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Format partitions in fastboot mode

Hi, my kf2 is stucked at fastboot, i'm not able to boot into recovery or system, i have succesfully installed fff-1.4a using a factory cable (because it was bricked with the stock bootloader) and have installed the otter2-twrp-2.4.4.0-recovery.img from hashcode..
It boots and i see the blue kindle logo, and have a menu, but when i select recevery it just turns on the amber light and stays there, i have left it for about 5 minutes waiting to see if it get to revery with no luck.
I tried this:
Code:
sudo fastboot -i 0x18d1 getvar product
< waiting for device >
product: kindle
finished. total time: 0.000s
sudo fastboot -i 0x18d1 oem format
...
OKAY [ 0.068s]
finished. total time: 0.068s
Then
Code:
sudo fastboot -i 0x18d1 flash boot fff-u-boot_v1.4a.bin
< waiting for device >
sending 'boot' (243 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.065s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.051s]
finished. total time: 0.115s
sudo fastboot reboot
rebooting...
sudo fastboot -i 0x18d1 flash boot fff-u-boot_v1.4a.bin
< waiting for device >
sending 'boot' (243 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.065s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.051s]
finished. total time: 0.115s
It succeed as you can see, it has the fff bootloader and twrp recovery is installed!!
Then i tried
Code:
sudo fastboot -i 0x18d1 flash zip cm-10.1-20130704-NIGHTLY-otter2.zip
< waiting for device >
sending 'zip' (155204 KB)...
OKAY [ 38.806s]
writing 'zip'...
FAILED (remote: partition does not exist)
finished. total time: 38.813s
It seem like a partition table problem maybe because i'm trying to install Cyanogenmod and not a stock image...
I think maybe i must reformat the partitions but i only have access to fastboot and i have read the documentation of Android Fastboot in OmapPedia but i'm not sure it's a "generic" information and don't want to mess up things more.
I have read many trheads in the forum but all of them use adb and there's not a thread with instructions about it..
Or maybe i need to flash all the images (system, kernel, etc..) with fastboot but i don't know where to get it, the main problem is that i'm not able to boot into recovery and maybe that point to the real problem
Any help is appreciated !!
Thank's

You can't write CyanogenMod from fast boot.
Sounds like somewhere in there you formatted the system partition. You need the stack file on the system partition in order to boot into recovery.
Restore to stock using fast boot and try again.
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How?
mindmajick said:
You can't write CyanogenMod from fast boot.
Sounds like somewhere in there you formatted the system partition. You need the stack file on the system partition in order to boot into recovery.
Restore to stock using fast boot and try again.
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Maybe it is the problem as fastboot oem format seems to do the job...
I have downloaded the stock update-kindle-6.3.2_D01E_4110520.bin, please can you point to the thread explainig how to do that using fastboot or it's just as easy as rename the file to update.zip and flash it directly?
Edited: also i'm not completely sure it's a kf2 and can't get a hint on how to discover it without knowing the is version :banghead: I've looked one the motherboard and is a MB0090 F3F.
I've downloaded the stock bin for the kf2 too...
Thank' for your quick reply

Well. If you have a kf2... The update you downloaded is wrong. IT'S FOR THE ORIGINAL KINDLE FIRE.
Without knowing what device u have u better slow down a sec. Any advice i give COULD permabrick u of you're on the wrong device.
What color was the BOX it came in? What is the model# on the back? (Same for kf1 AND 2 BUT NOT THE KF HD 7" OR 8").
Be advised- this device is EASY TO BRICK. BE CAREFUL.
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Also. The correct update file wont work either.
You can only flash image files from fastboot.
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It's apparent you have a KF1 and not a KF2. The command "fastboot -i 0x18d1..." would not work on the KF2 because it still has the stock bootloader (unless something miraculous happened while I was AFK). The stock bootloader has a VID of 1949, and will not answer to commands using a different VID. 18d1 is Goggle's VID and is indicative of having FFF installed (KF1 only).
BTW, the "-i 0x18d1" part is completely unnecessary on FFF.
That's not your biggest problem though....
Code:
sudo fastboot -i 0x18d1 flash boot fff-u-boot_v1.4a.bin
That command is completely wrong. What you're doing there is flashing the bootloader (fff-u-boot_v1.4a.bin) to the boot (kernel) partition. Obviously, there is no way that could possibly would work out for you. After the "fastboot" portion of the command, you need to specify what you want done with the image in question: flash or boot. "Flash" is persistent, "boot" is for one boot only. In the next part of the command, you need to specify which partition the image in question goes to; bootloader, recovery, boot, etc.
What you need to do is get an actual recovery.img and flash it to your recovery partition before you can even think of accessing said recovery to flash a ROM and get your device working again.

soupmagnet said:
It's apparent you have a KF1 and not a KF2. The command "fastboot -i 0x18d1..." would not work on the KF2 because it still has the stock bootloader (unless something miraculous happened while I was AFK). The stock bootloader has a VID of 1949, and will not answer to commands using a different VID. 18d1 is Goggle's VID and is indicative of having FFF installed (KF1 only).
BTW, the "-i 0x18d1" part is completely unnecessary on FFF.
That's not your biggest problem though....
Code:
sudo fastboot -i 0x18d1 flash boot fff-u-boot_v1.4a.bin
That command is completely wrong. What you're doing there is flashing the bootloader (fff-u-boot_v1.4a.bin) to the boot (kernel) partition. Obviously, there is no way that could possibly would work out for you. After the "fastboot" portion of the command, you need to specify what you want done with the image in question: flash or boot. "Flash" is persistent, "boot" is for one boot only. In the next part of the command, you need to specify which partition the image in question goes to; bootloader, recovery, boot, etc.
What you need to do is get an actual recovery.img and flash it to your recovery partition before you can even think of accessing said recovery to flash a ROM and get your device working again.
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Well you are completely right!! Didn't realize I was flashing it to the kernel partition, I bought this on eBay and it was already bricked, when I used the factory cable first time I got a lab26 device, and it was a 1949 so, if I'm right it's a kf2.
I've already flashed a twrp recovery but it won't boot.. I'll try sintering else and post the results here
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LUC4X said:
when I used the factory cable first time I got a lab26 device, and it was a 1949 so, if I'm right it's a kf2.
I've already flashed a twrp recovery but it won't boot.. I'll try sintering else and post the results here
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No. The stock bootloader on all generations and variants of Kindle Fires have vendor IDs of 1949. The fact that your device responds to the "fastboot -i 0x18d1..." clearly means you have a custom bootloader installed in its place. If you have an actual custom bootloader installed (not 2nd bootloader) then you clearly cannot possibly have a KF2.
In this thread, you say you have installed recovery twice, but the information given seems to suggest otherwise.
So to try and get to the root of the problem, what is the exact command you used to install custom recovery, and what custom recovery (version) did you install?

Glad you are here soupmagnet!
I didn't even look at the commands he was using but i definitely learned stuff from your posts. Thanks again
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No. The stock bootloader on all generations and variants of Kindle Fires have vendor IDs of 1949. The fact that your device responds to the "fastboot -i 0x18d1..." clearly means you have a custom bootloader installed in its place. If you have an actual custom bootloader installed (not 2nd bootloader) then you clearly cannot possibly have a KF2.
In this thread, you say you have installed recovery twice, but the information given seems to suggest otherwise.
So to try and get to the root of the problem, what is the exact command you used to install custom recovery, and what custom recovery (version) did you install?
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Sorry guys i was out of town...
These are the commands (bootloader & recovery) i've used till now:
sudo fastboot -i 0x18d1 flash bootloader fff-u-boot_v1.4a.bin
< waiting for device >
sending 'bootloader' (243 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.065s]
writing 'bootloader'...
OKAY [ 0.083s]
finished. total time: 0.148s
sudo fastboot -i 0x18d1 flash recovery otter2-twrp-2.4.4.0-recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (8153 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.042s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 2.705s]
finished. total time: 4.748s
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Also tryed the twrp from teamw's site in both versions (otter & blaze) just to make sure, by issuing the following commands:
sudo fastboot -i 0x18d1 flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-blaze.img
< waiting for device >
sending 'recovery' (6144 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.540s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 1.514s]
finished. total time: 3.054s
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With this, when i reboot and select the recovery it turns on the amber light for 2 seconds and shuts down.
Then when i install the other recovery version (blaze from teamw):
sudo fastboot -i 0x18d1 flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-otter.img
< waiting for device >
sending 'recovery' (6144 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.540s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.684s]
finished. total time: 2.224s
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When select recovery i get the same result: amber light for 2 seconds and turns off.
And with hashcode otter2-twrp-2.4.4.0-recovery.img:
sudo fastboot -i 0x18d1 flash recovery otter2-twrp-2.4.4.0-recovery.img
< waiting for device >
sending 'recovery' (8153 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.042s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.894s]
finished. total time: 2.937s
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It hangs on amber light and i have to manually turn it off holding the power buttom for 10 seconds...
So you think it is a kf1 based on the device id?, it shows that id after i installed the fff-u-boot_v1.4a.bin from hashcode that i intended for the kf2...
Well, based on that i have installed a kf1 bootloader:
Downloaded the Kindle Fire Utility v0.9.9.zip from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192818
Unzipped it (as i'm GNU/Linux)
"Grepped" recursively till find the web address to download files from
Downloaded fff-u-boot_v1.4a.bin
Downloaded openrecovery-twrp-2.4.4.0-blaze.img
Followed the install procedure
Same result !!, still can't get it to boot into recovery...
Really i hope someone here can point me to the right direction to fix this tablet, can't figure out what's wrong with kf(?)

LUC4X said:
So you think it is a kf1 based on the device id?, it shows that id after i installed the fff-u-boot_v1.4a.bin from hashcode that i intended for the kf2...
Well, based on that i have installed a kf1 bootloader:
Downloaded the Kindle Fire Utility v0.9.9.zip from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192818
Unzipped it (as i'm GNU/Linux)
"Grepped" recursively till find the web address to download files from
Downloaded fff-u-boot_v1.4a.bin
Downloaded openrecovery-twrp-2.4.4.0-blaze.img
Followed the install procedure
Same result !!, still can't get it to boot into recovery...
Really i hope someone here can point me to the right direction to fix this tablet, can't figure out what's wrong with kf(?)
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Lets get a few things clear right off the bat. The file named fff-u-boot_v1.4a.bin is the custom bootloader for the KF1. The bootloader flashed in the KF2 2nd bootloader installation is named otter2-u-boot-prod-10.2.4.bin. If you flash the fff-u-boot_v1.4a.bin (FFF1.4a) onto a KF2, you would end up with something that is slightly less useful than a doorstop.
Why you re-installed it is a mystery to me. You already had FFF1.4a installed. I know this (as I explained earlier) by the fact that your commands, using the "-i 0x18d1" switch, were successful. If you had a stock bootloader, no commands containing that particular vendor ID would work at all. If you had a KF2, there is absolutely NO WAY you would have a device that responds to fastboot commands using "-i 0x18d1". Even with a modified KF2, with 2nd bootloader installed, the vendor ID would still be 1949 and all fastboot commands must include "-i 0x1949" or they will not work. You can confirm the fact that you have FireFireFire installed by entering a fastboot command without adding "i- 0x18d1". With FireFireFire (KF1 only), the commands will still work because it is unnecessary to specify the vendor ID.
That being said, I'm not entirely sure what's going on with TWRP using both "otter" and "blaze" for the board name (I think it has something to do with Goo Manager?), but anything you get from the TWRP website should work for the KF1 (for the time being at least). Anything you get from Hashcode will be for the 2nd generation KFs.
I would suggest, to avoid complicating things any further, that you download Cannibal Open Touch recovery, confirm that the MD5sums match after downloading, and flash it to recovery in fastboot. COTR only works for the KF1 (not made for the 2nd Generation devices yet) so there is "practically" no way you can get the wrong one. If that works and you still want to try TWRP, download the one for Blaze, check the MD5 (as you should with everything), and try flashing it in recovery again.
If you still can't get your device to boot into recovery, try the command again, but replace the word "flash" with the word "boot" and leave out the partition (i.e. 'fastboot boot openrecovery-twrp-2.4.4.0-blaze.img'). If the device boots into recovery, then you know you have the right one and you may have bad blocks in your recovery partition preventing it from booting, but you won't know for sure without checking a few things out first.

Followed your instructions and get the same result...
Maybe i should install a complete system from fastboot and let it try to boot, but where can i get those files?
What do you think?

soupmagnet said:
Lets get a few things clear right off the bat. The file named fff-u-boot_v1.4a.bin is the custom bootloader for the KF1. The bootloader flashed in the KF2 2nd bootloader installation is named otter2-u-boot-prod-10.2.4.bin. If you flash the fff-u-boot_v1.4a.bin (FFF1.4a) onto a KF2, you would end up with something that is slightly less useful than a doorstop.
Why you re-installed it is a mystery to me. You already had FFF1.4a installed. I know this (as I explained earlier) by the fact that your commands, using the "-i 0x18d1" switch, were successful. If you had a stock bootloader, no commands containing that particular vendor ID would work at all. If you had a KF2, there is absolutely NO WAY you would have a device that responds to fastboot commands using "-i 0x18d1". Even with a modified KF2, with 2nd bootloader installed, the vendor ID would still be 1949 and all fastboot commands must include "-i 0x1949" or they will not work. You can confirm the fact that you have FireFireFire installed by entering a fastboot command without adding "i- 0x18d1". With FireFireFire (KF1 only), the commands will still work because it is unnecessary to specify the vendor ID.
That being said, I'm not entirely sure what's going on with TWRP using both "otter" and "blaze" for the board name (I think it has something to do with Goo Manager?), but anything you get from the TWRP website should work for the KF1 (for the time being at least). Anything you get from Hashcode will be for the 2nd generation KFs.
I would suggest, to avoid complicating things any further, that you download Cannibal Open Touch recovery, confirm that the MD5sums match after downloading, and flash it to recovery in fastboot. COTR only works for the KF1 (not made for the 2nd Generation devices yet) so there is "practically" no way you can get the wrong one. If that works and you still want to try TWRP, download the one for Blaze, check the MD5 (as you should with everything), and try flashing it in recovery again.
If you still can't get your device to boot into recovery, try the command again, but replace the word "flash" with the word "boot" and leave out the partition (i.e. 'fastboot boot openrecovery-twrp-2.4.4.0-blaze.img'). If the device boots into recovery, then you know you have the right one and you may have bad blocks in your recovery partition preventing it from booting, but you won't know for sure without checking a few things out first.
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Followed your instructions and get the same result...
Maybe i should install a complete system from fastboot and let it try to boot, i've found you uploaded a system.img to androidfilehost...
What do you think?

I posted that ages ago. I'm not even sure what device it's for.
Check the file size. If it's around 350MB go ahead. If it's closer to 500MB then it's probably for the HD.
I can't imagine why you couldn't load recovery using the 'fastboot boot recovery.img' command. Did you receive any errors when trying?

soupmagnet said:
I posted that ages ago. I'm not even sure what device it's for.
Check the file size. If it's around 350MB go ahead. If it's closer to 500MB then it's probably for the HD.
I can't imagine why you couldn't load recovery using the 'fastboot boot recovery.img' command. Did you receive any errors when trying?
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There's not error message, this is the output:
Code:
sudo fastboot boot CannibalOpenTouch-v2.1_otter.img
< waiting for device >
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.394s]
booting...
OKAY [ 0.004s]
finished. total time: 1.398s
But it never boots up and stays off.
I'm seriously thinking it may be a hardware failure but i wont give up until i'm completely sure about it.. that's why i though i should reformat partitions at the first time but the fastboot oem format command "seems" to work, perhaps it takes very short time to execute 0.068s and it is a very short time, so i though maybe it isn't really formatting anything, is it a "normal time"?
Right now i'm downloading the file it's 380MB maybe something good could happen!!
I'll try the following and will post the results:
Code:
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot

LUC4X said:
There's not error message, this is the output:
Code:
sudo fastboot boot CannibalOpenTouch-v2.1_otter.img
< waiting for device >
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.394s]
booting...
OKAY [ 0.004s]
finished. total time: 1.398s
But it never boots up and stays off.
I'm seriously thinking it may be a hardware failure but i wont give up until i'm completely sure about it.. that's why i though i should reformat partitions at the first time but the fastboot oem format command "seems" to work, perhaps it takes very short time to execute 0.068s and it is a very short time, so i though maybe it isn't really formatting anything, is it a "normal time"?
Right now i'm downloading the file it's 380MB maybe something good could happen!!
I'll try the following and will post the results:
Code:
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
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The command 'fastboot oem format' will only make sure the partition layout is stock, it does not format the partitions themselves. The information within the limits of the partitions will remain untouched, so it won't do you much good in this situation. The only way to properly format any partition is with recovery (or 'parted' which is usually run from recovery anyway). Your situation is rather unique because the "fastboot boot' command doesn't write anything to the recovery partition. It loads the disk image you choose, into active memory, as if your computer were a separate partition on which that image is stored. There shouldn't be any reason for it to not work properly.
Try to flash the system partition you downloaded and see how it goes. I would also suggest that you make absolutely sure the md5sums match before installing any image to your device, including the recovery images you downloaded before.

soupmagnet said:
The command 'fastboot oem format' will only make sure the partition layout is stock, it does not format the partitions themselves. The information within the limits of the partitions will remain untouched, so it won't do you much good in this situation. The only way to properly format any partition is with recovery (or 'parted' which is usually run from recovery anyway). Your situation is rather unique because the "fastboot boot' command doesn't write anything to the recovery partition. It loads the disk image you choose, into active memory, as if your computer were a separate partition on which that image is stored. There shouldn't be any reason for it to not work properly.
Try to flash the system partition you downloaded and see how it goes. I would also suggest that you make absolutely sure the md5sums match before installing any image to your device, including the recovery images you downloaded before.
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Code:
sudo fastboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (389120 KB)...
OKAY [ 97.308s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 36.819s]
finished. total time: 134.131s
sudo fastboot erase userdata
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [116.935s]
finished. total time: 116.935s
sudo fastboot erase cache
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 29.189s]
finished. total time: 29.189s
sudo fastboot reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.000s
Must be hardware, it's sad... if it where a SMD flash memory i would try to changed it but it's a tyni BGA chip...
Thank you very much for your help

I wouldn't give up just yet. You can still try to usbboot, using the shorting trick.

soupmagnet said:
I wouldn't give up just yet. You can still try to usbboot, using the shorting trick.
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I'll try tonight !!
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soupmagnet said:
I wouldn't give up just yet. You can still try to usbboot, using the shorting trick.
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./usb_fix_parts_and_install_fff_twrp
Loading FFF through USB...
?
waiting for OMAP44xx device...
sending 2ndstage to target...
waiting for 2ndstage response...
sending image to target...
Fixing partitions...
< waiting for device >
... OKAY
Installing x-loader...
sending 'xloader' (128 KB)... OKAY
writing 'xloader'... OKAY
Flash FFF...
sending 'bootloader' (211 KB)... OKAY
writing 'bootloader'... OKAY
Flash TWRP...
sending 'recovery' (5260 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... OKAY
Resetting bootmode to standard boot...
... OKAY
Loading TWRP...
downloading 'boot.img'... OKAY
booting... OKAY
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Same as before, it won't reboot after sending the boot to recovery command and if try to get into recovery it turns off after an amber light..

LUC4X said:
Followed your instructions and get the same result...
Maybe i should install a complete system from fastboot and let it try to boot, but where can i get those files?
What do you think?
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At the begining i saw you were using "fastboot flash zip...." that's wrong command.. should be "fastboot flash update xxxx.zip"
so if you find the totally package, youcan use it.
also you has mixture the boot.img and bootloader.bin..
recovery is not needed if you can flash the right bootloader and boot.:laugh:

[Q] Fastboot isn't working, neither is recovery...

I want to return my at&t m8 back to stock (currently on stock rooted with one bad mod installed) so I can give the phone to my father. I dont have S-OFF and dont care about resetting the tamper flag. I have tried many methods to do so, the first being fastboot flashing the stock recovery, then fastboot oem lock, rebooting bootloader, then running the AT&T RUU. After i tried this several times, i noticed that the stock recovery never gets flashed even though it reports 'okay':
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fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 1830723584 bytes
sending 'recovery' (24576 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.789s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.896s]
Fastboot reboot-bootloader (both the cli command and if you go select reboot fastboot on the phone) also doesn't work, it reboots the phone normally.
Seems weird that the flash doesn't happen and that reboot-bootloader doesnt work, but nonetheless i try another method restoring a stock nandroid from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376 . I followed the steps, fastboot erase cache --> fastboot flash boot boot.emmc.win --> fastboot erase cache --> reboot to recovery and restore nandroid --> reboot phone. ANNDDD.... somehow I'm still on the same System/ROM as I was before all this. Also worth noting, any files I push with adb are gone after a reboot. Not sure what is going on but any help would be appreciated.

So you have root permission right ?
Try downloading the stock recovery to the device and flash it with an app called "Flashify" or sense you know how to fastboot maybe try the "dd" method using Terminal emulator to push the stock recovery assuming you know the block where recovery lives [ mmcblk0p43 ]

jball said:
So you have root permission right ?
Try downloading the stock recovery to the device and flash it with an app called "Flashify" or sense you know how to fastboot maybe try the "dd" method using Terminal emulator to push the stock recovery assuming you know the block where recovery lives [ mmcblk0p43 ]
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Yes I have root.
Unfortunately anything that has to be done from the phone that isn't in the boot loader or recovery, is not an option at this point because it's in a boot loop (makes it to lock screen and then reboots). Sometimes it stops the loops and works for awhile, so if it does I'll give this a shot. However, is there any other method via adb/Fastboot over USB or TWRP?

Do you get the phone's ID (don't post it, just say yes or no) in response when you type: fastboot devices
If not, you have a fastboot connectivity issue. Try to re-install HTC Sync and HTC drivers.
You don't need to flash stock recovery to RUU. I think you might be mixing up your guides/methods. But if you don't have fastboot connectivity (which I suspect is the issue), you won't be able to relock the bootloader and RUU, anyway.
You can also use the bootable RUU here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-htc-one-m8/general/att-2-23-502-3-bootable-ruu-pc-required-t2860486'
But again, you need to relock the bootloader first.

redpoint73 said:
Do you get the phone's ID (don't post it, just say yes or no) in response when you type: fastboot devices
If not, you have a fastboot connectivity issue. Try to re-install HTC Sync and HTC drivers.
You don't need to flash stock recovery to RUU. I think you might be mixing up your guides/methods. But if you don't have fastboot connectivity (which I suspect is the issue), you won't be able to relock the bootloader and RUU, anyway.
You can also use the bootable RUU here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-htc-one-m8/general/att-2-23-502-3-bootable-ruu-pc-required-t2860486'
But again, you need to relock the bootloader first.
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Device id shows when i run fastboot devices . I am Positive the fastboot connectivity is not the issue here. So i am attempting to use the bootalble RUU. Since I am S-On though, I have to relock the bootloader first. When I run fastboot oem lock I get this:
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(bootloader) [PGFS] partition_update_pgfs: pg1fs_security
(bootloader) Lock successfully...
(bootloader) deinit_lcd
(bootloader) mipi display off
(bootloader) mdp_clock_off
(bootloader) turn off fd8c2308 failed 1 times. Try again...
(bootloader) disable_mmss_clk done
(bootloader) pll1_disable done
(bootloader) TZ_HTC_SVC_DISABLE ret = 536739196 (0x1FFDFD7C)
(bootloader) [CRITICAL] SPMI write command failure: cmd_id = 0, error
(bootloader) = 4
(bootloader) [CRITICAL] SPMI write command failure: cmd_id = 0, error
(bootloader) = 4
(bootloader) [INFO] Rebooting device
ERROR: usb_read failed with status e00002ed
FAILED (status read failed (No such file or directory))
finished. total time: 1.126s
And then it reboots the phone normally, it goes into its loop, I go back to bootloader, and it still shows unlocked.
Just noticed that if i run "fastboot getvar all" the "version-main" is blank. Weird...?

cojomojo said:
Just noticed that if i run "fastboot getvar all" the "version-main" is blank. Weird...?
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This is very common, usually caused by older TWRP versions. Shouldn't effect anything you are trying to do, I don't think.
Its odd that fastboot devices works, but fastboot oem lock fails.
Try re-installing HTC drivers, and maybe re-installing your fastboot/adb package.

redpoint73 said:
This is very common, usually caused by older TWRP versions. Shouldn't effect anything you are trying to do, I don't think.
Its odd that fastboot devices works, but fastboot oem lock fails.
Try re-installing HTC drivers, and maybe re-installing your fastboot/adb package.
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Tried reinstalling drivers and fastboot/adb AND tried installing it all on a Windows box (im on a mac) and the result is the same. I think its safe to rule out an issue with fastboot/adb connection. Any other ideas?
EDIT:
To clarify, I have tried this both natively on a Mac and on a PC.

cojomojo said:
Tried reinstalling drivers and fastboot/adb AND tried installing it all on a Windows box (im on a mac) and the result is the same. I think its safe to rule out an issue with fastboot/adb connection. Any other ideas?
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Try flashing the boot.img for your device from fastboot
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407584494

jball said:
Try flashing the boot.img for your device from fastboot
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407584494
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Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 1830707200 bytes
sending 'boot' (16384 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.868s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.547s]
finished. total time: 2.416s
Ok... looks good.... so I reboot, try to fastboot oem lock.... same issue as before. Tried to fastboot flash the stock recovery... says successful... still have TWRP. I went into TWRP, erased system, cache, etc. Reboot the phone, and its all there still. What the heck is going on.

cojomojo said:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 1830707200 bytes
sending 'boot' (16384 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.868s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.547s]
finished. total time: 2.416s
Ok... looks good.... so I reboot, try to fastboot oem lock.... same issue as before. Tried to fastboot flash the stock recovery... says successful... still have TWRP. I went into TWRP, erased system, cache, etc. Reboot the phone, and its all there still. What the heck is going on.
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After each flash "reboot bootloader"
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Than try booting to recovery from hboot
I don't think you can flash recoveries with the bootloader locked if its locking when you fastboot oem lock,I do believe you can lock the bootloader with a custom recovery flashed before hand.

jball said:
After each flash "reboot bootloader"
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Than try booting to recovery from hboot
I don't think you can flash recoveries with the bootloader locked if its locking when you fastboot oem lock,I do believe you can lock the bootloader with a custom recovery flashed before hand.
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Ok so, i followed that exactly. I ended up in TWRP still. Here is what I did:
Code:
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 1830711296 bytes
sending 'boot' (16384 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.855s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.547s]
finished. total time: 2.402s
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.011s]
finished. total time: 0.011s
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 1830711296 bytes
sending 'recovery' (24576 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.621s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.897s]
finished. total time: 2.517s
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.010s]
finished. total time: 0.010s
Every fastboot reboot-bootloader booted the phone normally. Even tried the "reboot fastboot" option via the device. I still did the steps as you said despite this abnormality, and I ended up in TWRP still. somehow. Tried to wipe the System, Dalvik, Cache, and Data 5 times in TWRP... the phone still boots to its old system, and all the files reappear. I also tried reflashing Chainfire's SuperSU. It reported successful, tried all the fastboot and TWRP stuff again, and the same issue prevails.
Oh, and I have tried multiple USB cables for the hell of it.

cojomojo said:
Ok so, i followed that exactly. I ended up in TWRP still. Here is what I did:
Code:
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 1830711296 bytes
sending 'boot' (16384 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.855s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.547s]
finished. total time: 2.402s
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.011s]
finished. total time: 0.011s
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 1830711296 bytes
sending 'recovery' (24576 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.621s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.897s]
finished. total time: 2.517s
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.010s]
finished. total time: 0.010s
Every fastboot reboot-bootloader booted the phone normally. Even tried the "reboot fastboot" option via the device. I still did the steps as you said despite this abnormality, and I ended up in TWRP still. somehow. Tried to wipe the System, Dalvik, Cache, and Data 5 times in TWRP... the phone still boots to its old system, and all the files reappear. I also tried reflashing Chainfire's SuperSU. It reported successful, tried all the fastboot and TWRP stuff again, and the same issue prevails.
Oh, and I have tried multiple USB cables for the hell of it.
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K you said you use a type of virtual machine right.
Try installing adb/fastboot directly to your Mac and run the fastboot-mac commands and hope for a better outcome

jball said:
K you said you use a type of virtual machine right.
Try installing adb/fastboot directly to your Mac and run the fastboot-mac commands and hope for a better outcome
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No, I dont use a virtual machine. I have adb/fastboot installed directly on my mac, and its failed. I also installed adb/fastboot on another computer I have, which runs Windows 8.1, and it fails with the same errors. I could see why you thought I meant virtual machine, so I added an edit to that post. But to clarify, I am not using a virtual machine.

cojomojo said:
No, I dont use a virtual machine. I have adb/fastboot installed directly on my mac, and its failed. I also installed adb/fastboot on another computer I have, which runs Windows 8.1, and it fails with the same errors. I could see why you thought I meant virtual machine, so I added an edit to that post. But to clarify, I am not using a virtual machine.
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One more ridiculous question I need to ask
Do you have fastboot unchecked through your battery/power settings
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@cojomojo
If nothing else works maybe try what I have over in here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2586472

cojomojo said:
Tried reinstalling drivers and fastboot/adb AND tried installing it all on a Windows box (im on a mac) and the result is the same. I think its safe to rule out an issue with fastboot/adb connection. Any other ideas?
EDIT:
To clarify, I have tried this both natively on a Mac and on a PC.
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Strange, fastboot problems are most often a driver issue. But I agree, if you've tried it natively on Mac and PC, it would seem that drivers is not the cause.
Out of curiosity, what ROM is running on the phone currently?

jball said:
One more ridiculous question I need to ask
Do you have fastboot unchecked through your battery/power settings
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I am trying to check to see if maybe fast boot is on. I suppose it is a possibility, now I just need the phone to stay on long enough to check.
redpoint73 said:
Out of curiosity, what ROM is running on the phone currently?
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Running stock rooted, with one mod installed (wifi tethering). It is the 50% of the problem because it is causing the reboot loop i mentioned earlier.
******* Update **********
"Fast Boot" is turned on in battery/power settings. However, I turned it off, rebooted, and its back on. Tried multiple times and it won't stick. Thanks to all sticking with helping me out here, even as we approach 3 pages

@cojomojo
Post an update if and when you fix it and what you did to fix it so others might pass in and learn.
I'm still racking my brain thinking of any possibilities it could still be

jball said:
@cojomojo
Post an update if and when you fix it and what you did to fix it so others might pass in and learn.
I'm still racking my brain thinking of any possibilities it could still be
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Will do for sure. Thanks for your help! I'm thinking I might try and get the phone on long enough to try flashify or something. Maybe try and get s-off???

Are you absolutely sure the bootloader is currently unlocked and you didn't previously re lock it, does it state so in the bootloader screen?
If you can still get into twrp then try flashing a nandroid back to stock from the stock backup thread. I'd also be trying a different cable regardless of whether you think the one you're using is okay.

ashyx said:
Are you absolutely sure the bootloader is currently unlocked and you didn't previously re lock it? If you can still get into twrp then try flashing a nandroid back to stock from the stock backup thread. I'd also be trying a different cable regardless of whether you think the one you're using is okay.
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Bootloader says unlocked... so I assume it is unlocked. I suppose I could go through the unlock process again, but it definitely says "unlocked". Also TWRP flashing/restoring/anything does absolutely nothing. And I have tried 3 cables and 2 computers.
*** CLARIFICATION ****
I can get into TWRP fine, and I can restore, flash ROMS, whatever... BUT even though they report okay with 0 errors, everything stays the same, i.e. nothing in TWRP actually works. Same with Fastboot.

Completely Bricked?

All know is I can only boot into Fastboot Mode and Stock Recovery mode, but every way I try to get the flash the stock rom or TWRP won't work.
Device state is unlocked.
Reinstalled Google Drivers.
I will use taimen-opm1.171019.013-factory-6d9954c3
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.32
Revision eac51f2bb6a8-android
fastboot version eac51f2bb6a8-android
Unified Android Toolkit:
Booting TWRP recovery-twrp-3.2.1.0-taimen.img ..
downloading 'boot.img'...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.007s
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Cannot flash TWRP
PS C:\adb> fastboot devices
711KPVH0902199 fastboot
PS C:\adb> fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
sending 'recovery' (40960 KB)...
FAILED (remote: Requested download size is more than max allowed)
finished. total time: 0.009s
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ADB sideload
PS C:\adb> adb sideload C:\taimen\taimen-opm1.171019.013-factory-6d9954c3.zip
loading: 'C:\taimen\taimen-opm1.171019.013-factory-6d9954c3.zip'
* cannot read 'C:\taimen\taimen-opm1.171019.013-factory-6d9954c3.zip' *
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If I use flash-all.bat:
sending 'bootloader' (36344 KB)...
FAILED (unknown status code)
finished. total time: 343.328s.
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If I use flash-all command in cmd:
PS C:\Users\tiger\Desktop\tamien> flash-all
error: cannot load 'bootloader-taimen-tmz10n.img'
rebooting into bootloader...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.007s
error: cannot load 'radio-taimen-g8998-00122-1708311414.img'
rebooting into bootloader...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.007s
W/ ( 9820): Unable to open 'image-taimen-opd1.170816.025.zip': No such file or directory
error: failed to open zip file 'image-taimen-opd1.170816.025.zip': I/O Error
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Do you have the latest adb downloaded from Google?
Also, there is no recovery partition any longer, it's built in to the boot partition.
You can try the command "fastboot boot TWRP.img" to boot to TWRP.

azntiger said:
All know is I can only boot into Fastboot Mode and Stock Recovery mode, but every way I try to get the flash the stock rom or TWRP won't work. Device state is unlocked.
Unified Android Toolkit:
Cannot flash TWRP
ADB sideload
If I use flash-all.bat:
If I use flash-all command in cmd:
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First, have you read this? https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/how-to/guide-unlock-flash-root-pixel-2-xl-t3702418
Second, are your SDK platform-tools up to date??
Have you taken an OTA?
Your twrp command is wrong like the post after yours stated.
Did you give both bootloader unlock commands?
fastboot flashing unlock
And
fastboot flashing unlock_critical

ilal2ielli said:
Do you have the latest are downloaded from Google?
Also, there is no recovery partition any longer, it's built in to the boot partition.
You can try the command "fastboot boot TWRP.img" to boot to TWRP.
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Yes. I reinstalled Google Drivers. I'm using taimen-opd1.170816.025-factory-907c4030.
I tried boot twrp.img, but it just hangs during the downloading boot.img.
PS C:\adb> fastboot devices
711KPVH0902199 fastboot
PS C:\adb> fastboot boot twrp.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
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azntiger said:
Yes. I reinstalled Google Drivers. I'm using taimen-opd1.170816.025-factory-907c4030.
I tried boot twrp.img, but it just hangs during the downloading boot.img.
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Why are you trying to flash the November build?

Badger50 said:
Why are you trying to flash the November build?
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8.1 causes my proximity sensor to malfunction. The screen wouldn't turn on back on after a call. Alway-on didn't work because it thought the proximity sensor was blocked.

azntiger said:
8.1 causes my proximity sensor to malfunction. The screen wouldn't turn on back on after a call. Alway-on didn't work because it thought the proximity sensor was blocked.
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That's a phone app problem. Either uninstall the phone app update, or find the phone app 16.0 on apk mirror. However, if you want to downgrade, look here.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/forum....-2-xl/help/downgrade-8-1-to-8-0-t3726641/amp/

Badger50 said:
That's a phone app problem. Either uninstall the phone app update, or find the phone app 16.0 on apk mirror. However, if you want to downgrade, look here.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/forum....-2-xl/help/downgrade-8-1-to-8-0-t3726641/amp/
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I'll take a look if I can get my phone working again lol.
Badger50 said:
First, have you read this? https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/how-to/guide-unlock-flash-root-pixel-2-xl-t3702418
Second, are your SDK platform-tools up to date??
Have you taken an OTA?
Your twrp command is wrong like the post after yours stated.
Did you give both bootloader unlock commands?
fastboot flashing unlock
And
fastboot flashing unlock_critical
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SDK is up to date.
Not sure what you mean by "taken" an OTA.
So now I have a device null, but fastboot devices is seen.
"fastboot flashing unlock" hangs, but I imagine that's because no device was found?
PS C:\Users\tiger\Desktop\Pixel> fastboot devices
711KPVH0902199 fastboot
PS C:\Users\tiger\Desktop\Pixel> adb reboot bootloader
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
error: device '(null)' not found
PS C:\Users\tiger\Desktop\Pixel> fastboot flashing unlock
...
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azntiger said:
I'll take a look if I can get my phone working again lol.
SDK is up to date.
Not sure what you mean by "taken" an OTA.
So now I have a device null, but fastboot devices is seen.
"fastboot flashing unlock" hangs, but I imagine that's because no device was found?
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You may have to use this to get back on track my friend.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pi...ol-deuces-bootloop-recovery-flashing-t3704761

I'm not entirely sure what the issue is (it could be a couple of things), but here are some issues that I see to help you troubleshoot:
1. Adb commands don't work in bootloader mode, only fastboot commands, which is why your device is visible to fastboot and not adb.
2. The file that you tried to adb sideload was a factory image, not an OTA. Adb sideload can only be used with OTA images. And even if you were using an OTA image, OTA images cannot be used to downgrade to a previous firmware version.
3. The latest version of adb is 1.0.39. You are using an older version. That fact itself doesn't really matter since adb will not help you in this situation, but fastboot will and if your adb is obsolete, I'd be willing to bet that your fastboot is too. Pixel 2 support was added in the October 2017 release of adb and fastboot. If yours is older than that, you're gonna have a bad time.
4. "Unable to open 'image-taimen-opd1.170816.025.zip': No such file or directory." Fastboot can't find your firmware files. Try placing the entire contents of the factory image, including the .zip file listed here, into the same directory as fastboot.exe (based on your post, it seems like the folder you want is C:\adb). Then rerun flash-all.bat. The script is assuming that fastboot.exe and all of the firmware files are in the same folder and if they're not, that could be a problem.
5. You do not have driver issues. The fact that fastboot devices worked means that your drivers/connection are/is working fine.
PS: Get the latest adb and fastboot here: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools.html
UPDATE: I did a Google search for adb/fastboot version eac51f2bb6a8-android. I found a reference to it in a forum post dated mid-2016. There's your problem. Or one of them, anyway. If you do adb --version or fastboot --version on the latest releases, they will tell you that they are version 0.0.1-4500957.

TheSt33v said:
4. "Unable to open 'image-taimen-opd1.170816.025.zip': No such file or directory." Fastboot can't find your firmware files. Try placing the entire contents of the factory image, including the .zip file listed here, into the same directory as fastboot.exe (based on your post, it seems like the folder you want is C:\adb). Then rerun flash-all.bat. The script is assuming that fastboot.exe and all of the firmware files are in the same folder and if they're not, that could be a problem.
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I updated adb and fastboot:
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.39
fastboot version 0.0.1-4500957
All of taimen-opm1.171019.013-factory-6d9954c3 & all contents of image-taimen-opm1.171019.013.zip were placed into C:\adb which has the adb and fastboot. After running flash-all.bat, this is what I got:
Code:
target didn't report max-download-size
sending 'bootloader' (36344 KB)...
FAILED (remote: Requested download size is more than max allowed
)
finished. total time: 0.008s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.005s]
finished. total time: 0.007s
target didn't report max-download-size
sending 'radio' (60428 KB)...
FAILED (remote: Requested download size is more than max allowed
)
finished. total time: 0.008s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.004s]
finished. total time: 0.005s
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
extracting boot.img (40 MB) to disk... took 0.395s
target didn't report max-download-size
error: Failed to identify current slot
Press any key to exit...

azntiger said:
I updated adb and fastboot:
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.39
fastboot version 0.0.1-4500957
All of taimen-opm1.171019.013-factory-6d9954c3 & all contents of image-taimen-opm1.171019.013.zip were placed into C:\adb which has the adb and fastboot. After running flash-all.bat, this is what I got:
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Open up your SDK and look for a file named "platform-tools" that is where all your files should be placed.

Badger50 said:
Open up your SDK and look for a file named "platform-tools" that is where all your files should be placed.
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All the platform-tools and the stock rom are together in folder.

azntiger said:
All the platform-tools and the stock rom are together in folder.
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Did you extract the factory image first, or just put the whole zip file in platform-tools?

azntiger said:
I updated adb and fastboot:
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.39
fastboot version 0.0.1-4500957
All of taimen-opm1.171019.013-factory-6d9954c3 & all contents of image-taimen-opm1.171019.013.zip were placed into C:\adb which has the adb and fastboot. After running flash-all.bat, this is what I got:
Code:
target didn't report max-download-size
sending 'bootloader' (36344 KB)...
FAILED (remote: Requested download size is more than max allowed
)
finished. total time: 0.008s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.005s]
finished. total time: 0.007s
target didn't report max-download-size
sending 'radio' (60428 KB)...
FAILED (remote: Requested download size is more than max allowed
)
finished. total time: 0.008s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.004s]
finished. total time: 0.005s
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
extracting boot.img (40 MB) to disk... took 0.395s
target didn't report max-download-size
error: Failed to identify current slot
Press any key to exit...
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Hmm. Fastboot is definitely having issues communicating with your phone. "Failed to identify current slot" is a bad sign. If I were you, I would try flashing the most recent factory image (not the November 8.0 image you're trying to flash) first just to see if you can get everything up to date again and clear out any mismatched files that may have been flashed during your attempts. Once you manage that, then try to downgrade. If you can, try a different computer too, preferably one with a type C input that you can use the stock USB cable with.
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Badger50 said:
Did you extract the factory image first, or just put the whole zip file in platform-tools?
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The fact that he's not getting "not found" errors means that all the expected files are found by fastboot.

The fact that he's not getting "not found" errors means that all the expected files are found by fastboot.[/QUOTE]
Thanks man. I learned something new today :good:
Wonder if his transfer cable. I've seen that cause headaches as well ?

It was definitely an issue between my laptop and my phone. I was able to easily use flash-all.bat on a different computer.
I really appreciate both of your help! I was stressed out.

azntiger said:
It was definitely an issue between my laptop and my phone. I was able to easily use flash-all.bat on a different computer.
I really appreciate both of your help! I was stressed out.
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Oh nice! Glad you got it figured out. This stuff can be a bit tricky at times. I know I've lost some hair from pulling it out when things didn't go right! ?

azntiger said:
It was definitely an issue between my laptop and my phone. I was able to easily use flash-all.bat on a different computer.
I really appreciate both of your help! I was stressed out.
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I was on edge just reading this! I would also look into Deuce's script. It can save the 'device can't boot' issue once and for good.
Kudos on not having a faulty device~!

Clean Dump for Mate SE

Been asking around for this in multiple threads and have gotten nothing. So I decided to just make a new one. If ANYONE has a backup I can use in order to restore it via TWRP, then PLEASE share it with me. Whether it's a Mate SE backup or an Honor 7x US variant backup, I'll take either.

That makes 2 of us

Any ideas why I can't seem to boot a recovery? Used to do this all the time in the Motorola world:
~/Downloads/Huawei$ fastboot oem get-bootinfo
...
(bootloader) unlocked
OKAY [ 0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.001s
~/Downloads/Huawei$ fastboot boot recovery.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.711s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.714s

chrisn812 said:
Any ideas why I can't seem to boot a recovery? Used to do this all the time in the Motorola world:
~/Downloads/Huawei$ fastboot oem get-bootinfo
...
(bootloader) unlocked
OKAY [ 0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.001s
~/Downloads/Huawei$ fastboot boot recovery.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.711s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.714s
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Can you not use the hardware keys to get into the recovery? Also, what is the status of the recovery partition? Alive and well?

XandeR180 said:
Been asking around for this in multiple threads and have gotten nothing. So I decided to just make a new one. If ANYONE has a backup I can use in order to restore it via TWRP, then PLEASE share it with me. Whether it's a Mate SE backup or an Honor 7x US variant backup, I'll take either.
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I am wiping my wifes phone today and I will do a clean backup via twrp and upload it to drive later today for ya

Ultraman666 said:
I am wiping my wifes phone today and I will do a clean backup via twrp and upload it to drive later today for ya
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Thank you so much

XandeR180 said:
Thank you so much
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Ok man here you go, hope this helps!! Its the least I can do since you helped me with all my questions
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1X2oB98XYngybIZpPPc7B51VMW8ID6F1c

chrisn812 said:
Any ideas why I can't seem to boot a recovery? Used to do this all the time in the Motorola world:
~/Downloads/Huawei$ fastboot oem get-bootinfo
...
(bootloader) unlocked
OKAY [ 0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.001s
~/Downloads/Huawei$ fastboot boot recovery.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.711s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.714s
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1-first got to fastboot mode in phone(vol down+ power) then connect phone to pc doesn't matter if the hisuite pops up in pc or not.
2-after connecting open adb shell from the directory where you have installed it in your pc(go to the folder and press shift+ right click of mouse then select open command prompt option).
3- type - fastboot devices , if some number appears then it confirms that the device is connected, if it doesn't appear then close everything in pc and disconnected your phone then power off the phone and then connect it to pc then open adb and type adb reboot bootloader - this should restart your phone into fastboot mode.

chrisn812 said:
Any ideas why I can't seem to boot a recovery? Used to do this all the time in the Motorola world:
~/Downloads/Huawei$ fastboot boot recovery.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.711s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.714s
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It doesn't look like this is supported (at least not on MY L24 variant). I don't know if the mount points are identical from one variant to another but they are posted here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/development/mount-partition-layout-profile-xml-t3727990 (Nougat) and https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/development/mount-partition-layout-oreo-t3764506 (Oreo). (The TWRP versions in the Multitool are from the OP of these two threads.) And some other posts showed the adb shell commands (and batch file) to backup stock recovery to the external SD card. I think for Nougat, they are:
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p29 of=/external_sd/recovery.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22 of=/external_sd/recovery2.img
Stock recovery for the L24(?) can also be found in one of the threads here. And finally, the 7X has dual recovery so I ended up flashing TWRP to eRecovery (fastboot flash recovery2 TWRP.img) leaving the stock recovery in recovery1 for OTA updates. Then I use "adb reboot recovery2" whenever I need TWRP.

XandeR180 said:
Thank you so much
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So did that work for you?

Ultraman666 said:
So did that work for you?
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For the most part, yeah. Booted up and everything but for some reason I couldn't install Magisk ?

XandeR180 said:
For the most part, yeah. Booted up and everything but for some reason I couldn't install Magisk ?
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FYI, I installed supersu from https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/how-to/how-to-root-honor-7x-international-t3716056 using the TWRP from MultiTool on my L24 and it appears to be working okay.

iammudd said:
FYI, I installed supersu from https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/how-to/how-to-root-honor-7x-international-t3716056 using the TWRP from MultiTool on my L24 and it appears to be working okay.
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Hmm. I'm more of a fan of Magisk, personally but I'll try SuperSU

XandeR180 said:
For the most part, yeah. Booted up and everything but for some reason I couldn't install Magisk ?
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Sweet glad to help!!

Didnt work on my SE L34. Still boots into EMUI eRecovery. Oh well. I'll wait a bit longer.

I had to overwrite the recovery2 partition with TWRP to do it, but here's an almost complete backup of the stock firmware for my Mate SE: BND-L34C567B130.zip

Magendanz said:
I had to overwrite the recovery2 partition with TWRP to do it, but here's an almost complete backup of the stock firmware for my Mate SE: BND-L34C567B130.zip
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By almost complete, what exactly is it missing?

XandeR180 said:
By almost complete, what exactly is it missing?
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The original contents of the recovery2 partition, which had to be overwritten with TWRP to do the backup. I believe it was identical to the recovery partition, but I was never able to confirm.

Magendanz said:
The original contents of the recovery2 partition, which had to be overwritten with TWRP to do the backup. I believe it was identical to the recovery partition, but I was never able to confirm.
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Pretty sure it is. I'd flashed the same honor 7x stock recovery image for both my partitions in the past. Regardless, both my partitions use TWRP at the moment, so this doesn't bother me. Thanks a ton!

Magendanz said:
The original contents of the recovery2 partition, which had to be overwritten with TWRP to do the backup. I believe it was identical to the recovery partition, but I was never able to confirm.
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So restoring your backup was successful. However, for some reason the updater is completely missing. Therefore, I can't check for updates anymore. Also, in the "About Phone" section at the bottom it says, "Custom Version - CUSTC567D001" which I don't recall ever seeing before. Does this have to do with your recovery partitions being modified?

Bricked even though I can fastboot?

So while flashing an update, my Pixel 3XL turned off and now it only loads in fastboot (every other options goes to black screen). On the fastboot screen I get "Device state: error!" not locked or unlocked. When trying flash-all.bat, here's the read out. When I exit, nothing has changed. I can still only turn on the phone in fastboot and no other options. If anyone has any ideas, I would greatly appreciate it!
Sending 'bootloader_b' (8489 KB) OKAY [ 0.399s]
Writing 'bootloader_b' FAILED (remote: 'error getting device locked state No Response')
Finished. Total time: 9.746s
rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.049s]
Finished. Total time: 0.052s
< waiting for any device >
Sending 'radio_b' (71148 KB) OKAY [ 2.501s]
Writing 'radio_b' FAILED (remote: 'error getting device locked state No Response')
Finished. Total time: 11.845s
rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.047s]
Finished. Total time: 0.047s
< waiting for any device >
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
Checking product OKAY [ 0.060s]
Checking version-bootloader OKAY [ 0.058s]
Checking version-baseband OKAY [ 0.062s]
extracting boot.img (64 MB) to disk... took 0.735s
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'boot_other.img'
extracting dtbo.img (8 MB) to disk... took 0.075s
archive does not contain 'dtbo.sig'
archive does not contain 'dt.img'
archive does not contain 'odm.img'
extracting product.img (194 MB) to disk... took 3.284s
archive does not contain 'product.sig'
archive does not contain 'product-services.img'
archive does not contain 'recovery.img'
archive does not contain 'super.img'
extracting system.img (2158 MB) to disk... took 27.091s
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
extracting system_other.img (418 MB) to disk... took 5.520s
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
extracting vbmeta.img (0 MB) to disk... took 0.002s
archive does not contain 'vbmeta.sig'
extracting vendor.img (445 MB) to disk... took 5.421s
archive does not contain 'vendor.sig'
archive does not contain 'vendor_other.img'
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
File system type raw not supported.
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
File system type raw not supported.
Sending 'boot_b' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 2.338s]
Writing 'boot_b' FAILED (remote: 'error getting device locked state No Response')
Finished. Total time: 76.748s
Press any key to exit...

Do you have the current platform tools? Also, use a C>A USB cable and not a C>C.

Yup, using a C to A cable. Downloaded the tools today so I'm pretty sure it's more of the device state error! problem and the error of no response error during flash.

sal-paradise said:
Yup, using a C to A cable. Downloaded the rooms today so I'm pretty sure it's more of the device state error! problem and the error of no response error during flash.
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The exact
same thing happened to me. I had to sideload and install the ota. zip and all is good again.

sal-paradise said:
Yup, using a C to A cable. Downloaded the rooms today so I'm pretty sure it's more of the device state error! problem and the error of no response error during flash.
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No answer about the platform tools, but had you updated the phone before this way? If not, different computer, cable, port, etc. The platform tools haven't changed since a few months before nd of last year, so if you had done this before that part should be safe...
Did you confirm the file download and make sure that it was not corrupted when you unzipped the D/L? Otherwise, the above post about using the OTA through recovery is a good option.
P.S. It helps if you quote the person trying to help so that they know there is an answer.

Patch7 said:
The exact
same thing happened to me. I had to sideload and install the ota. zip and all is good again.
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How do I sideload the ota if I can't get into recovery? All the menu option through the volume rocker in fastboot leads to the device turning off.

Every now and then I have to swap ports on my computer because I'll get weird errors, not sure if I've seen this one specifically though. Swap ports, swap cables, mix and match until it works or you go through every option you've got.
Speak gentle words of encouragement too.

Seamonkey79 said:
Every now and then I have to swap ports on my computer because I'll get weird errors, not sure if I've seen this one specifically though. Swap ports, swap cables, mix and match until it works or you go through every option you've got.
Speak gentle words of encouragement too.
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Unfortunately this is a bigger problem than just cables, ports, and gentle words

sal-paradise said:
How do I sideload the ota if I can't get into recovery? All the menu option through the volume rocker in fastboot leads to the device turning off.
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You can't.

sliding_billy said:
No answer about the platform tools, but had you updated the phone before this way? If not, different computer, cable, port, etc. The platform tools haven't changed since a few months before nd of last year, so if you had done this before that part should be safe...
Did you confirm the file download and make sure that it was not corrupted when you unzipped the D/L? Otherwise, the above post about using the OTA through recovery is a good option.
P.S. It helps if you quote the person trying to help so that they know there is an answer.
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Right, but that's not an option because all options beyond fastboot lead to a black screen.

Homeboy76 said:
You can't.
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Exactly.

sal-paradise said:
Exactly.
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Try this:
On your Computer:
- Open a Command Prompt in the Platform-tools folder
- Make sure these files are in the Platform-tools folder:
bootloader-crosshatch-b1c1-0.1-5191736.img
radio-crosshatch-g845-00009-181130-b-5157073.im
image-crosshatch-pq2a.190305.002.zip
- Boot the phone to fastboot mode
- Connect the phone to the computer with the A to C USB cable
The type these commands (one at a time) at the Command Prompt and press enter after each command:
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-crosshatch-b1c1-0.1-5191736.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-crosshatch-g845-00009-181130-b-5157073.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot update image-crosshatch-pq2a.190305.002.zip

sal-paradise said:
Right, but that's not an option because all options beyond fastboot lead to a black screen.
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Have you tried the flash-all besides since the initial try? If not, I would definitely retry. Perhaps try changing slots from fastboot and see if you can boot to system or recovery (for OTA or factory reset) or run the flash-all from the other slot.
fastboot --set-active=a
---------- Post added at 03:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:57 PM ----------
sliding_billy said:
Have you tried the flash-all besides since the initial try? If not, I would definitely retry. Perhaps try changing slots from fastboot and see if you can boot to system or recovery (for OTA or factory reset) or run the flash-all from the other slot.
fastboot --set-active=a
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If that doesn't work, you should be able to change slots with the fastboot boot [twrp].img version of TWRP (run from fastboot) and then reboot to system.

sliding_billy said:
Have you tried the flash-all besides since the initial try? If not, I would definitely retry. Perhaps try changing slots from fastboot and see if you can boot to system or recovery (for OTA or factory reset) or run the flash-all from the other slot.
fastboot --set-active=a
---------- Post added at 03:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:57 PM ----------
If that doesn't work, you should be able to change slots with the fastboot boot [twrp].img version of TWRP (run from fastboot) and then reboot to system.
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When I try this, here's what I get:
PS C:\Users\Englands\Desktop\crosshatch-pq2a.190305.002> ./fastboot --set-active=a
Setting current slot to 'a' FAILED (remote: 'error getting device locked state No Response')
Finished. Total time: 9.219s
PS C:\Users\Englands\Desktop\crosshatch-pq2a.190305.002>
And yes, everytime I try flash-all I get the same at my original post with the same error:
FAILED (remote: 'error getting device locked state No Response')

Homeboy76 said:
Try this:
On your Computer:
- Open a Command Prompt in the Platform-tools folder
- Make sure these files are in the Platform-tools folder:
bootloader-crosshatch-b1c1-0.1-5191736.img
radio-crosshatch-g845-00009-181130-b-5157073.im
image-crosshatch-pq2a.190305.002.zip
- Boot the phone to fastboot mode
- Connect the phone to the computer with the A to C USB cable
The type these commands (one at a time) at the Command Prompt and press enter after each command:
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-crosshatch-b1c1-0.1-5191736.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-crosshatch-g845-00009-181130-b-5157073.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot update image-crosshatch-pq2a.190305.002.zip
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I have an older bootloader version, so when I try this, it tells me:
PS C:\Users\Englands\Desktop\crosshatch-pq2a.190305.002> ./fastboot update image-crosshatch-pq2a.190305.002.zip
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: b1c1-0.1-5034669
Baseband Version.....: g845-00023-180917-B-5014671
Serial Number........: 85HY008F7
--------------------------------------------
Checking product OKAY [ 0.062s]
Checking version-bootloader FAILED
Device version-bootloader is 'b1c1-0.1-5034669'.
Update requires 'b1c1-0.1-5191736'.
fastboot: error: requirements not met!

sal-paradise said:
I have an older bootloader version, so when I try this, it tells me:
PS C:\Users\Englands\Desktop\crosshatch-pq2a.190305.002> ./fastboot update image-crosshatch-pq2a.190305.002.zip
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: b1c1-0.1-5034669
Baseband Version.....: g845-00023-180917-B-5014671
Serial Number........: 85HY008F7
--------------------------------------------
Checking product OKAY [ 0.062s]
Checking version-bootloader FAILED
Device version-bootloader is 'b1c1-0.1-5034669'.
Update requires 'b1c1-0.1-5191736'.
fastboot: error: requirements not met!
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯

sal-paradise said:
When I try this, here's what I get:
PS C:\Users\Englands\Desktop\crosshatch-pq2a.190305.002> ./fastboot --set-active=a
Setting current slot to 'a' FAILED (remote: 'error getting device locked state No Response')
Finished. Total time: 9.219s
PS C:\Users\Englands\Desktop\crosshatch-pq2a.190305.002>
And yes, everytime I try flash-all I get the same at my original post with the same error:
FAILED (remote: 'error getting device locked state No Response')
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Sorry, but I just got back online (been one of those nights). Looking at all the back and forth, I feel like there is a communication gap between you and those of us helping. There are questions and suggestions unanswered. For one, I never saw a reply to if this is the first time you are attempting to update via a flash-all on the same computer/port/cable/etc. That will answer a bit about your knowledge and the hardware functionality. If all that is a go, the only thing that jumps out at me is the possibility of a bad download or something easy to remedy like a command problem or file location/path issue. Have you checked with Google? I know that getting a replacement sucks, but you may need to start over. The folks here have done this tons of times and got back from bricks probably more severe than yours. I have never seen a device that could get to fastboot not be recoverable if all of the things we are talking about are being executed properly, but there is always a first like a serious phone hardware failure that nothing is going to solve except for a replacement.
One thing I see is the PS location. I know there are some commands that don't play nice in PowerShell, so type 'cmd' from PS and get to a standard command prompt.

sal-paradise said:
How do I sideload the ota if I can't get into recovery? All the menu option through the volume rocker in fastboot leads to the device turning off.
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I had the exact thing happened to me on my Pixel 2 XL but nothing worked,
not even the "Duce Script". I decided to use the "Skip Soft" tool as my last resort
and to my surprise it worked and fixed it in less than 10 minutes!
Unfortunately the Dev hasn't added the Crosshatch yet. I suggest you download it
and ask him to add it in the "Device Support" section, he''ll add it once he sees more requests.
Good luck.

sliding_billy said:
Sorry, but I just got back online (been one of those nights). Looking at all the back and forth, I feel like there is a communication gap between you and those of us helping. There are questions and suggestions unanswered. For one, I never saw a reply to if this is the first time you are attempting to update via a flash-all on the same computer/port/cable/etc. That will answer a bit about your knowledge and the hardware functionality. If all that is a go, the only thing that jumps out at me is the possibility of a bad download or something easy to remedy like a command problem or file location/path issue. Have you checked with Google? I know that getting a replacement sucks, but you may need to start over. The folks here have done this tons of times and got back from bricks probably more severe than yours. I have never seen a device that could get to fastboot not be recoverable if all of the things we are talking about are being executed properly, but there is always a first like a serious phone hardware failure that nothing is going to solve except for a replacement.
One thing I see is the PS location. I know there are some commands that don't play nice in PowerShell, so type 'cmd' from PS and get to a standard command prompt.
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My apologies, I thought a previous comment mentioning computer/port/cables that I responded to clarified this. This is not the issue as I've done it with multiple desktops and multiple USB A to C cables. Even when attempting to change from slot B to A I get the device state error, which I've copied in another post on here. Isn't that the problem here? If I can't figure out a way to get around the fact that there's no response when trying to determine the lock state, I don't think we can fix the problem here. I don't see how this would have to do with being in powershell or not or being a bad download. Since most things fail in fastboot because of this error, this is what I was trying to get more info on to get corrected as it clearly seems to be the heart of the failure.
Unfortunately a lot of the back and forth is because of the repetition about cables and ports or asking me to recover which I appreciate, but I stated choosing recovery sends me to a black screen. When there's been actual commands to try in fastboot, I've posted the results they've given, but it still comes back to " FAILED (remote: 'error getting device locked state No Response') "

sal-paradise said:
My apologies, I thought a previous comment mentioning computer/port/cables that I responded to clarified this. This is not the issue as I've done it with multiple desktops and multiple USB A to C cables. Even when attempting to change from slot B to A I get the device state error, which I've copied in another post on here. Isn't that the problem here? If I can't figure out a way to get around the fact that there's no response when trying to determine the lock state, I don't think we can fix the problem here. I don't see how this would have to do with being in powershell or not or being a bad download. Since most things fail in fastboot because of this error, this is what I was trying to get more info on to get corrected as it clearly seems to be the heart of the failure.
Unfortunately a lot of the back and forth is because of the repetition about cables and ports or asking me to recover which I appreciate, but I stated choosing recovery sends me to a black screen. When there's been actual commands to try in fastboot, I've posted the results they've given, but it still comes back to " FAILED (remote: 'error getting device locked state No Response') "
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I appreciate the reply. Some of the things are just things that take no real effort (like downloading/extracting the factory image again to be safe), while the PS thing was just to make sure that if folks are sending commands to try that they are sending the right ones. The question about whether you were using a Mac or Linix (that I think has been deleted since I read it) got me thinking about that and not that running the flash-all batch would react differently.
Last thing, have you tried anything with the TWRP .img version like changing slots or even doing a factory reset?