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[Q] Blank phone?

So I did a major mistake here. I had the liquid rom but it was so glitchy and all that nothin worked. so then i went to my cwm 6.0.2.8 recovery to delete cache and wipe data to flash the new rom but then it turns out the new rom I wanted to flash was incomplete and now my phone is completely blank now. Oh i am unlocked bootloader too. please help me guys! plus i now have a problem that it says (internal sd card) E: cant mount /sdcard/ and also android_secure is gone. I was able to flash a rom within my sdcard but it gets into a bootloop and wont boot up since of the internal sd card error.

wadamean said:
So I did a major mistake here. I had the liquid rom but it was so glitchy and all that nothin worked. so then i went to my cwm 6.0.2.8 recovery to delete cache and wipe data to flash the new rom but then it turns out the new rom I wanted to flash was incomplete and now my phone is completely blank now. Oh i am unlocked bootloader too. please help me guys! plus i now have a problem that it says (internal sd card) E: cant mount /sdcard/ and also android_secure is gone. I was able to flash a rom within my sdcard but it gets into a bootloop and wont boot up since of the internal sd card error.
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I've been in the situation a couple of times all you need to do is fastboot flash back to stock using skeevydudes tutorial under general or use rsd lite

I will surely try that. I cant use rsd since i have mac though.

help
frog1982 said:
I've been in the situation a couple of times all you need to do is fastboot flash back to stock using skeevydudes tutorial under general or use rsd lite
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plus can u post the link to the guide and please to which exact stock rom i need for my unlocked bootlaoder. thanks so much.

wadamean said:
plus can u post the link to the guide and please to which exact stock rom i need for my unlocked bootlaoder. thanks so much.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2226527
There is a section for going back to stock jelly bean with links to the different firmwares. I would suggest mexico retail it is the most bug free and has very little bloat. But if you've never read this post by skeevydude I was just read the whole initial post because it is extremely good to know all this information so that way you can fix anything that goes wrong software wise with your phone. If you have a more questions about it just let me know. Also there is a small section on how to regain root after you do this but your unlocked boot loader will not be affected.

frog1982 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2226527
There is a section for going back to stock jelly bean with links to the different firmwares. I would suggest mexico retail it is the most bug free and has very little bloat. But if you've never read this post by skeevydude I was just read the whole initial post because it is extremely good to know all this information so that way you can fix anything that goes wrong software wise with your phone. If you have a more questions about it just let me know. Also there is a small section on how to regain root after you do this but your unlocked boot loader will not be affected.
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For the /data wipe (not necessary for switching ROMs, just /system and factory reset) you need to fastboot to stock. Checked out that link, and I don't believe that is for fastbooting. That's for flashing a stock ROM via CWM, which won't do anything for you. You need to fastboot a real stock ROM (from the android sbf site) to fix this. And I would recommend flashing manually because I haven't used RSD and Myth always gave me problems.
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EDIT: Took a sip of coffee, reskimmed that thread and it's the right one. My bad.

can I have step by step instructions? and the exact file i need. thanks a bunch!

wadamean said:
can I have step by step instructions? and the exact file i need. thanks a bunch!
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Step by step instructions are located in the link.

instructions please
penser said:
For the /data wipe (not necessary for switching ROMs, just /system and factory reset) you need to fastboot to stock. Checked out that link, and I don't believe that is for fastbooting. That's for flashing a stock ROM via CWM, which won't do anything for you. You need to fastboot a real stock ROM (from the android sbf site) to fix this. And I would recommend flashing manually because I haven't used RSD and Myth always gave me problems.
Sent from my MB886 using xda app-developers app
EDIT: Took a sip of coffee, reskimmed that thread and it's the right one. My bad.
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can I have step by step instructions? and the exact file i need. thanks a bunch!

ohhhh
frog1982 said:
Step by step instructions are located in the link.
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where exactly? i cant seem to find them. and which file do i need to fastboot to stock?
i have the MX retail one zip file.

wadamean said:
where exactly? i cant seem to find them. and which file do i need to fastboot to stock?
i have the MX retail one zip file.
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unzip the file, download the snapdragon fastboot file and put it in the same folder as the unzipped Mex retail then run these fastboot commands while the phone is hooked up to the computer and fastboot mode
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash devtree device_tree.bin
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot -w
fastboot reboot

FAiled
frog1982 said:
unzip the file, download the snapdragon fastboot file and put it in the same folder as the unzipped Mex retail then run these fastboot commands while the phone is hooked up to the computer and fastboot mode
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash devtree device_tree.bin
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot -w
fastboot reboot
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Last login: Fri Aug 16 04:43:13 on ttys000
-bash: sdkfolder: No such file or directory
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:~ hectorgarnica$ cd /Users/hectorgarnica/Atrix\ hd/MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot devices
-bash: ./fastboot: No such file or directory
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml hectorgarnica$ cd /Users/hectorgarnica/adt-bundle-mac/sdk/tools Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot devices
TA300036RY fastboot
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot flash boot /Users/hectorgarnica/adt-bundle-mac/sdk/tools/MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml/boot.img
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target reported max download size of 31457280 bytes
sending 'boot' (10240 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.800s]
writing 'boot'...
(bootloader) Battery Low!!
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 1.057s
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot flash /Users/hectorgarnica/adt-bundle-mac/sdk/tools/MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml/device_tree.bin
unknown partition '/Users/hectorgarnica/adt-bundle-mac/sdk/tools/MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml/device_tree.bin'
error: cannot determine image filename for '/Users/hectorgarnica/adt-bundle-mac/sdk/tools/MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml/device_tree.bin'
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot flash devtree device_tree.bin
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target reported max download size of 31457280 bytes
sending 'devtree' (512 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.047s]
writing 'devtree'...
(bootloader) Battery Low!!
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.300s
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot flash system /Users/hectorgarnica/adt-bundle-mac/sdk/tools/MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml/system.img
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target reported max download size of 31457280 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 517990560 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 486529184 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 455063712 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 423610528 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 392153248 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 360532128 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 329078944 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 297834656 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 266279072 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 236382368 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 204929184 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 173467808 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 142014624 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 111741088 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 81475744 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 50006176 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 18520224 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
sending sparse 'system' (30716 KB)...
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 517990560 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 517990560 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
OKAY [ 2.865s]
writing 'system'...
(bootloader) Battery Low!!
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 3.122s
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot -w
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 2.347s]
formatting 'userdata' partition...
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
Can't determine partition type.
OKAY [ 0.106s]
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 1.321s]
formatting 'cache' partition...
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
Can't determine partition type.
OKAY [ 0.105s]
finished. total time: 3.879s
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.006s
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$
what i kept getting failed. i did all step by step.

wadamean said:
Last login: Fri Aug 16 04:43:13 on ttys000
-bash: sdkfolder: No such file or directory
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:~ hectorgarnica$ cd /Users/hectorgarnica/Atrix\ hd/MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot devices
-bash: ./fastboot: No such file or directory
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml hectorgarnica$ cd /Users/hectorgarnica/adt-bundle-mac/sdk/tools Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot devices
TA300036RY fastboot
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot flash boot /Users/hectorgarnica/adt-bundle-mac/sdk/tools/MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml/boot.img
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target reported max download size of 31457280 bytes
sending 'boot' (10240 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.800s]
writing 'boot'...
(bootloader) Battery Low!!
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 1.057s
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot flash /Users/hectorgarnica/adt-bundle-mac/sdk/tools/MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml/device_tree.bin
unknown partition '/Users/hectorgarnica/adt-bundle-mac/sdk/tools/MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml/device_tree.bin'
error: cannot determine image filename for '/Users/hectorgarnica/adt-bundle-mac/sdk/tools/MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml/device_tree.bin'
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot flash devtree device_tree.bin
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target reported max download size of 31457280 bytes
sending 'devtree' (512 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.047s]
writing 'devtree'...
(bootloader) Battery Low!!
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.300s
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot flash system /Users/hectorgarnica/adt-bundle-mac/sdk/tools/MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml/system.img
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target reported max download size of 31457280 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 517990560 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 486529184 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 455063712 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 423610528 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 392153248 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 360532128 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 329078944 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 297834656 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 266279072 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 236382368 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 204929184 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 173467808 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 142014624 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 111741088 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 81475744 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 50006176 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 18520224 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
sending sparse 'system' (30716 KB)...
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 517990560 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 517990560 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
OKAY [ 2.865s]
writing 'system'...
(bootloader) Battery Low!!
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 3.122s
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot -w
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 2.347s]
formatting 'userdata' partition...
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
Can't determine partition type.
OKAY [ 0.106s]
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 1.321s]
formatting 'cache' partition...
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
Can't determine partition type.
OKAY [ 0.105s]
finished. total time: 3.879s
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.006s
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$
what i kept getting failed. i did all step by step.
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did you download the snapdragon fastboot file from the link and place it in the folder as the unzipped stock file

frog1982 said:
did you download the snapdragon fastboot file from the link and place it in the folder as the unzipped stock file
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yes i did

frog1982 said:
did you download the snapdragon fastboot file from the link and place it in the folder as the unzipped stock file
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unless i have the wrong file. i have had it from a long while ago plus the link doesnt provide it. i loooked.

wadamean said:
unless i have the wrong file. i have had it from a long while ago plus the link doesnt provide it. i loooked.
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Don't use the stock\SDK fastboot binary for flashing /
system.
An updated fastboot binary for Lin\Win\Mac can be found here on
the Batakang FTP from our local, neighborhood Mattlgroff.
Linux -- Rename the file to moto-fastboot and add it to a directory
in your $PATH -- Ubuntu\Debian users can just add it to ~/bin
(enabled by default)
Windows -- Rename the file to moto-fastboot and put it somewhere
handy...that's on you to decide.
that is second paragraph in the link and I double checked the link it is active.
when you download it there will be three folders just copy the files from the Mac folder and put them in your Mex retail file then everything should work fine.
let me know how it goes.
PS I keep this file setup on both my Linux and windows so that at anytime I can fix my phone and suggest that everybody who is flashaholic or developer do the same.

frog1982 said:
Don't use the stock\SDK fastboot binary for flashing /
system.
An updated fastboot binary for Lin\Win\Mac can be found here on
the Batakang FTP from our local, neighborhood Mattlgroff.
Linux -- Rename the file to moto-fastboot and add it to a directory
in your $PATH -- Ubuntu\Debian users can just add it to ~/bin
(enabled by default)
Windows -- Rename the file to moto-fastboot and put it somewhere
handy...that's on you to decide.
that is second paragraph in the link and I double checked the link it is active.
when you download it there will be three folders just copy the files from the Mac folder and put them in your Mex retail file then everything should work fine.
let me know how it goes.
PS I keep this file setup on both my Linux and windows so that at anytime I can fix my phone and suggest that everybody who is flashaholic or developer do the same.
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ima try it and let you know

frog1982 said:
Don't use the stock\SDK fastboot binary for flashing /
system.
An updated fastboot binary for Lin\Win\Mac can be found here on
the Batakang FTP from our local, neighborhood Mattlgroff.
Linux -- Rename the file to moto-fastboot and add it to a directory
in your $PATH -- Ubuntu\Debian users can just add it to ~/bin
(enabled by default)
Windows -- Rename the file to moto-fastboot and put it somewhere
handy...that's on you to decide.
that is second paragraph in the link and I double checked the link it is active.
when you download it there will be three folders just copy the files from the Mac folder and put them in your Mex retail file then everything should work fine.
let me know how it goes.
PS I keep this file setup on both my Linux and windows so that at anytime I can fix my phone and suggest that everybody who is flashaholic or developer do the same.
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i still keep getting the failed (remote failure)

wadamean said:
i still keep getting the failed (remote failure)
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are you putting your phone into ap fastboot first
also does mac have any kind sudo, superuser or admin mode that you can try it in.

Yes of course I go to ap fastboot mode first prior to hooking it up to my mac and starting the process. And idk about the sudo or superuser but I'm sure there is administrator stuff for the mac
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Max download size error Fastboot system.img

Is there another way to flash system.img from Fastboot?
I'm trying to flash system.img onto my VZW X, extracted from VZW_XT1060_4.2.2-13.9.0Q2.X-116-MX-17-57-X-1_CFC_1FF.xml.zip using fastboot. I'm getting the following output:
Code:
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target reported max download size of 805306368 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 46961884 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
sending sparse 'system' (777329 KB)...
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 46961884 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 46961884 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
OKAY [ 50.993s]
writing 'system'...
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 51.393s
On the phone screen it says:
Code:
Mismatched PIV partition name for system
Invalid PIV image: system
I rooted my phone using RockMyMoto. It has the latest OTA.
What's going on? Phone doesn't boot and I'm trying to avoid using RSD and wiping it.

jonnythan said:
I'm trying to flash system.img onto my VZW X, extracted from VZW_XT1060_4.2.2-13.9.0Q2.X-116-MX-17-57-X-1_CFC_1FF.xml.zip using fastboot.
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try one of these fastboots
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2489249

jayboyyyy said:
try one of these fastboots
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2489249
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Ah very nice. Thank you. I got the idea to try RSD, but edit the XML to exclude all the other steps besides flash system.img. If that doesn't work I will try this new fastboot. Wish I had been a little more patient

Looks like flashing via RSD but editing the XML to remove all the other flash lines worked. Thanks!

jonnythan said:
Looks like flashing via RSD but editing the XML to remove all the other flash lines worked. Thanks!
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thats because rsd uses the right fastboot to run its commands fyi. from my experience at least. you really need the motofastboot because for vzw phones and maybe others, there are issues with the sdk fastboot file.

jayboyyyy said:
thats because rsd uses the right fastboot to run its commands fyi. from my experience at least. you really need the motofastboot because for vzw phones and maybe others, there are issues with the sdk fastboot file.
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Good info, thank you.

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-bash: sdkfolder: No such file or directory
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:~ hectorgarnica$ cd /Users/hectorgarnica/Atrix\ hd/MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot devices
-bash: ./fastboot: No such file or directory
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml hectorgarnica$ cd /Users/hectorgarnica/adt-bundle-mac/sdk/tools Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot devices
TA300036RYfastboot
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot flash boot /Users/hectorgarnica/adt-bundle-mac/sdk/tools/MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml/boot.img
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target reported max download size of 31457280 bytes
sending 'boot' (10240 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.800s]
writing 'boot'...
(bootloader) Battery Low!!
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 1.057s
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot flash /Users/hectorgarnica/adt-bundle-mac/sdk/tools/MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml/device_tree.bin
unknown partition '/Users/hectorgarnica/adt-bundle-mac/sdk/tools/MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml/device_tree.bin'
error: cannot determine image filename for '/Users/hectorgarnica/adt-bundle-mac/sdk/tools/MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml/device_tree.bin'
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot flash devtree device_tree.bin
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target reported max download size of 31457280 bytes
sending 'devtree' (512 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.047s]
writing 'devtree'...
(bootloader) Battery Low!!
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.300s
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot flash system /Users/hectorgarnica/adt-bundle-mac/sdk/tools/MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX.xml/system.img
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target reported max download size of 31457280 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 517990560 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 486529184 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 455063712 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 423610528 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 392153248 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 360532128 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 329078944 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 297834656 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 266279072 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 236382368 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 204929184 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 173467808 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 142014624 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 111741088 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 81475744 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 50006176 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 18520224 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
sending sparse 'system' (30716 KB)...
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 517990560 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 517990560 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
OKAY [ 2.865s]
writing 'system'...
(bootloader) Battery Low!!
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 3.122s
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot -w
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 2.347s]
formatting 'userdata' partition...
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
Can't determine partition type.
OKAY [ 0.106s]
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 1.321s]
formatting 'cache' partition...
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
Can't determine partition type.
OKAY [ 0.105s]
finished. total time: 3.879s
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$ ./fastboot reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.006s
Hector-Garnicas-iMac:tools hectorgarnica$
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First off, if you don't have the snapdragon/Motorola fastboot, you'll need that (just replace the current one). And do you have all the adb/fastboot stuff setup correctly?
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penser said:
First off, if you don't have the snapdragon/Motorola fastboot, you'll need that (just replace the current one). And do you have all the adb/fastboot stuff setup correctly?
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Yes I do have the snapdragon fastboot from batakang ftp website. The updated one.
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wadamean said:
Yes I do have the snapdragon fastboot from batakang ftp website. The updated one.
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Did you delete the original fastboot? And did you rename the snapdragon fastboot to just "fastboot" instead of "mfastboot" or whatever it originally was?
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penser said:
Did you delete the original fastboot? And did you rename the snapdragon fastboot to just "fastboot" instead of "mfastboot" or whatever it originally was?
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Well from the skeeveydude tutorial I was to rename it from snapdragon-fastboot to moto-fastboot and yes I have deleted the original fastboot file from sdk and replaced to this new one
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Instead of using fastboot in your command use whatever you named the snapdragon fastboot file. Also your battery is low charge your phone for an hour or two.

frog1982 said:
Instead of using fastboot in your command use whatever you named the snapdragon fastboot file. Also your battery is low charge your phone for an hour or two.
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I tried that too by doing the command
./moto-fastboot flash boot boot.img
And I,would get permission denied on my Mac and I'm using the sudo administrator commands
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Not sure if this could help but I would try RSDLite. This have helped me a lot.
Oh... That's for PC only. :/

mm166 said:
Not sure if this could help but I would try RSDLite. This have helped me a lot.
Oh... That's for PC only. :/
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Yea I need Mac os help. But thanks anyway
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wadamean said:
Well from the skeeveydude tutorial I was to rename it from snapdragon-fastboot to moto-fastboot and yes I have deleted the original fastboot file from sdk and replaced to this new one
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Rename the "moto-fastboot" to just "fastboot" since you don't need or have the original one, just to make things easy.

penser said:
Rename the "moto-fastboot" to just "fastboot" since you don't need or have the original one, just to make things easy.
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I did that too already
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penser said:
Rename the "moto-fastboot" to just "fastboot" since you don't need or have the original one, just to make things easy.
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Have you done it on Mac?
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wadamean said:
Have you done it on Mac?
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No, just going through some somewhat basic troubleshooting. Can't think of much else to try.

penser said:
No, just going through some somewhat basic troubleshooting. Can't think of much else to try.
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No worries I understand
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frog1982 said:
Instead of using fastboot in your command use whatever you named the snapdragon fastboot file. Also your battery is low charge your phone for an hour or two.
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When trying to flash the system.img file I get okay on the sending but then on the writing I get info error multiflash unexpected
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penser said:
No, just going through some somewhat basic troubleshooting. Can't think of much else to try.
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When trying to flash the system.img file I get okay on the sending but then on the writing I get info error multiflash unexpected
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wadamean said:
When trying to flash the system.img file I get okay on the sending but then on the writing I get info error multiflash unexpected
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That's definitely a problem with the snapdragon fastboot, as the original fastboot tries to send the entire file, and the snapdragon fastboot breaks it up into 30275kb or something similar amount. I'm not exactly sure why this is. I'll have to do a little research.
By the way, I'd recommend the Tapatalk app because it lets you multi-quote so you don't have to reply twice with the same message.
Just to be safe, delete your current fastboot binary and re-download it from here (obviously use the Mac version) in case you got a bad download last time and try again.
Another thought (again, not an expert with Mac, it's just similar to Linux if I understand correctly): Just to make things easier on yourself, could you just put the binary into a central folder (on Windows, it's C:\Windows\) that allows you to execute it from anywhere, so you could just pop open a terminal in the SBF's folder and do "fastboot flash system system.img" instead of "fastboot flash system /Users/blah/blah/blah/sbf/system.img"?
EDIT: Yep, if you're unsure how, just do this. You could make a folder in your user directory called something like ".android" (the . to make it hidden) and put all your adb/fastboot stuff in there.

penser said:
That's definitely a problem with the snapdragon fastboot, as the original fastboot tries to send the entire file, and the snapdragon fastboot breaks it up into 30275kb or something similar amount. I'm not exactly sure why this is. I'll have to do a little research.
By the way, I'd recommend the Tapatalk app because it lets you multi-quote so you don't have to reply twice with the same message.
Just to be safe, delete your current fastboot binary and re-download it from here (obviously use the Mac version) in case you got a bad download last time and try again.
Another thought (again, not an expert with Mac, it's just similar to Linux if I understand correctly): Just to make things easier on yourself, could you just put the binary into a central folder (on Windows, it's C:\Windows\) that allows you to execute it from anywhere, so you could just pop open a terminal in the SBF's folder and do "fastboot flash system system.img" instead of "fastboot flash system /Users/blah/blah/blah/sbf/system.img"?
EDIT: Yep, if you're unsure how, just do this. You could make a folder in your user directory called something like ".android" (the . to make it hidden) and put all your adb/fastboot stuff in there.
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The snapdragon file I have is the same as the link you provided
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penser said:
That's definitely a problem with the snapdragon fastboot, as the original fastboot tries to send the entire file, and the snapdragon fastboot breaks it up into 30275kb or something similar amount. I'm not exactly sure why this is. I'll have to do a little research.
By the way, I'd recommend the Tapatalk app because it lets you multi-quote so you don't have to reply twice with the same message.
Just to be safe, delete your current fastboot binary and re-download it from here (obviously use the Mac version) in case you got a bad download last time and try again.
Another thought (again, not an expert with Mac, it's just similar to Linux if I understand correctly): Just to make things easier on yourself, could you just put the binary into a central folder (on Windows, it's C:\Windows\) that allows you to execute it from anywhere, so you could just pop open a terminal in the SBF's folder and do "fastboot flash system system.img" instead of "fastboot flash system /Users/blah/blah/blah/sbf/system.img"?
EDIT: Yep, if you're unsure how, just do this. You could make a folder in your user directory called something like ".android" (the . to make it hidden) and put all your adb/fastboot stuff in there.
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On the last part of your post why would I need to do this? Just to simplify the process?
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Help - Stuck in Bootloop

The point in which everything took a turn for the worst was while trying to update firmware via SD update method. At which point it just stayed on android boot screen.
Recovery was broken at this point
I successfully flashed an older CWM version, but that was useless for reflashing the latest Asus firmware.
I tried flashing stock recovery again and it appeared to succeed, but now when I try to boot to recovery, it just goes back to bootloop.
I'm trying to flash the US version now via fastboot I get bootloop again and I'm getting weird errors every time I try regarding filesize. (See below)
I tried flashing CROMbi as well and it went through the install process successfully, but that resulted in bootloop as well.
Tried flashing Asus US firmware again without success,
Kind of pissed that this all started when following the instructions on the Asus site to upgrade to their latest firmware via SD card.
Code:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system
asusus.zip
target reported max download size of 643825664 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 425021387 is not a multiple of t
he block size 4096
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 1.457s]
sending sparse 'system' (628732 KB)...
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 425021387 is not a multiple of t
he block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 425021387 is not a multiple of t
he block size 4096
OKAY [ 86.837s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 17.080s]
sending sparse 'system' (415060 KB)...
OKAY [ 57.305s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 11.353s]
finished. total time: 174.042s
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.021s
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>

Last time something like this happened, I had to wipe everything and reflash. so I did the following.
fastboot -i 0x0b05 erase boot
fastboot -i 0x0b05 erase cache
fastboot -i 0x0b05 erase userdata
fastboot -i 0x0b05 erase recovery
fastboot -i 0x0b05 erase staging
fastboot -i 0x0b05 erase system
and now I get a bootloader error on startup
I was able to successfully flash CWM 6037 again. I tried newer ones, but 6037 is the only one that will work.
Stock firmware from custom recovery fails every time. "Installing update... Installation aborted."
Crombi installer goes through without any problems. but just never boots once completed.
I tried installing the latest Cyanogen Nightly and got the following error "This package is for tF701T devices; this is a K00C."
But the K00C is a TF701T
After installing CROMbi again, I'm no longer getting the bootloader error in red letters, but I am still bootlooping.
When crombi installer completes I do get one error at the very end. "set_metadata_recursive:some changes failed".
I looked at the log and it says Cant partition non-vfat datamedia.
Does bootloop after apparently successful fstboot flash have anythignt o do with why in the FAW's ASUS recommends ignoring the software update for 4.3? Afterall this is what put me in this situation.

The SD update is designed to work with the stock recovery. What made you think it would work with CWM?
The only successful recovery from a similar situation I remember is the following (and I'm quoting from memory here - it's too late here for me to find the thread, but it is somewhere here in this forum - search for it.
Download the stock recovery to your fastboot folder from here: http://droidbasement.com/db-blog/?p=3210
Also download the 10.26.1.18 firmware, unzip it once, put it on a microSD and insert into tablet.
Enter fastboot mode
Issue:
Code:
fastboot [b]boot[/b] recovery.img
Note: You do not flash the recovery, you boot it!
The recovery should recognize the firmware on the microSD and start to flash it.
If that is successful, you would have stock recovery and firmware again.
Then download the latest firmware, unzip it, put into microSD or internal and the stock recovery should flash it.
Good luck!
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berndblb said:
The SD update is designed to work with the stock recovery. What made you think it would work with CWM?
The only successful recovery from a similar situation I remember is the following (and I'm quoting from memory here - it's too late here for me to find the thread, but it is somewhere here in this forum - search for it.
Download the stock recovery to your fastboot folder from here: http://droidbasement.com/db-blog/?p=3210
Also download the 10.26.1.18 firmware, unzip it once, put it on a microSD and insert into tablet.
Enter fastboot mode
Issue:
Code:
fastboot [b]boot[/b] recovery.img
Note: You do not flash the recovery, you boot it!
The recovery should recognize the firmware on the microSD and start to flash it.
If that is successful, you would have stock recovery and firmware again.
Then download the latest firmware, unzip it, put into microSD or internal and the stock recovery should flash it.
Good luck!
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The attempted SD update was done with custom recovery as I couldn't get stock recovery to work after the initial SD update with stock recovery.
Thanks for the info. I'll update.

gorilla p said:
Last time something like this happened, I had to wipe everything and reflash. so I did the following.
fastboot -i 0x0b05 erase boot
fastboot -i 0x0b05 erase cache
fastboot -i 0x0b05 erase userdata
fastboot -i 0x0b05 erase recovery
fastboot -i 0x0b05 erase staging
fastboot -i 0x0b05 erase system
and now I get a bootloader error on startup
I was able to successfully flash CWM 6037 again. I tried newer ones, but 6037 is the only one that will work.
Stock firmware from custom recovery fails every time. "Installing update... Installation aborted."
Crombi installer goes through without any problems. but just never boots once completed.
I tried installing the latest Cyanogen Nightly and got the following error "This package is for tF701T devices; this is a K00C."
But the K00C is a TF701T
After installing CROMbi again, I'm no longer getting the bootloader error in red letters, but I am still bootlooping.
When crombi installer completes I do get one error at the very end. "set_metadata_recursive:some changes failed".
I looked at the log and it says Cant partition non-vfat datamedia.
Does bootloop after apparently successful fstboot flash have anythignt o do with why in the FAW's ASUS recommends ignoring the software update for 4.3? Afterall this is what put me in this situation.
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That error message means that your internal sdcard is no t available to format. Erasing all partitions is a dangerous thing to do.
The only way you will get back to normal is to try and flash the stock asus rom now as that will recreate everything. I recommend you start with the 4.2.2 one - need to flash it over fastboot - I can't see anything else working as you have erased it all.....
Also you used 0x0b05 which is the code for the last generation of transformers..... You don't need it for the TF701 but not sure if that has caused additional grief now. Probably not but you never know .....

Yeah IO'm getting the same issue that I was having before. I tried both the 4.3 and 4.2 boot.img and the recommended recovery.img file. Each time I ran
fasboot boot recovery.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.121s]
booting...
OKAY [ 0.032s]
finished. total time: 1.157s
booting from downloaded boot.img (on tablet)
Then it goes to boot into the image and...bootloop.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot\asus>fastboot flash system asus4
22.zip
target reported max download size of 643825664 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 346827884 is not a multiple of t
he block size 4096
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 1.515s]
sending sparse 'system' (628732 KB)...
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 346827884 is not a multiple of t
he block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 346827884 is not a multiple of t
he block size 4096
OKAY [ 86.861s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 17.098s]
sending sparse 'system' (338700 KB)...
OKAY [ 46.823s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 9.280s]
finished. total time: 161.586s
Bootloop...
Could the inability to flash or boot from stock recovery have anything to do with the CWM recovery protection?

Well after those attempts it's totally shot.
Now I can't even get to fastboot. Every reboot results in "Unrecoverable bootloader error..."
Files RMA. Returned.
Moral of story. Don't do anything on a Tegra device without previous documentation that doesn't have NVFlash available.

Question Stuck in fastboot. Nothing seems to work.

I'm not sure what I did but I got my phone to a place where I can only get into fastboot mode.
Booting to recovery brings up a message that the boot/recovery partition is broken.
I've tried to boot into costom recovery using `fastboot boot <image>` with both TWRP and Orangefox.
The command returns an "Okay", the display changes from the bootloader menu to a screen with just the 1+ logo and "Fastboot Mode", then just hangs there.
From there fastboot is still available, but if I repeat `fastboot boot <image>` I get an error:
`FAILED (remote: 'Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error')`
Flashing recovery with `fastboot flash recovery <image>` returns successfully, but I still get the broken recovery message when trying to boot into it.
I tried to reflash the system using both the newest rom and the downgrade rom (european) using:
`fastboot flash system <zip-file>`
This get me the error:
Code:
Invalid sparse file format at header magic
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 3099531382 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 2294229110 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 1488926838 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 683624566 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
Sending sparse 'system' 1/5 (786428 KB) error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 3099531382 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 3099531382 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
OKAY [ 26.846s]
Writing 'system' FAILED (remote: 'Partition not found')
fastboot: error: Command failed
I also tried the lineage ROM and related recovery but it seems to have no effect.
I tried to change the slot, use different cables, different USB ports, and every possible permutation of these. Nothing seems to work.
Any input is appreciated.

Notnearlynovel said:
I'm not sure what I did but I got my phone to a place where I can only get into fastboot mode.
Booting to recovery brings up a message that the boot/recovery partition is broken.
I've tried to boot into costom recovery using `fastboot boot <image>` with both TWRP and Orangefox.
The command returns an "Okay", the display changes from the bootloader menu to a screen with just the 1+ logo and "Fastboot Mode", then just hangs there.
From there fastboot is still available, but if I repeat `fastboot boot <image>` I get an error:
`FAILED (remote: 'Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error')`
Flashing recovery with `fastboot flash recovery <image>` returns successfully, but I still get the broken recovery message when trying to boot into it.
I tried to reflash the system using both the newest rom and the downgrade rom (european) using:
`fastboot flash system <zip-file>`
This get me the error:
Code:
Invalid sparse file format at header magic
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 3099531382 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 2294229110 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 1488926838 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 683624566 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
Sending sparse 'system' 1/5 (786428 KB) error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 3099531382 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 3099531382 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
OKAY [ 26.846s]
Writing 'system' FAILED (remote: 'Partition not found')
fastboot: error: Command failed
I also tried the lineage ROM and related recovery but it seems to have no effect.
I tried to change the slot, use different cables, different USB ports, and every possible permutation of these. Nothing seems to work.
Any input is appreciated.
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What android version are you on?
What TWRP version are you using?
I checked the TWRP website and it does not list this device as a supported device, so where did you get the twrp to flash?
I would suggest changing different A/B slots and try to BOOT instead of flashing the recovery. Make sure to be on Android version 11.

immortalwon said:
What android version are you on?
What TWRP version are you using?
I checked the TWRP website and it does not list this device as a supported device, so where did you get the twrp to flash?
I would suggest changing different A/B slots and try to BOOT instead of flashing the recovery. Make sure to be on Android version 11.
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I think you're on the nose about the android 11 thing (I'm on android 12 I believe), but it's just short of a solution.
The images I used for twrp are the unofficial ones for the opNord CE supplied on this forum. I had previously flashed them successfully but didn't realize they would not work after flashing newer software.
I managed to re-flash the stock recovery using the images here (extracted with payload_dumper). I'm trying to figure out which image to flash to which partition to also get the system partition working again as well.