Error (0 ,h.requestMetadata) is not a function. I did Admin in Downloads. Still no luck.

balenaEtcher
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something went wrong while opening my linux.iso file
I received Error (0 , h.requestMetadata) is not a function.

I expected to just give the downloaded (valid integrity check) iso linux file to my USB drive to create a bootable disk.

What went wrong?
PS I used Windows 10
administrator mode and file is in downloads folder. so I read the threads but still no luck.

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Can you provide a link to the file you downloaded and are trying to flash?

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May I please piggy-back on this question as I have the same trouble? I tried to flash Linux Mint and I tried various sources from this site Linux Mint 22.1 "Xia" - Linux Mint for the download, and any seem to give this error:

Something went wrong while opening /Users/Kai/Downloads/linuxmint-22.1-xfce-64bit.iso.

Error: (0 , h.requestMetadata) is not a function

It also occurs regardless whether I download the file first or enter the link directly in balena etcher. For starters, I do not know what the error means.

I am using a macbook air with monterey 12.7.5

Many thanks in advance!
Caio

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hope you can access this ok. and thanks so much for offering to help. You will notice one other person will be tracking our success. this iso file was sum checked for integrity.

much thanks.
Ray

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Alan……I provided the link. Can you figure out the problem?
Ray

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Hello Alan, indeed it would be useful to have a reaction from you… many thanks!

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Try this:

I was able to get around this by moving my windows pc on an “unrestricted” network(no firewall, no dns hijacking, no VPN). Haven’t checked but it seems balena needs to connect to the ad screen in order to proceed. This is when you are flashing a file, you see a screen with some upsell. You cant flash if you dont see this screen.

edit: I used the google dns

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Is Balena checking the ISO hash against a database before flashing? or collecting the ISO hash before flashing?