Hi all,
I've seemed to have bricked my Pixel C. I tried flashing the stock ROM after installing LineageOS.
I wiped everything using fastboot (recovery, data, system, bootloader, cache, etc) and now I am just stuck with fastboot.
When I try and use
Code:
fastboot boot twrp.img
, I get the following:
Code:
creating boot image...
creating boot image - 12974080 bytes
Sending 'boot.img' (12670 KB) OKAY [ 0.320s]
Booting FAILED (remote: 'image verification failed')
fastboot: error: Command failed
If I try and flash recovery using
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
, I get the following:
Code:
Sending 'recovery' (12668 KB) OKAY [ 0.347s]
Writing 'recovery' FAILED (remote: 'unsupported command')
fastboot: error: Command failed
I did have this error before, but I had TWRP and used fwtool to fix it. But I have no OS, no recovery and I am getting these issues with fastboot.
I have tried various cables, my drivers are up to date and my software is up to date. I have also tried flashing the stock image from Google but that just does the following:
Code:
Sending 'bootloader' (16384 KB) OKAY [ 0.445s]
Writing 'bootloader' FAILED (remote: 'unsupported command')
fastboot: error: Command failed
Rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.000s]
Finished. Total time: 0.016s
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: ***********************************************************
Baseband Version.....: N/A
Serial Number........: unknown variable
--------------------------------------------
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
Checking 'product' OKAY [ 0.010s]
Checking 'version-bootloader' FAILED
Device version-bootloader is '***********************************************************'.
Update requires 'Google_Smaug.7900.139.0'.
fastboot: error: requirements not met!
Press any key to exit...
Is this tablet totally bricked or can anyone help me out?
Thanks
Vartom said:
I fixed such a lock by flashing a chip with a bootloader. To do this, I had to peel off the screen and buy a programmer on Ali. Risky operation.
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Hi, can you give more details on how you proceeded
Have you tried this?
https://download.dirtyunicorns.com/?device=dragon
Google smaug vendor image
Gesendet von meinem Nexus 6P mit Tapatalk
Doesn't work. It's not the image that's the issue anyway, its the command being unrecognized:
Code:
Sending 'bootloader' (16384 KB) OKAY [ 0.438s]
Writing 'bootloader' FAILED (remote: 'unsupported command')
fastboot: error: Command failed
Bricked.
I solved same problem but I was able to boot system and used this in adb:
Code:
fwtool vbnv write dev_boot_fastboot_full_cap 1
You must somehow boot recovery and flash system. Without recovery you are screwed.
matonka007 said:
Bricked.
I solved same problem but I was able to boot system and used this in adb:
Code:
fwtool vbnv write dev_boot_fastboot_full_cap 1
You must somehow boot recovery and flash system. Without recovery you are screwed.
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Yeah. I have been searching for hours but it seems impossible without recovery.
Tried this?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-c/help/bootloader-reports-unlocked-unable-to-t3483513
Gesendet von meinem Nexus 6P mit Tapatalk
---------- Post added at 06:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:11 PM ----------
And this?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-c/help/flash-factory-image-t3599367/amp/
Gesendet von meinem Nexus 6P mit Tapatalk
Yes but with no joy.
Fastboot doesn't work at all so I cannot even boot to recovery. Therefore, I am unable to use ADB to fix fastboot
Sad, maybee this?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-c/help/flashing-to-stock-android-npd90g-twrp-t3424863
Gesendet von meinem Nexus 6P mit Tapatalk
Doesn't work. But AGAIN... I cannot access recovery for ADB
Sorry no more ideas
Gesendet von meinem Nexus 6P mit Tapatalk
Are you sure that your BL is unlocked? Try to lock it and unlock it again.
Code:
FAILED (remote: 'image verification failed')
This error looks like it can not boot unsigned image. But I do not know why.
Bootloader is definitely unlocked. I have tried locking and unlocking multiple times
JustDarren said:
Hi all,
If I try and flash recovery using
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
, I get the following:
Code:
Sending 'recovery' (12668 KB) OKAY [ 0.347s]
Writing 'recovery' FAILED (remote: 'unsupported command')
fastboot: error: Command failed
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This is a longshot, but I was getting very similar errors trying to do anything. All this happened on a Windows 10 Laptop using the Google Drivers. I tried it again on a Mac Book Pro running Catalina and it worked just fine with latest platform tools.
Perhaps you want to try a Linux or Mac if you have access to one, or try a Linux live edition on your current machine, something like this:
https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/try-ubuntu-before-you-install#1-getting-started
Just worth a shot. Still an awesome tablet to lose just yet. Hope it is not too late for you.
TheInitialCommand said:
This is a longshot, but I was getting very similar errors trying to do anything. All this happened on a Windows 10 Laptop using the Google Drivers. I tried it again on a Mac Book Pro running Catalina and it worked just fine with latest platform tools.
Perhaps you want to try a Linux or Mac if you have access to one, or try a Linux live edition on your current machine, something like this:
https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/try-ubuntu-before-you-install#1-getting-started
Just worth a shot. Still an awesome tablet to lose just yet. Hope it is not too late for you.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give it a go and let you know what happens
Good luck!
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Good luck!
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No joy. Still getting unknown command. Even tried manually erasing and formatting the partitions with no luck. Thanks for the suggestion though.
Really bummed out because I still love this tablet. Shame I bricked it ?
JustDarren said:
No joy. Still getting unknown command. Even tried manually erasing and formatting the partitions with no luck. Thanks for the suggestion though.
Really bummed out because I still love this tablet. Shame I bricked it
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I have similar problem ..
you need to extract the rom zip file, inside you have img files ...
a) you need tablet in fastboot mode . i have made the process in linux. also i have downloaded this rom
ryu-opm8.190605.005-factory-25b457f3.zip downloaded from google.
b) Tablet needs to be unlocked .. for that you need to do fastboot oem unlock .. and after you return to fastboot mode.
And here you have my steps ..
All made in linux but if you use windows remove the command "sudo" it ahould work
1) sudo fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-dragon-google_smaug.7900.139.0.img
2) sudo fastboot reboot bootloader
3) sudo fastboot flash boot boot.img
4) sudo fastboot flash cache cache.img
5) sudo fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
6) sudo fastboot flash system system.img
7) sudo fastboot flash vendor vendor.img
8) restart the tabler pressing button.
Check if these works for you ..
bye
Thanks for your reply but as o have said many times, fastboot is unresponsive and returns "Command not found". This isn't an error on my part with inputting the commands but I think moreso, corrupt storage
Did you try to use fusée gelée like on the nintendo switch, i think it will may solve your problem.
rhmanoa said:
Did you try to use fusée gelée like on the nintendo switch, i think it will may solve your problem.
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I don't think that will work. Unless you have a guide for using it on android devices other than the switch.
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Hello everyone, I made a mistake (I am a big noob) and I don't know how to fix it.
I wanted to have fresh phone (real factory reset) to back-up and start over, so in recovery mode (interim one from paul) I wiped data, cache partition and I also formated cache,data, sdcard and system.
Now, I am stuck on htc quietly brilliant screen, I have access to hboot, recovery etc. I have been looking for a solution for 2 days without succes, I am sad.
Can someone help please ? thanks guys.
You wiped the system so there is no android on there!
Eirher download a new Rom and flash or relock bootloader and use ruu
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
Thanks sir, I'll try.
sotirios said:
Thanks sir, what can I do ? Which part I did wrong ? thanks again
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The part you did wrong: It's true that you wipe (dalvik) cache and data before flashing a custom rom. That will perform a factory reset. Wiping system means deleting android itself, as stated before. That's what you did wrong.
Now, we can't know why you wanted to start all over again, but assuming you already flashed a custom recovery, you wanted to install a custom rom. Just go ahaed and do so, your problem will be fixed.
thanks, but I can't because this custom recovery doesn't allow me to mount usb and i have no rom on my sd card
sotirios said:
thanks, but I can't because this custom recovery doesn't allow me to mount usb and i have no rom on my sd card
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That's not actually a problem. I assume you aleady have the android SDK set up, if you don't, please use the search function or google. try the following command while in the platform-tools folder:
adb push path/to/custom/rom /sdcard
or for linux/mac:
sudo ./adb push path/to/custom/rom /sdcard
This will copy the file to the root of your sdcard, so you can flash it. Good luck!
P.S. there's a thanks button, too
dobbi10k said:
That's not actually a problem. I assume you aleady have the android SDK set up, if you don't, please use the search function or google. try the following command while in the platform-tools folder:
adb push pfad/zu/einer/custom/rom /sdcard
or for linux/mac:
sudo ./adb push pfad/zu/einer/custom/rom /sdcard
This will copy the file to the root of your sdcard, so you can flash it. Good luck!
P.S. there's a thanks button, too
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That wont work as ADB does not work on any of the custom recoveries at the moment. Im stuck in the same situtation at the mo and as phone is branded cant get the RUU to reflash so just playing the waiting game until either ADB/USB mount available in recovery or S-Off available.
See my thread in development thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1599748
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA
Hi lee james, thanks, I followed your thread but I don't know how to install ruu after relocking my bootloader, can you help me please ? thx again.
"Eirher download a new Rom and flash"
I can't flash, my ssd is wiped too and i can't mount usb with this custom recovery
"That's not actually a problem. I assume you aleady have the android SDK set up, if you don't, please use the search function or google. try the following command while in the platform-tools folder:
adb push pfad/zu/einer/custom/rom /sdcard"
It doesn't work, it doesn't find my device, even with the adb devices command
sotirios said:
Hi lee james, thanks, I followed your thread but I don't know how to install ruu after relocking my bootloader, can you help me please ? thx again.
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Go to development thread then shipped ruu ans download specific to ur phone. Follow and Job done
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA
Same problem here! I unfortunatly erase everything from my one x and i can't restore anything!! How can i solve it?? My device is unlocked but stay in s-on mode! Why? From fastboot i can't flash anything! Help!!
Hello folks, problem solved by following leejames instructions :
flash stock recovery
relock bootloader
use ruu
I'm so happy. Thanks.
Mee too!! Thanks a lot!! I'm very very very very very very very very very very very very very very happy!!
1 flash stock recovery
2 relock bootloader
3 use ruu
It works fine!!
I do exactly the same thing , but half way through the RUU process it gives me an error saying i need the correct RUU. anyone can help ?
All you have to do is grab an RUU, run it. now on your pc search for %temp%in there locate ROM.zip. Extract the boot.img and system.img. and push them thru fastboot
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot_signed.img
Code:
fastboot flash system system.img
Code:
adb reboot
i did that , but i get this error:
C:\ADB>fastboot flash boot boot_signed.img
sending 'boot' (4278 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.741s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.942s
C:\ADB>fastboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (979509 KB)...
FAILED (remote: (00000008))
finished. total time: 0.001s
I used the latest RUU uploaded 3 days ago in the filefactory folder.
mahdibassam said:
i did that , but i get this error:
C:\ADB>fastboot flash boot boot_signed.img
sending 'boot' (4278 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.741s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.942s
C:\ADB>fastboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (979509 KB)...
FAILED (remote: (00000008))
finished. total time: 0.001s
I used the latest RUU uploaded 3 days ago in the filefactory folder.
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Is your bootloader unlocked?
When I do it with an unlocked bootloader the error changes to this:
C:\ADB>fastboot flash boot boot_signed.img
sending 'boot' (4278 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.741s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.942s
C:\ADB>fastboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (979509 KB)...
FAILED (remote: (00000008))
finished. total time: 0.001s
Nobody can help me?!! ((
All know is I can only boot into Fastboot Mode and Stock Recovery mode, but every way I try to get the flash the stock rom or TWRP won't work.
Device state is unlocked.
Reinstalled Google Drivers.
I will use taimen-opm1.171019.013-factory-6d9954c3
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.32
Revision eac51f2bb6a8-android
fastboot version eac51f2bb6a8-android
Unified Android Toolkit:
Booting TWRP recovery-twrp-3.2.1.0-taimen.img ..
downloading 'boot.img'...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.007s
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Cannot flash TWRP
PS C:\adb> fastboot devices
711KPVH0902199 fastboot
PS C:\adb> fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
sending 'recovery' (40960 KB)...
FAILED (remote: Requested download size is more than max allowed)
finished. total time: 0.009s
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ADB sideload
PS C:\adb> adb sideload C:\taimen\taimen-opm1.171019.013-factory-6d9954c3.zip
loading: 'C:\taimen\taimen-opm1.171019.013-factory-6d9954c3.zip'
* cannot read 'C:\taimen\taimen-opm1.171019.013-factory-6d9954c3.zip' *
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If I use flash-all.bat:
sending 'bootloader' (36344 KB)...
FAILED (unknown status code)
finished. total time: 343.328s.
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If I use flash-all command in cmd:
PS C:\Users\tiger\Desktop\tamien> flash-all
error: cannot load 'bootloader-taimen-tmz10n.img'
rebooting into bootloader...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.007s
error: cannot load 'radio-taimen-g8998-00122-1708311414.img'
rebooting into bootloader...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.007s
W/ ( 9820): Unable to open 'image-taimen-opd1.170816.025.zip': No such file or directory
error: failed to open zip file 'image-taimen-opd1.170816.025.zip': I/O Error
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Do you have the latest adb downloaded from Google?
Also, there is no recovery partition any longer, it's built in to the boot partition.
You can try the command "fastboot boot TWRP.img" to boot to TWRP.
azntiger said:
All know is I can only boot into Fastboot Mode and Stock Recovery mode, but every way I try to get the flash the stock rom or TWRP won't work. Device state is unlocked.
Unified Android Toolkit:
Cannot flash TWRP
ADB sideload
If I use flash-all.bat:
If I use flash-all command in cmd:
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First, have you read this? https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/how-to/guide-unlock-flash-root-pixel-2-xl-t3702418
Second, are your SDK platform-tools up to date??
Have you taken an OTA?
Your twrp command is wrong like the post after yours stated.
Did you give both bootloader unlock commands?
fastboot flashing unlock
And
fastboot flashing unlock_critical
ilal2ielli said:
Do you have the latest are downloaded from Google?
Also, there is no recovery partition any longer, it's built in to the boot partition.
You can try the command "fastboot boot TWRP.img" to boot to TWRP.
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Yes. I reinstalled Google Drivers. I'm using taimen-opd1.170816.025-factory-907c4030.
I tried boot twrp.img, but it just hangs during the downloading boot.img.
PS C:\adb> fastboot devices
711KPVH0902199 fastboot
PS C:\adb> fastboot boot twrp.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
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azntiger said:
Yes. I reinstalled Google Drivers. I'm using taimen-opd1.170816.025-factory-907c4030.
I tried boot twrp.img, but it just hangs during the downloading boot.img.
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Why are you trying to flash the November build?
Badger50 said:
Why are you trying to flash the November build?
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8.1 causes my proximity sensor to malfunction. The screen wouldn't turn on back on after a call. Alway-on didn't work because it thought the proximity sensor was blocked.
azntiger said:
8.1 causes my proximity sensor to malfunction. The screen wouldn't turn on back on after a call. Alway-on didn't work because it thought the proximity sensor was blocked.
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That's a phone app problem. Either uninstall the phone app update, or find the phone app 16.0 on apk mirror. However, if you want to downgrade, look here.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/forum....-2-xl/help/downgrade-8-1-to-8-0-t3726641/amp/
Badger50 said:
That's a phone app problem. Either uninstall the phone app update, or find the phone app 16.0 on apk mirror. However, if you want to downgrade, look here.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/forum....-2-xl/help/downgrade-8-1-to-8-0-t3726641/amp/
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I'll take a look if I can get my phone working again lol.
Badger50 said:
First, have you read this? https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/how-to/guide-unlock-flash-root-pixel-2-xl-t3702418
Second, are your SDK platform-tools up to date??
Have you taken an OTA?
Your twrp command is wrong like the post after yours stated.
Did you give both bootloader unlock commands?
fastboot flashing unlock
And
fastboot flashing unlock_critical
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SDK is up to date.
Not sure what you mean by "taken" an OTA.
So now I have a device null, but fastboot devices is seen.
"fastboot flashing unlock" hangs, but I imagine that's because no device was found?
PS C:\Users\tiger\Desktop\Pixel> fastboot devices
711KPVH0902199 fastboot
PS C:\Users\tiger\Desktop\Pixel> adb reboot bootloader
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
error: device '(null)' not found
PS C:\Users\tiger\Desktop\Pixel> fastboot flashing unlock
...
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azntiger said:
I'll take a look if I can get my phone working again lol.
SDK is up to date.
Not sure what you mean by "taken" an OTA.
So now I have a device null, but fastboot devices is seen.
"fastboot flashing unlock" hangs, but I imagine that's because no device was found?
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You may have to use this to get back on track my friend.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pi...ol-deuces-bootloop-recovery-flashing-t3704761
I'm not entirely sure what the issue is (it could be a couple of things), but here are some issues that I see to help you troubleshoot:
1. Adb commands don't work in bootloader mode, only fastboot commands, which is why your device is visible to fastboot and not adb.
2. The file that you tried to adb sideload was a factory image, not an OTA. Adb sideload can only be used with OTA images. And even if you were using an OTA image, OTA images cannot be used to downgrade to a previous firmware version.
3. The latest version of adb is 1.0.39. You are using an older version. That fact itself doesn't really matter since adb will not help you in this situation, but fastboot will and if your adb is obsolete, I'd be willing to bet that your fastboot is too. Pixel 2 support was added in the October 2017 release of adb and fastboot. If yours is older than that, you're gonna have a bad time.
4. "Unable to open 'image-taimen-opd1.170816.025.zip': No such file or directory." Fastboot can't find your firmware files. Try placing the entire contents of the factory image, including the .zip file listed here, into the same directory as fastboot.exe (based on your post, it seems like the folder you want is C:\adb). Then rerun flash-all.bat. The script is assuming that fastboot.exe and all of the firmware files are in the same folder and if they're not, that could be a problem.
5. You do not have driver issues. The fact that fastboot devices worked means that your drivers/connection are/is working fine.
PS: Get the latest adb and fastboot here: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools.html
UPDATE: I did a Google search for adb/fastboot version eac51f2bb6a8-android. I found a reference to it in a forum post dated mid-2016. There's your problem. Or one of them, anyway. If you do adb --version or fastboot --version on the latest releases, they will tell you that they are version 0.0.1-4500957.
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4. "Unable to open 'image-taimen-opd1.170816.025.zip': No such file or directory." Fastboot can't find your firmware files. Try placing the entire contents of the factory image, including the .zip file listed here, into the same directory as fastboot.exe (based on your post, it seems like the folder you want is C:\adb). Then rerun flash-all.bat. The script is assuming that fastboot.exe and all of the firmware files are in the same folder and if they're not, that could be a problem.
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I updated adb and fastboot:
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.39
fastboot version 0.0.1-4500957
All of taimen-opm1.171019.013-factory-6d9954c3 & all contents of image-taimen-opm1.171019.013.zip were placed into C:\adb which has the adb and fastboot. After running flash-all.bat, this is what I got:
Code:
target didn't report max-download-size
sending 'bootloader' (36344 KB)...
FAILED (remote: Requested download size is more than max allowed
)
finished. total time: 0.008s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.005s]
finished. total time: 0.007s
target didn't report max-download-size
sending 'radio' (60428 KB)...
FAILED (remote: Requested download size is more than max allowed
)
finished. total time: 0.008s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.004s]
finished. total time: 0.005s
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
extracting boot.img (40 MB) to disk... took 0.395s
target didn't report max-download-size
error: Failed to identify current slot
Press any key to exit...
azntiger said:
I updated adb and fastboot:
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.39
fastboot version 0.0.1-4500957
All of taimen-opm1.171019.013-factory-6d9954c3 & all contents of image-taimen-opm1.171019.013.zip were placed into C:\adb which has the adb and fastboot. After running flash-all.bat, this is what I got:
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Open up your SDK and look for a file named "platform-tools" that is where all your files should be placed.
Badger50 said:
Open up your SDK and look for a file named "platform-tools" that is where all your files should be placed.
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All the platform-tools and the stock rom are together in folder.
azntiger said:
All the platform-tools and the stock rom are together in folder.
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Did you extract the factory image first, or just put the whole zip file in platform-tools?
azntiger said:
I updated adb and fastboot:
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.39
fastboot version 0.0.1-4500957
All of taimen-opm1.171019.013-factory-6d9954c3 & all contents of image-taimen-opm1.171019.013.zip were placed into C:\adb which has the adb and fastboot. After running flash-all.bat, this is what I got:
Code:
target didn't report max-download-size
sending 'bootloader' (36344 KB)...
FAILED (remote: Requested download size is more than max allowed
)
finished. total time: 0.008s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.005s]
finished. total time: 0.007s
target didn't report max-download-size
sending 'radio' (60428 KB)...
FAILED (remote: Requested download size is more than max allowed
)
finished. total time: 0.008s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.004s]
finished. total time: 0.005s
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
extracting boot.img (40 MB) to disk... took 0.395s
target didn't report max-download-size
error: Failed to identify current slot
Press any key to exit...
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Hmm. Fastboot is definitely having issues communicating with your phone. "Failed to identify current slot" is a bad sign. If I were you, I would try flashing the most recent factory image (not the November 8.0 image you're trying to flash) first just to see if you can get everything up to date again and clear out any mismatched files that may have been flashed during your attempts. Once you manage that, then try to downgrade. If you can, try a different computer too, preferably one with a type C input that you can use the stock USB cable with.
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Badger50 said:
Did you extract the factory image first, or just put the whole zip file in platform-tools?
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The fact that he's not getting "not found" errors means that all the expected files are found by fastboot.
The fact that he's not getting "not found" errors means that all the expected files are found by fastboot.[/QUOTE]
Thanks man. I learned something new today :good:
Wonder if his transfer cable. I've seen that cause headaches as well ?
It was definitely an issue between my laptop and my phone. I was able to easily use flash-all.bat on a different computer.
I really appreciate both of your help! I was stressed out.
azntiger said:
It was definitely an issue between my laptop and my phone. I was able to easily use flash-all.bat on a different computer.
I really appreciate both of your help! I was stressed out.
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Oh nice! Glad you got it figured out. This stuff can be a bit tricky at times. I know I've lost some hair from pulling it out when things didn't go right! ?
azntiger said:
It was definitely an issue between my laptop and my phone. I was able to easily use flash-all.bat on a different computer.
I really appreciate both of your help! I was stressed out.
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I was on edge just reading this! I would also look into Deuce's script. It can save the 'device can't boot' issue once and for good.
Kudos on not having a faulty device~!
Hi all,
I am getting a headached with my mix 2 ......
Bootloader is unlocked (shown in Developer Settings and as little text when entering Backup/Fastboot).. I tried different Versions of fastboot from an old version 1:7.0.0+r33-2 to an new one -> fastboot version 28.0.0-4797878.
MIUI Version: 9.6.1.0(ODEMIFD) (Stable)
And yes I did it like the manual here on xda for this mobile ...
I also changed the System from Windows 10 to an Kali....
There isn't a single line of output.
Trying to directly boot the TWRP Image stucks at the first line telleng me: Downloading 'boot.img'
Someone can help me?
Friend here who helped him:
Even just listing the variables didn't yield any output (download got stuck on the "getvar: stuff, too)
I´m getting the same, i have latest global beta 8.7.5, its working fine but i wanted to flash LOS and for some reason no fastboot command works, only fastboot devices. Please someone help
ernesto.ulloa said:
I´m getting the same, i have latest global beta 8.7.5, its working fine but i wanted to flash LOS and for some reason no fastboot command works, only fastboot devices. Please someone help
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Maybe we should really trying Step 1. Disable driver signature enforcement in Windows from the all in one user guide .... (i didn'T tried it actually)
techler said:
Maybe we should really trying Step 1. Disable driver signature enforcement in Windows from the all in one user guide .... (i didn'T tried it actually)
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Tried it....... no progress
Done in Windows:
.\fastboot.exe devices
9476f4d3 fastboot
and trying to flash
.\fastboot.exe -v flash recovery twrp-3.2.2-1-chiron.img
fastboot: verbose: sending command "getvar:has-slot:recovery"
fastboot: verbose: received FAIL "GetVar Variable Not found"
fastboot: verbose: sending command "getvar:max-download-size"
fastboot: verbose: received OKAY "536870912"
fastboot: verbose: target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
Sending 'recovery' (26360 KB)
fastboot: verbose: sending command "download:019be000"
stucks there ........
and live boot too ...
.\fastboot.exe -v boot .\twrp-3.2.2-1-chiron.img
Downloading 'boot.img'
fastboot: verbose: sending command "download:019be000"
techler said:
Tried it....... no progress
Done in Windows:
.\fastboot.exe devices
9476f4d3 fastboot
and trying to flash
.\fastboot.exe -v flash recovery twrp-3.2.2-1-chiron.img
fastboot: verbose: sending command "getvar:has-slot:recovery"
fastboot: verbose: received FAIL "GetVar Variable Not found"
fastboot: verbose: sending command "getvar:max-download-size"
fastboot: verbose: received OKAY "536870912"
fastboot: verbose: target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
Sending 'recovery' (26360 KB)
fastboot: verbose: sending command "download:019be000"
stucks there ........
and live boot too ...
.\fastboot.exe -v boot .\twrp-3.2.2-1-chiron.img
Downloading 'boot.img'
fastboot: verbose: sending command "download:019be000"
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EDIT:
It worked, i changed to my laptop(win 10). I used a git bash(random used this), no usb devices are connected and no internet.
Just typed .\fastboot.exe flash recovery twrp.img
It worked
Warning: Only reboot to Recovery and install the .img with the "temporary" again, if you don't Xiaomi will place it's own bootloader again there.
I have Motorola One Action w/ Android 10 running. I need to root this phone to recover the data. However, when following the instruction, I received the following error message.
C:\adb>fastboot boot TWRP-3.3.1_Motorola_One_Vision.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.118s]
booting...
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 1.305s
Can anyone help me what to do?
Thank you very much for your help.
[email protected] said:
I have Motorola One Action w/ Android 10 running. I need to root this phone to recover the data. However, when following the instruction, I received the following error message.
C:\adb>fastboot boot TWRP-3.3.1_Motorola_One_Vision.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.118s]
booting...
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 1.305s
Can anyone help me what to do?
Thank you very much for your help.
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Hi!!
I have a model XT2013-1. I was having the same problem as you, so I updated TROIKA-RETBR on 02/22/2020.
After updating, I did the procedure of this link "https://forum.xda-developers.com/one-action/how-to/twrp-magisk-root-motorola-one-action-t3975883", skipping the step "8.2- Now tap on Wipe> Format Data> Type Yes and go back to the home screen again. " This step gave me the looping error.
Now root works perfect !!
Thank you very much. I will try it.
BL1ND4D0 said:
Hi!!
I have a model XT2013-1. I was having the same problem as you, so I updated TROIKA-RETBR on 02/22/2020.
After updating, I did the procedure of this link "https://forum.xda-developers.com/one-action/how-to/twrp-magisk-root-motorola-one-action-t3975883", skipping the step "8.2- Now tap on Wipe> Format Data> Type Yes and go back to the home screen again. " This step gave me the looping error.
Now root works perfect !!
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I am still getting the following error message. I have no idea why. Would you please help me what to do? Thank you very much.
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
(bootloader) is-logical:recovery: not found
Sending 'recovery' (37524 KB) OKAY [ 1.209s]
Writing 'recovery' (bootloader) Invalid partition name recovery
FAILED (remote: '')
fastboot: error: Command failed
[email protected] said:
I am still getting the following error message. I have no idea why. Would you please help me what to do? Thank you very much.
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
(bootloader) is-logical:recovery: not found
Sending 'recovery' (37524 KB) OKAY [ 1.209s]
Writing 'recovery' (bootloader) Invalid partition name recovery
FAILED (remote: '')
fastboot: error: Command failed
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It's A/B device so it doesn't have dedicated recovery partition. It's inside boot.img.
Use fastboot boot twrp.img
Once booted to twrp, you can use the twrp installer zip to flash twrp recovery ramdisk to your boot.img for permanent installation.
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It's A/B device so it doesn't have dedicated recovery partition. It's inside boot.img.
Use fastboot boot twrp.img
Once booted to twrp, you can use the twrp installer zip to flash twrp recovery ramdisk to your boot.img for permanent installation.
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Thank you very much for your help. I tried but I was still getting the following error message.
fastboot boot twrp.img
Sending 'boot.img' (37524 KB) OKAY [ 0.990s]
Booting FAILED (remote: '')
fastboot: error: Command failed
Would you tell me what to do?
[email protected] said:
Thank you very much for your help. I tried but I was still getting the following error message.
fastboot boot twrp.img
Sending 'boot.img' (37524 KB) OKAY [ 0.990s]
Booting FAILED (remote: '')
fastboot: error: Command failed
Would you tell me what to do?
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Did you follow all instructions from twrp thread. like flashing modified vbmeta and wipe data before booting twrp?
Also take a look at the original thread for one vision as it has a newer zip that contains only one modified vbmeta.img instead of two different ones in the older zip that is posted in one action's twrp thread.
I rooted using fastboot, I could never get into TWRP to flash anything.
In fastboot, I flashed the modified vbmeta.img, then flashed the magisk patched boot img file (I created this with magisk), then flashed the patched vbmeta.img file, then did a fastboot wipe.
Rebooted, set up the phone, installed magisk manager and opened, it needed to update some files. Rebooted, and the device was rooted.
goofball2k said:
I rooted using fastboot, I could never get into TWRP to flash anything.
In fastboot, I flashed the modified vbmeta.img, then flashed the magisk patched boot img file (I created this with magisk), then flashed the patched vbmeta.img file, then did a fastboot wipe.
Rebooted, set up the phone, installed magisk manager and opened, it needed to update some files. Rebooted, and the device was rooted.
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Thank you very much for your input. You must be an expert! WOW! Sorry I am not that expert........ Would you mind explaining (1) how to modify vbmeta.img and (2) how to patch boot.img? It is very impressive to read what you have done, but sorry I am still a beginner. Also, when I flash, "fastboot flash (File Name)" ok?
Thank yuo very much for your help.
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Thank you very much for your input. You must be an expert! WOW! Sorry I am not that expert........ Would you mind explaining (1) how to modify vbmeta.img and (2) how to patch boot.img? It is very impressive to read what you have done, but sorry I am still a beginner. Also, when I flash, "fastboot flash (File Name)" ok?
Thank yuo very much for your help.
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You don't need to modify vbmeta.img. I am using the older version of the root Moto Vision package, which has a vbmeta.img file, and a patched vbmeta.img file.
For the modified boot img, I downloaded the full image from https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/troika/official/
Extract, and then take the boot.img file, you will want that saved to a phone that has Magisk installed.
Follow these instructions to patch
https://www.ytechb.com/how-to-patch-a-file-in-magisk-manager/
Once you have that, you will want that patched file into the fastboot directory on your computer. You will also want the vbmeta and the patched vbmeta img files (from the root moto vision package) in this directory. I have not used the updated version, I am using the older. I don't know about using the newer package which only has 1 vbmeta file.
Put your phone into fastboot mode.
Flash the vbmeta.img file, then the magisk patched boot file, then the vbmeta patched file. Then do a fastboot wipe of the phone.
Reboot the phone.
Set it up again, install magisk manager, then open it, and it should ask to configure. Let it do that, it should reboot and after that, you should be rooted.
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I have Motorola One Action w/ Android 10 running. I need to root this phone to recover the data. However, when following the instruction, I received the following error message.
C:\adb>fastboot boot TWRP-3.3.1_Motorola_One_Vision.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.118s]
booting...
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 1.305s
Can anyone help me what to do?
Thank you very much for your help.
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I guess goofball2k detailed reply might have helped by now. On the other hand, I'm just curious to know that the next time you or anyone else for that matter face the same issue, please flash the stock firmware (using any of the Android 10 tools from here ) at that instance, then again start the same process and let me know whether you succeed or not (you will still have to execute the fastboot boot twrp command around 4-8 times, but during all these attempts, you should now get the success message, and after x number of attempts, you should succeed). So in short, if flashing the stock firmware after that error helps you out, do let me know
Thank you
binary**# said:
I guess goofball2k detailed reply might have helped by now. On the other hand, I'm just curious to know that the next time you or anyone else for that matter face the same issue, please flash the stock firmware (using any of the Android 10 tools from here ) at that instance, then again start the same process and let me know whether you succeed or not (you will still have to execute the fastboot boot twrp command around 4-8 times, but during all these attempts, you should now get the success message, and after x number of attempts, you should succeed). So in short, if flashing the stock firmware after that error helps you out, do let me know
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Thank you very much for your input.
How are you!!
It doesn't leave me at all ... everything I want to flash throws the same error:
C:\platform-tools>fastboot boot vbmeta.img
creating boot image...
creating boot image - 6144 bytes
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.013s]
booting...
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.184s
What can be?
Polnareff said:
How are you!!
It doesn't leave me at all ... everything I want to flash throws the same error:
C:\platform-tools>fastboot boot vbmeta.img
creating boot image...
creating boot image - 6144 bytes
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.013s]
booting...
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.184s
What can be?
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You aren't flashing, your command is trying to boot from vbmeta.img. You are missing the flashing command.
Hello,
I'm a beginner in the field of flasing custom roms but I would really like to abandon using google on my phone and find your work here really awesome. So yeah, I hope my question doesn't sound stupid but I'm seriously stuck and hope I didn't completely break my phone.
I am using a Redmi Note 8 (2021) and wanted to flash lineageOS. So I unlocked the bootloader via my mi account, booted into fastboot mode (usb-debugging was of course enabled) and tried to flash twrp to recovery using the cmd-window via platform-tools.
This didn't work because when I typed:
./fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
I got the reply:
Sending 'recovery' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 1.743s]
Writing 'recovery' FAILED (remote: 'This partition doesn't exist')
fastboot: error: Command failed
I therefore started googling and found a threat on xda where someone had solved the problem by replacing 'recovery' with 'boot':
./fastboot flash boot twrp.img
What I got was:
Sending 'boot_a' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 1.818s]
Writing 'boot_a' OKAY [ 0.827s]
Finished. Total time: 2.681s
After that my phone was bricked. I cannot enter recovery mode anymore and even fastboot mode appears a bit different (I don't see the bunny anymore, all I see is the word 'fastboot' in orange letters on a black screen). When I enter fastboot mode, the device is detected by my computer - the only sign that still gives me an inch of hope. When I'm not in fastboot mode my phone keeps vibrating and then turning of, then suddenly it vibrates again and turns on, the logo 'redmi' appears and then it suddenly turns off again - and it just keeps repeating this procedure.
I downloaded the mi flash tool and tried to flash the Xiaomi ROM, but that didn't work either - after about five minutes of waiting I get an error. I tried different versions of MIUI but keep getting errors. When I try to flash the Xiaomi ROM via cmd-window, as suggested here ( https://www.droidwin.com/unbrick-redmi-note-8-fastboot-commands/ ) I get this:
fastboot flash xbl xbl.elf
Sending 'xbl' (3449 KB) OKAY [ 0.105s]
Writing 'xbl' FAILED (remote: 'This partition doesn't exist')
fastboot: error: Command failed
Is there anything left for me to do or should I give up and save money for a new phone? I am also wondering why the command-window keeps talking about 'boot_a'. Is there a 'boot-b' also? And should I write something onto it? When I try to boot the twrp.img by typing:
fastboot boot twrp.img
I get:
Sending 'boot.img' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 1.592s]
Booting FAILED (Status read failed (Too many links))
fastboot: error: Command failed
I would be very, very grateful for help
Norah1838 said:
Hello,
I'm a beginner in the field of flasing custom roms but I would really like to abandon using google on my phone and find your work here really awesome. So yeah, I hope my question doesn't sound stupid but I'm seriously stuck and hope I didn't completely break my phone.
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Use this tool:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/flash-tool-guide-use-xiaomi-flash-tool.4262425/
First off: don't go punching in commands you don't understand.
You literally flashed an incompatible image to your boot_a.
You could try and set the active partition to b using: fastboot --set-active=b.
Other option, if you have the firmware image for your boot partition, flash that image to boot_a.
you only need to flash the original boot.img from firmware lol it's so easy