Root [Merit] unable to flash rom...

[jaythrilla78]

i cant seem to flash a rom to my stock metir...do i need to partition my sd card?

 

[jaythrilla78]

btw i am rooted..just cant seem to flash a custom rom...any help appreciated..

 

[out of ideas]

Do you have cwm?

 

[jaythrilla78]

yes

 

[Motorhead1991]

What errors are you seeing?

 

[kingmt]

What ROM & what steps are you taking?

 

[jaythrilla78]

after i go into cwm and go through all the instructions listed here,it says installing..then it says install aborted..

 

[jaythrilla78]

id like to flash sf2

 

[kingmt]

I didn't read his instructions. I can type them as fast as I can go find them & read them tho. If mine differ then find out what is going on from him.

Download on a PC then transfer to sd/clockworkmod/backup. Boot into recovery. Select backup & restore then restore. Select the folder.

It sounds like you are trying to flash. You can't flash it because it is a nandroid.

Edit: If it doesn't work it should say md5 mismatch.

 

[jaythrilla78]

i dl'd to root of my sd via pc.. done a full data wipe...dalvik cache wipe then tried to install it..again install aborted

 

[kingmt]

You can't flash it. It is a nandroid. Please follow the instructions above but with this addition to the front of the list: Unzip package & transfer folder "Speedfreak2.0" to sd/clockworkmod/backup.

 

[jaythrilla78]

ahh unzip..ok

 

[jaythrilla78]

unzip never came out anywhere..lol

 

[jaythrilla78]

should i wipe the data and cache or no

 

[kingmt]

Don't have to but won't hurt. It gets don when you restore.

 

[jaythrilla78]

I got md5 mismatch

 

[jaythrilla78]

could it possibly be a bad dl?

 

[jamespfassett]

also, you must use 7zip to unzip it, winrar causes mismatches.

 

[jaythrilla78]

does it matter which version of cwm you use....im using cwm6

 

[out of ideas]

6.0.1.2 o r6.0.1.5? I get md5mismatches with .1.5

 

[jaythrilla78]

is it compatible with other cwm versions??
Istill get md5 mismatch..frustrating...this phone has great potential..

 

[kingmt]

http://androidforums.com/merit-all-things-root/646158-recovery-new-cwm-6-recovery.html

This is the version I use.

 

[out of ideas]

5.0.x.x and 6.0.x.x are compatible. I load between them fine.

Any backup I make with .1.5 would get md5 error. I could load ones made with other backups

 

[jamespfassett]

This problem perplexes me. I wonder what is causing it. I tried to flash the ice cream dream nandroid and I got a mismatch. Strange.

 

[jaythrilla78]

but you got sf2 running right