[Q] trouble flashing roms on Nexus S - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I haven't touched my Nexus S in well over a year, but I'm finding myself unable to flash a new rom. I installed clockwork recovery 2.6.3.0 via fastboot, but when I try to flash a rom (or even when I try to wipe the data) I get a red "failed" message.
Any new steps that came into play over the past year?
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I get:
Formatting Data using make_ext4fs...
E:Unable to wipe '/data'.
updating partition details...
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swee08315 said:
I haven't touched my Nexus S in well over a year, but I'm finding myself unable to flash a new rom. I installed clockwork recovery 2.6.3.0 via fastboot, but when I try to flash a rom (or even when I try to wipe the data) I get a red "failed" message.
Any new steps that came into play over the past year?
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I get:
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Isn't it TWRP that you tried to flash? 2.6.3.0 suggest me that. That version is not capable of installing 4.4 roms. I'm not sure if it has been updated yet.
So I'm using Philz recovery instead. You'll find it here: http://d-h.st/users/philz_touch/?fld_id=0#files
Choose between crespo and crespo4g folders, and install the latest one (6.01.0).
I don't know why are you unable to wipe data, hopefully updating your recovery will solve this problem too.
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Can't Flash a ROM With CWM

I can't install any ROM's with CWM (I've tried 3), it says "E: Can't open /sdcard/<rom name>.zip" then "installation aborted".
The steps I've done are:
-wipe data/factory reset
-format /cache + /data
-install zip from sdcard
-errors of sadness
I've also formatted my sd card**
Not sure if it will help, but have you tried using TWRP instead of CWM? I've seen more people with issues using CWM instead of TWRP. May not be your solution but it's a place to start. Plus, I think TWRP is better anyway.
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TWRP works better for our phone and is officially supported by the TWRP devs. I use to to use and was comfortable with cwm, except on this phone I have found that TWRP works, and actually is a nicer recovery.
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Ok, I'll try TWRP, but do I need on uninstall CWM first? If so, how?
bman3k said:
Ok, I'll try TWRP, but do I need on uninstall CWM first? If so, how?
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Just flash TWRP right over it
I get the same error as before, it says system is unmounted already and that it can't open the zip

Trying to install CM10 with TWRP

I have an att htc one x that has 4.01 and 2.20 software. I was able to successfully root the phone and now I'm trying to install CM10 but it's failing when trying to install.
It says it missing a MD5 File and says theres an error in the SD card/download/ the cm 10 file.
What am I doing wrong? Thank you
Make sure the Rom is for our phone and check the md5 sum it might be a bad download
I've tried redownloading the file several times and I'm still getting the same error message.
I'm downloading CM10 from here http://get.cm/?device=endeavoru
kswannabe said:
I've tried redownloading the file several times and I'm still getting the same error message.
I'm downloading CM10 from here http://get.cm/?device=endeavoru
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Wrong version, endeavoru is the international (Tegra3) One X. Our phone is code named evita.
Just stick to the Development forum here, to avoid flashing ROMs for the wrong version of the One X:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1726
Thanks for the information.
Was able to successfully flash to CM10 but I'm stuck at the CM10 boot screen. Circle going counter clock wise around. What should I do?
kswannabe said:
Thanks for the information.
Was able to successfully flash to CM10 but I'm stuck at the CM10 boot screen. Circle going counter clock wise around. What should I do?
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If you flashed an international rom, there's a good possibility you messed something up. Factory reset, wipe /system, and try flashing the correct CM10 rom again.
Ok. I'm trying to do a factory reset from bootloader but whenever I do, it goes to the CM10 boot screen where I was earlier. How can I do a factory reset?
kswannabe said:
Ok. I'm trying to do a factory reset from bootloader but whenever I do, it goes to the CM10 boot screen where I was earlier. How can I do a factory reset?
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A guy I was working with had the boot screen splash. If you've flashed the correct one, then wipe your caches. if that doesn't work reflash.
kswannabe said:
Ok. I'm trying to do a factory reset from bootloader but whenever I do, it goes to the CM10 boot screen where I was earlier. How can I do a factory reset?
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Don't do it from bootloader, it can corrupt your sdcard. Do it from recovery.
Go into recovery, wipe cache, dalvik cache, factory reset and system. Then install the CORRECT rom.
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How can I reflash?
Thanks
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I was able to get back into TWRP. There I tried to do a factory reset but it tells me it failed. And after installing CM10, do I have to go back into bootloader and flash boot.img from the CM10 nightly zip file?
And there goes my stock rom... Factory reset is not working on TWRP and tried system reset thinking it would get rid of CM10 but instead erased my stock rom.
Please help, need a working phone soon..
kswannabe said:
How can I reflash?
Thanks
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I was able to get back into TWRP. There I tried to do a factory reset but it tells me it failed. And after installing CM10, do I have to go back into bootloader and flash boot.img from the CM10 nightly zip file?
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There are stickies and tuts around here for this.. but, the reason why it's not working for you is you didn't flash the boot.img first. before you installed the .zip. Also, you'll need the latest gapps for that ROM as well.
Not familiar with the forums around here, so if you could link me some of these stickies or tutorial it would be great.
Have a look here
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timmaaa said:
Have a look here
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or here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952076
I have this problem. i went to the thread you posted, loaded TWRP, I've factory reset and what not, but now I'm stuck in TWRP without any real viable options. When I try to reboot to system, it brings me back to TWRP menu.
mfc1288 said:
I have this problem. i went to the thread you posted, loaded TWRP, I've factory reset and what not, but now I'm stuck in TWRP without any real viable options. When I try to reboot to system, it brings me back to TWRP menu.
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Do you have a rom flashed? If so, wipe both caches and reboot. If that doesn't work, reflash and do a system wipe from TWRP.
Sent from my HTC One XL cellular device over clocked to 1.9Ghz
Rooted SGH-T989D trying to flash CM10
kswannabe said:
How can I reflash?
Thanks
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hi. i have fallowed all the steps to root my phone from this site. when i go down to how to flash a rom i have some issues.
i am trying to flash CM10. when i go to install on (step 8) i get an errer. my screen says
Updating partition details...
Running boot script...
Finished running boot script.
E:Unable to open zip file.
Error flashing zip /external_sd/cm-10.1-hercu
Updating partition derails...
then it shows the home butten. failed in red than wipe cach/dalvik and reboot system buttons
anyone have any idea what im doing wrong?
Exactly which phone do you have? It looks like it says Hercules in the cm file name you wrote, which I think is a Samsung.
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Twrp FAILED

Anybody knows how to fix the FAILED message I get anytime to try to wipe or flash in TWRP?
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persheshhater said:
Anybody knows how to fix the FAILED message I get anytime to try to wipe or flash in TWRP?
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Uncheck md5 checking in Twrp.
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That didnt help. It always fails when it is about to update partition details...
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ECEXCURSION said:
Uncheck md5 checking in Twrp.
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That doesn't work I tried that before.
Idk, that was my idea.
So it fails even when you try to wipe, that's interesting (also means my assumption was wrong).
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persheshhater said:
Anybody knows how to fix the FAILED message I get anytime to try to wipe or flash in TWRP?
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If u gave more info like twrp version hboot version stuff like that people could probly help u out better mabie u flashed a bad recovery?
Mabie u could try using a toolkit to reflash twrp from your pc? Or ruu to stock and star over?
Work for this guy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2089438&page=2
I am having the same issue
hboot1.14.0002
radio 0.19as.32.09.11_2
I am unlocked/tampered but S-on.
I thought I made a back up of CleanRom5 when I first put it on the phone, but alas I find that I didnt.
So I am between roms with s-on. Is there a way to achieve S-off with. I can still get into bootloader, and recovery.
hiperglyde said:
I am having the same issue
hboot1.14.0002
radio 0.19as.32.09.11_2
I am unlocked/tampered but S-on.
I thought I made a back up of CleanRom5 when I first put it on the phone, but alas I find that I didnt.
So I am between roms with s-on. Is there a way to achieve S-off with. I can still get into bootloader, and recovery.
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boot to bootloader fastboot flash a 2.3 version of twrp i use 2.3.3.0 boot to recovery mount usb transfer rom to phone flash rom be sure to fastboot flash boot.img reboot
This seems to be a bug with 2.4.x.x versions of TWRP. If you downgrade to an old version, it should be OK, from what I've read.
jerrycoffman45 said:
boot to bootloader fastboot flash a 2.3 version of twrp i use 2.3.3.0 boot to recovery mount usb transfer rom to phone flash rom be sure to fastboot flash boot.img reboot
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edit .. found it
for others that might need it
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/evita
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/evita
I installed 2.3.3.0 and the factory reset still failed..?
errors given were E:unable to mount '/sdcard'
did you factory reset from bootloader if so you have corrupted your sd card there is a fix let me find it
I did this and this is what Xsmagical and I did to fix it.
Take the stock android recovery from a ruu or stock Rom. (I used the one from 1.85 ruu but it doesn't matter.)
Fastboot flash the stock recovery to your phone and then reboot into bootloader where you originally wiped.
Factory reset from hboot and then Fastboot flash twrp again, mount sd should be available now. Mount sd, copy whatever Rom onto sd card and flash from there.
Freaked me out too man
this is not my post copy and paste
Thanks brother anyone else this may help
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-vf5eHV3_s
I just about crapped a brick literally

[Q] unable to mount staging, flashing eos

I downloaded the latest EOS update with goomanager and when I flashed it I got unable to mount staging, tried clearing cache and delvick and reflashing but i can never get past the eee pad splash screen. Can someone point me in the right direction where I could find a solution to this problem?! I dont have another ROM on it to flash so im kinda stuck!
Thx
solaris11 said:
I downloaded the latest EOS update with goomanager and when I flashed it I got unable to mount staging, tried clearing cache and delvick and reflashing but i can never get past the eee pad splash screen. Can someone point me in the right direction where I could find a solution to this problem?! I dont have another ROM on it to flash so im kinda stuck!
Thx
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The solution I found to the staging error was to use super wipeFull from the android revolution thread however this will wipe the internal sdcard so back up your fish by mount you internal thru twrp or cwm
Do the wipe then reflash your Eos ROM
super wipe link
http://db.tt/6tmDRpHt
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Go back to recovery, wipe everything and flash it manually.
You can ignore the staging error, it causes no issues whatsoever.
crashpsycho said:
The solution I found to the staging error was to use super wipeFull from the android revolution thread however this will wipe the internal sdcard so back up your fish by mount you internal thru twrp or cwm
Do the wipe then reflash your Eos ROM
super wipe link
http://db.tt/6tmDRpHt
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Thanks! But Ive already gone ahead and reflashed back to stock in APX using easyflash. Now installing recovery and gonna try again! LOL
Lethe6 said:
Go back to recovery, wipe everything and flash it manually.
You can ignore the staging error, it causes no issues whatsoever.
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I tried that, but it still wouldnt get past the eee pad splash screen.
Back on stock gonna try again.
Thanks!
I just flashed one for a friend this morning and had the same issue. I had to reboot to recovery, wipe /system cache and dalvik, then reflash. Not sure why it happened but after that it booted right up!
If you are flashing EOS 4 Nightly 100, be sure to flash KatKernel 96 afterwards. The default kernel packaged with the nighly is borked. Or you can flash Nightly 99, or flash the Preview B175KK

Unable to Flash Rom?

I'm using TWRP v2.6.3.0, I've tried Factory Reset and Advanced Wipe (Ticking off Dalvik Cache, data, System, cache). Then I go to install a rom, it gives me an error. I currently don't have another camera to show the error. I'll write what I see in the terminal:
set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed
E:Error executing updater binary in zip'/extern(not sure what's after this, it doesn't show).
Error flashing zip '/extermal_sd/cm-11-20131222-
Updating partition details...
And that's it, I don't know how to fix it. I've tried everything.
I'm using i727r by the way, not the AT&T version.
-John.
JohnSmithenz said:
I'm using TWRP v2.6.3.0, I've tried Factory Reset and Advanced Wipe (Ticking off Dalvik Cache, data, System, cache). Then I go to install a rom, it gives me an error. I currently don't have another camera to show the error. I'll write what I see in the terminal:
set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed
E:Error executing updater binary in zip'/extern(not sure what's after this, it doesn't show).
Error flashing zip '/extermal_sd/cm-11-20131222-
Updating partition details...
And that's it, I don't know how to fix it. I've tried everything.
I'm using i727r by the way, not the AT&T version.
-John.
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Use CWM recovery 6.0.3.7 or newer.
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EQ2192012 said:
Use CWM recovery 6.0.3.7 or newer.
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So I just flash it the same way I did with twrp with Odin?
-John.
JohnSmithenz said:
So I just flash it the same way I did with twrp with Odin?
-John.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1785999
Section 5 is recoveries. CWM recovery zips can be flashed in your current recovery. Just reboot recovery after flashing. Just a point to make...Rule #1...Search before posting. Enjoy and good luck!
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EQ2192012 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1785999
Section 5 is recoveries. CWM recovery zips can be flashed in your current recovery. Just reboot recovery after flashing. Just a point to make...Rule #1...Search before posting. Enjoy and good luck!
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Thanks man, appreciate the help. My bad for not using the search, first time I've had an Android phone in awhile. Thanks again.
-John.

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