MicroSD.
Loaded in CWM , try to update to 3.2.01 (selected install zip from SDcard) -> got "E:Can't open /sdcard/cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip (bad)"
Downloaded CWM-ready images from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1334673
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341533
Both installed OK (yes, with same CWM 3.1.0.1 !),
Another attempt to update CWM (now on 8.5.6.19)->"E:Can't open /sdcard/cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip (bad)"
Checked root->root disappeared (do not know why), rooted 8.5.6.19 again with Brk.root.toolkit.v7.1,
Another attempt to update CWM->"E:Can't open /sdcard/cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip (bad)"
Got another 512MB MicroSD, formatted in FAT 32 (on PC ), put cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip in root of MicroSD.
Another attempt to update CWM->"E:Can't open /sdcard/cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip (bad)"
Formatted it in FAT (on PC ), put cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip in root of MicroSD.
Another attempt to update CWM->"E:Can't open /sdcard/cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip (bad)"
Looks like I am stuck on CWM 3.1.0.1 with no chances to update in future, any suggestions would be appreciated.
P.S. MD5 of cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip is correct. Transformer of WW version.
Lechaxda-developers said:
Have exactly same problem, it seem like problem somewhere in CWM 3.1.0.1
In details:
Had rooted 8.5.6.13 with Brk.root.toolkit.v7.1 (that one includes CWM 3.1.0.1),
Put cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip in root of MicroSD.
Loaded in CWM , try to update to 3.2.01 (selected install zip from SDcard) -> got "E:Can't open /sdcard/cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip (bad)"
Downloaded CWM-ready images from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1334673
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341533
Both installed OK (yes, with same CWM 3.1.0.1 !),
Another attempt to update CWM (now on 8.5.6.19)->"E:Can't open /sdcard/cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip (bad)"
Checked root->root disappeared (do not know why), rooted 8.5.6.19 again with Brk.root.toolkit.v7.1,
Another attempt to update CWM->"E:Can't open /sdcard/cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip (bad)"
Got another 512MB MicroSD, formatted in FAT 32 (on PC ), put cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip in root of MicroSD.
Another attempt to update CWM->"E:Can't open /sdcard/cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip (bad)"
Formatted it in FAT (on PC ), put cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip in root of MicroSD.
Another attempt to update CWM->"E:Can't open /sdcard/cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip (bad)"
Looks like I am stuck on CWM 3.1.0.1 with no chances to update in future, any suggestions would be appreciated.
P.S. MD5 of cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip is correct. Transformer of WW version.
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Hi - Here's some things to check:
1) A note from the original post(s) on cwm-3101/3202 in the dev forum:
Code:
Originally Posted by Warboy
does 3.2.0.1 skip internal storage too?
Also I would really Install Updates from Internal Storage, Install Updates from SdCard that would be awesome if you 2 guys could do that lol
It does skip internal media unless you put a file called eraseData into the clockworkmod folder on your MicroSD card.
So make sure you've got no file on the MicroSD called eraseData.
2) Have you check the md5sum? Here are the details:
Download
3.2.0.1 roach-tf101-r1
MD5: b28dca7b9dce48627e5e849586f633d1
If you don't know how to do that, then you could download an md5sum verify program for windows if you use it from somewhere, and check the zip file against the md5sum below it, or if you use linux, then just do "$ md5sum 3.2.0.1* and compare it to the md5sum above.
3) I'm not recalling the syntax of cwm errors, but it looks like "E:Can't open /sdcard/cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip (bad)" is hopefully where "E" means error, and /sdcard really means /Removable/MicroSD/, which would at least stick you in the right area.
4) Make sure you can unzip this file using 'unzip'/7zip/windows unzip/' or whatever on your PC before you start all this. If you can't unzip it there, then you can't unzip it on the TF. You'll get an error if it won't unzip.
SO: Just make sure you have 1 & 2 & 4 right first and then just for the heck of it rename the long filename to something smaller like cwm3201.zip and put it on a) the microsd and b) /sdcard, and try it again using that name.
Good luck -
Many thanks for your help,
I have stepped again through points above:
1.I did not found any eraseData file neither on MicroSD nor on Internal memory(/,/data,/system) (checked this with RootExplorer), actually I do not completely understood where to search: clockworkmod folder does not exists on those locations.
2.As i wrote, I have checked MD 5, in any case redownloaded file, checked MD5 again: to be precise- MD5 for zip: MD5 (cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip) = f71f9b672396be5e494b3d355ed21c9a
MD5 for content (i.e extracted zip): MD5 (cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1) = b28dca7b9dce48627e5e849586f633d1
3.” E:Can't open /sdcard/cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip (bad)" is exact error message, as far as I can see, /sdcard here is really /Removable/MicroSD/ (I can see folders structure and update file self than I have to select it from CWM), have no idea about E, did not found any documentation on CWM error codes.
4.I can unzip just normally (see 2.)
5. Put cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip in /sdcard (i.e root of visible internal memory) seems to have no effect: CWM does not see files on /sdcard (or I did not found a way to make CWM search there).
6.Renamed cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip to cwmupdate.zip, put into root of MicroSD. Result you can see on screenshot below.
Has anybody other ideas ?
Lechaxda-developers said:
Many thanks for your help,
I have stepped again through points above:
3.” E:Can't open /sdcard/cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip (bad)" is exact error message, as far as I can see, /sdcard here is really /Removable/MicroSD/ (I can see folders structure and update file self than I have to select it from CWM), have no idea about E, did not found any documentation on CWM error codes.
4.I can unzip just normally (see 2.)
5. Put cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip in /sdcard (i.e root of visible internal memory) seems to have no effect: CWM does not see files on /sdcard (or I did not found a way to make CWM search there).
6.Renamed cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip to cwmupdate.zip, put into root of MicroSD. Result you can see on screenshot below.
Has anybody other ideas ?
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Are you choosing "apply update from sdcard" or "install zip from sdcard"?
Are you choosing "apply update from sdcard" or "install zip from sdcard"?
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install zip from sdcard,
Should i rename cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip tj update.zip and try another option?
Lechaxda-developers said:
install zip from sdcard,
Should i rename cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip tj update.zip and try another option?
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No "install zip from sdcard is correct" shouldn't have to rename the zip at all.
CWM only read from micro sdcard not internal sdcard that's why you can't see it there.
Have you tried Gnufabio RecoveryInstaller? It install the newer CWM IIRC.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346180
I think the idea above this is a good one for a first try at this point.
Also: I reread the original post and see that obviously cwm finds the file, attempts to or succeeds in opening it, and then shouts "bad". I see you tried unzipping from the PC, and all the rest.
I wonder if this could somehow be a permissions error and if somehow there are no meaningful permissions either on the sdcard mount (just run $mount in a terminal emulator or adb to see what they are). I'm guessing that well, it's a zip file, so no matter what else cwm must do, it has to unzip the thing and extract the data to someplace. I'd have to go stare at the github code to figure out where that place is, but the target "could" be mounted r/o. It seems like the target can't be the sdcard or you're never be able to write the zip there in the first place.
If there's a github URL in the solarnz/roach post I'll see what it extracts it to and get back to this.
Lechaxda-developers said:
Many thanks for your help,
I have stepped again through points above:
1.I did not found any eraseData file neither on MicroSD nor on Internal memory(/,/data,/system) (checked this with RootExplorer), actually I do not completely understood where to search: clockworkmod folder does not exists on those locations.
2.As i wrote, I have checked MD 5, in any case redownloaded file, checked MD5 again: to be precise- MD5 for zip: MD5 (cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip) = f71f9b672396be5e494b3d355ed21c9a
MD5 for content (i.e extracted zip): MD5 (cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1) = b28dca7b9dce48627e5e849586f633d1
3.” E:Can't open /sdcard/cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip (bad)" is exact error message, as far as I can see, /sdcard here is really /Removable/MicroSD/ (I can see folders structure and update file self than I have to select it from CWM), have no idea about E, did not found any documentation on CWM error codes.
4.I can unzip just normally (see 2.)
5. Put cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip in /sdcard (i.e root of visible internal memory) seems to have no effect: CWM does not see files on /sdcard (or I did not found a way to make CWM search there).
6.Renamed cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip to cwmupdate.zip, put into root of MicroSD. Result you can see on screenshot below.
Has anybody other ideas ?
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You have to copy the .zip file to /removeable/micro sd card/ and not to /sd card. For now its not possible to flash something from the internal sd card.
If you allready did this you can try to "toggle signature verification" in Recovery i had to do this when i flashed the su on my sensation xe. you have to do this till it says disabled and then flash the .zip
Hope it helps
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hachamacha said:
I think the idea above this is a good one for a first try at this point.
Also: I reread the original post and see that obviously cwm finds the file, attempts to or succeeds in opening it, and then shouts "bad". I see you tried unzipping from the PC, and all the rest.
I wonder if this could somehow be a permissions error and if somehow there are no meaningful permissions either on the sdcard mount (just run $mount in a terminal emulator or adb to see what they are). I'm guessing that well, it's a zip file, so no matter what else cwm must do, it has to unzip the thing and extract the data to someplace. I'd have to go stare at the github code to figure out where that place is, but the target "could" be mounted r/o. It seems like the target can't be the sdcard or you're never be able to write the zip there in the first place.
If there's a github URL in the solarnz/roach post I'll see what it extracts it to and get back to this.
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OK: I grabbed both git's (solarnz and roach) and there is only one spot the error could be coming from originally which is in top-level install.c and is basically just a call to mcOpenZipArchive in Zip.c. If returns an error, then that's apparently the error you got (has E: up front, (bad) in rear, and your stuff in between).
mcOpenZipArchive looks at ~4 criteria to open, and one thing that seems kind of important is that I don't see any changes in this Zip.c file in either git repo so if it fails on solarnz, it "ought" to fail on roach.
What Zip.c checks are these things:
1) Is the file there and openable at all? (based on a few things first on /MicroSD (wheverever you pointed it), or on /sdcard if those other oddball things were setup but you said they weren't.
2) Can it map the memory for this file in shared mem?
3) Did the map return an endpoint(amount of mem) that would hold the entire file?
4) Can it parse the file into mapped mem?
I don't have time to go through more code but if any of those things cause some alarm to go off in your head, then good and there's hope of figuring it out, and if not, well, maybe we can get roach to look it over as if he hasn't got enough going on
The other possible obvious thing might just be that your cwm is corrupt and useless. I've had this happen to me, but have used nvflash to blow another img of it onto the tf. I don't know if you've got that capability or not. Like all errors, it could be a million things, and by the time I finish this paragraph, I hope you've solved it.
Thanks again for advices, solved in 1 minute with
Gnufabio RecoveryInstaller
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1346180
Bad point here I didn’t figured out what was the reason of the problem, I would agree with hachamacha:
The other possible obvious thing might just be that your cwm is corrupt and useless.
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With only one exception: it was “partly” corrupted (see in my first post, with same CWM I have installed 2 zip- images without any problem), only with conjunction with cwm_recovery-3201_roach-tf101-r1.zip problem appears.
In any case: for guys who having problems "updating CWM with CWM" - just use Gnufabio RecoveryInstaller
OK. So here after having some time to sit down after work to get a full idea of what is going on.
I have 2 different ROMS with zips to flash. One is a stock 2.3.4 rooted....the other is ParanoidAndroid CM9 with everything needed to run it.
2.3.4 has caused my phone to read the SD Card as _ExternalSD as a folder.
When on the phone through Astro or through ROM Manager I can find and view the ZIP files on my memory card.
I flashed CWM via NVFlash and CWM is installed on the phone but the issue that comes up is that when I navigate to the _ExternalSD folder and open in within CWM it only has a data folder and all other folders are missing and the ZIP file that is in the root of my SD card is no where to be found.
What can I do??
Don't navigate to that folder. In CWM, your external is simply just that, your external. So when you go to "Install zip" always pick from "choose from external" or however it's worded. It isn't in your internal in that folder that's called _ExternalSD... think of that like more of a shortcut on your ineternal sd card to get to your external sd more easier in file exporers.
So once again, in CWM go to flash/install zip, and choose external SD and it should be there. _ExternalSD is just a quick shortcut for file managers to locate your external.
That isn't the issue. I chose install zip from SD Card....It brings up a list of all of my folders. I have a zip in the root of my SD and it doesn't show up. I have the other zips in a download folder....That folder will not open. None of the other folders will open. The only folder that WILL open is the folder called _ExternalSD........When I open that folder it brings up the SAME list of folders but no ZIP shows up in the root of that folder and when I open my download folder it shows a data folder in it and no files or ZIPs
Nothing???
What do you mean though the folder won't open? Do you get some sort of error or something?
When I boot into CWM and go to install from SD card and what not it brings up the folders that are in the root of my SD card.
There is a ZIP file in the root that does not show up in CWM. My other ROM is located in my download folder.
If i go to the download folder i see and select it the screen blinks and goes to the same list. The folder does not open.
If I go to my ExternalSD and the only folder that shows inside there is a data folder.
Maybe it's a corrupt or incomplete zip file. Hmm have you tried formatting your external at least? Not via your phone but format with an adapter directly to your computer.
Weird problem, but trying to help as much as I can.
Yeah it is a super weird problem. I can try to format the SD card and see what happens.
I don't see that working but I am going to give it a shot but any other ideas on what it could be i'm down to check into.
My last G2x was rooted fine cracked the screen and ended up getting another G2x and now it won't root. LOL super frustrating. I've rooted so many and this one is just being a pain lol.
So far reformatting is not working. Its not doing anything. I'm so dumbfounded as to what is going on.
Try a complete nvflash again? With clockwork 5.0.2.0?
How would I do that? I thought about trying that but I can't seem to be able to get it to reflash it.
How do I boot the phone up so the NVFlash will work. When I plug it in NVFlash cannot find the device
Alright so I think I've figured out the issue now I just need to come up with a solution.
ROM Manager says I am on 5.0.2.0 but when I boot into CWM it shows I am actually on 4.0.1.5.
So I need to flash 5.0.2.0......Issue is here tho that I cannot flash it through ROM Manager and I can't seem to get NVFlash to work in flashing 5.0.2.0.
Can anyone lend some advice on that?
Spectral8x said:
Alright so I think I've figured out the issue now I just need to come up with a solution.
ROM Manager says I am on 5.0.2.0 but when I boot into CWM it shows I am actually on 4.0.1.5.
So I need to flash 5.0.2.0......Issue is here tho that I cannot flash it through ROM Manager and I can't seem to get NVFlash to work in flashing 5.0.2.0.
Can anyone lend some advice on that?
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Don't use ROM manager.
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Hi, I've copied Rom Zip onto SD Card and can see it in File Explorer, however when I boot into Recovery I can't see it.
A previous rom i copied over in File Explorer can be seen in Recovery
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
chunderman said:
Hi, I've copied Rom Zip onto SD Card and can see it in File Explorer, however when I boot into Recovery I can't see it.
A previous rom i copied over in File Explorer can be seen in Recovery
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
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Are they in different directories or is one on an external card? Not to accuse you of being absent minded but I personally have had this problem because I forgot where I put a new file. I had to go back into File Explorer and locate the file so I could point to it in recovery. If it's not a silly error (again just offering my own silly experience) the only other thing I can think of is that it's a corrupted file.
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I set up a special folder named "A_Roms" and place it on my sim card via USB cable and usually transfer roms and kenels to that file via USB, that way that file is the first file at the top of the page when I boot into recovery and hit install from SD card.
chunderman said:
Hi, I've copied Rom Zip onto SD Card and can see it in File Explorer, however when I boot into Recovery I can't see it
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Just move your zip file to extSD and install it from there