3 things came to my mind
1) your TWRP version. Current is 2.7.X.X (well, at least for my nexus5, but usually, it follows on all devices)
2) check the MD5 of the files you downloaded (with a file explorer or such) and compare the the MD5 on the basketbuild
24/03 : 6cb7acfcc6bdad65ebe3348eb958253c
25/03 : d106f8685e3fea9dfe46012aca662d6a
3) If none of the above works, yes, try a much older version
Also 4), can you unzip the rom, extract the updater script (located at META-INF\com\google\android), and paste it here
I checked the MD5 sum and it returned the same hash, so the files seems to be fine.
I've also got the updater script you asked for:
assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "ls980" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "ls980" ||
getprop("ro.product.device") == "g2" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "g2" ||
getprop("ro.product.device") == "galbi" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "galbi" || abort("This package is for \"ls980,g2,galbi\" devices; this is a \"" + getprop("ro.product.device") + "\".")
;
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system", "/system");
package_extract_file("system/bin/backuptool.sh", "/tmp/backuptool.sh");
package_extract_file("system/bin/backuptool.functions", "/tmp/backuptool.functions");
set_perm(0, 0, 0777, "/tmp/backuptool.sh");
set_perm(0, 0, 0644, "/tmp/backuptool.functions");
run_program("/tmp/backuptool.sh", "backup");
unmount("/system");
show_progress(0.500000, 0);
ui_print("#############################################");
ui_print("# #");
ui_print("#______ ___ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ _ #");
ui_print("#| ___ \ / _ \ / __ \| \/ | / _ \ | \ | |#");
ui_print("#| |_/ // /_\ \| / \/| . . |/ /_\ \| \| |#");
ui_print("#| __/ | _ || | | |\/| || _ || . ` |#");
ui_print("#| | | | | || \__/\| | | || | | || |\ |#");
ui_print("#\_| \_| |_/ \____/\_| |_/\_| |_/\_| \_/#");
ui_print("# ______ _____ ___ ___ _____ #");
ui_print("# | ___ \| _ || \/ |/ ___| #");
ui_print("# | |_/ /| | | || . . |\ `--. #");
ui_print("# | / | | | || |\/| | `--. \ #");
ui_print("# | |\ \ \ \_/ /| | | |/\__/ / #");
ui_print("# \_| \_| \___/ \_| |_/\____/ #");
ui_print("# #");
ui_print("# #");
ui_print("#############################################");
ui_print("Device: ls980");
ui_print("#############################################");
ui_print("Formatting system");
format("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system", "0", "/system");
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system", "/system");
ui_print("Extracting system files...");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
ui_print("Making symlinks");
symlink("../bin/fsck.f2fs", "/system/bin/dump.f2fs");
symlink("../xbin/su", "/system/bin/su");
symlink("/data/misc/audio/wcd9320_anc.bin", "/system/etc/firmware/wcd9320/wcd9320_anc.bin");
symlink("Roboto-Bold.ttf", "/system/fonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf");
symlink("Roboto-Regular.ttf", "/system/fonts/DroidSans.ttf");
symlink("busybox", "/system/xbin/[", "/system/xbin/[[",
"/system/xbin/adjtimex", "/system/xbin/arp", "/system/xbin/ash",
"/system/xbin/awk", "/system/xbin/base64", "/system/xbin/basename",
"/system/xbin/bbconfig", "/system/xbin/blkid", "/system/xbin/blockdev",
"/system/xbin/brctl", "/system/xbin/bunzip2", "/system/xbin/bzcat",
"/system/xbin/bzip2", "/system/xbin/cal", "/system/xbin/cat",
"/system/xbin/catv", "/system/xbin/chattr", "/system/xbin/chgrp",
"/system/xbin/chmod", "/system/xbin/chown", "/system/xbin/chroot",
"/system/xbin/clear", "/system/xbin/cmp", "/system/xbin/comm",
"/system/xbin/cp", "/system/xbin/cpio", "/system/xbin/crond",
"/system/xbin/crontab", "/system/xbin/cut", "/system/xbin/date",
"/system/xbin/dc", "/system/xbin/dd", "/system/xbin/depmod",
"/system/xbin/devmem", "/system/xbin/df", "/system/xbin/diff",
"/system/xbin/dirname", "/system/xbin/dmesg", "/system/xbin/dnsd",
"/system/xbin/dos2unix", "/system/xbin/du", "/system/xbin/echo",
"/system/xbin/ed", "/system/xbin/egrep", "/system/xbin/env",
"/system/xbin/expand", "/system/xbin/expr", "/system/xbin/false",
"/system/xbin/fbsplash", "/system/xbin/fdisk", "/system/xbin/fgrep",
"/system/xbin/find", "/system/xbin/flash_lock",
"/system/xbin/flash_unlock", "/system/xbin/flashcp",
"/system/xbin/flock", "/system/xbin/fold", "/system/xbin/free",
"/system/xbin/freeramdisk", "/system/xbin/fstrim", "/system/xbin/fsync",
"/system/xbin/ftpget", "/system/xbin/ftpput", "/system/xbin/fuser",
"/system/xbin/getopt", "/system/xbin/grep", "/system/xbin/groups",
"/system/xbin/gunzip", "/system/xbin/gzip", "/system/xbin/halt",
"/system/xbin/head", "/system/xbin/hexdump", "/system/xbin/id",
"/system/xbin/ifconfig", "/system/xbin/inetd", "/system/xbin/insmod",
"/system/xbin/install", "/system/xbin/ionice", "/system/xbin/iostat",
"/system/xbin/ip", "/system/xbin/kill", "/system/xbin/killall",
"/system/xbin/killall5", "/system/xbin/less", "/system/xbin/ln",
"/system/xbin/losetup", "/system/xbin/ls", "/system/xbin/lsattr",
"/system/xbin/lsmod", "/system/xbin/lsusb", "/system/xbin/lzcat",
"/system/xbin/lzma", "/system/xbin/lzop", "/system/xbin/lzopcat",
"/system/xbin/man", "/system/xbin/md5sum", "/system/xbin/mesg",
"/system/xbin/mkdir", "/system/xbin/mke2fs", "/system/xbin/mkfifo",
"/system/xbin/mkfs.ext2", "/system/xbin/mkfs.vfat",
"/system/xbin/mknod", "/system/xbin/mkswap", "/system/xbin/mktemp",
"/system/xbin/modinfo", "/system/xbin/modprobe", "/system/xbin/more",
"/system/xbin/mount", "/system/xbin/mountpoint", "/system/xbin/mpstat",
"/system/xbin/mv", "/system/xbin/nanddump", "/system/xbin/nandwrite",
"/system/xbin/nbd-client", "/system/xbin/netstat", "/system/xbin/nice",
"/system/xbin/nohup", "/system/xbin/nslookup", "/system/xbin/ntpd",
"/system/xbin/od", "/system/xbin/patch", "/system/xbin/pgrep",
"/system/xbin/pidof", "/system/xbin/ping", "/system/xbin/pipe_progress",
"/system/xbin/pkill", "/system/xbin/pmap", "/system/xbin/poweroff",
"/system/xbin/printenv", "/system/xbin/printf", "/system/xbin/ps",
"/system/xbin/pstree", "/system/xbin/pwd", "/system/xbin/pwdx",
"/system/xbin/rdev", "/system/xbin/readlink", "/system/xbin/realpath",
"/system/xbin/renice", "/system/xbin/reset", "/system/xbin/resize",
"/system/xbin/rev", "/system/xbin/rm", "/system/xbin/rmdir",
"/system/xbin/rmmod", "/system/xbin/route", "/system/xbin/run-parts",
"/system/xbin/rx", "/system/xbin/sed", "/system/xbin/seq",
"/system/xbin/setconsole", "/system/xbin/setserial",
"/system/xbin/setsid", "/system/xbin/sh", "/system/xbin/sha1sum",
"/system/xbin/sha256sum", "/system/xbin/sha3sum",
"/system/xbin/sha512sum", "/system/xbin/sleep", "/system/xbin/sort",
"/system/xbin/split", "/system/xbin/stat", "/system/xbin/strings",
"/system/xbin/stty", "/system/xbin/sum", "/system/xbin/swapoff",
"/system/xbin/swapon", "/system/xbin/sync", "/system/xbin/sysctl",
"/system/xbin/tac", "/system/xbin/tail", "/system/xbin/tar",
"/system/xbin/taskset", "/system/xbin/tee", "/system/xbin/telnet",
"/system/xbin/telnetd", "/system/xbin/test", "/system/xbin/tftp",
"/system/xbin/tftpd", "/system/xbin/time", "/system/xbin/timeout",
"/system/xbin/top", "/system/xbin/touch", "/system/xbin/tr",
"/system/xbin/traceroute", "/system/xbin/true", "/system/xbin/ttysize",
"/system/xbin/tune2fs", "/system/xbin/umount", "/system/xbin/uname",
"/system/xbin/uncompress", "/system/xbin/unexpand", "/system/xbin/uniq",
"/system/xbin/unix2dos", "/system/xbin/unlzma", "/system/xbin/unlzop",
"/system/xbin/unxz", "/system/xbin/unzip", "/system/xbin/uptime",
"/system/xbin/usleep", "/system/xbin/uudecode", "/system/xbin/uuencode",
"/system/xbin/vi", "/system/xbin/watch", "/system/xbin/wc",
"/system/xbin/wget", "/system/xbin/which", "/system/xbin/whoami",
"/system/xbin/xargs", "/system/xbin/xz", "/system/xbin/xzcat",
"/system/xbin/yes",
"/system/xbin/zcat");
symlink("libGLESv2.so", "/system/lib/libGLESv3.so");
symlink("logcat", "/system/bin/lolcat");
symlink("mksh", "/system/bin/sh");
symlink("mount.exfat", "/system/bin/fsck.exfat",
"/system/bin/mkfs.exfat");
symlink("pigz", "/system/xbin/unpigz");
symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/cat", "/system/bin/chcon",
"/system/bin/chmod", "/system/bin/chown", "/system/bin/clear",
"/system/bin/cmp", "/system/bin/cp", "/system/bin/date",
"/system/bin/dd", "/system/bin/df", "/system/bin/dmesg",
"/system/bin/du", "/system/bin/getenforce", "/system/bin/getevent",
"/system/bin/getprop", "/system/bin/getsebool", "/system/bin/grep",
"/system/bin/hd", "/system/bin/id", "/system/bin/ifconfig",
"/system/bin/iftop", "/system/bin/insmod", "/system/bin/ioctl",
"/system/bin/ionice", "/system/bin/kill", "/system/bin/ln",
"/system/bin/load_policy", "/system/bin/log", "/system/bin/ls",
"/system/bin/lsmod", "/system/bin/lsof", "/system/bin/md5",
"/system/bin/mkdir", "/system/bin/mkswap", "/system/bin/mount",
"/system/bin/mv", "/system/bin/nandread", "/system/bin/netstat",
"/system/bin/newfs_msdos", "/system/bin/notify", "/system/bin/printenv",
"/system/bin/ps", "/system/bin/r", "/system/bin/readlink",
"/system/bin/renice", "/system/bin/restart", "/system/bin/restorecon",
"/system/bin/rm", "/system/bin/rmdir", "/system/bin/rmmod",
"/system/bin/route", "/system/bin/runcon", "/system/bin/schedtop",
"/system/bin/sendevent", "/system/bin/setconsole",
"/system/bin/setenforce", "/system/bin/setfattr", "/system/bin/setprop",
"/system/bin/setsebool", "/system/bin/sleep", "/system/bin/smd",
"/system/bin/start", "/system/bin/stop", "/system/bin/swapoff",
"/system/bin/swapon", "/system/bin/sync", "/system/bin/top",
"/system/bin/touch", "/system/bin/umount", "/system/bin/uptime",
"/system/bin/vmstat", "/system/bin/watchprops",
"/system/bin/wipe");
set_metadata_recursive("/system", "uid", 0, "gid", 0, "dmode", 0755, "fmode", 0644, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:system_file:s0");
set_metadata_recursive("/system/addon.d", "uid", 0, "gid", 0, "dmode", 0755, "fmode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:system_file:s0");
set_metadata_recursive("/system/bin", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "dmode", 0755, "fmode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:system_file:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/app_process", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:zygote_exec:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/clatd", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:clatd_exec:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/debuggerd", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:debuggerd_exec:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/dhcpcd", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:dhcp_exec:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/dnsmasq", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:dnsmasq_exec:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/drmserver", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:drmserver_exec:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/hostapd", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:hostapd_exec:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/installd", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:installd_exec:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/keystore", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:keystore_exec:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/mediaserver", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:mediaserver_exec:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/mksh", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:shell_exec:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/mtpd", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:mtp_exec:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/netcfg", "uid", 0, "gid", 3003, "mode", 02750, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:system_file:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/netd", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:netd_exec:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/ping", "uid", 0, "gid", 0, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r
ing_exec:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/pppd", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r
pp_exec:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/racoon", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:racoon_exec:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/rild", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:rild_exec:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/run-as", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0750, "capabilities", 0xc0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:runas_exec:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/sdcard", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:sdcardd_exec:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/servicemanager", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:servicemanager_exec:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/surfaceflinger", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:surfaceflinger_exec:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/vold", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:vold_exec:s0");
set_metadata("/system/bin/wpa_supplicant", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:wpa_exec:s0");
set_metadata_recursive("/system/etc/dhcpcd", "uid", 0, "gid", 0, "dmode", 0755, "fmode", 0644, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:dhcp_system_file:s0");
set_metadata("/system/etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks", "uid", 1014, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0550, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:dhcp_system_file:s0");
set_metadata_recursive("/system/etc/init.d", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "dmode", 0755, "fmode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:system_file:s0");
set_metadata("/system/etc/init.d", "uid", 0, "gid", 0, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:system_file:s0");
set_metadata_recursive("/system/etc/ppp", "uid", 0, "gid", 0, "dmode", 0755, "fmode", 0555, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r
pp_system_file:s0");
set_metadata("/system/vendor", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:system_file:s0");
set_metadata_recursive("/system/vendor/etc", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "dmode", 0755, "fmode", 0644, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:system_file:s0");
set_metadata("/system/vendor/etc/audio_effects.conf", "uid", 0, "gid", 0, "mode", 0644, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:system_file:s0");
set_metadata("/system/vendor/firmware", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:system_file:s0");
set_metadata("/system/vendor/lib", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:system_file:s0");
set_metadata_recursive("/system/vendor/lib/drm", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "dmode", 0755, "fmode", 0644, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:system_file:s0");
set_metadata("/system/vendor/lib/drm/libdrmwvmplugin.so", "uid", 0, "gid", 0, "mode", 0644, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:system_file:s0");
set_metadata("/system/vendor/lib/egl", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:system_file:s0");
set_metadata("/system/vendor/lib/hw", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:system_file:s0");
set_metadata_recursive("/system/xbin", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "dmode", 0755, "fmode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:system_file:s0");
set_metadata("/system/xbin/librank", "uid", 0, "gid", 0, "mode", 06755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:system_file:s0");
set_metadata("/system/xbin/procmem", "uid", 0, "gid", 0, "mode", 06755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:system_file:s0");
set_metadata("/system/xbin/procrank", "uid", 0, "gid", 0, "mode", 06755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:system_file:s0");
set_metadata("/system/xbin/su", "uid", 0, "gid", 0, "mode", 06755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u
bject_r:su_exec:s0");
show_progress(0.200000, 0);
show_progress(0.200000, 10);
package_extract_file("system/bin/backuptool.sh", "/tmp/backuptool.sh");
package_extract_file("system/bin/backuptool.functions", "/tmp/backuptool.functions");
set_perm(0, 0, 0777, "/tmp/backuptool.sh");
set_perm(0, 0, 0644, "/tmp/backuptool.functions");
run_program("/tmp/backuptool.sh", "restore");
delete("/system/bin/backuptool.sh");
delete("/system/bin/backuptool.functions");
show_progress(0.200000, 10);
ui_print("Thanks for choosing PAC-MAN ROMS");
ui_print("Enjoy PAC-man now");
package_extract_file("boot.img", "/tmp/boot.img");
assert(run_program("/system/bin/loki.sh") == 0);
delete("/system/bin/loki.sh");
unmount("/system");
Finally, regarding my TWRP version, I have been having difficulty here. I've searched around and have found people suggest goomanager for flashing the recovery, but it does not show me an update for TWRP. The TWRP manager app also does not have an updated version for my phone, so apparently I have the most current version possible. However, when searching the official TWRP website they have a link for version 2.7.0.0 for Sprint ls980. I downloaded the zip file, as well as an img, but due to my computer illiteracy I don't know what to do next.
Here is what the official TWRP website says to do: "Download the above file and place it in /sdcard on your device. Using adb shell or terminal emulator:
su
dd if=/sdcard/recoveryfilename.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery
Make certain that you get this command right. Typing the wrong number could result in a brick!"
Now I used adb commands to flash the original img on my phone and it worked fine, so I repeated the same steps except I used the new img file in the command line. This didn't work, and I didn't want to try the instructions above unless I knew exactly what I was doing. I'm sorry for being such a noob; I'm trying to learn as much as possible on my own, but the chance of harming my phone worries me.
Should I continue trying to update to the newest TWRP version, or is there anything else you can suggest?