pixel xl stuck in bootloop after trying to install twrp! - Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers

Someone please help me, im really worried i bricked my new phone. I just got this phone about two weeks ago.
So i unlocked my bootloader a few days ago and now since its the weekend i decided i would try to do some more modding with my phone. Well i followed all instructions to the T and now im stuck in a bootloop and not able to access recovery mode. Im worried that when it does run out of battery, which is going to take forever. That as soon as i give it power it will go back into the bootloop. Someone please give me some advice on how to alleviate this issue.

Did you relock the bootloader ?

no i didnt. i was able to get the phone to turn off by holding the power button down for a longtime. so i got it figured out. still would like to install twrp but now im kinda freaked out lol.

Get the SDK tools, download twrp for marlin and the zip, boot to bootloader, fastboot twrp, move the installer zip to the phone, flash it like normal in twrp

Oh yeah good point. Do not flash TWRP in fastboot, you have to fastboot boot into TWRP. And flash TWRP from within itself (TWRP recovery)

okay yeah ive been having a hell of a time trying to get twrp installed i just cant get it going. how do you fastboot twrp?

Go to this thread: [Guide] Pixel XL Android 8.1.0 (OREO) Unlock/Lock Bootloader + Install Stock Images/Custom kernels/TWRP Recovery/Systemless ROOT + June Security Patch
Do #4 then #7.

I've had some boothangs - not loops, but I'm wondering if it might be related to disabling the rapid charge? I keep seeing this repeated in the logcat when it's frozen"
06-27 09:31:54.937 695 695 W /system/bin/thermalserviced: Waited one second for [email protected]::IThermal/default. Waiting another...
06-27 09:31:55.512 1156 1156 W zygote64: Waited one second for [email protected]::IThermal/default. Waiting another...
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The mentioning of the thermal makes me think of a possible relationship to heat and rapid charging... but I'm no engineer.

I encountered this problem after messing with my hosts file and thought I would post my solution even though this was for the pixel 2 just in case anyone else is searching for the same problem. To get it to boot again I flashed the factory boot image in fastboot. I then patched the factory boot image with magisk manager and manually flashed this in fastboot. The phone then booted up fine. This still happens occasionally on reboot when I make changes, but repeating the process gets it to boot up again.

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Stuck on team win recovery project please help

I have no idea how to root or anything like that, I bought this oneplus 3 and had a update a week later.. so when I did the software update it took me into teamwin recovery mode and now I don't know how to get back into my phone please help....
Did you buy the phone second hand or did you try to flash TWRP yourself? It shouldn't have TWRP installed by default.
Regardless, you can use TWRP to flash the latest update.
Given that you have TWRP, I'm assuming that you have an unlocked bootloader. Did you notice a warning pop up everytime you reboot your phone before? It should say something along the lines of "your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted". If not, you'll have to unlock it (it wipes your phone in the process).
If the bootloader is unlocked, you can simply download and flash the latest zip for OOS 4.0.3 in TWRP. This will update you phone and replace TWRP with the stock recovery (so you don't run into this problem again in the future when installing an OTA). If you don't intend to modify your phone in any way, then this is all you need to do, your phone should be functional.
There are plenty of threads with detailed guides on how to do all of this.
I'm also stuck on TWRP after stupidly downloading the latest OTA and I don't know what to do!
Phone won't boot normal, just goes off.
Situation:
- Bootloader, Fastboot and TWRP wil load.
- Device seen by windows
- Zip install in TWRP gets stuck at 'patching zip unconditiontally'
- Another zip flashes, but gets stuck at the end, no reboot option (manually but that's not the way)
Can someone please point me in the right direction? I don't care if I lose data, just want my phone back!
not helping:
Saying i'm a dipsh-t I know, I know, I will do better in the future, for now, help a brother out please
sndr1384 said:
I'm also stuck on TWRP after stupidly downloading the latest OTA and I don't know what to do!
Phone won't boot normal, just goes off.
Situation:
- Bootloader, Fastboot and TWRP wil load.
- Device seen by windows
- Zip install in TWRP gets stuck at 'patching zip unconditiontally'
- Another zip flashes, but gets stuck at the end, no reboot option (manually but that's not the way)
Can someone please point me in the right direction? I don't care if I lose data, just want my phone back!
not helping:
Saying i'm a dipsh-t I know, I know, I will do better in the future, for now, help a brother out please
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Simple, check the OnePlus D/L sites for this one http://oxygenos.oneplus.net.s3.amazonaws.com/recovery_op3.img and flash it by TWRP or fastboot to RECOVERY. Boot once with the official Recovery and all ist fine again.
This is issue of using a faulty twrp so for that when ur phone us booting up go to fastboot and flash twrp 3.0.4-1 and everything will work
emuandco said:
Simple, check the OnePlus D/L sites for this one http://oxygenos.oneplus.net.s3.amazonaws.com/recovery_op3.img and flash it by TWRP or fastboot to RECOVERY. Boot once with the official Recovery and all ist fine again.
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Similar Problem here:
just wanted to flash latest OOS 4.0.3, so I flashed back stock recovery with flashify and rebooted into recovery mode to flash the already downloaded OOS 4.0.3. zip. That's when it began to go poop! After rebooting it just went dark with no Chance to power it on again! No dice with power button, Volume up/down + power button, nothing! Not even the LED's are blinking when plugged in. So this one seems to be basically dead!
I got it once booting again after randomly pushing the buttons (after x minutes!?), but everytime I reboot the phone it just shuts off without beeing able to power it on again. At the Moment it's dead!
Any ideas what might happened? If I get it on again, should I immediately reset it to factory Settings?
I am kinda lost here! Any help/ideas would be much appreciated!
Flashify? Never used it and never trusted apps which flash stuff on a running system. Use fastboot and reflash the recovery partition. Link to recovery is in my former post.
fastboot flash recovery PATHTOIMGFILE
Thank you for your advice! Still a lot to learn! Got it up again, will try as you suggested!
It appeared that my stock recovery file was corrupted , but all is fine again! Thank you very much!
Mannycolon85 said:
I have no idea how to root or anything like that, I bought this oneplus 3 and had a update a week later.. so when I did the software update it took me into teamwin recovery mode and now I don't know how to get back into my phone please help....
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I may have been the person you traded with to get the OnePlus 3, but I took the phone back and after 5 hours I got it up and running.
The phone would boot to TWRP, but even after wiping the entire system and dragging a ROM zip to the internal storage, reinstalling did nothing. It just kept booting back to recovery.
The solution entailed the following.
Download stock recovery IMG. Flashed through TWRP. Rebooted recovery and now was back to stock recovery.
Download the official OxygenOS ROM zip from the OnePlus website and changed the name to update.zip
Next I downloaded Android studio for access to ADB. I had never used ADB before, but I knew this was needed to push a file to the phone.
Needless to say, ADB kept freezing my computer when I would type in the commands to side load.
I deleted Android studio and installed a minimal ADB/Fastboot I found online. I opened my command prompt, typed the command for sideloading, and immediately got my installation starting. It took about 10 minutes to fully install. When it was finished, I rebooted and had a fully functioning OnePlus 3
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New to Pixel xl (experienced rooter)

Hey guys!
I am trying to root my pixel. I have unlocked bootloader, booted device and checked usb debugging and set a pin for password. once i get to booting twrp to the pixel xl, it gets stuck, waited 5 mins or so and twrp wont boot. i have tried command prompt and Chainfires .img to try and get twrp to boot so i can flash recovery. It always get stuck at twrp screen. Phone hasnt been rooted yet . im on build NKG47L 7.1.2. Any ideas? Am i missing something??? phone bought from google...
You'll have to fastboot twrp, then install twrp... with twrp... yea.
I've been running into the same issue, and I'm on developer preview 3
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I ran into the exact same problem but it might not be for the same reason as you. I was on Android O and downgraded to Nougat. Someone suggested that I run the flash-all.bat command and flash the stock image separately to both partitions A & B. Not really understanding the partitions I don't know why that worked but right after I did it I was able to boot into fastboot TWRP immediately --and this was after hours of trying anything and everything I could think of with nothing working.
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madnik said:
I've been running into the same issue, and I'm on developer preview 3
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Are you talking about Android O? I don't think TWRP works on Android O yet.
lamf2939 said:
Hey guys!
I am trying to root my pixel. I have unlocked bootloader, booted device and checked usb debugging and set a pin for password. once i get to booting twrp to the pixel xl, it gets stuck, waited 5 mins or so and twrp wont boot. i have tried command prompt and Chainfires .img to try and get twrp to boot so i can flash recovery. It always get stuck at twrp screen. Phone hasnt been rooted yet . im on build NKG47L 7.1.2. Any ideas? Am i missing something??? phone bought from google...
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Which TWRP image are you trying to boot. I use aphla2 and it always boots right in. Maybe try a diff version to see if it works for you.
lamf2939 said:
Hey guys!
I am trying to root my pixel. I have unlocked bootloader, booted device and checked usb debugging and set a pin for password. once i get to booting twrp to the pixel xl, it gets stuck, waited 5 mins or so and twrp wont boot. i have tried command prompt and Chainfires .img to try and get twrp to boot so i can flash recovery. It always get stuck at twrp screen. Phone hasnt been rooted yet . im on build NKG47L 7.1.2. Any ideas? Am i missing something??? phone bought from google...
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Same thing here, but i solved with update adb/fastboot at last version.
lamf2939 said:
Hey guys!
I am trying to root my pixel. I have unlocked bootloader, booted device and checked usb debugging and set a pin for password. once i get to booting twrp to the pixel xl, it gets stuck, waited 5 mins or so and twrp wont boot. i have tried command prompt and Chainfires .img to try and get twrp to boot so i can flash recovery. It always get stuck at twrp screen. Phone hasnt been rooted yet . im on build NKG47L 7.1.2. Any ideas? Am i missing something??? phone bought from google...
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I have 7.1.2 nkg47b flashed to both slots, newest platform tools from google, issue command: fastboot boot twrp-3.0.2-0-RC1-fastboot-marlin.img and it goes right in to twrp. then from temporary twrp image, I install the twrp RC1 zip for the permanent recovery. works great for me. So, maybe make sure both slots are the same, new updated adb/fastboot tools, RC1 works better that RC2 for me, do temporary by flashing the img file, then permanent install with the zip file.
lamf2939 said:
Hey guys!
I am trying to root my pixel. I have unlocked bootloader, booted device and checked usb debugging and set a pin for password. once i get to booting twrp to the pixel xl, it gets stuck, waited 5 mins or so and twrp wont boot. i have tried command prompt and Chainfires .img to try and get twrp to boot so i can flash recovery. It always get stuck at twrp screen. Phone hasnt been rooted yet . im on build NKG47L 7.1.2. Any ideas? Am i missing something??? phone bought from google...
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I had a similar issue the other day for no apparent reason - was getting stuck on TWRP splash screen. I switched from boot slot B to slot A and it worked after that.

various issues with google variant

I've had Google phones for years now, including previous Pixel, but I just got an XL 2 yesterday and I'm regretting it.
It's Google unlocked and running June's latest image. I've experienced various app crashing on stock, and random reboots.
Then there's the rooting and flashing. I unlocked the bootloader and installed the most recent, twrp (the one verified to work on xda for roms) but can't flash anything.
My twrp either hangs on the twrp start screen, or when it does load, the touch screen doesn't work. When I can get it going, every rom I flash gives me an error on the second step. I'm flashing on slot B by the way, that's what boots up when I boot to twrp.
Lastly, I am unlocked both for flashing and flashing_critical thru adb, so I'm at a loss and seriously confused.
When I FIRST unlocked everything, I was able to flash Nitrogen rom but I got stuck at the rom splash screen.
Tldr:
-What is the Correct install method/sequence for roms?
-do the slots matter?
-is random reboots and app crashing on stock a sign of a hardware issue?
I haven't installed a custom ROM on my P2XL, so I'm running rooted stock. Anyway, for rooted stock, this is what I did.
Entered bootloader mode.
Booted into recovery using the command "fastboot boot recovery.img", where "recovery.img" is the TWRP recovery iteslf. In my case, I renamed it "taimen.img".
Flashed the TWRP installer zip needed for the P2XL (Required if intending to replace the stock recovery).
Rebooted into recovery.
Flashed a custom kernel (Recommended - resolves touch issues in TWRP).
Flashed Magisk.
6. Rebooted.
If installing a custom ROM, flash it prior to the custom kernel. Slots only matter if running stock. Random reboots and app crashes are not signs of a hardware issue.
stevew84 said:
I've had Google phones for years now, including previous Pixel, but I just got an XL 2 yesterday and I'm regretting it.
It's Google unlocked and running June's latest image. I've experienced various app crashing on stock, and random reboots.
Then there's the rooting and flashing. I unlocked the bootloader and installed the most recent, twrp (the one verified to work on xda for roms) but can't flash anything.
My twrp either hangs on the twrp start screen, or when it does load, the touch screen doesn't work. When I can get it going, every rom I flash gives me an error on the second step. I'm flashing on slot B by the way, that's what boots up when I boot to twrp.
Lastly, I am unlocked both for flashing and flashing_critical thru adb, so I'm at a loss and seriously confused.
When I FIRST unlocked everything, I was able to flash Nitrogen rom but I got stuck at the rom splash screen.
Tldr:
-What is the Correct install method/sequence for roms?
-do the slots matter?
-is random reboots and app crashing on stock a sign of a hardware issue?
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Ya know my friend, after our conversation yesterday, and your questions in the nitrogen thread, and now random reboots and app crashes, I think it's time to consider a factory reset. You shouldn't be having those problems on a stock setup. If that's not successful, then I would definitely consider an RMA. Just my 2 cents worth :good:
I agree. I got it used tho which is an issue.
Badger50 said:
Ya know my friend, after our conversation yesterday, and your questions in the nitrogen thread, and now random reboots and app crashes, I think it's time to consider a factory reset. You shouldn't be having those problems on a stock setup. If that's not successful, then I would definitely consider an RMA. Just my 2 cents worth :good:
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Just so you know, I got the rom to flash finally, but it's stuck at the rom splash screen during first boot. I'm going to leave it and hope it eventually boots up.
stevew84 said:
Just so you know, I got the rom to flash finally, but it's stuck at the rom splash screen during first boot. I'm going to leave it and hope it eventually boots up.
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If it doesn't after 5 minutes, do a hard restart with the power button. If that doesn't work, then reboot to twrp and flash the rom and twrp installer zip again.
Ok cool thanks. I relocked bootloader last night and went back to stock. Unlocked it all this morning from my work computer and different unlock app. So here's hoping.
Badger50 said:
If it doesn't after 5 minutes, do a hard restart with the power button. If that doesn't work, then reboot to twrp and flash the rom and twrp installer zip again.
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I finally got everything to work. My vendor image is a mismatch but I could just flash junes and be done with it, right?
stevew84 said:
I finally got everything to work. My vendor image is a mismatch but I could just flash junes and be done with it, right?
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What did you do to get it to work? You could just flash the June vendor.img to both slots. If you keep getting a vendor mismatch, probably nothing to worry about according to the Dev of nitrogen.
Different machine, cable and unlocking tool.
But I went to bone stock with locked bootloader, then flashed the newest twrp with the newest all in one tool. Was on slot A so wiped everything and flashed rom plus twrp again. I rebooted system to slot B, but then it just hung at the rom splash screen.
So I did it all over on slot A, ignored the "no os installed" message and booted anyway. Then it fired up. Rebooting into twrp from there took me to B, which is where I need to be for an image file or root.
So yea, thanks for the help.
I'm having this issue also. I tried flashing nitrogen, it hung. I tried to go back with factory reset Img and nothing happens in adb. Flashed the may img and it wouldn't boot all the way up. Now I'm stuck in bootloader trying to figure this all out. Seems like nothing in doing is working. I can get recovery to boot, but no files inside so idk. Tried to sideloadb nitrogen, but it said adb out of date for device when sdk is fully updated.
MatthewRobinson said:
I'm having this issue also. I tried flashing nitrogen, it hung. I tried to go back with factory reset Img and nothing happens in adb. Flashed the may img and it wouldn't boot all the way up. Now I'm stuck in bootloader trying to figure this all out. Seems like nothing in doing is working. I can get recovery to boot, but no files inside so idk. Tried to sideloadb nitrogen, but it said adb out of date for device when sdk is fully updated.
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You didn't mention the out of date message in your other post, but uninstall SDK and then download the stand-alone adb/fastboot binaries from May of this year. Dump that in a folder (eg. c:\adb) and put that folder in your path statement. Manually flash the full factory image without modifying flash-all.bat. Post your screeen if you have any errors. :good:
stevew84 said:
I agree. I got it used tho which is an issue.
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Google knows the date the phone was purchased based on imei number and honors their warranty by date, not owner. Unless it was blacklisted.
smartymcfly said:
Google knows the date the phone was purchased based on imei number and honors their warranty based on that.
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Thanks. I might try to take advantage.

NERVOUS about flashing Lineage 18 :-(

HI,
I am not new to flashing phones and tablets, but I am a bit confused about the new partition format.
I have a nokia 6.1.
I want to flash the official lineage 18 ROM on it.
I downloaded the latest version , and also the latest lineage recovery.
I followed the install instructions on the website . I believe, exactly.
But after I have executed this command '' fastboot flash boot xxxxx.img"" to temporarily boot recovery, the phone stays in download mode and does nothing.
I then thought maybe I need to reboot?, and power down, because the next thing on the lineage install instructions is to start the phone having powered down.
Anyways, when it boots up, it hangs and stays on the android one screen.
Power/Volume up does nothing.
Whats worse is, it is no longer recognised in ADB.
I was really worried. I let the battery die overnight, and then tried to get some response, but no - still stuck.
Finally, after more fiddling, I got it into download mode, and was able to flash stock using OST.
I tried again - same thing, and once again luckily managed after an hour or so to get it into download mode.
So I have reflashed stock, and wondering if somebody a lot brighter than me can give some advice??
Currently on stock android 10, but would much prefer lineage 18 , as I have no need for google services.
Can only think something is going wrong with whichever partition I am temporarily booting to recovery?
Many Thanks ( with a relieved sigh for escaping a brick )
pootler
Something similar happened to me, it turns out that from android 10 stock you have to first:
fastboot flash recovery xxxx.img
you will get an error in the cmd, that's good, now
fasboot boot xxxx.img
.
this was mentioned a long time ago but was never mentioned more in other threads
if you get stuck you can use ost la. also remember the slot A B when you flash the rom
Tsuragi said:
Something similar happened to me, it turns out that from android 10 stock you have to first:
fastboot flash recovery xxxx.img
you will get an error in the cmd, that's good, now
fasboot boot xxxx.img
.
this was mentioned a long time ago but was never mentioned more in other threads
if you get stuck you can use ost la. also remember the slot A B when you flash the rom
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Thanks Tsuragi,
Forgot about that - it was me who posted that solution some time ago duh!
Pootler
pootler said:
HI,
I am not new to flashing phones and tablets, but I am a bit confused about the new partition format.
I have a nokia 6.1.
I want to flash the official lineage 18 ROM on it.
I downloaded the latest version , and also the latest lineage recovery.
I followed the install instructions on the website . I believe, exactly.
But after I have executed this command '' fastboot flash boot xxxxx.img"" to temporarily boot recovery, the phone stays in download mode and does nothing.
I then thought maybe I need to reboot?, and power down, because the next thing on the lineage install instructions is to start the phone having powered down.
Anyways, when it boots up, it hangs and stays on the android one screen.
Power/Volume up does nothing.
Whats worse is, it is no longer recognised in ADB.
I was really worried. I let the battery die overnight, and then tried to get some response, but no - still stuck.
Finally, after more fiddling, I got it into download mode, and was able to flash stock using OST.
I tried again - same thing, and once again luckily managed after an hour or so to get it into download mode.
So I have reflashed stock, and wondering if somebody a lot brighter than me can give some advice??
Currently on stock android 10, but would much prefer lineage 18 , as I have no need for google services.
Can only think something is going wrong with whichever partition I am temporarily booting to recovery?
Many Thanks ( with a relieved sigh for escaping a brick )
pootler
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Hey bro same experience, thats why im stock in android 10 with unlock bootloader. but i successfully flashed lineage with unofficial twrp but the problem is i cant flashed gapps thats why i cant install pre apps and cant use the default message and call. please help me

bricked my phone

Hi I have a pixel xl that I bricked. Ill give you a quick history of what I did. I had this phone rooted with magisk and on LOS and it is my backup phone that I play with. I had to send my pixel 4 xl in for a warranty exchange. So I had to use my pixel xl for a few days and I decided to return it to stock and lock the bootloader. So I did that but magisk seems to have persisted through the process of returning to stock and the phone worked fine I just got the message that the device has a different operating system installed and I still had root. Anyway I now have the pixel 5 and I was playing with my pixel and it just started boot looping and the phone gets really hot. It could just be that the hardware crapped out.
So I was able to unlock the bootloader and use fastboot to boot twrp and mount the system and I copied the twrp installer over and tried installing it. It did not work and I think i wiped out all recoveries because now when I try to boot recovery it just goes to boot the system like there is nothing there at all. Oh and I tried booting back to twrp and wiping everything. So that's where I'm at now and not sure what to try next. Do I use fastboot to boot into twrp and download the last ota file and sideload it? I'm open to any suggestions that anyone might have.

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