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Problems flashing system images for the Pixel XL

So I'm pretty accustomed to flashing system images and sideloading OTAs, but for some reason things are just not working for me on my Pixel XL.
Every time I run the "flash-all.bat" script (with the -w removed to preserve data) I can never seem to update properly, I get the following:
Code:
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloadera' (32820 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.776s]
writing 'bootloadera'...
(bootloader) Valid bootloader version.
OKAY [ 1.064s]
finished. total time: 1.844s
rebooting into bootloader...
FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 5.009s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radioa' (57048 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.356s]
writing 'radioa'...
OKAY [ 0.952s]
finished. total time: 2.322s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.014s]
finished. total time: 0.015s
< waiting for any device >
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.img'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
archive does not contain 'vendor.sig'
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: 8996-012001-1608281716
Baseband Version.....: 8996-012511-1609191801
Serial Number........: [removed]
--------------------------------------------
checking product...
OKAY [ 0.050s]
checking version-bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.049s]
checking version-baseband...
OKAY [ 0.048s]
sending 'boota' (26405 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.680s]
writing 'boota'...
(bootloader) Flashing active slot "_a"
FAILED (remote: partition [boota] doesn't exist)
finished. total time: 1.139s
Press any key to exit...
I am on the original stock NDE63L, and I have had failures trying to flash both NDE63P (a few weeks ago) and NDE63X (today's build).
Additionally, ever since this process has failed for me, I am unable to boot into recovery, I just get the picture of the dead Android guy. So because of this I can't adb sideload the OTA as an alternative.
My bootloader is unlocked and I have rooted just fine, boot_a is listed as my active boot slot, but I have no idea why the system flash keeps failing.
Any thoughts as to why this is happening? Alternatively, is there a way to restore my recovery so I can try adb sideloading the OTA?

ChrisG683 said:
So I'm pretty accustomed to flashing system images and sideloading OTAs, but for some reason things are just not working for me on my Pixel XL.
Every time I run the "flash-all.bat" script (with the -w removed to preserve data) I can never seem to update properly, I get the following:
Code:
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloadera' (32820 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.776s]
writing 'bootloadera'...
(bootloader) Valid bootloader version.
OKAY [ 1.064s]
finished. total time: 1.844s
rebooting into bootloader...
FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 5.009s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radioa' (57048 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.356s]
writing 'radioa'...
OKAY [ 0.952s]
finished. total time: 2.322s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.014s]
finished. total time: 0.015s
< waiting for any device >
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.img'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
archive does not contain 'vendor.sig'
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: 8996-012001-1608281716
Baseband Version.....: 8996-012511-1609191801
Serial Number........: [removed]
--------------------------------------------
checking product...
OKAY [ 0.050s]
checking version-bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.049s]
checking version-baseband...
OKAY [ 0.048s]
sending 'boota' (26405 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.680s]
writing 'boota'...
(bootloader) Flashing active slot "_a"
FAILED (remote: partition [boota] doesn't exist)
finished. total time: 1.139s
Press any key to exit...
I am on the original stock NDE63L, and I have had failures trying to flash both NDE63P (a few weeks ago) and NDE63X (today's build).
Additionally, ever since this process has failed for me, I am unable to boot into recovery, I just get the picture of the dead Android guy. So because of this I can't adb sideload the OTA as an alternative.
My bootloader is unlocked and I have rooted just fine, boot_a is listed as my active boot slot, but I have no idea why the system flash keeps failing.
Any thoughts as to why this is happening? Alternatively, is there a way to restore my recovery so I can try adb sideloading the OTA?
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update ADB and Fastboot to latest version 1.0.3.6 release

Try the steps in my restore-to-stock thread?
I've used these steps twice for "L" and once for "V" builds.
No issues yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/pix...stock-soft-t3494478/post69476498#post69476498
---------- Post added at 03:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:07 PM ----------
Oh, I remember getting that "boota does not exist".
I think I edited the script file somehow to fix that.
Can't remember what it was just now.
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Yours says "sending 'bootloadera'"
But mine that work says "sending 'bootloader_a'".
That may be the edit I did at one point.
But I have not had to edit anything while using the steps listed in my thread I linked to.

Taebom said:
update ADB and Fastboot to latest version 1.0.3.6 release
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That seems to have done the trick, thank you so much!

[Solved] Error while flashing factory images - Zip: unable to truncate file

Hey guys, I've Pixel 2 XL and I'm trying to flash the factory images on the phone using flash-all.bat. I had 8.1 earlier and was doing some tests with custom ROM and then wanted to start afresh. So I did these steps:
1. downloaded the factory image [taimen-opm1.171019.011-factory-2df1c1cb] from here.
2. Extracted it in a folder
3. Downloaded latest platform tools from here and extracted it to same folder
4. Opened command prompt and ran flash-all.bat
5. It flashed radio, bootloader and then while flashing system.img, it gave this error:
extracting system.img (1936 MB) to disk...W/ziparchive( 4084): Zip: unable to truncate file to 2030555488: File too large
Here is the full log:
Code:
The system cannot find message text for message number 0x2350 in the message fil
e for Application.
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Not enough storage is available to process this command.
D:\Pixel 2 XL\nitin>fastboot --version
fastboot version 0.0.1-4500957
Installed as D:\Pixel 2 XL\nitin\fastboot.exe
D:\Pixel 2 XL\nitin>fastboot devices
710KPJP0210052 fastboot
D:\Pixel 2 XL\nitin>flash-all.bat
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloader_a' (36344 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.170s]
writing 'bootloader_a'...
OKAY [ 0.379s]
finished. total time: 1.551s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.002s]
finished. total time: 0.002s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radio_a' (60428 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.967s]
writing 'radio_a'...
OKAY [ 0.571s]
finished. total time: 2.540s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.002s]
finished. total time: 0.002s
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
extracting boot.img (40 MB) to disk... took 0.226s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'boot_other.img'
extracting dtbo.img (8 MB) to disk... took 0.037s
archive does not contain 'dtbo.sig'
archive does not contain 'dt.img'
archive does not contain 'recovery.img'
extracting system.img (1936 MB) to disk...W/ziparchive( 4084): Zip: unable to truncate file to 2030555488: File too large
error:
failed to extract 'system.img': I/O error
Press any key to exit...
Any clues? I tried running the command prompt as an Admin to no avail. I know I can flash all imgs manually (and it works without any problems) but why am I getting that error?
Edit:
This was occuring due to low space on C:\drive (it seems it extracts the system.img before sending it to phone). Thanks to @stevexyz0 for the solution!

Is the disk on your PC out of space? Looks like it's trying to unzip the image before sending it to the phone.
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

stevexyz0 said:
Is the disk on your PC out of space? Looks like it's trying to unzip the image before sending it to the phone.
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
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Man, you are awesome! :laugh::laugh::highfive::highfive:
I had the factory images on D:\ drive which had 70GB free; but the C:\ drive had only 1 GB. And I think as you rightly said, it extracts the system.img on PC and that too on C:\ drive (may be in Temp older)
I made the space on C:\ drive and it worked like a charm. Thanks once again!
Nitin

A custom ROM sounds yummy!

nitin.chobhe said:
Hey guys, I've Pixel 2 XL and I'm trying to flash the factory images on the phone using flash-all.bat. I had 8.1 earlier and was doing some tests with custom ROM and then wanted to start afresh. So I did these steps:
1. downloaded the factory image [taimen-opm1.171019.011-factory-2df1c1cb] from here.
2. Extracted it in a folder
3. Downloaded latest platform tools from here and extracted it to same folder
4. Opened command prompt and ran flash-all.bat
5. It flashed radio, bootloader and then while flashing system.img, it gave this error:
extracting system.img (1936 MB) to disk...W/ziparchive( 4084): Zip: unable to truncate file to 2030555488: File too large
Here is the full log:
Code:
The system cannot find message text for message number 0x2350 in the message fil
e for Application.
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Not enough storage is available to process this command.
D:\Pixel 2 XL\nitin>fastboot --version
fastboot version 0.0.1-4500957
Installed as D:\Pixel 2 XL\nitin\fastboot.exe
D:\Pixel 2 XL\nitin>fastboot devices
710KPJP0210052 fastboot
D:\Pixel 2 XL\nitin>flash-all.bat
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloader_a' (36344 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.170s]
writing 'bootloader_a'...
OKAY [ 0.379s]
finished. total time: 1.551s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.002s]
finished. total time: 0.002s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radio_a' (60428 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.967s]
writing 'radio_a'...
OKAY [ 0.571s]
finished. total time: 2.540s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.002s]
finished. total time: 0.002s
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
extracting boot.img (40 MB) to disk... took 0.226s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'boot_other.img'
extracting dtbo.img (8 MB) to disk... took 0.037s
archive does not contain 'dtbo.sig'
archive does not contain 'dt.img'
archive does not contain 'recovery.img'
extracting system.img (1936 MB) to disk...W/ziparchive( 4084): Zip: unable to truncate file to 2030555488: File too large
error:
failed to extract 'system.img': I/O error
Press any key to exit...
Any clues? I tried running the command prompt as an Admin to no avail. I know I can flash all imgs manually (and it works without any problems) but why am I getting that error?
Edit:
This was occuring due to low space on C:\drive (it seems it extracts the system.img before sending it to phone). Thanks to @stevexyz0 for the solution!
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I'm getting this error if U try with manual command,
{ H:\taimen-pq1a.181105.017.a1\platform-tools> fastboot update H:\taimen-pq1a.181105.017.a1\platform-tools\image-taimen
-pq1a.181105.017.a1.zip
error: failed to load 'H:\taimen-pq1a.181105.017.a1\platform-tools\image-taimen-pq1a.181105.017.a1.zip': Not enough space }
I'm getting this error if U try with flash-all command,
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (36336 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.789s]
writing 'bootloader'...
OKAY [ 0.375s]
finished. total time: 1.164s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ -0.000s]
finished. total time: -0.000s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radio' (60388 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.304s]
writing 'radio'...
OKAY [ 0.569s]
finished. total time: 1.878s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ -0.000s]
finished. total time: -0.000s
error: failed to load 'image-taimen-pq1a.181105.017.a1.zip': Not enough space
Press any key to exit...
My drives are enough empty to perform this action as you can see below screen shot. I've kept these files in drive H:/
Please help here. @stevexyz0
I'm rooted from oct patch, and want to update to nov patch full OTA.

wow thank you
stevexyz0 said:
Is the disk on your PC out of space? Looks like it's trying to unzip the image before sending it to the phone.
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
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sheesh i tried flashing the new android 10 update and got the same error error above and man you saved me!!! omg thank you. spent hrs trying to see whats wrong and came across this post. i couldnt even get passed the google logo thought i bricked my pixel 3 xl!! thank you!!

nitin.chobhe said:
Man, you are awesome! :laugh::laugh::highfive::highfive:
I had the factory images on D:\ drive which had 70GB free; but the C:\ drive had only 1 GB. And I think as you rightly said, it extracts the system.img on PC and that too on C:\ drive (may be in Temp older)
I made the space on C:\ drive and it worked like a charm. Thanks once again!
Nitin
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hi ...i am getting this error while flashing ruu through my pc.....
sending 'zip'... (2426128 KB) FAILdata too large, 2484355788 > 1973424128
FAILED (data size is too large(2426128 KB) for device to download ZIP file 'rom.zip'
)
please helpppppppppppppp
Execution time is 2(s)

Novair said:
hi ...i am getting this error while flashing ruu through my pc.....
sending 'zip'... (2426128 KB) FAILdata too large, 2484355788 > 1973424128
FAILED (data size is too large(2426128 KB) for device to download ZIP file 'rom.zip'
)
please helpppppppppppppp
Execution time is 2(s)
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Other than making sure you have enough space on your PC drives, we can't really help you. You'll need to ask your question in the HTC forums. Google devices don't use RUUs.

Novair said:
hi ...i am getting this error while flashing ruu through my pc.....
sending 'zip'... (2426128 KB) FAILdata too large, 2484355788 > 1973424128
FAILED (data size is too large(2426128 KB) for device to download ZIP file 'rom.zip'
)
please helpppppppppppppp
Execution time is 2(s)
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A simple google search showed this as fist result: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/q-cannot-flash-failed-remote-download-size-too-large.1286751/

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Other than making sure you have enough space on your PC drives, we can't really help you. You'll need to ask your question in the HTC forums. Google devices don't use RUUs.
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I have 500gb free space on pc .......
But i think this error is because of allocated partition in device [(htv 10) htv32]

Virus paranoia

If I was paranoid my pixel has a undetectable virus/rootkit how could I get ride of it?
Is there away to flash both room locations to factory reset and lock bootloader?
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

https://developers.google.com/android/images#flashable-images

Well I knew there is dual partitions and curious if those images will take care of both sides how much can I rely on that? Seeing they are factory should be pretty high.
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

gjkrisa said:
Well I knew there is dual partitions and curious if those images will take care of both sides how much can I rely on that? Seeing they are factory should be pretty high.
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Flash it once, run the fastboot command to switch active slots and flash it again. If you are that worried, you most certainly should let it flash the user partition. Anything bad is most certainly going to be there.

Locking the bootloader is going to flash that too right?

gjkrisa said:
Locking the bootloader is going to flash that too right?
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Not on it's own. NEVER RE-LOCK THE BOOTLOADER UNLESS YOU ARE 101% SURE YOU ARE BACK TO STOCK. I think there is an older thread here where someone did that and that device is now bricked permanently.

raynan said:
Not on it's own. NEVER RE-LOCK THE BOOTLOADER UNLESS YOU ARE 101% SURE YOU ARE BACK TO STOCK. I think there is an older thread here where someone did that and that device is now bricked permanently.
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I am the one ...Yes, never relock bootloader because you don't need to

ram4ufriends said:
I am the one ...Yes, never relock bootloader because you don't need to
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Haha, well, sorry to bring up those painful memories, but at least you'll never do it again...Live and learn.

raynan said:
Haha, well, sorry to bring up those painful memories, but at least you'll never do it again...Live and learn.
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Yeah lessons learnt...good thing is I did RMA to Google and got a replacement...

gjkrisa said:
Well I knew there is dual partitions and curious if those images will take care of both sides how much can I rely on that? Seeing they are factory should be pretty high.
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
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It is not necessary to switch the active slot as someone else here suggested. The flash script included with the factory image flashes both slots.

TheSt33v said:
It is not necessary to switch the active slot as someone else here suggested. The flash script included with the factory image flashes both slots.
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I think I just read in the carbon thread that is not the case, only part of the install goes to both slots. ??

TheSt33v said:
It is not necessary to switch the active slot as someone else here suggested. The flash script included with the factory image flashes both slots.
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I don't think this is the case either. Afaik partitions such as system will only flash to the active slot (i.e. I've seen the script say something like "writing system_a"). When I manually switch slots, it will say "writing system_b" - this is what leads me to believe it doesn't flash to both slots.
I have a bit of OCD so I manually switch slots and flash-all to both. It's also to be on the safe side, avoiding any potential issues by having one slot have older factory images.

ram4ufriends said:
Yeah lessons learnt...good thing is I did RMA to Google and got a replacement...
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Do you have a thread that leads to how you bricked yours or willing to share here?
I really want to relock the bootloader but I don't want to need to send spend $ on a rma
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

rickysidhu_ said:
I don't think this is the case either. Afaik partitions such as system will only flash to the active slot (i.e. I've seen the script say something like "writing system_a"). When I manually switch slots, it will say "writing system_b" - this is what leads me to believe it doesn't flash to both slots.
I have a bit of OCD so I manually switch slots and flash-all to both. It's also to be on the safe side, avoiding any potential issues by having one slot have older factory images.
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I stand corrected. This is what happens when you flash a factory image:
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloader_a' (36344 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.807s]
writing 'bootloader_a'...
OKAY [ 0.371s]
finished. total time: 1.181s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.001s
< waiting for any device >
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radio_a' (60428 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.344s]
writing 'radio_a'...
OKAY [ 0.578s]
finished. total time: 1.924s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.002s
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
extracting boot.img (40 MB) to disk... took 0.144s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'boot_other.img'
extracting dtbo.img (8 MB) to disk... took 0.020s
archive does not contain 'dtbo.sig'
archive does not contain 'dt.img'
archive does not contain 'recovery.img'
extracting system.img (1936 MB) to disk... took 7.975s
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
extracting system_other.img (568 MB) to disk... took 2.816s
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
extracting vbmeta.img (0 MB) to disk... took -0.000s
archive does not contain 'vbmeta.sig'
extracting vendor.img (349 MB) to disk... took 1.626s
archive does not contain 'vendor.sig'
archive does not contain 'vendor_other.img'
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: TMZ12b
Baseband Version.....: g8998-00164-1710262031
Serial Number........: 710KPXV0398618
--------------------------------------------
checking product...
OKAY [ 0.001s]
checking version-bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.001s]
checking version-baseband...
OKAY [ 0.001s]
sending 'boot_a' (40960 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.909s]
writing 'boot_a'...
OKAY [ 0.374s]
sending 'dtbo_a' (8192 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.182s]
writing 'dtbo_a'...
OKAY [ 0.076s]
erasing 'system_a'...
OKAY [ 0.072s]
sending sparse 'system_a' 1/4 (524284 KB)...
OKAY [ 12.120s]
writing 'system_a' 1/4...
OKAY [ 2.454s]
sending sparse 'system_a' 2/4 (524284 KB)...
OKAY [ 12.086s]
writing 'system_a' 2/4...
OKAY [ 2.423s]
sending sparse 'system_a' 3/4 (524284 KB)...
OKAY [ 12.027s]
writing 'system_a' 3/4...
OKAY [ 2.422s]
sending sparse 'system_a' 4/4 (410176 KB)...
OKAY [ 9.397s]
writing 'system_a' 4/4...
OKAY [ 1.894s]
erasing 'system_b'...
OKAY [ 0.051s]
sending sparse 'system_b' 1/2 (524284 KB)...
OKAY [ 12.007s]
writing 'system_b' 1/2...
OKAY [ 2.452s]
sending sparse 'system_b' 2/2 (57588 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.322s]
writing 'system_b' 2/2...
OKAY [ 0.257s]
sending 'vbmeta_a' (4 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.001s]
writing 'vbmeta_a'...
OKAY [ 0.003s]
erasing 'vendor_a'...
OKAY [ 0.014s]
sending 'vendor_a' (357912 KB)...
OKAY [ 7.952s]
writing 'vendor_a'...
OKAY [ 1.818s]
Setting current slot to 'a'...
OKAY [ 0.008s]
rebooting...
finished. total time: 82.364s
Press any key to exit...
So it looks like the only time it touches the inactive slot is when it flashes system, in which case it flashes something different to the inactive system partition. Weird.

gjkrisa said:
Do you have a thread that leads to how you bricked yours or willing to share here?
I really want to relock the bootloader but I don't want to need to send spend $ on a rma
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/help/brick-device-t3720735

Ok so go to stock before locking bootloader check
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

gjkrisa said:
Ok so go to stock before locking bootloader check
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And wait for one OTA to work.

I'm on mac so i ran flash-all.sh but ran into issue anyone have an idea?
Downloads/pixel/flash-all.sh
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloader_a' (36344 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.944s]
writing 'bootloader_a'...
OKAY [ 0.507s]
finished. total time: 1.451s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.000s]
finished. total time: 0.000s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radio_a' (60428 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.596s]
writing 'radio_a'...
OKAY [ 2.108s]
finished. total time: 3.704s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.000s]
finished. total time: 0.000s
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
extracting boot.img (40 MB) to disk... took 0.213s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'boot_other.img'
extracting dtbo.img (8 MB) to disk... took 0.031s
archive does not contain 'dtbo.sig'
archive does not contain 'dt.img'
archive does not contain 'recovery.img'
extracting system.img (1936 MB) to disk... took 11.488s
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
extracting system_other.img (568 MB) to disk... took 3.995s
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
extracting vbmeta.img (0 MB) to disk... took 0.000s
archive does not contain 'vbmeta.sig'
extracting vendor.img (349 MB) to disk... took 2.308s
archive does not contain 'vendor.sig'
archive does not contain 'vendor_other.img'
wiping userdata...
/usr/local/bin/mke2fs failed with status 1
error: Cannot generate image for userdata
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gjkrisa said:
I'm on mac so i ran flash-all.sh but ran into issue anyone have an idea?
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I got the same error and could not find a way around it. I ended up downloading the Skipsoft toolkit and flashing factory images from there, in Windows.

rickysidhu_ said:
I got the same error and could not find a way around it. I ended up downloading the Skipsoft toolkit and flashing factory images from there, in Windows.
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Did you have to remove password on phone first?
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can't flash anything

hello i have unlocked google pixel 2xl and i can't flash twrp because my phone didn't have recovery and i also can't fastboot boot twrp this go back to bootloader screen after warning message with phone is unlocked warning
product name taimen
variant - MSM UFS:SAMSUNG(128) DDR:HYNIX
secure boot yes
device state unlocked
Official factory image
HTML:
[email protected]:~/taimen factory image$ ./flash-all.sh
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloader_a' (36356 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.123s]
writing 'bootloader_a'...
OKAY [ 0.699s]
finished. total time: 0.822s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.000s]
finished. total time: 0.251s
< waiting for any device >
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radio_a' (60372 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.206s]
writing 'radio_a'...
OKAY [ 1.114s]
finished. total time: 1.320s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.000s]
finished. total time: 0.251s
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB)...
extracting boot.img (40 MB)...
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'boot_other.img'
extracting dtbo.img (8 MB)...
archive does not contain 'dtbo.sig'
archive does not contain 'dt.img'
archive does not contain 'recovery.img'
extracting system.img (2226 MB)...
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
extracting system_other.img (321 MB)...
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
extracting vbmeta.img (0 MB)...
archive does not contain 'vbmeta.sig'
extracting vendor.img (351 MB)...
archive does not contain 'vendor.sig'
archive does not contain 'vendor_other.img'
wiping userdata...
mke2fs 1.44.1 (24-Mar-2018)
Varování: šířka pruhu RAIDu 1 není sudý násobek kroku (stride) 2.
/tmp/TemporaryFile-Rc3eqB: Neimplementovaná funkce knihovny ext2 při nastavování superbloku
/usr/lib/android-sdk/platform-tools/mke2fs failed with status 1
mke2fs failed: 1
error: Cannot generate image for userdata
Twrp
HTML:
[email protected]:~$ fastboot flash recovery twrp-pixel2-installer-taimen-3.3.0-0.zip
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (10826 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.048s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: No such partition.)
finished. total time: 0.051s

heavyblack said:
hello i have unlocked google pixel 2xl and i can't flash twrp because my phone didn't have recovery and i also can't fastboot boot twrp this go back to bootloader screen after warning message with phone is unlocked warning
product name taimen
variant - MSM UFS:SAMSUNG(128) DDR:HYNIX
secure boot yes
device state unlocked
Official factory image
[email protected]:~/taimen factory image$ ./flash-all.sh target reported max download size of 536870912 bytessending 'bootloader_a' (36356 KB)...OKAY [ 0.123s]writing 'bootloader_a'...OKAY [ 0.699s]finished. total time: 0.822srebooting into bootloader...OKAY [ 0.000s]finished. total time: 0.251s< waiting for any device >target reported max download size of 536870912 bytessending 'radio_a' (60372 KB)...OKAY [ 0.206s]writing 'radio_a'...OKAY [ 1.114s]finished. total time: 1.320srebooting into bootloader...OKAY [ 0.000s]finished. total time: 0.251sextracting android-info.txt (0 MB)...extracting boot.img (40 MB)...target reported max download size of 536870912 bytesarchive does not contain 'boot.sig'archive does not contain 'boot_other.img'extracting dtbo.img (8 MB)...archive does not contain 'dtbo.sig'archive does not contain 'dt.img'archive does not contain 'recovery.img'extracting system.img (2226 MB)...archive does not contain 'system.sig'extracting system_other.img (321 MB)...archive does not contain 'system.sig'extracting vbmeta.img (0 MB)...archive does not contain 'vbmeta.sig'extracting vendor.img (351 MB)...archive does not contain 'vendor.sig'archive does not contain 'vendor_other.img'wiping userdata...mke2fs 1.44.1 (24-Mar-2018)Varován
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Badger50 said:
heavyblack said:
hello i have unlocked google pixel 2xl and i can't flash twrp because my phone didn't have recovery and i also can't fastboot boot twrp this go back to bootloader screen after warning message with phone is unlocked warning
product name taimen
variant - MSM UFS:SAMSUNG(128) DDR:HYNIX
secure boot yes
device state unlocked
Official factory image
[email protected]:~/taimen factory image$ ./flash-all.sh target reported max download size of 536870912 bytessending 'bootloader_a' (36356 KB)...OKAY [ 0.123s]writing 'bootloader_a'...OKAY [ 0.699s]finished. total time: 0.822srebooting into bootloader...OKAY [ 0.000s]finished. total time: 0.251s< waiting for any device >target reported max download size of 536870912 bytessending 'radio_a' (60372 KB)...OKAY [ 0.206s]writing 'radio_a'...OKAY [ 1.114s]finished. total time: 1.320srebooting into bootloader...OKAY [ 0.000s]finished. total time: 0.251sextracting android-info.txt (0 MB)...extracting boot.img (40 MB)...target reported max download size of 536870912 bytesarchive does not contain 'boot.sig'archive does not contain 'boot_other.img'extracting dtbo.img (8 MB)...archive does not contain 'dtbo.sig'archive does not contain 'dt.img'archive does not contain 'recovery.img'extracting system.img (2226 MB)...archive does not contain 'system.sig'extracting system_other.img (321 MB)...archive does not contain 'system.sig'extracting vbmeta.img (0 MB)...archive does not contain 'vbmeta.sig'extracting vendor.img (351 MB)...archive does not contain 'vendor.sig'archive does not contain 'vendor_other.img'wiping userdata...mke2fs 1.44.1 (24-Mar-2018)Varován
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Wow! That was weird, my initial post didn't go through..strange
Are your platform-tools up to date? Have had this problem before? Are you using a Mac I take it?
Also, command line for twrp is incorrect. It should read...fastboot boot twrp-3.3.0-0-taimen.img
And, you need to fastboot the twrp.img file, not the zip file.
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Badger50 said:
heavyblack said:
hello i have unlocked google pixel 2xl and i can't flash twrp because my phone didn't have recovery and i also can't fastboot boot twrp this go back to bootloader screen after warning message with phone is unlocked warning
product name taimen
variant - MSM UFS:SAMSUNG(128) DDR:HYNIX
secure boot yes
device state unlocked
Official factory image
[email protected]:~/taimen factory image$ ./flash-all.sh target reported max download size of 536870912 bytessending 'bootloader_a' (36356 KB)...OKAY [ 0.123s]writing 'bootloader_a'...OKAY [ 0.699s]finished. total time: 0.822srebooting into bootloader...OKAY [ 0.000s]finished. total time: 0.251s< waiting for any device >target reported max download size of 536870912 bytessending 'radio_a' (60372 KB)...OKAY [ 0.206s]writing 'radio_a'...OKAY [ 1.114s]finished. total time: 1.320srebooting into bootloader...OKAY [ 0.000s]finished. total time: 0.251sextracting android-info.txt (0 MB)...extracting boot.img (40 MB)...target reported max download size of 536870912 bytesarchive does not contain 'boot.sig'archive does not contain 'boot_other.img'extracting dtbo.img (8 MB)...archive does not contain 'dtbo.sig'archive does not contain 'dt.img'archive does not contain 'recovery.img'extracting system.img (2226 MB)...archive does not contain 'system.sig'extracting system_other.img (321 MB)...archive does not contain 'system.sig'extracting vbmeta.img (0 MB)...archive does not contain 'vbmeta.sig'extracting vendor.img (351 MB)...archive does not contain 'vendor.sig'archive does not contain 'vendor_other.img'wiping userdata...mke2fs 1.44.1 (24-Mar-2018)Varován
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Badger50 said:
Wow! That was weird, my initial post didn't go through..strange
Are your platform-tools up to date? Have had this problem before? Are you using a Mac I take it?
Also, command line for twrp is incorrect. It should read...fastboot boot twrp-3.3.0-0-taimen.img
And, you need to fastboot the twrp.img file, not the zip file.
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i am using ubuntu adb is from apt repo because is hard to setup on win and if you do still you get weird messages like
and i using newest version
```powershell
PS C:\Users\heavyblack> adb devices
adb server version (40) doesn't match this client (41); killing...
could not read ok from ADB Server
* failed to start daemon
adb.exe: failed to check server version: cannot connect to daemon
PS C:\Users\heavyblack>
```
i tried boot twrp.img and working now but i still can't install official rom or flash lineage os
```
[email protected]:~/taimen factory image$ ./flash-all.sh
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloader_b' (36356 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.949s]
writing 'bootloader_b'...
FAILED (remote: Flashing is not allowed for Critical Partitions
)
finished. total time: 0.950s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.000s]
finished. total time: 0.201s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radio_b' (60372 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.556s]
writing 'radio_b'...
OKAY [ 0.932s]
finished. total time: 2.488s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.003s]
finished. total time: 0.203s
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB)...
extracting boot.img (40 MB)...
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'boot_other.img'
extracting dtbo.img (8 MB)...
archive does not contain 'dtbo.sig'
archive does not contain 'dt.img'
archive does not contain 'recovery.img'
extracting system.img (2226 MB)...
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
extracting system_other.img (321 MB)...
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
extracting vbmeta.img (0 MB)...
archive does not contain 'vbmeta.sig'
extracting vendor.img (351 MB)...
archive does not contain 'vendor.sig'
archive does not contain 'vendor_other.img'
wiping userdata...
mke2fs 1.44.1 (24-Mar-2018)
Varování: šířka pruhu RAIDu 1 není sudý násobek kroku (stride) 2.
/tmp/TemporaryFile-d6fC4B: Neimplementovaná funkce knihovny ext2 při nastavování superbloku
/usr/lib/android-sdk/platform-tools/mke2fs failed with status 1
mke2fs failed: 1
error: Cannot generate image for userdata
```
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heavyblack said:
Badger50 said:
heavyblack said:
hello i have unlocked google pixel 2xl and i can't flash twrp because my phone didn't have recovery and i also can't fastboot boot twrp this go back to bootloader screen after warning message with phone is unlocked warning
product name taimen
variant - MSM UFS:SAMSUNG(128) DDR:HYNIX
secure boot yes
device state unlocked
Official factory image
[email protected]:~/taimen factory image$ ./flash-all.sh target reported max download size of 536870912 bytessending 'bootloader_a' (36356 KB)...OKAY [ 0.123s]writing 'bootloader_a'...OKAY [ 0.699s]finished. total time: 0.822srebooting into bootloader...OKAY [ 0.000s]finished. total time: 0.251s< waiting for any device >target reported max download size of 536870912 bytessending 'radio_a' (60372 KB)...OKAY [ 0.206s]writing 'radio_a'...OKAY [ 1.114s]finished. total time: 1.320srebooting into bootloader...OKAY [ 0.000s]finished. total time: 0.251sextracting android-info.txt (0 MB)...extracting boot.img (40 MB)...target reported max download size of 536870912 bytesarchive does not contain 'boot.sig'archive does not contain 'boot_other.img'extracting dtbo.img (8 MB)...archive does not contain 'dtbo.sig'archive does not contain 'dt.img'archive does not contain 'recovery.img'extracting system.img (2226 MB)...archive does not contain 'system.sig'extracting system_other.img (321 MB)...archive does not contain 'system.sig'extracting vbmeta.img (0 MB)...archive does not contain 'vbmeta.sig'extracting vendor.img (351 MB)...archive does not contain 'vendor.sig'archive does not contain 'vendor_other.img'wiping userdata...mke2fs 1.44.1 (24-Mar-2018)Varován
---------- Post added at 04:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:40 PM ----------
i am using ubuntu adb is from apt repo because is hard to setup on win and if you do still you get weird messages like
and i using newest version
```powershell
PS C:\Users\heavyblack> adb devices
adb server version (40) doesn't match this client (41); killing...
could not read ok from ADB Server
* failed to start daemon
adb.exe: failed to check server version: cannot connect to daemon
PS C:\Users\heavyblack>
```
i tried boot twrp.img and working now but i still can't install official rom or flash lineage os
```
[email protected]:~/taimen factory image$ ./flash-all.sh
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloader_b' (36356 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.949s]
writing 'bootloader_b'...
FAILED (remote: Flashing is not allowed for Critical Partitions
)
finished. total time: 0.950s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.000s]
finished. total time: 0.201s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radio_b' (60372 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.556s]
writing 'radio_b'...
OKAY [ 0.932s]
finished. total time: 2.488s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.003s]
finished. total time: 0.203s
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB)...
extracting boot.img (40 MB)...
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'boot_other.img'
extracting dtbo.img (8 MB)...
archive does not contain 'dtbo.sig'
archive does not contain 'dt.img'
archive does not contain 'recovery.img'
extracting system.img (2226 MB)...
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
extracting system_other.img (321 MB)...
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
extracting vbmeta.img (0 MB)...
archive does not contain 'vbmeta.sig'
extracting vendor.img (351 MB)...
archive does not contain 'vendor.sig'
archive does not contain 'vendor_other.img'
wiping userdata...
mke2fs 1.44.1 (24-Mar-2018)
Varování: šířka pruhu RAIDu 1 není sudý násobek kroku (stride) 2.
/tmp/TemporaryFile-d6fC4B: Neimplementovaná funkce knihovny ext2 při nastavování superbloku
/usr/lib/android-sdk/platform-tools/mke2fs failed with status 1
mke2fs failed: 1
error: Cannot generate image for userdata
```
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It seems you may need to run the command: fastboot flashing unlock_critical
Which is very unusual, since Pixel's shouldn't really need to do this if fresh unlocking in the last couple of months...
Then, again making sure you have the most up to date platform-tools, it's best if you be sure to use USB-A to USB-C cords (not USB-C if possible) and/or various different usb ports as well. Usually "max download size" and "daemon" issues can be followed back to these reasons...
But, if anything and most concerning, is the error/line "adb server version (40) doesn't match this client (41); killing...
could not read ok from ADB Server"
You would be better served figuring out what's wrong with adb and how to get that working. You won't be getting any further until adb and adb server is running better or flawlessly. As I recall, isn't it that MacOS and Linux have different syntax where you have to include/add more into a command...? I'll try to check on that....
good luck and hope this ends up being helpful...
P.S. yeah...don't you have to include & start with "./" for commands...? I'm unsure if it relates to this situation or to your OS, but just something that popped into my mind...
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Please Help. unable to flash Factory Image for Pixel XL

Hi guys,
Please help me with my phone.
I have my pixel XL rooted and accidentally upgraded to android 10 and lost my root.
However, when i was in the process of trying to re-root the phone, i probably did something stupid and got my phone soft bricked with the phone turning into to a bootloop showing the Google sign and the screen on booting up.
I am able to enter the bootloader screen and tried to flash the Factory Stock image, from the old version such as 7.1.0 to the new version 10.0.0 but failed.
This is the message i got every time i flash the factory image.
============================================================
Microsoft Windows [版本 10.0.18362.720]
(c) 2019 Microsoft Corporation. 著作權所有，並保留一切權利。
D:\Program Files (x86)\Android\Minimal ADB and Fastboot\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>flash-all.bat
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloader_a' (32480 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.888s]
writing 'bootloader_a'...
(bootloader) Valid bootloader version.
(bootloader) Flashing active slot "_a"
(bootloader) Flashing active slot "_a"
OKAY [ 2.060s]
finished. total time: 2.950s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.050s]
finished. total time: 0.051s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radio_a' (57156 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.550s]
writing 'radio_a'...
OKAY [ 0.498s]
finished. total time: 2.052s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.050s]
finished. total time: 0.053s
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
extracting boot.img (30 MB) to disk... took 0.325s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'boot_other.img'
archive does not contain 'dtbo.img'
archive does not contain 'dt.img'
archive does not contain 'recovery.img'
extracting system.img (1998 MB) to disk... took 9.441s
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
extracting system_other.img (293 MB) to disk... took 1.527s
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
archive does not contain 'vbmeta.img'
extracting vendor.img (253 MB) to disk... took 1.275s
archive does not contain 'vendor.sig'
archive does not contain 'vendor_other.img'
wiping userdata...
CreateProcess failed: 蝟餌絞?曆??唳?摰?瑼???(2)
error: Cannot generate image for userdata
Press any key to exit...
;urgently need your help.
sam

samsam2020 said:
Hi guys,
Please help me with my phone.
I have my pixel XL rooted and accidentally upgraded to android 10 and lost my root.
However, when i was in the process of trying to re-root the phone, i probably did something stupid and got my phone soft bricked with the phone turning into to a bootloop showing the Google sign and the screen on booting up.
I am able to enter the bootloader screen and tried to flash the Factory Stock image, from the old version such as 7.1.0 to the new version 10.0.0 but failed.
This is the message i got every time i flash the factory image.
============================================================
Microsoft Windows [版本 10.0.18362.720]
(c) 2019 Microsoft Corporation. 著作權所有，並保留一切權利。
D:\Program Files (x86)\Android\Minimal ADB and Fastboot\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>flash-all.bat
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloader_a' (32480 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.888s]
writing 'bootloader_a'...
(bootloader) Valid bootloader version.
(bootloader) Flashing active slot "_a"
(bootloader) Flashing active slot "_a"
OKAY [ 2.060s]
finished. total time: 2.950s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.050s]
finished. total time: 0.051s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radio_a' (57156 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.550s]
writing 'radio_a'...
OKAY [ 0.498s]
finished. total time: 2.052s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.050s]
finished. total time: 0.053s
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
extracting boot.img (30 MB) to disk... took 0.325s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'boot_other.img'
archive does not contain 'dtbo.img'
archive does not contain 'dt.img'
archive does not contain 'recovery.img'
extracting system.img (1998 MB) to disk... took 9.441s
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
extracting system_other.img (293 MB) to disk... took 1.527s
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
archive does not contain 'vbmeta.img'
extracting vendor.img (253 MB) to disk... took 1.275s
archive does not contain 'vendor.sig'
archive does not contain 'vendor_other.img'
wiping userdata...
CreateProcess failed: 蝟餌絞?曆??唳?摰?瑼???(2)
error: Cannot generate image for userdata
Press any key to exit...
;urgently need your help.
sam
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You installed an Android 10 factory image, please DO NOT try installing an Android 7xx factory image.
If your bootloader is unlocked try this using this Guide:
- First, remove (uninstall) Minimal ADB from your computer.
- Second, download and install SDK Platform-tools r29.0.6 on your computer. There is a link in the guide: Prerequisites c.
- You are on Android 10 Factory Image (10.0.0 (QP1A.191005.007.A3, Dec 2019)) so just do # 9 in the guide to root/reroot.
Note: Check your bootloader and radio version.
Why? You tried to flash an Android 7xx factory image and it look like the Android 7xx bootloader and radio replaced the Android 10 bootloader and radio.
If your bootloader and radio are not:
- bootloader-marlin-8996-012001-1908071822.img
- radio-marlin-8996-130361-1905270421.img
Open a command prompt #1 in the guide and flash them:
Code:
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-marlin-8996-012001-1908071822.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-marlin-8996-130361-1905270421.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader

Homeboy76 said:
You installed an Android 10 factory image, please DO NOT try installing an Android 7xx factory image.
If your bootloader is unlocked try this using this Guide:
- First, remove (uninstall) Minimal ADB from your computer.
- Second, download and install SDK Platform-tools r29.0.6 on your computer. There is a link in the guide: Prerequisites c.
- You are on Android 10 Factory Image (10.0.0 (QP1A.191005.007.A3, Dec 2019)) so just do # 9 in the guide to root/reroot.
Note: Check your bootloader and radio version.
Why? You tried to flash an Android 7xx factory image and it look like the Android 7xx bootloader and radio replaced the Android 10 bootloader and radio.
If your bootloader and radio are not:
- bootloader-marlin-8996-012001-1908071822.img
- radio-marlin-8996-130361-1905270421.img
Open a command prompt #1 in the guide and flash them:
Code:
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-marlin-8996-012001-1908071822.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-marlin-8996-130361-1905270421.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
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:good::good::good:
Very GOOD man!
Just tried and i was able to restore the factory image
also rooted my phone again!!
Million thanks for your help.