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Help with flashing first ROM

iv read the how to guide, it was very helpfull, however when i put my clockwork file to my sd and name it update.zip, and try to re install packages at the recovery menu i get this error:
E: failed to verify whole-files signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted
iv read that once i get to clockwork i can turn signatures off.. is there a way to do that with the recovery menu? thanks alot

You gotta search for the process on changing that sig requirement. I just did my first flash too. Its not hard @ all. After you change that file out, clockwork will work. Good luck. Im on my phone, but ill try to look for the quote on what to do for that sig stuff for you.
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Search for "[recovery] 3e recovery modded w/ no verification" to download the file and these are the exact steps I followed: good luck.
aridoasis said:
@davidis57: i had the same problem as you did... but i just followed existz's instructions and got it to work
delete the update.zip in the sdcard root
delete the recovery in system/bin
paste the new recovery in system/bin
open rom manager and reinstall clockwork (even if it says it's already installed)
select 'reboot into recover', and it will take you to 3e recovery
select reinstall packages - this will take you to clockwork
big thanks to existz. works on rogers captivate on stock froyo.
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Caliesv said:
Search for "[recovery] 3e recovery modded w/ no verification" to download the file and these are the exact steps I followed: good luck.
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This is the process I followed to replace the 3e recovery on the official KB1. Went off w/o a hitch & I finally flashed Serendipity this weekend. Good luck!

Awesome! everything went smoothly after that, im now on serendipity ROM, sooo much better

Glad to hear, enjoy
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spoke to soon maybe, minor problem is when i boot into recovery mode, the enter button is now called "ok" before it was "power" anyways my power button does not respond at all, i pullled bat and luckily went to clockwork, and i could reboot. any ideas on this one?

Ummm lol. Haven't read anything on that... Try posting that question on the q and a section. Or try re doing cwm. Orr if its really messed up, flash back to stock and start over.. Oorr just wait for another response.
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evo noob needs help!!

im currently rooted via visionary and i want to go bak to stock ruu. my phone doesnt seem to connect to my computer every since the root and i cant use htc sync to run the ruu. i have sdk tools and when i try and download the drivers it says that i already have the updated driver (which i dont it comes up as unknown device) the only reason i want to unroot is to see if that will solve the connection to comp problem. i tried to flash the pc36img but that comes up bad and installation is aborted
any suggesstions on ways to either unroot or get drivers up and rolling?
driod version 2.3.3
kernel 2.6.32.28 scarykernel #24
cyanogenmod7 nightly
thanks in advance
ys15

Try taking you phone off usb debugging in settings-application-development then connecting to a comp to connect to htc sync
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yellowsquad15 said:
im currently rooted via visionary and i want to go bak to stock ruu. my phone doesnt seem to connect to my computer every since the root and i cant use htc sync to run the ruu. i have sdk tools and when i try and download the drivers it says that i already have the updated driver (which i dont it comes up as unknown device) the only reason i want to unroot is to see if that will solve the connection to comp problem. i tried to flash the pc36img but that comes up bad and installation is aborted
any suggesstions on ways to either unroot or get drivers up and rolling?
driod version 2.3.3
kernel 2.6.32.28 scarykernel #24
cyanogenmod7 nightly
thanks in advance
ys15
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Well in the development section newkidd has a one zip ruu that turns s on and unroots it needs to be ran from bootloader ill get the link
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Go to the development and look for the post one zip back to stock post and follow the directions. I used this when I had to send in a broken shift.
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Oops posted at the same time.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=971550
There is the link for the EVO shift unroot but since you have an OG EVO I dunno
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i tried the one zip back to stock and when i tried to flash it, it says
installing update package ...
opening update package. . .
E: cant open/sdcard/ruu image/PC36IMG.zip (bad)
installation aborted
any suggesstions?

and when i try to flash the s- on it says
verifying system type. . .
E:unsupported system
E:update failed. check /sdcard/soff.log.
E:error in sdcard/unrevoked-forver-son.zip (status 42)
installation aborted..
any insight?

Wait a minute do you have a shift or an evo?
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i got the shift

yellowsquad15 said:
i tried the one zip back to stock and when i tried to flash it, it says
installing update package ...
opening update package. . .
E: cant open/sdcard/ruu image/PC36IMG.zip (bad)
installation aborted
any suggesstions?
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Put the zip file on the root of your sdcard power the phone off hold volume down and power it will boot to bootloader then it will search for the file once it finds it it should ask you to hit up I think to apply and once its done reboot it....bootloader and recovery are different
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I had the same problem at first try to use a different sd card. Make sure its a blank card and format it using the phone or your computer, then put the file on the card and try to load it in the bootloader.
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yellowsquad15 said:
i tried the one zip back to stock and when i tried to flash it, it says
installing update package ...
opening update package. . .
E: cant open/sdcard/ruu image/PC36IMG.zip (bad)
installation aborted
any suggesstions?
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Your going to lol when you figure out why you can't flash the zip. Recovery doesn't like spaces in your path(s). */ruu image/*
You need to remove the space. Example: */ruuimage/* or */ruu_image/* or */ruu-image/*
Something to this effect will fix the issue
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I also forgot and it should have been listed I think you have to be on a sense rom in order for bootloader to load the file it should only be nammed pc06img.zip on the root of your sd card and bootloader should automatically do its thing, newkidds ruu don't get "flashed"
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strapped365 said:
I also forgot and it should have been listed I think you have to be on a sense rom in order for bootloader to load the file it should only be nammed pc06img.zip on the root of your sd card and bootloader should automatically do its thing, newkidds ruu don't get "flashed"
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steps
1. rename zip to PC06IMG.zip
2. put on ROOT of sdcard (not in any folder)
3. power off phone
4. power on phone while holding vol. down
5. Once bootloader comes up (white screen with green/black/red text) it will initialize the sequence and automatically flash the zip. YOU DO NOT FLASH THIS ZIP IN RECOVERY

it says model id incorrect and when all of the image names pops up when it reads the sd card all of them say PG not PC so i switch it and when try and load it thats what it says?
is the image wrong ?
does anyone have the right image?
thanks again
ys15

hey guys
thanks for the help .
i downloaded the image again and formatted my card via computer (fat32) and then put it on the root and walah back to stock. thank god because tomorrow i have a appointment at sprint to get a new one . i thought i wasnt going to have any luck.
just like i thought when i rooted my phone somehow the connection to the computer was messed up becuase as soon as i went back to stock i got all of the options bak. was this just the way i rooted my phone (visonary).
but all in all im back to stock thank you guys for all of the help
ys15

signature verification failed when trying to flash rom

I rooted my sidekick with SuperOneClick. I downloaded glorious overdose v2 to the root of my sd card. when I go into the stock recovery (which is blue), I clear my data and cache. the only other option to flash the rom is 'reinstall packages.' So I click it and I get an error message saying
'E: failed to open /mnt/internal_sd/update.zip (No such file or directory)
E: signature verification failed
Installation aborted.'
Did I do something wrong?

You need to put cwm recovery on your phone, and then when you reinstall packages, you will go to cwm, then you can flash the rom.
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d3xtro. said:
You need to put cwm recovery on your phone, and then when you reinstall packages, you will go to cwm, then you can flash the rom.
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i actually have the exact same problem but i have CWM ........or at least i think.........i flashed it from rom manager......but i'm not sure if it works...........plz help....its urgent :crying:

Use the search bar and read the forum.
FYI: Installing from that app won't work.

[Q] [Sidekick 4g] ISSUES FLASHING CWM RECOVERY. HELP??

okay so im having a little trouble flashing cwm recovery on my sidekick 4g. i tried the rom manager method,. i tried the method where you change the recovery image manually. havent had no luck at all. when i go to my stock recovery to "reinstall packages all it says is "E:failed to verify whole file signature
E:signature verification failed
installation aborted.
help??? please and thank you..

Im having the same issue hoping this can be resolved

I have had so many isssues with this phone.
Last night actually, I had a similar problem.
I had to format my sd card (don't forget to back it up) and then restore the phone to stock firmware.
Then I rooted the phone again (a file called sk4g with good recovery).
Redownloaded rom manager.
Flashed clockwork recovery.
Rebooted into restore.
Reinstalled packages.
Seems to be working fine now.
All the files you need are in the sidekick forums on this page.
This is possibly the best website I have come across.
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Can't flash roms/semi-bricked

Ok, so i've done this before and i *thought* i knew what i was doing... so i unlocked my bootloader on the htcdev page, then i flashed TWRP recovery and, i thought i rooted my phone by rebooting into recovery and flashing SuperSU. So after that I went ahead and wiped my entire phone essentially, and tried to flash Cyanogenmod, but all it does is saying this:
Installing '/sdcard/ROMetc/cm-10.2.0-ville.zip'...
Checking for MD5 file...
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found.
Updating partition details...
And then it claims to be done... ofcourse it's not working. All it does when i reboot is show the HTC bootscreen and turn off. As you can see i need help badly, anyone know what I can do?

Hi,
Try to flash another recovery like CWM.
I had this kind of fail when installing cyanogenmod last time.
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what version of twrp did you flash? i would also recommend, that you install cmw and try again.