Root superuser zip installation aborted during revolutionary

[optionsgeek]

While going through the Revolutionary guide, I had trouble trying to install the superuser zip - su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip. I had saved the file locally to the proper location, but when I tried to install the zip in recovery, I was getting an "Installation aborted" error.

It turns out that instead of clicking on the link and downloading the file (~290k) from goo-inside.me, I was using Firefox's "Save Link As. . ." command from the right-button context menu. For whatever reason, what was being saved was only about 5.5k.

When I got the correct file, it worked fine.

I've seen a couple other folks ask about the same thing so I thought I'd write it up here.

 

[ocnbrze]

While going through the Revolutionary guide, I had trouble trying to install the superuser zip - su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip. I had saved the file locally to the proper location, but when I tried to install the zip in recovery, I was getting an "Installation aborted" error.

It turns out that instead of clicking on the link and downloading the file (~290k) from goo-inside.me, I was using Firefox's "Save Link As. . ." command from the right-button context menu. For whatever reason, what was being saved was only about 5.5k.

When I got the correct file, it worked fine.

I've seen a couple other folks ask about the same thing so I thought I'd write it up here.

just an fyi as a general rule at least in the rooting world and on most forums, you should never right click and "save as" to download files. most places will link you to another to page to download or it will be a direct download straight to your computer.