HELP: Unable to install any roms (aborting)

[sbenson]

I've posted this over in the CM forums but no one can figure this out. I am currently running CM7 (winner's build #28) along with prime's deprimed kernel #13.

Now on to the problem: I downloaded winner's CM7 RC3 and put it on my sd card. I went into RZ recovery and made a backup, then wiped EVERYTHING. I proceeded to install an update like I have done a hundred times before and got the following message within rz recovery:

Opening update package...
E: Can't open /sdcard/Roms/update-cm-7.0.0-RC3-Droid-winner00-signed.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted

I tried multiple times with no luck. Re-downloaded the file multiple times but no luck still. I even tried earlier versions. I then flashed to clockwork recovery (thinking rz was broken) and have the exact same problem.

Luckily I was able to flash back to my backup, but this is still frustrating since I would like to keep up with the CM updates. It seems as though my recovery is broken somehow. I've never had trouble before, so this is all new to me - I'm pretty much at a loss right now.

Does anyone have a suggestion for me? Thanks in advance, I appreciate any help!

[mwhartman]

Two thoughts

1. Your SD card has too many backups on it
2. The zip file is corrupt

[sbenson]

I only have one backup on my sd card and the link for the rom has been used by many other people. I even downloaded multiple times to see if I got a bad file but no luck so far

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[mwhartman]

Did you rename it correctly and check the extensions?

[sbenson]

With rz and clockwork you don't need to rename.

And yes, the extension seems ok.

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[mwhartman]

Sorry, I do not use either. I'm remained with SPR. Not sure what else to suggest, sorry.

[sbenson]

No worries, I'm grateful you tried, thanks again!

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[teddyearp]

Well, considering some of the problems with RZR, have you tried installing after flashing CWRecovery? (I know, CWRecovery and Rom Manager is considered the devil's work here at DF). I have yet to try winner's RC3, but I use Rom Manager/CWRecovery. I use RM to automate my backups/restores and CWR (booted manually) to flash my CM roms/gapps.

Oh yeah, I guess I should have tried this idea first. I haven't tried Prime's deprimed kernel as my reading of the OP and thread said YMMV. I prefer a tried and true so I've only used his original and reprimed, just a thought.

good luck

[sbenson]

All is well, I got it figured out. Turns out after all, that all of the files I was downloading were somehow being corrupted. Maybe my work computer was messing something up somehow- I don't really know.

Anyway, I ended up downloading all of the files directly from my phone when I got home last night and they worked flawlessly! (I couldn't do this earlier because of poor 3g service- this would have saved me a lot of time!)

I wondered what was going on because I could install old existing roms and kernels that I had downloaded a week before, but nothing that I downloaded yesterday would work? Very strange since I've downloaded all of my files from my work computer. I'll have to keep an eye on this. Anyway, now I know what's going on if this happens again.

Thanks again for all the suggestions, I really appreciate the help.

[mwhartman]

Glad you got things squared away.

Do you have access to wifi at your home? That would reduce the download time