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error can't open /sdcard/update.zip (bad) ???

Here's what I've done. I downgraded my telus htc hero using the goldcard method, then proceeded with rooting in one click. I flashed
VillainROM 5.2 and switched my sdcard/goldcard to a regular 8gb sdcad. life was great but last night I decided to flash the VanillaEclair 1.0 JIT. wiped the flash update from sdcard and it gave me the error e: can't open /sdcard/update.zip (bad) ???
What am I doing wrong?
I've been reading everything I can find concerning this and I still don't get it. I'm way to new to android to understand more than simply following instruction on how to root and load a custom mod. This right here is way over my head!
Please Help out the noob!
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i went through this a little when i made my first theme for a phone. mine was because a directory had been altered but in your case it might just be a bad download. you might try downloading it and trying again, hope this helps

yeah it was a bad Dl, Ive juste installed vanillaEclair 1.1... few bugs but an overall nice rom.
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[Q]how to fix E:Can't open /sdcard/*********.zip (bad)
When trying to flash any rom in the recovery it said
Install from SD card...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
E:Can't open /sdcard/*********.zip
(bad)
same problem,,pls could anybody have an idea how can it be fix??pls...thanks,,,cant flash any rom from sd card,,

it could either be from the download.
or if you created it yourself, its probably because its not signed. Search XDA (or google) for Android Signer.

f4rell09 said:
[Q]how to fix E:Can't open /sdcard/*********.zip (bad)
When trying to flash any rom in the recovery it said
Install from SD card...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
E:Can't open /sdcard/*********.zip
(bad)
same problem,,pls could anybody have an idea how can it be fix??pls...thanks,,,cant flash any rom from sd card,,
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The file is bad. try redownloading it and eg md5sum.

Problems trying to flash the CM7 Nightly build via CWM

I am about to give up trying to flash CM7 so here is my problem
When i select install from zip and choose the zip file, I get this message
-- Installing /sdcard/cm_galaxysmtd_full-181.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E: failed to verify whole-file signature
E: signature verification failed
Installation aborted
Now I am running Darky Rom 10.2.2 with Crysis Sensation theme and the funny thing is I am able to i am able to flash the10.2.2 zip file and the Sensation theme but nothing else..
I even was able to flash MIUI which I was using for a few days before I eventually got this same error when i went to reflash it
Anyone here have a solution to this problem because I am starting to give up
Any help would be much appreciated

Disable signature verification, and see if that works. Most likely a problem with your ROM, SD Card, or some magical obstruction making the phone not read the SD Card properly.

GazaIan said:
Disable signature verification, and see if that works. Most likely a problem with your ROM, SD Card, or some magical obstruction making the phone not read the SD Card properly.
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I disabled signature verification but still did not work...I can say it is probably a problem with my rom or sd card yet its odd that I can flash Darky Rom to 10.2.2, the key layout and a theme but nothing else...I am so confused lol

I flashed CWM recovery via Rom Manager which I read that I shouldn't of done...But I heard that I can flash back to stock then reroot my device...Any thruth to this? I just want to flash Cyanogen mod to my device, is that too much to ask lol

It's not a zip within a zip is it?

DirkGently said:
It's not a zip within a zip is it?
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No it isn't
I know it has something to do with flashing CWM via Rom Manager because I wasn't able to flash any roms after I did that

[Q] Porting Difficulty

Hi.. i am trying to learn how to port roms. i followed the guide given by rishabh.raj37 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1908008) i am pretty sure i followed everything perfectly.but when ever i try to flash this experimental rom i keep getting the following message on CWM:
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Installation aborted.
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can anyone tell me why i keep getting this :/
help would be much appreciated

You can find a log on the cache partition:
/cache/recovery/last_log or last_install

Can't opend /update.zip (bad) installation aborted

I have a sg2 plus GT-1905 (without the p version) ...I have installed the latest Clockworkmod recovery v6.0.3.1 ..Iv been trying to update from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2 but without succes cuz when i try to install zip from sdcard it says :
E:Cant open /sdcard/I9105XXUBMH4_I91050XEBMH3_SER (1) - copy.zip (bad)
installation aborted.
Iv seen the other forums with the same problem and tried:
toggle on off signature verification
wipped data factory reset
formated my 2gb external sd card to fat32
redownloaded the zip file again
trying to install from internal and external but non of that worked and gave me the (bad) error .

AlGeri said:
I have a sg2 plus GT-1905 (without the p version) ...I have installed the latest Clockworkmod recovery v6.0.3.1 ..Iv been trying to update from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2 but without succes cuz when i try to install zip from sdcard it says :
E:Cant open /sdcard/I9105XXUBMH4_I91050XEBMH3_SER (1) - copy.zip (bad)
installation aborted.
Iv seen the other forums with the same problem and tried:
toggle on off signature verification
wipped data factory reset
formated my 2gb external sd card to fat32
redownloaded the zip file again
trying to install from internal and external but non of that worked and gave me the (bad) error .
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are you kidding me?
i really wanna know why can't people read before asking?
you don't need clockworkmod to flash 4.2.2
and you can't, if it actually started, you'll actually brick it
do your own searching job in the whole s2 plus forum
there are so many complete guides around the whole forum and nobody reads and keep asking questions which answers have been provided already.
just as @KINGbabasula said
"if everyone is 'just asking', then the whole forum will be filled with useless and meaningless questions"

Ok first of all you dont need to be such nervous about it -.- ... Im a newbie and dont understand very well the process . Can you please post a link of it it will be appriciated . I will delete the post then evetybody will live in peace

AlGeri said:
I have a sg2 plus GT-1905 (without the p version) ...I have installed the latest Clockworkmod recovery v6.0.3.1 ..Iv been trying to update from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2 but without succes cuz when i try to install zip from sdcard it says :
E:Cant open /sdcard/I9105XXUBMH4_I91050XEBMH3_SER (1) - copy.zip (bad)
installation aborted.
Iv seen the other forums with the same problem and tried:
toggle on off signature verification
wipped data factory reset
formated my 2gb external sd card to fat32
redownloaded the zip file again
trying to install from internal and external but non of that worked and gave me the (bad) error .
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You know that search button on xda? Use it
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safariking said:
You know that search button on xda? Use it
Sent from my GT-I9105P using xda app-developers app
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exactly

AlGeri said:
I have a sg2 plus GT-1905 (without the p version) ...I have installed the latest Clockworkmod recovery v6.0.3.1 ..Iv been trying to update from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2 but without succes cuz when i try to install zip from sdcard it says :
E:Cant open /sdcard/I9105XXUBMH4_I91050XEBMH3_SER (1) - copy.zip (bad)
installation aborted.
Iv seen the other forums with the same problem and tried:
toggle on off signature verification
wipped data factory reset
formated my 2gb external sd card to fat32
redownloaded the zip file again
trying to install from internal and external but non of that worked and gave me the (bad) error .
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erm,you have the wrong concept:
first of all,the method you use is for custom rom or any modded rom with zip file.
but what u have there is official firmware,which meant for flashing with odin(some sort of samsung's flashing program)
1)exact the file u downloaded until you got .tar.md5 in the end of the file name.
2)download odin 3.04
3)select ''I9105XXUBMH4_I91050XEBMH....tar.md5'' in the ''pda''
4) click ''start'' once u connected your phone in download mode(power+vol up+home button)
something like the photo i attached

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nickchk said:
erm,you have the wrong concept:
first of all,the method you use is for custom rom or any modded rom with zip file.
but what u have there is official firmware,which meant for flashing with odin(some sort of samsung's flashing program)
1)exact the file u downloaded until you got .tar.md5 in the end of the file name.
2)download odin 3.04
3)select ''I9105XXUBMH4_I91050XEBMH....tar.md5'' in the ''pda''
4) click ''start'' once u connected your phone in download mode(power+vol up+home button)
something like the photo i attached
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Thanks for giving a proper answer ... Iv done that and after it finished and the "pass" was shown at odin 3.04 the phone automatically rebootet! i expetdet the newer version but instead it showed "installing new apps" after finishing nothing changed the same android version 4.1.2 (( Nothing happened after flashing :/ I dont know what im doing wrong

AlGeri said:
Thanks for giving a proper answer ... Iv done that and after it finished and the "pass" was shown at odin 3.04 the phone automatically rebootet! i expetdet the newer version but instead it showed "installing new apps" after finishing nothing changed the same android version 4.1.2 (( Nothing happened after flashing :/ I dont know what im doing wrong
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which means you flashed the 4.1.2 again and without wiping.
which
you were not flashing 4.2.2

link?
Ok then can you please redirect me to a 4.2.2 rom ? But for gt-9105 version

AlGeri said:
Ok then can you please redirect me to a 4.2.2 rom ? But for gt-9105 version
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Brian was right,you flash 4.1.2 again,try to separate firmware and don't get confuse. This is the link
http://live.samsung-updates.com/details/13204/Galaxy_S_2_Plus/GT-I9105/SER/I9105XXUBMH4.html

Yep you have to know what is a firmware and what is a custom rom. Or you'll risk bricking your phone in your further flashing
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MTk6589 galaxy s4
Please help
cannot install my file zip to my s4
install/sdcard
installation aborted

assaness said:
Please help
cannot install my file zip to my s4
install/sdcard
installation aborted
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how many times do we have to say post these questions in your own forum
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AlGeri said:
I have a sg2 plus GT-1905 (without the p version) ...I have installed the latest Clockworkmod recovery v6.0.3.1 ..Iv been trying to update from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2 but without succes cuz when i try to install zip from sdcard it says :
E:Cant open /sdcard/I9105XXUBMH4_I91050XEBMH3_SER (1) - copy.zip (bad)
installation aborted.
Iv seen the other forums with the same problem and tried:
toggle on off signature verification
wipped data factory reset
formated my 2gb external sd card to fat32
redownloaded the zip file again
trying to install from internal and external but non of that worked and gave me the (bad) error .
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Official 4.2.2 can be installed with odin, not in cwm

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

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

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