Hi,
I'm at my wits end. I had SlimRom installed for a week and all was fine, but I was curious about what new ROMs were out there so I backed up my phone using ROM Manager and did all the usual stuff to get a new ROM. I installed Gummy, but didn't like it; I installed one other ROM that I can't remember its name, but also didn't like that. I realized my comfy home of SlimRom was where I wanted to be, so I tried to flash the backup.zip that I had created but it kept saying installation aborted (Status 0).
After hours of countless attempts and just weird behaviour (sometimes boot loops, sometimes not booting into recovery, etc.) I finally got my phone back to stock.
I downloaded the latest SlimRom file 3 times to make sure it wasn't a corrupt zip (twice from my PC and once from my phone directly). Both the zip directly from Slim as well as the backup.zip that I made with ROM Manager give me the same installation aborted. The other error it gives is "E: Error in /data/media/0/slim....zip". I'm wondering if somehow my partition is screwed up. I tried using Odin's repartition, which just erased my recovery partition, but I got that back thankfully! When I wipe data/factory reset it says wipe complete (and the ROM does reset to factory) but it also says "E:unknown volume '/sdcard/.android_secure' "...I'm wondering if that relates to why the backup.zip file won't read properly. Maybe the partition got screwed up somehow?
I can flash a SU zip so it's not a flashing problem, per se. And thankfully Odin always works!
I think I may need the stock PIT file for the Telus S4 l337m
UPDATE:
I think I found the proper pit (SGS-I337_16GB) but my phone says "secure check fail: pit".
Hey Guys,
First and foremost, I am sorry if this was already posted because I tried to look for it and there was nothing so here we go:
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Verizon and I am trying to install a custom ROM. The Android version is 4.4.2 (KitKat). Also, the phone has root access (using towelroot). I installed Safestrap onto it and downloaded Hyperdrive ROM. I rebooted into Safestrap, did all the steps (backup, select ROM slot, Wipe/Factory Reset, Install ROM, etc.), but after I pressed "Install" and chose the ROM, it said that the installation failed. I also got some information to downgrade to NC2 modem from NC4 modem, which I did using Odin, and tried the same process with no luck. This is the weird part though; for some ROM's, it says that the installation was successful, but when I try to reboot, it says that there is no OS installed. I also noticed that a common error on the error report is that it is unable to "mount /system". Maybe this is the cause? I have even tried to do it anyway with no Operating System, and I end up having to take the battery out and try again. I'm stumped. What am I doing wrong?
Thank you for all your help!
Hello there.. I normally don't have a problem figuring out what to do but I'm totally stuck here. I have a Sprint Galaxy S4 SPHL720T. I was rooted and running a custom ROM. I was having issues with the wifi so I decided to flash back to GPE 5.0.1 here from the xda forums. I am running twrp v2.8.4.0. I made a backup and wiped system/data/cache and dalvik. I went to install JFLTE-GPE-20150303 (LRX22C) from ultimarom.com via here at XDA. It said zip is corrupt. So i redownloaded on my PC and transferred it to my sd card. Still said corrupt. So I downloaded a different ROM on my PC and moved to SD. Still said corrupt. I tried to flash a GAPPS package and it worked but no ROMS I tried would. I tried to install my latest backup through recovery. It said MD5 doesn't match. If I hit reboot in twrp it prompts to install superuser because the phone doesn't appear to be rooted. If I hit that it runs the script for about 2 seconds then reboots. It won't boot into the OS as there is no OS and if I reboot into recovery it still gives me the "install su" prompt at the reboot screen. So then I hooked up into ODIN and download mode and flashed "CF-Auto-Root-jflterefreshspr-jflterefreshspr-sphl720t.tar.md5" and "openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-jfltespr.tar". Still having the same issues. I have no idea what to do at this point. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated as I need my phone for work and play .
Thanks,
Aaron
Hi,
Yesterday I "blindly" installed the latest CM nightly without noticing that I was installing CM13... After the install, no Google App was working (as expected). When I noticed I had installed CM13, I tried downloading OpenGapps (all from nano to stock for ARM, -not ARM64-), and none of these can be installed, I always get an error (Status Code 1). After a lot of trying, I coundn't even make a wipe (I got an error while formatting data).
After flashing a stock ROM via Odin, the phone worked again, so I tried reinstalling. Now the issue I have is that I can't install any custom ROM to the phone, I have tried flashing CyanogenmodRecovery (for CM12 and CM13) and CWM 6.0.4.7, all of them let me install the latest CM12.2 nightly (26.12), but the phone always hangs on the Cyanogenmod Bootscreen. Wiping is not showing any errors anymore.
Any thoughts? Am I missing something? I am relatively new to the S4, and I got mine already with CM11 on it, and until yesterday I was always able to update without any issues... Am I missing some step?
Small update: I get some errors in the recovery logs: unable to mount /efs. I don't understand why I get this error when a OEM Kitkat works, but well, will keep trying, maybe I find a way to get it working...
1. Use TWRP, CWM is outdated.
2. "Nightly" realeases are testing firmwares. CM13 for GT-i9505 is in early releases too. They have lot of bugs still.
3. - Download the latest stable CM firmware: HERE and copy it to your SDCARD external + Gapps (ARM+ android 5.1 + nano).
- Go to DOWNLOAD MODE and flash TWRP. Boot in TWRP - Select Wipe - Advanced Wipe and wipe all (less usb-otg and external memory).
- Flash CM12.1 firmware and GApps then. Reboot and enjoy.
Use TWRP. Google for s4 twrp. On that page you will also have various install instructions. Afterwards you can flash pretty much any custom rom.
Well, tried exactly these steps, I only skipped gapps for now. I installed following version: cm-12.1-20151117-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1JN-jfltexx. However the phone still hangs while booting... I will let it for a while and see if it boots, but I think it's still stuck... The stock Samsung Kitkat flashes properly from Odin and can be booted... Really strange. Is there anything I can do to see what's going on? I only get the Cyanogenmod Bootscreen, but no adb access...
Well, I am getting some errors: unable to mount /efs... This seems to be the problem, no idea why this is happening... I will keep looking around for a fix... I still don't quite understand why a stock KitKat works...
mschmiedel said:
Hi,
Yesterday I "blindly" installed the latest CM nightly without noticing that I was installing CM13... After the install, no Google App was working (as expected). When I noticed I had installed CM13, I tried downloading OpenGapps (all from nano to stock for ARM, -not ARM64-), and none of these can be installed, I always get an error (Status Code 1). After a lot of trying, I coundn't even make a wipe (I got an error while formatting data).
After flashing a stock ROM via Odin, the phone worked again, so I tried reinstalling. Now the issue I have is that I can't install any custom ROM to the phone, I have tried flashing CyanogenmodRecovery (for CM12 and CM13) and CWM 6.0.4.7, all of them let me install the latest CM12.2 nightly (26.12), but the phone always hangs on the Cyanogenmod Bootscreen. Wiping is not showing any errors anymore.
Any thoughts? Am I missing something? I am relatively new to the S4, and I got mine already with CM11 on it, and until yesterday I was always able to update without any issues... Am I missing some step?
Small update: I get some errors in the recovery logs: unable to mount /efs. I don't understand why I get this error when a OEM Kitkat works, but well, will keep trying, maybe I find a way to get it working...
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Try dowloading the rom from a thread here on the forum.
You didn't mention what phone model you got so I assume it is a GT-I9505. You can find the official thread in the I9505 original android development section. The maintainer is AntaresOne.
It is the GT-I9505, I now was able to install a stock Kitkat, and it now is allowing me to update via OTA, (first time I got a message that I had a "changed" phone and OTA was disabled). I will let it install this way and see what happens.
Last time I tried with TWRP I was getting the error "unable to mount /efs", but after flashing an ODIN ROM the phone works, I have LTE Data and can place and receive calls, IMEI is there, so I am now confused about what can be wrong.
When this OTA update works, I will try to reflash TWRP via Odin (and not mess around with heimdall anymore), and see if then I can install CM12...
I downloaded the version from the Cyanogenmod site, the latest stable CM12.1 release, so I guess it should be as good as downloading it from an xda thread...
I don't know. It's worth a try.
If you get errors about efs,be careful.The EFS partition contains the most important stuff like your IMEI.There are some backup/restore tools of EFS, you should check them out.Wipe everything,flash cm,then restore EFS backup.
EDIT:
Please delete thread. There is an issue with my SD card resulting in files being corrupted. Massive losses. I was able to successfully install ROM by uploading files to Internal Storage
Hello,
I have been attempting to flash AryaMod : http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/rom-aryamod-v1-3-tw-lollipop-5-1-1-t3326976/post67619860#post67619860
on my SM-N900W8. From the stock rom, I rooted it using CF-Auto-Root, then installed TWRP.
After downloading and putting all the necessary files on my SD Card, I attempted to install this but TWRP kept giving me file errors "Error: Secure Check Fail : aboot" when attempting to install anything, the kernel, the rom, the bootloader and modem, etc. Nothing was working.
I read that TWRP isn't very good with Aroma stuff and I should be using CWM, so I attempted to install that. Everytime I installed CWM, it would say it is going into recovery, then restart the phone, over and over..
Figured that I needed to just do a fresh install. I get a new Stock Lollipop 5.0 DOH1 from Kies, reroot with CF-Auto-Root, then install CWM from ROM Manager. Same thing, recovery bootloops.
Is there a way to fix either CWM or to get Aryamod to work with TWRP? Is the CF-Auto-Root breaking the recovery install since it installs through recovery as well?
At this point I've spent an entire day trying to get Aryamod with no luck. What the heck am I doing wrong?