CWM Recovery 6.0.0.6 - can't see zip file on /sdcard/

[Jack in NC]

All,

What would cause a pushed zip file to not appear on /sdcard/ in CWM Recovery 6.0.0.6? I am pushing the grouper zip to my N7, but I can't see it when I try to "install zip from sdcard" in CWM Recovery 6.0.0.6.

Details:

I screwed up my build.prop file the other night without taking a nandroid first. Yep, stupid, I know. I've gotten some good help here in the AC Forums, and also found a very relevant thread at XDA.

I have followed steps to push the JRO03_grouper.zip to my tablet using both the Nexus 7 Toolkit (as noted in the XDA thread), and just using ADB (which I downloaded outside of the SDK, so I just have adb.exe, AdbWinApi.dll and AdbWinUsbApi.dll). But, when I got to "install zip from sdcard," I can't find the grouper zip file.

To test the process, I pushed a small test.zip file to my tablet using the same steps, and I am able to successfully see it in /sdcard/ in Recovery as expected.

And, for reference, here's what my cmd window looked like when I pushed grouper:

c:\android\adb>adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *

c:\android\adb>adb devices
List of devices attached
015d24a425641666        recovery

c:\android\adb>adb push c:\android\JRO03D_grouper.zip /sdcard/
1310 KB/s (261814702 bytes in 195.065s)

c:\android\adb>

So, any idea why I can't see the grouper zip?

Thanks
Jack

 

[Jack in NC]

Here's something I've found...

The JRO03D_grouper.zip file I am using is (as noted above) 261814702 bytes. The JRO03D_grouper.zip file in a video created by AC Forum Member dark_samus is 32650144 bytes.

Maybe there is something wrong with my JRO03D_grouper.zip file?

 

[dark_samus]

Again sorry for the confusion but my zip was a cm10 nightly I renamed for the video and the first thing you try to push doesn't show up push it again and it should work

EDIT: here's a link to the stock ROM rooted and with odexed and deodexed options
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1776330

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[dark_samus]

After first try
After second try

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[Jack in NC]

Got it! Thanks so much for the clarification. Although, it would've been so much easier to just tell me that I had the wrong file. I could just get the right file and do my thing.

Unfortunately, rebooting the Nexus isn't an option because my build.prop is hosed.

So, still trying to figure out how to get to the grouper zip that appears to have pushed successfully. :-(

 

[Jack in NC]

And now... just like that... a mere moments after posting above, I can see the grouper zip on my tablet. I have no idea why, really, but it's there and I have updated and am back up and running.

Theory:
I was in the same adb "session" this time since I was using adb from the command line. Meaning, the daemon was still running from the first push I did. So, while I couldn't see the grouper zip after the first push (consistent with your experience, dark_samus), I could see it and upgrade with it after second push (also consistent). And, perhaps my previous attempts didn't work before because I was closing and opening the Nexus 7 Toolkit each time, therefore stopping and restarting the daemon, which meant that each push attempt was the first attempt for that "session."

I don't have any technical basis to support or refute that theory, it's just one possible theory that I think would result in my experience.

My issue is resolved, thanks to all who chimed in!

 

[dark_samus]

Glad you got your tablet back up and running the only reason I knew how to do it is because I'd done it once before on mine I had downloaded the first cm10 nightly onto my computer instead of my tablet and was already in recovery when I realized I hadn't transferred it and was too lazy to reboot it transfer it and go back to recovery so when I plugged it into my computer I realized it had adb and tried a push but it didn't work so I tried one more time and it was fine anyways next time MAKE a BACKUP lol

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