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Boot Looping Help Please

I purchased a 5x for my wife so she can get on Project Fi. They said it was stuck boot looping, thinking I could solve the problem.
Here are the basics.
-Yes, I can get into boot loader (the menu of start, recovery, etc), but I can't get into TWRP. Tried flashing TWRP a few times and nothing. SkipSoft recognizes that its installed though.
-After bootlooping for awhile, it will load normally and work fine. However it wants to update to the newest version of android. I run the ota and back to bootlooping. It will show the android dude and say "error". Will eventually start bootlooping and then boot normally.
-I have flashed different stock versions. I tried the newest, the second to newest and the last M available. All will flash but continue the bootlooping.
Bootlooping can be anywhere from 1 minute to 10+.
The device will also first display something like, "Your device software can't be checked for corruptions. Please lock the bootloader"
But it'll show up whether the bootloader is locked or not.
The phone will freeze at some point. Whether right away or after 5 minutes. It freezes and then restarts and goes through the bootloop again.
So what else can/should I do? I've never dealt with Kernels but wondering if the last owner did something to them. Is there a way to flash stock kernels just incase or is this done when I flash a Google Factory Stock Image?
Would flashing a non-stock rom be a good idea?
Thanks

So I tried sideloading. I was able to get into the stock recovery. I tried wiping cache and data, then tried installing the newest stock rom.
Everything seemed to work. Then I had to restart. A message popped up after the same "Your device software can't be checked for corruptions. Please lock the bootloader". It had the title in blue stating "Encryption unsuccessful".
Then said, "Encryption was interrupted and can't complete. As a result, the data on your phone is no longer accessible. To resume using your phone you need to perform a factory reset. When you set up your phone after the reset, you'll have an opportunity to restore any data that was backed up to your Google Account."
Then there is a single button that says, "Reset Phone".
Problem still persists.
Help please...

Why did you bought a bootlooped phone?

Sin Stalker said:
I purchased a 5x for my wife so she can get on Project Fi. They said it was stuck boot looping, thinking I could solve the problem.
Here are the basics.
-Yes, I can get into boot loader (the menu of start, recovery, etc), but I can't get into TWRP. Tried flashing TWRP a few times and nothing. SkipSoft recognizes that its installed though.
-After bootlooping for awhile, it will load normally and work fine. However it wants to update to the newest version of android. I run the ota and back to bootlooping. It will show the android dude and say "error". Will eventually start bootlooping and then boot normally.
-I have flashed different stock versions. I tried the newest, the second to newest and the last M available. All will flash but continue the bootlooping.
Bootlooping can be anywhere from 1 minute to 10+.
The device will also first display something like, "Your device software can't be checked for corruptions. Please lock the bootloader"
But it'll show up whether the bootloader is locked or not.
The phone will freeze at some point. Whether right away or after 5 minutes. It freezes and then restarts and goes through the bootloop again.
So what else can/should I do? I've never dealt with Kernels but wondering if the last owner did something to them. Is there a way to flash stock kernels just incase or is this done when I flash a Google Factory Stock Image?
Would flashing a non-stock rom be a good idea?
Thanks
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When my Nexus 5x got into bootloop, I sent it to LG and they had to change the whole circuit. So yeah.

When you flash Google Factory Image, it flash the stock kernel.
If you have warranty, then send it to Google/LG. If you haven't got, then you're in problem. New motherboard needed, but it's expensive.

See the following thread for more info.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/help/5x-bootloop-cause-fix-t3476794/

khalifakk said:
Why did you bought a bootlooped phone?
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Cause its cheaper.

Sin Stalker said:
Cause its cheaper.
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Then face the consequences...

khalifakk said:
Then face the consequences...
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What consequences?

Hardware bootloop can't be fix by software.

Duckscreen said:
Hardware bootloop can't be fix by software.
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Exactly. Everyone has either been able to get a replacement under warranty or was pretty much screwed if it was out of warranty.
Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

Sin Stalker said:
What consequences?
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A bootlooped phone for ever....

I recommend you will install kernel adiutor app after try rooting
I recommend you will install kernel adiutor app after try rooting
Almost I got no bootloop even no random reboot nexus 5x's state

bricked nexus 5x out of nowhere

hi everyone
after an afternoon of googling I decided I need more help
so this is what happened (at that moment I was running on PureNexus and TWRP:
at some point I noticed that my phone was off, I tried to reboot it, it showed the google logo for a moment, but then the screen went black.
after a while I tried to reboot again, with the same effect...and again
so I decided, hm maybe a factory reset helps and tried to boot into TWRP. tried to boot into recovery, but with the same result as before: google logo appears then screen turns black
next I booted into bootloader and flashed TWRP through adb. but this didnt help either. still everything just as before.
at that point I got a little nervous. then I deleted cache and userdata through fastboot, still nothing.
after some googling I stumbled over a thread which suggested to use the Nexus Root Toolkit for reflashing Stock.
I followed all the instructions in NRT and according to the log (and fastboot), all the images were successfully flashed, but when I booted the screen turned black after the google logo again.
since I was able to boot into bootloader, I decided to lock and unlock the bootloader (at that point I was just trying to see some effect), but nothing worked
any suggestions on what else I could try?
thanks! cheers

trier09 said:
hi everyone
after an afternoon of googling I decided I need more help
so this is what happened (at that moment I was running on PureNexus and TWRP:
at some point I noticed that my phone was off, I tried to reboot it, it showed the google logo for a moment, but then the screen went black.
after a while I tried to reboot again, with the same effect...and again
so I decided, hm maybe a factory reset helps and tried to boot into TWRP. tried to boot into recovery, but with the same result as before: google logo appears then screen turns black
next I booted into bootloader and flashed TWRP through adb. but this didnt help either. still everything just as before.
at that point I got a little nervous. then I deleted cache and userdata through fastboot, still nothing.
after some googling I stumbled over a thread which suggested to use the Nexus Root Toolkit for reflashing Stock.
I followed all the instructions in NRT and according to the log (and fastboot), all the images were successfully flashed, but when I booted the screen turned black after the google logo again.
since I was able to boot into bootloader, I decided to lock and unlock the bootloader (at that point I was just trying to see some effect), but nothing worked
any suggestions on what else I could try?
thanks! cheers
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If this is not the dreaded bootloop, unlock the bootloader and flash factory image manually.
That should help.

indian84 said:
If this is not the dreaded bootloop, unlock the bootloader and flash factory image manually.
That should help.
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thanks, I was afraid it might be....
I flashed the factory image first with the sh_all option and then manually. both methods didnt work and I couldnt get past the google logo.
Right now Im not even able to boot into the bootloader.
Im assuming theres nothing else the try besides contacting LG support?
Maybe its time to say goodbye to a good friend

trier09 said:
thanks, I was afraid it might be....
I flashed the factory image first with the sh_all option and then manually. both methods didnt work and I couldnt get past the google logo.
Right now Im not even able to boot into the bootloader.
Im assuming theres nothing else the try besides contacting LG support?
Maybe its time to say goodbye to a good friend
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LG Support it is for you. They have know to replace units that have passed the warranty period by one or two months. Give it a shot

Getting "Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and may not work properly"

Getting "Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and may not work properly"
Hey guys
I tried playign with the new magisk. Decided to factory reset and ran the script, and keep getting:
Getting "Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and may not work properly"
Any suggestions? I thought factory reset, literally reset everything...
Thanks in advance

docluv01 said:
Hey guys
I tried playign with the new magisk. Decided to factory reset and ran the script, and keep getting:
Getting "Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and may not work properly"
Any suggestions? I thought factory reset, literally reset everything...
Thanks in advance
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A factory reset erases the partition where user data is stored. It does not touch any other partition. You're getting that message because the phone detects that the boot image is no longer stock. If you want to undo the changes you have made, you'll have to flash the stock Google image.

Ok, SO teh message is normal?
I flashed factory 8.0.0, and I get the same message,
TheSt33v said:
A factory reset erases the partition where user data is stored. It does not touch any other partition. You're getting that message because the phone detects that the boot image is no longer stock. If you want to undo the changes you have made, you'll have to flash the stock Google image.
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docluv01 said:
Ok, SO teh message is normal?
After I did a factory reset, I got the message, clicked power when it asked to, then phone just sits at the google screen.
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I haven't had a chance to test Magisk on this phone yet (I returned mine and am waiting on the replacement) but when I've used Magisk in the past, the first boot took a really long time. Give it like 10 minutes or so. If it never makes it past that, something went wrong and you should flash the stock image.
Oh wait, you get the same message if you flash the stock image? Well in that case, I'm not sure what's wrong. You may need to re-lock the bootloader before that message goes away, but make sure you're on 100% stock software before that happens. It might have something to do with the fact that Pixel devices have A and B firmware slots, so if you bring A back to stock, B might still have the Magisk patched image on it. Someone more familiar with Pixel devices should chime in.

TheSt33v said:
I haven't had a chance to test Magisk on this phone yet (I returned mine and am waiting on the replacement) but when I've used Magisk in the past, the first boot took a really long time. Give it like 10 minutes or so. If it never makes it past that, something went wrong and you should flash the stock image.
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Well, to clarify...
I was able to get Magisk to run fine. But decided I wanted fresh stock image, so went to flash stock google image, flash went fine, but at reboot i get the same thing. could this be a slot issue?

docluv01 said:
Well, to clarify...
I was able to get Magisk to run fine. But decided I wanted fresh stock image, so went to flash stock google image, flash went fine, but at reboot i get the same thing. could this be a slot issue?
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I'm thinking so. I'm not sure what the proper procedure is for designating which slot you're flashing to on the Pixel 2's, but it's possible that you now have 1 slot with stock firmware and 1 slot with the Magisk patched image. For the original Pixel devices, the partition names were boot_a and boot_b. So I think, and someone please correct me if I'm wrong, fastboot flash boot <file> will flash the file to whichever slot is active, but using boot_a and boot_b will flash to those designated slots. So to fix your issue, you need to make sure that both boot_a and boot_b contain stock images.
Keep in mind that I've never owned a Pixel before now (although I'm pretty comfortable with flashing other android devices), and I'm not 100% sure about this, so you might not want to take my advice.

relock the bootloader.

Here is what I did:
Fastboot flashing lock
fastboot flashing lock_critical
then tried running the flash-all.bat, got FAILED being it was locked
SO then I ran
Fastboot flashing unlock
fastboot flashing unlock_critical
ran flash-all.bat, seemed to have gone fine. Phone reboots, then after you get the circle, where it says "erasing", after about 10 seconds it reboots and says "your device is corrupt..."
Ughhh, I hope I didn't brick this thing???

sorry guys, im an ass, i thought i was using teh latest fastboot, but apparently, not
all is good. I wish I was able to delete this thread

docluv01 said:
sorry guys, im an ass, i thought i was using teh latest fastboot, but apparently, not
all is good. I wish I was able to delete this thread
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What was the fix cuz i am getting this now after flashing the latest factory image...help!! Lol

canemaxx said:
What was the fix cuz i am getting this now after flashing the latest factory image...help!! Lol
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relock your bootloader

canemaxx said:
What was the fix cuz i am getting this now after flashing the latest factory image...help!! Lol
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Make sure you have the latest version of adb and fastboot from the developer site.
https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools.html

I got the message as soon as I unlocked the bootloader. It's normal

I had this issue with old platform tools and could not get my device to boot no matter how many times I flash-all'ed or changed the current boot slot. Upgrade to the latest platform tools and run the flash-all from that directory. If it's still not working, I also unlocked critical: fastboot flashing unlock_critical , so that the flash-all could flash my bootloader as well.

Like some have said already. This message appears every time you boot after you unlock your bootloader, whether you are still running stock OS or not. Same thing happened on my 6P. Only way to get it to go away is relocking the bootloader. Don't worry though, your device isn't really corrupt. Just a scare tactic by Google.

charesa39 said:
Like some have said already. This message appears every time you boot after you unlock your bootloader, whether you are still running stock OS or not. Same thing happened on my 6P. Only way to get it to go away is relocking the bootloader. Don't worry though, your device isn't really corrupt. Just a scare tactic by Google.
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This is somewhat true. There are 2 different messages. One that says you are running unsupported software and the color is orange. This message pops up on every boot while the bootloader is unlocked. The other message says your device is corrupt, in red. The phone will not boot. I just ran into this issue while trying to flash the november update
EDIT:
I was able to resolve this by updating adb/fastboot. I updated adb/fastboot before but i guess i did it on my other computer.

So was there any way to fix this without having to relook the bootloader? I've already had to set this phone up a second time after the longest marathon session of trying to get both TWRP and magisk to live happily together on this device, so I'd rather not do it again if it's avoidable.
Literally all I did to cause this is press the button in TWRP to switch to slot A, and after rebooting I immediately got the new scarier message that requires a power button press to boot, after which you get the regular nag about the unlocked BL. The device then hung at the Google padlock screen, so I used the buttons to reboot into BL then tried TWRP. TWRP then hung at the splash screen, so I hooked up to the PC and fastboot booted TWRP. When I tried to switch back to B, strangely, it said I already was. I pressed the button to switch to B anyway, then rebooted. The error happened again, but at least the device boots. I tried rebooting again to see if it had cleared up, but unfortunately not.
I would really like to be rid of this without having to start over. I do have a nandroid but I don't even know if I trust a restore to be successful and potentially make **** worse. Thanks in advance!

Fastboot setactive=_b
Double check exact command but this worked for me.
Make sure you flash boot.img first using
Fastboot flash boot XXX.img
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matt1313 said:
Fastboot setactive=_b
Double check exact command but this worked for me.
Make sure you flash boot.img first using
Fastboot flash boot XXX.img
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
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I was able to switch back and forth between the slots with fastboot. I thought maybe I was getting the error because they had two different boot images installed, so I backed up my boot on side B, and then restored it to slot A. No dice. I still get the error message.

IrocD said:
I was able to switch back and forth between the slots with fastboot. I thought maybe I was getting the error because they had two different boot images installed, so I backed up my boot on side B, and then restored it to slot A. No dice. I still get the error message.
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Flash boot.img first. Don't select which slot
Then reboot bootloader and fastboot active slot b
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[Q] Tried to root pixel 2 XL now it won't boot past loading 'G' screen... Help?

I'm trying to prevent having to use the warranty if I don't have to as this was just a mistake on my part.
I've tried going completely back to stock removing TWRP and everything and I'm in the stock recovery right now with the error that says:
"Can't load Android system. Your data may be corrupt. If you continue to get this message, you may need to perform a factory reset and erase all user data stored on this device."
Which I've done twice now (since going back to stock bootloader) and nothing happens.
These are the steps I took-
downloaded factory ota image.
flashed flash-all.bat
moved boot.img to adb directory and flashed boot image on both a & b slots
ran flash-all.bat again (just in case)
start up & get the loading G screen that either never stops loading or refreshes to this screen with the error above.
I tried locking the bootloader and that just caused a "no os" error. So I unlocked it, re-ran flash-all.bat and now I'm back with this error. I mean at least I can get into the bootloader & recovery?
I'm going to try pressing the 'try again' about 20 times in a row. I saw something online that said pressing try again that many times it randomly worked. I'm still searching and trying to figure this out but that is going to be my next step while I search.
I posted this on reddit about an hour ago but still no responses so I wanted to reach out here as well.
Just for more information: I am able to get into stock recovery & bootloader just fine. It is just the OS that doesn't want to load. I have factory reset this thing more times than I can count. I've tried flashing the images google has up. I did the very first one and the 8.1.0.
Neither are working & I don't understand why. The ones that are listed here.
Just for kicks here is a screenshot of the whole window and what happens during the flashing in the flash-all.bat. Here they are.
HELP?
While I was doing those screenshots I fixed it! I downloaded 8.1.0 (OPM1.171019.011, Dec 2017) just for the heck of it since the others weren't working. Figured it wouldn't hurt anything, would just cause the same error to appear and it took longer to install, which I figured was good, AND NOW I WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THE STARTUP SCREEN! WOO!

DudeThatsErin said:
I'm trying to prevent having to use the warranty if I don't have to as this was just a mistake on my part.
I've tried going completely back to stock removing TWRP and everything and I'm in the stock recovery right now with the error that says:
"Can't load Android system. Your data may be corrupt. If you continue to get this message, you may need to perform a factory reset and erase all user data stored on this device."
Which I've done twice now (since going back to stock bootloader) and nothing happens.
These are the steps I took-
downloaded factory ota image.
flashed flash-all.bat
moved boot.img to adb directory and flashed boot image on both a & b slots
ran flash-all.bat again (just in case)
start up & get the loading G screen that either never stops loading or refreshes to this screen with the error above.
I tried locking the bootloader and that just caused a "no os" error. So I unlocked it, re-ran flash-all.bat and now I'm back with this error. I mean at least I can get into the bootloader & recovery?
I'm going to try pressing the 'try again' about 20 times in a row. I saw something online that said pressing try again that many times it randomly worked. I'm still searching and trying to figure this out but that is going to be my next step while I search.
I posted this on reddit about an hour ago but still no responses so I wanted to reach out here as well.
Just for more information: I am able to get into stock recovery & bootloader just fine. It is just the OS that doesn't want to load. I have factory reset this thing more times than I can count. I've tried flashing the images google has up. I did the very first one and the 8.1.0.
Neither are working & I don't understand why. The ones that are listed here.
Just for kicks here is a screenshot of the whole window and what happens during the flashing in the flash-all.bat. Here they are.
HELP?
While I was doing those screenshots I fixed it! I downloaded 8.1.0 (OPM1.171019.011, Dec 2017) just for the heck of it since the others weren't working. Figured it wouldn't hurt anything, would just cause the same error to appear and it took longer to install, which I figured was good, AND NOW I WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THE STARTUP SCREEN! WOO!
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You tried fastbooting the "factory OTA image" Well, that mistake number one. Just use the stock factory image, not the OTA.
Never mind.?

Congrats on fixing it.
For future reference, and if you ever reset your phone again, you should perform: fastboot flashing unlock_critical <--this will wipe your phone!
As you can see in your screenshots, that failed, each time. This was the cause of your failure(s): FAILED (remote: Flashing is not allowed for Critical Partitions)
The last one worked because it flashed the proper bootloader (TMZ12a). Had you not used that image, it still would have failed.

What was your fix?

@DudeThatsErin -As mentioned by uicnren, you still need to unlock_critical or your phone will not upgrade properly, and you won't be able to flash full factory images. When you unlocked your bootloader, there were two steps but you only completed the first one. See the sticky by Nathan for step-by-step instructions. Unlocking critical will wipe the phone again, but then you will be set.

Stuck on Startup

Having some serious trouble. I rebooted my phone and it asked for my password once it was done as always but this time it said it was wrong. I'm certain I used the correct password but even tried my other alternatives to be sure and still a no go. This isn't the decryption option password you get when booting but my lockscreen password. I booted into recovery and it asks me for an encryption password that I never set but I know this is a common issue with twrp. Tried to go back into android but wouldn't let me because of the "wrong" password so I used the failsafe and went into recoveries file manager and deleted my lockscreen settings to remove my lockscreen passcode (tried and proven method, done it dozen times before). Got past my lockscreen this time but now it was saying starting android forever. Figured it was something with the passcode being deleted so I just decidd to factory reset from the recovery and take that loss. NOW the problem is upon booting the rom in trying to start the setup, I'm stuck on the "just a sec..." screen that comes up after you click start. What do I do from here? I cant access anything in recovery because the encryption passcode issue so I'm kind of stuck. Also I'm a work right now and we cant connect our phones (or any USB for that matter) to the computers and laptops because theyre government property and on a secured line. Any help PLEASE, Ill be home later and can try more then.

Well since you already did a factory reset on the device you mine as well just do a clean install of the OFW then get twrp back and flash your ROM etc back. Would probably be better then to deal with everything going on with the device right now.

loeffler23 said:
Well since you already did a factory reset on the device you mine as well just do a clean install of the OFW then get twrp back and flash your ROM etc back. Would probably be better then to deal with everything going on with the device right now.
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Hey, I got my phone back working after that and rooted again and flashed same rom. NOW another problem, I rebooted my phone and its not accepting my PIN anymore, nor my fingerprint, and I cant reset through TWRP because of encryption. WTF is the issue, how do I fix this or do I have to flash-all again?