
I fixed it.
What I was doing wrong was that after I extracted everything from the zip and edited the updater-script file, I would zip the extracted folder with all of the files in it, thus making a zip file, then a folder, then all of the files and stuff inside. That prevented the phone from flashing it, so it gave me the "error" message with no description (probably because it didn't know why it failed).
I was supposed to only zip the files that were in the extracted folder together into one zip, not the entire extracted folder with everything in it.
Im sorry but this is very hard to understand. I still cant get it flashed. Step by step this is what I did.
1.) Extract the zip file.
2.) Locate the updater script file.
3.) Edit script file so mount is the first word in the code.
4.) Save edited script file.
5.) Rezip the entire extracted file.
What am I doing wrong? It will not flash.
I'm only a new member (well, I was inactive for a long time) so I can't post large files.
Here's what you do.
1. Extract the zip file.
2. Navigate to the updater-script.
3. Edit it so that "mount" is the first thing it says (delete everything before that word).
4. Save it (or replace the file with the new one, which is how I got the save to stick)
5. ZIP ONLY THE FILES INSIDE THE MAIN FOLDER INTO ONE FILE. Don't zip the folder that came about after the extraction, only zip the files inside the folder (meta, img, etc) into one zip. If you zip the folder also, it will create a zip file, then the folder, then the contents. It will confuse the flash, that expects the contents to be directly after the zip layer, and not a zip, then a folder, then the contents; and the flash will fail without reason.
6. After the zip, it's ready.
If that did not work, then try only extracting the updater-script, then editing it, then putting it back in the zip (you may have to replace the original, do it)
The former is how it worked to me. Also, if you are using the 900P (Sprint Variant), get KT Recovery! It worked for me and now I can flash directly from cyanogenmod without editing the updater-script. There is a link in the KLTESPR general forum (It says Cyanogenmod is officially supporting us!). Simply flash it and it will replace the current recovery for your rooted phone as long as it already has a custom recovery. KT Recovery is a modded TWRP, just so you know. It works!
Also, it may not look like there is a folder after the zip if you zip the folder, but it won't flash if you zip the folder. That's why i say only zip the contents (meta, img, etc) into one zip!

So, now I'm stuck. I was rooted, had plain old cwm installed and was able to flash the nightlies of CM11 to my lil hearts content. Then, for... reasons, I had to Odin back to stock and reroot, reflash recovery. Upon flashing Philz touch using Odin, and trying to flash 10/3 nightly, I start getting the error message I am seeing in this thread. First: I'd like to not have to do the fix shown in here. Is there a version of CWM that I can flash that will bypass all of this unpleasantness? Second, I tried, using Notepad++ to remove this line, ya know, the one that is supposedly the fix for all of this?. I highlight it, and nothing works to get rid of it. I hit cut, delete, kb shortcuts, you name it. Nothing works. So, either fix would be helpful, although my first choice would be just going back to the CWM that worked without all this added aggravation. Thanks in advance guys.
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