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[Q] Reinstalling Infused 1.5.3 from stock

Alright given the issues with Infused V2 and all the craziness on GTG's ROM thread and the fact that I have been having some serious issues with V 2.0.0 since installing it I decided to go back to stock. I accomplished that without issue. I then rooted because I could not remember how to load one of the recoveries that was already rooted.....??? Anyway I got it rooted no problem. I have copied the 3E recovery file into the /system/bin directory while renaming the original recovery file using Root Explorer. I have downloaded ROM Manager after a lot of frustration because the market didn't want to download it even though I purchased it previously. I ran the Clockwork mod, Galaxy I9000 chosen. I ran it twice and I end up with Green Recovery screen not the Red CWM?? If I reboot and try to get back into Red CWM I end up back in the blue Recovery. So what the heck am I missing or not doing right? Can I just use ROM Manager to install from SD and put the 1.5.3 zip on the internal sd and get back to some Infused goodness????

I tried loading it from ROM Manager but it reboots into blue recovery and I get an error message.
E:Can't open /cache/update.zip ????
I think I remember something about this before do I have to delete cache data and then try again???

Try refuse 1.7 it works just as good as infused
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Blackberrynomore said:
Alright given the issues with Infused V2 and all the craziness on GTG's ROM thread and the fact that I have been having some serious issues with V 2.0.0 since installing it I decided to go back to stock. I accomplished that without issue. I then rooted because I could not remember how to load one of the recoveries that was already rooted.....??? Anyway I got it rooted no problem. I have copied the 3E recovery file into the /system/bin directory while renaming the original recovery file using Root Explorer. I have downloaded ROM Manager after a lot of frustration because the market didn't want to download it even though I purchased it previously. I ran the Clockwork mod, Galaxy I9000 chosen. I ran it twice and I end up with Green Recovery screen not the Red CWM?? If I reboot and try to get back into Red CWM I end up back in the blue Recovery. So what the heck am I missing or not doing right? Can I just use ROM Manager to install from SD and put the 1.5.3 zip on the internal sd and get back to some Infused goodness????
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I had the same thing...I think. I was on gb, restored back to stock, noticed gtg's links were down so I desided to use my sdcard. I can't remember if I was blue or green to start but it wasn't red. I installed my froyo infused rom which brought me to red. I then flashed my saved gb rom thru sdcard but it was all messed up, had all the rainbows again even tho it was the stable version and I wasn't able to enter recovery from power button. I guess it was because I didn't do a wipe before flashing. I ended up doing a factory reset after because I couldn't download from the market or use gtalk (set fixed it) but I lost all my saved data.
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Thanks for the reply. I got it all sorted out by using the green recovery and flashing the 1.5.3 zip. Everything is cool now I used TBU to restore my apps and data and that went perfect. The only hitch was the internal SD Card still had a bunch of old stuff on it so I decided to format it which was good but also bad because i had my work timesheet on the internal SD card..... I thought I had saved it on the external SD card but it was on the internal. So I lost last weeks timesheet which isn't the end of the world but the boss isn't going to be too pleased. He is the one that got me doing my timesheets on my phone in the first place so he is partly to blame. I have taken steps to not have that happen again by moving everything to the external SD card. What a nightmare. Took me all day to get back to 1.5.3 and I was very careful to backup everything manually so i didn't lose anything unfortunately I did not realize that my timesheet was on the internal storage. Oh well live and learn.

Blackberrynomore said:
Thanks for the reply. I got it all sorted out by using the green recovery and flashing the 1.5.3 zip. Everything is cool now I used TBU to restore my apps and data and that went perfect. The only hitch was the internal SD Card still had a bunch of old stuff on it so I decided to format it which was good but also bad because i had my work timesheet on the internal SD card..... I thought I had saved it on the external SD card but it was on the internal. So I lost last weeks timesheet which isn't the end of the world but the boss isn't going to be too pleased. He is the one that got me doing my timesheets on my phone in the first place so he is partly to blame. I have taken steps to not have that happen again by moving everything to the external SD card. What a nightmare. Took me all day to get back to 1.5.3 and I was very careful to backup everything manually so i didn't lose anything unfortunately I did not realize that my timesheet was on the internal storage. Oh well live and learn.
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email your timesheet to yourself each day...then you have a backup

Not a bad idea but never had to worry about it before as it was always on the external storage on my Blackberry. But this new Android stuff is a little different than the crappy Blackberry. I have moved everything to the external SD card now so when I open something in Docs to Go it will definitely be from the external storage not the internal and i may just start emailing as well just to be safe.

Blackberrynomore said:
Not a bad idea but never had to worry about it before as it was always on the external storage on my Blackberry. But this new Android stuff is a little different than the crappy Blackberry. I have moved everything to the external SD card now so when I open something in Docs to Go it will definitely be from the external storage not the internal and i may just start emailing as well just to be safe.
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I keep mine backed up on google docs

[Q] [help!] [SOLVED!]Browser: Download Failed, Over and Over!

Ok, I've looked everywhere for a solution to this, but no one seems to have the same issue. Every time I try to download a file, no matter how large or what type, the download completes then immediately fails! I takes anywhere between 5 to 7 sessions of hitting the "retry" button for the download to complete. This is unacceptable for me when I am tethered to my limited data plan or when I am making long, time consuming downloads.
I am frustrated to the point where I want to snap my tablet in half! This is my only "computer" at the moment other than my Nexus One so you can see where my anger is coming from. I have tried all the latest updates from Krakd and Revolver (currently on revolver) but none of them have revealed any results. I even had the same issues with the stock firmware!
I'm hoping this is just a software issue as I don't want to have to return my Transformer unless I really have to.
Help me XDA! You're my only hope!
Solved!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22890941&postcount=19

Try using Opera browser instead. I keep opera on my tab just to download files.
I have the same problems with stock browser our dolphin

I've tried opera but I can't even get downloads to start. They just fail without even starting to download.

install astro file manager and enable browser downloader in the preferences.
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moto211 said:
install astro file manager and enable browser downloader in the preferences.
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That doesn't help at all
I'm not having issues opening the app, its the downloading that fails.

Are you sure your links are good?
I'm the same here. Opera is the only browser that works for me.

klabit87 said:
Are you sure your links are good?
I'm the same here. Opera is the only browser that works for me.
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Dude, its every single file on the internet. Downloads from xda, pictures on 4chan, podcasts from IGN, Rooster Teeth.
Help!

Format and try again fresh and definitely use Opera to download files. Has not failed me yet.
Sent from my Transformer TF101

I used opera for bout a year strait works for me 90% of the time, but maybe its ur service I'm usually on wifi
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Format? You mean like a wipe all of my music, videos, etc?
I only use wifi on my Transformer, but I have used tethering on occasion with the same results.

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First and foremost, have you tried to download on wifi and have the same problem? I also have a 3g unlimited plan through metro and sometimes have the same issue. As you have read in the above posts, I also use opera mini and 90% of the time it is succesful. How large are the files you are trying to download? Most carriers will "CAP" data and not allow you to download large files while tethered. Please reply. Also, as another poster posted, this was said to me from playfulgod, if you have an issue, always go back and wipe and reinstall, when you wipe, wipe a couple of times to make sure and reinstall.

I use Firefox to download any files that fail with the stock browser.
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znpp said:
First and foremost, have you tried to download on wifi and have the same problem? I also have a 3g unlimited plan through metro and sometimes have the same issue. As you have read in the above posts, I also use opera mini and 90% of the time it is succesful. How large are the files you are trying to download? Most carriers will "CAP" data and not allow you to download large files while tethered. Please reply. Also, as another poster posted, this was said to me from playfulgod, if you have an issue, always go back and wipe and reinstall, when you wipe, wipe a couple of times to make sure and reinstall.
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I use Wifi 99.99% of the time on my Transformer (data plans in Canada suck). Keep in mind that all these files that fail to download on my TF download fine on my Nexus One on the same network and everything. When you say wipe do I just wipe Dalvik and cache, or do I do a factory reset? (I'm assuming that a factory reset would delete all my file/folders in /SDCARD. Is that true?)
I'm not a noob when it comes to android or wiping and flashing roms, its just that I've tried everything.
@Curti.Nogg
Every browser I have tried has the same issue that I described in my first post except for Opera. Opera stays at 0% for about a minute before it fails.
Help!

okay this is what i would do, go to the asus website and download the latest version on to your sd card and extract ONLY the zip folder, place it into the root of your sd card, keep in mind you will have to do this on a computer/laptop, MAKE SURE YOU DO A BACKUP OF YOUR CURRENT APPS AND FOLDERS, put the sd card in the transformer, boot into recovery and wipe everything other than the SD CARD, wipe again and then install the latest version from the sd card, this should fix all of your problems, it seems as though you have a corrupt file/files in the operating system, also i noticed this morning, if you can wait asus just announced ics starting in asia, if you can wait, i would so you can get ics when they post it on their website, if not, the latest version is 8.6.5.21 please let me know if this has helped you or i can help you in any way

Have you attempted using dolphin browser to download with? That has succeeded for me where stock and opera failed

znpp said:
okay this is what i would do, go to the asus website and download the latest version on to your sd card and extract ONLY the zip folder, place it into the root of your sd card, keep in mind you will have to do this on a computer/laptop, MAKE SURE YOU DO A BACKUP OF YOUR CURRENT APPS AND FOLDERS, put the sd card in the transformer, boot into recovery and wipe everything other than the SD CARD, wipe again and then install the latest version from the sd card, this should fix all of your problems, it seems as though you have a corrupt file/files in the operating system, also i noticed this morning, if you can wait asus just announced ics starting in asia, if you can wait, i would so you can get ics when they post it on their website, if not, the latest version is 8.6.5.21 please let me know if this has helped you or i can help you in any way
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When you say sdcard are you talking about the /sdcard directory or the external microSD? Also, if I have corrupt files in the OS, then why is it that none of the roms that I flashed have fixed that?

TheHow7zer said:
Format? You mean like a wipe all of my music, videos, etc?
I only use wifi on my Transformer, but I have used tethering on occasion with the same results.
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There's a superwipe zip file in the revolution hd thread. Use the lite version. Instead of just deleting files off your system...it will essentially format the system...then install the ROM that you want to use. (the lite version of the superwipe zip will leave all your music and stuff on the internal SD alone.)
This is what I do before flashing a ROM...on both my N1's...the new SGS2...and this TF.
I found out early on with the N1 that just doing a factory wipe (whether it's within the OS or from Recovery) sometimes leaves 'fingerprints'.
Try that if you haven't already...(don't forget to nandroid)...
P.S. If that doesn't help...yeah...back up your internal SD and use the FULL version. Maybe there's a gremlin in the internal SD that not letting the browsers to save to that location. (in Opera...have you tried saving it to a different location...such as the external SD?)

you need to put it on the micro sd card. the corrupted files are embedded in the cache, i have ran into this problem before, henceforth wipe everything 2 to 3 times except the external micro sd card, i ran into this problem on my ascend and it drove me nuts, so i contacted playful god and directed me to do exactly what i am suggesting to you, make sure when you download the zip file from asus you download the right one, it all has to do with your sku which you can find out in the about tablet section of your tablet, if you need help being walked through with the process in detail, let me know and i will try to help you as much as i can, after you flash the stock rom do not reload any of your apps, go to the market and download a fresh browser download and try it.

SiNJiN76 said:
There's a superwipe zip file in the revolution hd thread. Use the lite version. Instead of just deleting files off your system...it will essentially format the system...then install the ROM that you want to use. (the lite version of the superwipe zip will leave all your music and stuff on the internal SD alone.)
This is what I do before flashing a ROM...on both my N1's...the new SGS2...and this TF.
I found out early on with the N1 that just doing a factory wipe (whether it's within the OS or from Recovery) sometimes leaves 'fingerprints'.
Try that if you haven't already...(don't forget to nandroid)...
P.S. If that doesn't help...yeah...back up your internal SD and use the FULL version. Maybe there's a gremlin in the internal SD that not letting the browsers to save to that location. (in Opera...have you tried saving it to a different location...such as the external SD?)
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Ahhh! Ah! AAaaahhhh!!!!
Its ALIVE!!!!!!!!
Thanks sooooooooooo much!
(I used the lite version)

-=Sorry to resurrect an old thread=-
But I wanted to note for all those that search Google and find this thread that there is an easier option. As noted above the issue is that there are two download folders (Download vs download). Just go into Root Explorer and rename Download to something else. The download folder will then appear. Rename that one as well. Then just create a lower case 'download' folder. I couldn't delete the folder, but renaming it worked and I could download again.
Granted this is a band aid fix and doesn't show or solve the root cause, but it's a lot easier then reformatting your entire phone.

[Q] External MicroSD card problems

I just found I have an issue copying files from my PC to my SGS3. The error I get is " Device stopped responding or is disconnected" (on my pc). It worked days ago, and it worked on the current ROM I'm using. I can't think of anything else I could have done to mess it up. This happens when trying to copy anything to the Ext card or internal storage. Here's the kicker: now I can copy small files, but big zip files are a no go. Before I couldn't copy anything. All I did was reboot phone and PC, and looked into phone with Root Explorer, no changes.
I can copy files FROM the phone to PC but not to the phone from PC. How could this change literally overnight?? I did find a way to add Google Wallet to the phone. Could that have possibly been it?? Flashing a new ROM right now, gonna see if it helps.
New ROM didn't help. Still same issue.
*Update* Next day, I tried once again just for fun. And now it works fine! I did nothing to correct it. I did however reflash the ROM that the problem first arose. But I still don't get how that's even related to the ext sdcard. And how did it fix itself??? Would still like to know why it happened!

Real_JESRadio said:
I just found I have an issue copying files from my PC to my SGS3. The error I get is " Device stopped responding or is disconnected" (on my pc). It worked days ago, and it worked on the current ROM I'm using. I can't think of anything else I could have done to mess it up. This happens when trying to copy anything to the Ext card or internal storage. Here's the kicker: now I can copy small files, but big zip files are a no go. Before I couldn't copy anything. All I did was reboot phone and PC, and looked into phone with Root Explorer, no changes.
I can copy files FROM the phone to PC but not to the phone from PC. How could this change literally overnight?? I did find a way to add Google Wallet to the phone. Could that have possibly been it?? Flashing a new ROM right now, gonna see if it helps.
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I had this EXACT same problem a few weeks ago. I'm not saying this is the case for you, but I found out that when I tried to batch transfer certain files, one of the files was corrupt. I eliminated whatever the culprit file was and was able to transfer. The strange thing is, it only happened when I tried transferring from internal to external as well, as if something in the transfer corrupted one of my files. So I started transferring files one by one, and the problem seems to be temporarily eliminated. Check to see if the zip file became corrupted in some way. Hope this helps.

MindArchr said:
I had this EXACT same problem a few weeks ago. I'm not saying this is the case for you, but I found out that when I tried to batch transfer certain files, one of the files was corrupt. I eliminated whatever the culprit file was and was able to transfer. The strange thing is, it only happened when I tried transferring from internal to external as well, as if something in the transfer corrupted one of my files. So I started transferring files one by one, and the problem seems to be temporarily eliminated. Check to see if the zip file became corrupted in some way. Hope this helps.
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I can transfer from ext to internal. I just can't transfer anything larger than a few MB. The zip files I'm trying are ROM zips so they are very large. Can't find anyone with this exact issue. I just flashed a new ROM, before that I formatted my sdcard. No idea what's wrong. Thanks for the reply though!

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I can transfer from ext to internal. I just can't transfer anything larger than a few MB. The zip files I'm trying are ROM zips so they are very large. Can't find anyone with this exact issue. I just flashed a new ROM, before that I formatted my sdcard. No idea what's wrong. Thanks for the reply though!
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No problem at all. Do you think it's possible that the format you formatted the sdcard in may possibly be causing the issue? I've heard cases that incorrect formatting can block file transfers if over so many MBs, GBs, etc.

Real_JESRadio said:
I just found I have an issue copying files from my PC to my SGS3. The error I get is " Device stopped responding or is disconnected" (on my pc). It worked days ago, and it worked on the current ROM I'm using. I can't think of anything else I could have done to mess it up. This happens when trying to copy anything to the Ext card or internal storage. Here's the kicker: now I can copy small files, but big zip files are a no go. Before I couldn't copy anything. All I did was reboot phone and PC, and looked into phone with Root Explorer, no changes.
I can copy files FROM the phone to PC but not to the phone from PC. How could this change literally overnight?? I did find a way to add Google Wallet to the phone. Could that have possibly been it?? Flashing a new ROM right now, gonna see if it helps.
New ROM didn't help. Still same issue.
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I had this exact problem as well. After a lot of trial and error, I gave up on the native MTP file transfer method, and went with ADB instead.
I use a very nicely done GUI on top of ADB to do all my file transferring called QtADB. Just install the Android SDK first, and then the GUI.
QtADB Android Manager Website
XDA QtADB Forum Link

MindArchr said:
No problem at all. Do you think it's possible that the format you formatted the sdcard in may possibly be causing the issue? I've heard cases that incorrect formatting can block file transfers if over so many MBs, GBs, etc.
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I'm going to try and find the adapter that came with the micro card. I've read where some people having this issue have to use the adapter to plug into the PC directly to copy files. What I don't get is how it just happened all of a sudden. It was working just a few days ago, I loaded a bunch of music no problem as well as ROMs to flash. Very weird. It has to be a setting somewhere lol.

MindArchr said:
No problem at all. Do you think it's possible that the format you formatted the sdcard in may possibly be causing the issue? I've heard cases that incorrect formatting can block file transfers if over so many MBs, GBs, etc.
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Just for grins, I hooked my phone up again to see by chance if it would work. Guess what? It works WTF?????? That's the craziest thing. I am back on the original ROM I had installed when the problem arose. But I just don't see how that's possible. UGGGGHHH

Real_JESRadio said:
Just for grins, I hooked my phone up again to see by chance if it would work. Guess what? It works WTF?????? That's the craziest thing. I am back on the original ROM I had installed when the problem arose. But I just don't see how that's possible. UGGGGHHH
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now that's crazy, lol. glad to hear it's working

[Resolved] Issues updating CM10.0 to 10.1 (T-Mobile GS3)

So I have had CM10 on my phone for probably 8 months now (almost since I got the phone) and have had no issues with the ROM whatsoever.
I got a notification about an updated version of CM10 today and went ahead and downloaded and installed it, but when I finished the update, I had no personal data left on the phone, could not set up accounts to recover the data, could not (and still can't) recover backups through ROM Manager, and cannot recover backups through CWM. I get an error message which I can't remember at the moment and leads to a bricked phone upon reboot until I do a fresh install of CM10.0.
I read after I started having the issues that I wasn't supposed to directly upgrade from the CM Updater with an S3, but it was already too late. Supposedly the issue is something along the lines of an emulated version of my phone's internal storage? If that makes sense. So whenever it's pulling a piece of information it's looking in the spot it should be in, but on a non-physically-existent SD card, essentially. That's what I gathered anyways.
I have a 32gb external SD Card that is also in use with my S3. I have tried moving my ROM Backups to there and recovering from the External SD Card, but the same error message occurred, although ROM Manager was at least able to find the backups after they were moved (I also had to change the setting and request that it prefer to look through an external SD Card).
So I have a usable ROM as far as the software itself, but I no longer can use any accounts or information that is stored with them or any of the same widgets (not a game-breaker) as I was able to previously. Is there a way to fix this? I've never just been completely stuck before >.<

jkremis said:
So I have had CM10 on my phone for probably 8 months now (almost since I got the phone) and have had no issues with the ROM whatsoever.
I got a notification about an updated version of CM10 today and went ahead and downloaded and installed it, but when I finished the update, I had no personal data left on the phone, could not set up accounts to recover the data, could not (and still can't) recover backups through ROM Manager, and cannot recover backups through CWM. I get an error message which I can't remember at the moment and leads to a bricked phone upon reboot until I do a fresh install of CM10.0.
I read after I started having the issues that I wasn't supposed to directly upgrade from the CM Updater with an S3, but it was already too late. Supposedly the issue is something along the lines of an emulated version of my phone's internal storage? If that makes sense. So whenever it's pulling a piece of information it's looking in the spot it should be in, but on a non-physically-existent SD card, essentially. That's what I gathered anyways.
I have a 32gb external SD Card that is also in use with my S3. I have tried moving my ROM Backups to there and recovering from the External SD Card, but the same error message occurred, although ROM Manager was at least able to find the backups after they were moved (I also had to change the setting and request that it prefer to look through an external SD Card).
So I have a usable ROM as far as the software itself, but I no longer can use any accounts or information that is stored with them or any of the same widgets (not a game-breaker) as I was able to previously. Is there a way to fix this? I've never just been completely stuck before >.<
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HY, try to flash cm again from theyre website (dont update it), but this time,erase cache 3 times with the command;fastboot erase cache,this may solve your problem.IF I HELPED PLEASE PRESS THANKS!!!!

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HY, try to flash cm again from theyre website (dont update it), but this time,erase cache 3 times with the command;fastboot erase cache,this may solve your problem.IF I HELPED PLEASE PRESS THANKS!!!!
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Just to be clear, you're saying to try and flash CM10.0 and then do not update when prompted from the notification? The other part was clear enough lol.
Edit: Tried the above and did not fix the problem, but I didn't use fastboot specifically because I have a Samsung phone.

The error I'm getting is "unable to mount /system" when I try and restore a backup.

Bump. Still haven't figured this out.

Problem solved.
Re-flashed CM10.1; doing full data, cache, and dalvik wipes before and after the flash; and the problem was corrected.

[Q] unable to open zip in TWRP

Hi, I've been trying to hunt down an answer to my problem with no avail, hopefully someone here can help. I've a rooted Huawei y300 0100 back on factory stock again.
My problem is this after I rooted (went fine first time doing this) installed TWRP created backups, Flashed Fusion x rom no problems at all, found a few bugs thought I would try another ROM, restored my stock from twrp saved backups all good I thought...
Upon re entering recovery everything is fine, factory wipe etc then when it comes to installing any ROM I get the message E: cannot open zip. This happens on any ROM I try, so I know its not the file, file can also be opened on PC and phone explorer.I've formatted the external SD card and re-downloaded ROMs still nowt.
I would just use the stock again and run a new launcher and delete the bloat myself but I can't get Orbit working at all now I'm rooted and back on factory stock when it was working fine on fusionx and orbit/Pandora are pretty much what I did all this for
Any ideas would be appriecated as I'm pretty noobish at this.
Would installing cwm over the top of twrp work?
Do I need to do a special kind of wipe in case of file corruption?

Solved, after some fiddling got flashing working again. What worked for me was to redownload the file direct to internal SD and flashing from there. Downloading anywhere else ie PC or ext SD and copying across still gave same error. Not sure why but I've flashed 3 ROMs today without issue this way. Hope this helps anyone else who encounters this.

petehippy said:
Solved, after some fiddling got flashing working again. What worked for me was to redownload the file direct to internal SD and flashing from there. Downloading anywhere else ie PC or ext SD and copying across still gave same error. Not sure why but I've flashed 3 ROMs today without issue this way. Hope this helps anyone else who encounters this.
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Hey Pete, did you flash rom from Int. Sd card or ext. sd card?? Getting the same problem flashing DN3 for note 2 on TWRP 2.7.2.0.

Yay!
petehippy said:
Solved, after some fiddling got flashing working again. What worked for me was to redownload the file direct to internal SD and flashing from there. Downloading anywhere else ie PC or ext SD and copying across still gave same error. Not sure why but I've flashed 3 ROMs today without issue this way. Hope this helps anyone else who encounters this.
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ABSOLUTELY confirmed. I was trying it for days. After finding this post, direct downloading to sdcard worked for me.

petehippy said:
Solved, after some fiddling got flashing working again. What worked for me was to redownload the file direct to internal SD and flashing from there. Downloading anywhere else ie PC or ext SD and copying across still gave same error. Not sure why but I've flashed 3 ROMs today without issue this way. Hope this helps anyone else who encounters this.
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yeeah... thank you bro

I also had problems with "unable to open zip file" and "bad" errors, seemed to be fixed by formatting a spare 4gb MicroSD to FAT and making sure it was the first thing copied to the SD card. I was using PHILZ recovery, but I'd assume that TWRP will work just as well. I have a suspicion it may have something to do with file fragmentation or maybe allocation block size. Before this I checked MD5SUMs on a few MicroSD cards and they were all perfect, so it wasn't a download or copy corruption, the bootloader just has an issue with the file or filesystem for some reason.

Can confirm. Was having trouble installing Boeffla 3.0 kernal on gnabo 4.4.2 (v8). ( samsung galaxy note 10.1 n801x / n8013 )
Deleted the zips I downloaded, then re-downloaded straight to zip. installed like a boss!
Thanks!

This is a most underrated thread.
Just had the same issue with my old Galaxy S3. Needed to copy the zip directly to internal storage via mtp in twrp.
In newer twrp version it shows zip file corrupt instead of unable to open zip.