Hi,
Short story:
My One X won't boot to Android anymore. I can only enter boot / fastboot modes.
And when trying to apply modifications (fastboot flash or fastboot unlock), it shows various errors, not always the same.
Long story:
I bought this phone second hand quite a while ago, soon after its market launch. It was already unlocked and rooted, but I don't know what method had been used.
RUU says it runs release 1.28.
Boot says:
- S-On
- HBoot-0.94.0000
- Radio 1.1204.103.14
- Apr 11 2012,02:27:11
Given that it was unlocked / rooted it never received an OTA.
I recently decided to perform a full wipe, and by the way a full upgrade.
So:
- I did a CWM Recovery backup
- I flashed a «semi-stock» image, the stock de-odexed 4.18.401.3 from android-revolution (URL forbidden here, I'm a newbie!) .
- I performed a full wipe / factory reset / cache cleaning / Dalvik cache cleaning.
It didn't boot, and I learnt about the ICS / JB hboot incompatibility.
I tried to flash the boot from the android-revolution page, with no improvements.
So, I decided to revert to my Nandroid backup, from the recovery.
Didn't boot either.
Then I found a Windows computer, relocked the bootloader, and tried RUUs (3.14 and 1.26) with no success.
CID is HTC__203, so I used .401 RUU or OTA files.
RUU application stops each time at a different moment, either for usb connexion error, wrong RUU for my phone, not enough battery, or unknown error.
I read about a battery charge issue, and tried this method to charge it:
Code:
while : ; do fastboot getvar battery-voltage; fastboot reboot-bootloader; sleep 6; done
(as you may see, my main workstation is running Linux)
After a 9 hours long night:
Code:
< waiting for device >
battery-voltage: 3610mV
finished. total time: 0.100s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.177s]
finished. total time: 0.177s
< waiting for device >
battery-voltage: 3610mV
finished. total time: 0.100s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.177s]
finished. total time: 0.177s
It seems that it couldn't go farther than 3.6V.
But if I tried to unlock my phone after that:
Code:
[[email protected] htc_one_x]# fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
sending 'unlocktoken' (0 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.141s]
writing 'unlocktoken'...
FAILED (remote: battery low)
finished. total time: 0.353s
[[email protected] htc_one_x]# fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
sending 'unlocktoken' (0 KB)...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 1.140s
[[email protected] htc_one_x]# fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
sending 'unlocktoken' (0 KB)...
FAILED (command write failed (Bad file descriptor))
finished. total time: 0.000s
[[email protected] htc_one_x]# fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
sending 'unlocktoken' (0 KB)...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 1.140s
[[email protected] htc_one_x]# fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
sending 'unlocktoken' (0 KB)...
FAILED (command write failed (Bad file descriptor))
finished. total time: 0.000s
[[email protected] htc_one_x]#
You can see error message is not always the same.
Same for my firmware.zip flash attempts:
Code:
[[email protected] OTA_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_S_HTC_Europe_2.17.401.2-1.29.401.11_release_2749568xzb2t6wu96omqzo]# fastboot oem rebootRUU
...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.000s
[[email protected] OTA_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_S_HTC_Europe_2.17.401.2-1.29.401.11_release_2749568xzb2t6wu96omqzo]# fastboot oem rebootRUU
...
FAILED (command write failed (Cannot send after transport endpoint shutdown))
finished. total time: 5.928s
[[email protected] OTA_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_S_HTC_Europe_2.17.401.2-1.29.401.11_release_2749568xzb2t6wu96omqzo]# fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
sending 'zip' (10967 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.419s]
writing 'zip'...
FAILED (remote: 13 battery low)
finished. total time: 1.629s
[[email protected] OTA_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_S_HTC_Europe_2.17.401.2-1.29.401.11_release_2749568xzb2t6wu96omqzo]# fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
sending 'zip' (10967 KB)...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 1.005s
[[email protected] OTA_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_S_HTC_Europe_2.17.401.2-1.29.401.11_release_2749568xzb2t6wu96omqzo]# fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
sending 'zip' (10967 KB)...
FAILED (command write failed (Bad file descriptor))
finished. total time: 0.000s
[[email protected] OTA_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_S_HTC_Europe_2.17.401.2-1.29.401.11_release_2749568xzb2t6wu96omqzo]# fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
sending 'zip' (10967 KB)...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 1.005s
[[email protected] OTA_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_S_HTC_Europe_2.17.401.2-1.29.401.11_release_2749568xzb2t6wu96omqzo]# fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
sending 'zip' (10967 KB)...
FAILED (command write failed (Bad file descriptor))
finished. total time: 0.000s
[[email protected] OTA_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_S_HTC_Europe_2.17.401.2-1.29.401.11_release_2749568xzb2t6wu96omqzo]#
What is the real issue? Why can't it give me a consistent error ?
What else could I try?
Thanks for reading this long post and trying to help me!
hervenicol said:
Hi,
What is the real issue? Why can't it give me a consistent error ?
What else could I try?
Thanks for reading this long post and trying to help me!
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Give me result from command fastboot getvar version-main
Download this fastboot.zip and extract it to a folder fastboot rename the file fastboot-linux to fastboot. The file fastboot only is for windows and if you want to keep it rename fastboot to fastboot-windows
Thant said:
Give me result from command fastboot getvar version-main
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Here it is, with both versions of fastboot:
1 - my one, from the Android SDK
2 - yours
Code:
[[email protected] fastboot]# fastboot getvar version-main
version-main: 1.28.401.9
finished. total time: 0.006s
[[email protected] fastboot]# ./fastboot getvar version-main
version-main: 1.28.401.9
[[email protected] fastboot]#
hervenicol said:
Here it is, with both versions of fastboot:
1 - my one, from the Android SDK
2 - yours
Code:
[[email protected] fastboot]# fastboot getvar version-main
version-main: 1.28.401.9
finished. total time: 0.006s
[[email protected] fastboot]# ./fastboot getvar version-main
version-main: 1.28.401.9
[[email protected] fastboot]#
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1. Charge your phone
2. Download this RUU 1.28.401.9
3. Lock your bootloader with command fastboot oem lock
4. Run the RUU as administrator
5. Aplly all update to latest JB from Settings/Software update
Thant said:
1. Charge your phone
2. Download RUU 1.28.401.9 (link removed from quote)
3. Lock your bootloader with command fastboot oem lock
4. Run the RUU as administrator
5. Aplly all update to latest JB from Settings/Software update
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That's exactly what I was trying to do.
I finally succeeded, few minutes ago, after charging to 3920mv.
It looks like the USB cable quality has a big impact on the charging capabilities:
- with a cheap cable I couldn't go farther than 3.6xx V.
- When I changed my cable, it was charging much faster, up to 3.9xx V.
…then at this level of charge the RUU*worked.
Thanks anyway for your help! :good:
Now it's doing OTA*updates…
hervenicol said:
That's exactly what I was trying to do.
I finally succeeded, few minutes ago, after charging to 3920mv.
It looks like the USB cable quality has a big impact on the charging capabilities:
- with a cheap cable I couldn't go farther than 3.6xx V.
- When I changed my cable, it was charging much faster, up to 3.9xx V.
…then at this level of charge the RUU*worked.
Thanks anyway for your help! :good:
Now it's doing OTA*updates…
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Good to hear that:good:
All upgrades applied, works like a charm
I set the title for this answer with [SOLVED], I hope it applies to the thread as well.
Now let's look for a way to root this rom!
i wanted to unlock my htc one m9
i created the unlock code and recieved the Unlock_code.bin from htc - but when I try to flash that one during fastboot to the device I get some strange output:
Code:
sudo ./fastboot flash unlocktocken Unlock_code.bin
sending 'unlocktocken' (0 KB)... OKAY
writing 'unlocktocken'... INFOHOSD CL#493992
FAILED (remote: 35: SD_PARTITION_NOT_SUPPORT unlocktocken)
on the device is written on the bottom the whole time the strange message:
Code:
Security checking failed NOT_FIND_SMART
IO
SD NOT MOUNTED
tried the ubuntu fastboot and the one from the htc site...
after the flashing there is written on the Device:
Code:
End flashing, Press power key to contin
this is the 8th htc device - and I've never had problems like this before...
any ideas?
Mr.Gosh said:
i wanted to unlock my htc one m9
i created the unlock code and recieved the Unlock_code.bin from htc - but when I try to flash that one during fastboot to the device I get some strange output:
Code:
sudo ./fastboot flash unlocktocken Unlock_code.bin
sending 'unlocktocken' (0 KB)... OKAY
writing 'unlocktocken'... INFOHOSD CL#493992
FAILED (remote: 35: SD_PARTITION_NOT_SUPPORT unlocktocken)
on the device is written on the bottom the whole time the strange message:
Code:
Security checking failed NOT_FIND_SMART
IO
SD NOT MOUNTED
tried the ubuntu fastboot and the one from the htc site...
after the flashing there is written on the Device:
Code:
End flashing, Press power key to contin
this is the 8th htc device - and I've never had problems like this before...
any ideas?
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are you in download mode or on bootloader when you try.you have to be in download mode.
Of course i've been in download mode - in bootloader mode you'll get an "unknown ..."
Mr.Gosh said:
i wanted to unlock my htc one m9
i created the unlock code and recieved the Unlock_code.bin from htc - but when I try to flash that one during fastboot to the device I get some strange output:
Code:
sudo ./fastboot flash unlocktocken Unlock_code.bin
sending 'unlocktocken' (0 KB)... OKAY
writing 'unlocktocken'... INFOHOSD CL#493992
FAILED (remote: 35: SD_PARTITION_NOT_SUPPORT unlocktocken)
on the device is written on the bottom the whole time the strange message:
Code:
Security checking failed NOT_FIND_SMART
IO
SD NOT MOUNTED
tried the ubuntu fastboot and the one from the htc site...
after the flashing there is written on the Device:
Code:
End flashing, Press power key to contin
this is the 8th htc device - and I've never had problems like this before...
any ideas?
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Could be because of the typo?
I noticed you used the command:
"fastboot flash unlocktocken Unlock_code.bin".
When it should be :
"fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin"
(no c in token )
spikeydoo2006 said:
Could be because of the typo?
I noticed you used the command:
"fastboot flash unlocktocken Unlock_code.bin".
When it should be :
"fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin"
(no c in token )
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omfg!
thx - how can i be so stupid. THX! - that solved it...
but what about these sd card messages? something to worry about?
You just saved my entire evening! I have been banging my head against the wall trying to figure out why I was getting:
remote: 35: SD_PARTITION_NOT_SUPPORT unlocktoen)
Then I noticed you mentioned spelling and I looked at mine. I had left out the "k" in token -_-
Worked like a charm after.
Hi, I have a OnePlus 3 that boot loops, with no recovery. Holding Volume Button + Power does not work, the only option is fast boot.
When trying to Flash a new recovery i get the following ..
Code:
c:\>fastboot flash recovery cm-13.0-20160814-NIGHTLY-oneplus3-recovery.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (14952 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.397s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: Partition flashing is not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.445s
c:\>fastboot oem unlock
...
FAILED (remote: oem unlock is not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.016s
My Question, Is there a way to unlock partitions via fastboot. or can you sugest a thread or solution to this issue.
Thanks
You must be able to toggle the "Allow OEM Unlock" switch in developer options to unlock the bootloader so unless you can get there then you've got a brick.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/how-to/guide-mega-unbrick-guide-hard-bricked-t3405700
[GUIDE] Mega Unbrick Guide for A Hard Bricked OnePlus 3
I was stuck here as well. You can push an update through fastboot/adb. It takes FOREVER, but you'll at least have a phone that works. Try and push recovery once you can oem unlock
This Worked.
Thanks, This Worked for me.
mohsen8 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/how-to/guide-mega-unbrick-guide-hard-bricked-t3405700
[GUIDE] Mega Unbrick Guide for A Hard Bricked OnePlus 3
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Okay, I've seen similar problems to mine but none of the suggested solutions seem to work out the problem. This seems to be the recommended solution, but it's not getting me anywhere:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/info-how-restored-to-stock-soft-t3494478
My bootloader is unlocked. I unlocked it the second I got the phone to save pain down the road. I've now hit the fork. It's an unlocked phone, not Verizon, I'm not sure what the original carrier was, it was second-hand and under no warranty. I'm on Android 10 Marlin, I updated it to the latest about a month ago. I got up to do some laundry last night and came back to a spontaneously dead phone. For detail, I was transferring a movie to my phone via USB to internal storage so I could watch it later. No idea what happened while I was up, but the phone was in the exact same position as when I left. Developer options were on, USB debugging was on.
What I have now is this: It will enter fastboot. When I prompt it to boot to recovery, it shuts down, or it will go to the unlocked bootloader warning screen, allow me to pause/continue booting, at which point it will either go directly to black, or briefly show the Google bootloader and then shut off. When I leave it on a charge, either trickle or full, it will sometimes loop through the unlocked bootloader warning, flicking that screen on and off, but sometimes it's just off. I never see the charging battery screen. I've left it to charge for hours.
Sometimes windows acknowledges a USB device is connected and that it's android, but at no point can I access storage. When working through a command line prompt, acknowledges that the device is there, but trying to flash anything fails immediately. Here is a sample of some of my results.
When trying the flash-all solution:
PHP:
Sending 'bootloader_b' (32480 KB) OKAY [ 1.779s]
Writing 'bootloader_b' FAILED (remote: 'Verify bootloader image failed on production device.')
fastboot: error: Command failed
Rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.040s]
Finished. Total time: 0.044s
The device goes black. I'll bring it back up to fastboot and the command line spits this out:
PHP:
< waiting for any device >
Sending 'radio_b' (57156 KB) OKAY [ 3.785s]
Writing 'radio_b' FAILED (remote: 'flash write failure')
fastboot: error: Command failed
Rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.199s]
Finished. Total time: 0.207s
Using fastboot to try and boot factory bootloader, it says it's worked but then the phone again just goes to black and does nothing:
PHP:
PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3> fastboot boot bootloader-marlin-8996-012001-1908071822.img
< waiting for any device >
creating boot image...
creating boot image - 33261568 bytes
Sending 'boot.img' (32482 KB) OKAY [ 2.100s]
Booting OKAY [ 0.531s]
Finished. Total time: 2.944s
Flashing that factory bootloader, seems successful, again, back to black screen and nothing until going back to fastboot:
PHP:
>> PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3> fastboot boot bootloader-marlin-8996-012001-1908071822.img
>> < waiting for any device >
>> creating boot image...
>> creating boot image - 33261568 bytes
>> Sending 'boot.img' (32482 KB) OKAY [ 2.100s]
>> Booting OKAY [ 0.531s]
>> Finished. Total time: 2.944s
And finally, trying to push an update image over fastboot:
PHP:
PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3> fastboot update image-marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3.zip
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: N/A
Baseband Version.....: N/A
Serial Number........: HT6AD0202367
--------------------------------------------
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
Checking 'product' OKAY [ 0.044s]
Checking 'version-bootloader' FAILED
Device version-bootloader is 'N/A'.
Update requires '8996-012001-1908071822'.
fastboot: error: requirements not met!
I am wondering if locking the bootloader would give this thing what it wants and let me boot into recovery, but I have a terrible feeling it would just further lock me out of saving this phone. Does anyone have any insight? Is this a shot motherboard? Sorry, I know my problem has a ton of commonalities with a lot of other people's but it seems for all my searching, reading and Googling that it's idiosyncratic to the point of every solution not working for me. Thank you so much.
Edit: For interest, I just saw the screen throw up an odd block of static, for lack of a better term. In the bottom right corner, it took up a little more than 1/4 of the screen. It looked lik there was cut off text at the top, too little showing to read. It disappeared before I could take a picture with a spare phone. It lasted maybe 5 seconds and then it was gone. It's on USB charge, not sitting on fastboot right now.
ekjean said:
Okay, I've seen similar problems to mine but none of the suggested solutions seem to work out the problem. This seems to be the recommended solution, but it's not getting me anywhere:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/info-how-restored-to-stock-soft-t3494478
My bootloader is unlocked. I unlocked it the second I got the phone to save pain down the road. I've now hit the fork. It's an unlocked phone, not Verizon, I'm not sure what the original carrier was, it was second-hand and under no warranty. I'm on Android 10 Marlin, I updated it to the latest about a month ago. I got up to do some laundry last night and came back to a spontaneously dead phone. For detail, I was transferring a movie to my phone via USB to internal storage so I could watch it later. No idea what happened while I was up, but the phone was in the exact same position as when I left. Developer options were on, USB debugging was on.
What I have now is this: It will enter fastboot. When I prompt it to boot to recovery, it shuts down, or it will go to the unlocked bootloader warning screen, allow me to pause/continue booting, at which point it will either go directly to black, or briefly show the Google bootloader and then shut off. When I leave it on a charge, either trickle or full, it will sometimes loop through the unlocked bootloader warning, flicking that screen on and off, but sometimes it's just off. I never see the charging battery screen. I've left it to charge for hours.
Sometimes windows acknowledges a USB device is connected and that it's android, but at no point can I access storage. When working through a command line prompt, acknowledges that the device is there, but trying to flash anything fails immediately. Here is a sample of some of my results.
When trying the flash-all solution:
PHP:
Sending 'bootloader_b' (32480 KB) OKAY [ 1.779s]
Writing 'bootloader_b' FAILED (remote: 'Verify bootloader image failed on production device.')
fastboot: error: Command failed
Rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.040s]
Finished. Total time: 0.044s
The device goes black. I'll bring it back up to fastboot and the command line spits this out:
PHP:
< waiting for any device >
Sending 'radio_b' (57156 KB) OKAY [ 3.785s]
Writing 'radio_b' FAILED (remote: 'flash write failure')
fastboot: error: Command failed
Rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.199s]
Finished. Total time: 0.207s
Using fastboot to try and boot factory bootloader, it says it's worked but then the phone again just goes to black and does nothing:
PHP:
PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3> fastboot boot bootloader-marlin-8996-012001-1908071822.img
< waiting for any device >
creating boot image...
creating boot image - 33261568 bytes
Sending 'boot.img' (32482 KB) OKAY [ 2.100s]
Booting OKAY [ 0.531s]
Finished. Total time: 2.944s
Flashing that factory bootloader, seems successful, again, back to black screen and nothing until going back to fastboot:
PHP:
>> PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3> fastboot boot bootloader-marlin-8996-012001-1908071822.img
>> < waiting for any device >
>> creating boot image...
>> creating boot image - 33261568 bytes
>> Sending 'boot.img' (32482 KB) OKAY [ 2.100s]
>> Booting OKAY [ 0.531s]
>> Finished. Total time: 2.944s
And finally, trying to push an update image over fastboot:
PHP:
PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3> fastboot update image-marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3.zip
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: N/A
Baseband Version.....: N/A
Serial Number........: HT6AD0202367
--------------------------------------------
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
Checking 'product' OKAY [ 0.044s]
Checking 'version-bootloader' FAILED
Device version-bootloader is 'N/A'.
Update requires '8996-012001-1908071822'.
fastboot: error: requirements not met!
I am wondering if locking the bootloader would give this thing what it wants and let me boot into recovery, but I have a terrible feeling it would just further lock me out of saving this phone. Does anyone have any insight? Is this a shot motherboard? Sorry, I know my problem has a ton of commonalities with a lot of other people's but it seems for all my searching, reading and Googling that it's idiosyncratic to the point of every solution not working for me. Thank you so much.
Edit: For interest, I just saw the screen throw up an odd block of static, for lack of a better term. In the bottom right corner, it took up a little more than 1/4 of the screen. It looked lik there was cut off text at the top, too little showing to read. It disappeared before I could take a picture with a spare phone. It lasted maybe 5 seconds and then it was gone. It's on USB charge, not sitting on fastboot right now.
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First, do not repeat do not lock your boot loader.
Second, try this:
- Make sure you have the latest SDK Platform-tools installed on your computer r29.0.5.
There is a link for it in the guide below (Prerequisites c.).
- Make sure you plug the USB into a non charging USB port.
- Extract the boot.img (#6 in the guide brlow) from the Factory image you are currently using and flash it:
fastboot flash boot --slot all boot.img
or
fastboot flash boot boot.img --slot all
Guide
Homeboy76 said:
First, do not repeat do not lock your boot loader.
Second, try this:
- Make sure you have the latest SDK Platform-tools installed on your computer r29.0.5.
There is a link for it in the guide below (Prerequisites c.).
- Make sure you plug the USB into a non charging USB port.
- Extract the boot.img (#6 in the guide brlow) from the Factory image you are currently using and flash it:
fastboot flash boot --slot all boot.img
or
fastboot flash boot boot.img --slot all
Guide
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Thank you thank you thank you for lending a hand. And for confirming that my temptation to lock the bootloader is a bad idea.
I have three ports on my laptop, I'm not sure any are non-charging. I'm selecting one that it wasn't attached to when the file transfer apparently went wrong.
Here goes nothing. I updated SDK tools last night during all this to be sure everything was kosher.
Unfortunately this was my result from all USB ports, testing both formats of the command:
PHP:
PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3> fastboot flash boot boot.img --slot all
Sending 'boot_a' (30969 KB) OKAY [ 0.846s]
Writing 'boot_a' FAILED (remote: 'flash write failure')
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3> fastboot flash boot boot.img --slot all
Sending 'boot_a' (30969 KB) OKAY [ 0.873s]
Writing 'boot_a' FAILED (remote: 'flash write failure')
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3> fastboot flash boot --slot all boot.img
Sending 'boot_a' (30969 KB) OKAY [ 0.936s]
Writing 'boot_a' FAILED (remote: 'flash write failure')
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3> fastboot flash boot --slot all boot.img
Sending 'boot_a' (30969 KB) OKAY [ 0.864s]
Writing 'boot_a' FAILED (remote: 'flash write failure')
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3> fastboot flash boot boot.img --slot all
Sending 'boot_a' (30969 KB) OKAY [ 0.827s]
Writing 'boot_a' FAILED (remote: 'flash write failure')
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3> fastboot flash boot boot.img --slot all
Sending 'boot_a' (30969 KB) OKAY [ 0.821s]
Writing 'boot_a' FAILED (remote: 'flash write failure')
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3> fastboot flash boot --slot all boot.img
Sending 'boot_a' (30969 KB) FAILED (Write to device failed in SendBuffer() (Too many links))
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3> fastboot flash boot boot.img --slot all
Sending 'boot_a' (30969 KB) OKAY [ 0.939s]
Writing 'boot_a' FAILED (remote: 'flash write failure')
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3>
ekjean said:
Thank you thank you thank you for lending a hand. And for confirming that my temptation to lock the bootloader is a bad idea.
I have three ports on my laptop, I'm not sure any are non-charging. I'm selecting one that it wasn't attached to when the file transfer apparently went wrong.
Here goes nothing. I updated SDK tools last night during all this to be sure everything was kosher.
Unfortunately this was my result from all USB ports, testing both formats of the command:
PHP:
PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3> fastboot flash boot boot.img --slot all
Sending 'boot_a' (30969 KB) OKAY [ 0.846s]
Writing 'boot_a' FAILED (remote: 'flash write failure')
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3> fastboot flash boot boot.img --slot all
Sending 'boot_a' (30969 KB) OKAY [ 0.873s]
Writing 'boot_a' FAILED (remote: 'flash write failure')
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3> fastboot flash boot --slot all boot.img
Sending 'boot_a' (30969 KB) OKAY [ 0.936s]
Writing 'boot_a' FAILED (remote: 'flash write failure')
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3> fastboot flash boot --slot all boot.img
Sending 'boot_a' (30969 KB) OKAY [ 0.864s]
Writing 'boot_a' FAILED (remote: 'flash write failure')
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3> fastboot flash boot boot.img --slot all
Sending 'boot_a' (30969 KB) OKAY [ 0.827s]
Writing 'boot_a' FAILED (remote: 'flash write failure')
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3> fastboot flash boot boot.img --slot all
Sending 'boot_a' (30969 KB) OKAY [ 0.821s]
Writing 'boot_a' FAILED (remote: 'flash write failure')
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3> fastboot flash boot --slot all boot.img
Sending 'boot_a' (30969 KB) FAILED (Write to device failed in SendBuffer() (Too many links))
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3> fastboot flash boot boot.img --slot all
Sending 'boot_a' (30969 KB) OKAY [ 0.939s]
Writing 'boot_a' FAILED (remote: 'flash write failure')
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3>
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Are you using SDK Platform-tools r29.0.5?
Why? When you extract it it creates a Platform-tools folder.
Put this folder in PS C:\ so you have a
PS C:\Platform-tools folder.
Not: PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3>
That folder set up may be causing the to many links
error.
Then put the boot.img in the Platform-tools folder and do #6 in the guide.
Homeboy76 said:
Are you using SDK Platform-tools r29.0.5?
Why? When you extract it it creates a Platform-tools folder.
Put this folder in PS C:\ so you have a
PS C:\Platform-tools folder.
Not: PS C:\Google\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3-factory-bef66533\marlin-qp1a.191005.007.a3>
That folder set up may be causing the to many links
error.
Then put the boot.img in the Platform-tools folder and do #6 in the guide.
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I was still working from the soft-bricked guide, where I had a copy of fastboot/platform tools pasted to everthing else. Not a problem at all to move Platform tools to C:/ Thank you!
I have noticed that what I have is r29.0.6. Should I roll it back? Assuming I should have the newest, I get the same result...
PHP:
PS C:\platform-tools> fastboot flash boot --slot all boot.img
Sending 'boot_a' (30969 KB) OKAY [ 1.729s]
Writing 'boot_a' FAILED (remote: 'flash write failure')
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\platform-tools> fastboot flash boot boot.img --slot all
Sending 'boot_a' (30969 KB) OKAY [ 0.788s]
Writing 'boot_a' FAILED (remote: 'flash write failure')
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\platform-tools>
ekjean said:
I was still working from the soft-bricked guide, where I had a copy of fastboot/platform tools pasted to everthing else. Not a problem at all to move Platform tools to C:/ Thank you!
I have noticed that what I have is r29.0.6. Should I roll it back? Assuming I should have the newest, I get the same result...
PHP:
PS C:\platform-tools> fastboot flash boot --slot all boot.img
Sending 'boot_a' (30969 KB) OKAY [ 1.729s]
Writing 'boot_a' FAILED (remote: 'flash write failure')
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\platform-tools> fastboot flash boot boot.img --slot all
Sending 'boot_a' (30969 KB) OKAY [ 0.788s]
Writing 'boot_a' FAILED (remote: 'flash write failure')
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\platform-tools>
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No, do not roll back you have the latest version.
At this point I really don't know what will fix the problem but here are three long shots that might help/work:
1. Try fastboot flash boot boot.img. If that works. Do fastboot flash boot boot.img --slot other.
2. Download the latest Pixel or Pixel XL OTA image (which ever phone you have) and sideload it.
3. Do a Factory Reset. Settings => System => Advanced => Reset options => Erase all data (factory reset)
Good luck.
If none of them work, it could be a hardwear problem. Pixel/Pixel XL are failing because of age or manufacturing. I don't know which.
Homeboy76 said:
No, do not roll back you have the latest version.
At this point I really don't know what will fix the problem but hear are three long shots that might help/work:
1. Try fastboot flash boot boot.img. If that works. Do fastboot flash boot boot.img --slot other.
2. Download the latest Pixel or Pixel XL OTA image (which ever phone you have) and sideload it.
3. Do a Factory Reset. Settings => System => Advanced => Reset options => Erase all data (factory reset)
Good luck.
If none of them work, it could be a hardwear problem. Pixel/Pixel XL are failing because of age or manufacturing. I don't know which.
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Sadly, anything that requires ADB/recovery is cut off to me, and so is anything that requires the actual OS interface, so accessing settings and factory resetting is out, and so is sideloading. All I can work from is fastboot.
The final option you had gave me another write failure. Thank you for working with me on this - this is my favorite phone I've ever had, and it may be time to eulogize it. I appreciate all you ran me through. <3
ekjean said:
Sadly, anything that requires ADB/recovery is cut off to me, and so is anything that requires the actual OS interface, so accessing settings and factory resetting is out, and so is sideloading. All I can work from is fastboot.
The final option you had gave me another write failure. Thank you for working with me on this - this is my favorite phone I've ever had, and it may be time to eulogize it. I appreciate all you ran me through. <3
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RIP Pixel/Pixel XL!
hey bruh, try to cooling it in the freezer, my pixel xl turned on that way, give it a shot
@mateodiaz802 said:
hey bruh, try to cooling it in the freezer, my pixel xl turned on that way, give it a shot
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Maybe I will! Did it stay on?
it will stay on the enough time to recover your data
@mateodiaz802 said:
hey bruh, try to cooling it in the freezer, my pixel xl turned on that way, give it a shot
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I'm afraid in my case this was the death blow. Let out a few buzzes when attempting to power into fastboot, flashed a red light at the top and then nothing. She was euthanized by freezer around 5PM, 3/2/20, went quietly into that good night surrounded by friends and family at home. RIP Pixel.
did you cover the phone holes like the charging port and aux jack? I forgot to mention because I thought it was obvious
@mateodiaz802 said:
did you cover the phone holes like the charging port and aux jack? I forgot to mention because I thought it was obvious
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I wrapped 'er in plastic wrap before putting it in. So it would've been covered. Oh well, stuff happens. Funny thing, I tried it again just to see. It started vibrating and hasn't stopped. XD
i covered the holes with tape, it's more effective, also you should try booting it with "start" optino from the bootloader