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[q] trouble downloading roms from my mac

I have a mac and when i download roms i am not able to flash them on my sd card can some one help?

please be more specific. what do you mean when you say you cant flash the rom? does it give you an error? and btw, what phone do you have?

CWM
Do you have ClockWorkMod recovery installed?

[Q] what happened?

DEVICE : SAMSUNG GALAXY FIT GT S5670
CURRENT ROM : GB 2.3.6 STOCK
I rooted my device a long time ago..but flashed the recovery few days ago only.
So here's what happened?
i flashed "AMON-RA RECOVERY"..then found it to be old.
then tried to flash the "TJ-STYLE RECOVERY" ...BUT SOMEHOW IT DIDN'T WORKED and ODIN was taking very much time.
so aborted and then flashed "PRATYUSH.CREED 'S RECOVERY"... as mentioned in the guide in the forum that this could backup the STOCK ROM.
THEN as mentioned in the guide i took a NANDROID BACKUP of the stock rom ...(didn't knew the backup was successful or not)..
after creating the backup i tried to flash OFFICIAL CYNOGEN MOD 7.2.0 NIGHTLY.ZIP but the process ended very quickly notifying of successfull flashing...
instead when i rebooted after showing the sumsung animation the Device got hungup at a black screen with android written on it at a little right.
then i tried to restore the NANDROID BACKUP...but the recovery showed MD5 ERROR..
I thought may be a unlocked BOOTLOADER is required ..i googled it but couldn't find the procedure...
i then downloaded and flashed a STOCK_GB_2.3.6.tar.md5 rom..
this worked BUT REPLACED THE CLOCKWORKMOD RECOVERY WITH STOCK RECOVERY
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NOW THE QUESTIONS :​
1.why wasn't the NANDROID BACKUP successful ?​
2.why didn't the OFFICIAL CYNOGEN MOD 7.2.0 worked ?​
3.how can i unlock the BOOT LOADER if it is required for the CUSTOM ROMS ?​
4.why the CUSTOM CLOCKWORK MOD got replaced by the STOCK RECOVERY on reflashing with stock rom ?​
help me ...
AWAITING REPLIES.:fingers-crossed:

Hy there
qapl said:
DEVICE : SAMSUNG GALAXY FIT GT S5670
CURRENT ROM : GB 2.3.6 STOCK
I rooted my device a long time ago..but flashed the recovery few days ago only.
So here's what happened?
i flashed "AMON-RA RECOVERY"..then found it to be old.
then tried to flash the "TJ-STYLE RECOVERY" ...BUT SOMEHOW IT DIDN'T WORKED and ODIN was taking very much time.
so aborted and then flashed "PRATYUSH.CREED 'S RECOVERY"... as mentioned in the guide in the forum that this could backup the STOCK ROM.
THEN as mentioned in the guide i took a NANDROID BACKUP of the stock rom ...(didn't knew the backup was successful or not)..
after creating the backup i tried to flash OFFICIAL CYNOGEN MOD 7.2.0 NIGHTLY.ZIP but the process ended very quickly notifying of successfull flashing...
instead when i rebooted after showing the sumsung animation the Device got hungup at a black screen with android written on it at a little right.
then i tried to restore the NANDROID BACKUP...but the recovery showed MD5 ERROR..
I thought may be a unlocked BOOTLOADER is required ..i googled it but couldn't find the procedure...
i then downloaded and flashed a STOCK_GB_2.3.6.tar.md5 rom..
this worked BUT REPLACED THE CLOCKWORKMOD RECOVERY WITH STOCK RECOVERY
.
.
.
NOW THE QUESTIONS :​
1.why wasn't the NANDROID BACKUP successful ?​
2.why didn't the OFFICIAL CYNOGEN MOD 7.2.0 worked ?​
3.how can i unlock the BOOT LOADER if it is required for the CUSTOM ROMS ?​
4.why the CUSTOM CLOCKWORK MOD got replaced by the STOCK RECOVERY on reflashing with stock rom ?​
help me ...
AWAITING REPLIES.:fingers-crossed:
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i m a complete noob, but i will try to help u as much as possible ...
i think,there was a prob with flashing of custom recovery,
i m also on custom recovery (dunno which one) i flashed it as flashable zip frm recovery {i think i installed tj style fr odin then flashed the present recovery }
Also, wen u flash stock rom, u need to root it again ..
nondroid problem? mayb due to recovery problem ..
bootloader thing? sorry i dont knw anything bootloader thing ...
If i were u, i will first install tj style recovery from odin(it roots ur phone too, so no need to root it first) then either use it(its said to b most stable recovery around) or flash another recovery as flashable zip frm the present recovery ...
(i will avoid using odin fr each nd every thing ...)
Hope this helps ^^

hi..
anu.cool said:
i m a complete noob, but i will try to help u as much as possible ...
i think,there was a prob with flashing of custom recovery,
i m also on custom recovery (dunno which one) i flashed it as flashable zip frm recovery {i think i installed tj style fr odin then flashed the present recovery }
Also, wen u flash stock rom, u need to root it again ..
nondroid problem? mayb due to recovery problem ..
bootloader thing? sorry i dont knw anything bootloader thing ...
If i were u, i will first install tj style recovery from odin(it roots ur phone too, so no need to root it first) then either use it(its said to b most stable recovery around) or flash another recovery as flashable zip frm the present recovery ...
(i will avoid using odin fr each nd every thing ...)
Hope this helps ^^
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thanks for the reply ...
i didn't knew flashing custom recovery ROOTS THE DEVICE , so if this actually happens thanks for letting me know. ..:good:
and for the recovery i did that already...
so if anyone WILLING TO CLEAR THE DOUBTS..
YOU ARE WELCOME​

how..?
anu.cool said:
flash another recovery as flashable zip frm the present recovery ...
(i will avoid using odin fr each nd every thing ...)
^^
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HOW WOULD I DO THAT..?
means the tj-style recovery i have is in TAR format...
should i UNcompress and recompress it in ZIP format... ?
AND WHAT POSSIBLE DISADVANTAGES COULD BE FOR THE ODIN ?

1) Nandroid Backup works only for custom roms. For stock roms u can only take a backup but u cant restore (there's a recovery by pratyush.creed which does restore too but i didn't try so can't say)
2)Perhaps u didn't flash properly so it went into bootloop. Use CWM by TJ-style only and next time, wipe data, cache and dalvik cache and format /system just as a precautionary step before flashing custom rom.
3)Samsung Phones doesn't have locked bootloaders. So to flash a rom, u can do it easily
4) The stock rom u flash via ODIN contains stock recovery as well.
U cant flash recovery unless u have other custom recovery (well there is a flashable zip for CWM by tjstyle but i dont know whether it can be flashed via stock recovery). The only way u can do is through ODIN. Make sure ODIN is set properly and if u have windows 7, run it as administrator and better reinstall drivers.

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qapl said:
HOW WOULD I DO THAT..?
means the tj-style recovery i have is in TAR format...
should i UNcompress and recompress it in ZIP format... ?
AND WHAT POSSIBLE DISADVANTAGES COULD BE FOR THE ODIN ?
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Let me reclarify - u will hv to install tj style via odin, then avoid odin as much as possible ...
Swat4samp clarrified all other things in the previous reply ..

got the most of it..
swat4samp said:
1) Nandroid Backup works only for custom roms. For stock roms u can only take a backup but u cant restore (there's a recovery by pratyush.creed which does restore too but i didn't try so can't say)
2)Perhaps u didn't flash properly so it went into bootloop. Use CWM by TJ-style only and next time, wipe data, cache and dalvik cache and format /system just as a precautionary step before flashing custom rom.
3)Samsung Phones doesn't have locked bootloaders. So to flash a rom, u can do it easily
4) The stock rom u flash via ODIN contains stock recovery as well.
U cant flash recovery unless u have other custom recovery (well there is a flashable zip for CWM by tjstyle but i dont know whether it can be flashed via stock recovery). The only way u can do is through ODIN. Make sure ODIN is set properly and if u have windows 7, run it as administrator and better reinstall drivers.
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for the 1st point ..i used the PRATYUSH.CREED recovery already..but the backup restore didn't work for me..as i've also written in the 1st post
as for the 2nd point ...i'll try to do it again correctly and as mentioned by you
FOR THE 3rd AND 4 th POINT :good:
.............THANK YOU

[Q] Not able to flash rom and phone is completely wiped including no OS

Basically I am unable to flash any roms using twrp. Whenever i do try to flash a rom i get a assert failed getprop( ro.bootloader ) error flashing zip message. I wiped my phone including the OS because i wanted to de clutter the phone. I need to flash a rom to get my phone up and working again. It is the One S S4 variant .
Any help would be appreciated. Please reply. Thanks.

[Q] I can't install a ROM

I have a samsung galaxy ace S5830. i have flashed CyanogenMod 10.1. But im having a lot of trouble with it. I want to install another Rom but i cant do it!!. I even tried going back to custom ROM but whenever i try to flash any ROM it shows this error
E: Can't Open/ sd card/ Stock Rom.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted.
This shows for whatever rom i try to flash. But if i reflash CyanogenMod 10.1 it successfully Flashes it but not any other Rom. What can i do to fix this.. Please help.. Help would be really appreciated. Thanx in advance!

Naman.Sharma said:
I have a samsung galaxy ace S5830. i have flashed CyanogenMod 10.1. But im having a lot of trouble with it. I want to install another Rom but i cant do it!!. I even tried going back to custom ROM but whenever i try to flash any ROM it shows this error
E: Can't Open/ sd card/ Stock Rom.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted.
This shows for whatever rom i try to flash. But if i reflash CyanogenMod 10.1 it successfully Flashes it but not any other Rom. What can i do to fix this.. Please help.. Help would be really appreciated. Thanx in advance!
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Did you check the md5 of the rom you downloaded? this way you can make sure your download is not corrupt. It really sounds like it is.
Also, to install stock ROM, you should use a pc, Odin, and the latest firmware for your device from sammobile.com instead of flashing through recovery. Not that it can't be done by flashing through recovery, but through Odin everything returns to stock, including recovery.

can u please help me?? no os!!

hello well i have not been into phone in so long to its all new to me again phone been rooted running android 5.1.1 custom rom... and running philz touch 6.57.9 clockworkmod v6 .0.5.1.. well i went to down load new rom .. went into recovery zip wont download at all.. and when i try and restore 3 differnt backups none of them will flash.. so im stuck.. i cant get on os on my phone... i can get into that recovery and bootloader.. please help im stuck bad.. thanks

Read this thread and flash a stock rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...ide-nexus-5-how-to-unlock-bootloader-t2507905

dssethos401 said:
hello well i have not been into phone in so long to its all new to me again phone been rooted running android 5.1.1 custom rom... and running philz touch 6.57.9 clockworkmod v6 .0.5.1.. well i went to down load new rom .. went into recovery zip wont download at all.. and when i try and restore 3 differnt backups none of them will flash.. so im stuck.. i cant get on os on my phone... i can get into that recovery and bootloader.. please help im stuck bad.. thanks
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If you are able to get into recovery, you should be able to access the download folder and flash once again any of the custom ROM saved in the download folder. If not, download any custom ROM and use OTG to flash it.