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Nokia N1, wiped system, stuck on splash screen (Powered by Android) (Update!)

Dear Xda,
This is my situation, i had a bootloop so i ran the temporary recovery method explained in the thread "Nokia N1 Rooted with Google Play!" in the general forum of the Nokia N1
But i accidentaly removed the system partition (which boots the system and shows the boot animation etc, after the splash screen)
I can however boot into the bootloader with volume down+power as well as going into the temporary recovery to wipe and flash stuff.
I figured a way to fix this, this is to push or copy a update.zip from my pc (with the original nokia n1 files) to my nokia n1,
but the problem is adb does not recognize this device in the cmd with the command adb devices, and the hardware id is having ???? in device manager (Windows).
Does anyone maybe know a way to push files to this device in either bootloader mode or temporary recovery or maybe another way, as i am stuck with this.
If something is not clear or if i need to post images of my situation of more information please say so,
also i have the taiwanese version not the chinese and i have also all the zip files for android 5.0.1 and 5.1.1 (latest) which 1 of the 2 i need to push to my device to restore the system partition.

Ok, so far i have not gotten an answer from someone,
so i went to look around other forums and identical devices, the closest being the zenphone 2, as they use the same intel processor the intel atom z3580.
I have also looked around alot in the nokia n1 forums on search for the original taiwenese firmware as i have found a way to custom flash the device if it is hard bricked (as in no adb, system or recovery)
I found out that the new intel phone flash tool required a flash.xml file to (re)flash firmwares in order to restore it, so i have been googling around for older phone flash tool programs as i have stumbled upon a nokia n1 thread somewhere where it showed a picture of a custom flash (without the flash.xml file)
I have managed to get a fastboot connection with an old intel phone flash tool program and been trying to flash chinese firmwares to it, but so far it keeps on failing for some reason
I have a feeling that it might be possible to resurrect a broken nokia n1 with the right firmware when you only have access to the fastboot (power up+volume down), we might as well use this method if succesfull to fix bootloops if no recovery is available (as it was with my taiwanese version for some odd reason)
I will attach screenshots of what i have so far, if anyone is interesting in helping me or have an idea please say so.
p.s. i keep on trying to do more research and fiddle more with it, as it cant be more broken than it is now.
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Sadly, i can not go on any further, i have tried and flashed to much files and the nokia bootloader has locked itself, neither does oem unlock commands work with a fastboot flash file, i feel like i was very close to recover the nokia n1, but now it will forever be paperweight, as i have no recovery, no system, no adb, and a locked bootloader so no fastboot anymore.
If anyone have a solution or advise i'm open for this, but until then i can not proceed to test further for people who have like me bricked their device and turned it into useless paperweight (and i feel like the nokia was really vulnerable for bricking) i kinda regret buying the nokia now though.

do you have any ROM for CN version ????? my tablet is stuck in logo, i don't know how to fix it

2111002640 said:
do you have any ROM for CN version ????? my tablet is stuck in logo, i don't know how to fix it
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Yes i do have, do you perhaps know which CN version you had? if not i can attach/link you a CN version.

It is possible to install the same or newer Version of the Firmware, which was installed on your N1
You need a full Firmware package for your tablet (CN or TW Version).
Sent from my N1 using Tapatalk

do you have full ROM for N1 tw or cn, if you have this can you share for me plêas

i have a solution to fix this error, anybody want to fix this error may be contact me
my fb: https://www.facebook.com/hjxhjx.huhu
i had fix 2 devices to live every oke

2111002640 said:
i have a solution to fix this error, anybody want to fix this error may be contact me
my fb: https://www.facebook.com/hjxhjx.huhu
i had fix 2 devices to live every oke
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I don't have a Facebook account. Could you post your solution on here please? Thank you

Hello there! I think I had a similar problem but I managed to unbrick my device after good 24 hours of stress and facepalming after getting it stuck in splash screen late last night. I found your thread and a few others that suggested trying Intel's Phone Flash Tool, but it didn't work for me. I thought I had no fastboot, but suddenly I managed to get it to fastboot with Power + Vol Down (releasing power shortly after pressing while holding vol down a tad longer). Turns out my device was locked, so I couldn't flash anything. I had previously flashed the recovery file of A5FMB19, but I thought it hadn't worked. Alas, again I was wrong and from fastboot I was able to get to recovery mode! From there I was able to factory reset, adb sideload the full version of A5FMB19 and now my N1 is happily running with Google Play.
So if somebody still has the same problem I guess what I'm trying to say is that even if it first seems that recovery mode is not reachable, it might still be there since the device seems to be very picky about the button presses. It was that in my case, and it suddenly worked tonight while earlier it did not... This is the post that I mainly followed https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...1-chinese-version-5-1-1-update-t3183529/page6 I guess the important thing is to find a matching ROM to your recovery image.

srsface said:
Hello there! I think I had a similar problem but I managed to unbrick my device after good 24 hours of stress and facepalming after getting it stuck in splash screen late last night. I found your thread and a few others that suggested trying Intel's Phone Flash Tool, but it didn't work for me. I thought I had no fastboot, but suddenly I managed to get it to fastboot with Power + Vol Down (releasing power shortly after pressing while holding vol down a tad longer). Turns out my device was locked, so I couldn't flash anything. I had previously flashed the recovery file of A5FMB19, but I thought it hadn't worked. Alas, again I was wrong and from fastboot I was able to get to recovery mode! From there I was able to factory reset, adb sideload the full version of A5FMB19 and now my N1 is happily running with Google Play.
So if somebody still has the same problem I guess what I'm trying to say is that even if it first seems that recovery mode is not reachable, it might still be there since the device seems to be very picky about the button presses. It was that in my case, and it suddenly worked tonight while earlier it did not... This is the post that I mainly followed https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...1-chinese-version-5-1-1-update-t3183529/page6 I guess the important thing is to find a matching ROM to your recovery image.
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How did you manage to enter recovery after entering fastboot, i can enter fastboot just fine, but my device is in a locked bootloader state after to many flash attempts, and when i try to enter recovery in fastboot it just reboots the device back into fastboot, any suggestions or ideas?

defendos said:
How did you manage to enter recovery after entering fastboot, i can enter fastboot just fine, but my device is in a locked bootloader state after to many flash attempts, and when i try to enter recovery in fastboot it just reboots the device back into fastboot, any suggestions or ideas?
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It's been a week and it was the first time I ever tried to flash anything, but I think that in fastboot I just selected recovery mode with the volume buttons and then pressed the power button to confirm the selection. Since I had previously managed to flash in a recovery image of the Taiwan version, it worked. My saviour was that the recovery image wasn't corrupted even though my Android itself was, so I guess there was no magic trick - I just managed to do the right things finally after wrong physical button presses. If you can't get to recovery then maybe you are truly bricked. Would these suggestions be of any help? forums.oneplus.net/threads/solved-stuck-in-fastboot-bootloader-is-locked-need-help.435522/

same boat bump!
accidently wipe data cant boot stuck on android logo
i can access fastboot but no adb (unauthorize)
on 5.0.2

LG Phone returned from repair without OS

Hello,
I received my phone back from LG to fix the motherboard issue and it did not have an OS. Actually it did have an OS called Mini OS. The boot loader is locked and it won't verify proper google firmware when I adb sideload because it's using "test keys".
I was able to get root and adb into the device. Two questions:
1. Considering that I have root to the device, how can (is it possible) I put firmware to get back to a working state?
2. Because I have root on my device which is loaded with their keys and pre-OS flashed firmware, is there any value for the community here'?
Please forgive me if this is forbidden discussion and remove this post. I haven't been on XDA for more than a couple of years and don't know how things have changed.
Thank you.

FYI I fixed this issue. If you have this problem you can fix it by pushing twrp or other recovery to the device and dd-ing it to the boot loader block.
Let me know if you want help on this.
Also let me know if you want the system image I pulled from the stock weird LG manufacturer device.

Would be interesting to see, doubt it would be all that useful but interesting nonetheless
https://www.reddit.com/r/LGG3/comments/4g8d0p/g3_flash_tool_stuck_on_mini_os_screen_please_help/ This seems to be it running on a G3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8VWVzJJ0-U and on a G Flex2

This happened to me when i flash tot and unplug it before.
Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Your phone boot into bootloader? To boot into bootloader press volume down and power button at the same time until it enable. If yes, download a factory image from Google's developer website, and flash it with fast boot.

AFK269 said:
Your phone boot into bootloader? To boot into bootloader press volume down and power button at the same time until it enable. If yes, download a factory image from Google's developer website, and flash it with fast boot.
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Thanks for the help here. The interesting thing is that you can not do this because the boot loader is locked and you can't unlock it because there is no OS. When trying to side load a factory image the image will not verify. This is because the keys are still "test-keys" and can not verify official Google factory images.
The entire OS (mini-os) seems to be an LG manufacturer OS which comes default before swapped with whatever version of the OS they're pushing.
Managed to do this by the following steps:
1. ADB Root (it worked
2. ADB push twrp image
3. find the symlink to which partition (mmcblk) that the recovery is on
4. dd the file over the partition (DANGEROUS Do not do this unless you are 100% sure you have a non-corrupt recovery and it will work on the phone)
5. Reboot and use twrp (or cwm) to flash without verification

konceptz said:
Thanks for the help here. The interesting thing is that you can not do this because the boot loader is locked and you can't unlock it because there is no OS. When trying to side load a factory image the image will not verify. This is because the keys are still "test-keys" and can not verify official Google factory images.
The entire OS (mini-os) seems to be an LG manufacturer OS which comes default before swapped with whatever version of the OS they're pushing.
Managed to do this by the following steps:
1. ADB Root (it worked
2. ADB push twrp image
3. find the symlink to which partition (mmcblk) that the recovery is on
4. dd the file over the partition (DANGEROUS Do not do this unless you are 100% sure you have a non-corrupt recovery and it will work on the phone)
5. Reboot and use twrp (or cwm) to flash without verification
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I think that you will need to make a call to the service center to tell your situation.

I followed this and it booted just fine.

I just had my Nexus 5x's board replaced by LG due to the device hitting the BLOD. When I got the phone back, it was in the same state as the OP's phone: an unbootable MiniOS terminating with the same red screen and error code.
As suggested by ks73417, I followed the unbrick guide to just get a version of Android loaded to unlock the bootloader:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/help/req-help-to-unbrick-t3251740
Then I flashed a recent bullhead image from Google:
https://developers.google.com/android/images
Then I relocked the bootloader. All the errors and warnings are gone and it's a clean install of the OS.
I'm surprised LG is sending back phones in this state. Those who aren't as tech savvy would probably be in for at least one more frustrating round of sending the phone back to try and get this resolved.
After all that, I'm now trading in my 5X .

picodot said:
I just had my Nexus 5x's board replaced by LG due to the device hitting the BLOD. When I got the phone back, it was in the same state as the OP's phone: an unbootable MiniOS terminating with the same red screen and error code.
As suggested by ks73417, I followed the unbrick guide to just get a version of Android loaded to unlock the bootloader:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/help/req-help-to-unbrick-t3251740
Then I flashed a recent bullhead image from Google:
https://developers.google.com/android/images
Then I relocked the bootloader. All the errors and warnings are gone and it's a clean install of the OS.
I'm surprised LG is sending back phones in this state. Those who aren't as tech savvy would probably be in for at least one more frustrating round of sending the phone back to try and get this resolved.
After all that, I'm now trading in my 5X .
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Hi @picodot , which bullhead image version did you use?

HTC One M9 Bootloop (fastboot)

Hey all, a friend of mine's HTC One M9 recently went into bootloop, showing a white screen.
I don't have an image of it, but it looks identically like this:
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He said it happened whilst overseas and it tried to update. No matter what I do, or what I press, it always goes back into this mode. Download mode is useless, with no option to reset anything.
Going into recovery mode simply shows a phone with a red warning triangle.
Is there a way that I can fix it? Such as flashing it, without him loosing data? There are tonnes of photos of the phone, none of which have been backed up to the cloud or on a SD card.
Cheers!

Same problem at this moment i diddn't find a solution.

While writing this response I'm assuming that the picture shows exactly what is shown on your friends phone and not that the screens are only similar.
Chances are high that this is a dead nand caused by the infamous heat of the SD810. The security warning means that the system got erased which is only possible if you manually delete it via a custom recovery or if the nand fails. However, with a locked bootloader the former isn't possible.
The catch is that you can't reflash the system without wiping all personal data on the phone in this state (locked bootloader). You can try flashing a RUU on that phone and it might get revived (c.f. the ReadMe thread for files and instructions). The personal data will be lost, though.
If you want to try deleting the cache via the stock recovery, beforehand, (I doubt that it'll fix the issue) you should take a look at Q12 of the FAQ of the ReadMe thread.

Flippy498 said:
While writing this response I'm assuming that the picture shows exactly what is shown on your friends phone and not that the screens are only similar.
Chances are high that this is a dead nand caused by the infamous heat of the SD810. The security warning means that the system got erased which is only possible if you manually delete it via a custom recovery or if the nand fails. However, with a locked bootloader the former isn't possible.
The catch is that you can't reflash the system without wiping all personal data on the phone in this state (locked bootloader). You can try flashing a RUU on that phone and it might get revived (c.f. the ReadMe thread for files and instructions). The personal data will be lost, though.
If you want to try deleting the cache via the stock recovery, beforehand, (I doubt that it'll fix the issue) you should take a look at Q12 of the FAQ of the ReadMe thread.
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What if I were to flash an unlocked bootloader?

Unlocking the bootloader is only possible if you activated "OEM unlock" in the developer options of your phone's settings. In addition, you erase all personal data by unlocking the bootloader.
Sent from my HTC One M9 using XDA Labs

Flippy498 said:
Unlocking the bootloader is only possible if you activated "OEM unlock" in the developer options of your phone's settings. In addition, you erase all personal data by unlocking the bootloader.
Sent from my HTC One M9 using XDA Labs
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Thanks for your help. So it appears there's nothing we can do that will, at least, erase all personal data. Great!

My phone just did this this morning.
Used it and WAZE on the drive into work, was hot as usual.
15min later I feel the buz as it was rebooting every 1min or so. Was only getting to the HTC white screen. Then I held the buttons down and it got stuck in a 5s boot loop to the black screen with HTC logo.
I can get into the bootloader, and I can connect with fastboot, but ADB commands do not work, the Windows PC doesn't see the device. If I select download mode or Recovery mode, it just boot loops every 5 s to the black screen.
Mine says
*** Software status modified***
*** UNLOCKED***
*** S-OFF ***
I've tried an RU from windows, and it won't do it, says the battery is below 30%. I tried putting the image on the SDCARD, but it can't get into DL mode.
I tried flashing TWRP, and it looks like it worked via fastboot, but then I still can't get to recovery.

That's a dead nand which resulted from the heat of your phone's processor. Only HTC can repair the phone in this state of download mode and recovery mode aren't accessible, anymore.
Sidenote: All SD810 suffer from similar issues which are all caused by the heat.
Edit: Btw, ADB isn't meant to be used outside of TWRP and the booted system. In all other modes of the M9 you need to use fastboot or HTC_fastboot.
Sent from my HTC One M9 using XDA Labs

Thanks for the reply. I was looking to ditch Sprint in a few days anyways, was looking at Pixel 2, when they announce, or an S8.

Only the ruu.exe may save your phone
Worked 100% for me, the same bootloader number ruu.exe
Hey you cant flash anything with locked bootloader you know that?, you cant unlock the bootloader if your phone cant boot normally. Even sdcard flash it didnt work, so olny ruu is your guardian angel Here
https://www.google.com/amp/s/forum....nd-backup-ota-update-collection-t3132698/amp/
Thanks to them

Trying To Recover Data - recovery and system partitions wont boot

Hey all,​
Question: Can anyone offer any help recovering my data partition?
Problem: system and recovery partitions wont boot.
Why: I failed to fix a boot loop problem I was having. I tried to restore my system and recovery partition that I had backed up through TWRP. The restore failed and now I cannot boot into recovery mode (let alone system).
What I've Tried:
1. booting into a TWRP (booting TWRP image via fastboot off my desktop PC). FAILED
downloading boot.img completes ok.
I get an error when it tries to boot the image: "FAILED (remote: Error calling AvbLoadAndVerifyBootImages Load Error)"
my guess is my recovery partition system is broken.
Thoughts:
Can I flash my bootloader and recovery partitions from a stock ROM without interfering with my data?
can i do a partial flash (not a flashall.bat)? How?
I am not super familair with doing a partial flash. I have only ever ran flashall.bat on Google's stock ROMs.
Question: Does anyone have any ideas?
If you can help me out, I would love to buy you a 6 pack of beer!

I am recreating this thread in its proper place.
@XDHx86
XDHx86 said:
Can you boot to bootloader? Does fastboot detect your device?
Yes, fastboot detects the device. It lists my Pixel 3 XL a fastboot device and the Pixel 3 XL properly executes commands like fastboot reboot bootloader.
Other things I just tried:
I also tested the connection and I was also able to fastboot a TWRP.img (sailfish version--Pixel 1) for my Pixel 1 just now. So everything looks good on my desktop end. However, when I boot a TWRP.img (crosshatch version--Pixel 3) on the Pixel 3, the boot fails and gives the error i posted above.
I also tried three different TWRP.img revisions (including the oldest and newest revisions for the Pixel 3XL). None of the twrp.img images will load.

Here is the fastboot command and error.
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I also have the latest platform-tools installed.
I was able to flash the bootloader for latest Pixel 3 XL build for Android 9 (the version I had installed). However, I still cant boot into the TWRP image.

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Here is the fastboot command and error.
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I also have the latest platform-tools installed.
I was able to flash the bootloader for latest Pixel 3 XL build for Android 9 (the version I had installed). However, I still cant boot into the TWRP image.
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I used this script when I ran into a similar issue before, you can use it to flash TWRP or sovle your bootloop.

@XDHx86
Thanks for the tip.
I will definitely bookmark this and give it a try if I run into a bootloop issue. I am not sure what was wrong but I ended up doing a falsh-all.bat. the worst part about modding your phone is that when it goes out, you really needed to get fixed asap
This might or might not have worked, i'm not sure. I thought it was also weird that the yellow triangle with the exclamation mark on the fastboot screen was red. I've never seen it change colors. Not exactly sure what that means.

pritchfest said:
@XDHx86
Thanks for the tip.
I will definitely bookmark this and give it a try if I run into a bootloop issue. I am not sure what was wrong but I ended up doing a falsh-all.bat. the worst part about modding your phone is that when it goes out, you really needed to get fixed asap
This might or might not have worked, i'm not sure. I thought it was also weird that the yellow triangle with the exclamation mark on the fastboot screen was red. I've never seen it change colors. Not exactly sure what that means.
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"This might or might not have worked". As in "I already got my device to the point of no return"?
If your device is bricked, there is no way to unbrick it that I'm aware of. As you can't find firehose files for google devices. So you can't boot to EDL mode.
Your options are to boot to bootloader and flash stock ROM, you can also use the script to flash TWRP and see if ti works.
Needless to say, flashing a ROM means loosing all your data.

XDHx86 said:
"This might or might not have worked". As in "I already got my device to the point of no return"?
If your device is bricked, there is no way to unbrick it that I'm aware of. As you can't find firehose files for google devices. So you can't boot to EDL mode.
Your options are to boot to bootloader and flash stock ROM, you can also use the script to flash TWRP and see if ti works.
Needless to say, flashing a ROM means loosing all your data.
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oh, no. As in, your suggestion might have worked but I didn't get to try it because I really needed to have my phone working for work. I didn't get to try your suggestion because in my haste I opted to just flash-all.bat and forefit the opportunity to recover my data.
After trying to flash several partitions separately and failing, including just the bootloader--and later just the recovery partition--, I kept getting the same error I wrote about above.

So you still get this error?? Even though you used the script, you still get the error?
Are you sure you have latest adb tools and device driver?
What about setting active partition first?
Try fastboot set_active a
Then fastboot boot twrp.img

As I said, I never ran the script because I ran Google's flash-all.bat (factory image) before seeing your post.
I don't know if it would have worked. I wish I didn't need my phone to work so badly so that I could have waited a little bit longer.

pritchfest said:
As I said, I never ran the script because I ran Google's flash-all.bat (factory image) before seeing your post.
I don't know if it would have worked. I wish I didn't need my phone to work so badly so that I could have waited a little bit longer.
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I can confirm I had the latest ADB setup.
I did not try your fastboot set_active a command before trying to fastboot into twerp.img. I can't say this wouldn't have worked.
The only other information I have is that on the fast boot screen, The triangle with an exclamation mark in it was colored red. Normally this triangle is a yellow color.
Hope that helps.

pritchfest said:
As I said, I never ran the script because I ran Google's flash-all.bat (factory image) before seeing your post.
I don't know if it would have worked. I wish I didn't need my phone to work so badly so that I could have waited a little bit longer.
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Oh you already solved it.
In this case write "[SOLVED]" in the beginning of the thread title and edit the first post to include the solution.

XDHx86 said:
Oh you already solved it.
In this case write "[SOLVED]" in the beginning of the thread title and edit the first post to include the solution.
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No, I did not solve it.
I never came up with a solution to recover my data. The question was how can I recover my data. Instead, I had to wipe my whole phone and lose all my data by running flash-all.bat because my boss was getting mad I didn't have a phone.

pritchfest said:
No, I did not solve it.
I never came up with a solution to recover my data. The question was how can I recover my data. Instead, I had to wipe my whole phone and lose all my data by running flash-all.bat because my boss was getting mad I didn't have a phone.
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Yeah I meant the bootloop, I mean looking at the bright side I saw worse. So just be happy with what you got, of course this is just my opinion.

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XDHx86 said:
Yeah I meant the bootloop, I mean looking at the bright side I saw worse. So just be happy with what you got, of course this is just my opinion.
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Yeah, it could be worse :/

Pixel XL randomly bricked itself overnight?

So, I had left it plugged into the usbc port on my desktop overnight, probably not a good idea. In the morning I glanced at it, and it was doing a sort of charging boot loop, like showing the charging icon in the middle, then rebooting. Before it booted everytime, it showed a red light at the top, I assume because the battery was dead dead from boot looping.
So, I figured maybe I could just reset everything. No go. Couldn't get into the system at all. Kept showing the battery charging icon every time I tried to turn it on, then it would shut right off. Same thing over and over every time I tried to turn it on. Even Volume down + Power resulted in the battery charging icon.
So then I tried volume down + power while plugged into the computer with a different cable and different port, and I was able to get into the bootloader screen as shown. But this is as far as I cant go. I can't get into recovery, it just gets stuck at the google screen. Trying to boot into system gets stuck at the google screen."
I then tried various methods of flashing, live booting, whatever I could find on the matter, and resulted in the following errors, and getting stuck again on the google screen or sometimes staying on the bootloader screen. Is it a fair guess that maybe the flash chip died somehow? Or is that a bit out there? Only guessing that cuz usbc port on computer, less regulated than the standard chargers, idk just a theory. I've never had a problem like this before, but also never left a phone in that port all night.
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Fortunately, your bootloader is unlocked, so your chances of fixing this are pretty good.
Please provide more information about the circumstances. Are you running a custom ROM?
From the logs you posted, it appears you're trying to flash incorrect firmware. A/B slot devices like the Pixel series do not have bespoke recovery partitions; the recovery kernel is contained in /boot, along with the system kernel. If you flash a recovery image to /boot, your device will only boot to recovery. Generally, the proper way to use custom recoveries on these devices is to live boot the recovery image; do NOT flash it.
As far as reflashing your phone, make sure you're using the correct firmware. The firmware for your device is here, notice the code name "marlin". Direct link for the latest firmware is here.
Make sure you are using the latest ADB Platform Tools.
If you need more information, please see my guide on the Pixel 3 here, as the concepts involved are exactly the same; the only difference is the firmware. Please note that the Android Flash Tool only works with Pixel 2 and newer.

V0latyle said:
Fortunately, your bootloader is unlocked, so your chances of fixing this are pretty good.
Please provide more information about the circumstances. Are you running a custom ROM?
From the logs you posted, it appears you're trying to flash incorrect firmware. A/B slot devices like the Pixel series do not have bespoke recovery partitions; the recovery kernel is contained in /boot, along with the system kernel. If you flash a recovery image to /boot, your device will only boot to recovery. Generally, the proper way to use custom recoveries on these devices is to live boot the recovery image; do NOT flash it.
As far as reflashing your phone, make sure you're using the correct firmware. The firmware for your device is here, notice the code name "marlin". Direct link for the latest firmware is here.
Make sure you are using the latest ADB Platform Tools.
If you need more information, please see my guide on the Pixel 3 here, as the concepts involved are exactly the same; the only difference is the firmware. Please note that the Android Flash Tool only works with Pixel 2 and newer.
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Hey thanks for the reply, soo, I followed all steps of any guide I came across. When I try to just boot any twrp recovery, it will show the TWRP logo loading, and then go black, and try to boot up normal, getting stuck at the google screen again. Anything I've tried usually ends up back at that frozen google logo.

Yiggs said:
Hey thanks for the reply, soo, I followed all steps of any guide I came across. When I try to just boot any twrp recovery, it will show the TWRP logo loading, and then go black, and try to boot up normal, getting stuck at the google screen again. Anything I've tried usually ends up back at that frozen google logo.
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It's generally easier to provide help if I know what's going on. Please answer the questions I asked.

Sorry, I thought I did when I said I follow all the correct steps. No custom rom. Was there anything else you needed to know?
No custom rom
Followed steps in your guide and others
Everything is correct for software

Anyone have anymore thoughts on this?

Sorry I didn't see your response to this. I don't have any suggestions unfortunately