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[Q] Romkitchen upgrade failed

Hi all
I have tried the romkitchen some time ago and all worked fine. Now I tried it again in order to upgrade to Gingerbread and it failed. Cooked the ROM, downloaded it and renamed it to update.zip, booted in recovery mode and installed it.
First thing I notice is that the keyboard does not work. The camera also just shows some very weird dots.
And the worst part is that when I now start up in recovery mode I cannot see anything! Well I can see a lot of coloured dots but am unable to see the menu.
How should I proceed? Can anyone tell me the menu structure of the recovery screen? That way I can hopefully install another ROM (yes I know I will have to guess the location of the update.zip file in the list, but I am getting quite desperate now)

Uh, oh...
Now I cannot even boot the phone.
Any suggestions of how to proceed would be greatly appreciated...
:-(

i think your problem is you didnt upgraded to gingerbread stock
from the romkitchen web site:
WARNING! Before flashing a gingerbread ROM please make sure you have at least the JVH bootloaders. If you flash with ODIN, flashing a stock ROM (JVO, JV9, JV5) will get you the proper bootloaders.
you need to flash it with odin and then use the kitchen to flash a rom from the recovery...

Thanks - I will try to find Odin and flash from there...
q) Theis

phew... Now I have a stock ROM
Tried to install the ROM from romkitchen again but I get an error:
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Does anyone know how to avoid this?
I think I have found it but am not allowed to post the link here since I am a new user.

Problem flashing custom roms!

So I have a Samsung galaxy captivate and I have searched constantly for a fix. What the problem is I have gingerbread 2.3.5 and it's just not working when I flash roms. I think I have the wrong cmw recovery. When I try and flash cmw recovery it doesn't give me the captivate option I am rooted. Whenever I try to install rom from sd card I can never find the file and I only have this update.zip so when I try and flash I get the E failed to verify whole-file signature and the the other e: fail thing. Please help! Thanks!

P90 said:
So I have a Samsung galaxy captivate and I have searched constantly for a fix. What the problem is I have gingerbread 2.3.5 and it's just not working when I flash roms. I think I have the wrong cmw recovery. When I try and flash cmw recovery it doesn't give me the captivate option I am rooted. Whenever I try to install rom from sd card I can never find the file and I only have this update.zip so when I try and flash I get the E failed to verify whole-file signature and the the other e: fail thing. Please help! Thanks!
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ROM Manager works fine for 2.1, but not for anything else. You need to download any 2.3 kernel that already has CWM baked into it and flash it with Odin or Heimdall. What I would do is go into the development thread and pick any gingerbread-based ROM that is already packaged for Odin or Heimdall and flash that. Then you'll have CWM and you can go from there.

But when I try and flash roms I always get an error!

P90 said:
So I have a Samsung galaxy captivate and I have searched constantly for a fix. What the problem is I have gingerbread 2.3.5 and it's just not working when I flash roms. I think I have the wrong cmw recovery. When I try and flash cmw recovery it doesn't give me the captivate option I am rooted. Whenever I try to install rom from sd card I can never find the file and I only have this update.zip so when I try and flash I get the E failed to verify whole-file signature and the the other e: fail thing. Please help! Thanks!
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Just do Step 1 of my little guide here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21556191#post21556191
continue steps if you want Ice Cream Sandwhich

P90 said:
But when I try and flash roms I always get an error!
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You're getting errors because you're trying to flash from recovery but you don't have CWM. You can't flash anything from recovery until you have it. Like I said, you need an Odin or Heimdall package, not a CWM package.
Go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406877
Download the Odin One Click Package. Do some research and teach yourself how to use Odin and the risks involved, then flash it. This will give you CWM and you can then flash anything you want from there.

i already have the heimdall suite but i have no idea what to do with it or how to get cmw on my phone!

Sir refer to this and this and this. Read the stickies for newbs and understand before you flash ANYTHING. You might end up with a nice hard brick...

P90 said:
i already have the heimdall suite but i have no idea what to do with it or how to get cmw on my phone!
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jayRokk posted a quote with a brief tutorial and I gave you a link with a one click flasher, both of which will put CWM on your phone.
You need to peruse the stickies in the development section to learn the ropes before you start flashing with Odin or Heimdall. There are risks involved that you need to fully understand and the process for how to do it safely has been covered many, many times in there.
Start here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858765
Learn the terminology, the risks, and what to do when something goes wrong, and then go to town.

Seriously just follow that first step i posted to my link and youll be able to flash
ANY
rom you wish!
lol
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Just did a whole tutorial on how to flash ANY rom the easy way
check it out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1479458
and direct if someone still has problems or issues after reading the stickies
thnx

Ok will do. I just flashed.

Now whenever I try and flash mosaic 9 it keeps getting stuck on replacing stock recovery with clockwork mod recovery. And when I open rom manager it doesn't even show galaxy captivate

DONT DONT DONT DONT DONT DONT
use RomManager
when flashing place a rom on sd card
boot up to recovery (pressing Vol+ Vol- and Power)
flash from there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DONT i repeat
DONT!!!!!!!!!
use RomManager or any RomManager recovery!!

Ok well how else do I do it?

P90 said:
Ok well how else do I do it?
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Did you not read my guide or my last comment?!?!?!?
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

None of your links ever work

I know you're frustrated...
But do you really think you'll get more help by name-calling? All of the links posted in the thread above take you to useful tutorials on how to flash ROMs using methods other than ROMManager. I've not used ROMManager for, well, anything since the Eclair-based ROMS.
Breathe deep, put the phone down for a bit, and read the links. You'll get a successfull ODIN or Heimdall flash following the methods described therein. I promise!

None of the downloads work though man!

Yes they do... I just checked all of them...

Dude...in the mosaic thread, the second post has an Odin package of the ROM.
Just .tar in pda slot, when it's done it'll boot into cwm, from there just wipe data/factory reset and reboot. Bingo bango you're on mosaic

Thank you so much I'll do it now. It works with 2.3.5 gingerbread correct?

[Q] Please Help me! Flash fail...

Please help me!
I have "speedmod-kernel-i897-k13e-500hz" Kernel on my phone and it comes with CWM. I download the MIUI Captivate ROM from here
When i flashed it from SpeedMod Recovery then I said some code, booted then showed some code from the kernel, then booted. It repeated this... Scared, I pulled the battery.
Using Odin3v1.85 i Put a stock kernel on my captivate.
When i boot it, it shows the "AT&T World Phone" Boot screen, and It stays like that for DAYS!!! (Trust me, I know from experience)
I tried recovering an earlier backup but it says
Code:
.android_secure.img not found. Skipping restore of /mnt/sdcard/.android_secure
I have no idea if the above affects anything but any help is Greatly Appreaceted.
I use Win7 MacOSX Lion and Ubuntu 11.10 so if there is any help at all then tell it to me!
By the way, I can get into Download Mode and Recovery Mode but cannot get into USB Debugging Mode because i cant get into the OS.
Thanks in advance!
Anthony

In the development forum there is a sticky of stock roms, find the one that flashes KH3 with bootloaders, boogs kernel, and use it, it is a Odin program that does everything, bootloaders, repartitioning, and fresh install of gingerbread KH3. It also flashes a custom kernel which will give u CWM so u can reinstall MIUI.
Remember, don't pull ur battery next time
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Here's a link for the Odin 1 click:
http://www.mediafire.com/?05nemq5yyn5fuqf

Also, if you decide to flash miui again, that screen of code you saw is normal. Just reboot to cwm when you see that and flash the miui ROM file again.

Hmm...
I will see if the first reply works.

[Q] Cannot boot or enter recovery (CM9 20120425)

Flashed today's CM9 nightly as usual through CWM recovery (ultimate-kernel-cleaning-script, ROM, GApps), came to the point of rebooting and am now stuck with the white-on-black Galaxy S GT-I9000, SAMSUNG screen.
I can't get into recovery, but I can get into download mode.
Where should I go from here?

Same here
I am in the exact same situation. I really didn't want my first post on here to be a beg for help but I promise I'll contribute after
My computer can detect the device when I plug it in but I can't access it from explorer. I am running good old XP. I have done a bit of googling and it looks like I need Odin so I've got that. How are you doing with it PrinterElf? I'll keep this thread updated with my progress, hopefully it might help you too.

Could be a doozie this one...
I've asked the question on the CM forums too, so I'll see what happens!
I think you, like me, can get it to boot to download, I can get Heimdall to connect, but have no idea what I should be flashing to get back to recovery again!

From http://ics.samsung-updates.com/trouble, should also work for CM9:
"Put phone in Download mode and use FixRecovery.tar.md5 in Odin as PDA, uncheck auto-reboot option.
After flash reboot to recovery with 3-button-combo and CWM flash proper ICS kernel and reboot"
http://ics.samsung-updates.com/trouble/FixRecovery.tar.md5

Heimdall eh?
I rooted my phone using SuperOneClick and have been flashing new ROMs using ROM Manager so this is the first time I've heard of Heimdall. I'm downloading it now.
I'll let you know if I find those files, I can't find a useful thread anywhere
Edit: Didn't see adsdf's post when posting this. Thanks for pointing us in the right direction
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Followed adsdf's instructions and Odin seemed to think it had done the job. Tried booting into recovery but it's still 'eating a big bowl of boot-loops' I'm not sure if Windows is talking to the phone though so I'm downloading the drivers now (give me a virtual slap if I should have done this already).
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She's in recovery! Thank you so much adsdf!

Nearly there...
Okay, she'll boot into recovery but I don't have a ROM or any backups on her. I can't seem to be able to browse the phone in Windows Explorer even if I hit mount USB storage in recovery. I've managed to transfer 'fixrecovery.tar.md5' from Odin so I should be able to flash a ROM in the same way... right? Everywhere I search all I can find is ROMs in zips I've seen threads where people have flashed ROMs in .md5 format using Odin, where are they getting these ROMs? It seems like the solution for me.

930793 said:
Okay, she'll boot into recovery but I don't have a ROM or any backups on her. I can't seem to be able to browse the phone in Windows Explorer even if I hit mount USB storage in recovery. I've managed to transfer 'fixrecovery.tar.md5' from Odin so I should be able to flash a ROM in the same way... right? Everywhere I search all I can find is ROMs in zips I've seen threads where people have flashed ROMs in .md5 format using Odin, where are they getting these ROMs? It seems like the solution for me.
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@intratech is tar and flashed in PDA(Odin) and i think darkys rom is also a .tar, to one of them

930793 said:
Okay, she'll boot into recovery but I don't have a ROM or any backups on her. I can't seem to be able to browse the phone in Windows Explorer even if I hit mount USB storage in recovery. I've managed to transfer 'fixrecovery.tar.md5' from Odin so I should be able to flash a ROM in the same way... right? Everywhere I search all I can find is ROMs in zips I've seen threads where people have flashed ROMs in .md5 format using Odin, where are they getting these ROMs? It seems like the solution for me.
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I think in your case it would be best to go back to a stock rom first so you have a clean base to start from.
- Download any rom from
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-I9000&r=1#regiona
for example I9000XXJVU. these are all odin flashable
- In Odin: "CODE..." or "PDA..." as PDA, "PHONE..." or "MODEM..." as PHONE and "...CSC..." as CSC with PIT 512 with repartition checked
(Im sure you have done this before, right? if not, theres a lot of instructions on that out there)
- after that phone should boot
- flash a proper kernel and rom if you want

Right, back and firing on most cylinders, and this is how I did it!
Download and flash this with Odin
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/xxjvu/
Reboot into download mode again, flash this with Odin
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/root-xxjvu-firmware/
Reboot into CWM recovery
Install CM9 nightly & GApps
Reboot
Spend all morning restoring apps from Titanium Backup!

Thank you
Just followed PrinterElf's method and have just rooted my phone again using Odin. I'm about to flash the latest CM9 nightly, I wish I could take the screen unlock with me, it works well on that stock ROM.
Thanks again

PrinterElf said:
Flashed today's CM9 nightly as usual through CWM recovery (ultimate-kernel-cleaning-script, ROM, GApps), came to the point of rebooting and am now stuck with the white-on-black Galaxy S GT-I9000, SAMSUNG screen.
I can't get into recovery, but I can get into download mode.
Where should I go from here?
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You're left with only one option: Odin. Download any stock rom with a stock bootloader to repair your recovery mode,flash it using Odin, then flash a semaphore or midnight control kernel.
Good luck!

kinda same problem
previously was on teamhacksung b17 with gapps 20120304. no MODIFICATIONS!!!
today i updated with the latest nightly (update-cm-9-20120427-NIGHTLY-galaxysmtd-signed) with same gapps as above.
after reboot it did some updating gapps and loaded into home screen.
i turned the phone off becoz i wanted to insert the extSD and simcard which i removed before the update process.
second time i booted the phone, it started giving me bootloops. cant go into recovery either. only download mode available.
so i opened odin and put all the files in their places connected the phone in download mode on. windows did not recognize the device..... installed samsung usb drivers v1.4.2.2 ... tried it again. problem has not yet been resolved, any suggestions veteran people.

Flashed wrong flash..

Yea...
Instead of using cm7 for my i9000 I flashed cm7 Mesmerize..accidentally
I can enter Download mode...can flash via Odin but the problem is that it just wont start the firmware.. it boots samsung animation but then it restart...over and over agzain. Now I flashed some stock firmware via Odin but it just restarts after loading samsung logo.
Some solutions to this?
Thank you very much.

You will need to use odin with a stock ROM and the pit512 file.
In odin add all the files of the stock rom as usual then select the pit512. Once selected check re-partition.
now put phone in download mode and flash as usual.
CM based ROMS use a different file system from CM based ROMS.
Occasionally, as has happened to me, you may need to flash the ROM twice.
Once with pit & repartition checked and then a second time with no pit and repartition not checked.
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I see your phone is a galaxy s2.
This is the galaxy s1 forum so while the procedure is the same as above I would confirm in the SGS2 forum which pit file you should use.

Thanks for reply.
I did some flash via odin and cwm while I was waiting for an answer..
Now my Odin can`t see my Phone. Windows sees it as a gadget serial...but it wont appear in Odin. I have ClockWord Speed Recover Kernel. Heimdall kernel flashing works..
edit: and if I try to install any rom via CWM it says assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") =="galaxys" || getprop....... E:Error in/mnt/sdcard/CWM Firmware/update-cm-7.1-GalaxyS-signed.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
I can`t mount system either...

I recommend a google search for that error. I've had something similar before a resolved it through a google search. Unfortunately can't remember where or how.
To get odin to see the phine i would download driver from sammobile.com and try to reinstall it otherwise try heimdall.
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Odin did finally recognized the phone. Did a re-partition and it worked. Thanks a lot!

Glad i could help
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