[Q] assert failed getprop ro.product.device

[startherecca]

I have SE X Play with Doomkernel with android 2.3.4 and build no .42 and baseband version -56.
When i try to flash Darkforest RC2 rom via recovery i get following error.

asset failed: getprop ro. product. device

I have ClockWorkMod Recovery 5.0.2.6 installed

Please help me

YES I AM A NOOB

 

[AndroHero]

Either flash a stock rom first or open the .zip, find the update script and delete the get prop line

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[startherecca]

stock rom??

Sorry for stupid question but what exactly is a stock rom? I mean my play shipped with android 2.3.2, then i got 2.3.4 on OTA update.
So to install this rom i shoud go back to 2.3.2??
Also where to find stock roms for X play? I searched android dev forum but could only find latest firmwares.

Could you please provide a link for stock rom

Thanks in advance.

 

[startherecca]

Either flash a stock rom first or open the .zip, find the update script and delete the get prop line

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I deleted the following from the update script.

assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "R800i" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "R800i" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "R800i" || 
       getprop("ro.product.device") == "R800a" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "R800a" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "R800a" || 
       getprop("ro.product.device") == "R800at" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "R800at" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "R800at" || 
       getprop("ro.product.device") == "zeus" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "zeus" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "zeus");

Now when i try to flash via recovery again installation is aborted. No getprop error btw Just following error.

opening package..

installation aborted.

Help me out someone

 

[PandaPropaganda]

I deleted the following from the update script.

assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "R800i" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "R800i" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "R800i" || 
       getprop("ro.product.device") == "R800a" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "R800a" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "R800a" || 
       getprop("ro.product.device") == "R800at" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "R800at" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "R800at" || 
       getprop("ro.product.device") == "zeus" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "zeus" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "zeus");

Now when i try to flash via recovery again installation is aborted. No getprop error btw Just following error.

opening package..

installation aborted.

Help me out someone

I'm having the same problem on my r800x. Some help would be greatly appreciated!

I just recently unlocked my bootloader, and I can still flash kernels in fastboot. It's just that every time I try to install a custom rom I get either the Status 7 "getprop." error, or when I remove the .prop lines from the update script I get installation aborted. I also can not get into recovery from any of the custom kernels. I have had to boot into CWM using fastboot every time.

 

[AndroHero]

I deleted the following from the update script.

assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "R800i" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "R800i" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "R800i" || 
       getprop("ro.product.device") == "R800a" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "R800a" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "R800a" || 
       getprop("ro.product.device") == "R800at" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "R800at" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "R800at" || 
       getprop("ro.product.device") == "zeus" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "zeus" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "zeus");

Now when i try to flash via recovery again installation is aborted. No getprop error btw Just following error.

opening package..

installation aborted.

Help me out someone

What did you use to edit the update script? Try notepad+ if you use windows, the script has to be formatted for linux.

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[PandaPropaganda]

What did you use to edit the update script? Try notepad+ if you use windows, the script has to be formatted for linux.

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Tried this, and it still doesn't work. Maybe I did it wrong? :/

 

[fma965]

Tried this, and it still doesn't work. Maybe I did it wrong? :/

Just to clarify that I think he meant use notepad++ the + wasn't a typo. So don't use notepad but instead use notepad + +

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[PandaPropaganda]

Just to clarify that I think he meant use notepad++ the + wasn't a typo. So don't use notepad but instead use notepad + +

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I know. Still doesn't work.

EDIT: I fixed it! Not only do you need notepad++, but you also have to EDIT the archive and not extract it then re-zip it. The archive software I had (PeaZip) wouldn't let me do this so I had to install 7zip. I'm uploading my edited update.zip for r800x's (based on fxp054) right now.

 

[fma965]

I know. Still doesn't work.

EDIT: I fixed it! Not only do you need notepad++, but you also have to EDIT the archive and not extract it then re-zip it. The archive software I had (PeaZip) wouldn't let me do this so I had to install 7zip. I'm uploading my edited update.zip for r800x's (based on fxp054) right now.

um is this for a update.zip yh? i always extract them and repack them and it works fine. although this was on my old phone. are you sure you didn't do something different?

 

[AndroHero]

um is this for a update.zip yh? i always extract them and repack them and it works fine. although this was on my old phone. are you sure you didn't do something different?

Sorry your right i did mean notepad++ there should be no issue unpacking the rom, as long as you repack it as a .zip, i use winrar and never had issues

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[PandaPropaganda]

Sorry your right i did mean notepad++ there should be no issue unpacking the rom, as long as you repack it as a .zip, i use winrar and never had issues

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When I made .zip archives with PeaZip they never worked. I had also tried previously with the archiving utility IZArc to no avail. I installed 7zip and after making the .zip using that it fixed the problem. I'm just saying that may help for some who have has the same problems as me. Particularly with the r800x users. The .zip I put on my other post (and now this one --- in the reason for editing) has all the .prop lines removed from the update script and should work for anybody who has a r800x with an unlocked bootloader (providing you've installed the custom kernel, of course).

 

[AndroHero]

When I made .zip archives with PeaZip they never worked. I had also tried previously with the archiving utility IZArc to no avail. I installed 7zip and after making the .zip using that it fixed the problem. I'm just saying that may help for some who have has the same problems as me. Particularly with the r800x users. The .zip I put on my other post (and now this one --- in the reason for editing) has all the .prop lines removed from the update script and should work for anybody who has a r800x with an unlocked bootloader (providing you've installed the custom kernel, of course).

Cool nice work

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[AMSch]

You can find the file in ./META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script

 

[rainmun]

Thank you so much, you fixed my Galaxy Note with the simple deletion of a few lines.

 

[andrewhaining]

I deleted the following from the update script.

assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "R800i" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "R800i" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "R800i" || 
       getprop("ro.product.device") == "R800a" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "R800a" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "R800a" || 
       getprop("ro.product.device") == "R800at" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "R800at" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "R800at" || 
       getprop("ro.product.device") == "zeus" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "zeus" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "zeus");

Now when i try to flash via recovery again installation is aborted. No getprop error btw Just following error.

opening package..

installation aborted.

Help me out someone

I am having the same issue on my Xperia Arc, where can i find the update script to remove the equivalent lines?

Thanks

Andrew

 

[manandkeyboard]

Do not do this!

I am not sure how other people are having success with this suggestion, but please do not do it. This code must be doing a proper check because I followed the advice and removed the assert. Next thing you know the installation proceeded and messed up. I hard bricked my phone. Yes hard brick, not a soft brick that you can recover from, the hard brick that makes your phone a brick. Just a warning.

I deleted the following from the update script.

assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "R800i" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "R800i" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "R800i" || 
       getprop("ro.product.device") == "R800a" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "R800a" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "R800a" || 
       getprop("ro.product.device") == "R800at" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "R800at" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "R800at" || 
       getprop("ro.product.device") == "zeus" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "zeus" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "zeus");

Now when i try to flash via recovery again installation is aborted. No getprop error btw Just following error.

opening package..

installation aborted.

Help me out someone

 

[CriGiu]

It searches for specific lines onto build.prop, but having that check after wiping /system, and so erasing your build.prop will result into an error. Deleting those lines in the updater-script will only let you skip that check, but there's no way to brick unless you flash a rom that wasn't meant for your phone or a different kernel.