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Having an issue with my XL. I've been on LOS 15.1 for a while and wanted to try out the new Pie image. I made a backup and fired up fastboot as usual. I left the -w tag on as I wanted a complete wipe. Fastboot failed while wiping userdata and now bootloops twice before dumping me in stock recovery. I am completely unable to format data while in stock recovery. Same when I boot TWRP through the PC. Stock recovery says it can't write a new EXT4 partition and TWRP says I have no internal storage, then throws a ton of errors. Flashing OEM images from Google (Oreo or Pie) results in the same thing.
Any ideas? For the first time in years I am stumped.
I'm able to flash just about anything with fastboot, but it will always fail on writing to userdata. I'm unable to erase, format, or mount the userdata partition, and fastboot will always reply "FAILED (remote: flash write failure)". This is using the most recent platform-tools under a root shell in Linux. Device and bootloader are unlocked.
I recently tried the original factory firmware (which includes a userdata.img fastboot file) to no avail. The same "FAILED (remote: flash write failure)" error persists.
caain said:
I'm able to flash just about anything with fastboot, but it will always fail on writing to userdata. I'm unable to erase, format, or mount the userdata partition, and fastboot will always reply "FAILED (remote: flash write failure)". This is using the most recent platform-tools under a root shell in Linux. Device and bootloader are unlocked.
I recently tried the original factory firmware (which includes a userdata.img fastboot file) to no avail. The same "FAILED (remote: flash write failure)" error persists.
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Is your platform tools updated to the newest one?.
Edit I thought I was on the pixel 2 forum.
Could try to repartition the storage using a method similar to this one for the nexus 7? https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-7-2013/general/guide-repartition-nexus72013-to-t3599907
You would need to figure out the proper partition table for the Pixel though.
If you're 100% sure your platform-tools are fresh, you've got me stumped as well. I ran into tons of errors and such due to out of date tools when flashing Pie - obviously updating the tools fixed the issue.
Well I'd try external Type-C USB drive it enables external storage even if internal isn't working and fastboot flash your backup.
caain said:
I'm able to flash just about anything with fastboot, but it will always fail on writing to userdata. I'm unable to erase, format, or mount the userdata partition, and fastboot will always reply "FAILED (remote: flash write failure)". This is using the most recent platform-tools under a root shell in Linux. Device and bootloader are unlocked.
I recently tried the original factory firmware (which includes a userdata.img fastboot file) to no avail. The same "FAILED (remote: flash write failure)" error persists.
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i got the same problem, i just downloaded the Platform-Tools and opened it in PowerShell and executed flash-all script and it worked
Flash all script is good but I'd rather use external storage .. it's nice to know that there's more than one way to fix the problem outside of platform tools
I had issues with Pixel before and the multi partition thing screwed me up, but the Unified_Android_ToolKit was able to fix it for me. Worth a try for sure. Download Google Factory Image and use the tool.
Thanks for all the help everyone. Lots of good ideas here that I'll save for next time. Ten years tinkering with phones and I've never gotten this stuck.
In the end I flashed back to the factory Pixel XL image (October 2016). Like the previous attempts, it failed on accessing userdata. I used fastboot to flash a userdata.img file again, which similarly failed but somehow the phone still booted after about 20 minutes.
I found similar threads for other phones where people were in the same situation, but nothing they tried did the trick.
Back up and running now.
Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk
Very odd. Based off your last post I'm going to assume you are not sure what triggered the issue?
Having a weird issue I've never run into. Used to be on Invitrix rom, returned to stock via latest oreo flashall and wanted to get onto Lineage 15.1. While flashall works, I cannot boot from TWRP. I've attempted on both Windows 10, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10 and ensured all drivers are installed. I've tried with and without sudo privilege just in case. I've tried renaming the .img to recovery.img, boot.img, etc.. Yet, I keep getting a simple failed message. Bootloader is still unlocked and I've tried multiple cables including the stock one, USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports on both my desktop and and laptop. Is my phone simply corrupted or am I missing something?
sudo fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3-0-nash.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.001s
Put the phone in bootloader mode and verify connection.
PHP:
fastboot devices
If it is recognized then...
PHP:
fastboot boot <path/to/twrp-3.2.3-2-nash.img>
*Note - In win you can drag n' drop the recovery img in the command prompt and it will auto fill the full path.
41rw4lk said:
Put the phone in bootloader mode and verify connection.
PHP:
fastboot devices
If it is recognized then...
PHP:
fastboot boot <path/to/twrp-3.2.3-2-nash.img>
*Note - In win you can drag n' drop the recovery img in the command prompt and it will auto fill the full path.
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I did. Device shows up like normal. I verified by typing
fastboot devices
Hi guys,
I'm trying to install LineageOS to XZ2 Compact but I have some issues. I was following this guide. (NOTE: Bootloader unlock was done by owner of phone, not sure if he did something wrong)
As said in guide, I should connect phone to PC and reboot to bootloader using command
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
This works. However, when trying to flash boot partition with LineageOS recovery I'm getting fastboot errors. Here are commands and their verbose output (output is same for all these partitions - boot, boot_a, boot_b, boot__a, boot__b):
Code:
fastboot flash boot lineage-17.1-20201225-nightly-xz2c-recovery.img
fastboot: error: cannot get boot partition size
fastboot version is 30.0.5
Any ideas?
Have you tried fastboot devices to see if your device shows up? If that does work, can you try "boot a" with no underscore(s)?
I managed to install Lineage OS to phone. Problem was (strangely) with linux fastboot. It detected device normally but something was not right. Done same steps on windows pc and it worked.
I forgot to update thread.
I flashed my redmi note 8 pro indian version with miflash, and downgraded to android 9 from 11 to install Ubuntu touch.
Ubports installer still didnt recognize my phone I am guessing cause it was Begoniain(india) as opposed to Begonia(Global) that is supported.
But my problem is I want to go back to Android, and I dont know how to go back, I didn't have any recovery tool installed before installing Ubuntu Touch, now Ubuntu is very buggy, and I can't seem to install TWRP. I have no other recovery tools installed, just fastboot. I guess I should hvae installed twrp before installing Ubuntu Touch. I want to know how I can go back to android or to any other supported custom rom.
Thank you.
whats wrong with fastboot?
Hey, thanks for replying. I followed the steps in this video
which is a very accurate video i found after searching for many videos.
basically he asked to download the right TRWP, then ADB platform tools, then the ADB driver found here
[OFFICIAL][TOOL][WINDOWS] ADB, Fastboot and Drivers - 15 seconds ADB Installer v1.4.3
15 seconds ADB Installer v1.4.3 ADB, Fastboot and Drivers What is this? This is All-in-One installer for 3 most needed PC tools for Android. No need to download big SDK for 3 small things. I originaly made it for my Kurdish friend AnGrY DuDe in...
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then using "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" cmd command
this seemed to work for many people and everything went well. but I just can't boot to twrp it just takes me to the ubuntu touch screen and i log back in to UT
xiaomi:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
fastboot oem reboot-recovery
aIecxs said:
xiaomi:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
fastboot oem reboot-recovery
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I get this message
FAILED (remote: 'unknown command')
fastboot: error: Command failed
more commands I tried
'fastboot flash boot' gives me this error
fastboot error android_product_out not set
and 'fastboot boot recovery' command gives me this error
fastboot error cannot load 'recovery' no such file or directory
another command 'adb reboot bootloader' gave me this
error no devices/emulators found
I recommend to read 'fastboot help'
'fastboot flash' cmd requires two arguments: target (partition name) and source (path to file on pc)
'fastboot boot' cmd requires one argument only: source (path to file on pc)
'no such file or directory' means there exist no such file or directory with name 'recovery'
(Note this command requires bootable flag on current slot or will silently fail)
'fastboot oem' commands are device specific hidden commands. 'fastboot oem reboot-recovery' does not work on my device, but you will find lot suggestions for this here in forum (I just copy-pasted of xiaomi forum)
'adb' commands generally can't work in fastboot mode (and 'adb reboot bootloader' is fastboot mode btw)
if 'fastboot oem reboot-recovery' is unknown command, you can use 'fastboot reboot' instead. press and keep holding volume up while the phone reboots, it will enter recovery mode.
now the phone is stuck at restarting
i tried this 'fastboot erase data"
FAILED (remote: Partition table doesn't exist)
i just want a way to reset the phone back to android or other custom rom
Partition table doesn't exist?? you must have done something stupid...
aIecxs said:
I recommend to read 'fastboot help'
'fastboot flash' cmd requires two arguments: target (partition name) and source (path to file on pc)
'fastboot boot' cmd requires one argument only: source (path to file on pc)
'no such file or directory' means there exist no such file or directory with name 'recovery'
(Note this command requires bootable flag on current slot or will silently fail)
'fastboot oem' commands are device specific hidden commands. 'fastboot oem reboot-recovery' does not work on my device, but you will find lot suggestions for this here in forum (I just copy-pasted of xiaomi forum)
'adb' commands generally can't work in fastboot mode (and 'adb reboot bootloader' is fastboot mode btw)
if 'fastboot oem reboot-recovery' is unknown command, you can use 'fastboot reboot' instead. press and keep holding volume up while the phone reboots, it will enter recovery mode.
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thank you i will try it
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Partition table doesn't exist?? you must have done something stupid...
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yes i think so, i think i should've installed twrp before that was the mistake, but i'll have to format this somehow
Did you try flash by mi flash the rom that you used to downgrade?
yes this is the first thing i tried, the same procedure i used to downgrade to 9 with mi flash, but when i do that it flashses in just 1 second, and gives success message, i was like it can't be that fast, but that happens everytime, so i figured somethings wrong. I turn on my phone and it's not flashed, it boots to ubuntu touch, but now even that's not happening, now it just keeps restarting after xiomi unlcoked screen.
i want to install a custom rom that goes best with my phone, i dont really want andriod to be honest, but need to have something installed to boot atleast, and I dont really mind if the phone goes dead, so i am not worried about experimenting on it
pp1pkew said:
yes this is the first thing i tried, the same procedure i used to downgrade to 9 with mi flash, but when i do that it flashses in just 1 second, and gives success message, i was like it can't be that fast, but that happens everytime, so i figured somethings wrong. I turn on my phone and it's not flashed, it boots to ubuntu touch, but now even that's not happening, now it just keeps restarting after xiomi unlcoked screen.
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Try flash by sp flash tool. Maybe your partitions got fked by flash Ubuntu.
pp1pkew said:
i tried this 'fastboot erase data"
FAILED (remote: Partition table doesn't exist)
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Partition table doesn't exist?? you must have done something stupid...
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I believe that error message is misleading. It should mean
FAILED (remote: 'No such partition.')
you probably meant 'userdata' partition. however, I do not recommend fastboot erase cmd.
you should be able to enter fastboot mode with Volume Down button. instead of flashing TWRP into recovery partition (where it belongs) you could cheat bootloader and flash TWRP into boot partition instead. this will boot into TWRP recovery without Volume Up Button.
Code:
fastboot flash boot twrp.img
once in TWRP you can format Data, flash boot partition and install TWRP recovery.
probably easiest way is, create backup of boot + recovery from TWRP backup menu. that will create two files, boot.emmc.win + recovery.emmc.win in TWRP/Backups/<serialno>/<date> directory. just create another directory TWRP/Backups/<serialno>/my_files and place your files in there (rename boot.img = boot.emmc.win and twrp.img = recovery.emmc.win) then restore 'my_files' backup from menu.
then you can install any ROM from TWRP via System Image. Note that's android device, you can only install android. even ubports Ubuntu touch is not linux, it is just some gui build on top of android kernel to give you linux-like feelings.
Exactly a year ago I bought Poco F3, unlocked the bootloader and installed ArrowOS. Now I'm trying to figure out how to change my ROM and I can't really find any answers. I have the ArrowOS recovery and it's useless, I can't install another recovery with it. My fastboot also seems to be broken(?), it has a different logo and it's detected on my computer when I do (fastboot devices) but other than that it gives me a bunch of errors
I would like to at least know how to change the recovery. Is it possible that my bootloader got locked? One last thing, when I installed ArrowOS I used TWRP and updated it using OTA updates, now TWRP is gone.
Please help me
You need fastboot for TWRP.
It could not have gotten locked, no.
Arealhooman said:
It could not have gotten locked, no.
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I just found a guide on Youtube for flashing twrp and I followed it to the (fastboot boot <TWRP>) part and I got this error
Sending 'boot.img' (196608 KB) FAILED (remote: 'Download is not allowed on locked devices')
fastboot: error: Command failed
Does this mean it got locked..?
Uh….maybe… did you lock it… what does it say in dev Setting sunder oem unlock.
Arealhooman said:
Uh….maybe… did you lock it… what does it say in dev Setting sunder oem unlock.
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I don't have any oem unlock option in ArrowOS and I never locked anything wtf, I just used it as a normal phone and only did OTA updates + sometimes FW updates when required
Is there anyway to fix it?
ADB & Fastboot Binaries: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
OrangeFox Recovery (recommended): https://orangefox.download/device/alioth
Install the Recovery ZIP by either ADB Sideload in ArrowOS Recovery
or you can extract the "recovery.img" and fastboot boot it ("fastboot boot recovery.img") and select "Install current Recovery"
Then you simply flash the ROM.zip (select "Reflash Recovery after ROM Flash") -> Reboot Recovery -> Format Data
The OTA Update has replaced your TWRP with ArrowOS Recovery, because ROM Updates replace the boot-partition (along with other system related partitions). The boot-partition contains the recovery-environment.
Only install Custom Recoveries from inside the Recovery, because Fastboot can only replace partitions entirely (and boot-partitions contains both bootloader & recovery)
The bootloader of the Poco F3 cannot (or shouldn't) be locked on Custom Software.
gobertel said:
I just found a guide on Youtube for flashing twrp and I followed it to the (fastboot boot <TWRP>) part and I got this error
Sending 'boot.img' (196608 KB) FAILED (remote: 'Download is not allowed on locked devices')
fastboot: error: Command failed
Does this mean it got locked..?
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Download these:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mipa-project/files/arrow-mipa/arrow-13.0/alioth/Additions/boot.img/download
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mipa-project/files/arrow-mipa/arrow-13.0/alioth/Additions/vendor_boot.img/download
First link, "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
Second link, "fastboot flash vendor_boot vendor_boot.img"
Then Fastboot booting into your Recovery-file should work.
Also, what's the problem with ArrowOS anyway? We've ArrowOS MiPa, it's a good and reliable ROM.
cyanGalaxy said:
Download these:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mipa-project/files/arrow-mipa/arrow-13.0/alioth/Additions/boot.img/download
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mipa-project/files/arrow-mipa/arrow-13.0/alioth/Additions/vendor_boot.img/download
First link, "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
Second link, "fastboot flash vendor_boot vendor_boot.img"
Then Fastboot booting into your Recovery-file should work.
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I noticed that these are for ArrowOS 13, I'm on 12.1 and they did not work
Do you also suggest I go into fastboot by which method because each one looks different
Recovery > Advanced > Enter fastboot
Or
Hold power button with volume down method
Also I'm just looking to update to Android 13 in general
Thank you for helping me out by the way
gobertel said:
I noticed that these are for ArrowOS 13, I'm on 12.1 and they did not work
Do you also suggest I go into fastboot by which method because each one looks different
Recovery > Advanced > Enter fastboot
Or
Hold power button with volume down method
Also I'm just looking to update to Android 13 in general
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Both methods of booting into Fastboot is the same I would guess.
Yes we do have ArrowOS MiPa, you should only need to flash the ArrowOS 13 MiPa ROM ZIP in Recovery, but I rather recommend you using OrangeFox or TWRP for that.
What do you mean by "did not work". "Did not work" can mean anything.
Are you using the latest official ADB & Fastboot Binaries? The ones I've given you?
If yes, you can use this Payload Dumper Tool, to extract the "vendor_boot.img" and "boot.img" from ArrowOS 12. Maybe those from Arrow v12 can be flashed.
[Windows] Payload Dumper GUI - dump boot.img and other img files from payload.bin.
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cyanGalaxy said:
Both methods of booting into Fastboot is the same I would guess.
Yes we do have ArrowOS MiPa, you should only need to flash the ArrowOS 13 MiPa ROM ZIP in Recovery, but I rather recommend you using OrangeFox or TWRP for that.
What do you mean by "did not work". "Did not work" can mean anything.
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fastboot flash boot boot.img
Sending 'boot_a' (196608 KB) FAILED (remote: 'Download is not allowed on locked devices')
fastboot: error: Command failed
fastboot flash vendor_boot vendor_boot.img
Sending 'vendor_boot_a' (98304 KB) FAILED (remote: 'Download is not allowed on locked devices')
fastboot: error: Command failed
fastboot boot recovery.img
Sending 'boot.img' (196608 KB) FAILED (remote: 'Download is not allowed on locked devices')
fastboot: error: Command failed
Another thing to add is I still I get the unlock symbol when booting up the phone, I dont know if that makes a difference
cyanGalaxy said:
Are you using the latest official ADB & Fastboot Binaries? The ones I've given you?
If yes, you can use this Payload Dumper Tool, to extract the "vendor_boot.img" and "boot.img" from ArrowOS 12. Maybe those from Arrow v12 can be flashed.
[Windows] Payload Dumper GUI - dump boot.img and other img files from payload.bin.
Hello there. Was bored and decided to make a gui that dumps Payload.bin file for easy flashing. Tested on Lineage OS 18 Payload.bin Result: Credits: Based on vm03 payload_dumper script. Github: Payload_dumper.py...
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Yes I'm using the exact one you gave me and I will try it
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Yes I'm using the exact one you gave me and I will try it
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Yup try it.
Else, here I have the vendor_boot.img & boot.img from the latest ArrowOS MiPa (February). More up-to-date than the SourceForge links.
Either the 2 files from ArrowOS v12, or the latest v13 ones that I've uploaded here, should definitely work.
Also try rebooting Fastboot Mode.
XDA doesn't let me upload the boot.img ඞ
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XDA doesn't let me upload the boot.img ඞ
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Starting to think I should just give up, no matter what I do I get (Download is not allowed on locked devices)
The fastboot method you suggested does not work, it gets stuck on (waiting for any devices) but the recovery one works although like I said, I get the error no matter what I do
Is it locked or what?? I'm trying to figure that out and if it is how did it even get locked in the first place
I'm guessing there's no way to resolve it and that I'll be stuck on Android 12 for eternity
So sorry for wasting your time, I always end up with weird issues in everything
gobertel said:
Starting to think I should just give up, no matter what I do I get (Download is not allowed on locked devices)
The fastboot method you suggested does not work, it gets stuck on (waiting for any devices) but the recovery one works although like I said, I get the error no matter what I do
Is it locked or what?? I'm trying to figure that out and if it is how did it even get locked in the first place
I'm guessing there's no way to resolve it and that I'll be stuck on Android 12 for eternity
So sorry for wasting your time, I always end up with weird issues in everything
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Waiting for any devices means your PC does not detect the phone.
Download this: https://cdn.alsgp0.fds.api.mi-img.com/micomm/MiFlash2020-3-14-0.rar
And install the USB driver.
And no it's not locked, the Unlocked symbol during Boot is normal. I think it was a bug with older ArrowOS Bootloader versions. Not quite sure.
cyanGalaxy said:
Waiting for any devices means your PC does not detect the phone.
Download this: https://cdn.alsgp0.fds.api.mi-img.com/micomm/MiFlash2020-3-14-0.rar
And install the USB driver.
And no it's not locked, the Unlocked symbol during Boot is normal. I think it was a bug with older ArrowOS Bootloader versions. Not quite sure.
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IT WORKED. Thank you so much, it was a driver issue but the exact version you gave me didn't work, I had to find another one