Root Just a thought....

[girlwithnoname]

I have been experimenting all day, procrastinating on what i should be really doing, but i have installed and uninstalled several ROMs,

some of these ROMs work. some don't.

I am guessing not all ROMs work in Twrp 2.6.3.0?

I have updated to the latest firmware and Radio.

a Nandroid is your friend. always there when something goes wrong.

gije.

 

[ocnbrze]

I have been experimenting all day, procrastinating on what i should be really doing, but i have installed and uninstalled several ROMs,

some of these ROMs work. some don't.

I am guessing not all ROMs work in Twrp 2.6.3.0?

I have updated to the latest firmware and Radio.

a Nandroid is your friend. always there when something goes wrong.

gije.

the main thing like i have always said is to read the op.....the devs will say if the rom is compatible with a certain recovery or not. having a custom recovery is very important to flashing roms and the devs know this.....so if there is an issue with a certain recovery then they will most assuredly put that into there op.

also it is very important to not only read the op, but to check out the entire thread. sometimes you will find some info there or troubleshooting that might help you when you finally flash the rom.

the main thing is to do your research first rather then going in blind only to find trouble when it could have been avoided.

curious what roms worked for you and which ones did not?

 

[girlwithnoname]

I have been getting a set_meta_recursive: some changes failed message.

E: Error executing updater binary in Zip <insert ROM zip here>

any clues?

 

[ocnbrze]

I have been getting a set_meta_recursive: some changes failed message.

E: Error executing updater binary in Zip <insert ROM zip here>

any clues?

where are you seeing this? in recovery?

 

[girlwithnoname]

Yes in Recovery, Twrp.

 

[CapThrowback]

Sounds like you're trying to flash KitKat ROMs without an SELinux-compatible recovery.

EDIT: Note that all of the recovery versions are TWRP 2.6.3.0, but the standard version won't let you flash KitKat ROMs. You'll have to get one of the recoveries linked in those specific threads to flash those ROMs successfully. Once you have one of those updated recoveries, you can just keep it, because you'll still be able to flash other ROMs as well.

 

[girlwithnoname]

I figured that, when I experimented with 4.3 Roms, they loaded successfully, but I wanted to check out those ROMS, after much research I have found your link, CapThrowback to download to make it kitkat compatible... much digging involved.. :goodnight: