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[Q] soft bricked verizon non-dev moto x

I accidentally flashed the 4.4.2 bootloader and now I cant boot my phone, access recovery or anything. Im stuck in fastboot mode. It says Partition (boot) Security Version Downgraded. I need help because Ive spent hours trying to fix this.

slappydj1 said:
I accidentally flashed the 4.4.2 bootloader and now I cant boot my phone, access recovery or anything. Im stuck in fastboot mode. It says Partition (boot) Security Version Downgraded. I need help because Ive spent hours trying to fix this.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2635366

slappydj1 said:
I accidentally flashed the 4.4.2 bootloader and now I cant boot my phone, access recovery or anything. Im stuck in fastboot mode. It says Partition (boot) Security Version Downgraded. I need help because Ive spent hours trying to fix this.
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Are you still able to enter the Bootloader menu?

jpd_ said:
Are you still able to enter the Bootloader menu?
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yes, I just cant boot into recovery or android.

slappydj1 said:
yes, I just cant boot into recovery or android.
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Go ahead and flash the stock recovery img then follow the instructions from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2639102
Also, they may be posting the OTA specifically made for verizon soon:
http://support.verizonwireless.com/dam/support/pdf/system_update/moto-x.pdf
Very helpful link here as well on how to return to stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2603358
If you made a back up through TWRP, you can try restoring your phone from there too.

jpd_ said:
Also, they may be posting the OTA specifically made for verizon soon:
http://support.verizonwireless.com/dam/support/pdf/system_update/moto-x.pdf
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The Verizon OTA is out. That is what got him in the situation he is in.

I tried flashing the recovery image from 4.4 and i got this:
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target reported max download size of 805306368 bytes
sending 'recovery' (10240 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.863s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 1.963s
I think the only hope for me is a factory image of 4.4.2. Based on the past, when do you think it will get released?

slappydj1 said:
I tried flashing the recovery image from 4.4 and i got this:
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target reported max download size of 805306368 bytes
sending 'recovery' (10240 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.863s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 1.963s
I think the only hope for me is a factory image of 4.4.2. Based on the past, when do you think it will get released?
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They generally seem to show up 1 week to 1 month from when the OTA is released.

slappydj1 said:
I tried flashing the recovery image from 4.4 and i got this:
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target reported max download size of 805306368 bytes
sending 'recovery' (10240 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.863s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 1.963s
I think the only hope for me is a factory image of 4.4.2. Based on the past, when do you think it will get released?
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That is because you need to use mfastboot, not fastboot.
mfastboot.exe
fastboot can't handle file sizes that large; mfastboot can.

Cozume said:
That is because you need to use mfastboot, not fastboot.
mfastboot.exe
fastboot can't handle file sizes that large; mfastboot can.
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Just tried it, got this message:
sending 'recovery' (10240 KB)... OKAY [ 0.876s]
writing 'recovery'... INFOPreflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)

slappydj1 said:
Just tried it, got this message:
sending 'recovery' (10240 KB)... OKAY [ 0.876s]
writing 'recovery'... INFOPreflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
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If you are on the 4.4.2 bootloader, I don't think you can use the 4.4 recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2635366
Also what are you doing to try to boot into recovery?

Cozume said:
If you are on the 4.4.2 bootloader, I don't think you can use the 4.4 recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2635366
Also what are you doing to try to boot into recovery?
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I tried to boot into recovery using the fastboot menu on the phone.

slappydj1 said:
I tried to boot into recovery using the fastboot menu on the phone.
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So you hold the Volume Down + Power to get into fastboot menu and then you hit Volume Down to highlight Recovery and then you hit Volume Up to select Recovery. Then you get the Android on its back with the red triangle. Then you Hold the Volume Up + Volume Down for about 5 seconds and press the Power button once. This is what you did? What does it do?

Cozume said:
So you hold the Volume Down + Power to get into fastboot menu and then you hit Volume Down to highlight Recovery and then you hit Volume Up to select Recovery. Then you get the Android on its back with the red triangle. Then you Hold the Volume Up + Volume Down for about 5 seconds and press the Power button once. This is what you did? What does it do?
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I can get to the fastboot menu fine, it just doesnt enter recovery. I dont get the android with the red triangle, it just shows the moto boot logo and goes back into fastboot mode with this message :
Partition (recovery) Security Version Downgraded
Boot up failed

slappydj1 said:
I can get to the fastboot menu fine, it just doesnt enter recovery. I dont get the android with the red triangle, it just shows the moto boot logo and goes back into fastboot mode with this message :
Partition (recovery) Security Version Downgraded
Boot up failed
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Ok, got it. I think the problem is that you can't have a 4.4.2 bootloader with a 4.4 recovery. So what it is telling you is that your recovery is downgraded because it is the version below your bootloader. I think you need the 4.4.2 recovery with the 4.4.2 bootloader. And there is no way to downgrade the 4.4.2 bootloader.
I read through the threads and I don't see where you can have the newer bootloader with the older recovery. You can have the older system with the newer bootloader.
I will post that question by itself and see if anyone can tell me if I am right or wrong on that.

Cozume said:
Ok, got it. I think the problem is that you can't have a 4.4.2 bootloader with a 4.4 recovery. So what it is telling you is that your recovery is downgraded because it is the version below your bootloader. I think you need the 4.4.2 recovery with the 4.4.2 bootloader. And there is no way to downgrade the 4.4.2 bootloader.
I read through the threads and I don't see where you can have the newer bootloader with the older recovery. You can have the older system with the newer bootloader.
I will post that question by itself and see if anyone can tell me if I am right or wrong on that.
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I just tried flashing the system with mfastboot and got this message:
sending 'system' (262144 KB)... OKAY [ 17.113s]
writing 'system'... INFOPreflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)

slappydj1 said:
I just tried flashing the system with mfastboot and got this message:
sending 'system' (262144 KB)... OKAY [ 17.113s]
writing 'system'... INFOPreflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
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Ok, sorry I am getting confused. It is the 4.4.2 system that will work with the 4.4 bootloader.
So I think the bottom line from all I have read is that you need the 4.4.2 stock recovery.img file.
How did you get to this point again? You took the OTA but for some reason it only upgraded the bootloader?

Cozume said:
Ok, sorry I am getting confused. It is the 4.4.2 system that will work with the 4.4 bootloader.
So I think the bottom line from all I have read is that you need the 4.4.2 stock recovery.img file.
How did you get to this point again? You took the OTA but for some reason it only upgraded the bootloader?
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So Ill have to wait until the factory image is released?

slappydj1 said:
So Ill have to wait until the factory image is released?
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I don't see any other option if the 4.4.2 bootloader won't work with the 4.4 recovery. I believe that is what those error messages are saying.
So what exactly did you do that resulted in this situation? Explaining that might be helpful to others who may be able to help you.

Cozume said:
I don't see any other option if the 4.4.2 bootloader won't work with the 4.4 recovery. I believe that is what those error messages are saying.
So what exactly did you do that resulted in this situation? Explaining that might be helpful to others who may be able to help you.
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I was going to do a factory reset using fastboot, and I flashed the gpt.bin. after that I could not flash anything. Later I learned that wasnt the factory image but the OTA update, so I realized I messed up then.

Trouble restoring PE to stock KitKat

Unfortunately I loaded the leaked Lollipop build to my PE and it was working great, but I wanted to get on the soak test build. I downloaded the stock KK 4.4.4 system image from Motorola in order to restore before updated to soak test. All but one of the files flashes fine, the exception being motoboot.img. I get Preflash validation failed error for that file.
The phone boots and runs but the missing file means the update won't install. Does anyone have any thoughts on how to restore this file?
TMO_21.21.42.victara_tmo.tmo.en.US>mfastboot flash boot motoboot.img
target max-sparse-size: 256MB
sending 'boot' (2022 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.089s]
writing 'boot'...
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.109s​

samabuelsamid said:
Unfortunately I loaded the leaked Lollipop build to my PE and it was working great, but I wanted to get on the soak test build. I downloaded the stock KK 4.4.4 system image from Motorola in order to restore before updated to soak test. All but one of the files flashes fine, the exception being motoboot.img. I get Preflash validation failed error for that file.
The phone boots and runs but the missing file means the update won't install. Does anyone have any thoughts on how to restore this file?
TMO_21.21.42.victara_tmo.tmo.en.US>mfastboot flash boot motoboot.img
target max-sparse-size: 256MB
sending 'boot' (2022 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.089s]
writing 'boot'...
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.109s​
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try:
Code:
mfastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img

holtenc said:
try:
Code:
mfastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img
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Sorry, copy/paste error there.
I actually tried the motoboot motoboot.img too and get the same error.

well I'm not sure then man. I guess all I can suggest is follow THESE instructions to a T.
also if you have flashed any of the radios floating around these forums insert "fastboot flash modem radio.img" in there somewhere.
And of course make sure your bootloader is unlocked.

holtenc said:
well I'm not sure then man. I guess all I can suggest is follow THESE instructions to a T.
also if you have flashed any of the radios floating around these forums insert "fastboot flash modem radio.img" in there somewhere.
And of course make sure your bootloader is unlocked.
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Thanks, those are precisely the instructions I used. I haven't done anything with the radios. I flashed the leaked lollipop rom and then used the official image files to try to go back. The bootloader was initially not unlocked, I unlocked it only in an attempt to get the motoboot file to flash. Now I can't relock it because this part of the image is missing.

Have you tried re-doing all those instructions from the top with your bootloader unocked? instead of just trying to reflash motoboot?
I'm surprised it let your flash somethings while your bootloader was still locked.

holtenc said:
Have you tried re-doing all those instructions from the top with your bootloader unocked? instead of just trying to reflash motoboot?
I'm surprised it let your flash somethings while your bootloader was still locked.
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Only thing I did with bootloader locked was the partition. As soon as I got to the motoboot and it failed, I figured I would need to unlock and did that. Since then, I've tried the whole process a couple of times with the same result. I will however, give it another shot.

You don't need motoboot to update. Go use the script and it will do everything for you.

tw1tch175 said:
You don't need motoboot to update. Go use the script and it will do everything for you.
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Which script is that?

samabuelsamid said:
Which script is that?
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My multitool in development section has stock restore included

holtenc said:
Have you tried re-doing all those instructions from the top with your bootloader unocked? instead of just trying to reflash motoboot?
I'm surprised it let your flash somethings while your bootloader was still locked.
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bhp090808 said:
My multitool in development section has stock restore included
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Downloading V4.1 now, thanks

bhp090808 said:
My multitool in development section has stock restore included
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I flashed with the multitool and was able to get back where I started with the leaked PE lollipop version but something is still missing because I can't relock the bootloader.

Error in fastboot system 5.0.1 update

DL'ed 5.0.1 and went to flash as I have done dozens of times. Always perform a manual fastboot flash ... I've had issues in the past nothing big. This time I'm kind of stumped. I have ATT N6, rooted, TWRP and the only single mod was the tap2wake. When I got to system.img I got (bootloader) Data size exceeds download buffer
I didn't 1st flash my TWRP, but then I did after this issue.
Thoughts ? I did roll back to my nandroid, but I would like to know what happened and why. Thanks!!

Are you using the latest fastboot version from the SDK?

El Daddy said:
Are you using the latest fastboot version from the SDK?
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Yes, I made sure to dl the latest.
Here is what I'm getting;
fastboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (1640247 KB)...
(bootloader) Data size exceeds download buffer
FAILED (remote failure)

Don't use the flash-all script. Do it manually line by line.

Nucleonic said:
Don't use the flash-all script. Do it manually line by line.
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Thats exactly what I'm doing.
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-shamu-moto-apq8084-71.05.img
sending 'bootloader' (3807 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.177s]
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 [ 0.415s]
finished. total time: 0.592s
fastboot flash radio radio-shamu-d4.0-9625-02.55.04.img
sending 'radio' (67169 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.619s]
writing 'radio'...
(bootloader) flashing modem ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs1 ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs2 ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs3 ...
(bootloader) flashing versions ...
OKAY [ 0.948s]
finished. total time: 3.568s
fastboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (1640247 KB)...
(bootloader) Data size exceeds download buffer
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.002s
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I flashed it earlier today and it worked fine. I haven't updated my SDK in about 2 weeks and everything worked just fine. I manually sent over each package before flashing another ROM.

I've never had this issue before. I'm wondering if it has anything to do with this being an ATT phone? Besides that I have no idea. I've searched and searched and no good answer. I may drop the factory 5.0 in if I can't find an answer.

I had a problem like this when I thought I bricked my phone in an earlier thread. Try doing this first:
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
Then flash the individual line items one at a time again. It worked for me.

Thanks for all the advice, this is what ultimately worked;
Ahem, I used a freaking Win7 PC!
Are you kidding me? I live and breath by my MacAir. I've never had an issue like this before. I finally decided to pull out my work PC, made sure it had the newest fastboot, extracted the .imgs and it worked.
So, XDA masters, why? I don't understand it. I made sure I dl'ed the newest SDK, pulled out the adb folder that included fastboot. Yet it would not break up the system.img.

jackpollard said:
Thanks for all the advice, this is what ultimately worked;
Ahem, I used a freaking Win7 PC!
Are you kidding me? I live and breath by my MacAir. I've never had an issue like this before. I finally decided to pull out my work PC, made sure it had the newest fastboot, extracted the .imgs and it worked.
So, XDA masters, why? I don't understand it. I made sure I dl'ed the newest SDK, pulled out the adb folder that included fastboot. Yet it would not break up the system.img.
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I was getting ready to recommend you run the fastboot reboot bootloader command a few times in between some of those flashes. Some of the guides recommend you do that. Because of buffer overflow maybe? idk.

crashercarlton said:
I was getting ready to recommend you run the fastboot reboot bootloader command a few times in between some of those flashes. Some of the guides recommend you do that. Because of buffer overflow maybe? idk.
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Hummm, that is a good suggestion, I wonder if rebooting my Mac would of done anything. I had an older fastboot, when I updated it to the newest one I didn't close terminal, i wonder if maybe it didn't release it. Very odd, I would like to know why this happened. I'm going to check the logs to see if they say anything. I suppose if doing it from a Win machine worked, I would lean towards driver, fastboot/adb. Thanks for all the feedback!

Please note they recently released a new copy of fastboot and adb, about the same time as the N6. Updating it for me helped.
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jackpollard said:
DL'ed 5.0.1 and went to flash as I have done dozens of times. Always perform a manual fastboot flash ... I've had issues in the past nothing big. This time I'm kind of stumped. I have ATT N6, rooted, TWRP and the only single mod was the tap2wake. When I got to system.img I got (bootloader) Data size exceeds download buffer
I didn't 1st flash my TWRP, but then I did after this issue.
Thoughts ? I did roll back to my nandroid, but I would like to know what happened and why. Thanks!!
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you need to install and use mFastboot for things like that and edit the flash all to mFastboot

bkjolly said:
you need to install and use mFastboot for things like that and edit the flash all to mFastboot
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Interesting, I grabbed this from the mfastboot site; "Unfortunately, that standard fastboot is limited on how big of files it can properly flash. In recent android devices, Motorola has surpassed the limits of fastboot, as such they have an "upgraded" or "tweaked" fastboot" certainly sounds like my issue. Thanks all.

bkjolly said:
you need to install and use mFastboot for things like that and edit the flash all to mFastboot
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I use the sdk on my MacAir all the time and never have issues, just keep it updated, works for me.

I'm getting the same error on my mac when trying to fastboot system.img
any thoughts? or guidance on how to update the fastbook or sdk?

AceKingNYC said:
I'm getting the same error on my mac when trying to fastboot system.img
any thoughts? or guidance on how to update the fastbook or sdk?
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The only thing that worked for me was to use a PC. I hate to say that, but nothing I did on my Mac worked. I have both a Win7 and Win8 setup, I used the Win8 for the N6. It seems that for some reason the fastboot on the PC will parse out the system.mg and flash it. I tried the mfastboot from Motorola, but it was not for the Mac.
I did make sure I had the new sdks and all the new tools on my Mac, all other .img's flashed just fine.
Anyway, my only suggestion is to use a PC, sorry.

jackpollard said:
The only thing that worked for me was to use a PC. I hate to say that, but nothing I did on my Mac worked. I have both a Win7 and Win8 setup, I used the Win8 for the N6. It seems that for some reason the fastboot on the PC will parse out the system.mg and flash it. I tried the mfastboot from Motorola, but it was not for the Mac.
I did make sure I had the new sdks and all the new tools on my Mac, all other .img's flashed just fine.
Anyway, my only suggestion is to use a PC, sorry.
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Thanks for the info! I think I updated my SDK stuff yesterday - was my first time doing so but I saw there were updates and installed them. Going to give it a go later today and see if it made a difference. if not, going to have to find a Win8 computer to try this on

Update: I updated my fastboot file, and was able to install 5.0.1 and flash CF Auto Root without losing any data whatsoever. When i updated the SDK files, I took the updated fastboot file and dropped it into the folder where all the 5.0.1 files were, and obviously, removed the outdated fastboot one so that there were no mixups.
Hope this helps anyone running into this error!

Thanks for that follow-up, I'm going to go thru the sdk update again, I was rushing and maybe I messed something up. If it worked for you, I'm going to hope it works for me.

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 ?
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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.
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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

G7 plus bricked with relocked bootloader is there a way to fix?

I managed to brick a moto G7 plus to the point of not being able to recover from it (locked bootloader, no twrp, boots to fastboot)
I wanted to go back to 100% stock but failed badly.
My device is odd one. RETLA stream with XT1965-T hardware. Lenovo Rescue apparently don't work on these devices.
1) I flashed stock RETLA latest rom from Lolinet using a flash.bat I made
2) worked and booted fine.....twrp was still intact
3) I did factory reset when booted in.
4) To relock I flashed boot.img and sent lock command a few times
5) Bootloader is now locked but only boots to fastboot and get (YOUR DEVICE HAS LOADED A DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEM.
6) I cannot unlock with code because adb says says I need developer option etc.
To repeat: this is BOOTLOADER LOCKED, JUST BOOTS TO FASTBOOT and gives "your device loaded a different operating system) which is not the issue and I expected that.
Bankflash didn't do anything. I mostly get oermission denied with mostly flashing anythiine else.
Any suggestions on how to just get this thing at least bootable again to use?
Thanks.

I have the same problem, but I found a way to at least start the device.
I gave "fastboot boot file.img" with a boot.img patched via Magisk.
But then it stopped working, so I changed the boot.img file to LineageOS.

Anrito Kun said:
I have the same problem, but I found a way to at least start the device.
I gave "fastboot boot file.img" with a boot.img patched via Magisk.
But then it stopped working, so I changed the boot.img file to LineageOS.
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I was only able to do what is here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...oem-at-developer-option-moto-g7-plus.4201169/

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I was only able to do what is here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...oem-at-developer-option-moto-g7-plus.4201169/
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Thanks for replying to my post. I tried your patched boot.img but when I try to flash it I get " (bootloader) fllash permission denied "
renamed it to boot.img and then....
C:\adb>fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'boot' (21845 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.465s]
writing 'boot'...
(bootloader) flash permission denied
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.479s

PROBLEM SOLVED. See my post.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/moto-g7-plus-no-service.4201229/post-84335207