yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flkeysff:
Won't Flash

Every time I try to flash this ROM using TWRP 2.5.0.0 I get a failed message about:

"assert failed: getprop("ro.bootloader") == "L710

E:Error executing updater binary in zip "/data/m I cant read the rest of the file name

E:Error installing zip file '/data/media/goomanager/. I cant read the rest of the file name

I have re-downloaded this ROM 4 times and nothing works. Can someone help figure this out? Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] life:
update your modem to md4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
He can flash an MD4 modem.zip and it will more than likely still fail.

It's his bootloader that needs updating.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shinesthru:
Exactly, make sure to flash the modem, firmware, & baseband combination zip.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
Also refer to this so you are aware of what is going on

https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z13cdxpafunnexghb04cc5q4knbyjh4hprg0k
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] life:
this is what i meant, whenever i flash a modem, i usually do the AIO file so that everything (modem, firmware, and baseband) all get updated...

guess i should have specified...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
All good bro. It's just some users don't understand the inner cores of Android. So in this case when you say, "update your modem" some may misinterpret that into thinking they just simply need to update their radios rather than an entire AIO.

Sometimes it's good to specify. Although, people should really get a bit more reading done so this wouldn't be needed at all..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Datlilboricua:
i cant install this at all it just says fail idk what else is wrong
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
Check my signature dude
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bhake:
Please read the op and the last two pages and see if your problem is similar. If not..... we need more details than it doesn't work!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dizzy21:
Where can i get themes for this rom? Btw... Awesome Rom!!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] life:
yeah, i hear ya, i mean i look at it as "hey this is my $700 device that i want for at least a year and half. I'm going to make sure i know what im getting into before flashing anything" And anything i do flash/install i subscribe to the thread after reading just about every post in it. Just to stay up to date, and keep up with bugs and fixes. It baffles me that so many people flash with reading, i mean yeah sure you have insurance but even with insurance you have to pay a little to get it fixed...

research what you are doing before doing it so you know what to expect and how to fix things that aren't working....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flkeysff:
I thank you all for this help but I guess I didn't get everything. I found a list if modem files and downloaded the MD4 zip. I was able to install liquid smooth but now I have other issues. I cannot make or receive calls or text msgs. My internet does not work. And I have no contacts or anything that would be in my google account.

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Believe me, I may not post on here a whole lot because I do more reading then anything else. I have flashed all of my phones starting with my HTC evo when I got that. But I have always used stock type ROMs and never had any problems. This is the first time I can't seem to get it right. I really do appreciate the help and thank you all very much for your time and patience.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bhake:
Did you flash the gapps in the op?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JuggZaPoppiN:
In the play store.

Just search for cm10 themes or aokp themes.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Datlilboricua:
I got it to work thanks but my signal is low ROM is great doe it was a bad download that's all
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dizzy21:
Does anyone know of any volume boosters? Maybe like the one for the moar rom?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EvgeniX:
does mic work in new Google hangouts with this ROM? last build....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
Speakerboost
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Soundtrack to Chaos:
Just wanted to thank you guys again, updating was a success and only thing is that when I booted back up it said that 'YouTube had stopped ' which I guess had something to do with me wiping my cache

Anyway, thank you again

Welcome to XDA, where 'if you don't have something good to say, don't say anything' doesn't apply. Enjoy your stay

:)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] davelikestacos:
Is anyone else experiencing horrible service on this ROM? I am only getting 1 bar, but if I flash a TW ROM, I get a full set of bars easily. I'm using MD4.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EvgeniX:
it show different things... This ROM show data... TW voice...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
AOSP ROMs has been known to cause slightly less better service than stock. Try a different modem and see if it improves in any way
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shaneledford:
Doesn't work for me :( Any fix for this ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel06gt:
I can't seem to flash this rom.... Has anyone had same issues??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kingy9000:
Update Bootloader

Update your Bootloader. To do this just flash the Freeza Zip that I have linked to, this will update your Firmware/Modem/Baseband to MD4. If you want to downgrade your modem because you have better signal on one you can do that too, by flashing the Modem ONLY And I have provided a link for the thread which contains those zip files.

Explanation by Cyanogenmod on why Bootloader needs to be updated

If you have any questions PM me because too many people are flooding the forums with this issue when it's been answered multiple times.

Freeza MD4 Firmware/Modem/Baseband

Freeza's Official Software XDA Thread (Where I found the Link)

[Modem/Baseband] Sprint GS3 Flashable Radios LEN, LF9, LG2, LG8, LI3, LJ7, MB1, MC3 If you want to downgrade your Modem/Baseband later without downgrading Firmware or your Bootloader

If you want to check your bootloader version, get a terminal emulator from Play Store and do command "getprop ro.bootloader" (No Quotation Marks Needed)

You should get as an output: L710VPBMD4 (If you have flashed the latest Firmware/Modem/Baseband)

---------- Post added at 12:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:50 PM ----------

Unfortunately, TouchWiz ROMs contain proprietary code that is illegal/impossible for other ROMs to use UNLESS they use a TouchWiz framework (I think that's what it is) And this proprietary code has coding that allows for better signal and other things which AOSP Roms can't do. But imo AOSP still wins out over TouchWiz This is a crappy explanation as it's much more deeper than that but it explains it.

You could use a different Modem in which you may have better signal but I personally haven't found a difference that much using a different modem. Also try to use numbers when comparing signals instead of signal bars as they can be inaccurate. You can do this easily be getting the app Network Signal Info
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel06gt:
Thank you for your excellent support. And an amazing rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Tyson11234:
Not working for me hopefully a fix soon
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] davelikestacos:
Thanks for explaining that. Downloaded the app, and even though it shows me as having 2 bars on my status bar, network info says my signal is at 70%. I'm not having any dropped calls or anything so I guess I can't really complain lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] IcerJo:
Successfully running 2.4, I had 2.2 and had my phone encrypted for work testing.

I wiped my internal memory and phone, flashed 2.3 and gapps, booted up, back to recovery, flashed aio, booted back into 2.3 to verify that the flash took, then proceeded to wipe again and flashed a fresh 2.4 no problems :)

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Gargantuantua:
In response to Original Post by Shinesthru:

"Exactly, make sure to flash the modem, firmware, & baseband combination zip."

I'm pretty sure I did not do this. Pretty sure I only flashed a md4 modem file. Is there a way to tell if I need to update the other things?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kingy9000:
Easy Peasy

Fortunately, yes there is a quite easy to tell.

#1 Get Android Terminal Emulator from Play Store

#2 Input "getprop ro.bootloader" into terminal (Do not need to use quotations)

#3 Your output should be: L710VBPMD4 If it is, then you should be on the latest, if not then.

#4 Download this zip file: Freeza MD4 Firmware/Modem/Baseband

#5 Flash Zip File which you downloaded.

#6 Input "getprop ro.bootloader" into terminal again

#7 If your output is L710VBPMD4 then all should be well! (If not PM me)

#8 If you want to downgrade modem/baseband only (some people have better signal on different modems) Sprint GS3 Modem/Basebands

#9 Thank Freeza because without him this would be much harder to do probably. Freeza's Official Software XDA Thread

#10 If any questions PM me!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Soundtrack to Chaos:
To those on 2.4 how's it running? Is it worth the update?

Welcome to XDA, where 'if you don't have something good to say, don't say anything' doesn't apply. Enjoy your stay

:)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] teknthoozed:
I'd like to say it's running a great deal smoother. Haven't been on it long enough to determine battery life, but I am able to notice an improvement.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Soundtrack to Chaos:
Oh ok, im still on 2.2 and don't know if it's worth dirty flashing to 2.4 if there's no big difference, and I haven't seen anything too crazy in the changelog

Welcome to XDA, where 'if you don't have something good to say, don't say anything' doesn't apply. Enjoy your stay

:)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bhake:
Don't be afraid to get dirty. Backup and flash as with any rom. Enjoy. ;)

It's a daily driver for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] IcerJo:
I went from 2.2 to 2.4 though I did a full system wipe. It's Stabler and a lot smoother than 2.2 in my opinion.

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] IcerJo:
Also I noticed a minor problem, brightness control via sliding across the status bar seems delayed, it is no longer instantaneous.

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shinesthru:
I'm not one of those crazy addicts that are flashing a new ROM every few days, bit I still get the itch. Even when I find a ROM that is good for me and very stable, every 4.or 5 weeks, I have to just tinker with something else. I don't know how you can resist at least flashing an update! Scratch that itch!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] I_Am_Lorde:
I was wondering if someone can help me out with an issue I'm having? I downloaded the rom, went into recovery and wiped everything three times. I flashed the rom and it boots up just fine. When I go through the settings to set up the phone I noticed that the home button doesn't allow me to return to the home screen. Also, the quicksettings don't do anything when I click on it in the dropdown. I changed the quicksettings in the settings menu, as well as the hardware keys, but to no avail. Also, I have reflashed twice and have had the same problem. I'm downloading from my pc now and am going to transfer the file to my SD card to see if it may have been a bad download.

Thanks in advance!

*EDIT* I reflashed using the file downloaded from the PC and everything is working great now!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bhake:
Which home launcher are you using? I don't think this is a rom issue. Are you restoring data from your home launcher app with titanium backup or similar? If so, clear the data for that app. Or.... Most app launchers on the market have some customization involved with the home button. I like to use Holo Launcher HD. Nova and Apex are good too. In launcher settings under gestures and keys, or something similar with your launcher, check to make sure your home key is programmed to go to home or default screen.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] I_Am_Lorde:
Thanks for the reply. I got it to work. I'm guessing it was a bad download, as the one from my pc works fine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hospos:
I have the MD4 kernel from freeza and I still get the ro.boot loader installation fail
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shinesthru:
Remember to flash the all-in-one firmware/baseband/modem zip file, not the kernel stand alone file.

Edit, this is the file you want. http://goo.im/devs/freeza/d2sprFirmware/Galaxy-S-fre3-MD4FirmwareModemAIO.zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hospos:
I used the AIO zip it still fails

Also I'm on TWRP 2.5
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kingy9000:
It worked!

It worked man. Notice it says L710VPBMD4 :victory: (The MD4 is why it's called MD4 FirmwareModemAIO by Freeza and others :p ) So you are all good and on the latest bootloader!

Edit: I misunderstood
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hospos:
My problem wasn't getting to MD4 it was getting to LS 2.4

It worked somehow after I tried dirty flashing it a third time
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] samcintron:
does sending pictures via text work on the latest version? and how's battery life on 2.4? those were to two main show stoppers for me in the past but I loved the rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sanel426:
So I'm having installation fail. I downloaded the latest 2.4dspr and when I go to recovery and try to flash it says installation fall. Wiped everything and clean install. Can anyone help?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] I_Am_Lorde:
Yes I can send and receive pics just fine. Battery life is so so, but it's the first cycle so I'll get back to you on that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] celphtitled:
Can someone help me, I'm trying to flash this rom with CWM (6.0.3.1) and I get a status 7 error.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
Read the OP in the q&a thread. Should give some clarity
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sanel426:
Go to Page 190 and check it out. From what I got from it you need to update your bootloader and firmware.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
As I stated to the one above me, read the OP in the Liquid q&a thread. If you have a hard time finding the latest MD4 firmware just follow the link in my signature for the Sprint S3 users.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] celphtitled:
My Beasband is L710VPBMD4 shouldn't I be set than?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sanel426:
I'm in the same boat. That's what I read. So not sure what to do but I'll try my best to figure it out and I will let you know if I can get it myself to work. Lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hospos:
Flash the latest MD4 modem kernel & radio

Don't wipe

Turn off phone

Reboot recovery from phone off

Flash latest 2.4

Then gapps

Then wipe and reboot

If it fails repeata few times it eventually worked for me
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
This has been covered numerous times but to easily check your bootloader version open up a terminal app and type

su (hit enter)

getprop ro.bootloader (hit enter)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] celphtitled:
Looks like it's working now, Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
For Sprint you must be on MD4 and nothing earlier than that if you wanna flash later builds. You can grab the firmware following the link in my signature.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Panface:
So, I'm trying to apply the 2.4 update from 2.3 and every time I try to flash it, it says

assert failed: getprop("ro.bootloader") == "L710VPBMD4"

E: Error in /external_sd/Liquid-JB-v2.4-OFFICIAL-d2spr.zip

(Status 7)

Installation aborted.

I first downloaded it directly to my phone, then I got that message and thought it was an error when downloading. So I took my external SDcard out and copied it then put it back in, got the same message. I wiped data and cache, but it won't work. Going back to 2.3 for now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] life:
read the 7 or so post directly above yours...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Panface:
Uhhg, so, I flashed 2.3 back and went to restore with titanium backup (which I'm not sure if I'm supposed to restore system stuff when I update ROMs) and now it is in a boot loop and it won't let me go into recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kingy9000:
Modem & Baseband & Firmware

It's the MD4 Modem, Baseband & Firmware. The kernel is an entirely different thing from these 3 things. So this is wrong information. :p

---------- Post added at 04:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:10 PM ----------

Please, read the thread, like seriously! I have answered this problem multiple times. :silly:

You need to flash the latest MD4 Firmware/Baseband/Modem and that's quite easy to do.

Just flash this file MD4 Firmware/Baseband/Modem AIO Zip by Freeza

To check if you have the latest bootloader: Get a terminal emulator from play store. In terminal run "getprop ro.bootbloader" and if you are on the latest your output should be L710VPBMD4

---------- Post added at 04:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:13 PM ----------

Pull out the battery. Boot directly into recovery. Wipe everything and then flash this zip. MD4 Firmware/Modem/Baseband AIO Zip by Freeza And then flash your ROM or whatever else you usually flash and you should be good. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Panface:
Hey, thanks for assuming that I have the time to sit down and read through a 200+ page thread, even if it is a few pages back.

I appreciate the help, but maybe when updating to something that requires you to update your bootloader and firmware, it should be posted on the OP that, hey, you need to do this before attempting to flash this update.

Anyways, I'm going to go about factory resetting my phone, which might be impossible due to all the USB troubles I've been having with windows and this phone, and attempt to update everything and flash to 2.4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kingy9000:
You don't have to read the thread, just do a search in the thread!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Panface:
Not sure if sarcastic or not.

---------- Post added at 09:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:57 PM ----------

The issue still stands, I cannot get into recovery now. I hold volume down and power and it flashes SAMSUNG, then nothing. And only when I let go after however long I hold it, it will start to try to boot up then hangs.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
Not to be rude but this is one of the reasons why a q&a thread was created for such matters. Any important updated information like this will be included in the OP to that, NOT this. And as Kingy9000 stated, you can easily search the key words to your problem and you are more than likely to find the answer. There's honestly no reason to continuously ask the same exact questions over and over again.. It is what it is though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kingy9000:
Did you try pulling out the battery waiting a minute or so then putting it back in and then holding both the Power Button + Home Button + Volume Up Button to boot into recovery? Hold the buttons till you see the Samsung Logo and then let go. After that you should boot into Recovery, if not then let me know and see if I can find you a different solution.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Panface:
Apparently it took me A LOT of tries to put it into recovery.. I feel really stupid right now because it took me so many stupid tries to get it into recovery. I finally got it and reflashed 2.3 and the gapps.

As for the previous comments, I wasn't aware that stuff like that was posted in the FAQ, honest. I haven't looked at this thread for a while.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DssTrainer:
I've noticed lately my battery is draining super fast... only in the past week. Before that it was fine using this ROM.

I see in my battery usage that "MediaServer" is taking about 23% of the battery. What is that and how can I stop it?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] r-l:
Today after restoring a backup with recovery my touch screen died and i had to return my phone to Bel Company / Vodafone.

Because they have a crappy service (they dont't want to give me a replacemend phone) i'm out of a phone for 3 ****ing weeks :@

I got a feeling that it had something to do with the recovery touch kernel because i got after restoring my backup the grey triangle and got stuck there for abou 15 minutes before it rebooted. I'm not sure if that's the reason but my guts says it.

So now there will be 3 hard weeks for me without a smartphone :crying:
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] asterix005:
I have this problem 50% of the time when I switch between different kernels ,flash them thru fast boot and such. Relashing kernel that matches your kernel created by recovery always fixed the problem for me
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] r-l:
i'm using this kernel since the day it came out
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] asterix005:
Also triagle usually means that is re formating your memory card

---------- Post added at 04:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:42 PM ----------

What kernel did you have on your phone when you created your backup?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] r-l:
i also flashed stock tff back with no luck
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] r-l:
the twrp kernel
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] asterix005:
Twrp is recovery not kernel

Sent from my Xperia TX
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] r-l:
then it's the stock kernel from jb. i haven't flashed anything else
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] asterix005:
Like I said I have this problem 50% of the time when I switch between fxp and stock ROMs/ kernels. When I go back to stock from fxp I also have an issue with memory card. Flashing back to stock ICS ftf works for me

Sent from my Xperia TX
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] romcio47:
Odp: Today my Xperia T died (touch screen)

I had the same problem when jumping from JB to ICS a couple of times in an hour, changing kernels, ROMS, basebands etc etc etc. Just try flashing stock ICS twice (I don't know why it worked for me. First time - no luck. Second -YAY!) without flashing any kernel and boot. Then check if everything works.

Tapatalked from Poland using Xperia T
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] r-l:
My phone is at Vodafone now, have to wait 3 weeks before i'll get it back :crying:
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] peetr_:
After having the triangle, I noticed there are some "tad" daemon things and something about /system/etc folder permissions problem in the log. This could be related to TWRP. But nothing for warranty repair. I have the triangle everytime I forget to unmount system partition in recovery.

And the triangle appears always, when I try to change composition type.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] r-l:
i flashed back to stock before i went to Vodafone. So warranty isn't a problem
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] gregbradley:
Unless they see your bootloader us unlocked, I hope you flashed the relock bootloader ftf first

Sent from my LT30p xda premium app.

How do I customise the signature on xda premium app?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] r-l:
Here in the Netherlands they aren't that difficult about it ;)
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] crazymister:
I'm dropping mine at t-mobile today cause my touch died too. Flashing stock kernel/Rom, re locking bootloader and flashing using SUS also did not work.

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Btw I was also using kernel with twrp recovery. Maybe it has something to do with it. ..
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] peetr_:
Maybe it's trying to reflash touch firmware in some part for some reason?

See hw_config.sh.

And if you do hard restart at this point, it can break the touch firmware.

It would be safe, removing the firmware from /system/etc/firmware.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] crazymister:
Ok will do that next time I'm gonna play with my Rom
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] mojtaba sh:
sony tx

Hello technical team serving the xda

I have a gadget to my Sony xperia brand Tx

Two days is that I came across this problem with gadget to that is as follows

The problem displaced working touch me. with Flash tools Flash Flash with setool I got both but still same problem there I also have Flash kernel methods.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] gregbradley:
read this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39920703

especially post #11