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Galaxy Nexus Does Not Boot Into Android - (Recovery/Download Mode works -Please Help)

Hey Guys. I don't think the phone is bricked (I have access to Bootloader, CWM Recovery and Download Mode).
I was running Android Revolution HD ROM and out of the blue, the phone rebooted. But from this moment, it does not boot into Android. It just reboots, shows Google Logo, show the Nexus Boot Animation and then hangs for a second and reboots.
I figured it's a boot loop. So I wiped data/factory reset through CWM, wiped Dalvik Cache and flashed Revolution ROM again. Same result. I flashed Modaco iR5 and same result.
What do I do from here? Any help offered would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
RESOLVED! Thank you to afliopou, enumBoss and zyo (batch file to restore stock images - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1373995)

ragflan said:
Hey Guys. I don't think the phone is bricked (I have access to Bootloader, CWM Recovery and Download Mode).
I was running Android Revolution HD ROM and out of the blue, the phone rebooted. But from this moment, it does not boot into Android. It just reboots, shows Google Logo, show the Nexus Boot Animation and then hangs for a second and reboots.
I figured it's a boot loop. So I wiped data/factory reset through CWM, wiped Dalvik Cache and flashed Revolution ROM again. Same result. I flashed Modaco iR5 and same result.
What do I do from here? Any help offered would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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Maybe trying flash back to stock with fastboot following instructions here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1373995
Edit: and as enumBoss correctly asked which version is?LTE or GSM?

ragflan said:
Hey Guys. I don't think the phone is bricked (I have access to Bootloader, CWM Recovery and Download Mode).
I was running Android Revolution HD ROM and out of the blue, the phone rebooted. But from this moment, it does not boot into Android. It just reboots, shows Google Logo, show the Nexus Boot Animation and then hangs for a second and reboots.
I figured it's a boot loop. So I wiped data/factory reset through CWM, wiped Dalvik Cache and flashed Revolution ROM again. Same result. I flashed Modaco iR5 and same result.
What do I do from here? Any help offered would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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Is this an LTE or GSM device?
If it's GSM, I recommend flashing a different ROM. Probably something more stable. And do the whole thing - not just the rom, but the boot.img, etc. You can find that here: http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html

enumBoss said:
Is this an LTE or GSM device?
If it's GSM, I recommend flashing a different ROM. Probably something more stable. And do the whole thing - not just the rom, but the boot.img, etc. You can find that here: http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html
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Hi. It's a GSM Version. I've tried flashing both Android Revolution HD and Modaco Ir5. Same Result. I can try VillainROM but I doubt that will help. (I'm doing that right now. I've just pushed VillainROM using this command: adb push VillainROM_whatever.zip to /data/media. Will try flashing that and report back).
I just tried restoring my nandroid backup and CWM restored the boot image, system and then it says 'Error While Restoring /data'.
Does that mean something is wrong with my internal storage?

ragflan said:
Hi. It's a GSM Version. I've tried flashing both Android Revolution HD and Modaco Ir5. Same Result. I can try VillainROM but I doubt that will help.
I just tried restoring my nandroid backup and CWM restored the boot image, system and then it says 'Error While Restoring /data'.
Does that mean something is wrong with my internal storage?
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Maybe something wrong with your backup.Try to flash stock rom

afilopou said:
Maybe something wrong with your backup.Try to flash stock rom
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I'll do that now. Oddly adb doesn't find the device when it's in bootloader mode. It finds it fine when it's in recovery mode and I'll able to push and pull stuff.
I think I'm missing fastboot drivers or something. I'll try flashing stock stuff.

I'm unable to push another ROM so I have to flash stock images. the internal storage is in read-only mode.

ragflan said:
I'll do that now. Oddly adb doesn't find the device when it's in bootloader mode. It finds it fine when it's in recovery mode and I'll able to push and pull stuff.
I think I'm missing fastboot drivers or something. I'll try flashing stock stuff.
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This is normal.ADB not working when you are in fastboot.Did you try the thread i post you? When you are in fastboot you must first go through cmd in the folder that conatains fastboot.exe and then type in cmd "fastboot devices" .
eg cd C:/root (root is the folder that conatains fastboot)
then type "fastboot devices"

afilopou said:
This is normal.ADB not working when you are in fastboot.Did you try the thread i post you? When you are in fastboot you must first go through cmd in the folder that conatains fastboot.exe and then type in cmd "fastboot devices" .
eg cd C:/root (root is the folder that conatains fastboot)
then type "fastboot devices"
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Yeap. I read the thread you posted. Downloaded the zip file and extracted it. After which I rebooted into bootloader mode and ran the batch file from the extracted directory.
It flashed the stock images in bootloader mode and rebooted twice and I'm booted into Android now. Thank you very much, kind sir.
For my reference (and to learn), what could have gone wrong? The ROM was up and running fine and I titanium restored only user apps and didn't touch system apps at all. Everything was fine and a random reboot caused the phone not to boot into Android anymore. I've had 3 other Android devices before the Nexus (Galaxy S, SII and G1) and never had such an issue.

ragflan said:
Yeap. I read the thread you posted. Downloaded the zip file and extracted it. After which I booted into bootloader mode and ran the batch file.
I'm booted into Android now. Thank you very much.
For my reference (and to learn), what could have gone wrong? The ROM was up and running fine and I titanium restored only user apps and didn't touch system apps at all. Everything was fine and a random reboot caused the phone not to boot into Android anymore.
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Who knows? Only the android god

afilopou said:
Who knows? Only the android god
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Haha amen to that. With Galaxy S and SII, I just used ODIN to flash a firmware. With Nexus, I just have to use that post. Thanks again!

Did you flash a new kernel? If so, that could be (part of) the issue

EddyOS said:
Did you flash a new kernel? If so, that could be (part of) the issue
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Nope. Well, it was part of the ROM (Modaco and Android Revolution HD). I didn't flash it separately.

EddyOS said:
Did you flash a new kernel? If so, that could be (part of) the issue
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I've just experienced the exact same thing..
And the ONLY thing I've done today was install NFC Taginfo.
I noticed apps starting to crap out and figured I'd done something wrong and restarted.. got stuck in a boot loop..
went into CWM to restore an old back up and it failed with 'Error while restoring /data' (I'd gotten 'Error while backing up /data' when trying to back it up).
wiped everything (twice).. formatted everything (twice).. tried to restore and still no go.. interesting that it didn't seem to have any issue when formatting /data.
Am only running rooted stock (not even any MODs) so find this all rather peculiar.
Will try and push the stock ROM this evening when I get home.
EDIT: Used the method listed above to flash the original stock image which worked... although it did erase everything on my phone (kinda wish I'd known that before but what can you do). Would really like to know how I went from a seemingly normal phone to a not very useful paperweight!? Thankfully it's resolved.

I'm having the same issue. However, I can't flash stock, as my baseband is different. Can someone please advise? Here is my fastboot flash attempt. Thanks.
C:\itl41f>flash-windows.bat
C:\itl41f>fastboot-windows flash bootloader bootloader-maguro-primekj10.img
sending 'bootloader' (2308 KB)... OKAY
writing 'bootloader'... OKAY
C:\itl41f>fastboot-windows reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader... OKAY
C:\itl41f>fastboot-windows flash radio radio-maguro-i9250xxkk1.img
sending 'radio' (12288 KB)... FAILED (command write failed (Too many links))
C:\itl41f>fastboot-windows reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader... FAILED (command write failed (No such file or direc
tory))
C:\itl41f>fastboot-windows -w update image-yakju-itl41f.zip
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
< waiting for device >
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: PRIMEKJ10
Baseband Version.....: I9250UGKK7
Serial Number........: 0146914C0C019006
--------------------------------------------
checking product... OKAY
checking version-bootloader... OKAY
checking version-baseband... FAILED
Device version-baseband is 'I9250UGKK7'.
Update requires 'I9250XXKK1'.
C:\itl41f>
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[Q] Flashed EU HOX with AT&T stuff and BRICKED! Please help

I'm desparate, please help me!
I flashed the remove-3-dot for the AT&T HOX, but I have another one. Now I cannot go back, since the device doesn't completely boot.
It is stuck with the HTC figures showing up and halfway the music stops and the device hangs.
I can go to recovery, but since the Àll-In-One Kit from Hasoon2000 doesn't see the device when in recovery (CWM 5.8.2.7 Touch), I cannot even put anything to the SD card, so I cannot even flash anything else!
Please help me before the battery dies out!! (I cannot turn it off since lonng press of the power button only restarts the booting)

If you have CWM did you made a nondroid backup?

Bright.Light said:
I'm desparate, please help me!
I flashed the remove-3-dot for the AT&T HOX, but I have another one. Now I cannot go back, since the device doesn't completely boot.
It is stuck with the HTC figures showing up and halfway the music stops and the device hangs.
I can go to recovery, but since the Àll-In-One Kit from Hasoon2000 doesn't see the device when in recovery (CWM 5.8.2.7 Touch), I cannot even put anything to the SD card, so I cannot even flash anything else!
Please help me before the battery dies out!! (I cannot turn it off since lonng press of the power button only restarts the booting)
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THIS will help you

@muamers: Thanks!!
I already found out how to turn the device off, not draining the battery anymore.
I also flashed the new CWM 5.8.3.1 so it should have some ability to charge.
I am currently downloading the latest stock 1.29.401.11 and will try to flash that one.
I did search, but it's difficult currently. However, I made a permanent link to the Wiki - it's more than useful (the reason it exists, I know...)
Oh - it wasn't bricked (because it still did some stuff)
@jeyml: No, I did not do that (didn't know it was possible)
Does that mean that I could recover with the rom exactly as it was put on the device? (including installed ZIP files)

Bright.Light said:
@muamers: Thanks!!
I already found out how to turn the device off, not draining the battery anymore.
I also flashed the new CWM 5.8.3.1 so it should have some ability to charge.
I am currently downloading the latest stock 1.29.401.11 and will try to flash that one.
I did search, but it's difficult currently. However, I made a permanent link to the Wiki - it's more than useful (the reason it exists, I know...)
Oh - it wasn't bricked (because it still did some stuff)
@jeyml: No, I did not do that (didn't know it was possible)
Does that mean that I could recover with the rom exactly as it was put on the device? (including installed ZIP files)
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Yup.It is actualy quite simple,i always do a backup before i flash something or update my ROM and other stuff.You keep the volume down + power button.After that you enter recovery mode (you will need to have CWM) and you have an option there "backup and restore",enter there and make a backup.Next time if you have any problems just enter again in the CWM,go to "backup and restore" and restore the backup you've made.It saves everything you have (i mean the ROM setting and such.Apps and other stuff must be backed up with Titanium Backup).
The backups you made are saved in the SD card in the nandroid directory if i remember corectly,so if you update you're ROM to...1.29 for example and have a 1.28 backup just enter there and delete it and make a new backup of the 1.29 so you don't get confused in so many backups and if you ever have problems and restore a 1.28 backup on you'r 1.29..well...you realize that the phone isn't going to work anymore.So,be carefoul.

Didn't work... I downloaded this rom: RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_HTC_Europe_1.29.401.11_Radio_1.1204.105.14_release_260491_signed
did everything this page told us: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1609190
But I do not see anything change... It's still stuck in the boot process.
I don't know what I am doing wrong...
I also didn't find a clear guide for how to do things - it's all pieces which everyone has to put together, making it hard when there is a real problem.
If this can be solved, I will investigate the nand backup for certain!
For now I need my phone, but it does not work...
Oh - how does the charging with the new clockwork work? I don't see anything happen, so I am afraid the battery will be down soon.
edit: It was on power all night and when I looked it had the screen on. Unplugging and replugging and the gren light went on. Does that mean the battery is filled?
One important fact: the adb command cannot find the device and I don't know why!

How did you flash the RUU? You have to connect the phone in FASTBOOT to the PC and then run it (with a locked bootloader) and it replaces the entire system

EddyOS said:
How did you flash the RUU? You have to connect the phone in FASTBOOT to the PC and then run it (with a locked bootloader) and it replaces the entire system
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with a LOCKED bootloader?
Mine is unlocked...
I will try to relock the boorloader (saw somewhere a snippet)

Tried with a locked one:
Code:
D:\One_X_All-In-One_Kit_v1.0\Data>fastboot oem lock
... INFOLock successfully...
OKAY [ 0.143s]
finished. total time: 0.143s
D:\One_X_All-In-One_Kit_v1.0\Data>fastboot flash boot boot_signed.img
sending 'boot' (4288 KB)... OKAY [ 0.667s]
writing 'boot'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.874s
D:\One_X_All-In-One_Kit_v1.0\Data>fastboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (963584 KB)... FAILED (remote: (00000008))
finished. total time: -0.000s
The bootloader loocks relocked ok (as it shows on top of that screen)
But flashing is impossible and, of cause, I don't know why

Adb will work in recovery but only if you boot the recovery from fastboot.
Fastboot boot recovery recovery.img

ok, next approach:
- Booted to fastboot
- unlocked bootloader with the unlock .bin file
- fastboot boot Recoveries\CWM5.8.3.1.img
- adb push rom.zip /sdcard/
- waited 5 minutes until done
- in recovery: Install zip from sdcard
- manual selected the rom.zip (yes, it was actually on the SDcard, so adb did its job)
- got an error that the image was bad:
ClockworkMod Recovery v5.8.3.1
-- Installing: /sdcard/rom.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
E:Can't open /sdcard/rom.zip
I think I will have to get another image, right?
This one was extracted from
RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_HTC_Europe_1.29.401.11_Radio_1.1204.105.14_release_260491_signed.exe
I started the program and searched for the rom.zip in my temp folder. Was this ok?

Run .11 RUU, wait until load all completely, now go to %temp% in your pc and find a folder that contain a ROM.ZIP file... Unzip the files and flash the boot_signed.img and the recovery_signed.img, then relock your phone fastboot oem lock) do a factory reset (with the new recovery) and then try to run the .11 RUU.
THAT SHOULD WORK
pd: sorry for my poor english.
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

Bright.Light said:
ok, next approach:
- Booted to fastboot
- unlocked bootloader with the unlock .bin file
- fastboot boot Recoveries\CWM5.8.3.1.img
- adb push rom.zip /sdcard/
- waited 5 minutes until done
- in recovery: Install zip from sdcard
- manual selected the rom.zip (yes, it was actually on the SDcard, so adb did its job)
- got an error that the image was bad:
ClockworkMod Recovery v5.8.3.1
-- Installing: /sdcard/rom.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
E:Can't open /sdcard/rom.zip
I think I will have to get another image, right?
This one was extracted from
RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_HTC_Europe_1.29.401.11_Radio_1.1204.105.14_release_260491_signed.exe
I started the program and searched for the rom.zip in my temp folder. Was this ok?
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You haven't a clue have you?
You don't flash an RUU from CWM, it's a Windows application!
1. Boot phone into FASTBOOT
2. Connect to the PC
3. Lock the bootloader
4. Run the RUU
Job done

@wolfraim: Yes, the factory reset was the one culprit, it seems!
EddyOS: Tried that so many times, but finally wolfraim added a crucial point: Factory reset!
Now the RUU install from the PC is working... (Have to wait for some time ...)
* I have to go for now, right after the flash is done.
When I've got the time, I will try to make some more notes and maybe another step-by-step story on how to make the device work again.
Thank you very much for your patience and help!
This is why I love the xda-developers site so much!
(and all possible ways included on XDA to brick my device is the reason why I hate xda sometimes... )
edit: Flashing has succeeded! Software number: 1.29.401.11, so it seems I also have the latest ROM update now.
I'll make a recovery backup asap and will try the titanium backup too.
Oh, this one is SU-locked of cause, so I will have to install the SU zip file again... Much work is to be done yet. Maybe I should look for a good ROM in the Android development area.

[Q] Huawei Ascend Y300: Back to Stock ROM Problems.

Hello,
I need some help, because I can't find any solution on my own.
Short story: I need to go back to stock rom and it doesn't work. I can't flash it via fastboot, and recovery mode doesn't work, because I can't use touch and CWM doesn't work either.
Long story:
This morning I wanted to install a Custom ROM, because I've got problems with RAM and touch lately. I heard that touch might be a software problem, so I thought this could solve it.
After several problems with installing Cyanogenmod, I finally made it, just to find out it doesn't find my sd card, which meant I couldn't load my backuped files onto my phone, which meant it was useless.
When I finally gave up on the sd card problem, I just wanted to go back to stock ROM. I also found out that touch doesn't seem to be a problem caused by software, because it doesn't even work in recovery mode.
So now I can't go back to stock ROM. I downloaded the original version from the Huawei Website.
FIRST WAY: Recovery mode.
I can't make a factory reset, because my touchscreen doesn't allow me to swipe, which is needed in TWRP. CWM doesn't work for me, I've tried it several times, but when I go to recovery mode, I only stay at the "huawei ascend" logo. So TWRP; but this doesn't work because of touch problems.
SECOND WAY: Fastboot.
This should work better. BUT:
for fastboot -w I get this error:
Code:
erasing 'cache'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
for fastboot erasing cache it's the same.
When I just ignore that and go by fastboot update [file], I get the following:
Code:
sudo fastboot update '/home/laura/Schreibtisch/root/HUAWEI_Y300_firmware%28Y300-0100%2CAndroid%204.1%2CEmotion_UI%2CV100R001C00B189%2CGeneral%20version%29.zip'
archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'
archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'
error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt
At the moment I have TWRP installed and no OS, because I can't flash any.
Please help me out! I'm sitting here for eight hours, it's in the evening in Germany and I need my phone.
Thanks!!!
Laura

Help - Pixel 3 stuck after failed flash-all...

Hi, I'm new here... After browsing all over Internet and trying for many hours, hope I can get some help here.
So I was brave yesterday and wanted to root my pixel 3 to install some new themes. Unlocked bootloader, but I screwed up with Magisk / TWRP and the phone could not boot any more. At that point, I was still able to see the phone in adb. Then I tried to flash the stock rom using flash-all, but the process failed at one file (vendor_a?).
Unfortunately, I decided to reboot the phone - and now I'm stuck because the phone will be deadlocked showing the Google screen, and my PC cannot recognize the phone any more. adb shows no device, and device manager doesn't see any Android device. I have the latest developer tools and also installed the latest Google USB driver (at least I think), but now when I plug the phone in, I do hear the new device sound, but it is only recognized as a general USB device.
I can't even turn off the phone. Long pressing power will only go back to restart the phone and the first screen shows "this device is corrupted". Go on to the second screen will only give me an option to pause, with nothing else to choose from. I can't reboot into TWRP or recovery.
Any thoughts? Thanks a lot...

edx2000 said:
Hi, I'm new here... After browsing all over Internet and trying for many hours, hope I can get some help here.
So I was brave yesterday and wanted to root my pixel 3 to install some new themes. Unlocked bootloader, but I screwed up with Magisk / TWRP and the phone could not boot any more. At that point, I was still able to see the phone in adb. Then I tried to flash the stock rom using flash-all, but the process failed at one file (vendor_a?).
Unfortunately, I decided to reboot the phone - and now I'm stuck because the phone will be deadlocked showing the Google screen, and my PC cannot recognize the phone any more. adb shows no device, and device manager doesn't see any Android device. I have the latest developer tools and also installed the latest Google USB driver (at least I think), but now when I plug the phone in, I do hear the new device sound, but it is only recognized as a general USB device.
I can't even turn off the phone. Long pressing power will only go back to restart the phone and the first screen shows "this device is corrupted". Go on to the second screen will only give me an option to pause, with nothing else to choose from. I can't reboot into TWRP or recovery.
Any thoughts? Thanks a lot...
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First off, if you did successfully unlock your bootloader there is a 99% chance you will be able to recover from this. In fastboot mode is the phone state shown as "unlocked" ? Do you have a second PC or laptop to install the standalone adb/fastboot binaries on? adb does not work in fastboot mode, only in stock recovery mode. First re-try fastboot flashing the full image while in fastboot mode without modifying the flash-all.bat (allow it to wipe). You may also want to check the CRC (checksum) on the image you downloaded to verify it is not corrupt. If unlocked and that install fails capture the error and report back. Then try using adb from the stock recovery. You Tube how to get into recovery and use update via adb with a (different) full OTA image. The full OTA images are also available on the same Google dev site as the factory image, and is sometimes called a rescue OTA. You're in the right place to get help, but you need to provide all relevant information (such as previously installing a custom rom).

try holding power and vol down until the phone reboots and comes back to the menu where you should hopefully get back to Android Recovery mode where you should be able to use adb and the OTA via a sideload......for some strange reason I always get screwed on the vendor partition when using the flash-all script....never have figured it out
GL!!

v12xke said:
First off, if you did successfully unlock your bootloader there is a 99% chance you will be able to recover from this. In fastboot mode is the phone state shown as "unlocked" ? Do you have a second PC or laptop to install the standalone adb/fastboot binaries on? adb does not work in fastboot mode, only in stock recovery mode. First re-try fastboot flashing the full image while in fastboot mode without modifying the flash-all.bat (allow it to wipe). You may also want to check the CRC (checksum) on the image you downloaded to verify it is not corrupt. If unlocked and that install fails capture the error and report back. Then try using adb from the stock recovery. You Tube how to get into recovery and use update via adb with a (different) full OTA image. The full OTA images are also available on the same Google dev site as the factory image, and is sometimes called a rescue OTA. You're in the right place to get help, but you need to provide all relevant information (such as previously installing a custom rom).
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cmh714 said:
try holding power and vol down until the phone reboots and comes back to the menu where you should hopefully get back to Android Recovery mode where you should be able to use adb and the OTA via a sideload......for some strange reason I always get screwed on the vendor partition when using the flash-all script....never have figured it out
GL!!
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Thank you guys. I was able to make some progress but now I'm stuck somewhere else.
If I run flash-all, the error message I get is:
"Sending sparse 'vendor_a' 1/2 (262140 KB) FAILED (Error reading sparse file)
Finished. Total time: 108.152s
Press any key to exit..."
Alternatively, I tried sideload in recovery mode, and I get:
"E:footer is wrong
Update package verification took 0.2s
E:Signature verification failed
E:error:21
So it seems the zip I downloaded is corrupted? But I downloaded two different versions from Google Developers and both failed.
Any suggestions? I'm going to try it one more time with another computer.

edx2000 said:
Thank you guys. I was able to make some progress but now I'm stuck somewhere else.
If I run flash-all, the error message I get is:
"Sending sparse 'vendor_a' 1/2 (262140 KB) FAILED (Error reading sparse file)
Finished. Total time: 108.152s
Press any key to exit..."
Alternatively, I tried sideload in recovery mode, and I get:
"E:footer is wrong
Update package verification took 0.2s
E:Signature verification failed
E:error:21
So it seems the zip I downloaded is corrupted? But I downloaded two different versions from Google Developers and both failed.
Any suggestions? I'm going to try it one more time with another computer.
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Have you also tried a 2.0 USB A to USB C cable, or a different set of cables period?

do what I told you....I always fail at the vendor junk but can easily get the ota sideloaded....give it a try, forget flash-all
EDIT: just read the rest of your post...hmm....
well assuming you get the correct hash after downloading, it should work. after that its computer, port, drivers, sdk, and cable thats a potential issue.
again for me, I always fail on vendor. it happened on my pixel 2xl and still on the 3xl. I have tried multiple pc's, cables, etc and always fail at the vendor partition, but the ota sideload through android recovery always worked. YMMV

cmh714 said:
do what I told you....I always fail at the vendor junk but can easily get the ota sideloaded....give it a try, forget flash-all
EDIT: just read the rest of your post...hmm....
well assuming you get the correct hash after downloading, it should work. after that its computer, port, drivers, sdk, and cable thats a potential issue.
again for me, I always fail on vendor. it happened on my pixel 2xl and still on the 3xl. I have tried multiple pc's, cables, etc and always fail at the vendor partition, but the ota sideload through android recovery always worked. YMMV
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If vendor "always" fails on your PXL3 you may want to find out why. Could be a symptom of some problem with your phone.

Homeboy76 said:
If vendor "always" fails on your PXL3 you may want to find out why. Could be a symptom of some problem with your phone.
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I doubt that....happened with my xl2 as well....tried multiple PC's, ports, cables, etc. nothing seems to work so I have been using the OTA as that has been bulletproof thus far

Make your you have latest fastboot and adb, a good non usbc to usb c cable, boot into fastboot, flash all, profit. If your bootloader is unlock your good.

edx2000 said:
Thank you guys. I was able to make some progress but now I'm stuck somewhere else.
If I run flash-all, the error message I get is:
"Sending sparse 'vendor_a' 1/2 (262140 KB) FAILED (Error reading sparse file)
Finished. Total time: 108.152s
Press any key to exit..."
Alternatively, I tried sideload in recovery mode, and I get:
"E:footer is wrong
Update package verification took 0.2s
E:Signature verification failed
E:error:21
So it seems the zip I downloaded is corrupted? But I downloaded two different versions from Google Developers and both failed.
Any suggestions? I'm going to try it one more time with another computer.
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You should verify the crc checksums of the files you are using. There are many tools to do this and the signature is posted with each image. That, and like Badger says.. try a different cable (A to C). and try another PC. Google provides these image files to enable users who have unlocked their bootloader to completely restore the phone to it's factory state. I'm thinking the problem is with a corrupt image, a marginal cable, or the adb/fastboot setup on your PC/laptop. You don't need the complete Android SDK, only the standalone platform tools. The fact you have a working stock recovery and are bootloader unlocked means your likelihood of success is very high.

Badger50 said:
Have you also tried a 2.0 USB A to USB C cable, or a different set of cables period?
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Wow, using a USB A to C worked!!
Changing to another computer did nothing.
Thanks everybody!!

edx2000 said:
Wow, using a USB A to C worked!!
Changing to another computer did nothing.
Thanks everybody!![/QUOTGlad you got it working :good:!! Pixel 2 & 3 XL's definitely have something in common. They're both picky sons of guns when it comes to cables! :good:
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edx2000 said:
Wow, using a USB A to C worked!!
Changing to another computer did nothing.
Thanks everybody!!
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Pixel 3a here. Found this through a bit of intense google-fu. This did the trick. Hilarious that this was the source of it. Previously was using usbc to usbc on a win10 laptop and it failed at the same part mentioned here.
Sorry for the necro bump but I think it deserves a mention. Thanks everyone here

TWRP Freeze - close call?

Hi,
I had the bootloader unlocked on my 6.1 today.
Seemed to go well and guy was ver y professional.
Anyway connected my pc, and through adb rebooted to bootloader.
Phone entered download/fastboot mode.
Was recognised by my pc so I then booted into a temporary twrp - I got the image from the twrp site as compatible with the device.
Up came the twrp opening screen
--and that was that?
Did not go beyond this screen, and phone became completely unresponsive- not even holding power button for a minute helped.
Oh dear.
Fortunately, I left it for a couple of minutes and then held power and volume up for quite a while, and ''whew'' it booted fine, and is back to normal?
ANy ideas what I did wrong?
Many Thanks
pootler

pootler said:
Hi,
I had the bootloader unlocked on my 6.1 today.
Seemed to go well and guy was ver y professional.
Anyway connected my pc, and through adb rebooted to bootloader.
Phone entered download/fastboot mode.
Was recognised by my pc so I then booted into a temporary twrp - I got the image from the twrp site as compatible with the device.
Up came the twrp opening screen
--and that was that?
Did not go beyond this screen, and phone became completely unresponsive- not even holding power button for a minute helped.
Oh dear.
Fortunately, I left it for a couple of minutes and then held power and volume up for quite a while, and ''whew'' it booted fine, and is back to normal?
ANy ideas what I did wrong?
Many Thanks
pootler
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Ok so quick update
I decided to use a different recovery
I was installing lineages 17, so used their recovery.
Everything worked fine?

HI,
I obtained a nokia 6.1 recently.
I had the bootloader unlocked.
I then went to flash the latest ( official) lineage 17
I did all the usual stuff ( i am not a stranger to installing custom roms ), and then tried to temporarily boot into twrp, in order to flash the lineage zip.
I was using the twrp as recommended on lineage site for this device ( nokia 6.1 TA 1050 )
For some reason, after using fastboot boot twrp.img, ( I renamed the image) the phone just booted back to android one screen.?
I could use power/vol up, to get out and back to existing installation, but nothing else.
I then tried temporarily booting the lineage recovery. ( according to the lineage installation instructions)
This involves using a combination of ''fastboot flash boot'' and hardware keys to get there
This worked fine - and I was able to sideolad the lineage zip.
Problem is, if I want to flash images , and do other stuff the lineage recovery cant, i need twrp ( even temporarily).
After installing lineage 17, I tried again to get into twrp, with the same (non) results.
I was wonderinfg if I was getting confused about slots.
I believed that booting twrp temporarily would boot to the right slot? - maybe not.
I then decided to do fastboot flash boot_a, ( etc, ) and then fastboot flash boot_b, ( etc ) to make sure it would boot off either slot. With hindsight, this was dumb
That got me twrp., but lost me the ability to boot into the lineage installation.
After a bit of a panic, I managed to get back to my lineage install.
I have tried since to temporarily boot twrp ( not to both slots ), and am still getting the same results- it boots to the android one screen, and just sits there.
But - if I try to get to recovery using the hardware buttons, I can get to Lineage recovery - which I find strange, because I thought official lineage packages did not install their recovery by default?
Makes me wonder when I thought I had booted lineage recovery temporarily, that maybe I hadn't, and I just booted into a pre installed recovery using the hardware method.
I am probably doing something stupid ( quite common for me ), can anyone enlighten me ?
Many Thanks
pootler

O.k
So I think I found a method in the thread below this - on the third page
I will chek iif it works
Pootler

pootler said:
O.k
So I think I found a method in the thread below this - on the third page
I will chek iif it works
Pootler
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Yes - it appears that if you cannot boot into twrp temporarily , then this worked for me!
--at your own risk---
fastboot flash recovery <filename>.img
This will FAIL - but ignore and then right after,
fastboot boot <filename> .img
Voila - boots into TWRP temporarily.
Cheers
pootler

I wanted to ask what firmware you are running because I am having the exact same issue on my Pixel 3. I tried the final method you outlined but no luck. I'm running stock Android 10 build QQ3A.200805.001. I have the google USB driver from the platform sdk tools installed, I have ADB added to my $Path.
fastboot boot C:\twrp-3.3.0-0-blueline.img
Sending 'boot.img' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 0.251s]
Booting OKAY [ 3.451s]
Finished. Total time: 3.784s
Something strange happens, it looks like the reboot to TWRP screen comes on for an instant before going to the unlocked bootloader warning message. Then it proceeds to boot into the android screen instead of the recovery. No idea why, could it be the ADB drivers?

MigueTK said:
I wanted to ask what firmware you are running because I am having the exact same issue on my Pixel 3. I tried the final method you outlined but no luck. I'm running stock Android 10 build QQ3A.200805.001. I have the google USB driver from the platform sdk tools installed, I have ADB added to my $Path.
fastboot boot C:\twrp-3.3.0-0-blueline.img
Sending 'boot.img' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 0.251s]
Booting OKAY [ 3.451s]
Finished. Total time: 3.784s
Something strange happens, it looks like the reboot to TWRP screen comes on for an instant before going to the unlocked bootloader warning message. Then it proceeds to boot into the android screen instead of the recovery. No idea why, could it be the ADB drivers?
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HI,
I am sorry but my knowledge is really limited in this area - I wish you luck

pootler said:
HI,
I am sorry but my knowledge is really limited in this area - I wish you luck
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Thanks for the reply, I still haven't figured it out and am running a manually patched boot image for magisk without a recovery, fastbootd is "enough". Another weird thing is If I installed a custom Rom certain pixel features would be lost such as the OCR and lens integration into the recents menu, pixel stand standby and wallpapers. I love the features of a custom Rom but the overview copy and paste functions are a must have for me.

Well, I use Raghu Varma's unofficial TWRP. It works like a charm, I've had no issues with it so far. Just be careful to choose the correct one between the build for Android 10 and the one for Android 11 -- I think that got me into trouble once, can't remember clearly.