K3 Noob's guide to debricking through ATK :D

[BrianG8]

Originally Posted by cyjeff

I've put it on my dropbox. Check if you can get access to it.
....

Unzipping with WinRar comes up corrupt file.

Redownloaded and tried again with 7 Zip.

Still comes up with CRC Failed. File is broken.

Maybe try and upload it without compression?

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by BrianG8

Unzipping with WinRar comes up corrupt file.

Redownloaded and tried again with 7 Zip.

Still comes up with CRC Failed. File is broken.

Maybe try and upload it without compression?

I just downloaded it and it is good. You must be having problems with your internet connection or a poorly behaving bulk downloader program. Turn off any download accelerators and just let the browser download it.

[BrianG8]

I've tried downloading it on 3 different computers.
Win7 64bit/32bit and WinXP Pro (Freshly installed) - Fails CRC on all 3.
Downloading pretty quick at close to 2MB/s

I'm beginning to think this is not ment to be for me. {pounding head against keyboard}

I appreciate you guys trying to help me. Thanks!

[knc1]

Originally Posted by BrianG8

I'm beginning to think this is not ment to be for me. {pounding head against keyboard}

It does not appear to be meant for anyone:

core2quad Downloads $ unzip -t mmcblk0p1-k3g-3.3.zip
Archive:  mmcblk0p1-k3g-3.3.zip
    testing: mmcblk0p1.img            bad CRC fb5ad0ed  (should be 1de996c8)
At least one error was detected in mmcblk0p1-k3g-3.3.zip.

and:

core2quad Downloads $ 7z t mmcblk0p1-k3g-3.3.zip

7-Zip 9.20  Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov  2010-11-18
p7zip Version 9.20 (locale=en_US.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,4 CPUs)

Processing archive: mmcblk0p1-k3g-3.3.zip

Testing     mmcblk0p1.img     CRC Failed

Sub items Errors: 1

Although that does not explain how GM was unable to detect the same error.

[BrianG8]

I have to say, after 3 days of trying to fix my wifes kindle.
That Nexus 7 is looking really good right now.. lol

[geekmaster]

7zip test said my download is good. Intermittent server errors?

[rbl]

Originally Posted by geekmaster

7zip test said my download is good. Intermittent server errors?

I get the same error.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by geekmaster

7zip test said my download is good. Intermittent server errors?

That domain is probably served by a cluster of servers and at least one of them thinks that anything *.zip must contain text files.

If someone re-posts this file, I suggest that they gzip it, servers (not even win-servers) mess with *.gz files.

[twobob]

Originally Posted by knc1

If someone re-posts this file, I suggest that they gzip it, servers (not even win-servers) mess with *.gz files.

^ this. I had a similar experience early on using MR. Agree with this.

[geekmaster]

I downloaded again on another computer and it is good too.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by geekmaster

I downloaded again on another computer and it is good too.

The strangeness continues . . . .
I downloaded it three more times - each time using a different download tool (and monitoring my modem's line-state report).

All three report not only a checksum error, but the **same** checksum error!

I am going for it being a (physically diverse) server cluster with one or more of them having a bad copy of the image or a bad configuration.

I.E: GM is about 1,200 miles away from me - and probably is being routed to the "closest" member of the cluster, a different member than the one I am reaching.

I would now suggest that somebody push the known good copy to some other hosting service.

Edit:
I just tried downloading it to the KeK resource server (on west coast of country) - same, identical, checksum error.
The only difference seen - from the KeK server its only a 2 minute download.

I also have a server physically located within a few hundred miles of GM - but I don't have enough disk space on that one for the image.

[geekmaster]

I just downloaded again, and this time it has a CRC error. The error may not be geographic.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by geekmaster

I just downloaded again, and this time it has a CRC error. The error may not be geographic.

Whatever it is - it is extra strange.
If the KeK server was mangling bits in-bound or out-bound, I would have heard about a long time ago.

[qlob]

After hours of hard work (the computer was doing most of it) i found dasmoover's original image. Should i still upload it somewhere?

[knc1]

Originally Posted by qlob

After hours of hard work (the computer was doing most of it) i found dasmoover's original image. Should i still upload it somewhere?

Yes
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