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Problem installing any zip from recovery

Hello,
I have a galaxy ace S5830 phone. I wanted to install ICS 4.0 on it. The phone is rooted and runs 2.3.4.
When I try to install any zip file from recovery it gives an error saying "E: Can't open /tmp/sideload/package.zip (bad)".
I just cannot install any zip file.
The phone has android recovery 3e.
I formatted the OS (factory reset) but it didnt change anything. Formatted SD card too but no use.
What is the possible reason behind this error?
Any solution is highly appreciated.

flash cwm.
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flash this recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=743333&d=1318051346, and then install zip
but be carefully u must have s5830 not s5830i or others.

avyrez said:
flash this recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=743333&d=1318051346, and then install zip
but be carefully u must have s5830 not s5830i or others.
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That is the problem....i cant install CWM....it gives the same error...I am stuck with this stupid android recovery 3e.

Blackstard said:
flash cwm.
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Not able to flash CWM...thats the problem...I get the same error

The log you posted states that the zip file is corrupted...have you tried to redownload cwm and flash it again? It's impossible that you are able to flash the zip for root but not cwm...it must be the zip's problem...

Ryuinferno said:
The log you posted states that the zip file is corrupted...have you tried to redownload cwm and flash it again? It's impossible that you are able to flash the zip for root but not cwm...it must be the zip's problem...
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Well, I tried with different zip files of CWM. It is not working. The zip files are not corrupt since I tried them on my friend's ace and they worked fine.
I did not flash for root. I rooted through superoneclick since the flash was not working.
Also the error given is not for my zip file. It is for some package.zip (I dont knw what is this zip file neither do i knw its location tmp/sideload)

Different zip files of cwm?where you get that many? Try to refer to this thread:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12874680...install the cwm from there...and if it is still not working, reflash a new firmware (2.3.6 for most countries) via ODIN and try again...
And one more thing, in stock recovery, you must select install zip from external storage (or something like that), not from cache...you will be brought to your sd card to select the relevant zip file...

Ryuinferno said:
Different zip files of cwm?where you get that many? Try to refer to this thread:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12874680...install the cwm from there...and if it is still not working, reflash a new firmware (2.3.6 for most countries) via ODIN and try again...
And one more thing, in stock recovery, you must select install zip from external storage (or something like that), not from cache...you will be brought to your sd card to select the relevant zip file...
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With due respect Sir, Different zips means CWM zips from different download sources.
I tried it with 2.3.3, 2.3.4, 2.3.6 (installed them via ODIN). But seems that firmware doesnt make any difference to the recovery. Keeps on giving the same error.
Thanks for the link above..let me try that out.

ajinkyap1989 said:
With due respect Sir, Different zips means CWM zips from different download sources.
I tried it with 2.3.3, 2.3.4, 2.3.6 (installed them via ODIN). But seems that firmware doesnt make any difference to the recovery. Keeps on giving the same error.
Thanks for the link above..let me try that out.
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Hey, the link you gave isnt any different from what I did via ODIN.
Is there any way to install CWM + firmware via ODIN? I am looking for that.

ajinkyap1989 said:
Hey, the link you gave isnt any different from what I did via ODIN.
Is there any way to install CWM + firmware via ODIN? I am looking for that.
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I am flashing from SD card only.
But, its not working, I need a method to install CWM without flashing. Since, I already have a root, is there any software that can do that?
P.S Tried ROM manager free version. It asked for premium version. Tried cracked premium version, while installation it says "Application not installed".

ajinkyap1989 said:
I am flashing from SD card only.
But, its not working, I need a method to install CWM without flashing. Since, I already have a root, is there any software that can do that?
P.S Tried ROM manager free version. It asked for premium version. Tried cracked premium version, while installation it says "Application not installed".
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Wowowowo....stop bro...stop...ROM Manager + SGA = BRICK!!!!
Wait a minute...working out a solution...

Ryuinferno said:
Wowowowo....stop bro...stop...ROM Manager + SGA = BRICK!!!!
Wait a minute...working out a solution...
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Meanwhile, I found this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1618324
Didnt work, may be because its not for S5830.

ajinkyap1989 said:
Meanwhile, I found this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1618324
Didnt work, may be because its not for S5830.
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Formatted SD card and it worked

ajinkyap1989 said:
Formatted SD card and it worked
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Great! Good for you...what was the format for your sd card before this? Android only support fat32...

[Q] Can't restart after installing Cyanogenmod 10

Hello everyone,
I downloaded CM10 alpha 5 from ivendor and put it on my internal sd card.
In the post it said flash the update.zip and gapps.zip files, but I only had the whole cm10 zip file.
I installed that but it didn't work and now I'm stuck in the clockworkmod.
I think I didn't read well enough, so can you tell me what I did wrong?
I guess I should try another ROM, but is it even possible to put one on your sd card when the phone doesn't start?
Thanks alot,
Bob

You made a backup before you flashed it?
If you did, restore it and reboot your phone, i think you did something wrong, if you downloaded the good file you just flash update it and it will reboot normally, be sure its a .Zip file
Sent From My Rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 JB 4.1.2 (GT-I9100)

So for some reason, some phones naturally bootloop in recovery when trying to install CM10.
Did it say installing, then stop, reboot and bootloop in recovery?
If it did, DO NOT PANIC. Everything is fine. Sometimes the phone needs to do that to install an updated recovery. If that did happen, just take out the battery and reinsert it, reboot into recovery. Flash the same CM10 again, then Gapps.
But just as a failsafe, if you want to flash back to 2.3.6 (I'm sorry, I don't know what it is for the I9001) through odin with dbsdata.rfs (due to data partition differences between stock and CM10). Just in case you want to start completely over.
Sent from my GT-I9000

Bobb95 said:
Hello everyone,
I downloaded CM10 alpha 5 from ivendor and put it on my internal sd card.
In the post it said flash the update.zip and gapps.zip files, but I only had the whole cm10 zip file.
I installed that but it didn't work and now I'm stuck in the clockworkmod.
I think I didn't read well enough, so can you tell me what I did wrong?
I guess I should try another ROM, but is it even possible to put one on your sd card when the phone doesn't start?
Thanks alot,
Bob
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hi it say to flash the "update.zip", do u think u should of flashed the cm10 file u downloaded instead?
i am only new to experimenting with my phone myself and nearly made that mistake. have u got any further with this problem anyway?

you Just have to do a wipe factory / flash upgrade.zip / flash gapps / reboot
if you do a wipe factory, you will lose your data. but this is a safe method to move from a old rom to a new one
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda app-developers app

Flash the same file you flashed when updated the recovery
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update cwm recovery?

Hello guys finally got root but cant install any roms? I have rooted via rootgalaxynote.com installing odin ver. 1.85 and cwm recovery 5.5 or something like that but still get error 7 when install cm10 zip file thru cwm. I also tried to install twrp thru odin but says invalid and ends. Dont know if im outdated with any of these versions as they are old threads and dont know if the uvmal1 update back in january has anything to do with it. Please help i have rooted as i have titanium backup and superuser installed. I am lost as to how to fix this issue and have read everywhere. I saw a link for cwm ver 6.0.3.1 which is what i need i believe but it was on a tmo s2 thread so dont know i can use that link and just reflash thru odin again like i did the first time. Thanks

parmakr said:
Hello guys finally got root but cant install any roms? I have rooted via rootgalaxynote.com installing odin ver. 1.85 and cwm recovery 5.5 or something like that but still get error 7 when install cm10 zip file thru cwm. I also tried to install twrp thru odin but says invalid and ends. Dont know if im outdated with any of these versions as they are old threads and dont know if the uvmal1 update back in january has anything to do with it. Please help i have rooted as i have titanium backup and superuser installed. I am lost as to how to fix this issue and have read everywhere. I saw a link for cwm ver 6.0.3.1 which is what i need i believe but it was on a tmo s2 thread so dont know i can use that link and just reflash thru odin again like i did the first time. Thanks
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Instead of odin, try to flash the TWRP zip version through CWM and see if that gets you anywhere.
www.techerrata.com/file/twrp2/sgh-t879/openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.1-sgh-879.zip

I will see if that works thanks

Ok i got it installed using the zip method thru cwm now i got twrp. One problem though when i click to install in twrp recovery i cant find any of the downloaded roms or any files on my internal sd card. I only show my external sd card which is only pictures and videos which is all keep in there. There is a an option to click on external or internal at the top of the page but nothing happens when i click the small bubble for internal sd card? What can be the problem? Thanks for your help

parmakr said:
Ok i got it installed using the zip method thru cwm now i got twrp. One problem though when i click to install in twrp recovery i cant find any of the downloaded roms or any files on my internal sd card. I only show my external sd card which is only pictures and videos which is all keep in there. There is a an option to click on external or internal at the top of the page but nothing happens when i click the small bubble for internal sd card? What can be the problem? Thanks for your help
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In TWRP, if you click advanced/ filemanager/ emmc folder, can you see your internal storage? There is also fix permissions under advanced. You could try that too if nothing else is working.

fraughtsigewulf said:
In TWRP, if you click advanced/ filemanager/ emmc folder, can you see your internal storage? There is also fix permissions under advanced. You could try that too if nothing else is working.
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Awesome it was under emmc folder. Thanks again great help!

parmakr said:
Hello guys finally got root but cant install any roms? I have rooted via rootgalaxynote.com installing odin ver. 1.85 and cwm recovery 5.5 or something like that but still get error 7 when install cm10 zip file thru cwm. I also tried to install twrp thru odin but says invalid and ends. Dont know if im outdated with any of these versions as they are old threads and dont know if the uvmal1 update back in january has anything to do with it. Please help i have rooted as i have titanium backup and superuser installed. I am lost as to how to fix this issue and have read everywhere. I saw a link for cwm ver 6.0.3.1 which is what i need i believe but it was on a tmo s2 thread so dont know i can use that link and just reflash thru odin again like i did the first time. Thanks
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How did you get cwm to work? I've tried through rom manger and it says its installed and its a file in my internal sd but when I reboot into recovery it just the factory recovery screen????? I have been looking for a tar file that I can flash through odin ?

[Q] Rom and kernel can not change

Hello, my problem i can not chnage the kernel and costume rom, but i used already costume rom and i could change kernel also. One month ago i put back official rom and now, if i want to install any rom it is starting but after couple of minutes stop with error. I have open bootloader end root. Please help me. Sorry for my english and thanks the help.

spytom said:
Hello, my problem i can not chnage the kernel and costume rom, but i used already costume rom and i could change kernel also. One month ago i put back official rom and now, if i want to install any rom it is starting but after couple of minutes stop with error. I have open bootloader end root. Please help me. Sorry for my english and thanks the help.
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Update your recovery to the latest version.

JoinTheRealms said:
Update your recovery to the latest version.
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Thx, i try it now,i will let u know what happened. Thanks again.

Hello, i'v tried your tip, but still can not flash. I installed CWM. I saw the failed massege and it says, somthing wrong with my sd card. In CWM i can not format, mount and partitioning. But the phone and my laptop see my sd card and no have probleme with it. Maybe my sd card large? It is 8 Gb. The message is: Error (7) sd card, but if i put recovery zip in the phon memory, i got the same message.

spytom said:
Hello, i'v tried your tip, but still can not flash. I installed CWM. I saw the failed massege and it says, somthing wrong with my sd card. In CWM i can not format, mount and partitioning. But the phone and my laptop see my sd card and no have probleme with it. Maybe my sd card large? It is 8 Gb. The message is: Error (7) sd card, but if i put recovery zip in the phon memory, i got the same message.
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Try using All in one 880p pack, to install Recovery! it may help.

Javier_Vzla said:
Try using All in one 880p pack, to install Recovery! it may help.
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Keep in mind that the included recoveries in that tool kit are outdated and therefore won't be able of flashing KitKat ROMs. If you plan on using it, you must download the latest recovery you want to use yourself and replace it in the tool's sources.
Sent from my LG-P880 using xda app-developers app

balloon27 said:
Keep in mind that the included recoveries in that tool kit are outdated and therefore won't be able of flashing KitKat ROMs. If you plan on using it, you must download the latest recovery you want to use yourself and replace it in the tool's sources.
Sent from my LG-P880 using xda app-developers app
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Or you can use the toolkit and then flash the cwm of laufersteppenwolf, easy way.

Thanks guys, i start to give up I have CWM 6.0.3.1. I tried to install CWM 6.0.4.5. zip, it sad is done, but when i restart the recovery i got the same cwm (6.0.3.1). I tried also with Rom manager, but the recovery disapeared, when i push the vol down and power off, it is stuck on the screen lg logo. So i don't know what can i do.

spytom said:
Thanks guys, i start to give up I have CWM 6.0.3.1. I tried to install CWM 6.0.4.5. zip, it sad is done, but when i restart the recovery i got the same cwm (6.0.3.1). I tried also with Rom manager, but the recovery disapeared, when i push the vol down and power off, it is stuck on the screen lg logo. So i don't know what can i do.
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Have you tried the toolkit suggested above? I'll see if I can upload it with updated files for you!

Thanks guys u r very kind, i could flash the new CWM. Yes i have the toolkit. After the cwm flash i tried again vanir rom flashing, but i could not. I made a log file from the error. Please ckeck it, maybe somebody understand it, i am not. http://www.megafileupload.com/en/file/515636/recovery-1--log.html

spytom said:
Thanks guys u r very kind, i could flash the new CWM. Yes i have the toolkit. After the cwm flash i tried again vanir rom flashing, but i could not. I made a log file from the error. Please ckeck it, maybe somebody understand it, i am not. http://www.megafileupload.com/en/file/515636/recovery-1--log.html
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The log says CWM can't open the ROM's .zip file. Might be a bad download.
Greetings from my Nexus 7 FHD!

Thanks the help to everybody, it was hard but i could flash vanir rom finally. :laugh:

[Q] Unable to install CM11

I don't have enough posts to post in the right thread, so I have to do it here.
Unable to install unofficial version of CM11, I have CWM Recovery 6.0.4.8., and when I try to install, the message is
set_metadata_recursive : some changes failed
E:Error in /data/media...etc
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File is on the SD card, and I found that the error message is connected when using old CWM, but I don't have the idea why it stops, I don't see that there is newer one. Also, CWM is not doing anything with mount USB storage, I just click and nothing happens.
Phone is Sprint LS-995.

nesharm said:
I don't have enough posts to post in the right thread, so I have to do it here.
Unable to install unofficial version of CM11, I have CWM Recovery 6.0.4.8., and when I try to install, the message is
File is on the SD card, and I found that the error message is connected when using old CWM, but I don't have the idea why it stops, I don't see that there is newer one. Also, CWM is not doing anything with mount USB storage, I just click and nothing happens.
Phone is Sprint LS-995.
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The newest CWM is 6.0.4.9. My suggestion would be to delete LGFreedom folder off your SD Card and re-run the FreedomFlex app again as it will then download the latest CWM and you can just flash the recovery again. I had the same issue with 6.0.4.8

Problem is I can't get anything accept CWM, and I can't mount internal card, LG driver is already installed, and I tried to reinstall it, but he is still not seeing it. Any idea how to access it? If I have to have old Sprint ROM to install FreedomFlex again, I need somehow to transfer it to the internal memory and start the installation from there.

nesharm said:
Problem is I can't get anything accept CWM, and I can't mount internal card, LG driver is already installed, and I tried to reinstall it, but he is still not seeing it. Any idea how to access it? If I have to have old Sprint ROM to install FreedomFlex again, I need somehow to transfer it to the internal memory and start the installation from there.
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I don't quite get what the problem is.... Are you stuck in CWM or can you boot into the rom?
If you're stuck in CWM and don't have a backup or any other rom to flash (why?), you can always sideload a rom using adb (if you are stuck in a CWM bootloop look here for help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2744482)
If you can boot back into the rom, follow my previous reply....
The only other option is to flash back to stock by following the tutorial here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2644083

[vertigo] said:
If you're stuck in CWM and don't have a backup or any other rom to flash (why?), you can always sideload a rom using adb (if you are stuck in a CWM bootloop look here for help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2744482)
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Can't boot back to the ROM, I have stock ROM downloaded on hard drive, but I thought if I make a mistake, I would easily copy it to internal memory, and install it from there. Problem is that I cant, adb devices is showing nothing, so I can't use shell to copy ROM.

nesharm said:
Can't boot back to the ROM, I have stock ROM downloaded on hard drive, but I thought if I make a mistake, I would easily copy it to internal memory, and install it from there. Problem is that I cant, adb devices is showing nothing, so I can't use shell to copy ROM.
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Well it looks like the only option is to go back to stock from the link I posted and start again, but make sure you've got everything on your phone you need before trying anything... Also trust me CM11 isn't worth bothering with just yet as there is a lot of issues with it, but I'm sure it will get there as PlayfulGod is working on it

[vertigo] said:
Well it looks like the only option is to go back to stock from the link I posted and start again, but make sure you've got everything on your phone you need before trying anything... Also trust me CM11 isn't worth bothering with just yet as there is a lot of issues with it, but I'm sure it will get there as PlayfulGod is working on it
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Tnx for help, but I spent 4 hours trying to solve why I can't reach internal memory. At the end, LG drivers weren't working, so I pushed manually to set it as ADB port , and finally found the phone through adb devices command. After that, returning stock was easy. Now, I'm on CM11, thanx on those links, combining with one more thread and the problem is solved.