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ROM Manager error I NEED Help Plz

hey guys i had andromeda installed but messed the flash up by disabling lots of system stuff so i one clicked back to stock, rooted, installed rom manager like normal but every time i try to flash clockwork recovery mod it keeps telling me "An error occurred while downloading your recovery." and i cant install it so i can re-flash the rom plz help me i dont know what to do thx ahead of time

praramis said:
hey guys i had andromeda installed but messed the flash up by disabling lots of system stuff so i one clicked back to stock, rooted, installed rom manager like normal but every time i try to flash clockwork recovery mod it keeps telling me "An error occurred while downloading your recovery." and i cant install it so i can re-flash the rom plz help me i dont know what to do thx ahead of time
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Put this on your internal SD card along with your ROM of choice. Reboot in to recovery and install packages 2 times. The second time it will be in clockwork recovery and you can flash your ROM.

I just had the same problem after doing countless ROM flashes in the past. Perhaps its something in their server preventing the download of CWM? Anyways, thanks for the .zip. Worked like a charm!

yes thank you very much for that zip u saved my life well appreciated

Keep that .zip on your HDD and you can bypass Rom Manager (and all the associated problems) altogether.

I have my phone rooted and unlocked. It's the AT&T Captivate but I'm using it on T-Mobile. I've had no problems so far with it.
I downloaded Clockwork's Rom Manager (v3.0.0.7) and tried to Flash ClockworkMod Recovery to begin experimenting with ROMs.
When I click on that it tells me "An error occurred while downloading your recovery."
I have over 4 gigs of memory left and I have 3 bars on 3g and WiFi going. No internet connection problems (i checked the net using market and using the browser, it works fine.)
What else could be causing the problems.
I'm just wanting to get a good stable rom going which ditches all the junk AT&T put on the phone.
Jonathan

lanternslight456 said:
I have my phone rooted and unlocked. It's the AT&T Captivate but I'm using it on T-Mobile. I've had no problems so far with it.
I downloaded Clockwork's Rom Manager (v3.0.0.7) and tried to Flash ClockworkMod Recovery to begin experimenting with ROMs.
When I click on that it tells me "An error occurred while downloading your recovery."
I have over 4 gigs of memory left and I have 3 bars on 3g and WiFi going. No internet connection problems (i checked the net using market and using the browser, it works fine.)
What else could be causing the problems.
I'm just wanting to get a good stable rom going which ditches all the junk AT&T put on the phone.
Jonathan
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Read the above solution...

I Can't get the update.zip file to work. After I reinstall packages is says E:Can't open /sdcard/update.zip (No such file or derectory) Installation aborted. I've tried it probably 20 times today with no luck.

Thank You
Nothing like flashing to find out it wasn't working. Thanks for making my day go better.

Noobie Mistakes
Just like everyone in this forum I'm having the same problem, I followed your instructions posted, but every time I reinstall packages in recovery mode a whole list of new problems comes up..... see below.
---Install from sdcard---
Finding update package...
Opening update package....
Verifying update package...
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
PLZ Help.......
Thanks

i have been fight this same thing for 2 days. im going to try the update.zip he posted i hope it works

npe didnt work. still says error downloading

tat2messiah said:
npe didnt work. still says error downloading
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if the update.zip is already on your /sdcard/ then there is no reason to try and download/flash clockwork recovery.....thats what the update.zip IS

thats what i thuoght but not true. even goin in normal recovery and selecting to install packages gets a error some about no such directory or something even though updat.zip is there even fix permissions gives a error

I'm having the exact same problem. After reading the development section I have decided to flash a custom rom from my stock rom. Installed "Rom manger" from market, then tried to run the "recovery" got the same error msg. Also uploaded the update.zip to my /sdcard the I got the below errors:
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted

tat2messiah said:
thats what i thuoght but not true. even goin in normal recovery and selecting to install packages gets a error some about no such directory or something even though updat.zip is there even fix permissions gives a error
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Did you flash back to stock JF6 first not JI6?

try this cuz this is what i did and the update.zip worked just fine for me
1. one click back to stock jf6
2. master clear
3. root with galaxy s one click root
(after the root there should be an update.zip in your sdcard)
4. replace the update.zip in the root of your sd card with the one here posted which is the clockwork recovery one and if you want while u do that you can throw in the rom that you want to flash in there as well to kill 2 birds with one stone
(i will re post the update.zip for cwm just in case)
5. power off the phone and boot into stock recovery and hit reinstall packages two times
6. you should now be in clockwork mod recovery and can now flash the rom of your choice
this is what i did and everything went smoothly but this is just me if this helps someone else plz let me know if this works for you
p.s. i will make a video if needed just ask

Try This
After flashing back to stock do a master clear from Odin3
Put update.zip onto internal sd
Boot into recovery
Reinstall packages
After boot enable USB debugging and mock locations
Get Rom Manager from market
Start Rom Manager
Flash ClockworkMod Recovery
Flash away

jhernand1102 said:
Put this on your internal SD card along with your ROM of choice. Reboot in to recovery and install packages 2 times. The second time it will be in clockwork recovery and you can flash your ROM.
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You guys are making it harder then necessary, the update zip I posted is the clockwork recovery MOD, just flash stock, reboot into recovery and reinstall packages 2 times and you will be in the green clockwork recovery then you can install zip from sd and choose your ROM you placed on your internal sd card. No need to root every again as long as you keep this update zip handy.

I too am having problems with Rom Manager. I just wanted to change modems. No go. So I used the power button to go into Recovery mode, picked the modem file, flashed it then told the menu to reboot system.
Sent from my Samsung Captivate with Perception 10.3, Firebird2 v0.8 #77 Kernel, Firmware 2.2.1, Modem T9000UGJL2 using XDA App

[Q] Please help: I think I'm soft-bricked.

Well, okay, technically I'm not actually even totally sure what soft-bricked means, but while I can get to both a fastboot screen and into what appears to be CWM (orange recovery with more options than blue), my phone is hanging on the Google boot screen.
Here's what I did.
I have a rooted Nexus S that was running 2.3.3 stock. The OTA update notification came up today, so I allowed it. But then it seemed to hang for, like, half an hour.
So I pulled the battery and allowed it to reset. Which was fine, no biggie. I still had 2.3.3, but no longer had root. So I flashed the GRI40 superboot. Still fine. But I no longer had an update, and it was still 2.3.3.
So I flashed CWM and went to the 2.3.3 stock image. CWM downloaded said image, didn't seem to have any problems, and I clicked to wipe the cache and dalvik.
And now it won't boot beyond the Google screen. But like I said, I'm on fastboot screen now (unlocked) and seem to still have clockwork. Nothing else, though, and there's nothing on my sd card. I know, I know, the lack of back up is a noob mistake.
Help? I'd really just like to get to stock but rooted 2.3.4.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=947950
Use this i have got the same problem
that solved

prad1po said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=947950
Use this i have got the same problem
that solved
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A couple of the other threads by people with hard bricks (problem today?) mentioned Odin as problematic. It's okay to use?

Also, I have to admit, I see a lot of discussion of Odin in the forums, and have Googled it, but I don't actually know what it is or how to use it.

willentrekin said:
Also, I have to admit, I see a lot of discussion of Odin in the forums, and have Googled it, but I don't actually know what it is or how to use it.
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Odin is the Fkash program from samsung to flash the lhine first time
you have CWM? no need of odin!
reboot into cwm --> mounts & storage --> mount usb
search a the deoxed 2.3.4 rom and download it..
also search the forum for superuser binary to flash
then wipe system and cache
flash zip first the rom then superuser
reboot
have fun

Okay. Almost there, I think.
You're right about CWM. I got it mounted okay, and get a drive on my computer, into which I can copy a zip and then unmount. At which point I get:
Installing {whichever zip I try. So far, I've tried Nandroid Stock 2.3.4_rooted and 2.3.2 GRH78c}
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Installation aborted.
That's as far as I get right now. And I'm not touching anything. I wiped the data and cache. Do I have to further mount/unmount anything?

willentrekin said:
Okay. Almost there, I think.
You're right about CWM. I got it mounted okay, and get a drive on my computer, into which I can copy a zip and then unmount. At which point I get:
Installing {whichever zip I try. So far, I've tried Nandroid Stock 2.3.4_rooted and 2.3.2 GRH78c}
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Installation aborted.
That's as far as I get right now. And I'm not touching anything. I wiped the data and cache. Do I have to further mount/unmount anything?
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wipe system too? :/
do you have the latest recovery?
maybe you have a nandroid backup anywhere?
else download one at the dev section i think are enough backups
copy one to /clockwork/backup/***DATE***
hope that fixes your problem :S
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

willentrekin said:
Well, okay, technically I'm not actually even totally sure what soft-bricked means, but while I can get to both a fastboot screen and into what appears to be CWM (orange recovery with more options than blue), my phone is hanging on the Google boot screen.
Here's what I did.
I have a rooted Nexus S that was running 2.3.3 stock. The OTA update notification came up today, so I allowed it. But then it seemed to hang for, like, half an hour.
So I pulled the battery and allowed it to reset. Which was fine, no biggie. I still had 2.3.3, but no longer had root. So I flashed the GRI40 superboot. Still fine. But I no longer had an update, and it was still 2.3.3.
So I flashed CWM and went to the 2.3.3 stock image. CWM downloaded said image, didn't seem to have any problems, and I clicked to wipe the cache and dalvik.
And now it won't boot beyond the Google screen. But like I said, I'm on fastboot screen now (unlocked) and seem to still have clockwork. Nothing else, though, and there's nothing on my sd card. I know, I know, the lack of back up is a noob mistake.
Help? I'd really just like to get to stock but rooted 2.3.4.
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Just download the 2.3.4 (stock rooted) file on here...in the de section...
its a nandroid back up
then just put it in the clockworkdmod/ folder on your phone
reboot into recovery and restore it
viola!
thats what i did to get mine rooted...its way easier than trying to actually root it!
edit: yeah what the post above mine said...lol..didnt see that posted yet!

Okay. Followed guidance. Still hanging but maybe getting closer.
I made a backup of the borked system, and then went into the clockwork folder and created a new folder within the backups. I unzipped the 2.3.4root ROM and renamed the folder to almost the same name as the borked system. I then tried to restore that.
I got an MD5 fail? I'm not sure what that means.
Maybe I should replace all the files in the legit-made backup with the files from 2.3.4?

Awesome! I got it! I went and got Axura's 2.3.3 stock/rooted and installed that from the zip. I don't know why the other two aborted, but this one worked. So it looks like I've got rooted stock 2.3.3 again!
I'm not so sure I'm going to try for 2.3.4 now.
Thanks for the help!

[Q] NEWB CENTRAL... get CVM by odin or zip file from SD card? never have done this

Hi. My name is Shaun, and yes this is my first post here ... I would like to say this is an awesome forum full of information. Thanks for being here.
I'll start off with where I am at with my phone, and ultimately, what I want to do, then I will roll with a few questions (actually a lot of questions).
I will give you my phone stats and info to start off with. Some of it may not be pertinent. (All of this is what came out of the box, and I haven't done anything to this phone besides gain su access to it through superoneclick)
-Samsung Galaxy S (Mesmerize through US Cellular)
-Hardware v I500.04
-Firmware v 2.2.1
-Kernel v 2.6.32.9
I have read through the glossary, the stickies, and a few other threads as well. I'm looking to flash a new ROM, of course.
Now with the questions and calls for layman's explanations...
1. My friend, Adam, told me that the next step for me is to "Download ROM Manager and run a back up". I read in a thread this is a no-no, and that I need to get CVM Red Recovery (I saw it in both zip and tar formats). Once I download it, what is the next step? Do I put the zip file on my SD card and boot into the factory recovery and get it there? Do I download "odin" and load it that way? What is the advantage or disadvantage of either method? It seems a bit unclear to me.
2. With the particular ROMs, I read that these packages will sometimes include the kernels. Are these in separate files and need to be flashed separately? If so, how do I know which kernel package matches a particular ROM, if I am even making any sense right now?
3. After putting CVM on my phone, how would one get back to stock?
Conceptually, I think I am missing a bit on how all of this works and the inner workings of a droid, and I'm one that tends to learn these things through diving in it. The fear of "bricking" my precious lifeline to the world is keeping my butthole clinched and myself afraid to make the next move.

First off, welcome. You will find the answers to almost all of your questions in the following stickied threads. Doing your own research and reading a LOT is the best way to get yourself comfortable and ready for rooting. Keep in mind, the only person that can correct anything you screw up is you so make sure you have a good understanding of what you're doing BEFORE you do it. Oh, and don't use ROM Manager. It doesn't work correctly for our phone (yet). Kernels included in Rom's don't need installed separately
Glossary
Step by Step Guide
Info on Kernels

new questions about CVM for mesmerize
In my search for CVM for my mesmerize... I came across this sticky thread in reference to all SCH-I500 models..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1026893
In this thread is a working modified Clockworkmod recovery that is also built to work with all three phones. To flash it, you would either need a recovery that allows you to flash a zip file, or you can flash the tar file in Odin.
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Where is this said "recovery that allows you to flash a zip file"? Is this the same recovery that I can access when I hold the power and volume buttons to boot the phone? The wording sounds as if I need a "previous recovery" from another source somewhere to do this.
Also, in that same thread there is a link to the CVM needed for these phones. I see CVM3-voodoo, CVM3-voodoo blue, and CVM-voodoo purple... is the first in the list the "red recovery" I am looking for?

LazerOrca said:
In my search for CVM for my mesmerize... I came across this sticky thread in reference to all SCH-I500 models..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1026893
Where is this said "recovery that allows you to flash a zip file"? Is this the same recovery that I can access when I hold the power and volume buttons to boot the phone? The wording sounds as if I need a "previous recovery" from another source somewhere to do this.
Also, in that same thread there is a link to the CVM needed for these phones. I see CVM3-voodoo, CVM3-voodoo blue, and CVM-voodoo purple... is the first in the list the "red recovery" I am looking for?
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There's a lot of different versions of CWM (W not V btw, stands for ClockWork Mod). I believe the colored ones are the same just different colors. The first one named should work fine though. And you will flash the zips in CWM when you reboot using the "3 finger method" which I believe is what you were describing.

akellar said:
There's a lot of different versions of CWM (W not V btw, stands for ClockWork Mod). I believe the colored ones are the same just different colors. The first one named should work fine though. And you will flash the zips in CWM when you reboot using the "3 finger method" which I believe is what you were describing.
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Using the three-finger method with the factory recovery and scroll to where it says "apply sdcard:update.zip", find the zip file in the sdcard and hit ok?

LazerOrca said:
Using the three-finger method with the factory recovery and scroll to where it says "apply sdcard:update.zip", find the zip file in the sdcard and hit ok?
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No that's an old method. Use the CWM.tar file and flash it in PDA in Odin. 3-finger method will then take you to CWM and not stock recovery.

it worked!!!
sweet it worked!!! thanks akellar...
how do you like MIUI? I see that you are running that on your phone. I gotta look through some of these roms and look at the features and screenshots.

LazerOrca said:
sweet it worked!!! thanks akellar...
how do you like MIUI? I see that you are running that on your phone. I gotta look through some of these roms and look at the features and screenshots.
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No problem.
MIUI is awesome (I'm actually using CM7 btw, just haven't updated my sig). It is VERY different from stock though. Keep in mind there are bugs in both it and CM7 so if that's an issue for you then stick with TouchWiz based Roms (H57 would be my suggestion or PnP if you just want stripped down stock). You can find instructions and info on those Roms in their specific threads.

When trying to back up in CWM, I get an "Error while backing up boot image!" I am using CwM Voodoo Lagfix Recovery v3.0.2.8x.ti
Is there a newer version and is this a known issue?

LazerOrca said:
When trying to back up in CWM, I get an "Error while backing up boot image!" I am using CwM Voodoo Lagfix Recovery v3.0.2.8x.ti
Is there a newer version and is this a known issue?
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Honestly there are so many different versions of nearly identical CWM's the version number and names no longer mean anything to me.
Download this link, unzip, pick one of the colors (all the same just different colors), install in the CWM you currently have, go to reboot recovery, it will then reboot into the update recovery and you should be good to do a backup from there.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R7V0INE0

put it on my SD card, then select "install zip from sdcard" or "apply update from sdcard"?

LazerOrca said:
put it on my SD card, then select "install zip from sdcard" or "apply update from sdcard"?
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Install - update will look for an update.zip and install that, which won't do you any good.

akellar said:
Install - update will look for an update.zip and install that, which won't do you any good.
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this what it is saying now
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Installation aborted.
I reboot and it is still the same version of CWM I'm running now. Should I repair permissions?
Does it matter that the lagfix conversion says yes? I know this changes the file system from what I have read?

LazerOrca said:
this what it is saying now
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Installation aborted.
I reboot and it is still the same version of CWM I'm running now. Should I repair permissions?
Does it matter that the lagfix conversion says yes? I know this changes the file system from what I have read?
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First off, did you unzip the file I linked and pull out one of the individual files? It sounds like your trying to install the original zip which won't work. THere are 3 zip files inside the original zip.
Did you already install a Rom or Kernel? Where are you seeing lagfix coversion saying "yes?" It should only say enabled or disabled in CWM.

I saw that in the CwM recovery screen.
It is working now. I am backing up as we speak. this backup can be recovered at anytime if I can make it back to the CwM recovery screen, correct? should I download the factory rom and kernel and keep it around on my SD card?
and btw... thank you sooooo much for helping me out.

LazerOrca said:
I saw that in the CwM recovery screen.
It is working now. I am backing up as we speak. this backup can be recovered at anytime if I can make it back to the CwM recovery screen, correct? should I download the factory rom and kernel and keep it around on my SD card?
and btw... thank you sooooo much for helping me out.
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As long as your on the same file format (i.e. not on CM7, MIUI) you will be able to restore that file, yes. The stock rom/kernel are not flashable in CWM, you have to use ODIN so having them on the SD card would not do you any good.
Not a problem. We were all new once. Like I said before, just make sure to do your own homework before jumping in head first. Many of us spend days/weeks reading before we ever did anything.

cm7
And do you have any tips for flashing cryanogen 7...
looked at this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1142872 saying I need to flash two files separately... do I flash cm7 then gapps? both from CWM?
90 some odd MB seems fairly small for something running your entire phone. is this just an update?
In the process of flashing, does this change the file format, or does this occur when it reboots and installs?

LazerOrca said:
And do you have any tips for flashing cryanogen 7...
looked at this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1142872 saying I need to flash two files separately... do I flash cm7 then gapps? both from CWM?
90 some odd MB seems fairly small for something running your entire phone. is this just an update?
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Your link is broke so I am not sure what you are referring to but the CM7 thread has the instructions in it. Gapps installs the Google apps (gmail, market, etc).

correction... here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1142872
and in the process of flashing this rom, is the file format converted then or when the installation occurs after reboot?

LazerOrca said:
correction... here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1142872
and in the process of flashing this rom, is the file format converted then or when the installation occurs after reboot?
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Converts, then reboots to recovery, then flashes rom. Should do this all on its own. FYI, this is in the OP of that link. Make sure to read everything carefully!

[Q] Remove CWM B90

I know there is a thread going (Easy [UNROOT]), and I would have posted in the development section, but I'm not aloud because of my limited posts.
First let me say, I did read this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154947&highlight=unroot+b90
And followed this tutorial:
http://theunlockr.com/2011/11/28/how-to-unroot-and-remove-cwm-recovery-on-asus-transformer/
I have a B90 (US - rooted with RC) and had an issue in the unroot process - specifically flashing ASUS recovery. I did the first install, reboot, manual boot to recovery, and then when I tried flashing the 8239USrecovery.zip I get:
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Finding update package...
Opening update package...
E:Can't open /sdcard/unroot/8239USrecovery.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted.
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After the first failure I powered down, pulled the SD and deleted / re-downloaded / re-added the zip, and tried again. Same outcome.
Any thoughts are much appreciated!

UPDATE:
I tried going back to my restore last night, and that was a no go. I wiped again from CWM, and tried the whole process over again. Nada.
This morning I tried another download of the file, did another wipe of data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, reboot, manual boot to CWM, and flashed the file.
And it worked! Fifth time's a charm? So if you have a B90, this method does in fact work. You might just have to give the second step a few tries.

How did you root it, because I'm trying to root my B90 using whatever process is shown here and nothing. Just get the gears turning and the exclamation point.

felix8787 said:
How did you root it, because I'm trying to root my B90 using whatever process is shown here and nothing. Just get the gears turning and the exclamation point.
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Sorry for the delay! I missed this.
I used Razor Claw, though, at the time my firmware version was at .19 or lower. When I unrooted, I saw that I'm up to 8.6.5.21 now. I'm not 100% sure, but I'd check that out for compatibility with the latest RC.

jb installation failed

mates,
I need your help on installing JB with CW 6.0.0.7. I have a 9023 with ICS 404 stock, rooted, with busy box installed. I tried to instal the jb download from google site (9ZGgDXDi.zip) and I get the following error:
installing update...
verifing current system...
assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/build.prop", "5a11755c3b67986b1ea8beb466955e9339e3de2c1". "db469a8330031cea064b24c5ff8d7da080a79557")
E:Error in sdcard/applic utili/9ZGgDXDi.zip
(status 7).
Installation aborted.
I had the same problem installing it via ota at the same point.
I tried to change also the CW installing the 5082 but nothing.
Someone can help me to install the JB on my nexus???
thanks

Check out this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28734976&postcount=970

flobin said:
Check out this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28734976&postcount=970
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I restored a backup of my system where busybox was not installed and I got the same problem.
Could you be so kind to link here these three files. To be honest I'm not so expert fo find them alone.
thanks

I went to stock by doing this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29073020&postcount=1
I didn't flash the updates in the second part #1 but you could just flash instead. I logged everything in then did this to get the 4.1.1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29067584&postcount=2817
Go into airplane with a strong wifi signal on for this to work.
I then rerooted (2nd part #2 on)
Hope this helps.