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OTA update

So, today i did the following:
-rooted
-installed ClockworkMod Recovery v4.0.1.0
-downloaded the available OTA Update available (mine was still 1.18.)
-pressed install, the phone powered off, loaded the image with Android with the exclamation mark above it and it's been like that for about 45 minutes now... is that normal ? How long should it take to update ?
What do i do ?
I am afraid to press the power button as I fear it will brick it.

once you have this image with the exclamation mark in red, you have to press the power button + volume up.
now you have to choose to update from SD Card...

Ok, got it !
Now, it says "Cannot mount SDCARD:downloaded/OTA_Chacha_HTC_Europe_1.54.......Zip
Installation aborted."
I assume i must revert to Stock Recovery and then do it again, right ?

yep.
and to be sure, rename the file to "update.zip", since the recovery searches for this specific file name.

Which one should be renamed ?
Stockrecovery.zip or OTA_Chacha_HTC_Europe_1.54xxxxxxxxxx.zip ?

the OTA update.

Sorry for this but I'm stuck again.
I got the stockrecovery.zip from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1164468 but when I try to install it in CWM Recovery it says:
"E:Error in /sdcard/stockrecovery.zip
(Status 0)
Installation aborted."
What am I doing wrong ?
Isn't this the right Zip for me considering that I am trying to go back to Stock recovery for 1.18 and this one is for 1.33 ?
I just don't know how to flash to stock recovery ...
Ok, so I installed a clean 1.33 and after that I updated OTA 1.54.
But the way reverting to stock recovery is still a puzzle for me.
I tried with Terminal Emulator but it said that the file was not found on SDCARD.It was there, believe me.
I don't know, maybe someone will figure it out someday.

To revert to stock recovery you should rename the stock recovery to PH06IMG.zip.
The OTA update can be named whatever you like as you will select it manually, but the recovery has to be PH06IMG.zip. If you need any other infos you can hit me up on GTalk or Yahoo.

[Q] ICS Update - Integrity check Fails via cwm v.5.5.0.4

While trying to update my tf101 with today's New System Firmware Update, I press to upgrade and the system does the following:
"Finding update package"
"Opening update package"
"Verifying update package"
"INTEGRITY check" checking the integrity of your firmware file"
E: failed to verify whole-file signature"
E: signature verification failed"
"Installation aborted"
"CWM-based Recovery v.5.5.0.4 roach-tf101-r2"
Any ideas if this is caused by cwm or some other simple problem to proceed with the OTA update?

Can't OTA with custom recovery.

Most custom recoveries will fail the signature checks... most. but then again, if you have a custom recovery that passes the sig checks, why would you want to flash stock ics via ota?
doaist usually has a thread in development that has a cwm friendly version of the ota, or someone might make a full rom that will flash as well.

Overcoming signature verification failed on Asus ICS Bug Fix of 14-Mar-2012
Yes, I also faced this problem when applying the update.
The solution is to revert to the ASUS Stock Recovery.
Follow the instructions at the foll. URL to download and install ONLY the ASUS Recovery :
http://theunlockr.com/2011/11/28/how-to-unroot-and-remove-cwm-recovery-on-asus-transformer/
Download the stock Asus Recovery image
http://www.mediafire.com/?idl99woou4yc3ay
Restoring Stock Asus Firmware and Recovery:
Reboot into ClockworkMod (CWM) Recovery by turning off your device, holding Vol- and Power buttons until the screen turns on, and then press the Vol+ button when prompted.
Recommended Step: Navigate and select “backup and restore”. Then choose “backup”. This will backup your current configuration and is just recommended because you should ALWAYS make a backup before modifying anything using CWM Recovery.
Installing the stock Asus Recovery image:
Navigate to and select “install zip from sdcard” then select “choose zip from sdcard”. Now navigate to and select the location where you placed the file labeled “8239USrecovery.zip” and confirm that action on the next screen.
After this you will be able to apply the update.
Please note: applying this update will lose root; to root it again, follow instructions at foll. URL :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21007398
Remember to choose Option 1 (ONE) for the Asus TF101.

Krish.Nagarajan said:
Yes, I also faced this problem when applying the update.
The solution is to revert to the ASUS Stock Recovery.
Follow the instructions at the foll. URL to download and install ONLY the ASUS Recovery :
http://theunlockr.com/2011/11/28/how-to-unroot-and-remove-cwm-recovery-on-asus-transformer/
Download the stock Asus Recovery image
http://www.mediafire.com/?idl99woou4yc3ay
Restoring Stock Asus Firmware and Recovery:
Reboot into ClockworkMod (CWM) Recovery by turning off your device, holding Vol- and Power buttons until the screen turns on, and then press the Vol+ button when prompted.
Recommended Step: Navigate and select “backup and restore”. Then choose “backup”. This will backup your current configuration and is just recommended because you should ALWAYS make a backup before modifying anything using CWM Recovery.
Installing the stock Asus Recovery image:
Navigate to and select “install zip from sdcard” then select “choose zip from sdcard”. Now navigate to and select the location where you placed the file labeled “8239USrecovery.zip” and confirm that action on the next screen.
After this you will be able to apply the update.
Please note: applying this update will lose root; to root it again, follow instructions at foll. URL :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21007398
Remember to choose Option 1 (ONE) for the Asus TF101.
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Works perfectly with above method. I had Voodoo root keeper already installed and root saved. So I just flashed the stock ASUS recovery as mentioned above and updated to the new stock firmware. I just restored root with voodoo root keeper. Thanks a ton Krish.

Something does not work
Hello,
I'm new and do not know why this procedure does not work on my Asus eee Pad Transformer.
After installing the Asus Recovery (repacked-8.2.3.13_WW+root-CWR-update(su_removed)) I reboot, but ClockworkMod Recovery starts even if I do not press any volume button during reboot.
If I try pressing the vol.down button and try to wait for cold boot I get stuck and nothing happens.
I had to recover my data form the backup to get my pad funcioning again.
I do not understand why everytime I reboot ClockWorkMod Recovery starts by default without pressing any button.
Can someone help me please ?
Thank you.
Letozaf

I solved the problem o cloclworkmod always starting by defalut:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1530337&page=1
now I will try to unroot to install Asus update.
Thanks.
Letozaf

I made full US rom in the development section- it's a rooted stock version and it flashes the bootloader and a modded recovery. It might be what you are looking for to get to a stock(ish) rom. No need to unroot.

can t mount /sdcard/update zip

So, here is an interesting problem I ran into. And I am sure it has been answered elsewhere. But my searches for keywords has turned up nothing.
I am running Android Revolution HD 3.2.1 and wanted to update to their new version (3.5). I have clockworkmod recovery flashed and am trying to use the update.zip i have downloaded. Problem is, when I boot into recovery (vol down + power then hit Vol up to select recovery), i cannot get the update.zip to apply. I keep getting the error "can't mount /sdcard/update zip" I have re-flashed recovery, checked the signature verification, and even mounted all areas. Nothing works. What can i do to fix this issue? Is there another recovery i need for my TF101? Thanks in advance.

[Q] Photon Q can't get root

hi guys, my photon q (unlocked bootloader) running on Jelly Bean can't root. I follow step by step from this . When I flash CWMrecovery I get "variable not supported" in the middle on my screen and then every into recovery there's triangle red (above android logo). I also can't find back-up and restore option in my recovery. And when I tried flash SuperSU via recovery I got this:
-- Install /sdcard/Root...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installation aborted.
So I used another method, I used motofail2go to get root. but the problem goes to this: Always exploit failed, already factory reset (wipe data/cache) and push volume up + button power but nothing (exploid failed again)
Any ideas guys?

First, if your bootloader is unlocked you do NOT need to do motofail2go or any of that other nonsense.
Second, I recommend you try searching before posting.
If you search for "variable not supported" there is a treasure trove of information.
Take this thread for example. Seems stock recovery is playing tricks on you, unfortunately. It is curable tho.
Edit - this guy solved it by using TWRP...
I wonder if there's some file that just needs to be removed before flashing recovery? I'm not sure, but give TWRP a shot. It will root the device for you as well

Yeah I got rooted, I suggest to prefer TWRP than CWM. big thanks guys

How to install TWRP with JB OTA running
Here is a step-by-step for anyone who stumbles here looking for an answer. I had to remember how I forced it through the first time, so I could install TWRP on my second PQ. GOO manager doesn't install TWRP, despite offering to. I believe this is due to JB.
1. Download TWRP recovery file & save to "platform-tools" folder
2. Start command prompt in platform-tools folder
3. ~type "adb reboot-bootloader" (phone will boot into bootloader)
4. ~type "fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-asanti_c.img" (when that is the name of the TWRP recovery file in platform tools)
5. unplug USB, push power button - phone will turn off
6. Hold "vol-up" button in and press power button, release "vol-up" when screen turns on, phone will boot TWRP.
7. NAND backup, Flash rom or other.
Do it in this exact order & it will work. (should)
Enjoy *****es!

Honor 8 Can't Download Firmware, Can't Flash, Bricked? [Solved]

Hi, after trying unlock my bootloader, I couldn't get into recovery mode without "Your phone cannot be trusted" getting stuck on my screen.
I re-locked the boot loader but now when I go into recovery it says "Data Partition is corrupted please format" then it asks me to connect to a wifi network which then just shows errors everytime the password comes up.
I tried to turn on USB Debugging to ADB sideload a firmware, but I can't because the phone has been resetted; if I try to enter a wifi password the keyboard doesnt show it's just the google voice (which doesn't work) with no options. If i skip the wifi option it just goes on the google login and gets stuck on "Checking Info".
Any solutions to the problem please?
EDIT: I just re-unlocked the bootloader and now its permanently stuck on "Your device cannot be trusted, booting now" regardless of what buttons I press during startup
EDIT 2: I fixed it, it was long and complicated but I got it to work, here's how.
1. When flashing TWRP, I realized I was flashing the TWRP for EMUI 4, so I flashed TWRP for EMUI 5. (Make sure Bootloader is unlocked)
First have all the adb/fastboot drivers, for windows shift + right click the folder and click "Open Command here"
Make sure the twrp img file is in the same folder as the adb folder.
On the honor 8 phone, if it is stuck like mine, turn the phone off and then hold Volume Down + Power Button until the download mode is on the screen
Type "fastboot flash recovery (twrpfilename).img"
Once it's done, turn it off and then hold power button + volume up AND volume down at once till TWRP comes on
(Continuously hold it, if the "Your Device cannot be trusted" screen comes on release)
2. (Make sure internal storage and data are backed up externally for this)
Reset system, data, cache/dalvik, and internal storage
3. Download Update.zip and the second .zip from a website on google, search Honor 8 Manual Nougat and click the link from smartstocknews (I can't post links) but do not follow the steps from that website, and also download GAPPS from open GAPPS. Make sure ARM64 is selected and not ARM as well as 7.0
4. After wiping, mount the Honor 8 by connecting it via USB to a computer, and press "Mount" on TWRP
Upload the both update.zip and update_data_full_hw_eu.zip and GAPPS ARM64 7.0 to internal or external storage
5. Exit mount and go to install, install the zips in this specific order and do not reboot in between
A) Update.zip
B) Update_data_full_hw_eu.zip
C) GAPPS.zip
6. Reboot after GAPPS is done (it might show already installed, if that's the case then it's alright, reboot anyways)

Download the 70mb package for firmware downgrade and the latest marshmallow firmware from your regional huawei's website.
Extract the small package and put the .app file in a folder called dload on the SD card and insert it in your phone.
Boot by holding volume + volume - and pressing power, holding all 3 buttons until the phone vibrates.
The package will flash and afterwards you repeat the process, this time using an .app file from the full marshmallow firmware.
The 70mb package installs not matter how messed up your file system is, and makes your phone ready for the MM firmware. This process brings any brick back to life. Good luck.

I too was trying to root my FRD-L04 and apparently used the wrong TWRP because now I get...
Code:
Unable to open ' ' to wipe crypto key
Unable to wipe Data
Unable to format to remove encryption
Failed to mount /data (invalid argument)
and I cant get the keyboard loaded so I can log into my wifi when I do a factory reset. I really have no idea how best to attack this...my phone is bricked I can get into TWRP 3.0.2.0 recovery, sideload, and fastboot (i think). I am currently downloading the stock ROM for my device and will try to sideload it.
I feel I need to fix the data issues thought before trying to load the ROM as I dont think my data partition is working at all now. Does anyone have any suggestions or a step-by-step guide on how to fix my bricked phone?
I've tried all sort of things today but no matter what, I cant get a keyboard working so I guess that means I'm screwed....
EDIT - my phone doesnt have a insertable SD card so I cant fix things the way the above poster suggests.

menriquez said:
I too was trying to root my FRD-L04 and apparently used the wrong TWRP because now I get...
Code:
Unable to open ' ' to wipe crypto key
Unable to wipe Data
Unable to format to remove encryption
Failed to mount /data (invalid argument)
and I cant get the keyboard loaded so I can log into my wifi when I do a factory reset. I really have no idea how best to attack this...my phone is bricked I can get into TWRP 3.0.2.0 recovery, sideload, and fastboot (i think). I am currently downloading the stock ROM for my device and will try to sideload it.
I feel I need to fix the data issues thought before trying to load the ROM as I dont think my data partition is working at all now. Does anyone have any suggestions or a step-by-step guide on how to fix my bricked phone?
I've tried all sort of things today but no matter what, I cant get a keyboard working so I guess that means I'm screwed....
EDIT - my phone doesnt have a insertable SD card so I cant fix things the way the above poster suggests.
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If you have nougat just flash the correct recovery from the twrp you already have. https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/development/twrp-t3566563

sysak said:
If you have nougat just flash the correct recovery from the twrp you already have. https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/development/twrp-t3566563
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This is truly one of the worse phones I have ever had when it comes to root and such. My frustration over what, for a unbranded unlocked phone that *should* probably SHIP with root, this phone has and is putting me through is super high.
That being said...so I flashed the new 3.1.0.0 recovery. Before doing that, I had just tried to Unbrick the phone with flashing B162 image with 3.0.3.0...so now the phone is totally frozen in the "Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted..." screen. Nothing I seem to do can get it out of this mode.
I want to install the rooted b378 boot.img file I just downloaded, but am unable to find the button commands to get the bootloader loaded. Does anyone have any suggestions in somehow trying to save the day with this damned phone?
much thanks in advance.
EDIT: So I got the phone in bootloader mode by pressing vol up/vol down/power and inserting the usb cable...i flashed the rooted boot.img and twrp 3.1.0.1 to both recovery and recovery2 and now i can get into recovery. I feel like I may actually have a chance now to fix this damn thing...
So can anyone point me in a direction where, from this point with the new recovery loaded and the modded boot image installed, where i can get this phone working?? ill use ANY ROM it dont really matter at this point...

Don't worry. It's really easy, once you know what to do, just realy easy to screw up if you don't. If your phone is a mess just roll back to android 6 using the procedure i described above. Once your phone works, update to nougat and install twrp and root following this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/development/twrp-t3566563

Same issue
Ramonator said:
Hi, after trying unlock my bootloader, I couldn't get into recovery mode without "Your phone cannot be trusted" getting stuck on my screen.
I re-locked the boot loader but now when I go into recovery it says "Data Partition is corrupted please format" then it asks me to connect to a wifi network which then just shows errors everytime the password comes up.
I tried to turn on USB Debugging to ADB sideload a firmware, but I can't because the phone has been resetted; if I try to enter a wifi password the keyboard doesnt show it's just the google voice (which doesn't work) with no options. If i skip the wifi option it just goes on the google login and gets stuck on "Checking Info".
Any solutions to the problem please?
EDIT: I just re-unlocked the bootloader and now its permanently stuck on "Your device cannot be trusted, booting now" regardless of what buttons I press during startup
EDIT 2: I fixed it, it was long and complicated but I got it to work, here's how.
1. When flashing TWRP, I realized I was flashing the TWRP for EMUI 4, so I flashed TWRP for EMUI 5. (Make sure Bootloader is unlocked)
First have all the adb/fastboot drivers, for windows shift + right click the folder and click "Open Command here"
Make sure the twrp img file is in the same folder as the adb folder.
On the honor 8 phone, if it is stuck like mine, turn the phone off and then hold Volume Down + Power Button until the download mode is on the screen
Type "fastboot flash recovery (twrpfilename).img"
Once it's done, turn it off and then hold power button + volume up AND volume down at once till TWRP comes on
(Continuously hold it, if the "Your Device cannot be trusted" screen comes on release)
2. (Make sure internal storage and data are backed up externally for this)
Reset system, data, cache/dalvik, and internal storage
3. Download Update.zip and the second .zip from a website on google, search Honor 8 Manual Nougat and click the link from smartstocknews (I can't post links) but do not follow the steps from that website, and also download GAPPS from open GAPPS. Make sure ARM64 is selected and not ARM as well as 7.0
4. After wiping, mount the Honor 8 by connecting it via USB to a computer, and press "Mount" on TWRP
Upload the both update.zip and update_data_full_hw_eu.zip and GAPPS ARM64 7.0 to internal or external storage
5. Exit mount and go to install, install the zips in this specific order and do not reboot in between
A) Update.zip
B) Update_data_full_hw_eu.zip
C) GAPPS.zip
6. Reboot after GAPPS is done (it might show already installed, if that's the case then it's alright, reboot anyways)
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I pretty much have the same issue. No keyboard showing, just the stupid voice thing, and the Bootloader is Relocked. How did you get it fully unlocked. I can't get it. I guess let me get that resolved first (the bootloader) and I can try to go from there. Please help me.
UPDATE: Never mind I fixed it. I'm not really for sure how either but I think it mainly was just persistence.

Didn't work
Hello, so earlier today I tried to install RROS newest version in hope to get magisk/unrooting my phone because I'm addicted to snapchat and I rooted my phone with SuperSU earlier but didn't know u can't login to snapchat after that. It failed idk why, (I followed instructions very clearly and searched info from internet before doing that) causing me to brick my phone so when I booted it, it only showed black screen. After couple hours not finding way to get into twrp with my circumstances I managed to flash boot, recovery and system images, I tried to reboot and see what happens, (just in case, I kinda knew I didn't had ROM installed at the time, I also was hoping RROS to boot) nothing happened expect my phone got stuck in boot screen for booting EMUI, which was not installed obviously. Again after couple hours I stumbled to your post and managed to finally get myself into TWRP, I followed again ur instructions and everything was going fine, no erros, not anything. When Gapps was finished installing, I rebooted and again it just got stuck into booting screen. I did press and hold Power button, vol+, vol- and got myself into some kind of ROM installing screen, (hard to explain I don't exactly know what is name of it) and no it wasn't Huawei erecovery screen (Power button & Vol+ and no it didn't work me either saying that "getting package info failed") so in that ROM installing screen it just was stuck at 5% installing, and now I don't know what to do. My phone got locked again and I'm stuck at booting screen.
Note:
I don't have SD Card, should I get one and install stock rom?
Sorry for being kinda unclear but I'm tired it was 7 hours ago I got my phone bricked and have surfed on the web finding for answers ever since.
Also as you might notice, yes, I'm new to modding devices etc but still I'm not totally noob. Please help ASAP.
[SOLVED] So after hour of watching netflix as depressed teen I tried to reboot my phone again just in case, got stuck in booting screen. Then I held Power Button + Vol+ and got myself into EMUI stock recovery mode, I chose wipe cache partition and wipe data/factory reset, after that I rebooted my phone, it was stuck in booting screen for like 2 minutes but then it actually finished booting and now my phone is again functioning and god bless locked & unrooted.