Hey guys,
I know that many of you have given a bunch of solutions to the error message saying that the play store can't establish a reliable connection. However, I've tried all of those methods and none have worked. I got here in the first place because I couldn't connect to the play store. When I cleared data, I was logged out and couldn't log back in. I've tried editing the host file using total commander,clearing cache/data, and even a factory reset. Do you guys have any solutions? Thanks in advance.
Did you run Towelroot?
If so a friend of mine went into system/etc/hosts and commented out one of the IP addresses and it worked fine. Factory resetting doesn't change back system files to my knowledge.
TheLastSidekick said:
Did you run Towelroot?
If so a friend of mine went into system/etc/hosts and commented out one of the IP addresses and it worked fine. Factory resetting doesn't change back system files
to my knowledge.
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I'm not sure what towel root is, but that is exactly what I did using total commander. I put a # before the second address. That didn't work. Also, since resetting won't change system files, I tried flashing a factory image. However, when I try to download the latest image on my PC, the download shows up as a document and not as a zipped file. That means that there is no flash-all script to run. I've reached a wall lol if you could think of anything that would work, I would appreciate that. Also, thanks for replying!
Winrarlabs.com and get latest WinRAR and extract the .tgz file with WinRAR to same directory as fastboot. Flash all script will be there once you extract .tgz
TheLastSidekick said:
Winrarlabs.com and get latest WinRAR and extract the .tgz file with WinRAR to same directory as fastboot. Flash all script will be there once you extract .tgz
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So I zip the document, and then extract it to the fastboot directory?
Skippery said:
So I zip the document, and then extract it to the fastboot directory?
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Or is there even a need to zip the file? Sorry real tech noob here
Skippery said:
Or is there even a need to zip the file? Sorry real tech noob here
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Install winrar. Open the .tgz file via winrar and then extract all the files you get there. flash-all file will be among those files
vin4yak said:
Install winrar. Open the .tgz file via winrar and then extract all the files you get there. flash-all file will be among those files
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Thanks guys
Skippery said:
Thanks guys
Do you know where I could install WinRar for free (Windows 8 64-bit)?
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Here you go: http://www.filehippo.com/download_winrar_64/
Really appreciate this. Thanked ya both.
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I just can't find a way to extract what is in the .img files.
It's such a small file so shouldn't be hard to find.
Downloading it from the Play store does not resolve the issue
How can I re-acquire the needed .odex file and/or extract what I may need from the .img files?
Delirious17 said:
I just can't find a way to extract what is in the .img files.
It's such a small file so shouldn't be hard to find.
Downloading it from the Play store does not resolve the issue
How can I re-acquire the needed .odex file and/or extract what I may need from the .img files?
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Do you have a Backup of your system - if so restore your backup. If not google extract .img files and look for software.
No backup...I just need to find a way to extract the files from the .img files of which I did google but nothing useful came up
Delirious17 said:
No backup...I just need to find a way to extract the files from the .img files of which I did google but nothing useful came up
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Try magic iso -
http://www.free-news-release.com/Extract--IMG-files---MagicISO-Detail_14991.html
No luck
I have ISOBuster...extracted some files but it was unable to extract them all. It did find a number of android files but no .odex files
Delirious17 said:
No luck
I have ISOBuster...extracted some files but it was unable to extract them all. It did find a number of android files but no .odex files
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Sorry Bro. Do full wipe and start over from scratch, reinstall. I Hope all works out for ya. Peace-
Why the hell is it impossible for someone to find a way to get such a small measly file to get this stupid update to go through!!
Which update are you trying to apply? You will need the pre-updated file. 4g updates were 3.2.4 and 3.2.6.
Sent from my Xoom
I'm on 3.2.4 and trying to update to whatever it's asking me to update it to.
Delirious17 said:
Why the hell is it impossible for someone to find a way to get such a small measly file to get this stupid update to go through!!
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Well first, getting angry because others may not be interested in your issue is not the way to get help LOL. If you tried everything else, Why don't
you try flash the Stock 4G XOOM Firmware Download [4G|MZ602-HLK75D]
##PLEASE NOTE##
This file are from Motorola's Development site, I will not take liability with anything that happens with your device if something goes wrong.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FLASH THIS FILE ON ANYTHING BUT THE VERIZON WIRELESS MOTOROLA XOOM Z602 (4G MODEL) OR YOU WILL HAVE A SHINEY PAPER WEIGHT!!!!
dungeondefenders.odex anyone?
Such a small file to find yet only option seems to flash...
Make a nandroid backup of your current setup...restore stock, pull file, restore backup. Or try just opening the img file with winrar.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
bwcorvus said:
Make a nandroid backup of your current setup...restore stock, pull file, restore backup. Or try just opening the img file with winrar.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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What good would making a backup of something I don't even have in the current setup??
Delirious17 said:
What good would making a backup of something I don't even have in the current setup??
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Because that's the first thing you do when you are going to flash stuff. If you had done this the first time you wouldn't be in this situation.
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testingchip said:
because that's the first thing you do when you are going to flash stuff. If you had done this the first time you wouldn't be in this situation.
Sent from my xoom using tapatalk 2
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you are no help why even reply
Delirious17 said:
I just can't find a way to extract what is in the .img files.
It's such a small file so shouldn't be hard to find.
Downloading it from the Play store does not resolve the issue
How can I re-acquire the needed .odex file and/or extract what I may need from the .img files?
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did u ever find the file? if so can you send it to me. i have a similar issue
Hello I am trying to flash the factory image on to my Nexus 5 with the flash all option in the zip file and it keep going missing boot.img as seen in the picture and I am unsure what to do at this point cause I disconnect my phone and it does boot up in to android 4.4.4 but I need help here
hell I would let some one remote connect if that helps any lol
Buckii said:
Hello I am trying to flash the factory image on to my Nexus 5 with the flash all option in the zip file and it keep going missing boot.img as seen in the picture and I am unsure what to do at this point cause I disconnect my phone and it does boot up in to android 4.4.4 but I need help here
hell I would let some one remote connect if that helps any lol
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1) "Stuck" is NOT a question. Please use descriptive thread titles
2) You haven't unzipped the image-hammerheadxxx.zip that contains the images :/
but I have I followed the instructions to a T and put all file in the folder under platform tools
Buckii said:
but I have I followed the instructions to a T and put all file in the folder under platform tools
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Not sure what instructions you've followed. Either they're incomplete or you made a mistake. Like I said, your screenshot shows a zip file. You need to unzip that in the location that it is in now
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rootSU said:
Not sure what instructions you've followed. Either they're incomplete or you made a mistake. Like I said, your screenshot shows a zip file. You need to unzip that in the location that it is in now
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This is now what I have done you were right but still missing boot.img
Buckii said:
This is now what I have done you were right but still missing boot.img
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Just fastboot flash it then.
Link to guides in my signature.
I have similar issues. Mine complains that the archive doesn't contain boot.sig and recovery.sig, and then it fails to allocate space and the update package missing system.img.
Going to do it manually now to see if it works
Desca said:
I have similar issues. Mine complains that the archive doesn't contain boot.sig and recovery.sig, and then it fails to allocate space and the update package missing system.img.
Going to do it manually now to see if it works
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Mine shows same as you, but just reboot and it is working
Hi,
I am trying to manually flash the Android 5.1 to my Nexus 5. I downloaded the facroty image from google and it has only 1 and only 1 files in the archive I have downloaded, called: "hammerhead-lmy47d-factory-6c1ad81e" where are the rest of the files ?? On almost every webiste its saying to run flash-all.bat file but its nowhere in the archive. I have already downloaded the archive 2 times.
What to do ???
Thanks.
Unzip that file, they are inside
Hi,
I renamed it to a zip and then i saw some img files but flash-all.bat is still missing. What to do ? Can i have the command to manually do the flash of the .img files I just found in the archive ???
Thanks.
Unzip, then unzip then look in the folder. Don't rename
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Hi,
Found only 5 files in that i.e:
boot.img
cache.img
recovery.img
userdata.img
system.img
No flash-all.bat in them. Also bootloader.img is also missing as suggested by some site. What to do ?
Thanks.
* Don't rename the file. Download again and unzip
* Should have all files required
* If still in doubt, check for videos in YouTube
Flash all, bootloader and radio are in the folder before that one
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Hi,
No they are not included. No flash-all.bat at all. I renamed the files to zip and then opened it in Winrar and then I got these files only. Nothing else.
Anyways I found a website which told me how to flash the files manually one by one, and now i am on 5.1.
Thanks.
Ben36 said:
Unzip, then unzip then look in the folder. Don't rename
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schmos said:
* Don't rename the file.
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kikloo said:
I renamed the files to zip and then opened it in Winrar and then I got these files only. Nothing else.
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/facepalm
That and not posting this in q&a.
kikloo said:
Hi,
No they are not included. No flash-all.bat at all. I renamed the files to zip and then opened it in Winrar and then I got these files only. Nothing else.
Anyways I found a website which told me how to flash the files manually one by one, and now i am on 5.1.
Thanks.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...e-update-rooted-device-to-5-1-lmy47d-t3050789
Steps 1 to 9
Read before you post
beekay201 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...e-update-rooted-device-to-5-1-lmy47d-t3050789
Steps 1 to 9
Read before you post
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You read before you post, no radio img file in my archive. Only 1 file was there, which I had to rename and then I got the 5-6 image files.
Thanks.
kikloo said:
You read before you post, no radio img file in my archive. Only 1 file was there, which I had to rename and then I got the 5-6 image files.
Thanks.
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Impossible.
If you download https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/hammerhead-lmy47d-factory-6c1ad81e.tgz, you'll get a file named "hammerhead-lmy47d-factory-6c1ad81e.tgz".
Extract that (NOT RENAME THAT TO ZIP, if that's what you're doing ), and you'll get the following:
Code:
tango% ls android/hammerhead/factory/hammerhead-lmy47d/
total 609M
-rw-r----- 1 bk201 2.6M Feb 23 19:31 bootloader-hammerhead-hhz12f.img
-rw-r----- 1 bk201 974 Feb 23 19:31 flash-all.bat
-rwxr-x--x 1 bk201 845 Feb 23 19:31 flash-all.sh
-rwxr-x--x 1 bk201 798 Feb 23 19:31 flash-base.sh
-rw-r----- 1 bk201 562M Feb 23 19:31 image-hammerhead-lmy47d.zip
-rw-r----- 1 bk201 45M Feb 23 19:31 radio-hammerhead-m8974a-2.0.50.2.25.img
Now reboot device into bootloader/fastboot interface, and run flash-all (either *.sh or *.bat, depends on the OS you're running). DONE.
*sighs*
kikloo said:
You read before you post, no radio img file in my archive. Only 1 file was there, which I had to rename and then I got the 5-6 image files.
Thanks.
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Sorry, but you are dense.
And by sorry, I mean to everyone else.
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Laern to verify the checksum of your downloads
kikloo said:
Hi,
I am trying to manually flash the Android 5.1 to my Nexus 5. I downloaded the facroty image from google and it has only 1 and only 1 files in the archive I have downloaded, called: "hammerhead-lmy47d-factory-6c1ad81e" where are the rest of the files ?? On almost every webiste its saying to run flash-all.bat file but its nowhere in the archive. I have already downloaded the archive 2 times.
What to do ???
Thanks.
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Did you check to see after downloading 5.1.0 (LMY47D) that the checksum matched?
MD5 Checksum: 021fa0ed4946e0c7e70e39da301e5a34
SHA-1 Checksum: 6c1ad81eb8b90b329da5ed534af6ef18dea9921c
If not, re download 5.1.0 (LMY47D) and verify checksum again.
You can use this free tool called HashTab http://implbits.com/products/hashtab/#
Best of luck
joegestes said:
Did you check to see after downloading 5.1.0 (LMY47D) that the checksum matched?
MD5 Checksum: 021fa0ed4946e0c7e70e39da301e5a34
SHA-1 Checksum: 6c1ad81eb8b90b329da5ed534af6ef18dea9921c
If not, re download 5.1.0 (LMY47D) and verify checksum again.
You can use this free tool called HashTab http://implbits.com/products/hashtab/#
Best of luck
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Checksum etc is all fine. I already downloaded it 3 times. Same thing every time. Anyways after renaming to zip and extracting the in files, I installed 5.1 on my Nexus and its working fine. Though I never got the flash all. bat file or bootloader img file.
Thanks.
kikloo said:
Checksum etc is all fine. I already downloaded it 3 times. Same thing every time. Anyways after renaming to zip and extracting the in files, I installed 5.1 on my Nexus and its working fine. Though I never got the flash all. bat file or bootloader img file.
Thanks.
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That's very odd
One more thought.
Is it possible you have "Don't show hidden files or folders and drives" and also "Hide protected operating system files"
checked in the Folder Options/ view tab?
Wakamatsu said:
Sorry, but you are dense.
And by sorry, I mean to everyone else.
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Ben36 said:
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Dude's not downloading the same factory image than us, FOR SURE.
I'm out.
7-Zip helped
Guys,
Even I have struggled to find flash-all.bat files and other radio images. But then I found that somehow winrar is not able to open the .tgz file correctly. And that's where 7-Zip helped. After downloading use 7-Zip and "extract to hammerhead-lmy47d-factory-6c1ad81e". Go to that directory and perform the extraction again. If you use winrar, it is not able to perform extraction without re-naming it. But if you use 7-Zip directly you will be able to extract. Hope that helps.
Thanks & Regards
Sharma.
hshakuna said:
Guys,
Even I have struggled to find flash-all.bat files and other radio images. But then I found that somehow winrar is not able to open the .tgz file correctly. And that's where 7-Zip helped. After downloading use 7-Zip and "extract to hammerhead-lmy47d-factory-6c1ad81e". Go to that directory and perform the extraction again. If you use winrar, it is not able to perform extraction without re-naming it. But if you use 7-Zip directly you will be able to extract. Hope that helps.
Thanks & Regards
Sharma.
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Thanks.
What you describe might be true, but that's not our scope. We aren't here to teach people how to extract archives. That's why nobody mentioned it before.
Hi!
I'd like to know where the OTAs are stored in our M2. Anyone that hasn't done yet the update download, and that has Root permissions, can use this app to find where they're stored, and if possible, upload it and post a link to it.
Thank you!
Do you still needed the file, sir ?
FunSucker said:
Do you still needed the file, sir ?
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Yep. It's for some research
I think, the app didn't work sir. After I wait 30 minutes, none of the files were copied to my storage. Then I try searching using manual method, I found one file, the file size is as large as my OTA update. The nama file is "update-package".
The file extension is not ".zip", in the folder recovery (internal storage). My estimate, the file extension .LZMA or .tar.LZMA or .zipx.
I've tried to extract and decompress in the PC (windows os) using some programs, but failed.
If you still need the file, I'll upload it now .
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I think, the app didn't work sir. After I wait 30 minutes, none of the files were copied to my storage. Then I try searching using manual method, I found one file, the file size is as large as my OTA update. The nama file is "update-package".
The file extension is not ".zip", in the folder recovery (internal storage). My estimate, the file extension .LZMA or .tar.LZMA or .zipx.
I've tried to extract and decompress in the PC (windows os) using some programs, but failed.
If you still need the file, I'll upload it now .
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Yes please! Thanks
oke, sir. when finished i will share the link.
Oke sir, check this out --> Google Drive
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Oke sir, check this out --> Google Drive
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Great, thank you very much!
Okay, so this is what I got:
The update zip refuses to be flashed in UBL devices. FOTAkernel system is broken after you open the bootloader, which leads us with an unused partition (but that's other thing). The recovery logs just say: WARN: Status Rooted, ERR: Bootloader is unlocked.
I've tried to force it using AOSP Recovery commands
Code:
echo 'boot-recovery' > /cache/recovery/command
echo '--update_package=/sdcard/update.zip' >> /cache/recovery/command
reboot recovery
But just got a big nope.
So, now time to have a look at it. I tried to unpack it several times but no luck. The reason seems to be, very probably, because this is a LZMA compressed file (as 7-Zip reported) but with 2 additions at the end (which corrupts the entire read of it): An unencrypted/uncompressed XML which points out which is the software available right now in the phone (<source>), and which is the version that is going to be installed (<target>), plus, some a weird <generation> section. This is the XML
Code:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-1'?>
<metadata version="3.3">
<product>
<manufacturer>Sony</manufacturer>
<model>D2302</model>
<hwplatform>msm8226</hwplatform>
</product>
<update>
<generation>
<version>1.1.2</version>
<date>2015-12-28T12:10:19Z</date>
<rb_version>7.0.15.117</rb_version>
<rb_ua_version>7.0.15.117</rb_ua_version>
</generation>
<source>
<software>
<revision>18.6.A.0.175</revision>
</software>
<customization>
<variant>1281-0464</variant>
<revision>R2C</revision>
</customization>
</source>
<target>
<software>
<revision>18.6.A.0.182</revision>
</software>
<customization>
<variant>1281-0464</variant>
<revision>R2C</revision>
</customization>
</target>
</update>
</metadata>
And, right after that, I can perfectly see a SIN header, so I isolated it and, looks quite similar to the FOTAkernel.sin included in FTFs (330613072905Z010U S1_FOTA0 ‚"0), I personally guess it's a very, very small ELF binary, by the size of it.
So, the problem now comes to isolate the 3 parts, the LZMA file, the XML and the SIN, separetly. After that, I think we can probably have a look insde them.
How about linux os? Can we unpack or decompress that file on linux os, sir? Do you have tried?
FunSucker said:
How about linux os? Can we unpack or decompress that file on linux os, sir? Do you have tried?
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I've tried many tools and combinations (ext4, .img, etc) and none of them worked... I'll think more about it.
What am I doing wrong... It says packed image not exist. I try to extract it but it just shows 8 text files. Can someone please help me. I'm starting to get a little pissed. Thank you
Same problem as me. I copied the extracted folder to Desktop and try open from there as administrator.
Anybody?
akinkoff85 said:
What am I doing wrong... It says packed image not exist. I try to extract it but it just shows 8 text files. Can someone please help me. I'm starting to get a little pissed. Thank you
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Create new folder, place and extract the downloaded files in the same folder then open the extracted msm tool. Make sure you installed all drivers needed.
boybkol said:
Create new folder, place and extract the downloaded files in the same folder then open the extracted msm tool. Make sure you installed all drivers needed.
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Can you send me the extracted msm tool?
akinkoff85 said:
Can you send me the extracted msm tool?
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Don't know what MSM tool you need there are several here. Just download again the tool you need then put the file in a folder and extract the file in the same folder. You should be able to open it.
My msm tool won't open. No matter how may times I click to open it just won't open. If I click a lot it says running even though its not open. Anyone know what I can do to get this running?
bryanpen said:
My msm tool won't open. No matter how may times I click to open it just won't open. If I click a lot it says running even though its not open. Anyone know what I can do to get this running?
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same here
rhodnie said:
same here
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Also had this problem, had to restart the pc every time.
Also having the same problem. Installed and updated all drivers. Still will not even open, just throws the packed image not exist error and closes. Running as administrator, extracted and copied files to desktop, everything done as instructed.
iamthecarley said:
Also having the same problem. Installed and updated all drivers. Still will not even open, just throws the packed image not exist error and closes. Running as administrator, extracted and copied files to desktop, everything done as instructed.
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That's because you are transferring downloaded zip via flash drive to another computer: it will never work. The file must be downloaded and unzipped on the same PC it was downloaded.