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[Q] Help? Softbrick, stuck in AP Fastboot: Security Version Downgraded / Boot Failure

Hey guys, I did something really stupid.
I acquired an Atrix HD through a third party, network/sim unlocked it to work on T-Mobile, and tried to flash 4.1.2 Mexican Retail (MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX) through RSD Lite 6.1.5 after removing the getvar command and.. it failed half way. I forgot to unlock the bootloader before flashing.
Now I'm stuck and I've tried almost everything to fix it. I've searched Google and XDA, in the process I have downloaded Myth Tools, sirhoover_atrixhd_utility, motochopper, motopocalypse, and moto-fastboot, tried them all to the best of my knowledge and nothing is working. I've even edited the XML file to exclude the files it fails on.
Common errors I encounter:
Fastboot reason: Boot failure
Fastboot reason: Flash failure
Partition (boot) Security Version Downgraded
Preflash Validation Failed for boot
Partition (system) Security Version Downgraded
PIV black validation for system failed
Invalid PIV image: system
Worst part is, I can't unlock my bootloader because I need ADB to do so! Recovery will give me ADB but only to sideload (available on certain recoveries I've managed to flash). If you have any ideas or information that could assist me in getting my phone back to normal, whether that's unlocking the bootloader through fastboot or flashing a stock rom sucessfully, I would greatly appreciate it! :good:

You don't need a unlocked bootloader to flash firmware through rsd.. Try flashing the stock att back.
Sent from my PACMAN MATRIX HD MAXX

deeje00 said:
You don't need a unlocked bootloader to flash firmware through rsd.. Try flashing the stock att back.
Sent from my PACMAN MATRIX HD MAXX
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Thanks for your reply
I've tried flashing several stock firmwares already, I get preflash validation failed errors every time on boot.img and system.img
Here's the firmwares I have downloaded:
MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX
MB886_bell-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-8_MB886_FFW-11-4-release-keys-BellMobility-CA
MB886_att-user-4.1.1-9.8.0Q-97_MB886_FFW-20-27-release-keys-ATT-US_BuildA
7.7.1Q-144_MB886_MR1-22_SIGNED_CFC
7.7.1Q-115_MB886_FFW-14_SIGNED_CFC
I wish I knew exactly the version I had before I started flashing, but unfortunately I do not..

DaveTheRave said:
Thanks for your reply
I've tried flashing several stock firmwares already, I get preflash validation failed errors every time on boot.img and system.img
Here's the firmwares I have downloaded:
MB886_niimx-user-4.1.2-9.8.2Q-50_MB886_NII_TA-2-16-release-keys-NII-MX
MB886_att-user-4.1.1-9.8.0Q-97_MB886_FFW-20-27-release-keys-ATT-US_BuildA
7.7.1Q-144_MB886_MR1-22_SIGNED_CFC
7.7.1Q-115_MB886_FFW-14_SIGNED_CFC
I wish I knew exactly the version I had before I started flashing, but unfortunately I do not..
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Once your phone's OS has been upgraded, I don't think you can flash to an older firmware unless you have an unlocked bootloader. I'm not sure but that maybe the reason you're getting validation errors.
Did you try re-downloading the firmware?

audit13 said:
Once your phone's OS has been upgraded, I don't think you can flash to an older firmware unless you have an unlocked bootloader. I'm not sure but that maybe the reason you're getting validation errors.
Did you try re-downloading the firmware?
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Just tried re-downloading everything on a brand new Windows install on a different computer, still having problems.
No matter how hard I try, I cannot get boot.img or system.img to flash from any Stock firmware, whether it's AT&T, Mex, or Bell
Using snap-fastboot:
snap-fastboot flash boot boot.img
sending 'boot' (10240 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.788s]
writing 'boot'...
Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
snap-fastboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (30720 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.343s]
writing 'system'...
Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
I'm going to try making a Motorola Factory cable in the meantime. Any other suggestions?
EDIT: Factory cable didn't help.. is there a way to generate a higher security version? No matter what, the bootloader always displays Partition (boot/system) Security Version Downgraded
I really don't want this to end up being a paperweight

Is this where you got the firmware: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/dinara/list.php ?
Did you reboot each time you loaded a different set of fastboot files? Did you remove the previous fastboot files before installing a new set of fastboot files? Are you able to try this on a different computer?

I just got a new Atrix HD replacement and its showing firmware of 9.8.0Q-97_MB886_FFW-20 . Its not the same as the firmware available here: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/ .... I get the same error even after modifying the XML file in the SBF. Wonder if the last update caused an issue. Running into some similar issue with the replacement. Its not wanting to bootloader unlock.

Did you mount the system before installing?
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Found a fix for the AP Fastboot loop
List of commands to type in. ( in order)
1. adb reboot bootloader
2.fastboot oem fb_mode_set
3.fastboot oem fb_mode_clear
3.fastboot erase userdata
4.fastboot erase cache
5.fastboot reboot
Source:http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/17320-sticky-bit-fastboot/

Sorry I've been MIA, been busy with work.
TabascoTX said:
Found a fix for the AP Fastboot loop
List of commands to type in. ( in order)
1. adb reboot bootloader
2.fastboot oem fb_mode_set
3.fastboot oem fb_mode_clear
3.fastboot erase userdata
4.fastboot erase cache
5.fastboot reboot
Source:http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/17320-sticky-bit-fastboot/
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Thanks for the reply! I wished this worked for me. After completing the steps successfully, I get:
Partition (boot) Security Version Downgraded
Fastboot Reason: Boot Failure
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
error: device not found
fastboot oem fb_mode_set
...
OKAY [ 0.006s]
finished. total time: 0.006s
fastboot oem fb_mode_clear
...
OKAY [ 0.005s]
finished. total time: 0.005s
fastboot erase userdata
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 3.095s]
finished. total time: 3.095s
fastboot erase cache
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 1.669s]
finished. total time: 1.669s
fastboot reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.005s
audit13 said:
Is this where you got the firmware: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/dinara/list.php ?
Did you reboot each time you loaded a different set of fastboot files? Did you remove the previous fastboot files before installing a new set of fastboot files? Are you able to try this on a different computer?
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That's exactly where I got my firmwares from. And to answer your question, I have tried this on different computers but I wasn't doing much rebooting when changing fastboot files.

DaveTheRave said:
...I have tried this on different computers but I wasn't doing much rebooting when changing fastboot files.
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Try logging off and back on to see what happens. For me, using fastboot/adb commands on an x86 Win7 machine works more consistently than using an x64 Win7 machine.

TabascoTX said:
Found a fix for the AP Fastboot loop
List of commands to type in. ( in order)
1. adb reboot bootloader
2.fastboot oem fb_mode_set
3.fastboot oem fb_mode_clear
3.fastboot erase userdata
4.fastboot erase cache
5.fastboot reboot
Source:http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/17320-sticky-bit-fastboot/
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When I run fastboot oem fb_mode_set, it just says "< waiting for any device >"

Sorry for the late reply. make sure you have adb installed and the drivers for the Atrix. Also,if possible and not in a boot loop or stuck in fastboot, device debugging should be enabled.

Boot problem
Hello here I have a problem and I made everything from my knowledge but It's not fixed.
I have a Motorola Droid Maxx X8 verison XI1080, version 4.4.4, built number SU4.21,
If I install or do something and I switch off and I turn on my phone it disappears as if it is never done and if I try to reinitialize the phone I have a error Fastboot Reason: Boot Failure
If I get the fastboot and I take recovery its said Boot up failed.
I did everything I flashed with RSD and I update it with Motorola update but still nothing we see that the flashing and the update works but on reboot Its has no effect on the phone its stays as if you did nothing.
Please help me! I look forward to a solution, I thank you more.

have u solved the problem
Please explain how u have solved the problem ,my moto g4 plus in same problems

[Q] Boot Loop Newly upgraded GPE HTC One 4.4 SuperSU 1.8

I have a Google Play Edition (the real deal from Google, not flashed from something else) was on 4.3, was trying to upgrade to 4.4 using the OTA upgrade. I'm now in a boot loop. I'm *think* my issue is related to SuperSU v.1.8: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47868582
I was on Rooted 4.3 with SuperSU 1.8 running properly. Got the OTA message to upgrade. Flashed my Recovery Image back to 4.3 stock from this image: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2358781 in the 4.3 RUU Zip.
Ran the OTA update, everything seemed to install correctly.
I can still get into the Bootloader, Fastboot, and Recovery.
On regular boot I get to the select your language screen and then the phone reboots. Just guessing that something is happening between S-On and SuperSU that is causing problems. I've tried a couple older versions of SuperSU pushed with adb in CW and have the same problem.
If anyone have a link to a stock system.img I could flash for 4.3 or 4.4 that would solve all my problems. The system.img I thought I had for 4.3 out of the 4.3 RUU Zip is too large, as is the 4.4 RUU Zip.
Thanks in advance for the help - please be gentle if I'm violating an unknown procedure. I've searched an this for a few hours and haven't been able to find anything that might help me.
Thanks,
Matt

I've upgraded 3 phones so far (all converts, not real GPE) that had super SU installed and not had this issue.
if your seeing select language it means either 1. you wiped data before the OTA? or 2. something went wrong when converting your data.
It's doubtful but possible that anything is wrong with /system. The update script checks for specific versions of files and would have error ed rather than patched a mismatch. Lets start by wiping data and cache.
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
since your S-On you can't use the RUU's and I'm pretty sure those system.img files are not signed; they are just dumps in img format so even if they weren't too big they still wouldn't work.
mthomas1262 said:
I have a Google Play Edition (the real deal from Google, not flashed from something else) was on 4.3, was trying to upgrade to 4.4 using the OTA upgrade. I'm now in a boot loop. I'm *think* my issue is related to SuperSU v.1.8: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47868582
I was on Rooted 4.3 with SuperSU 1.8 running properly. Got the OTA message to upgrade. Flashed my Recovery Image back to 4.3 stock from this image: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2358781 in the 4.3 RUU Zip.
Ran the OTA update, everything seemed to install correctly.
I can still get into the Bootloader, Fastboot, and Recovery.
On regular boot I get to the select your language screen and then the phone reboots. Just guessing that something is happening between S-On and SuperSU that is causing problems. I've tried a couple older versions of SuperSU pushed with adb in CW and have the same problem.
If anyone have a link to a stock system.img I could flash for 4.3 or 4.4 that would solve all my problems. The system.img I thought I had for 4.3 out of the 4.3 RUU Zip is too large, as is the 4.4 RUU Zip.
Thanks in advance for the help - please be gentle if I'm violating an unknown procedure. I've searched an this for a few hours and haven't been able to find anything that might help me.
Thanks,
Matt
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ipfreelytech said:
I've upgraded 3 phones so far (all converts, not real GPE) that had super SU installed and not had this issue.
if your seeing select language it means either 1. you wiped data before the OTA? or 2. something went wrong when converting your data.
It's doubtful but possible that anything is wrong with /system. The update script checks for specific versions of files and would have error ed rather than patched a mismatch. Lets start by wiping data and cache.
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
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Thanks so much for the reply.
I did wiped AFTER installing the OTA as part of my troubleshooting. I did it through CWM recovery and regular recovery to see if it made any difference. I can do it again through fastboot if you think that will have any affect. Thanks again for the reply, appreciate it.

dunno about stock recovery but CWM doesn't actually do a proper wipe. it leaves /data/media intact. fastboot erase will rewrite the file-system.
mthomas1262 said:
Thanks so much for the reply.
I did wiped AFTER installing the OTA as part of my troubleshooting. I did it through CWM recovery and regular recovery to see if it made any difference. I can do it again through fastboot if you think that will have any affect. Thanks again for the reply, appreciate it.
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ipfreelytech said:
dunno about stock recovery but CWM doesn't actually do a proper wipe. it leaves /data/media intact. fastboot erase will rewrite the file-system.
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get the error "FAILED (remote: not allowed)" when I attempt to erase and format user data
I think I'm ready to just push a stock backup nandroid on to the device - any recommendations as to which I should use?

sorry. I didn't realize the one blocks that command. I use it all the time on other devices.
I actually made a stock 4.4 nandroid last night that I'll upload soon. I haven't seen any untainted GPE nandroids posted. with a clean nandroid and the firmware.zip from the ota you should be pretty much the same as running an RUU.
mthomas1262 said:
get the error "FAILED (remote: not allowed)" when I attempt to erase and format user data
I think I'm ready to just push a stock backup nandroid on to the device - any recommendations as to which I should use?
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ipfreelytech said:
sorry. I didn't realize the one blocks that command. I use it all the time on other devices.
I actually made a stock 4.4 nandroid last night that I'll upload soon. I haven't seen any untainted GPE nandroids posted. with a clean nandroid and the firmware.zip from the ota you should be pretty much the same as running an RUU.
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That would be awesome. If you don't mind sharing the link when you do I'd appreciate it.
Cheers

Here you go:
https://mega.co.nz/#!TMlgWLDJ!ZfFlcxcRkebpb3cciULnlTf4GMJfy4grwOLi-Ied3Tg
extract the zip, then copy the folder to your recovery's backup location. I made it with CWM.
If your using CWM you can use the command adb push 2013-11-28.07.23.56 /data/media/clockworkmod/backup/GPE/
then restore it from the menu
Here's a link to the untouched firmware.zip from the OTA:
https://mega.co.nz/#!DV0UEbBY!Vv6H4Ebf8WRCXrKwe5TGDUQqnvNk-9FiSjOvhjXAQvE
flash that zip from fastboot.
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip 4.4 firmware.zip
fastboot flash zip 4.4 firmware.zip
fastboot reboot
should be good to go then. You'll have stock /system and stock recovery so future OTA should work.
mthomas1262 said:
That would be awesome. If you don't mind sharing the link when you do I'd appreciate it.
Cheers
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I'm hoping this will also work for my situation as I am stuck. I purchased a pre-owned GPE HTC One. The previous owner re-loaded JB stock but left clockwork mod on there. Last night I discovered the stock recovery image and loaded that successfully (wanting a stock experience now). This morning the phone successfully upgraded to the most recent jelly bean. Soon after that upgrade kitkat was ready for download.
As soon as the install finished the phone was stuck in a boot loop. I have tried numerous things to get it to stop but i have been unsuccessful. It appears that it is S-On, which I believe is also adding to my issues. Do you think the situation and nandroid you posted above will work in my situation (total stock recovery and no superSU)?
Thank you!

s-on is not the problem unless the previous owner lied and that's a converted phone and not a legit GPE.
I assume you've done a factory reset from recovery or bootloader?
Feel to try flashing CWM then restoring my nandroid and then flashing the firmware.
The_Doctor_Who said:
I'm hoping this will also work for my situation as I am stuck. I purchased a pre-owned GPE HTC One. The previous owner re-loaded JB stock but left clockwork mod on there. I wanted a totally stock experience. Last night I discovered the stock recovery image and loaded that successfully. This morning the phone successfully upgraded to the most recent jelly bean. Soon after that upgrade kitkat was ready for download.
As soon as the install finished the phone was stuck in a boot loop. I have tried numerous things to get it to stop but i have been unsuccessful. It appears that it is S-On, which I believe is also adding to my issues. Do you think the situation and nandroid you posted above will work in my situation (total stock recovery and no superSU)?
Thank you!
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ipfreelytech said:
s-on is not the problem unless the previous owner lied and that's a converted phone and not a legit GPE.
I assume you've done a factory reset from recovery or bootloader?
Feel to try flashing CWM then restoring my nandroid and then flashing the firmware.
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It did come in the GPE box, so I hope he didn't go that much out of the way to lie! lol It is the official GPE.
I did do a factory reset with no luck.
I have tried using the RUU files I found on another thread to flash through fastboot but I get a failed 99 error.
When I attempt to find device with adb, it does not list a device ( I assume b/c of debugging), but finds fine the phone fine on fastboot device.
Also, I thought about reflashing to CWM but when I try to bring up the bootloader after flashing the CWM recovery nothing will come up at as far as a recovery and will just begin to boot the phone.
Thank for any help you may offer and I apologize in advance for my noob questions. I've flashed recoveries and ROMs on the past on other devices but this one has me stumped.

there is no legit RUU for GPE! The conversion RUU only works with s-off because it is not properly signed!
flash this CWM: http://flyhalf205.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.5-m7ul.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.5-m7ul.img
after flashing fastboot erase cache
select reboot bootloader on your phone. then select recovery.
then continue with restoring my nandroid and then flashing the firmware in RUU mode.
The_Doctor_Who said:
It did come in the GPE box, so I hope he didn't go that much out of the way to lie!
I did do a factory reset with no luck.
I have tried using the RUU files I found on another thread to flash through fastboot but I get a failed 99 error.
When I attempt to find device with adb, it does not list a device ( I assume b/c of debugging), but finds fine the phone fine on fastboot device.
Also, I thought about reflashing to CWM but when I try to bring up the bootloader after flashing the CWM recovery nothing will come up at as far as a recovery and will just begin to boot the phone.
Thank for any help you may offer and I apologize in advance for my noob questions. I've flashed recoveries and ROMs on the past on other devices but this one has me stumped.
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looking great - enjoying me some kit-kat right now! thanks a ton!

Awesome. So I take it my nandroid plus the firmware zip worked for you?
mthomas1262 said:
looking great - enjoying me some kit-kat right now! thanks a ton!
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ipfreelytech said:
Awesome. So I take it my nandroid plus the firmware zip worked for you?
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The nandroid worked great - not sure what you wanted me to do with the firmware.zip, I *think* the link to the firmware.zip was the same as the nandroid link. Let me know if I'm missing something. Just need to install SuperSU and then I can restore everything from Titanium.
Again, thanks a ton!

That's what I get for listening to other NOOBs when it comes to this. I did as suggested below re: CWM
here are my command lines
c:\And>fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.5-m7ul.img
target reported max download size of 1526722560 bytes
sending 'recovery' (8746 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.185s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.674s]
finished. total time: 1.861s
c:\And> fastboot erase cache
******** Did you mean to fastboot format this partition?
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.056s]
finished. total time: 0.056s
When I reboot the bootloader and select recovery it reboots and starts the loop over again. that's where I was stuck. I figured if I could load another ROM I'd at least be okay, but I can't get the darn recovery to work.

Ok - at least I know what my issue was before. I attempted to install SuperSU.zip 1.8, installs fine, but when I go into regular boot get boot looping again. Looks like I'll need to wait for an update to SuperSU.zip - if someone with authority can post in the SuperSU thread that might be really helpful.
Thanks!

good eye. I have fixed the link. here's the right one: https://mega.co.nz/#!DV0UEbBY!Vv6H4Ebf8WRCXrKwe5TGDUQqnvNk-9FiSjOvhjXAQvE
The purpose of the firmware.zip is to get all your firmware on the correct version as well as writing the stock recovery so that future OTA will work without issue [assuming of course you don't screw with /system by deleting apk you don't use or editing files].
you flash it using fastboot after rebooting to ruu mode. re-read my post.
I think you have a bad super su installer. I've installed super su 1.8 on three ones so far all running the 4.4 GPE and not had issue; however those were all converts and are s-off so that may have something to do with it. However it doesn't make a ton of sense.
mthomas1262 said:
The nandroid worked great - not sure what you wanted me to do with the firmware.zip, I *think* the link to the firmware.zip was the same as the nandroid link. Let me know if I'm missing something. Just need to install SuperSU and then I can restore everything from Titanium.
Again, thanks a ton!
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---------- Post added at 11:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:22 AM ----------
fastboot getvar all
paste the results here with imei and serial redacted.
The_Doctor_Who said:
That's what I get for listening to other NOOBs when it comes to this. I did as suggested below re: CWM
here are my command lines
c:\And>fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.5-m7ul.img
target reported max download size of 1526722560 bytes
sending 'recovery' (8746 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.185s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.674s]
finished. total time: 1.861s
c:\And> fastboot erase cache
******** Did you mean to fastboot format this partition?
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.056s]
finished. total time: 0.056s
When I reboot the bootloader and select recovery it reboots and starts the loop over again. that's where I was stuck. I figured if I could load another ROM I'd at least be okay, but I can't get the darn recovery to work.
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I greatly appreciate the help (and apologize for stepping on the toes of the OP).
c:\And>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.54.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4T.21.3218.21
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main:
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) serialno:
(bootloader) imei:
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0712000
(bootloader) cidnum: GOOGL001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4241mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-5d4c562c
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.056s

ipfreelytech said:
I think you have a bad super su installer. I've installed super su 1.8 on three ones so far all running the 4.4 GPE and not had issue; however those were all converts and are s-off so that may have something to do with it. However it doesn't make a ton of sense.
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I got the installer from:
download (dot) chainfire (dot) eu/370/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.80.zip
(can't post URLs yet)
I haven't tried to get s-off, on on the 1.54 version so that makes things a little harder, I've seen some posts about it.

[Q] Unable to flash factory images

I only started trying this since last night but I am unable to flash factory images. I tried the 5.1.1 non-tmobile image, as well as today's 6.0 release image. (Hardware: Macbook Pro w/ OS 10.11 El Capitan)
I've tried both flash-all.sh as well as fastboot update and both end up with the same error message:
Code:
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (10387 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.327s]
writing 'bootloader'...
(bootloader) flashing partition ...
(bootloader) This may take a few seconds if a
(bootloader) different partition table is being
(bootloader) flashed since we need to backup
(bootloader) and restore a few partitions
(bootloader) Flashing primary GPT image...
(bootloader) Flashing backup GPT image...
(bootloader) flashing aboot ...
(bootloader) flashing sbl1 ...
(bootloader) flashing rpm ...
(bootloader) flashing tz ...
(bootloader) flashing sdi ...
(bootloader) flashing logo ...
OKAY [ 0.726s]
finished. total time: 1.053s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.001s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radio' (115487 KB)...
OKAY [ 3.616s]
writing 'radio'...
(bootloader) flashing modem ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs1 ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs2 ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs3 ...
(bootloader) flashing versions ...
OKAY [ 1.532s]
finished. total time: 5.149s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.001s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
fastboot(3602,0xa2ed1000) malloc: *** mach_vm_map(size=2094395392) failed (error code=3)
*** error: can't allocate region
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
failed to allocate 2092300200 bytes
error: update package missing system.img
Looking at the image-shamu-mra58k.zip file, it does not contain any .sig files. Only userdata.img, system.img, recovery.img, cache.img, boot.img and android-info.txt.
Any idea what's going on and how to fix it?

Unlock the bootloader?

MrBrady said:
I only started trying this since last night but I am unable to flash factory images. I tried the 5.1.1 non-tmobile image, as well as today's 6.0 release image. (Hardware: Macbook Pro w/ OS 10.11 El Capitan)
I've tried both flash-all.sh as well as fastboot update and both end up with the same error message:
Looking at the image-shamu-mra58k.zip file, it does not contain any .sig files. Only userdata.img, system.img, recovery.img, cache.img, boot.img and android-info.txt.
Any idea what's going on and how to fix it?
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Just manually flash the images.

iRub1Out said:
Unlock the bootloader?
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Bootloader is unlocked and I am running TWRP recovery. Does it need to be stock recovery and locked bootloader to flash the factory images?
danarama said:
Just manually flash the images.
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Like this?
Code:
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash cache cache.img

yes, actually, exactly like that.

Are you guys getting the red "Corrupt..." triangle during boot when using this w/ TWRP?

Or you can use the gui Nexus toolkit for factory images.
Not as "fun" but works.

530farm said:
Are you guys getting the red "Corrupt..." triangle during boot when using this w/ TWRP?
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I get a dead Android with a red triangle when trying to boot into recovery. It seems my TWRP got toasted somehow. However I do not receive any corrupt notice when booting the device normally.
I performed a fastboot flash of TWRP 2.8.7.1 and on first boot, TWRP gave a warning where I had to accept that it was OK to modify the system. I have never seen that before. After installing TWRP I do get the corrupt device message upon boot.

useranonymous said:
Or you can use the gui Nexus toolkit for factory images.
Not as "fun" but works.
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Is there one available for Mac?

useranonymous said:
Or you can use the gui Nexus toolkit for factory images.
Not as "fun" but works.
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If I used Nexus Toolkit what should i choose to flashed it. Fastboot: System?

MrBrady said:
Is there one available for Mac?
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You can try this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/development/toolkit-nexus-6-one-click-mac-toolkit-t2956434
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chipis said:
If I used Nexus Toolkit what should i choose to flashed it. Fastboot: System?
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I used the WUG toolkit and used flash Stock +Unroot with the Other/Browse option for picking the downloaded img.
I also checked "Force Flash Mode" and let the tool run through the script.

useranonymous said:
You can try this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/development/toolkit-nexus-6-one-click-mac-toolkit-t2956434
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I used the WUG toolkit and used flash Stock +Unroot with the Other/Browse option for picking the downloaded img.
I also checked "Force Flash Mode" and let the tool run through the script.
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Sorry iam noob to this. So i have a custom rom. should go and flash a stock.?
Because ones i press what you said it jumps to look for image but it dont find anything

chipis said:
Sorry iam noob to this. So i have a custom rom. should go and flash a stock.?
Because ones i press what you said it jumps to look for image but it dont find anything
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Do you want to go to stock?
I did because I want to try M which I downloaded from here.
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
Of course this wipes your device so please keep that in mind.
Going from 5.1 to 6 requires a wipe especially with a custom ROM.
You will lose root until rooting the stock M build comes out.
I'm OK with being stock for now since I use Google pay.
But I'll play with custom M ROMs when they come out later.

useranonymous said:
Do you want to go to stock?
I did because I want to try M which I downloaded from here.
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
Of course this wipes your device so please keep that in mind.
Going from 5.1 to 6 requires a wipe especially with a custom ROM.
You will lose root until rooting the stock M build comes out.
I'm OK with being stock for now since I use Google pay.
But I'll play with custom M ROMs when they come out later.
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Jisus i feel dumm, ok i have flashed the image before M, Because i was on the LVY48E
Sorry i coming from samsung device. Nexus is a little different.
Now I just download the M Where should go To flashed what just downloaded using the Nexus Root Tool Kit?

lose root if flash M ??
useranonymous said:
Do you want to go to stock?
I did because I want to try M which I downloaded from here.
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
Of course this wipes your device so please keep that in mind.
Going from 5.1 to 6 requires a wipe especially with a custom ROM.
You will lose root until rooting the stock M build comes out.
I'm OK with being stock for now since I use Google pay.
But I'll play with custom M ROMs when they come out later.
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If I manually flash M, I'll lose root ? Oh, say it isn't so .

530farm said:
Are you guys getting the red "Corrupt..." triangle during boot when using this w/ TWRP?
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Can you boot into the system? My nexus 6 will just turns itself off after the message

redlee90 said:
Can you boot into the system? My nexus 6 will just turns itself off after the message
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Yes, it boots fine.
I can even get root by flashing an M-based kernel, then the SuperSU 2.49 zip. However when I flash apps that install as System Apps (like ViPER4Android), they don't seem to install. It's almost like TWRP doesn't have root access.

ok finally flash the image M Using Nexus Root ToolKIt

Don't use toolkits if you don't know what you're doing. Use manual fastboot steps.

danarama said:
Don't use toolkits if you don't know what you're doing. Use manual fastboot steps.
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Good point.
Have a good guide to do this for us noobs?

Bricked Moto X 2014? Fastboot flashing, ADB Sideloading, Nothing Seems To Work

Bricked Moto X 2014? Fastboot flashing, ADB sideloading, nothing seems to work
Hello,
I have this Moto X 2nd gen (XT1092), and I wanted to install an Android Marshmallow OS last weekend.
I did it according to this article on XDA: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/general/install-image-marshmallow-6-0-xt-1097-t3266858 , where an install image plus small install description is posted.
This is the first ‘non-standard’ thing I tried with this phone. It is not rooted, nor did I make any changes in the settings for developers, apart from enabling USB debugging. The device was running an stock version of Android 5.1, which I received the normal way(just an automatic system update).
Using some 'fastboot flash....' commands via the PC, the image should be installed. However, upon trying the first command: 'fastboot flash partition gpt.bin', the terminal responded with:
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target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'partition' (32 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.003s]
writing 'partition'...
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.102s
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Afterwards, my phone didnt boot to android anymore. The only thing it does is put me in "AP Fastboot Flash Mode (S)"
I have tried installing different stock Motorola images/zips for my phone, in order to try to get it back to how it was, but for every fastboot flash I want to do (except for the boot logo), I get the preflash validation error.
I also tried sideloading images via ADB via the recovery mode, bit this doesn’t work either:
When I try "adb sideload <IMAGE>.zip", it starts to send the file to the phone, and the phone receives it. Very quickly after completing the transfer, though, the phone can say two things (depending on what .zip file I try):
1.
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
Package expects build fingerprint of motorola/victara_reteu/victara:5.0/LXE22.46-19.1/1:user/release-keys or motorola/victara_reteu/victara:5.1/LPE23.32-25.1/1:user/release-keys; this device has motorola/victara_reteu/victara:4.4.4/KXE21.187-42/41:user/re
Installation aborted.
2.
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installation aborted.
One thing to note is that when I try 'adb devices', it gives me:
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>adb devices
List of devices attached
TA99300SXJ sideload
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It says that the device is in ADB sideload mode, which blocks me from using other ADB functions, like shell. Is there a way to get 'full' ADB acces?
I also tried using the official Motorola “RDS Lite” software, as some people say this can be used to correctly flash an image to the phone, but this program just does not see my phone.
I did install all drivers, and Windows recognizes the device correctly, in both fastboot and ADB (recovery) mode.
Another thing I wanted to do to solve this, is to unlock the bootloader, as some people on forums said that this would help. However, when I try “fastboot oem unlock UNIQUEKEY” with the key I got from the Motorola website, the bootloader responds with the message stating that I have to enable unlocking the bootloader via developer settings. And obviously, I cannot go to settings to enable this.
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I’m very stuck here, and I would be the intensely happy if there would be someone around who can help me get my phone back to life!
I do have experience with flashing Android ROMs/Images/Zips, but not on Motorola devices.
I reckon that this:
“Package expects build fingerprint of motorola/victara_reteu/victara:5.0/LXE22.46-19.1/1:user/release-keys or motorola/victara_reteu/victara:5.1/LPE23.32-25.1/1:user/release-keys; this device has motorola/victara_reteu/victara:4.4.4/KXE21.187-42/41:user/re”
could possibly be caused by an incorrect zip file. If that is the case, is there any way to obtain the proper file?
I did read about some special micro USB cables connecting the normally unused pin 4. Could this be helpful?
Any help would be IMMENSELY appreciated. I'm not ready to give up the fight!
Kind regards,
Ostheer

This same thing happened to me today. Ive had my fair share of rooted phone issues but this one is a mystery to me. Ive rooted every other Moto device [G, G '14, X, X Pure] And now a new issue arises.
I used a .bat file from CLARK_RETUS_5.1.1_LPH23.116-18_cid9_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC.xml_SHAWN5162 . It finished and booted into bootloader but wont go anywhere from there. I have a feeling Ive reset to a locked state with no boot file.
Device is LOCKED. Status Code:0
Software status: Modified
$ Normal Powerup
failed to validate boot img
boot up failed
fastboot oem get_unlock_data
(bootloader) could not get unlock data
boot flash partition gpt.bin
target max-sparse-size: 256MB
sending 'partition' (32 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.016s]
writing 'partition'...
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.040s
Just like you I tried several fixes and no luck.
1. ADB Lite: Same issue
2. mfastboot Same issue
3. RSD Lite: Does not recognize my devices (win 10 / sdk / all drivers / redownloaded 3 times)
4. any bat file I try / manual code / or adb all fail
There must be a solution to this. I want Marshmallow 6.0 just as much as the next guy to work on my phone. Thanks for the help

WhiteRaven96 said:
This same thing happened to me today. Ive had my fair share of rooted phone issues but this one is a mystery to me. Ive rooted every other Moto device [G, G '14, X, X Pure] And now a new issue arises.
I used a .bat file from CLARK_RETUS_5.1.1_LPH23.116-18_cid9_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC.xml_SHAWN5162 . It finished and booted into bootloader but wont go anywhere from there. I have a feeling Ive reset to a locked state with no boot file.
Device is LOCKED. Status Code:0
Software status: Modified
$ Normal Powerup
failed to validate boot img
boot up failed
fastboot oem get_unlock_data
(bootloader) could not get unlock data
..... ..... .....
There must be a solution to this. I want Marshmallow 6.0 just as much as the next guy to work on my phone. Thanks for the help
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At this point I would be happy to get anything to work on it, 6.0 is not a requirement for me anymore.
For me it says: "Software status: Official", and getting the unlock data works. Still can't unlock though, as this should've been enabled in settings apparently.

ostheer said:
At this point I would be happy to get anything to work on it, 6.0 is not a requirement for me anymore.
For me it says: "Software status: Official", and getting the unlock data works. Still can't unlock though, as this should've been enabled in settings apparently.
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Well there is your problem, your bootloader is locked. You can't flash firmware that is not for your model/carrier with a locked bootloader. It absolutely will fail.
Try flashing this with mfastboot:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/i8htlx8fqpv/VICTARA_RETEU_XT1092_5.1_LPE23.32-25.3_cid7_CFC.xml.zip
Most likely gpt.bin and motoboot will fail to flash, just keep flashing all the files even if those 2 fail.
If this works, do NOT use the OTA update to get to 6.0 there is a high probability that you will hard brick your phone if you use OTA, and there is no way to fix that currently.
Because of what you did, you will have to wait for a full 6.0 firmware for the xt1092EU. Do not flash anything else until that is released.
Sent from my XT1095 using Tapatalk

AGISCI said:
Well there is your problem, your bootloader is locked. You can't flash firmware that is not for your model/carrier with a locked bootloader. It absolutely will fail.
Try flashing this with mfastboot:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/i8htlx8fqpv/VICTARA_RETEU_XT1092_5.1_LPE23.32-25.3_cid7_CFC.xml.zip
Most likely gpt.bin and motoboot will fail to flash, just keep flashing all the files even if those 2 fail.
If this works, do NOT use the OTA update to get to 6.0 there is a high probability that you will hard brick your phone if you use OTA, and there is no way to fix that currently.
Because of what you did, you will have to wait for a full 6.0 firmware for the xt1092EU. Do not flash anything else until that is released.
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@AGISCI,
Thank you for your reply. I am currently downloading the file you linked, and will try to flash it using mfastboot as soon as it finishes downloading.
I did indeed hear that using the OTA afterwards is not something you will want to do.

ostheer said:
At this point I would be happy to get anything to work on it, 6.0 is not a requirement for me anymore.
For me it says: "Software status: Official", and getting the unlock data works. Still can't unlock though, as this should've been enabled in settings apparently.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...-0-xt-1097-t3266858/post64274827#post64274827 POST #33
This I think is your delay. I just woke up today and noticed my phone now says UNLOCKED I didnt do anything else but attempt all my failed steps on another computer and a reboot [which had not been done since system failure. So it boot up like it was unlocked and didnt go further. Back to bootloader mode, let see if it works
YES! Got it to load up and boot using this 6.0 zip http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/development/rom-installation-rsd-t3263800
However now my SIM card isnt being recognized. Which ssems to happen all the time when using a file from another country. Isnt there a simple solution for this fix?

WhiteRaven96 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...-0-xt-1097-t3266858/post64274827#post64274827 POST #33
This I think is your delay. I just woke up today and noticed my phone now says UNLOCKED I didnt do anything else but attempt all my failed steps on another computer and a reboot [which had not been done since system failure. So it boot up like it was unlocked and didnt go further. Back to bootloader mode, let see if it works
YES! Got it to load up and boot using this 6.0 zip http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/development/rom-installation-rsd-t3263800
However now my SIM card isnt being recognized. Which ssems to happen all the time when using a file from another country. Isnt there a simple solution for this fix?
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That is great news! I am still downloading the zip AGISCI linked.
So if I'm correct, in the fastboot screen it now says "device is unlocked" for you?
What steps did you make to try to unlock the bootloader?
Also, am I correct to assume that you used fastboot/mfastboot to flash your zip in the end?

How is it possible? Your bootloader just got unlocked without root!
I will be more than happy if you explain again what you did and what happend exactly.
Thanks.

Whenever you flash a firmware meant for another region/carrier, you are also flashing the modem/radio that supports that region/carrier, so you have to find the firmware that supports your device/region/carrier and flash the modem/radio from it, in bootloader mode:
fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
fastboot erase modemst1
fastboot erase modemst2
fastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
These are the files you need to flash "NON-HLOS.bin" and "fsg.mbn"

AGISCI said:
Well there is your problem, your bootloader is locked. You can't flash firmware that is not for your model/carrier with a locked bootloader. It absolutely will fail.
Try flashing this with mfastboot:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/i8htlx8fqpv/VICTARA_RETEU_XT1092_5.1_LPE23.32-25.3_cid7_CFC.xml.zip
Most likely gpt.bin and motoboot will fail to flash, just keep flashing all the files even if those 2 fail.
If this works, do NOT use the OTA update to get to 6.0 there is a high probability that you will hard brick your phone if you use OTA, and there is no way to fix that currently.
Because of what you did, you will have to wait for a full 6.0 firmware for the xt1092EU. Do not flash anything else until that is released.
Sent from my XT1095 using Tapatalk
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The download completed, and I have tried flashing it using mfastboot:
mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin
mfastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img
mfastboot reboot-bootloader
mfastboot flash logo logo.bin
mfastboot flash boot boot.img
mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.4
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.5
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.6
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.7
mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
mfastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
what I get is the following:
the gpt.bin and motoboot.img indeed failed, logo.bin, boot.img, recovery.img, NON-HLOS.bin and fsg.mbn succeeded.
the system.img_sparsechunk.X files give this:
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot\VICTARA_RETEU_XT1092_5.1_LPE23.3
2-25.3_cid7_CFC.xml>mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
target max-sparse-size: 256MB
sending 'system' (256681 KB)...
OKAY [ 8.068s]
writing 'system'...
(bootloader) Invalid signed image
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 8.181s
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while the phone responds with:
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cmd: getvar:max-sparse-size
cmd: download:0faaa7a0
cmd: flash:system
version downgraded for system
Invalid PIV signed system image
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Any ideas? This zip seemed to have done 'better' than other, but the phone still doesn't accept it.

ostheer said:
The download completed, and I have tried flashing it using mfastboot:
mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin
mfastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img
mfastboot reboot-bootloader
mfastboot flash logo logo.bin
mfastboot flash boot boot.img
mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.4
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.5
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.6
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.7
mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
mfastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
what I get is the following:
the gpt.bin and motoboot.img indeed failed, logo.bin, boot.img, recovery.img, NON-HLOS.bin and fsg.mbn succeeded.
the system.img_sparsechunk.X files give this:
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot\VICTARA_RETEU_XT1092_5.1_LPE23.3
2-25.3_cid7_CFC.xml>mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
target max-sparse-size: 256MB
sending 'system' (256681 KB)...
OKAY [ 8.068s]
writing 'system'...
(bootloader) Invalid signed image
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 8.181s
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while the phone responds with:
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cmd: getvar:max-sparse-size
cmd: download:0faaa7a0
cmd: flash:system
version downgraded for system
Invalid PIV signed system image
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Any ideas? This zip seemed to have done 'better' than other, but the phone still doesn't accept it.
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It sounds like the download of the .zip is corrupt. You will need to download the zip again. There is a list of md5 values in an xml file inside the zip. If the md5 is different it won't flash as a safety precaution.
Sent from my XT1095 using Tapatalk

ostheer said:
That is great news! I am still downloading the zip AGISCI linked.
So if I'm correct, in the fastboot screen it now says "device is unlocked" for you?
What steps did you make to try to unlock the bootloader?
Also, am I correct to assume that you used fastboot/mfastboot to flash your zip in the end?
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You are indeed correct. I dont think using another computer helped, although I managed to get FLASH Partition gpt.bin to work first try. What I think happened was my friend [not knowing it was in bootloader] did the bootloader button sequence and failed so instead it just tried to boot up [Stopped @ unlocked bootloader screen]
SO after I got 6.0 to work the radio network wasnt the same so now my SIM isnt being recognized.
So I looked for a simple solution and found directions
The Radio uses these lines of the flash process:
mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
mfastboot erase modemst1
mfastboot erase modemst2
mfastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
I searched for Moto X radio files but no luck, however I did find this link for Moto G which is everything I need to find the solution myself with instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2649763
:highfive:
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OrenGazala said:
How is it possible? Your bootloader just got unlocked without root!
I will be more than happy if you explain again what you did and what happend exactly.
Thanks.
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I believe that Root is a step that comes after bootloader
[YOUR PHONE]
1. unlock-Bootloader --> mfastboot oem get_unlock_data
This is the first step Motorola tells you to do. Go Here: https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a
2. Install TWRP --> mfastboot flash recovery 'your twrp.img'
At this point your phone should turn on, if not your not finished
3. Install Root --> push SuperSU-v2.--
This zip I have CLARK_RETUS_5.1.1_LPH23.116-18_cid9_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC.xml_SHAWN5162.zip started this whole mess but it was made to where you can relock your phone after returning it to stock. Problem was that when I ran the .bat file it never took the files so it dumped every partition THEN locked me out, or just pretended to, Im still unsure because I think all I did was try to push a flash line by line [eg. gpt.bin,motoboot,logo...] only got to motoboot and then did a reset. :highfive:

bootloader unlock question
AGISCI said:
It sounds like the download of the .zip is corrupt. You will need to download the zip again. There is a list of md5 values in an xml file inside the zip. If the md5 is different it won't flash as a safety precaution.
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Thanks for the reply. I checked all MD5's and compared them to the ones I generated with a MD5 checksum tool, they all match. I am downloading the zip again, but theoretically that shouldn't help as de MD5's are good.
"Invalid signed image" stays the problem here, unfortunately...
Is there no way to unlock the bootloader if you didn't enable this via settings in Android?

ostheer said:
Thanks for the reply. I checked all MD5's and compared them to the ones I generated with a MD5 checksum tool, they all match. I am downloading the zip again, but theoretically that shouldn't help as de MD5's are good.
"Invalid signed image" stays the problem here, unfortunately...
Is there no way to unlock the bootloader if you didn't enable this via settings in Android?
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No there is no way to unlock it if you didn't.
Question what version of android were you on before you did this? 5.1? With stagefright patch?
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AGISCI said:
No there is no way to unlock it if you didn't.
Question what version of android were you on before you did this? 5.1? With stagefright patch?
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Thought so,
I was on an official 5.1 build, presumably with the patch indeed, as my phone was fully updated and the patch came out in September. For the patch I can't be 100% sure though.
I downloaded the zip for the second time, but as expected after the MD5 check, the results were the same...

ostheer said:
Thought so,
I was on an official 5.1 build, presumably with the patch indeed, as my phone was fully updated and the patch came out in September. For the patch I can't be 100% sure though.
I downloaded the zip for the second time, but as expected after the MD5 check, the results were the same...
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I don't know if this is the reason, but maybe if you did not have the stagefright patch you need the firmware without it. Here is the 5.1 without stagefright to try:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/w34zg9w3v4h/VICTARA_RETEU_XT1092_5.1_LPE23.32-25.1_cid7_CFC.xml.zip
Sent from my XT1095 using Tapatalk

AGISCI said:
I don't know if this is the reason, but maybe if you did not have the stagefright patch you need the firmware without it. Here is the 5.1 without stagefright to try:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/w34zg9w3v4h/VICTARA_RETEU_XT1092_5.1_LPE23.32-25.1_cid7_CFC.xml.zip
Sent from my XT1095 using Tapatalk
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I am currently downloading this zip, and also some others.
Curiosity:
How is the phone actually checking the file signatures? What is it comparing them to?
I'm wondering how did I manage to make the phone unable to boot, while the bootloader doesn't allow anything to be flashed?

ostheer said:
I am currently downloading this zip, and also some others.
Curiosity:
How is the phone actually checking the file signatures? What is it comparing them to?
I'm wondering how did I manage to make the phone unable to boot, while the bootloader doesn't allow anything to be flashed?
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The images are also signed by motorola with a special key that only they have and know. If the key does not match with your installed firmware flashing will fail.
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AGISCI said:
I don't know if this is the reason, but maybe if you did not have the stagefright patch you need the firmware without it. Here is the 5.1 without stagefright to try:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/w34zg9w3v4h/VICTARA_RETEU_XT1092_5.1_LPE23.32-25.1_cid7_CFC.xml.zip
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I downloaded the zip without stagefright, and flashing it using the described procedure again gave the error 'Preflash validation failed' - 'Invalid PIV signed system image'.
Strangely though, flashing motoboot.img actually did work for the first time. (!)
Also flashing the recovery.img works for most zips I tried. That's rather strange as apparently they are being checked too: flashing a twrp recovery (unsurprisingly) didn't work: "mismatched partition size (recovery)".

AGISCI said:
The images are also signed by motorola with a special key that only they have and know. If the key does not match with your installed firmware flashing will fail.
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I requested a compatible stock zip from Motorola for my device, using a ticket on their site. Probably they won't be very eager to supply it though.

Can't Flash N6

Long story short, woke up with my N6 stuck at the bootloader screen and cannot do anything at it. I can only see my serial number and if I try anything else, it reloads bootloader. I am trying to flash back to a stock 6.0.1 image, however I keep getting this error while trying to do so.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools> fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-shamu-moto-apq8084-71.15.img
(bootloader) has-slot:bootloader: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (10387 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.332s]
writing 'bootloader'...
(bootloader) flashing partition ...
(bootloader) This may take a few seconds if a
(bootloader) different partition table is being
(bootloader) flashed since we need to backup
(bootloader) and restore a few partitions
(bootloader) Flashing primary GPT image...
(bootloader) Failed to write primary GPT.
(bootloader) Failed to flash partition
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 11.542s
I have tried Nexus Root Toolkit, tried flashing all and tried flashing each image one by one but I still get this "(bootloader) Failed to flash partition FAILED (remote failure)" on all attempts. Phone does show up if I try fastboot devices, and I have tried this on two different computers. Device is also unlocked as well, and I even tried flashing older versions of Lolipop but they all give me the same error. Drivers work fine, and I have everything up to date in terms of bootloader and Andriod SDK. I am starting to think that there is physical damage inside the phone, however I do not know how or why this occurred randomly. Any help would be awesome, as I am very new to flashing images onto my phone and frankly I am 99% sure that my warranty is out, and I really don't want to pay $175 cost .

You can try to use minimal adb and fastboot drivers, unpack for example latest npreview 5 factory Image into same folder and flash each .IMG step by step with cmd window, i always flash this way, if everything else fails.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
And here method 2:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/guide-flash-factory-images-nexus-6shamu-t2954008
May this helps you

coremania said:
You can try to use minimal adb and fastboot drivers, unpack for example latest npreview 5 factory Image into same folder and flash each .IMG step by step with cmd window, i always flash this way, if everything else fails.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
And here method 2:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/guide-flash-factory-images-nexus-6shamu-t2954008
May this helps you
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I've already tried method 2 before so I tried method 1 with the program, and it gives me the same exact error as before. Thanks for the help though, it was worth a shot!

Are you able to enter twrp ? Try to reflash Bootloader through twrp

coremania said:
Are you able to enter twrp ? Try to reflash Bootloader through twrp
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I did not have TWRP installed on my phone since I had it completely stock and unrooted, so I tried installing it in the hopes of that some chance it would work and I could access it. Still getting the same error as before (grumble grumble). It is starting to look like more of a physical problem to me, but thanks for the advice. Here is what I got...
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.10586]
(c) 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
(bootloader) has-slot:recovery: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (11585 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.468s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Failed to erase partition
(bootloader) Failed to flash partition recovery
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 6.380s

Bootloader is unlocked i guess, may your Bootloader is messed up, did you try to flash only one Factory Image ? Corrupt Download possible ?
What happens if you try unlock command

Try to flash the latest full ota with these steps.
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/ota
Since you already in the bootloader, select recovery and fpllow the steps from there.

blanco2701 said:
Try to flash the latest full ota with these steps.
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/ota
Since you already in the bootloader, select recovery and fpllow the steps from there.
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This was going to be my suggestion!!
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coremania said:
Bootloader is unlocked i guess, may your Bootloader is messed up, did you try to flash only one Factory Image ? Corrupt Download possible ?
What happens if you try unlock command
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Any image I even try to flash I get the error with, no matter what order or which one I pick. I redownloaded the image again and still nothing, so I don't think it's a corrupt download. What is the unlock command? Sorry for being a noob, never heard of it since all my knowledge is from reading tons of flashing guides on the internet lol.
blanco2701 said:
Try to flash the latest full ota with these steps.
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/ota
Since you already in the bootloader, select recovery and fpllow the steps from there.
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Alright, I downloaded the OTA file and got the process to about 47% when suddenly I keep running into the error of "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log" then followed by more things it can't open. I tried the OTA twice and it gets stuck on that same exact spot. I tried the wipe data/factory reset option from the recovery mode and I get a similar error of "Can't mount", "Can't open", "failed to mount" the recovery log. It seems like there is a problem with the recovery log files (or the folder) on my phone, but I have no idea what that means. I will mess around with some more and try Googling the source of error, but thank you for the help.

fastboot oem unlock
With this command you can unlock your Bootloader, better read here
first http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56938530&postcount=1 , if have 47% done, may you can use twrp now. Good luck

Did you try the erase function from bootloader that may or may not help??
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coremania said:
fastboot oem unlock
With this command you can unlock your Bootloader, better read here
first http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56938530&postcount=1 , if have 47% done, may you can use twrp now. Good luck
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Oh yes, my device has already been unlocked from the start so that wasn't a problem. I still get the same error when I try to flash anything, including TWRP which means I have to install the OTA. The problem is a get a separate error when I try to install the OTA, which the only solution being to flash my device (or at least that is what most people have been saying when I googled the can't open cache recovery error) so this is a giant goose chase which leads me back to the start :/. I will keep trying however, I refuse to give up after going this far!

holeindalip said:
Did you try the erase function from bootloader that may or may not help??
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Should I try fastboot erase cache and then fastboot format cache? Would refresh the cache on there? I only just learned the erase command so I am not exactly sure what I should try.

Should be able to erase any partition if your unlocked
http://androidforums.com/threads/list-of-fastboot-command.714676/
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I don't know the commands to erase everything from the bootloader but I would try this:
Flash latest twrp and boot into recovery.
Assuming you don't care about anything that's on the phone, go to advance wipe and wipe EVERYTHING lol... reboot into bootloader and try to flash everything from scratch. If this doesn't work, I'll guess your phone have problems.

holeindalip said:
Should be able to erase any partition if your unlocked
http://androidforums.com/threads/list-of-fastboot-command.714676/
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I get the same failure error while trying to format and erase, so I am guessing something is really wrong with my phone or the bootloader is messed up beyond repair. I guess it could be the cable I am using as well, that is one thing I did not take into factor so I will try with another cable if I find a spare. Flashing might be beyond my solution at this rate though... Thanks anyways for the help.
blanco2701 said:
I don't know the commands to erase everything from the bootloader but I would try this:
Flash latest twrp and boot into recovery.
Assuming you don't care about anything that's on the phone, go to advance wipe and wipe EVERYTHING lol... reboot into bootloader and try to flash everything from scratch. If this doesn't work, I'll guess your phone have problems.
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I really should have had TWRP installed before I guess lol, but I still get the same failure error. My phone has more problems than a teenager going through puberty I swear, thanks for the help though.

Yes try another cable, if it stops at 47%, the Bootloader should be replaced. May try everything without simcard, don't ask me why, i read something similiar in a Moto forum
fastboot erase recovery doesn't help ?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/to-save-bricked-nexus-device-t3334660 otherwise try this, but read completely first, adb sideload with a npreview ota rom may help you.

coremania said:
Yes try another cable, if it stops at 47%, the Bootloader should be replaced. May try everything without simcard, don't ask me why, i read something similiar in a Moto forum
fastboot erase recovery doesn't help ?
---------- Post added at 19:58 ---------- Previous post was at 19:34 ----------
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/to-save-bricked-nexus-device-t3334660 otherwise try this, but read completely first, adb sideload with a npreview ota rom may help you.
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I tried it with another wire and nothing changed, and then I tried taking out my sim card and trying it.... and it worked! It flashed everything normally and loaded up just fine. I don't know whether I should be furious or happy but thank you and everyone who helped. Who would have known just taking out the sim card could have saved me 2+ days of stressing and trail and error. Once again thanks, you really saved me lol.

You're welcome, nice your phone works again !
Don't forget to activate oem unlock and debugging in the Developer options, and flash twrp, so maybe more save for upcoming problems

skipsoft android toolkit maybe help you in future