Root [Verizon] Can't flash custom ROM

Digital Controller · Jul 11, 2014

trik daddy said:
ok now I have a new problem...lol! I went to flash the firmware, I opened Odin, plugged the phone in and it instantly started downloading a new driver (MSM 8???). Needless to say, it couldn't find the driver and now Odin will not recognize my phone. When u plug the phone now it makes a new weird noise and my phone never shows up in Odin. There's no box that pops up after the new noise either. So I don't know whats gping on now...any suggestions? It seems that when I take a step forward, I get knocked 2 steps back...lol

Anyway to uninstall that driver?

Device Manager on your computer should help you locate the driver and you can right click to uninstall.

trik daddy · Jul 11, 2014

Ok, it has installed all the drivers and now odin recognizes my phone. I download the firmware, save it to my desktop and when I gomthru odin to open it, it's not there. It's like it was saved under another file instead of PDA tar tgz ect....I'm really confused now...

Digital Controller · Jul 11, 2014

trik daddy said:
Ok, it has installed all the drivers and now odin recognizes my phone. I download the firmware, save it to my desktop and when I gomthru odin to open it, it's not there. It's like it was saved under another file instead of PDA tar tgz ect....I'm really confused now...

Make sure to extract the zip to your desktop so that it's a md5 file, it needs to be that file type otherwise Odin will get confused.

trik daddy · Jul 11, 2014

Ok I flashed it and it failed! It took it all of about 5 seconds to tell me "FAILED". I flashed: n900vvrucnc4.tar.md5 over the biggins rom installed on my phone in slot 1 and I also tried it in the stock slot...smh

Willdiver · Jul 12, 2014

Trik daddy, this is the exact issue I'm having! After I spent frantic hours learning odin, I'm back to stock rooted. I'm paying close attention to see what the solution is.
And a big thanks to the experts that help us out. I used to know what I was doin...now, not so much.

trik daddy · Jul 12, 2014

Well guys, after a week of reading and searching I finally found what I was looking for! I'm finally on a custom rom...biggins v7. Awesome rom! I've already sent the dev a donation. Thanks to Digital Controller and BRAINZ2013 for all of the help this week! It's good to know that there are people still in existence with patience. I'm not sure where u guys live, but if it was the north western part of NC, I would buy u a beer or the drink of ur choice...lol! I feel like I have a brand new phone!

trik daddy · Jul 12, 2014

WILLDIVER, what exactly is ur issue and I'll see if I can help u out with the new things I've learned?

Digital Controller · Jul 12, 2014

trik, I am so glad that you have solved your issue. Please send me whatever fixed it so I can read up on it. I am very much interested.

I would be happy to help you again.

And Will please describe your issue so we can help you out!

trik daddy · Jul 12, 2014

Digital, this is where I found it!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2733275

trik daddy · Jul 12, 2014

The firmware was unified.kk.tar.md5 and it worked like a charm!

Digital Controller · Jul 12, 2014

Nice, okay so that was pretty much the same firmware I gave you, weird how one worked and the other didnt :thinking:

trik daddy · Jul 12, 2014

I know, weird! It was worth the work tho, because this rom is great! Again, I know I've already said it, but thanks again to u guys! I've gained a couple of cyber friends out of this. ..lol!

Digital Controller · Jul 12, 2014

trik daddy said:
I know, weird! It was worth the work tho, because this rom is great! Again, I know I've already said it, but thanks again to u guys! I've gained a couple of cyber friends out of this. ..lol!

Yeah no problem man. Feel free to come back again if you have any issues

BRAINZ2013 · Jul 12, 2014

trik daddy said:
The firmware was unified.kk.tar.md5 and it worked like a charm!

i knew that had to be the problem . from the third time it failed. but i am glad to see you with root and custom feeling brand new glad i was able to help and feel free to ask anything we all here to help each other we all at sometime was clueless and needed that kick in the butt :car: to get started

Willdiver · Jul 14, 2014

So far, I have Towelroot, and verified with RootChecker. Installing SuperSU v2.01. (busybox installed also) It askes to download binaries, and I click on TWRP. It fails a verifying full file, and aborts installation. However, just now, it opens without any issues. I downloaded HD8 from XDA, and installed it to slot 1 (left all the slot settings at default for now). it goes through its thing, asks for reboot, but after the bootloader screen, all I get is black. Battery pull, boot into recovery and switch back to slot0.
I havent dug too much deeper, cause I honestly dont like having to fight through ODIN just to get back to stock.

Will

trik daddy · Jul 14, 2014

Hey bro, u are having the exact same problem that I had, but now I have a custom rom. The bad news is, if u don't like messing with Odin, u're screwed...lol! These are the steps that I did and got mine to work.

1. Do a Nandroid backup
2. After the back up is done, do a factory reset swipe on the stock slot (don't fear because u have ur nandroid back up) For some reason the stock slot seems to run the roms better than the other slots.
3. Then flash the stock slot with ur HD
4. Then u need to reboot to DOWNLOAD!! This is very important...DO NOT reboot system at this point!
5. Once in down load bring up Odin 3.09 on ur PC and the attach ur phone via USB
6. Once Odin recognizes ur phone u will need to flash a tar.md5 firmware...I will list it in the post to follow
7. When ur phone resets thru Odin u should have ur rom up and running

trik daddy · Jul 14, 2014

Well wouldn't u know xda is down...when they are back and running just type unified.kk.tar.md5 into Google and it will pop up...that is the firmware u will need to flash over top of ur HD8 rom thru odin

Digital Controller · Jul 14, 2014

The firmware is in this thread

If it doesn't work come back, because there are different types of firmware we can have you try to get it to work, it's a crap shoot on which ones work...

☢ [ROM/THEME][4.4][NC2/NC4]** Got bigginsROM? V7.1 ** Illuminati Style! **[7/9/14] ☢ - XDA Forum

trik daddy · Jul 15, 2014

Thanks digital...I couldn't get it to post!

Willdiver · Jul 15, 2014

I'll give it a shot in a couple days. I'm kinda swamped for the time to dedicate to this just now.
Auctually, now that I have Odin and a full stock setup on my pc, it won't be so bad if it bricks. I just want to make sure I have the time to get it right, and not rush.
Thanks
Will

Digital Controller · Jul 15, 2014

Willdiver said:
I'll give it a shot in a couple days. I'm kinda swamped for the time to dedicate to this just now.
Auctually, now that I have Odin and a full stock setup on my pc, it won't be so bad if it bricks. I just want to make sure I have the time to get it right, and not rush.
Thanks
Will

Yeah Will, take your time, hope you get everything up and running

trik daddy · Jul 15, 2014

If u can't get it going, we'll keep trying until u do!

Digital Controller · Jul 15, 2014

trik daddy said:
If u can't get it going, we'll keep trying until u do!

That's the kind of mentality we like to see here at AF

Root [Verizon] Can't flash custom ROM

The Real Bass Creator

Member

The Real Bass Creator

Member

Newbie

Member

Member

The Real Bass Creator

Member

Member

The Real Bass Creator

Member

The Real Bass Creator

Extreme Android User

Newbie

Member

Member

The Real Bass Creator

Member

Newbie

The Real Bass Creator

Member

The Real Bass Creator

BEST TECH IN 2023

Smartphones

Best Android Phones

Upcoming

Best iPhones

Upcoming

Tablets

Best Tablets

Upcoming

Laptops

Best Laptops

Upcoming

Televisions

Best TVs

Upcoming

Game Consoles

Best Game Consoles

Upcoming

Wearables

Best Wearables

Upcoming

Smart Home

Smart Home Tech

Upcoming

Similar threads