Problems with OTA update (ICS)

[battlecanary]

Okay so you learn something new everyday...

The reason I couldn't see why the update was failing is because you have to press the volume up/down at the same time to see the actual display of the installation process. Otherwise all you see is the droid guy and the open box, until it brings up the triangle with the ! in it and then auto-reboots.

So I figured out the problem... seems to be an edit I did to my audio.conf file ages ago to get my bluetooth working properly with my car.

The text was something like:

Installing update...
Deleting facebook cache folder...
Verifying current system...
assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/etc/bluetooth/audio.conf", ***bunch of numbers here***)
E:Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.



So I restored the old audio.conf.bak file I had and I still couldn't get the patch to apply but at least I'm on the right track. Interesting to note that a factory reset does not touch these system files, as I did one before and apparently the audio.conf file remained edited.

EDIT: Wondering if I could just delete audio.conf and see if the system would remake it. Probably not though lol

Also, since the system erases and wants to redownload the 300mb patch each time it fails you can choose to install it later after you download and then copy it to another folder if you have root. That way you can just copy it back in and run the "system updates" deal from settings again and it won't redownload.

EDIT2: I got it finally, turns out if you turn on R/W and then edit a file and it has the wrong permissions I think it upsets the verification. I recopied the audio.conf and then set it properly and the install seems to be running smoothly.

Thanks a lot choochoo for getting me in the right direction!

 

[daryls61]

So where exactly is the downloaded update stored? I hate re-downloading it everytime. I have been fixing my files that cause the install to fail but I am stuck on phonesky.apk. I can't seem to find the right one to make it work.

If anyone has the correct file, that would be great. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[tcrews]

So where exactly is the downloaded update stored? I hate re-downloading it everytime. I have been fixing my files that cause the install to fail but I am stuck on phonesky.apk. I can't seem to find the right one to make it work.

If anyone has the correct file, that would be great. Any help would be appreciated.

It is stored in /cache and deletes after install.

The thread with leak .217 has the same file in it as the leak .217 is the OTA .217

 

[orangechoochoo]

It's in /cache of the root directory, get the zip and crc files.

 

[WaltA]

I have a phone that is only rooted - no safestrap or custom roms whatsoever. I had frozen the Smart Actions app before, but thawed it out before trying the first time.

I haven't gotten the OTA update to ICS yet, but I am starting at pretty much the same place. Just rooted, with Smart Actions and a few other pre-loaded apps frozen.

I hope when I do get the OTA update, all works well, though I am reading through threads like this one, to learn as much as possible from other's experiences. Trying to see what should I do, and not do, before kicking off the OTA update.

 

[daryls61]

It is stored in /cache and deletes after install.

The thread with leak .217 has the same file in it as the leak .217 is the OTA .217

Copying it back to the /cache folder does not work for me. It still downloads the update. Thoughts?

 

[jsnweitzel]

If you have an sd card just drop it there. Then reboot to recovery and flash from there or from the cache if you want. Recovery - press both volume buttons and then power, select recovery, when the android appears press both volume buttons and release.

 

[daryls61]

The OTA finally worked for me. I had to replace the following files for it to work:

GoogleQuickSearch.APK
Phonesky.APK
VCASTVideo.APK
Videos.APK
VideoSurf.APK
Youtube.APK

No idea how these files got altered and thus caused the update to fail. They were there, just not the right ones I guess.

Of course after I replaced the last one and re-downloaded the update it worked. Thanks for the advice about putting on the SD card. That would have worked if the update had failed again.

 

[orangechoochoo]

I'm throwing out a theory here, but maybe frozen apps aren't updated to the newest versions so when ICS looks at the stock system it doesn't see the most current versions of those apps and then aborts.

That's what I'm tending to think because quite a few people who only froze apps are having a hard time with the update and later discover that some of the stock apps have been changed (or according to my theory, not changed to the latest version).

 

[daryls61]

I'm throwing out a theory here, but maybe frozen apps aren't updated to the newest versions so when ICS looks at the stock system it doesn't see the most current versions of those apps and then aborts.

That's what I'm tending to think because quite a few people who only froze apps are having a hard time with the update and later discover that some of the stock apps have been changed (or according to my theory, not changed to the latest version).

Definitely a possibility but I did not freeze Google Search Phonesky and Youtube. Maybe it has something to do with backing up the apps using Titanium backup.

 

[jsnweitzel]

I have went from leak to leak with several apps frozen using romtool box without any trouble.

Sent from my DROID4 using Tapatalk 2

 

[ryex]

Okay so you learn something new everyday...

The reason I couldn't see why the update was failing is because you have to press the volume up/down at the same time to see the actual display of the installation process. Otherwise all you see is the droid guy and the open box, until it brings up the triangle with the ! in it and then auto-reboots.

So I figured out the problem... seems to be an edit I did to my audio.conf file ages ago to get my bluetooth working properly with my car.

The text was something like:

Installing update...
Deleting facebook cache folder...
Verifying current system...
assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/etc/bluetooth/audio.conf", ***bunch of numbers here***)
E:Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.



So I restored the old audio.conf.bak file I had and I still couldn't get the patch to apply but at least I'm on the right track. Interesting to note that a factory reset does not touch these system files, as I did one before and apparently the audio.conf file remained edited.

I have a similar issue, but instead mine is build.prop...
Any ideas?

 

[snowman]

is ICS out yet for non rooted phones I looked for an update it says there is not one

 

[WaltA]

is ICS out yet for non rooted phones I looked for an update it says there is not one

VZW releases such OS updates in phases (to not overload their network?). They probably haven't gotten to you yet. Wait a few days and try again.

 

[tcrews]

is ICS out yet for non rooted phones I looked for an update it says there is not one

You can also grab it from the ICS .217 LEAK thread and install it from your external sdcard as it's the same thing. None of the leaks required ROOT to install and .217 is the official roll out.