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Hi guys, since the development is started i think that we also need a way to restore the watch to the stock FW.
HOWTO:
- download from the following links the boot, recovery and system image;
- reboot to fastboot and:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
and then go to recovery and do a wipe data / factory reset.
EDIT:
For some strange reason the system img flash didn't work properly on a device i could test. Here is the workaround:
1- First of all download the TWRP from the other thread and fastboot boot it:
Code:
fastboot boot TWRP2.8.7.0-Sturgeon.img
2 - Then push the system.img in the sdcard so:
Code:
adb push system.img /sdcard/
3 - Now flash it:
Code:
adb shell
dd if=/sdcard/system.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system
4 - reboot
Link:
https://mega.nz/#!rgRQHRrb!lgQCvqH-qkuqitPRRXfCad29MdmJ6ynaUHJDr0hjeLM
https://mega.nz/#!ahgjxA4R!y8Hb0CBVBRwUr0tA3HeFrrqh0ALAiMyqJu0pLsBsAD8
https://mega.nz/#!2pYVBDpA!wQJT8LDcffk7uxEmrsqna6MKWIODD-FqBO_k4Poml7g
What would be really awesome is TWRP.
brizey said:
What would be really awesome is TWRP.
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My build pc is broken and on my macbook i dont have enought free space to build the twrp.
brizey said:
What would be really awesome is TWRP.
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ok i compiled from my daughter's pc.... pls test it http://forum.xda-developers.com/hua...overy-twrp-build-huawei-watch-tester-t3222675
Skin1980 said:
ok i compiled from my daughter's pc.... pls test it http://forum.xda-developers.com/hua...overy-twrp-build-huawei-watch-tester-t3222675
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Will try to get to it today. I am booted up on your kernel now as a test (just fastboot booted it). Will do the same to test the recovery once I get a chance.
Edit: btw...when I have pulled images before, I had always done something like
cat /dev/mtd/mtd2 > /sdcard/boot.img (or wherever the boot image is mounted).
in an ADB shell. Do these things even have an sdcard location to temporarily store the images? Just curious on how you pulled them.
brizey said:
Will try to get to it today. I am booted up on your kernel now as a test (just fastboot booted it). Will do the same to test the recovery once I get a chance.
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Nice, thank you
Updated OP
return from what?
Motawa88 said:
return from what?
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Having su installed. When you install skin1980's kernel, it uses chainfire's autoroot method, which modifies your system partition. So to make sure OTAs work, this is a way to get back to a clean system image that will pass the hash checks done by the OTA script.
I tried this and for some reason every reboot goes straight back to recovery. Did I do something wrong or am I screwed haha. everything seems to work correctly but then just reboots to recovery.
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Now I just get an icon of an android on floor with chest open haha
Njzkrish said:
I tried this and for some reason every reboot goes straight back to recovery. Did I do something wrong or am I screwed haha. everything seems to work correctly but then just reboots to recovery.
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Now I just get an icon of an android on floor with chest open haha
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That's the stock recovery.
restore back to stock
question, did bootloader unlock flash twrp then immediately backup my watch before flash the kernel. if i restore this backup file will it get back to stock?
Thanx
vinny.1967 said:
question, did bootloader unlock flash twrp then immediately backup my watch before flash the kernel. if i restore this backup file will it get back to stock?
Thanx
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If you flash the recovery (twrp) and reboot into twrp to backup then you are backing up the stock boot, system and data.
Flashing the kernel will replace the boot.img only so restoring the twrp backup prior to this will restore your stock boot, system and data. At this stage your recovery is still custom (twrp)
So I want to return to stock to sideload the LCB43B update. However, I'm having issues following the directions listed. The recovery img and boot img flash fine but when I try to flash the system img, I get:
Code:
target reported max download size of 63963136 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
So I follow the steps to boot into twrp and it boots fine but adb push and shell gives error no device found. I unlocked my bootloader and flashed your kernel so idk if that is causing the errors.
Kingdavid7 said:
So I want to return to stock to sideload the LCB43B update. However, I'm having issues following the directions listed. The recovery img and boot img flash fine but when I try to flash the system img, I get:
Code:
target reported max download size of 63963136 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
So I follow the steps to boot into twrp and it boots fine but adb push and shell gives error no device found. I unlocked my bootloader and flashed your kernel so idk if that is causing the errors.
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You should check your drivers
Skin1980 said:
You should check your drivers
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Nvm I got it
Skin1980 said:
You should check your drivers
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Hi,
I have the same problem.... As it has solved ?
I'm uploading a zip file that can be flashed with twrp. It might restore stock system, boot and recovery so, after the flash, you should only relock bootloader anda you are good to go.
It's untested so only people that know how to restore the watch should try it.
Like i said, i dont own this watch so i can't test for you. Sorry.
https://mega.nz/#!vkBSCR4C!hZzbAMe7PZPBG88Bfm3mBi6hAfDHCpLMArIwpY6xhHc
Does anybody could be able to tall me what is the reason to root this watch? What are the benefits?
Sent from my SM-N920C using XDA Free mobile app
Skin1980 said:
I'm uploading a zip file that can be flashed with twrp. It might restore stock system, boot and recovery so, after the flash, you should only relock bootloader anda you are good to go.
It's untested so only people that know how to restore the watch should try it.
Like i said, i dont own this watch so i can't test for you. Sorry.
https://mega.nz/#!vkBSCR4C!hZzbAMe7PZPBG88Bfm3mBi6hAfDHCpLMArIwpY6xhHc
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Has anyone thus far tried to relock the bootloader? I usually don't unlock any of my device until using them for a couple weeks to make sure I don't have a lemon. I'm curious if it's unlocked if Huawei would check, or if their system would show it was being previously unlocked.
I want to be able to flash my stock recovery when I no longer want TWRP or CWM. How would I go about doing this?
tcmoffitt said:
I want to be able to flash my stock recovery when I no longer want TWRP or CWM. How would I go about doing this?
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Hello,
Thanks for using XDA Assist.
What device do you have?
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v7
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Hello,
Thanks for using XDA Assist.
What device do you have?
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v7
XDA Assist
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HTC One m8 Tmobile
Thanks for the help guys I really appreciate it. This forum is just so helpful............. ---____---
Which T-Mobile ?
If it is T-Mob US .. there's a dedicated section for T-Mob US and you can find any info there.
tcmoffitt said:
Thanks for the help guys I really appreciate it. This forum is just so helpful............. ---____---
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This is not possible to backup your stock recovery. When you need that you can download it simply (base on your phone's build number). Also you can extract stock recovery frome your ota zip update(the file with img format inside of firmware folder)
Arsinn said:
This is not possible to backup your stock recovery.
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Actually, the following usually works:
This has to be done before flashing custom recovery. Unlock bootloader, then fastboot boot recovery.img
With "recovery.img" being a TWRP file located in your fasboot folder. This will boot into TWRP without actually flashing it. From there, you can pick recovery in the backup options, to backup stock recovery.
But yes, I agree that stock recovery images are pretty easy to obtain from these forums, or extracting from a OTA or ROM.zip.
redpoint73 said:
Actually, the following usually works:
This has to be done before flashing custom recovery. Unlock bootloader, then fastboot boot recovery.img
With "recovery.img" being a TWRP file located in your fasboot folder. This will boot into TWRP without actually flashing it. From there, you can pick recovery in the backup options, to backup stock recovery.
But yes, I agree that stock recovery images are pretty easy to obtain from these forums, or extracting from a OTA or ROM.zip.
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Hi, redpoint73...
Maybe I'm missing something here, but I'm not seeing an option to backup the Recovery in TWRP 2.8.7.0... Just Boot, Cache, System, Data and Android Secure are available (see attached screenshot). I remote booted TWRP from my laptop, as I did when I rooted Marshmallow around a fortnight ago, in order to keep the stock recovery intact.
It would certainly be useful to be able to backup the stock recovery via TWRP... I just haven't found a way of accomplishing it .
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But a possible option to backup the stock recovery would be to use the Flashify app...
Remote boot TWRP from your PC, acquire root, and then run Flashify...
Flashify PlayStore link...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cgollner.flashify
XDA discussion thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2349847
This app uses <dd=if/of> commands to backup and potentially restore the boot and/or recovery images.
Although it does require root to work.
I've used Flashify on my Nexus 7 and Nexus 9 in the past, but never on my M8, except to backup... never to restore, so I cannot personally vouch for it's safety on the M8.
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What I'm unsure of about Flashify...
@redpoint73, @ckpv5, maybe you guys could shed some light on this...
Would such a <dd=if/of> created backup of stock recovery be flashable via fastboot?
And would it be safe to do so?
I know that TWRP uses <dd=if/of> commands, having looked through TWRPs logs... but I'm not quite sure how fastboot works when it comes to flashing stuff, and I'm very wary about doing it myself or recommending it for others.
Normally, you'd just use the Flashify app to restore any recovery/boot.img backups you've previously made...
But Flashify requires root to work, and with an unrooted system, this is isn't viable. So could one use fastboot in the normal way to flash such a previously made backup of the stock recovery?
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Anyhow, it's not critical at the moment for me, because I've not flashed TWRP to my M8, my stock recovery remains intact.
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I would recommend anybody reading this seeking to root their Marshmallow M8 to just remote boot TWRP from their PC with fastboot boot twrp.img (ie., don't actually flash it), perform an unrooted Nandroid backup first...
...and then flash Chainfire in the usual way.
This leaves the stock recovery intact, which will be required for future OTAs.
And there still might be some...
My Nexus 9 receives monthly security patches from Google (probably after the StageFright debacle of last year), and it may well be that the M8 will also continue to receive security patches, despite it being nearly two years old.
So you need to be ready... with an unrooted/untouched Nandroid of your own creation and the stock recovery.
I know that Chainfires systemless root method is supposed to address this issue, but if you're going to mess with system, you should have a Nandroid backup anyway...
...just in case.
Rgrds,
Ged.
Funny, I use the fastboot boot option to boot into TWRP saving my original recovery.
Hi, I manually updated my honor 7x (BND AL10 INDIAN) to EMUI 8 following the other post in this forum and after that I went on to flash TWRP recovery again from another post "complete_twrp_ramdisk.img" so that I could take full Nand backups and what not. But Here's the problem, When I try to flash the stock recovery back "BND_RECOVERY_NOcheck" which I flashed during upgrading to EMUI 8, it says "size of image is large than target device"
I tried this using boot fastboot command "fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery.img" and also using the TWRP. It doesn't work either way. So I'm basically stuck with TWRP. The reason I want stock recovery is because
1. I can install OTA UPDATES on EMUI 8 (I actually got one)
2. I may want to just be on complete stock like locked bootloader, sock recovery etc...
Could any one help?? Maybe I need the right stock recovery file ?
BTW It's my first post ever so please go easy if I did any mistakes.
Could you share your twrp? Thanks!
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Hi, I manually updated my honor 7x (BND AL10 INDIAN) to EMUI 8 following the other post in this forum and after that I went on to flash TWRP recovery again from another post "complete_twrp_ramdisk.img" so that I could take full Nand backups and what not. But Here's the problem, When I try to flash the stock recovery back "BND_RECOVERY_NOcheck" which I flashed during upgrading to EMUI 8, it says "size of image is large than target device"
I tried this using boot fastboot command "fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery.img" and also using the TWRP. It doesn't work either way. So I'm basically stuck with TWRP. The reason I want stock recovery is because
1. I can install OTA UPDATES on EMUI 8 (I actually got one)
2. I may want to just be on complete stock like locked bootloader, sock recovery etc...
Could any one help?? Maybe I need the right stock recovery file ?
BTW It's my first post ever so please go easy if I did any mistakes.
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"BND_RECOVERY_NOcheck" is nouget stock recovery.
Oreo update replaces all the partitions, including the recovery that you flashed in order to install the update.
The stock recovery can be extracted from "update.app" , the one inside the oreo "updateL22.zip"
holds said:
Could you share your twrp? Thanks!
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It's here https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/development/oreo-twrp-complete-backup-t3764500
mrmazak said:
"BND_RECOVERY_NOcheck" is nouget stock recovery.
Oreo update replaces all the partitions, including the recovery that you flashed in order to install the update.
The stock recovery can be extracted from "update.app" , the one inside the oreo "updateL22.zip"
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Hi, I'm downloading that UPDATEL22.ZIP right now and Can I extract this with any unzip/unrar program? What will be the name of that recovery? is it going to be "recovery"? The thing is I've never extracted anything from a ROM so I have not idea.
Thetpcguy said:
Hi, I'm downloading that UPDATEL22.ZIP right now and Can I extract this with any unzip/unrar program? What will be the name of that recovery? is it going to be "recovery"? The thing is I've never extracted anything from a ROM so I have not idea.
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you should already have the update.zip.
use same one you "manualy" installed.
winrar did not work for me but 7-zip did.
there is also rom extractor built into "multi-tool" and stand alone extractor around here some where.
I found it here
the name is just like the twrp you flashed and just like the partition that you flashed. (recovery_ramdisk.img)
Thetpcguy said:
Hi, I'm downloading that UPDATEL22.ZIP right now and Can I extract this with any unzip/unrar program? What will be the name of that recovery? is it going to be "recovery"? The thing is I've never extracted anything from a ROM so I have not idea.
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Hi, so I figured Huawei update extractor app is the way to do it but I have a Mac and there doesn't seem to be a Mac version? is there a way to do it on android or Mac?
mrmazak said:
you should already have the update.zip.
use same one you "manualy" installed.
winrar did not work for me but 7-zip did.
there is also rom extractor built into "multi-tool" and stand alone extractor around here some where.
I found it here
the name is just like the twrp you flashed and just like the partition that you flashed. (recovery_ramdisk.img)
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Hi, Thanks for all your replies. After doing a bit of search, I managed to get it extracted on my android using zarchiver app and I copied the recovery_ramdisk.img from that BNDL22.ZIP and when I tried flashing it using the fastboot command "fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery.img" It went ok and It got installed but when I tried to boot into recovery, I got this screen "ERROR MODE" ATTENTION ETC.. I don't know where I'm going wrong?
Thetpcguy said:
Hi, Thanks for all your replies. After doing a bit of search, I managed to get it extracted on my android using zarchiver app and I copied the recovery_ramdisk.img from that BNDL22.ZIP and when I tried flashing it using the fastboot command "fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery.img" It went ok and It got installed but when I tried to boot into recovery, I got this screen "ERROR MODE" ATTENTION ETC.. I don't know where I'm going wrong?
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I dont know.
The new way to boot to recovery was written in other thread as "hold both volume buttons & power button"
not sure if it was a problem with extraction or not, but attached is the recovery I extracted. do not have it installed. I dont even have oreo installed., I'm still pulling files together and reading the update-scripts and trying to convince myself if it is worth trying it.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=262391
I have now jumped on board and did oreo conversion on L24, then flashed RR. I went and installed the oreo recovery, then back to this stock recovery. It worked fine for me.
mrmazak said:
I dont know.
The new way to boot to recovery was written in other thread as "hold both volume buttons & power button"
not sure if it was a problem with extraction or not, but attached is the recovery I extracted. do not have it installed. I dont even have oreo installed., I'm still pulling files together and reading the update-scripts and trying to convince myself if it is worth trying it.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=262391
I have now jumped on board and did oreo conversion on L24, then flashed RR. I went and installed the oreo recovery, then back to this stock recovery. It worked fine for me.
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Hi Dude, Great man. Your recovery worked like charm. But I did extract it properly from BNDL22.ZIP and I still don't know why it failed but thanks a ton. I hope this helps out other people reading
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Hi Dude, Great man. Your recovery worked like charm. But I did extract it properly from BNDL22.ZIP and I still don't know why it failed but thanks a ton. I hope this helps out other people reading
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i am wipeiing my data it always show faild plss help my device is dead
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Hi Dude, Great man. Your recovery worked like charm. But I did extract it properly from BNDL22.ZIP and I still don't know why it failed but thanks a ton. I hope this helps out other people reading
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Which perticular file should i flash for stock recovery please. There are 4-5 files. Pl help. I am on RR and want to flash system.img to go back to oreo beta. But i think i do not have stock recovery as i had tried to flash twrp. Pl help
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Hi Dude, Great man. Your recovery worked like charm. But I did extract it properly from BNDL22.ZIP and I still don't know why it failed but thanks a ton. I hope this helps out other people reading
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Hey bro thefe are too many files there will it flash through fastboot or twrp and how to flash one by one pls help me
Hello all,
thanks for all the info in this thread.
I bricked my Honox 7x (BND-LC21) by trying to go Oreo.
The installation went halfway through, but now I can't complete (missing info howto flash bootloader / kernel) and I also can't go back as the partition layout has already changed to oreo style.
Steps done so far:
- unlocked boot loader
- installed twrp
- extract system image and recovery image from oreo update zip
getting the phone in fastboot mode i can successfully run
fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery_ramdisk.img (i can also flash old recoveries this way, but none of them will successfully boot into recovery mode)
fastboot flash system system.img
either way, the system will not boot afterwards.
how do I manually flash bootloader / kernel on the oreo partition layout?
erecovery and hisuite won't recover my phone either...
Any hints appreciated
Aibiman
mrmazak said:
I dont know.
The new way to boot to recovery was written in other thread as "hold both volume buttons & power button"
not sure if it was a problem with extraction or not, but attached is the recovery I extracted. do not have it installed. I dont even have oreo installed., I'm still pulling files together and reading the update-scripts and trying to convince myself if it is worth trying it.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=262391
I have now jumped on board and did oreo conversion on L24, then flashed RR. I went and installed the oreo recovery, then back to this stock recovery. It worked fine for me.
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Can I flash just the stock recovery to my phone and if so is it the recover_ramdis.img, or do I need to flash them all. I'm on mostly stock bnd-l24. Unlocked bootloader TWRP and magisk for root. There's a new update and i wanted to flash stock recovery so I could update.
kingd421 said:
Can I flash just the stock recovery to my phone and if so is it the recover_ramdis.img, or do I need to flash them all. I'm on mostly stock bnd-l24. Unlocked bootloader TWRP and magisk for root. There's a new update and i wanted to flash stock recovery so I could update.
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Yes that is the recovery.
But if you have root, update not going to work
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Yes that is the recovery.
But if you have root, update not going to work
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Will uninstalling magisk fix that or does the boot image have to be reflashed. Thank you for the quick response
kingd421 said:
Will uninstalling magisk fix that or does the boot image have to be reflashed. Thank you for the quick response
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From magisk manager app should be a restore images option
mrmazak said:
From magisk manager app should be a restore images option
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Sounds good. I appreciate it.
aibiman said:
Hello all,
thanks for all the info in this thread.
I bricked my Honox 7x (BND-LC21) by trying to go Oreo.
The installation went halfway through, but now I can't complete (missing info howto flash bootloader / kernel) and I also can't go back as the partition layout has already changed to oreo style.
Steps done so far:
- unlocked boot loader
- installed twrp
- extract system image and recovery image from oreo update zip
getting the phone in fastboot mode i can successfully run
fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery_ramdisk.img (i can also flash old recoveries this way, but none of them will successfully boot into recovery mode)
fastboot flash system system.img
either way, the system will not boot afterwards.
how do I manually flash bootloader / kernel on the oreo partition layout?
erecovery and hisuite won't recover my phone either...
Any hints appreciated
Aibiman
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can you in to TWRP?
*IT IS FOR UNLOCKED BOOTLOADERS ONLY*
Voila ..
Alas TWRP is working on Nokia 8 NB1 based on v4.88B kernel. Wifi and Magisk root both are working on my mobile. Please and report if it is working for you as well.
Download:
https://mega.nz/#!nRgVWKqB!fWx4zO1f19Shs_I8Thkw4ycsZMMMmSYP24cK0MHIBlM
Flash:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash boot_a TWRP_NB1_boot_v2.img
fastboot reboot
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If working well, also flash boot_a partition as well.
Then following below thread to root it using MagiskManager
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-8/development/pre-rooted-boot-image-nokia-nb1-v4-88b-t3798063
Check Following Post for Update:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77307135&postcount=74
WARNING: Don't change boot slot using TWRP . I am not responsible if you brick your phone.
Many thanks!
Does this mean if you have this IMG, you can flash after any other (even older) IMGs without verify check?
With fastboot and OST LA from here?
That would be a fantastic news!!! :good:
Overall, the fastboot doesn't seem to work on my device. Once I get my phone into bootloader state it says naturally DOWNLOAD MODE but any fastboot devices command ends up with <Waiting for devices>. I've switched drivers from Nokia's one to diffrent non device specific but nothing helps. Any idea on how to fix it ?
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Came out that the adb and fastboot drivers can't be outdated so be sure to use newest from SDK Platform Tools - otherwise u won't see the device.
head66 said:
Many thanks!
Does this mean if you have this IMG, you can flash after any other (even older) IMGs without verify check?
With fastboot and OST LA from here?
That would be a fantastic news!!! :good:
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Didn't checked by flashing it. But, logically yes. Though system partition is still encrypted. That may cause an issue. But for custom ROM developers - it can be a start. Provided - your bootloader is unlocked.
KonikoO said:
Overall, the fastboot doesn't seem to work on my device. Once I get my phone into bootloader state it says naturally DOWNLOAD MODE but any fastboot devices command ends up with <Waiting for devices>. I've switched drivers from Nokia's one to diffrent non device specific but nothing helps. Any idea on how to fix it ?
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Came out that the adb and fastboot drivers can't be outdated so be sure to use newest from SDK Platform Tools - otherwise u won't see the device.
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Hey,
maybe that can help u.
Fastboot need Admin permissions on windows open a CMD as Admininstator.
On Linux just login into user root.
WORKING
Image is working! Thanks a lot!
Magisk is also working after patch. (With WiFi)
KonikoO said:
Overall, the fastboot doesn't seem to work on my device. Once I get my phone into bootloader state it says naturally DOWNLOAD MODE but any fastboot devices command ends up with <Waiting for devices>. I've switched drivers from Nokia's one to diffrent non device specific but nothing helps. Any idea on how to fix it ?
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Came out that the adb and fastboot drivers can't be outdated so be sure to use newest from SDK Platform Tools - otherwise u won't see the device.
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Did you checked if USB debugging is on in the developer settings?
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KonikoO said:
Overall, the fastboot doesn't seem to work on my device. Once I get my phone into bootloader state it says naturally DOWNLOAD MODE but any fastboot devices command ends up with <Waiting for devices>. I've switched drivers from Nokia's one to diffrent non device specific but nothing helps. Any idea on how to fix it ?
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Came out that the adb and fastboot drivers can't be outdated so be sure to use newest from SDK Platform Tools - otherwise u won't see the device.
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I have it problem on Windows 10 too. If you want very strong, download any Linux-based LiveCD, flash it on USB and load. After this install adb and fastboot from LineageOS site (delete space after "https://" https:// wiki.lineageos.org/devices/bacon/build) and run commands.
P.S.: I am sorry for my bad English, but I hope help you
Wow, you are a genius! So glad to see twrp on our Nokia 8 xD but with encrypted /system. Does it mean nandroid backup is not possible at the moment? Also, with your magisk patched kernel, can i flash over or do i need to first flash twrp then reroot with your method?
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Wow, you are a genius! So glad to see twrp on our Nokia 8 xD but with encrypted /system. Does it mean nandroid backup is not possible at the moment? Also, with your magisk patched kernel, can i flash over or do i need to first flash twrp then reroot with your method?
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Flash TWRP img, then re-root using Magisk method provided in the URL.
Created another version of TWRP. Now /data is browsable, but showing garbled file names So, nanodroid is still unachievable. Don't have a backup phone, so could not take the risk of loosing my data, else could have un-encrypt ICE filesystem encryption and could have build a stock based ROM without encrypted partition.
bidhata said:
Flash TWRP img, then re-root using Magisk method provided in the URL.
Created another version of TWRP. Now /data is browsable, but showing garbled file names So, nanodroid is still unachievable. Don't have a backup phone, so could not take the risk of loosing my data, else could have un-encrypt ICE filesystem encryption and could have build a stock based ROM without encrypted partition.
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Thanks bro. You are making tremindous progress on this phone though. Hopefully you inspire other devs to jump the train on our N8
Does this work with a locked bootloader? And if so do I just follow the steps here? Or do I need OST LA?
thank you so much for your time and effort. Much appreciated. Can the stock recovery be backed up and restored Later? Is it advised to flash it on TA 1012 Nokia 8 unlocked? How can we revert to the original state? Does OEM Unlock help in this case? Is it an image of the whole OS like previous mod attempts?
iKillua said:
Does this work with a locked bootloader? And if so do I just follow the steps here? Or do I need OST LA?
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You need an unlocked bootloader. Else fastboot not let you overwrite /boot partition. No OST LA required.
trandafirmd said:
thank you so much for your time and effort. Much appreciated. Can the stock recovery be backed up and restored Later? Is it advised to flash it on TA 1012 Nokia 8 unlocked? How can we revert to the original state? Does OEM Unlock help in this case? Is it an image of the whole OS like previous mod attempts?
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There is no different partition for recovery. So, just flashing the original boot partition ( boot.img ) will be enough to restore. OEM unlocked is required to decrypt the /data partition. This one is just the boot.img modification.
bidhata said:
There is no different partition for recovery. So, just flashing the original boot partition ( boot.img ) will be enough to restore. OEM unlocked is required to decrypt the /data partition. This one is just the boot.img modification.
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Is this img suitable for restore https://mega.nz/#!yYwUWKwC!5wb2EkDhFKE2QIhI5tW0SE_uqkn2UL2uEPkTM01G5Mg?0 I can't see any 1012 img's How can I backup the boot.img from my phone?
Thank you.
trandafirmd said:
Is this img suitable for restore https://mega.nz/#!yYwUWKwC!5wb2EkDhFKE2QIhI5tW0SE_uqkn2UL2uEPkTM01G5Mg?0 I can't see any 1012 img's How can I backup the boot.img from my phone?
Thank you.
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It is the same image for TA 1004 / TA-1012 . Taken from v4.88B update.
I realized that after the download finished. I apologize for jumping the gun. Since I'll have to unlock my bootloader, is there a way to do a full system backup through adb or otherwise? Most likely, I have a locked bootloader and before I can figure out a way to unlock it, I will have to backup as much data as possible since unlocking it will most likely wipe all my data and do a factory reset.
You can not make a backup unfortunately.
could you and other people making useless threads put it in the thread title and OP so that 99.9% of nokia 8 owners that dont have a way of unlocking the bootloader dont waste our time by having the salt rubbed in, thanks
Hi
I followed this guide to root my son's phone
(the bootloader was already unlocked or so I tought - see below)
Now when I tried to reboot to twrp to root the phone, following these instructions in the guide:
“How To Root Mi A2 / A2 Lite Using Magisk
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Now, boot your Xiaomi device into the TWRP Recovery Mode by pressing and holding the Volume Up and Power buttons simultaneously for a couple of seconds until the device starts booting.
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it does not boot to TWRP but instead displays a red error triangle with the message“The system has been destroyed”; I get exactly the same message after using the adb command
Code:
adb reboot recovery
as an alternative reboot-to-recovery method.
Reboot to system is perfectly fine!
Help anyone? Could it be the bootloader was not properly unlocked... I dit it when I received the phone and wa spretty sure it was unlocked then
Thanks
BenG7 said:
Hi
I followed this guide to root my son's phone
(the bootloader was already unlocked or so I tought - see below)
Now when I tried to reboot to twrp to root the phone, following these instructions in the guide:
it does not boot to TWRP but instead displays a red error triangle with the message“The system has been destroyed”; I get exactly the same message after using the adb command
as an alternative reboot-to-recovery method.
Reboot to system is perfectly fine!
Help anyone? Could it be the bootloader was not properly unlocked... I dit it when I received the phone and wa spretty sure it was unlocked then
Thanks
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It's not a bootloader issue ,it is problem with the recovery.Use twrp 3.3.3-1-offain or 3.3.3-1dees_troy.
nikoman1987 said:
It's not a bootloader issue ,it is problem with the recovery.Use twrp 3.3.3-1-offain or 3.3.3-1dees_troy.
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@nikoman1987: Thanks, so I suppose i should go thru the guide again, from the start, right? what is the difference between the offain and dees_troy twrps please?
BenG7 said:
@nikoman1987: Thanks, so I suppose i should go thru the guide again, from the start, right? what is the difference between the offain and dees_troy twrps please?
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different developers ,i don't have any problems with the offain version.Some of the roms have priblems with dess-troy
nikoman1987 said:
It's not a bootloader issue ,it is problem with the recovery.Use twrp 3.3.3-1-offain or 3.3.3-1dees_troy.
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exactly the same deal with:
twrp-daisy-3.3.0-0-offain
twrp-3.3.0-dees_troy-daisy
--> red error triangle with the message“The system has been destroyed”...
You need 3.3.1, not 3.3.0
dl.twrp.me/daisy
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You don't need to redo everything unless you failed to backup your boot image...
a1291762 said:
You need 3.3.1, not 3.3.0
dl.twrp.me/daisy
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You don't need to redo everything unless you failed to backup your boot image...
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Hi again @a1291762
I already downloaded and flashed the official daisy twrp but that didn't do it, 3.3.0 it was.
On the official twrp.me website there is only Dees_troy version (true I didn't try 3.3.1 - will do so tonight) - no offain version.
Just wondering, I think I saw some command in some posts to allow flashing on the Mi A2 lite - would that be required here (although not stated in the guide I referenced)?
[EDIT] found this:
I am seeing the ‘System has been destroyed’ message after installing TWRP on Mi A2 Lite (daisy)?
Then download the ‘aboot.img’ from V9.6.4.0 (Download Link), boot your Mi A2 to Fastboot Mode and flash it using the following command:
Code:
fastboot flash aboot_a aboot_9.6.4.img
fastboot flash aboot_b aboot_9.6.4.img
According to the explanation given by XDA Senior Member mac12m99, the newer bootloader (aboot.img) version checks for stock recovery, even when the bootloader is unlocked. To overcome this, you can flash an older bootloader version (Especifically from V9.6.4.0) to fix this issue.
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BenG7 said:
Hi again @a1291762
I already downloaded and flashed the official daisy twrp but that didn't do it, 3.3.0 it was.
On the official twrp.me website there is only Dees_troy version (true I didn't try 3.3.1 - will do so tonight) - no offain version.
Just wondering, I think I saw some command in some posts to allow flashing on the Mi A2 lite - would that be required here (although not stated in the guide I referenced)?
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10.0.9.0 broke all the old twrps. Only 3.3.1 works now.
The official TWRP maintainer for daisy is dees troy.
Offain does the lineage ROM for daisy. I don't know how people get links to his TWRP. Search?
That guide looks ancient. TWRP and Magisk install guides can be found in this forum... I wrote a combined one (since having both complicates OTA) but if you're doing a custom ROM... It will depend.
Many custom ROMs want an encryption Disabler fix because they can't handle the encryption (which is on even if you don't have a password).
I've seen lots of surprise by people at the processes required for this phone. It was certainly different to what I've done before, but my last phone was pre-magisk and pre-A/B partitioning so I figured that's just how things are on newer phones.
a1291762 said:
10.0.9.0 broke all the old twrps. Only 3.3.1 works now.
The official TWRP maintainer for daisy is dees troy.
Offain does the lineage ROM for daisy. I don't know how people get links to his TWRP. Search?
That guide looks ancient. TWRP and Magisk install guides can be found in this forum... I wrote a combined one (since having both complicates OTA) but if you're doing a custom ROM... It will depend.
Many custom ROMs want an encryption Disabler fix because they can't handle the encryption (which is on even if you don't have a password).
I've seen lots of surprise by people at the processes required for this phone. It was certainly different to what I've done before, but my last phone was pre-magisk and pre-A/B partitioning so I figured that's just how things are on newer phones.
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My build is 10.0.13.0
BenG7 said:
My build is 10.0.13.0
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Then use 3.3.3-1 dees_troy or :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-Enw0Kn2CAYyfN1Krv8t3CVNLyn0p0JX/view?usp=drivesdk
Here is the link for twrp 3.3.3-1 offain version ,but it is in .img format.Dont install it via fastboot or TWRP .You can boot it via this command:
fasboot boot twrp-daisy-3.3.1-0-offain.img ,install everything you want,and you'll be ok ,if you don't need permanent twrp recovery!
If you want permanent installation - I am using Android All in One tool from another XDA thread and that's what i do:
Reboot in Fastboot mode,then connect the device to PC open the all-in-one tool on your windows computer ,then click on the "Recovery Flasher and Device Rooter" button(after you see that the device is recognised in the program) ,you need to choose which version- set it to MANUAL. From there navigate to the recovery files(dees_troy and offain) in the first row navigate to the recovery image (offain) ,on the second row navigate to the recovery zip (dees_troy).Then hit the Flash button. The phone will boot in 3.3.3-1 offain twrp ,and automatically will install the dees_troy version and when everything is installed,the phone will reboot after the flash again in recovery.All the time i have 100% success with this all in one tool. When you are ready with the installation of twrp ,flash magisk and reboot to system.
Here is the thread for the tool:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi...ol-one-driversunlocktwrpfactory-t3866191/amp/
I guarantee it works every time with 100% chance for success
nikoman1987 said:
Then use 3.3.3-1 dees_troy or :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-Enw0Kn2CAYyfN1Krv8t3CVNLyn0p0JX/view?usp=drivesdk
Here is the link for twrp 3.3.3-1 offain version ,but it is in .img format.Dont install it via fastboot or TWRP .You can boot it via this command:
fasboot boot twrp-daisy-3.3.1-0-offain.img ,install everything you want,and you'll be ok ,if you don't need permanent twrp recovery!
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Here is the thread for the tool:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi...ol-one-driversunlocktwrpfactory-t3866191/amp/
I guarantee it works every time with 100% chance for success
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Thanks @a1291762 & @nikoman1987 but the tool won't do it for me at home
I do not think I need permanent TWRP (although I know how nice it is to know you can always fall back to twrp - I will have to use a PC instead); my intention is to flash https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2-lite/development/lineageos-16-0-xiaomi-mi-a2-lite-t3919060LineageOS with temporary twrp 3.3.3-1 offain version
BenG7 said:
Thanks @a1291762 & @nikoman1987 but the tool won't do it for me at home
I do not think I need permanent TWRP (although I know how nice it is to know you can always fall back to twrp - I will have to use a PC instead); my intention is to flash LineageOS with temporary twrp 3.3.3-1 offain version
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Your choice , but I always prefer to have permanent twrp with custom ROMs . You know what's best for you.
a1291762 said:
10.0.9.0 broke all the old twrps. Only 3.3.1 works now.
The official TWRP maintainer for daisy is dees troy.
Offain does the lineage ROM for daisy. I don't know how people get links to his TWRP. Search?
That guide looks ancient. TWRP and Magisk install guides can be found in this forum... I wrote a combined one (since having both complicates OTA) but if you're doing a custom ROM... It will depend.
Many custom ROMs want an encryption Disabler fix because they can't handle the encryption (which is on even if you don't have a password).
I've seen lots of surprise by people at the processes required for this phone. It was certainly different to what I've done before, but my last phone was pre-magisk and pre-A/B partitioning so I figured that's just how things are on newer phones.
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@a1291762
I got this message after formatting the data and wiping system, trying to install LO:
Code:
"Device unable to boot. Error - mdtp image is corrupted"
I am now stuck on fastboot!
From the post https://forum.xda-developers.com/nov...7#post80993947
I understand I have to flash BOOT/RECOVERY/SYSTEM imgs to restore your device;
the commands are
Boot:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Recovery:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
System:
Code:
fastboot flash system system.img
but the question is where can I get the
boot.img
recovery.img
system.img
for the xiaomi Mi A2 Lite (daisy); bearing in mind the phone is on a 2 partition system?
Thanks a lot in advance
BenG7 said:
@a1291762
I got this message after formatting the data and wiping system, trying to install LO:
Code:
"Device unable to boot. Error - mdtp image is corrupted"
I am now stuck on fastboot!
From the post https://forum.xda-developers.com/nov...7#post80993947
I understand I have to flash BOOT/RECOVERY/SYSTEM imgs to restore your device;
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There is no recovery image because this is an A/B partitioned phone.
The mdtp issue seems to be a real issue for some people.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2-lite/help/device-unable-to-boot-error-mdtp-image-t3926962
The advice I gave there is all I can give here. Try to fastboot/MiFlash a stock ROM.
If you don't have a stock image, they're listed here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2-lite/how-to/fastboot-xiaomi-mi-a2-fastboot-images-t3824871
Note that the newest image is 10.0.13.0 (14, 15, 16 did not get full releases, just OTAs).
These threads suggest it's possible to flash a stock ROM to fix a corrupt mdtp partition...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2-lite/help/fastboot-loop-t3996081
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2-lite/help/mi-a2-lite-stuck-fastboot-recovery-help-t3938175
a1291762 said:
There is no recovery image because this is an A/B partitioned phone.
The mdtp issue seems to be a real issue for some people.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2-lite/help/device-unable-to-boot-error-mdtp-image-t3926962
The advice I gave there is all I can give here. Try to fastboot/MiFlash a stock ROM.
If you don't have a stock image, they're listed here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2-lite/how-to/fastboot-xiaomi-mi-a2-fastboot-images-t3824871
Note that the newest image is 10.0.13.0 (14, 15, 16 did not get full releases, just OTAs).
These threads suggest it's possible to flash a stock ROM to fix a corrupt mdtp partition...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2-lite/help/fastboot-loop-t3996081
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2-lite/help/mi-a2-lite-stuck-fastboot-recovery-help-t3938175
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Thanks @a1291762.
I
Code:
fastboot flash mdtp_a mdtp.img
fastboot flash mdtp_b mdtp.img
as instructed by @SubwayChamp in the link you posted
but the phone boots straight back to fastboot after
Code:
fastboot reboot
so I believe I need to flash a stock rom
I'm on Debian; I am wondering wether I can use
Can XiaoMiTool V2 unbrick my device?
to unbrick my phone or just
fastboot flash the daisy_global_images_V10.0.13.0.PDLMIXM_20190813.0000.00_9.0_5d0d486f04.tgz rom?
Please confirm the commands are:
Code:
fastboot -w
fastboot update </path/to/your/Rom.zip>
and it will work with a .tgz format or do I need to extract it and then zip it?
Thanks for your help
BenG7 said:
Thanks @a1291762.
I
Code:
fastboot flash mdtp_a mdtp.img
fastboot flash mdtp_b mdtp.img
as instructed by @SubwayChamp in the link you posted
but the phone boots straight back to fastboot after
Code:
fastboot reboot
so I believe I need to flash a stock rom
I'm on Debian; I am wondering wether I can use
Can XiaoMiTool V2 unbrick my device?
to unbrick my phone or just
fastboot flash the daisy_global_images_V10.0.13.0.PDLMIXM_20190813.0000.00_9.0_5d0d486f04.tgz rom?
Please confirm the commands are:
Code:
fastboot -w
fastboot update </path/to/your/Rom.zip>
and it will work with a .tgz format or do I need to extract it and then zip it?
Thanks for your help
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Mdtp flashes returned your device to an state where partitions are readable again otherwise you won´t enter not even to recovery.
You don´t have to try to flash recovery (nor stock or custom), only reboot to a custom recovery like TWRP, the process to do it is well explained there, I also faced an mdtp issue and I didn´t need to flash the whole rom, just booted to TWRP and from there I did what I wanted, but if you yet want to do it.......
First of all I´m not familiar with Debian coming to modding smartphones, just I use it within other distros for other purposes.
The tool that you linked is not useful for us, this tool works mainly to fool recovery to accept modded scripts as original/signed and our device although it has a recovery image doesn´t have a dedicated partition and it simply is not available for the normal user, it´s mean that this tool uses MiRecovery present on all the devices running Miui out of the box but not for the others running Android One.
If you can access to a Windows machine this is the tool that I frequently use: https://xiaomifirmware.com/downloads/miflashpro/ but if you only can access to a PC with Debian probably this tool works for you https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/tool-miflash-linux-t3708847
BenG7 said:
daisy_global_images_V10.0.13.0.PDLMIXM_20190813.0000.00_9.0_5d0d486f04.tgz rom?
Please confirm the commands are:
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You can't throw a .tgz or .zip at fastboot?!
If you're going to flash a stock ROM, extract it and run a flash_XXX script. It will use your fastboot to flash every partition. Variants preserve data or relock bootloader.
if fastboot fails (data transfer failure (too many links))
-> use a different USB port which is not a charging port.
-> try a different USB cable
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