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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!
Sent from my K00C using Tapatalk

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!
Sent from my K00C using Tapatalk
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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.

XT890 Stuck on Red Logo. Probably damaged partitions.

Hi, yesterday I received XT890 from another user. Phone stuck on red Motorola logo, can enter fastboot and has locked bootloader.
Fastboot actions:
1. Normal Powerup - Freeze on Fastboot
2. Recovery - Freeze on Red Logo
3. Factory - Freeze on Red Logo
4. BP Tools - Freeze on Fastboot
5. Switch Console - Working
6. Power Off - Freeze on Fastboot
So first of all I tried to flash it by RSD with CFC_9.8.2I-50_SMI-26_S7_USASMIJBRTEU but on 4/12 it can't reboot phone so I did it manually and it goes to 8/12 and phone shows E:failed to erase partition system.
I also tried to skip system by deleting it from xml but on every other step it can't do anything with partitions (data, cache, cdrom).
I tried fastboot to erase partitions manually but no luck with locked bootloader. So I tried to unlock it but it can't be done cause data can't be erased.
I even tried unbrick script for modified and it passed but no changes.
So what I tried:
1. Format Data/Cache - Can't enter Recovery
2. Flash RSD - Can't flash system partition
3. Unlock Bootloader - Can't format data partition
4. Unbrick - No changes after that
5. Fastboot flash CWM - only stock recovery can be flashed on locked bootloader
6. Fastboot erase data / system/ cache partitions - error
After that I'm assuming that emmc is damaged. If it's software damage it should be way to resurrect it.
Any help is welcome.
Sorry for my nasty English.

Chamelleon said:
Hi, yesterday I received XT890 from another user. Phone stuck on red Motorola logo, can enter fastboot and has locked bootloader.
Fastboot actions:
1. Normal Powerup - Freeze on Fastboot
2. Recovery - Freeze on Red Logo
3. Factory - Freeze on Red Logo
4. BP Tools - Freeze on Fastboot
5. Switch Console - Working
6. Power Off - Freeze on Fastboot
So first of all I tried to flash it by RSD with CFC_9.8.2I-50_SMI-26_S7_USASMIJBRTEU but on 4/12 it can't reboot phone so I did it manually and it goes to 8/12 and phone shows E:failed to erase partition system.
I also tried to skip system by deleting it from xml but on every other step it can't do anything with partitions (data, cache, cdrom).
I tried fastboot to erase partitions manually but no luck with locked bootloader. So I tried to unlock it but it can't be done cause data can't be erased.
I even tried unbrick script for modified and it passed but no changes.
So what I tried:
1. Format Data/Cache - Can't enter Recovery
2. Flash RSD - Can't flash system partition
3. Unlock Bootloader - Can't format data partition
4. Unbrick - No changes after that
5. Fastboot flash CWM - only stock recovery can be flashed on locked bootloader
6. Fastboot erase data / system/ cache partitions - error
After that I'm assuming that emmc is damaged. If it's software damage it should be way to resurrect it.
Any help is welcome.
Sorry for my nasty English.
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Ye, great chance that the emmc is damaged. But it still looks to me as if it is software damaged, not hardware, because of the successful flash of recovery. And it is on the same memory module.
Just as in the other post of this phone can u try this and give me the output of especially the flash of gpt.bin (partition table file). I never got an exact answer to it, for my liking, maybe i read over it.
If that doesn't flash (give me the output then i know for sure ), try flashing the boot.img and see what happens. I assume nothing will change from flashing the boot.img, but u gotta try something.
Next we can do is have a look at that intel flashing file, it looks promising. I never had to go to this part so i am out of general ideas (think outside the box maybe?). Maybe we can fiddle something from here. It looks to me like it can flash more than fastboot can, u just need the right files and some we can make, hopefully if i read the sources available to us right.
Hazou

T:\Motorola\Serwis\RAZR i (XT890)\Unbrick\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot flash gpt gpt_s
igned
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target max-download-size: 100MB
sending 'gpt' (32 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.358s]
writing 'gpt'...
(bootloader) Flashing primary GPT image...
(bootloader) Flashing backup GPT image...
OKAY [ 1.094s]
finished. total time: 1.460s
T:\Motorola\Serwis\RAZR i (XT890)\Unbrick\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot flash motoboot
motoboot
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target max-download-size: 100MB
sending 'motoboot' (23273 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.635s]
writing 'motoboot'...
(bootloader) flashing image dnx...
(bootloader) flashing image ifwi...
(bootloader) flashing image bos...
(bootloader) flashing image logo...
(bootloader) flashing image ulogo...
OKAY [ 2.338s]
finished. total time: 4.981s
T:\Motorola\Serwis\RAZR i (XT890)\Unbrick\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot flash boot boot
_signed
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target max-download-size: 100MB
sending 'boot' (11264 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.243s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 1.549s]
finished. total time: 2.799s
T:\Motorola\Serwis\RAZR i (XT890)\Unbrick\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot flash recovery
recovery_signed
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target max-download-size: 100MB
sending 'recovery' (11264 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.338s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 1.563s]
finished. total time: 2.907s
T:\Motorola\Serwis\RAZR i (XT890)\Unbrick\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot flash motobp mo
tobp
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target max-download-size: 100MB
sending 'motobp' (17091 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.714s]
writing 'motobp'...
OKAY [ 76.674s]
finished. total time: 78.396s
T:\Motorola\Serwis\RAZR i (XT890)\Unbrick\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot flash system sy
stem_signed
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target max-download-size: 100MB
Multi-Flash is enabled!
sending 'system' (102400 KB)...
OKAY [ 9.377s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 2.576s]
sending 'system' (102400 KB)...
(bootloader) BLKDISCARD ioctl /dev/block/mmcblk0 fail
OKAY [ 11.154s]
writing 'system'...
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 25.509s
T:\Motorola\Serwis\RAZR i (XT890)\Unbrick\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot flash cdrom cdr
om_signed
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target max-download-size: 100MB
sending 'cdrom' (53258 KB)...
OKAY [ 4.891s]
writing 'cdrom'...
FAILED (remote: Preflash validation failed)
finished. total time: 6.273s
T:\Motorola\Serwis\RAZR i (XT890)\Unbrick\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot erase cache
erasing 'cache'...
(bootloader) BLKDISCARD ioctl /dev/block/mmcblk0 fail
(bootloader) Erase cache fail
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 1.897s
T:\Motorola\Serwis\RAZR i (XT890)\Unbrick\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot erase userdata
erasing 'userdata'...
(bootloader) BLKDISCARD ioctl /dev/block/mmcblk0 fail
(bootloader) Erase userdata fail
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 8.110s
T:\Motorola\Serwis\RAZR i (XT890)\Unbrick\mfastboot-v2>

So it looks like only few partitions are broken but how to repair it without unlocking bootloader??

Hmm, it does flash a part of the system if I read it correct. After the first one it gives errors to all partitions after it.
Can u reboot to recovery now, we finally flashed it right. Didn't work last time.
The things I wanted to do with the Intel thingy, are already done with flashing motoboot. So the things I had there are done.
Verstuurd van mijn GT-P5110

Nope, still red logo on recovery. The same was flashed by RSD and same errors appeared as on fastboot. Only different is after flashing RSD I can turn normal powerup and phone restarts to red logo from AP Fastboot but after flashing fastboot commands an error appeared.

Chamelleon said:
Nope, still red logo on recovery. The same was flashed by RSD and same errors appeared as on fastboot. Only different is after flashing RSD I can turn normal powerup and phone restarts to red logo from AP Fastboot but after flashing fastboot commands an error appeared.
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Yep, this happens because it has nothing to start.
There is just 1 more think I can think off, because all others are closed (locked) or don't work. Or if unlocked we still don't have access.
Does the command "fastboot oem format" does something?
Verstuurd van mijn GT-P5110

Completely forgot about this command, I'll try it after work.

FAILED (remote: Restricted OEM command)

Then its over I think. We can't flash a custom recovery and fiddle around with it. Because maybe by not asking for system/data partition at start etc u can reformat the emmc with parted or other application.
Sorry, only Motorola can fix it. Or u need to replace the motherboard maybe? But that's something else.
Oh, try 1 more thing. Is it possible to load a custom boot image by the command "fastboot boot (image)"? Don't think so, but who knows. So u won't flash it.
Verstuurd van mijn XT890

creating boot image...
creating boot image - 11536384 bytes
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.412s]
booting...
(bootloader) Command restricted
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 1.614s
Bootloader blocks it??

Chamelleon said:
creating boot image...
creating boot image - 11536384 bytes
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.412s]
booting...
(bootloader) Command restricted
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 1.614s
Bootloader blocks it??
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Yup, the defy could do it if i remember correctly. Hoped that this one would either. I am out of ideas now, but will have one more look. Don't expect anything, because we already tried most if not all the things we can do.
Edit:
All other things i can think of need to have adb access, and that can only be done by having an unlocked bootloader or root access. Because with root access u can flash a recovery even when u have a locked bootloader most of the time. But we don't have access to the system as well as the partitions, so we are stuck.
That Intel thingy can only flash the bootloader and the bootloader wont repartition the emmc. But we can try anyway if u want. Its a little bit different then the unbrick methode, just a little.
Verstuurd van mijn XT890

Today I flashed Samsung C3595 with partition table from S5610 and it's working well so "different" methods are not scary for me.

Chamelleon said:
Hi, yesterday I received XT890 from another user. Phone stuck on red Motorola logo, can enter fastboot and has locked bootloader.
Fastboot actions:
1. Normal Powerup - Freeze on Fastboot
2. Recovery - Freeze on Red Logo
3. Factory - Freeze on Red Logo
4. BP Tools - Freeze on Fastboot
5. Switch Console - Working
6. Power Off - Freeze on Fastboot
So first of all I tried to flash it by RSD with CFC_9.8.2I-50_SMI-26_S7_USASMIJBRTEU but on 4/12 it can't reboot phone so I did it manually and it goes to 8/12 and phone shows E:failed to erase partition system.
I also tried to skip system by deleting it from xml but on every other step it can't do anything with partitions (data, cache, cdrom).
I tried fastboot to erase partitions manually but no luck with locked bootloader. So I tried to unlock it but it can't be done cause data can't be erased.
I even tried unbrick script for modified and it passed but no changes.
So what I tried:
1. Format Data/Cache - Can't enter Recovery
2. Flash RSD - Can't flash system partition
3. Unlock Bootloader - Can't format data partition
4. Unbrick - No changes after that
5. Fastboot flash CWM - only stock recovery can be flashed on locked bootloader
6. Fastboot erase data / system/ cache partitions - error
After that I'm assuming that emmc is damaged. If it's software damage it should be way to resurrect it.
Any help is welcome.
Sorry for my nasty English.
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Hi Chameleon.. i'm having a phone with similar issues (I created a post about it). I have tried steps one and two to no success. To unlock it do you do it via the official way (I ask because I don't know much, maybe there are other ways of doing it)

Yup, only official way.
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here is the thing i talked about. Its just one more command with the unbrick method. But if u never try, u never know.
I assume u have all the files for the unbrick method still installed and on your PC. So u have the xFSTK driver and xfstk-dldr-solo.exe on your drive and working.
In the unbrick folder where the dnx and ifwi files are add the latest files from your latest firmware (dnx, ifwi and motoboot!).
Download the unbrick3.txt and rename to unbrick3.bat inside the folder with the original unbrick.bat
Now open a cmd shell inside the folder where the batch file is located. And then run unbrick3.bat.
After this try rsd lite again with the latest firmware u used.
Most likely it will not work... but ye, u gotta try.
I got this from an acer/asus device. It is the official unbrick methode from that device.

hey guys, i ve got the same problem. the phone stucks on the red M logo. i'm not familiar "aka" noob with this things. I wonder if anyone can give me a help?
I tried to wipe data and participation. the phone completes this commands but again stucks on the red logo.

hjahmetoglu said:
hey guys, i ve got the same problem. the phone stucks on the red M logo. i'm not familiar "aka" noob with this things. I wonder if anyone can give me a help?
I tried to wipe data and participation. the phone completes this commands but again stucks on the red logo.
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Luckily, u don't have the same problem. U only have to search for a rsd lite flash guide. Flash your latest firmware that is available for your phone and country/brand. And all will most likely be good.

Hazou said:
here is the thing i talked about. Its just one more command with the unbrick method. But if u never try, u never know.
I assume u have all the files for the unbrick method still installed and on your PC. So u have the xFSTK driver and xfstk-dldr-solo.exe on your drive and working.
In the unbrick folder where the dnx and ifwi files are add the latest files from your latest firmware (dnx, ifwi and motoboot!).
Download the unbrick3.txt and rename to unbrick3.bat inside the folder with the original unbrick.bat
Now open a cmd shell inside the folder where the batch file is located. And then run unbrick3.bat.
After this try rsd lite again with the latest firmware u used.
Most likely it will not work... but ye, u gotta try.
I got this from an acer/asus device. It is the official unbrick methode from that device.
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Yesterday I tried it and unfortunately nothing changed, still can't erase or write to those partitions.

XT890 Stuck on Red Logo. Probably damaged partitions
I woke up this morning to find that my Motorola XT890 is not working. I followed all the procedures for hard rest got the same result as listed below.
1. Normal Powerup - Freeze on Fastboot
2. Recovery - Freeze on Red Logo
3. Factory - Freeze on Red Logo
4. BP Tools - Freeze on Fastboot
5. Switch Console - Working
6. Power Off - Freeze on Fastboot
Contacted Motorola customer service, followed all the procedures as prescribed by Motorola customer service still stuck at Red Logo. Motorola has requested that I send it in for repair. The phone is 11 months old and under warranty. The unfortunate thing is that this is the second time I am sending the phone to Motorola for repair.
Chamelleon said:
Hi, yesterday I received XT890 from another user. Phone stuck on red Motorola logo, can enter fastboot and has locked bootloader.
Fastboot actions:
1. Normal Powerup - Freeze on Fastboot
2. Recovery - Freeze on Red Logo
3. Factory - Freeze on Red Logo
4. BP Tools - Freeze on Fastboot
5. Switch Console - Working
6. Power Off - Freeze on Fastboot
So first of all I tried to flash it by RSD with CFC_9.8.2I-50_SMI-26_S7_USASMIJBRTEU but on 4/12 it can't reboot phone so I did it manually and it goes to 8/12 and phone shows E:failed to erase partition system.
I also tried to skip system by deleting it from xml but on every other step it can't do anything with partitions (data, cache, cdrom).
I tried fastboot to erase partitions manually but no luck with locked bootloader. So I tried to unlock it but it can't be done cause data can't be erased.
I even tried unbrick script for modified and it passed but no changes.
So what I tried:
1. Format Data/Cache - Can't enter Recovery
2. Flash RSD - Can't flash system partition
3. Unlock Bootloader - Can't format data partition
4. Unbrick - No changes after that
5. Fastboot flash CWM - only stock recovery can be flashed on locked bootloader
6. Fastboot erase data / system/ cache partitions - error
After that I'm assuming that emmc is damaged. If it's software damage it should be way to resurrect it.
Any help is welcome.
Sorry for my nasty English.
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[Q] Moto XT1097 AT&T fastboot loop.

I tried to update my moto XT1097 AT&T locked version and it did not complete the update successfully. It goes until flashing the boot.img, failed and don't go any further. I supposed it is because it is a locked phone. After this, the phone went to a fastboot mod loop. Even If I tried to sideload the orignial rom or use the fsaboot comandts to restore the original rom it remains in this mode.
It generates a first error when I tried to issue the command "fastboot flash partition gpt.bin" returning this:
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'partition' (32 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.004s]
writing 'partition'...
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.013s
And the phone display shows "hab check failed for primary_gpt"
I am issuing this command from the folder where the files of the original rom are located.
I tried to use a different gpt.bin file, from other ROMs and the same thing happen. I also tried another Lollipop ROM and not luck at all.
What I understand is that the gpt is the partion table that indicates where begins and where finish the diferent partitions into the phone, so I guess the problem could be resolve if I can change the gpt file into the phone for the original one.
I have tried to follow with the rest of the instalation but the motoboot and the boot files also are rejected and the system files are denied due an authentication problem.
The roms I have tried are:
ATT_XT1097_4.4.4_KXE21.187-38_cid1_CFC.xml
TMO_21.21.42.victara_tmo.tmo.en.US
4.4.4_to_5.0-11OTA
And the first one I used, which reach the same stage every time is:
RETBR_XT1097_5.0_LXE22.46-17_cid12_CFC.xml
I really appreciate any help and ideas you can give me to get my phne back to kitkat. I am not an expert but I am willing to do and learn what it takes

Did you solve this? How?

I am into this problem too. Any news?

TF701T - getting FAILED (remote: Unsupport Flash Unsparse System Image.)

I've just purchased an Asus Transformer TF701T from a friend at work. It was working perfectly and I was able to restore all my apps as I previously used a Nexus 2013. The pad was running with an older version of Android 4.4.2 so I decided Id like to flash the device to get a newer version but I was unable to unlock it via the Asus unlock tool as I when I ran it, I was getting an "unknown error occurred which may be a network connection issue. Please wait and try again later" message. I tried all the usual fixes, removing my Google account, unlocking the 2 factor authentication etc, but the same error persisted. I then read a few posts and hit upon the idea to flash the firmware via the Bootloader and followed the various guides and got things setup this evening. I am using the Minimal ADB and Fastboot drivers.
So I can get the tablet to the bootloader screen without issue, with the 3 icons RCK, Android and Wipe Data and it responds fine to fastboot commands, even reboot works. So I entered the following after getting the UL-K00C-WW-11.4.1.30-user.zip firmware 11.4.1.30 from the Asus website (it used to have WW 11.4.1.17) and unpacked to my ADB folder. These are the commands I used which are all successful:-
fastboot erase system, fastboot erase recovery, fastboot erase userdata, fastboot erase boot, fastboot erase misc, fastboot erase cache. So far so good!
However, the penultimate command fastboot -i 0x0B05 system blob results in the error in the subject (exact copy of the output below)
Now the tablet just comes up with the Asus logo and in red "Unrecoverable bootloader error (0x00000000)." and only changes if I force it into the bootloader again. I can move between the 3 options ok.
Is there any way of recovering from this? is the problem that the tablet is still locked? I'd really appreciate some help if possible, thanks in advance Martin
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system blob
target reported max download size of 643825664 bytes
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 1.021s]
sending 'system' (1781 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.266s]
writing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: Unsupport Flash Unsparse System Image.)
finished. total time: 1.323s

I've managed to resolve it for anyone else that might read this....
Follow the guide here https://forum.xda-developers.com/tr...f701t-nvflash-unbrick-solutiontested-t3742848 and use the NvFlash TF701T Unbrick tool, you need to do a bit of prep but it worked for me
Big thanks to Mr.Bin for this fix.
Cheers and good luck
Martin
martinnut said:
I've just purchased an Asus Transformer TF701T from a friend at work. It was working perfectly and I was able to restore all my apps as I previously used a Nexus 2013. The pad was running with an older version of Android 4.4.2 so I decided Id like to flash the device to get a newer version but I was unable to unlock it via the Asus unlock tool as I when I ran it, I was getting an "unknown error occurred which may be a network connection issue. Please wait and try again later" message. I tried all the usual fixes, removing my Google account, unlocking the 2 factor authentication etc, but the same error persisted. I then read a few posts and hit upon the idea to flash the firmware via the Bootloader and followed the various guides and got things setup this evening. I am using the Minimal ADB and Fastboot drivers.
So I can get the tablet to the bootloader screen without issue, with the 3 icons RCK, Android and Wipe Data and it responds fine to fastboot commands, even reboot works. So I entered the following after getting the UL-K00C-WW-11.4.1.30-user.zip firmware 11.4.1.30 from the Asus website (it used to have WW 11.4.1.17) and unpacked to my ADB folder. These are the commands I used which are all successful:-
fastboot erase system, fastboot erase recovery, fastboot erase userdata, fastboot erase boot, fastboot erase misc, fastboot erase cache. So far so good!
However, the penultimate command fastboot -i 0x0B05 system blob results in the error in the subject (exact copy of the output below)
Now the tablet just comes up with the Asus logo and in red "Unrecoverable bootloader error (0x00000000)." and only changes if I force it into the bootloader again. I can move between the 3 options ok.
Is there any way of recovering from this? is the problem that the tablet is still locked? I'd really appreciate some help if possible, thanks in advance Martin
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system blob
target reported max download size of 643825664 bytes
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 1.021s]
sending 'system' (1781 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.266s]
writing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: Unsupport Flash Unsparse System Image.)
finished. total time: 1.323s
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System integrity is compromised error after restoring using Moto smart assistant.

I've had my Moto G6 rooted for some time now. An ota update for PPS29.118-15-11-16 was continually nagging so I uninstalled Magisk and installed it.
Upon reboot when checking for updates I now get the following:
As your device system integrity is compromised, it is no longer eligible for software updates. Please contact customer service to re-program the device with official software.
I tried restoring to factory using Lenovo Moto smart assistant and that worked as it should. I still get the same "System integrity is compromised" error. I was under the impression that this would be reset upon doing this factory reset.
How would I get this message to be removed as I don't ever remember seeing it when this phone was rooted all this time.
Thanks

If I downgrade back to my last version PPSS29.118-15-11-9 the "System integrity is compromised" is NOT present.

Installing magisk seems to allow the ota updater to NOT report the "System integrity is compromised". As for stock, no dice.

minipretzel said:
Installing magisk seems to allow the ota updater to NOT report the "System integrity is compromised". As for stock, no dice.
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without Magisk = system recognizes your unlocked bootloader
with Magisk = unlocked bootloader is hidden and OTAs and OEM-Unlock toggle are enabled, even SafetyNet check will pass.

I know this thread is old but I have the exact same problem.
I also restored stock roms from PPS29.118-15-11-16 using Smart assistant. I was already at this version, but I did the update anyway, as I have read that the smart assistant rescue would completely restore the phone to stock condition. But this didn't clear my "System Integrity..." message.
Just fyi, I actually ran the smart assistant commands manually... The SA failed to update my phone so I reconstructed the commands from the xml file and executed them one by one to find and fix this problem.
I re-ran the standard rescue after this and it was fine.
I noticed that my oem lock/unlock switch is enabled in my system->developer settings ( this was greyed out before).
Thing is, I do have magisk installed , as I wanted to root the phone. But this doesn't clear the message as it did for the OP.
I saw another article (thread) that recommended issuing "fastboot oem lock" twice, followed by some (re)flashing of the oem, system, and boot img files, and one final lock command. See "Using Lenovo Moto Smart Assistant to restore stock rom (and lock bootloader after)" by alexmaisa.
But the article by alexmaisa is from 2019 and is for a G5S....
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

pdpantages said:
I noticed that my oem lock/unlock switch is enabled in my system->developer settings ( this was greyed out before).
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With magisk installed it's quiet normal.
pdpantages said:
I saw another article (thread) that recommended issuing "fastboot oem lock" twice, followed by some (re)flashing of the oem, system, and boot img files, and one final lock command. See "Using Lenovo Moto Smart Assistant to restore stock rom (and lock bootloader after)" by alexmaisa.
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That's the correct way to relock your bootloader. Just follow the output lines in your cmd after executing fastboot oem lock.

WoKoschekk said:
That's the correct way to relock your bootloader. Just follow the output lines in your cmd after executing fastboot oem lock.
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Thank you for the input. My bootloader was locked so the lock commands just reported this. When I ran the subsequent commands I got an error about unable to flash (bc the bootloader was locked)..... I thought maybe the original post had a typo so I switched to two "unlock" commands as the first commands. This unlocked me, and all the subsequent commands completed OK, including the final lock. But after setup I still have the System Integrity msg when I check for s/w updates under System menu.
The original post was from 2020 so possibly my version of Magisk (24.3) is the cause.?
I have most of what I want; latest stock ROMs and phone is rooted... just want to clear the problem with s/w updates.
I found another command set that that flashed the boot, system and oem twice.. I have cut these commands below. Unfortunately I don't recall where I got the bat file. It was called FLASH_OEM_LOCK.bat. Again these commands issue a lock command followed by some flash cmds which I thought would not work with the bootloader locked? Does a lock command not take effect until after reboot or something? Anyway, here they are:
fastboot oem lock
fastboot oem lock
fastboot flash oem oem.img
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.4
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.5
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.6
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.7
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.8
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.9
fastboot flash vendor vendor.img_sparsechunk.0
fastboot flash vendor vendor.img_sparsechunk.1
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot oem lock
fastboot getvar max-sparse-size
fastboot oem fb_mode_set
fastboot flash partition gpt.bin
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
fastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
fastboot flash dsp adspso.bin
fastboot flash logo logo.bin
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.4
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.5
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.6
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.7
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.8
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.9
fastboot flash vendor vendor.img_sparsechunk.0
fastboot flash vendor vendor.img_sparsechunk.1
fastboot flash oem oem.img
fastboot erase modemst1
fastboot erase modemst2
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase DDR
fastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
fastboot oem fb_mode_clear

@pdpantages That's the way to relock the bootloader and get the status "oem_locked":
1. Flash the current complete firmware
2. !!! THIS STEP IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED !!!
If your bootloader will be relocked successfully after these steps, you won't have any options to fix errors! So, this is your last chance...
Important functions to check: are you able to boot into system, mobile (data) connections, Wifi
boot into system and check everything's working fine.
3. Are you really sure everything`s fine?
4. *** The following shows fastboot commands + output for a better understanding of what we are doing here. I took them from the last relock of my Moto G6 ***
Reboot into bootloader and run these commands:
Code:
########################################################################
# new lines beginning with "#" are comments and should not be executed!!
########################################################################
$ fastboot oem lock
...
(bootloader) WARNING: This command erases all user data.
(bootloader) Please re-run this command to continue.
OKAY [ 0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.001s
$ fastboot oem lock
...
(bootloader) Flash valid Android images now
(bootloader) Then re-run this command to lock
OKAY [ 0.002s]
finished. total time: 0.002s
# no need to flash the whole firmware (= valid Android images) again since we already did it in step 1.. Skip it and run lock command again.
$ fastboot oem lock
...
(bootloader) Still require signed boot.img
OKAY [ 0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.001s
# ATTENTION: Cannot be skipped as we did before! Bootloader needs signed boot.img a second time!
$ fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 534773760 bytes
sending 'boot' (22528 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.919s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.518s]
finished. total time: 1.438s
$ fastboot oem lock
...
(bootloader) Still require signed system.img and/or oem.img
OKAY [ 0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.001s
# ATTENTION: Cannot be skipped as we did before! Bootloader needs signed system/oem.img AND vendor.img (it's also signed since it contains sensitive firmware data, too) a second time!
$ fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk*
target reported max download size of 534773760 bytes
sending 'system' (262140 KB)...
OKAY [ 9.463s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 5.836s]
finished. total time: 15.300s
(...flashing all other sparse images of system...)
$ fastboot flash vendor vendor.img_sparsechunk*
target reported max download size of 534773760 bytes
sending 'vendor' (254668 KB)...
OKAY [ 8.950s]
writing 'vendor'...
OKAY [ 5.484s]
finished. total time: 14.434s
( ...flashing all other sparse images of vendor...)
$ fastboot flash oem oem.img
target reported max download size of 534773760 bytes
sending 'oem' (153181 KB)...
OKAY [ 5.566s]
writing 'oem'...
OKAY [ 4.727s]
finished. total time: 10.294s
# now bootloader is satisfied and can be locked (yeah!!)
$ fastboot oem lock
...
(bootloader) Lock complete! Flash signed images after reboot if needed
OKAY [ 0.163s]
finished. total time: 0.163s

Thank you kindly for the into. The notes in particular clarified things for me quite a bit, and I understand that issuing the unlock commands as I did was incorrect. I will try it shortly and report the success or failure of my attempt.
My bl is currently locked- my intent is to unlock it (2 commands) , let the phone reset and boot, verify with "fastboot flashing get_unlock_ability" that it is in fact unlocked, and start your procedure from there...
Thank you again for the help. I expect your post will be helpful to others too.

pdpantages said:
I will try it shortly and report the success or failure of my attempt.
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So I did as promised. The basic answer is that it worked as described. A few notes follow; things I wonder about and error msgs I saw.
Procedure: Not exactly as outlined above; my boot loader was locked so I issued some unlock commands:
rigel:/home/pdp/adb>fastboot oem unlock
(bootloader) invalid boot state
OKAY [ 0.006s]
Finished. Total time: 0.006s
rigel:/home/pdp/adb>fastboot oem unlock
(bootloader) invalid boot state
OKAY [ 0.001s]
Finished. Total time: 0.001s
rigel:/home/pdp/adb>fastboot flashing unlock
(bootloader) WARNING: This command erases all user data.
(bootloader) Please re-run this command to continue.
OKAY [ 0.001s]
Finished. Total time: 0.001s
So, I got errors trying oem unlock but "flashing unlock" worked and the phone booted when I entered the second one. Not sure if this is an issue or not.
Errors: I got a "not found" error with each img I flashed. I was a bit nervous about this as it looked like partition names were "not found". But despite this, the commands appeared to work so I carried on.
rigel:/home/pdp/adb> fastboot flash boot boot.img
(bootloader) is-logical:boot: not found
Sending 'boot' (22528 KB) OKAY [ 0.901s]
Writing 'boot' OKAY [ 0.381s]
Finished. Total time: 1.675s
In the end, everything worked as expected- the "System Integrity..." message was gone from the Software update setting, and the also the boot-time warming about unlocked bootloader was gone (I have seen many posts claiming it is not possible to clear this message).
Magisk: After all that, I still wanted to root my phone... I thought i would be able to install Magisk using twrp.
I tried booting into twrp recovery using adb (not flashing recovery.img ) but this didn't work. So in the end I unlocked my bootloader again. (required the unlock key) to install Magisk.
WoKoschekk said:
with Magisk = unlocked bootloader is hidden and OTAs and OEM-Unlock toggle are enabled, even SafetyNet check will pass.
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I was hoping the above would apply to me but it didn't; I now see the "System Integrity message" again in my software update settings. It is manageable- if I really want a software update I now know how to revert the phone to stock. Now that I am rooted I can make backups with Titanium Backup which was my primary motive for rooting in the first place .
Thank you again for the help, WoKoschekk , it is much appreciated.

pdpantages said:
Not sure if this is an issue or not.
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It seems to be an issue because oem unlock does work for me. But as long as your bootloader is unlocked it does not matter.
pdpantages said:
and the also the boot-time warming about unlocked bootloader was gone (I have seen many posts claiming it is not possible to clear this message)
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It happens on Moto G6+ devices but not on our device.
pdpantages said:
Errors: I got a "not found" error with each img I flashed. I was a bit nervous about this as it looked like partition names were "not found".
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This is related to the new fastboot versions that are used to flash devices with a partition /super. It contains /system, /vendor and some others and they are called "logical partitions". Moto G6 does not use a /super partition and you can ignore that check by fastboot.

WoKoschekk said:
This is related to the new fastboot versions that are used to flash devices with a partition /super. It contains /system, /vendor and some others and they are called "logical partitions". Moto G6 does not use a /super partition and you can ignore that check by fastboot.
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OK thank you again. I see now that I get this error when I flash from Linux, but not Windows 10....
In case it might help someone here are my linux versions:
rigel:/home/pdp/adb>fastboot --version
fastboot version 31.0.2-android-tools
Installed as /usr/bin/fastboot
rigel:/home/pdp/adb>adb --version
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.41
Version 31.0.2-android-tools
Installed as /usr/bin/adb[/FONT]

pdpantages said:
OK thank you again. I see now that I get this error when I flash from Linux, but not Windows 10....
In case it might help someone here are my linux versions:
rigel:/home/pdp/adb>fastboot --version
fastboot version 31.0.2-android-tools
Installed as /usr/bin/fastboot
rigel:/home/pdp/adb>adb --version
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.41
Version 31.0.2-android-tools
Installed as /usr/bin/adb[/FONT]
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What version is installed on your Windows system? If you don't get any "error" like that you are not using the latest version of fastboot. SDK Platform Tools

WoKoschekk said:
What version is installed on your Windows system? If you don't get any "error" like that you are not using the latest version of fastboot. SDK Platform Tools
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Adb version 1.0.39
fastboot version 0.0.1-4500957
I don't like to use windows but I ran Motorola Rescue & Smart Assistant tool there... If I have to use windows again I will update it.