[Q] Why do all my MD5 checksums DO NOT MATCH?

[Joca14]

Hi All

I am trying to update a friends Desire HD (currently on Leedroid 2.3...) to the latest version 4.0...
I have downloaded ROM and Radio recommended, but when I run MD5 checks, NONE of the checksums match. I even downloaded a different MD5 checker, same result.
All files are in my PC but when I compare them none match.
Any clues / help?

Thanks for reading

 

[CodeNameUnknown1]

Try downloading them again....
MD5's dont match when it doesnt download properly (some part of the file has been lost whilst downloading)...which is the whole point of the MD5 checker.

It has happened to me many times.

Now if you download a file 5-6 times and every time the MD5's dont match then either

1- You have a really bad and unreliable connection
or
2- The file on the server itself is wrong (i.e. the file that u want to download is corrupted and the person who put it there doesnt know that its corrupted).

But if many other people say that it matches for them, then its most likely from your connection.

Anyway, try downloading again....and make sure they match, if they dont, dont flash it...it'll damage or worse case scenario, brick your phone

 

[JagDave]

Also some radio checksums are based on the extracted radio.img, not the zip/rar.

Sent from The App that Time Forgot.

 

[Joca14]

Thanks for the tips, will try again soon and report back. Never had a problem with other downloads.

 

[joey_halen2000]

I'm having the same problem and am totally and completely confused.

I'm totally new to this custom rom stuff and just rooted my phone and flashed the Revolution HD rom for my phone.

Everywhere I see to check MD5 sum before flashing and make sure it matches first. I honestly have no clue what this means but....I download the rom zip file to my sd card, and use astro file manager to check the md5 sum and it does not match what's listed by the developer on the download page ? I've done it twice now and both times the md5 does not match and both time the md5 numbers are different. What am I doing wrong here ? I haven't felt so confused in my life ?? Help please !

 

[JagDave]

I'm having the same problem and am totally and completely confused.

I'm totally new to this custom rom stuff and just rooted my phone and flashed the Revolution HD rom for my phone.

Everywhere I see to check MD5 sum before flashing and make sure it matches first. I honestly have no clue what this means but....I download the rom zip file to my sd card, and use astro file manager to check the md5 sum and it does not match what's listed by the developer on the download page ? I've done it twice now and both times the md5 does not match and both time the md5 numbers are different. What am I doing wrong here ? I haven't felt so confused in my life ?? Help please !

Try Hashdroid from the market, it covers all checksums not just md5.

Sent from The App that Time Forgot.

 

[meeru]

what two codes are you trying to match ? The one uploader gave with the radio or what ?

 

[shadow2mario]

Hi All

I am trying to update a friends Desire HD (currently on Leedroid 2.3...) to the latest version 4.0...
I have downloaded ROM and Radio recommended, but when I run MD5 checks, NONE of the checksums match. I even downloaded a different MD5 checker, same result.
All files are in my PC but when I compare them none match.
Any clues / help?

Thanks for reading

try not to download multiple files. thats what worked for me. just a thought guys. sorry if this was already mentioned, dont mean to repeat.

 

[davidcrazyj]

don't unzip.