Without fail, when running the latest twrp, I get an error when flashing different rom zips. It's always the same error during step 1 and sometimes during step 2. I am on slot A when flashing the room, by the way.
The error just says it can't flash, there is no error code or description or anything like that.
When I was able to flash a rom, I tried to reboot into B for the vendor image, but none of my files were viewable, only folders with numbers and letters.
I'm confused, and I'm not a noob. I came from the regular Pixel and I was able to flash no problem.
stevew84 said:
Without fail, when running the latest twrp, I get an error when flashing different rom zips. It's always the same error during step 1 and sometimes during step 2. I am on slot A when flashing the room, by the way.
The error just says it can't flash, there is no error code or description or anything like that.
When I was able to flash a rom, I tried to reboot into B for the vendor image, but none of my files were viewable, only folders with numbers and letters.
I'm confused, and I'm not a noob. I came from the regular Pixel and I was able to flash no problem.
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Is this when you fastboot into twrp, or do you have twrp already installed? Have you tried disabling screen lock before you enter twrp? And I assume you've run both bootloader unlocking commands as well?
This is when using skipsoft.
Do I need to run the critical flashing command manually or something? The reason I ask is because I'm not sure skipsoft does that.
I'd love to be able to flash alll this stuff without even using twrp but I'm not sure that's possible.
So I boot twrp, wipe and flash the ROM. But it fails right there. Is there a step I'm missing?
I do know how to flash individual images thru fastboot by the way, like when going to stock. Here is where I did do the critical flash command.
No I haven't tried to disable screen lock.
stevew84 said:
This is when using skipsoft.
Do I need to run the critical flashing command manually or something? The reason I ask is because I'm not sure skipsoft does that.
I'd love to be able to flash alll this stuff without even using twrp but I'm not sure that's possible.
So I boot twrp, wipe and flash the ROM. But it fails right there. Is there a step I'm missing?
I do know how to flash individual images thru fastboot by the way, like when going to stock. Here is where I did do the critical flash command.
No I haven't tried to disable screen lock.
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Typically you need to have fully unlocked the bootloader with these 2 commands...
fastboot flashing unlock
and.....
fastboot flashing unlock_critical
Especially the critical, or else you won't be able to flash any roms. I don't know if skipsoft will do this. I know the Deuces scrip will. To find out what is/isn't unlocked run.....fastboot getvar all....
Then you'll know. If you have to unlock critical, which I think you will, it'll wipe your phone completely. So backup your files and such before you do :good:
Any manual methods that work? I mean to flash the roms.
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Any manual methods that work? I mean to flash the roms.
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I believe there is, but I can't find what it is. I think it's adb push (name of file) or adb sideload through twrp, butI could be wrong. Either way, you first need to be sure your fully bootloader unlocked before you can flash anything.
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I believe there is, but I can't find what it is. I think it's adb push (name of file) or adb sideload through twrp, butI could be wrong. Either way, you first need to be sure your fully bootloader unlocked before you can flash anything.
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Ok I almost forgot.
When I first unlocked the phone I was able to flash Nitrogen, both the ROM and twrp. But when I rebooted recovery to get to slot B, all I saw were various numbered and lettered folders. Looked like registry folders for Windows.
stevew84 said:
Ok I almost forgot.
When I first unlocked the phone I was able to flash Nitrogen, both the ROM and twrp. But when I rebooted recovery to get to slot B, all I saw were various numbered and lettered folders. Looked like registry folders for Windows.
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Well that changes things a little. You at least have unlocked one partition then. And you can update factory images via fastboot? If so, then your fully unlocked. So you've got a twrp decryption error on slot B. You may want to disable screen lock security, and try again. You could also try fastbooting into twrp as well with screen lock also disabled.
Thanks. I'll try that out later.
But after I was unable to get into Nitrogen, I flashed stock manually and tried it all over. From this point I kept getting error after error in twrp.
After the errors, I got the Device is Corrupt screen, and freezing on the Google splash. From there I'd have to again start all over.
stevew84 said:
Thanks. I'll try that out later.
But after I was unable to get into Nitrogen, I flashed stock manually and tried it all over. From this point I kept getting error after error in twrp.
After the errors, I got the Device is Corrupt screen, and freezing on the Google splash. From there I'd have to again start all over.
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Again, run the.....fastboot getvar all....and see what you get :good:
Thanks.
Badger50 said:
Again, run the.....fastboot getvar all....and see what you get :good:
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Alright. I'm all unlocked and I disabled any sort of screen lock. I'm trying to flash Nitrogen now and seeing what happens...
and it failed again. I'm at a loss, I've never experienced this before.
The error is "updater process ended with ERROR: 1. Error installing zip........
Trying again because why the hell not. Maybe I'l try another TWRP version.
stevew84 said:
Alright. I'm all unlocked and I disabled any sort of screen lock. I'm trying to flash Nitrogen now and seeing what happens...
and it failed again. I'm at a loss, I've never experienced this before.
The error is "updater process ended with ERROR: 1. Error installing zip........
Trying again because why the hell not. Maybe I'l try another TWRP version.
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Are you using the latest twrp from here? https://dl.twrp.me/taimen/
Also, you might want to try fastbooting the factory image with the -w removed from the flash-all.bat file to slot B. Then fastboot into twrp and try again. You will not lose any data by doing this.
Badger50 said:
Are you using the latest twrp from here? https://dl.twrp.me/taimen/
Also, you might want to try fastbooting the factory image with the -w removed from the flash-all.bat file to slot B. Then fastboot into twrp and try again. You will not lose any data by doing this.
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I've read up on how to flash stock images without formatting data, but how would one flash directly to a particular slot? The only way I know how to get into a slot is through TWRP, but aren't there adb commands for this as well?
stevew84 said:
I've read up on how to flash stock images without formatting data, but how would one flash directly to a particular slot? The only way I know how to get into a slot is through TWRP, but aren't there adb commands for this as well?
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In fastboot mode run...fastboot --set-active=a or b...
In your case select b.
Then, fastboot reboot bootloader
Now your on slot b, and can fastboot the factory image :good:
Badger50 said:
In fastboot mode run...fastboot --set-active=a or b...
In your case select b.
Then, fastboot reboot bootloader
Now your on slot b, and can fastboot the factory image :good:
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Jesus christ. I'm in a cmd window right now, with the latest platform tools installed.
I ran the command just as you typed, (I'm in bootloader, bootloader version tmz20j by the way). Also, my bootloader version has changed a couple of times during all of this. It was tmz20bb, then tmz12g when I flashed the latest June image...now it's this 20j version.
Anyway, this is what I'm typing and this is what I get in return:
fastboot --set-active=b
fastboot: error: Device does not support slots
I'm at a real loss, obviously this damn device supports slots.
EDIT: OK hold on, when I flashed the June image bootloader version, ran the slot command in ADB, I was able to navigate to the right slot.
Little update.
Followed this guide:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/slota-b-how-to-flash-roms-magisk-kernel-t3754175
Rebooted into slot a and the touch screen stopped working. So now I'm going back to stock yet again. Just leaving it that way for now I can't deal with this crap.
stevew84 said:
Little update.
Followed this guide:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/slota-b-how-to-flash-roms-magisk-kernel-t3754175
Rebooted into slot a and the touch screen stopped working. So now I'm going back to stock yet again. Just leaving it that way for now I can't deal with this crap.
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Fwiw, after you flash a rom and twrp, if it doesn't boot up, go back to twrp and flash the rom and twrp again. Flashing roms or taking OTA's automatically switches slots on you. Always best to keep screen lock disabled until you are done.
Badger50 said:
Fwiw, after you flash a rom and twrp, if it doesn't boot up, go back to twrp and flash the rom and twrp again. Flashing roms or taking OTA's automatically switches slots on you. Always best to keep screen lock disabled until you are done.
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Thanks.
Related
Hi all,
*I've unlocked bootloader
* Have tried fastboot boot TWRP.img, as well as tried flashing TWRP RC1 via the Skipsoft toolkit.
Every way I've tried the phone just sits at the TWRP boot screen and doesn't allow me to go any further..
Any help here would be truly appreciated!
Cheers,
I've been having the same issue tonight. Re-flash the stock image, go through the whole setup process and make sure you add a lockscreen pin, then flash TWRP. That is what worked for me. I still can't flash a Rom though for some reason. It's driving me insane.
dutchy716 said:
I've been having the same issue tonight. Re-flash the stock image, go through the whole setup process and make sure you add a lockscreen pin, then flash TWRP. That is what worked for me. I still can't flash a Rom though for some reason. It's driving me insane.
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You're braver than me. I haven't had my Pixel XL long but this is the first phone I've ever owned where I am afraid to try and install a custom recovery and ROM. With the dual partitions and what I hear about TWRP still being buggy it just seems like Google didn't want people to run anything but pure Android on the Pixels.
dutchy716 said:
I've been having the same issue tonight. Re-flash the stock image, go through the whole setup process and make sure you add a lockscreen pin, then flash TWRP. That is what worked for me. I still can't flash a Rom though for some reason. It's driving me insane.
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Same issue here, but no solution. Adding a lockscreen pin didn't change anything for me. I just get a teamwin image but it just sits there & doesn't actually open TWRP. My bootlocker is unlocked but thats as far as I can get 7.1.2 with May security. I have tried reloading everything and followed commonly recommended steps.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated. I would love to get this thing rooted and get some ROM flexibility - even to just get rid of the Nav Bar ....
mikefnz said:
Same issue here, but no solution. Adding a lockscreen pin didn't change anything for me. I just get a teamwin image but it just sits there & doesn't actually open TWRP. My bootlocker is unlocked but thats as far as I can get 7.1.2 with May security. I have tried reloading everything and followed commonly recommended steps.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated. I would love to get this thing rooted and get some ROM flexibility - even to just get rid of the Nav Bar ....
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I have never had a problem. Make sure your using the rc1 fast boot TWRP. Should be fastboot boot twrp.img. I change file name to this or copy and paste. Then you install rc1 or rc2 zip.
I know you will have problems if you try to install the wrong file.
mac796 said:
I have never had a problem. Make sure your using the rc1 fast boot TWRP. Should be fastboot boot twrp.img. I change file name to this or copy and paste. Then you install rc1 or rc2 zip.
I know you will have problems if you try to install the wrong file.
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I am doing exactly as you mentioned.. flash rc1.img, however the phone does not go beyond the boot screen, it just sits there.... Can I ask what steps you are taking prior to flashing twrp? Thanks!
mazubo said:
I am doing exactly as you mentioned.. flash rc1.img, however the phone does not go beyond the boot screen, it just sits there.... Can I ask what steps you are taking prior to flashing twrp? Thanks!
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Hmm are you on may bootloader because i think modifying the boot partition causes bootloop without the boot signature?
XtraArrow said:
Hmm are you on may bootloader because i think modifying the boot partition causes bootloop without the boot signature?
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Yes I am.. should I downgrade to 7.1.1? Tjere was no mention of that issue in the skipsoft toolkit thread... Weird!
mazubo said:
Yes I am.. should I downgrade to 7.1.1? Tjere was no mention of that issue in the skipsoft toolkit thread... Weird!
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Sure, i guess.. or you could just manually flash the April bootloader. a lot easier.
XtraArrow said:
Sure, i guess.. or you could just manually flash the April bootloader. a lot easier.
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Ok, would flashing just the bootloader wipe the phone? Also how would I find just the bootloader? Thanks for the suggestion, I haven't flashed just a bootloader before..
mazubo said:
I am doing exactly as you mentioned.. flash rc1.img, however the phone does not go beyond the boot screen, it just sits there.... Can I ask what steps you are taking prior to flashing twrp? Thanks!
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That strange. I just flash a factory image from Google
Set up a security pattern
Enable adb debugging
Fastboot boot twrp 3.0.2-0 rc1 IMG
Make sure it asks for your security pattern if it doesn't reboot to bootloader and fastboot twrp again, and keep repeating until it does
Install twrp 3.1.0.0 rc2 or rc1 zip
If your using may bootloader's fish VBS 6 zip
And it should stick, if you flash. Anything else that messes with boot flash that VBS zip at the end again
mazubo said:
Ok, would flashing just the bootloader wipe the phone? Also how would I find just the bootloader? Thanks for the suggestion, I haven't flashed just a bootloader before..
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If you download the offiial april firmware, you can manually extract it from the .zip then you would do this command in fastboot :--------- fastboot flash bootloader PUTFILEHERE.img
EDIT: Are you able to get into TWRP by any chance??
mac796 said:
That strange. I just flash a factory image from Google
Set up a security pattern
Enable adb debugging
Fastboot boot twrp 3.0.2-0 rc1 IMG
Make sure it asks for your security pattern if it doesn't reboot to bootloader and fastboot twrp again, and keep repeating until it does
Install twrp 3.1.0.0 rc2 or rc1
If your using may bootloader's fish VBS 6 zip
And it should stick, if you flash. Anything else that messes with boot flash that VBS zip at the end again
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Hmm, maybe this is where I've gone wrong.. I thought the need to create a security pin/pattern was only if coming from a previously rooted state, or from a custom ROM. I will try this as well and report back.. thanks!
XtraArrow said:
If you download the offiial april firmware, you can manually extract it from the .zip then you would do this command in fastboot :--------- fastboot flash bootloader PUTFILEHERE.img
EDIT: Are you able to get into TWRP by any chance??
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Unable to get into twrp as previously mentioned. I flash the IMG file, then it just hangs on the TWRP boot screen..
mazubo said:
Unable to get into twrp as previously mentioned. I flash the IMG file, then it just hangs on the TWRP boot screen..
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Alright, try doing what I mentioned. Download April firmware, extract the bootloader.img from it and flash using command above.
XtraArrow said:
Alright, try doing what I mentioned. Download April firmware, extract the bootloader.img from it and flash using command above.
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This seems likely to work. Thanks for the suggestions, and I'll report back! Cheers!
mazubo said:
This seems likely to work. Thanks for the suggestions, and I'll report back! Cheers!
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I'm no expert but it's seems like a decent suggestion. Let us know how it goes.
@mazubo
You keep stating that you just flash the image. Are you flashing it from the bootloader then trying to boot to recovery?
You have to boot TWRP from your PC first. Then from TWRP you can then "flash" TWRP.
Just wanted to make sure that was a step you were taking!
Just wait. It will take little longer
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freddy0872 said:
@mazubo
You keep stating that you just flash the image. Are you flashing it from the bootloader then trying to boot to recovery?
You have to boot TWRP from your PC first. Then from TWRP you can then "flash" TWRP.
Just wanted to make sure that was a step you were taking!
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Yes, I have tried fastboot to flash the TWRP img, as well as skipsofts toolkit. I guess I've been using the term "flash" for fastboot, as I haven't been able to use twrp yet.. I understand that you need to flash the TWRP img via pc and then flash the TWRP zip, then SuperSU or magisk, whatever your poison may be !
I installed the 8.1 dp on my pixel 2 xl and I have decided to go back to android 8.0. I signed out of the beta and the OTA showed up as it was supposed to, from there I tried to install the downgrading OTA but it came up with a generic error (update was not able to be installed) from there I decided to try flashing the factory image and this error came up
writing 'bootb'...
FAILED (remote: No such partition.)
and when I rebooted it booted fine but was still on android 8.1. I also tried manually flashing the system partition as I noticed the script made no mention of flashing system, it came up with the error
sending sparse 'systemb' 1/4 (524284 KB)...
OKAY [ 16.552s]
writing 'systemb' 1/4...
FAILED (remote: No such partition.)
and once again after a reboot it went back to android 8.1. Any help is appreciated, thanks.
Download and flash the entire Factory image from Google's factory image page. That should work. However, this will wipe your phone.
I did flash the factory image which is what resulted in the partition error.
If you updated OTA, you can opt out of the beta, then go back to Software updates on your phone, and it will downgrade you back to 8.0.
Make sure you have the latest version of fastboot and flash the entire factory image using the flashall script. Should work.
Moostafa29 said:
If you updated OTA, you can opt out of the beta, then go back to Software updates on your phone, and it will downgrade you back to 8.0.
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I already tried downgrading through the OTA, it came up with a generic error.
clnzx2 said:
Make sure you have the latest version of fastboot and flash the entire factory image using the flashall script. Should work.
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It's been a while since i've updated adb, that might be the issue. I'll try it when i get home.
I think you're missing underscores. The partitions that you are flashing to should be boot_b and system_b. Also, it is crucial to use the latest version of fastboot (adb is not used).
I always open the flash all script to read the text then I do exactly that manually, and of course I skip the -w (which will wipe) through fastboot. Usually works great but I haven't tried yet on the Pixel 2 XL,
TheSt33v said:
I think you're missing underscores. The partitions that you are flashing to should be boot_b and system_b. Also, it is crucial to use the latest version of fastboot (adb is not used).
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I'll update fastboot, maybe the flash-all script that is provided is incorrectly formatted so I'll try editing it to have underscores.
TheDonXR said:
I always open the flash all script to read the text then I do exactly that manually, and of course I skip the -w (which will wipe) through fastboot. Usually works great but I haven't tried yet on the Pixel 2 XL,
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I tried doing this somewhat, I'll try going through this all the way but with the underscores as suggested above.
Afriendlytrashcan said:
I'll update fastboot, maybe the flash-all script that is provided is incorrectly formatted so I'll try editing it to have underscores.
I tried doing this somewhat, I'll try going through this all the way but with the underscores as suggested above.
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I just downloaded the most recent factory image and the flash-all script doesn't mention flashing the boot image at all. It uses the update command to flash all of the necessary images. If you are looking at a script that flashes things differently, it's probably the wrong script.
If I had to take a guess, I'd say that the new version of fastboot knows to flash things differently with the new Pixels than with other devices, so the update command means something different to the old version than it does to the new version. When you tried the flash-all script initially, you were using the old version of fastboot so it tried to flash the image in a way that is not correct for the current pixels. My bet is that if you use the flash-all script with the newer fastboot, things will go better for you.
Afriendlytrashcan said:
I already tried downgrading through the OTA, it came up with a generic error.
It's been a while since i've updated adb, that might be the issue. I'll try it when i get home.
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That is your problem. Update to latest tools and it will work. :good:
TheSt33v said:
I just downloaded the most recent factory image and the flash-all script doesn't mention flashing the boot image at all. It uses the update command to flash all of the necessary images. If you are looking at a script that flashes things differently, it's probably the wrong script.
If I had to take a guess, I'd say that the new version of fastboot knows to flash things differently with the new Pixels than with other devices, so the update command means something different to the old version than it does to the new version. When you tried the flash-all script initially, you were using the old version of fastboot so it tried to flash the image in a way that is not correct for the current pixels. My bet is that if you use the flash-all script with the newer fastboot, things will go better for you.
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That is your problem. Update to latest tools and it will work. :good:
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Sounds good! I'll try it a bit later, my fingers have never been more crossed.
It worked! After updating fastboot the flash-all zip worked perfectly. Thanks everyone for your help!
Hey everyone. Just tried 9 DP1 and wanted to revert to 8.1 and just ran into this.
Since it can be overread easily: for the next one who's searching for this:
Edit the "flash-all.bat" (or .sh on Linux) and delete the "-w" after the fastboot command that flashes the ZIP.
You can wipe with fastboot or within recovery. If the system dows not boot, the Pixel 2 XL starts the recovery automatically and asks if you want to wipe.
Wasten over an hour, it's f*late and I'm tired, it's 1:16 AM here right now.
EDIT: You of course need to unlock and relock twice on the 2 XL
fastboot flashing unlock_critical
fastboot flashing unlock
fastboot flashing lock_critical
fastboot flashing lock
TimeTurn said:
Hey everyone. Just tried 9 DP1 and wanted to revert to 8.1 and just ran into this.
Since it can be overread easily: for the next one who's searching for this:
Edit the "flash-all.bat" (or .sh on Linux) and delete the "-w" after the fastboot command that flashes the ZIP.
You can wipe with fastboot or within recovery. If the system dows not boot, the Pixel 2 XL starts the recovery automatically and asks if you want to wipe.
Wasten over an hour, it's f*late and I'm tired, it's 1:16 AM here right now.
EDIT: You of course need to unlock and relock twice on the 2 XL
fastboot flashing unlock_critical
fastboot flashing unlock
fastboot flashing lock_critical
fastboot flashing lock
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Sooooo....you were able to get back to 8.1 and then locked then unlocked the bootloader???
Badger50 said:
Sooooo....you were able to get back to 8.1 and then locked then unlocked the bootloader???
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He said he was tired...
galaxys said:
He said he was tired...
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Well shucks! ???
so actualy there is option to go back in versions?
that's nice!
I7210I said:
so actualy there is option to go back in versions?
that's nice!
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It should be possible since the PDP1 is not yet official. More than likely, you'll need to do a full wipe, and clean flash to get back to 8.1 ?
Badger50 said:
It should be possible since the PDP1 is not yet official. More than likely, you'll need to do a full wipe, and clean flash to get back to 8.1 [emoji50]
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so it's not quite works now?
in nexus it was worked right away
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I'm using the fastboot binary from HTC's website. I tried to use it to boot TWRP without flashing it, but in download mode, it just hangs forever after saying "Flash images success (1/1)" and "Start downloading", with the cursor stuck on the second of those. The fastboot command is also hung, after printing "booting..." I eventually have to force reset the phone using all 3 buttons.
I also tried it from the bootloader screen and that just fails immediately, saying "booting... FAILED (remote: unlock device to use this command)" even though I'm unlocked (and S-OFF).
The reason I'm doing this btw is so I can try to back up the stock recovery before overwriting it with TWRP, but I don't know how to do that without root, for which I need TWRP... so if anyone knows another way, that'd be great too!
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I'm using the fastboot binary from HTC's website. I tried to use it to boot TWRP without flashing it, but in download mode, it just hangs forever after saying "Flash images success (1/1)" and "Start downloading", with the cursor stuck on the second of those. The fastboot command is also hung, after printing "booting..." I eventually have to force reset the phone using all 3 buttons.
I also tried it from the bootloader screen and that just fails immediately, saying "booting... FAILED (remote: unlock device to use this command)" even though I'm unlocked (and S-OFF).
The reason I'm doing this btw is so I can try to back up the stock recovery before overwriting it with TWRP, but I don't know how to do that without root, for which I need TWRP... so if anyone knows another way, that'd be great too!
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You can't. Read twrp FAQ.
yldlj said:
You can't. Read twrp FAQ.
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I don't see anything at twrp.me/FAQ about this...
Are you saying there is no way to make a backup of the stock recovery, at all? How do the ones posted here get made?
supeRUUser said:
I don't see anything at twrp.me/FAQ about this...
Are you saying there is no way to make a backup of the stock recovery, at all? How do the ones posted here get made?
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You need 2 phones.
Taken from twrp faq
6. How do I backup stock recovery prior to flashing TWRP? You can't. The "fastboot boot" command appears to be disabled on the 10's ABOOT, so TWRP must be fastboot flashed over stock recovery. You can however, extract the stock recovery.img from the OTA firmware.zip when it's received and use that to install the OTA.
[*]An alternate method to obtain a stock recovery is listed below, but it requires 2 devices (either owned by you, or help from someone else in the forum):
Someone fastboot flash twrp and immediately make a backup of boot and upload it to XDA.
Once the above is available, someone else download that boot.img to their device, and fastboot flash twrp to the BOOT partition of their device.
Once the above is done, reboot the device, which will bring up TWRP, and then backup stock RECOVERY in TWRP, and upload to XDA.
Then, from within TWRP, use the Image install feature in TWRP to flash the stock boot.img
They're probably pulled from the RUUs.
Barracuz said:
They're probably pulled from the RUUs.
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Yep. That's how I get stock recoveries for people who need them.
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supeRUUser said:
I don't see anything at twrp.me/FAQ about this...
Are you saying there is no way to make a backup of the stock recovery, at all? How do the ones posted here get made?
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Download the latest RUU for your model, and use nkk71's RUU decrypt tool to extract the firmware (with the -f flag). The stock recovery will be in there.
Duh, OK, that should have been obvious. Thanks.
supeRUUser said:
Duh, OK, that should have been obvious. Thanks.
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It's not obvious if you don't know about the decrypt tool, and a lot of people don't. You're welcome
Due to limitations with my chromebook i am force to flash a factory image manually. flash all causes an I/O error. can someone list all the commands to flash it all manually. was on dp3 and tried to boot a custom rom.
i would like to go back to most current june update if possible.
everything i have found online is for older devices
motcher41 said:
Due to limitations with my chromebook i am force to flash a factory image manually. flash all causes an I/O error. can someone list all the commands to flash it all manually. was on dp3 and tried to boot a custom rom.
i would like to go back to most current june update if possible.
everything i have found online is for older devices
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How did you get to DP3? Did you enroll in the beta program?
Badger50 said:
How did you get to DP3? Did you enroll in the beta program?
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yes and weirdly using a factory image on my Mi A1 gave no error
motcher41 said:
yes
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Then just unenroll from the beta program. You'll then get an OTA that will wipe your phone, and put you back on 8.1 :good:
Badger50 said:
Then just unenroll from the beta program. You'll then get an OTA that will wipe your phone, and put you back on 8.1 :good:
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i would but i am currently soft bricked. have access to bootloader only
even tried to sideload an ota image but no luck there either. either have to flash it all manually or buy a real pc
motcher41 said:
even tried to sideload an ota image but no luck there either. either have to flash it all manually or buy a real pc
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Oh boy, your in pickle then! Then I suppose you'll have to....
fastboot format userdata
Then fastboot each image, which I think there are 21 of them if memory serves.
The command lines aren't that hard, just a lot of them. Start with the bootloader, then radio, then just start going down the list, ie.......
fastboot flash bootloader bootloaderxxxxx.img
fastboot reboot bootloader
fastboot flash radio radioxxxxxxx.img
fastboot reboot bootloader
Then just start flashing all the images from the secondary zip you'll find in the factory image.
but are they all the same target as the .img name
Badger50 said:
Oh boy, your in pickle then! Then I suppose you'll have to....
fastboot format userdata
Then fastboot each image, which I think there are 21 of them if memory serves.
The command lines aren't that hard, just a lot of them. Start with the bootloader, then radio, then just start going down the list, ie.......
fastboot flash bootloader bootloaderxxxxx.img
fastboot reboot bootloader
fastboot flash radio radioxxxxxxx.img
fastboot reboot bootloader
Then just start flashing all the images from the secondary zip you'll find in the factory image.
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wow that actually worked....the flashing of everything to slot by name except the system_other
format userata command gave an error too
motcher41 said:
wow that actually worked....the flashing of everything to slot by name except the system_other
format userata command gave an error too
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Hey, as long as it worked your good. Welcome :good:
Yeah my format userdata may have been off. I was going by memory from my 6p. P2XL might be different. Sorry.
this happens to me for the 2nd time, i clean reflashed factory image of android 10, then installed a kernel, twrp and magisk, after installing some magisk mods device bootloops in restarts directing me to twrp recovery, i deleted them using file manager but still the device bootloops and they are not the reason behind the bootloop as they we working before,
something to add is that device selinux is set to permissive and not enforcing, idk if this is the case or no
Fastboot image first then boot the OS. Get back to the bootloader then fastboot twrp image. Flash the twrp installer zip when booted in the twrp image. Reboot to recovery and then flash kernel and magisk last.
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Fastboot image first then boot the OS. Get back to the bootloader then fastboot twrp image. Flash the twrp installer zip when booted in the twrp image. Reboot to recovery and then flash kernel and magisk last.
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not working still bootloops
something causing the device to bootloop even enabling core mode only in twrp doesnt work, im fed up i reclean flashed sotfware dozen times, when there was no twrp installed the device bootloops then returns you to stock reocvery or twrp, once i didnt flashed twrp yet so in factory recovery the error was that system cant read data partiton or something like that
latest canary build bootloops after installing any modules and if i installed twrp
im using the version before the latest i made the same behaviour after installing some modules
bootlogs attached in here
Nightf0x_007 said:
not working still bootloops
something causing the device to bootloop even enabling core mode only in twrp doesnt work, im fed up i reclean flashed sotfware dozen times, when there was no twrp installed the device bootloops then returns you to stock reocvery or twrp, once i didnt flashed twrp yet so in factory recovery the error was that system cant read data partiton or something like that
latest canary build bootloops after installing any modules and if i installed twrp
im using the version before the latest i made the same behaviour after installing some modules
bootlogs attached in here
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I don't know how to read android logs but my IT experience is telling me the OS is having problems with the hardware for some reason, lots of errors at the end freaking out about sensors and hardware.
I would suggest a clean start with just the OS to see if it bootloops before adding twrp or magisk. Use Deuces script to flash the factory image to both slots and get everything setup. Run that way for a day then move on to adding one or the other and gradually add things to see where the loops start. Also, be careful with modules since they aren't all updated for 10 yet.
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I don't know how to read android logs but my IT experience is telling me the OS is having problems with the hardware for some reason, lots of errors at the end freaking out about sensors and hardware.
I would suggest a clean start with just the OS to see if it bootloops before adding twrp or magisk. Use Deuces script to flash the factory image to both slots and get everything setup. Run that way for a day then move on to adding one or the other and gradually add things to see where the loops start. Also, be careful with modules since they aren't all updated for 10 yet.
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this happens after installing modules they was working before, before all this happens
how to flash factory image to both slots using deuces
Nightf0x_007 said:
this happens after installing modules they was working before, before all this happens
how to flash factory image to both slots using deuces
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/pi...tloop-recovery-flashing-t3704761/post74507988
Download the script, put it in your adb tools folder with the factory image then run it. It'll launch and proceed through the steps to flash the image. If you boot to bootloader before running the script you can hit enter when it says it can't find any adb devices, that's normal because you'll already be in fastboot which it checks next.
Also, I saw in your other thread that you're using the Canary builds. I'm using magisk 19.3 without issue and twrp 3.3.0 with the system mount error that comes up but it still flashes what ask it to. For twrp I flashes the img file to the recovery partition and it's working just fine, no need to use the zip.
wgrant said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pi...tloop-recovery-flashing-t3704761/post74507988
Download the script, put it in your adb tools folder with the factory image then run it. It'll launch and proceed through the steps to flash the image. If you boot to bootloader before running the script you can hit enter when it says it can't find any adb devices, that's normal because you'll already be in fastboot which it checks next.
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yes i know all this and i used the script, but im asking about flashing to both slots should i do something in here or it is automatically done by the script
Nightf0x_007 said:
yes i know all this and i used the script, but im asking about flashing to both slots should i do something in here or it is automatically done by the script
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The script flashes to both slots instead of just the active slot like the flash-all file Google offers. They're essentially the same thing but Deuces automates a lot of the commands you would need to know and instead let's you reply yes or no to questions. I find it super handy and saves me time.
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The script flashes to both slots instead of just the active slot like the flash-all file Google offers. They're essentially the same thing but Deuces automates a lot of the commands you would need to know and instead let's you reply yes or no to questions. I find it super handy and saves me time.
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the script only flashes slot B in here is that normal ?
Nightf0x_007 said:
the script only flashes slot B in here is that normal ?
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No, it's not. The script should flash your active slot then switch to flash the other. You could manually flash using the flash-all that Google gives and manually switch to the other slot. I believe the command is set active slot - a or set active slot - b then run the script while in each one. You may have to Google that command since I don't use it.
wgrant said:
No, it's not. The script should flash your active slot then switch to flash the other. You could manually flash using the flash-all that Google gives and manually switch to the other slot. I believe the command is set active slot - a or set active slot - b then run the script while in each one. You may have to Google that command since I don't use it.
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Yes i did this but then got error device is corrupted and wont boot, so i flashed the flash all file in the factory image it flashed slot b and flashed one thing only (system) in slot a, so thats right?
Or should i manually switch between slots and run the flash all ?
Nightf0x_007 said:
Yes i did this but then got error device is corrupted and wont boot, so i flashed the flash all file in the factory image it flashed slot b and flashed one thing only (system) in slot a, so thats right?
Or should i manually switch between slots and run the flash all ?
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It seems like you're misunderstanding. The flash-all file that Google provides will only flash to one slot. So if you wanted to flash to both you have to switch slots manually then run it again. Deuces script does both slots, it won't do only one of them because of the way it is written. Since you can get into fastboot I would just use what comes from Google and flash it then switch and flash again. This should put you in a clean OS on both slots so no matter where you boot from its good. Once that is taken care of you can move on to other twrp and magisk.
All of this sounds like you have old stuff on one slot and keep ending up on there. The A/B structure of the pixel phones is supposed to allow see less updating of the OS so when an update is installed switches you to the new slot for active booting and then the next update it switches to the other slot so on and so on.
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It seems like you're misunderstanding. The flash-all file that Google provides will only flash to one slot. So if you wanted to flash to both you have to switch slots manually then run it again. Deuces script does both slots, it won't do only one of them because of the way it is written. Since you can get into fastboot I would just use what comes from Google and flash it then switch and flash again. This should put you in a clean OS on both slots so no matter where you boot from its good. Once that is taken care of you can move on to other twrp and magisk.
All of this sounds like you have old stuff on one slot and keep ending up on there. The A/B structure of the pixel phones is supposed to allow see less updating of the OS so when an update is installed switches you to the new slot for active booting and then the next update it switches to the other slot so on and so on.
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this is what i did, i flashed factory image in slot b then manually switched to slot a as active and reflashed image without -w, when booting os, phone shows corrupted device message and wont boot, reset active to b slot phone boots
i will try something now, will flash .019 in slot a then adb sideload .20 ota afaik it should install in opposite slot (b), and will see what happens
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this is what i did, i flashed factory image in slot b then manually switched to slot a as active and reflashed image without -w, when booting os, phone shows corrupted device message and wont boot, reset active to b slot phone boots
i will try something now, will flash .019 in slot a then adb sideload .20 ota afaik it should install in opposite slot (b), and will see what happens
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You data partition may be corrupt and needs to be wiped.
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You data partition may be corrupt and needs to be wiped.
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i flashed .19 to slot b with wipe userdata, then boot twrp sideloaded ota .20, then erased all data factory reset, setuping device now will see what happens
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i flashed .19 to slot b with wipe userdata, then boot twrp sideloaded ota .20, then erased all data factory reset, setuping device now will see what happens
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Did you manage to get it to work?
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Did you manage to get it to work?
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Yes, i flashed .19 image then sideloaded .20 ota, tell now things good returning my data step by step
But after i did this intalling twrp after that when i boot os then reboot phone bootloops so i didnt install twrp after that (reflashed .19 ........)