xt1103 Nexus 6 stuck on recovery - Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
i have 1 device Nexus 6 stuck on recovery
try to flash but no success always same error
i have attachment the pic as well.
Code:
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (4071 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.133s]
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 [ 0.161s]
finished. total time: 0.296s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.003s]
finished. total time: 0.004s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radio' (115507 KB)...
OKAY [ 3.674s]
writing 'radio'...
(bootloader) flashing modem ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs1 ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs2 ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs3 ...
(bootloader) flashing versions ...
OKAY [ 1.523s]
finished. total time: 5.199s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.002s]
finished. total time: 0.003s
[COLOR="Red"]target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
failed to allocate 1513793712 bytes
error: update package missing system.img[/COLOR]
Press any key to exit...
any idea

Gsm UK said:
Hi,
i have 1 device Nexus 6 stuck on recovery
try to flash but no success always same error
i have attachment the pic as well.
any idea
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Are you using the flash all.bat??
If so it doesn't work you need to flash each partition individually

Yes flash all.bat no luck
after that i have flash
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash cache cache.img
all done when i press start phone reboot to recovery again .

Gsm UK said:
Yes flash all.bat no luck
after that i have flash
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash cache cache.img
all done when i press start phone reboot to recovery again .
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I remember somebody else having this problem but I dont remember what he did to correct it,somebody else wanna chime in

anybody know how to fix ?

Gsm UK said:
anybody know how to fix ?
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Flash TWRP recovery and flash custom rom or custom stock rom. See its working or not.
Then try to flash factory images.

Code:
>fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.0.3-0-shamu.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (11675 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.368s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.183s]
finished. total time: 0.552s
just flash the twrp phone is not going to recovery when i press recovery mode its back to same screen bootloader

Are you using an old fastboot version?

I suspect his issue is related to his device. He has an engineering sample, and it's a pretty good bet that Motorola locked the /system partition down unless those files were present. A production device wouldn't be locked out like this because it's expected that owners will upgrade the firmware, but an engineering sample needs to adhere to certain parameters used in testing. Changing the ROM would violate those parameters, so when testing the test ROMs were signed.

latest version fastboot i have
really a strange issue after flashing complete phone stuck on .. fastboot
not even going recovery once i press recovery its back to fastboot

still have .. any solution .?

I fixed it by flashing latest ota zip, these latest ota zips contain the whole system instead of just the files that need to be updated.

the issue is how can i flash ota zip the phone is not going to recovery mode
even i have flash TWRP recovery

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[Q] No Cellular Service - Custom Rom - Is Sprint Radio Available?

I recently rooted my Sprint Nexus 6 and everything was going fine. But then I started to run into issues when running the disabling the decryption. I was able to resolve those and install Pure Rom and customize it to my liking before taking a backup. But I logged into my WiFi immediately when setting up that phone. Soon after I turned off the wifi when stepping out, and I saw an Exclamation Point show up next to what was previously a semi full signal strength meter. I tried calling a few numbers and nothing was working.
I updated my PRL to the latest prior to rooting, etc. I know that this is a risk when you root, but does anyone know a possible solution?
My Recovery, ADB, Fastboot and everything works, I just can't get the signal.
I have also tried to update with the factory image from google:
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
It does seem to update the Radio and a few other things, but ultimately fails:
pkalaria-ltm:tools pkalaria$ bash ./flash-all.sh
< waiting for device >
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (3807 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.121s]
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 [ 0.378s]
finished. total time: 0.499s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.001s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radio' (67170 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.109s]
writing 'radio'...
(bootloader) flashing modem ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs1 ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs2 ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs3 ...
(bootloader) flashing versions ...
OKAY [ 0.905s]
finished. total time: 3.015s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.001s
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
fastboot(96115,0xa11b21a8) malloc: *** mach_vm_map(size=1681272832) failed (error code=3)
*** error: can't allocate region
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
failed to allocate 1679592636 bytes
error: update package missing system.img
pkalaria-ltm:tools pkalaria$
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Any help is appreciated, thanks.
Pl2lNCE said:
I recently rooted my Sprint Nexus 6 and everything was going fine. But then I started to run into issues when running the disabling the decryption. I was able to resolve those and install Pure Rom and customize it to my liking before taking a backup. But I logged into my WiFi immediately when setting up that phone. Soon after I turned off the wifi when stepping out, and I saw an Exclamation Point show up next to what was previously a semi full signal strength meter. I tried calling a few numbers and nothing was working.
I updated my PRL to the latest prior to rooting, etc. I know that this is a risk when you root, but does anyone know a possible solution?
My Recovery, ADB, Fastboot and everything works, I just can't get the signal.
I have also tried to update with the factory image from google:
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
It does seem to update the Radio and a few other things, but ultimately fails:
Any help is appreciated, thanks.
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I'm also on Sprint and had the same issue myself, I thinking that since these ROMs are so new that maybe they need our APNs added or something.
Maybe there is another way around this issue for the time being but I didn't investigate it further, I just didn't have time.
Mistertac said:
I'm also on Sprint and had the same issue myself, I thinking that since these ROMs are so new that maybe they need our APNs added or something.
Maybe there is another way around this issue for the time being but I didn't investigate it further, I just didn't have time.
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I found a workaround, you can manually flash the images inside image-shamu-lrx21o.zip:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash cache cache.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot flash system system.img
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I just flashed the decrypted boot.img, system, userdata, and cache and I was good to go. Fresh install of Stock Rom without Envrcption., and I was able to Update the PRL/Device Config. Now just gotta get it set up and Root again.

[Q] Nexus 6 Factory Images

I have been doing this for a while but I am relatively new to Android and specifically to Nexus 6 so bear with me. If the question has already been asked, answered or discussed, I apologize but a quick search didn't reveal anything so here I am. Also please refrain from unkind and snarky comments, just be professional and helpful please.
My question has to do with the Factory Images from Google, such as 5.1.0 (LMY47I) available direct from Google Developers. Are these files considered "at root"? or do they need to be rooted still? And if they need to be rooted, can they be rooted BEFORE the flashing?
Thank you in advance.
GuardianUSMC said:
I have been doing this for a while but I am relatively new to Android and specifically to Nexus 6 so bear with me. If the question has already been asked, answered or discussed, I apologize but a quick search didn't reveal anything so here I am. Also please refrain from unkind and snarky comments, just be professional and helpful please.
My question has to do with the Factory Images from Google, such as 5.1.0 (LMY47I) available direct from Google Developers. Are these files considered "at root"? or do they need to be rooted still? And if they need to be rooted, can they be rooted BEFORE the flashing?
Thank you in advance.
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No, you cannot ad root to the image before flashing.
Best/easiest way to root is:
- Enable usb debugging and enable OEM UNLOCK in developer options
- Unlock the bootloader in fastboot with cmd command: fastboot oem unlock
- Flash the latest factory image in fastboot/bootloader mode. You have too flash the img`s seperately.
- Then flash or boot into TWRP and flash the latest superSU.zip and reboot
- Install BusyBox from Play and you`re all set.
gee2012 said:
No, you cannot ad root to the image before flashing.
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Well that's unfortunate. So the factory images provided directly by Google are NOT at root already either?
Best/easiest way to root is:
- Enable usb debugging and enable OEM UNLOCK in developer options
- Unlock the bootloader in fastboot with cmd command: fastboot oem unlock
- Flash the latest factory image in fastboot/bootloader mode. You have too flash the img`s seperately.
- Then flash or boot into TWRP and flash the latest superSU.zip and reboot
- Install BusyBox from Play and you`re all set.
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Thank you, I apologize for not including this information earlier but I currently have an unlocked OEM (did that before I rooted the phone) but since the OTA will not install and frankly I have always been a fan of clean install over upgrade and patch, so decided to just go ahead and flash the latest image. But I figured this time to research and see if I can do some prep to make it go smoother and quicker.
Thank you for the steps but I do have one question about what you said. You say flash or boot into TWRP, since that is not installed by default images, that means grab it of the TWRP page, which I was looking at earlier, and then flash that so I can do SU. The default recovery doesn't allow you to flash the SU? I just hate too add too many unnecessary things if I can do it with what's there. Which brings me to the busybox, is it necessary and if so, for what exactly? I have never actually found myself face to face with it for anything.
Thank you again for the response, I appreciate it.
GuardianUSMC said:
Well that's unfortunate. So the factory images provided directly by Google are NOT at root already either?
Thank you, I apologize for not including this information earlier but I currently have an unlocked OEM (did that before I rooted the phone) but since the OTA will not install and frankly I have always been a fan of clean install over upgrade and patch, so decided to just go ahead and flash the latest image. But I figured this time to research and see if I can do some prep to make it go smoother and quicker.
Thank you for the steps but I do have one question about what you said. You say flash or boot into TWRP, since that is not installed by default images, that means grab it of the TWRP page, which I was looking at earlier, and then flash that so I can do SU. The default recovery doesn't allow you to flash the SU? I just hate too add too many unnecessary things if I can do it with what's there. Which brings me to the busybox, is it necessary and if so, for what exactly? I have never actually found myself face to face with it for anything.
Thank you again for the response, I appreciate it.
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Just place TWRP in the fastboot/platform-tools folder, reboot into fastboot and in cmd type : fastboot boot name-recovery.img. Now you can flash the superSU.zip and still keep stock recovery. You can`t flash custom files with the stock recovery no.
gee2012 said:
Just place TWRP in the fastboot/platform-tools folder, reboot into fastboot and in cmd type : fastboot boot name-recovery.img. Now you can flash the superSU.zip and still keep stock recovery. You can`t flash custom files with the stock recovery no.
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Got it, thank you very much for your assistance.
Too bad the Factory Images from Google are not already rooted.
GuardianUSMC said:
So the factory images provided directly by Google are NOT at root already either?
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Hi,
We're getting mixed up with terminology here. The images are not AT root, but also are NOT rooted. These mean different things so I want to elaborate on that for you.
The android kernel is linux based, which means that the terminology and device structure are loaned from that technology. Root in linux terms, means the root of the device. This is if you imagine the file structure of a computer using directories, the very top-most directory in the structure that every other directory sits within, is called root.
So for example on a linux machine you will have the root directory:
/
Within root, you will have other directories such as:
/bin
/etc
/usr
See here for more information:
http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/09/linux-file-system-structure/
So root is kind of like the C:\ drive on a Windows PC. Everything to do with the OS and User directories are within there.
Your Android device is the same, however, /bin, /etc (etc) are not at the root of the device. They sit within the system partition, which sits within root. so /system/bin, /system/etc. When you flash a factory image, it flashes the images to /system, /cache, /userdata (and a few other places) where as the root of the device remains largely untouched.
Now in order to access these root directories, you must have a superuser account (su) and the process for achieving this on android is called "rooting". If you succeed in this process, you have "rooted" or have "root" which is sort of incorrect and leads to confusion.
I know this isn't too related to your question, but I wanted to clarify it in case you weren't sure - based on the phrasing of your question.
@rootSU,
Excellent mini tutorial. I wish this could be stickied on the General roll up thread. Thank you very much.
rootSU said:
Hi,
We're getting mixed up with terminology here. The images are not AT root, but also are NOT rooted. These mean different things so I want to elaborate on that for you.
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I appreciate that and forgive me I know I used the terms interchangeably and that's my bad.
The android kernel is linux based, which means that the terminology and device structure are loaned from that technology. Root in linux terms, means the root of the device. This is if you imagine the file structure of a computer using directories, the very top-most directory in the structure that every other directory sits within, is called root.
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yes I am familiar with that and I was using the term to mean having root privileges, again my bad.
Now in order to access these root directories, you must have a superuser account (su) and the process for achieving this on android is called "rooting". If you succeed in this process, you have "rooted" or have "root" which is sort of incorrect and leads to confusion.
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Understood, I have done that and my device is currently rooted. I was more looking into making an image that is already rooted, to borrow a term from Windows, slipstream the root functionality pre-flashing. I was told not going to happen, that's fine. Although when I had my HTC Evo 4G, I had pre-rooted images that I had created with the bloat removed and I was flashing them with root functionality out of the box, but that's another story, I guess Nexus 6 is a different animal and dealing with Lollipop probably more difficult than Gingerbread.
I know this isn't too related to your question, but I wanted to clarify it in case you weren't sure - based on the phrasing of your question.
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No but I appreciate you taking the time, thank you.
Right now mostly I am frustrated with the fact that the factory images provided by google will not flash right and keep *****ing about missing .sig files. I have tried flashing them individually by taking the root, system, recovery images out of the zip file and doing them individually as been suggested all over the place but no luck there there, keeps *****ing about the partitions instead, makes no sense. The bootloader and radio images go through without a hitch but the rest is just a mess.
Just to share, I am trying to flash the factory image that I mentioned in my original post, so I won't repost it. Here is what did so far to no avail, so any assistance would be greatly appreciated:
I issue the command adb reboot bootloader and it successful reboots the phone into the bootloader
Extracting the folder shamu-lmy47i containing the following files:
bootloader-shamu-moto-apq8084-71.08.img
flash-all.bat
flash-all.sh
flash-base.sh
image-shamu-lmy47i.zip
radio-shamu-d4.0-9625-02.95.img
Opening the batch file you see the following (I have removed the copyright header for sake of brevity)
Code:
PATH=%PATH%;"%SYSTEMROOT%\System32"
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-shamu-moto-apq8084-71.08.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
ping -n 5 127.0.0.1 >nul
fastboot flash radio radio-shamu-d4.0-9625-02.95.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
ping -n 5 127.0.0.1 >nul
fastboot -w update image-shamu-lmy47i.zip
echo Press any key to exit...
pause >nul
exit
Since the only thing I want to add to this is root, I add this after the image update:
Code:
fastboot boot CF-Auto-Root-shamu-shamu-nexus6.img
So we let it rip and this is the resulting output:
Code:
C:\Users\Major\Desktop\shamu-lmy47i>flash-all.bat
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (3807 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.123s]
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 [ 0.548s]
finished. total time: 0.674s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.002s]
finished. total time: 0.003s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radio' (85422 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.720s]
writing 'radio'...
(bootloader) flashing modem ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs1 ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs2 ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs3 ...
(bootloader) flashing versions ...
OKAY [ 1.102s]
finished. total time: 3.824s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.002s]
finished. total time: 0.003s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
failed to allocate 1778160592 bytes
error: update package missing system.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.393s]
booting...
OKAY [ 0.024s]
finished. total time: 0.419s
Press any key to exit...
As we can see, bootloader image flashes just fine
The radio image flashes just fine
System image on the other hand does not update complaining about missing .sig files:
fastboot -w update image-shamu-lmy47i.zip said:
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
failed to allocate 1778160592 bytes
error: update package missing system.img
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The files inside this system zip are:
android-info.txt
boot.img
cache.img
recovery.img
system.img
userdata.img
Ironically the SuperSU image flashes just fine and reboots the phone
I am frustrated by the fact that the system image update step fails and nothing out there explains why? I have even tried to extract each of those images from the zip file and flashing them individually using the fastboot flashall but getting the same error as well as other errors.
Can anyone lend an assist on this and help me figure out how to overcome that hurdle PLEASE?
Follow method 2 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2954008
Do not use flashall.
Also, please provide more information on the errors. That matters.
Evolution_Freak said:
Follow method 2 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2954008
Do not use flashall.
Also, please provide more information on the errors. That matters.
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I did provide everything step by step the only thing I didn't provide was the errors on the individual images that are within the update zip file. Which I suppose is my bad:
Code:
(bootloader) Motoboot: Unknown partition name
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
and I have tried flashall last because documentation states it will do boot, recovery and system but I have also done them using individual commands too. But more on that after I take a look at what you posted in the link. Stay tuned. Thank you.
Alright, good news, it worked and thank you for pointing to the resource that allowed me to figure out why I was getting the partition errors, now I know.
I modified the batch file as follows:
Code:
PATH=%PATH%;"%SYSTEMROOT%\System32"
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-shamu-moto-apq8084-71.08.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-shamu-d4.0-9625-02.95.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash cache cache.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot boot CF-Auto-Root-shamu-shamu-nexus6.img
echo Press any key to exit...
pause >nul
exit
it went through the whole process and here is the resulting output:
Code:
C:\Users\Major\Desktop\shamu-lmy47i>flash-all.bat
< waiting for device >
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (3807 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.123s]
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 [ 0.508s]
finished. total time: 0.632s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.002s]
finished. total time: 0.002s
< waiting for device >
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radio' (85422 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.722s]
writing 'radio'...
(bootloader) flashing modem ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs1 ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs2 ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs3 ...
(bootloader) flashing versions ...
OKAY [ 1.110s]
finished. total time: 3.834s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.002s]
finished. total time: 0.003s
< waiting for device >
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending sparse 'system' (522196 KB)...
OKAY [ 22.442s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 7.691s]
sending sparse 'system' (510114 KB)...
OKAY [ 21.723s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 6.674s]
sending sparse 'system' (514997 KB)...
OKAY [ 21.128s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 7.778s]
sending sparse 'system' (189177 KB)...
OKAY [ 7.652s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 2.328s]
finished. total time: 97.428s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 11.844s]
sending 'userdata' (138868 KB)...
OKAY [ 4.518s]
writing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 1.949s]
finished. total time: 18.315s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'boot' (7681 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.247s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.110s]
finished. total time: 0.359s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (8273 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.266s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.116s]
finished. total time: 0.384s
******** Did you mean to fastboot format this partition?
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.045s]
finished. total time: 0.046s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.013s]
sending 'cache' (6248 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.204s]
writing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.097s]
finished. total time: 0.318s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.002s]
finished. total time: 0.003s
< waiting for device >
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.399s]
booting...
OKAY [ 0.035s]
finished. total time: 0.436s
Thank you for everyone's input and assistance here, you rock.

Nexus 6 loop into recovery

folks
I installed N preview 4 on my nexus 6 and it seemed successful but it's constantly booting back into recovery. What do I do so it boots into the actual OS?
Thanks
sam008 said:
folks
I installed N preview 4 on my nexus 6 and it seemed successful but it's constantly booting back into recovery. What do I do so it boots into the actual OS?
Thanks
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reflash
Already did, didn't help
how are you flashing N?
Do a factory reset from recovery, that might help.
Edit: I'm assuming you're on stock recovery.
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simms22 said:
how are you flashing N?
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This... what did you exactly do?
This phone has had quite a few modifications - it ran cataclysm before. Bootloader is unlocked. Then it ran preview 3. Now, I did a factory reset first and then did a flash-all using instructions on method 2 of this page
forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/android-n-preview-4-beta-npd56n-t3399473
On rebooting, it always comes back to Recovery (TWRP 3.0.2-2)
From recovery, I tried doing Reboot-System and it still comes back into recovery
Should I try flashing stock firmware - can someone provide me a link?
Thanks
sam008 said:
This phone has had quite a few modifications - it ran cataclysm before. Bootloader is unlocked. Then it ran preview 3. Now, I did a factory reset first and then did a flash-all using instructions on method 2 of this page
forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/android-n-preview-4-beta-npd56n-t3399473
On rebooting, it always comes back to Recovery (TWRP 3.0.2-2)
From recovery, I tried doing Reboot-System and it still comes back into recovery
Should I try flashing stock firmware - can someone provide me a link?
Thanks
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the latest 6.0.1, it flashes the same way https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/shamu-mob30m-factory-55e10749.tgz
I have the version of nexus 6 - will this link work or should I use another one? thx
Strange error at the end - I opened image-shamu-mob30m and it seems it does have all the required .img files
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (10387 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.328s]
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 [ 0.567s]
finished. total time: 0.898s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.003s]
finished. total time: 0.004s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radio' (115508 KB)...
OKAY [ 4.698s]
writing 'radio'...
(bootloader) flashing modem ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs1 ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs2 ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs3 ...
(bootloader) flashing versions ...
OKAY [ 1.524s]
finished. total time: 6.227s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.003s]
finished. total time: 0.004s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
failed to allocate 2098202380 bytes
error: update package missing system.img
Press any key to exit...
It does have all the required img. How are you flashing it?
I flash it manually file by file and it never fails.
sam008 said:
Strange error at the end - I opened image-shamu-mob30m and it seems it does have all the required .img files
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (10387 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.328s]
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 [ 0.567s]
finished. total time: 0.898s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.003s]
finished. total time: 0.004s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radio' (115508 KB)...
OKAY [ 4.698s]
writing 'radio'...
(bootloader) flashing modem ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs1 ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs2 ...
(bootloader) flashing mdm1m9kefs3 ...
(bootloader) flashing versions ...
OKAY [ 1.524s]
finished. total time: 6.227s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.003s]
finished. total time: 0.004s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
failed to allocate 2098202380 bytes
error: update package missing system.img
Press any key to exit...
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instead of using flash-all, flash each partition separate.
Flash all doesn't work. Flash each partition.
Eg:
Fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-xxx. Img
Fastboot reboot-bootloader
Fastboot flash radio radio-xxx.img
Fastboot reboot-bootloader
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
..... And so on.....
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mannrecaged said:
Flash all doesn't work. Flash each partition.
Eg:
Fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-xxx. Img
Fastboot reboot-bootloader
Fastboot flash radio radio-xxx.img
Fastboot reboot-bootloader
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
..... And so on.....
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
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The flash-all.bat file DOES work as long as you have the latest version of Fastboot, which can be obtained by following the instructions under "Flashing Instructions" here. That being said I prefer to flash each image file separately as mentioned above. That method has never failed me and it is easier to see what the error is if any occur.
I just used the flash-all.bat file

issue with flashing- Lineage 15.1

Hi Folks,
Need some help here. I'm new to flash and other stuff.
I tried to install Lineage 15.1. I did fastboot oem unlock which erased everything. I'm stuck in AP fastboot Flash Mode.
I tried below things.
C:\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\platform-tools>fastboot.exe flash system lineage-15.1-20180402-nightly-shamu-signed.zip
< waiting for any device >
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:system: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'system' (498496 KB)...
OKAY [ 18.385s]
writing 'system'...
(bootloader) Failed to erase partition
(bootloader) Failed to flash partition system
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 18.400s
C:\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\platform-tools>fastboot.exe flash recovery twrp-3.2.1-0-shamu.img
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:recovery: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (12027 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.391s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Failed to erase partition
(bootloader) Failed to flash partition recovery
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.406s
C:\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\platform-tools>fastboot.exe boot twrp-3.2.1-0-shamu.img
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.422s]
booting...
OKAY [ 0.031s]
finished. total time: 0.469s
[PHONE GETS TWRP RECOVERY SCREENS]
I tried adb sideload as suggested in one of the pages and got this
C:\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\platform-tools>adb sideload lineage-15.1-20180402-nightly-shamu-signed.zip
Total xfer: 0.01x
In Phone :
Starting ADB sideload feature ..
Installing zip file '/sideload/package.zip'
Warning: No file_contexts
Target : google/shamu/shamu:7.1.1/N6F27m/4299435:user/release-keys
could not detect filesystem for /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system, assuming ext4
mount: Failed to mount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system at /system: Invalid Argument
Failed to unmount /system : No such volume
script aborted (no error message)
Updater process ended with ERROR: 7
Finally, I tried with copying installer files in OTG Drive and tried to install from there. But couldn't mount it as I can't make OTG check in Mount in TWRP.
Please help .. How can I overcome this and install OS in my phone.
Can you boot into twrp?? When i flashed my shamu first time...i unlocked bootloader, flashed twrp, rooted and then via twrp flashed roms from zips, gapps and magisk. As far as i remember. Otg is some times really tricky...i tried several usb sticks and suddenly one worked and i got forward in flashing. Nowadays my pc recognise my shamu in twrp and i can move files in it (if needed). Hope that helps.
mal13 said:
Can you boot into twrp?? When i flashed my shamu first time...i unlocked bootloader, flashed twrp, rooted and then via twrp flashed roms from zips, gapps and magisk. As far as i remember. Otg is some times really tricky...i tried several usb sticks and suddenly one worked and i got forward in flashing. Nowadays my pc recognise my shamu in twrp and i can move files in it (if needed). Hope that helps.
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Yes, I can boot into twrp using this command...
fastboot.exe boot twrp-3.2.1-0-shamu.img
This bringstwrp in my phone. But I can't move files to the phone. Even I tried adb push which pushes the files to the phone but while installing it got failed.. I'm not sure what I'm missing..
I think the problem is the fastboot you are using is not compatible with shamu. See if this minimal install works any better; [TOOL]Minimal ADB and Fastboot. Try one of the older releases, maybe 1.4 or 1.3.
"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
ktmom said:
I think the problem is the fastboot you are using is not compatible with shamu. See if this minimal install works any better; [TOOL]Minimal ADB and Fastboot. Try one of the older releases, maybe 1.4 or 1.3.
"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
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Same issue with Minimal ADB. I used 1.4 ...
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.2.1-0-shamu.img
(bootloader) has-slot:recovery: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (12027 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.391s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Failed to erase partition
(bootloader) Failed to flash partition recovery
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.406s
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash system lineage-15.1-20180402-nightly-shamu-signed.zip
(bootloader) has-slot:system: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'system' (498496 KB)...
OKAY [ 15.628s]
writing 'system'...
(bootloader) Failed to erase partition
(bootloader) Failed to flash partition system
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 15.644s
vigkumar said:
Same issue with Minimal ADB. I used 1.4 ...
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.2.1-0-shamu.img
(bootloader) has-slot:recovery: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (12027 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.391s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Failed to erase partition
(bootloader) Failed to flash partition recovery
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.406s
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash system lineage-15.1-20180402-nightly-shamu-signed.zip
(bootloader) has-slot:system: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'system' (498496 KB)...
OKAY [ 15.628s]
writing 'system'...
(bootloader) Failed to erase partition
(bootloader) Failed to flash partition system
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 15.644s
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Looks to me that my filesystem on is corrupt. Is there any commands to fix the filesystem. I tried with repair in TWRP but that is also not working.
vigkumar said:
Looks to me that my filesystem on is corrupt. Is there any commands to fix the filesystem. I tried with repair in TWRP but that is also not working.
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When in doubt, my philosophy is to return to stock and start over. If you have any data on the user data partition, back it up through ADB and then try fastboot flashing the last google stock ROM. The instructions (if you need them) are on the Factory Image page. If Fastboot still fails, you can try sideloading through ADB an Full OTA.
"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
ktmom said:
When in doubt, my philosophy is to return to stock and start over. If you have any data on the user data partition, back it up through ADB and then try fastboot flashing the last google stock ROM. The instructions (if you need them) are on the Factory Image page. If Fastboot still fails, you can try sideloading through ADB an Full OTA.
"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
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Thank you very much for your response. I tried both Fastboot and ADB. Both failed Well, I suppose if I could flash the right radio 'D4.01-9625-05.45+FSG-9625-02.117', I guess Fastboot would work. Am I right.
What is the right way to identify the correct radio file.
checking product...
OKAY [ -0.000s]
checking version-bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.016s]
checking version-baseband...
FAILED
Device version-baseband is 'D4.01-9625-05.51+FSG-9625-02.118'.
Update requires 'D4.01-9625-05.45+FSG-9625-02.117'.
finished. total time: 0.094s
ADB devices produces nothing. Hence I booted in twrp and use ADB sideload from there.
C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\platform-tools>fastboot boot twrp-3.2.1-0-shamu.img
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.432s]
booting...
OKAY [ 0.038s]
finished. total time: 0.469s
C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\platform-tools>adb sideload shamu-ota-n6f27m-df27bd83.zip
Total xfer: 0.01x
Even it got failed with the below error.
Installing zip file '/sideload/package.zip'
Target: google/shamu/shamu:7.1.1/N6F27M/4299435:user/release-keys
Patching system image unconditionally...
E1001: Failed to update system image.
Updater Process ended with Error 7.
vigkumar said:
Thank you very much for your response. I tried both Fastboot and ADB. Both failed Well, I suppose if I could flash the right radio 'D4.01-9625-05.45+FSG-9625-02.117', I guess Fastboot would work. Am I right.
What is the right way to identify the correct radio file.
checking product...
OKAY [ -0.000s]
checking version-bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.016s]
checking version-baseband...
FAILED
Device version-baseband is 'D4.01-9625-05.51+FSG-9625-02.118'.
Update requires 'D4.01-9625-05.45+FSG-9625-02.117'.
finished. total time: 0.094s
ADB devices produces nothing. Hence I booted in twrp and use ADB sideload from there.
C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\platform-tools>fastboot boot twrp-3.2.1-0-shamu.img
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.432s]
booting...
OKAY [ 0.038s]
finished. total time: 0.469s
C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\platform-tools>adb sideload shamu-ota-n6f27m-df27bd83.zip
Total xfer: 0.01x
Even it got failed with the below error.
Installing zip file '/sideload/package.zip'
Target: google/shamu/shamu:7.1.1/N6F27M/4299435:user/release-keys
Patching system image unconditionally...
E1001: Failed to update system image.
Updater Process ended with Error 7.
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Radio makes no difference. You can run any radio from any release on any release. It affects only the data/cell connection and sometimes an older one forces better performance depending on carrier and location.
Try fastboot flashing with the sim card removed.
The manual steps to flash through fastboot are in the [GUIDE][HOW TO] Flash Factory Images thread. Scroll down to "Method 2 : (Long, but works always)".
"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
vigkumar said:
C:\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\platform-tools>fastboot.exe flash system lineage-15.1-20180402-nightly-shamu-signed.zip
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That was your first error! You can't flash a nightly via fastboot.
You need to boot into recovery and select it there to install.
ktmom said:
Radio makes no difference. You can run any radio from any release on any release. It affects only the data/cell connection and sometimes an older one forces better performance depending on carrier and location.
Try fastboot flashing with the sim card removed.
The manual steps to flash through fastboot are in the [GUIDE][HOW TO] Flash Factory Images thread. Scroll down to "Method 2 : (Long, but works always)".
"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
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Both method failed. :crying::crying:
vigkumar said:
Both method failed. :crying::crying:
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You are trying to fastboot flash the STOCK ROM I linked to earlier, right?
As @Elektroschmock pointed out -and I originally missed- your first mistake was trying to fastboot flash the lineage ROM. You also CAN NOT ADB sideload anything except the OTA stock image linked to earlier. That includes the stock ROM used to fastboot flash, or any custom ROM.
** If ** you really are trying to fastboot flash stock, and it doesn't work, what does:
Code:
fastboot devices
return?
The N6 is a simple device to work with and very forgiving, but you must use common sense and think about what your doing.
"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
ktmom said:
You are trying to fastboot flash the STOCK ROM I linked to earlier, right?
As @Elektroschmock pointed out -and I originally missed- your first mistake was trying to fastboot flash the lineage ROM. You also CAN NOT ADB sideload anything except the OTA stock image linked to earlier. That includes the stock ROM used to fastboot flash, or any custom ROM.
** If ** you really are trying to fastboot flash stock, and it doesn't work, what does:
Code:
fastboot devices
return?
The N6 is a simple device to work with and very forgiving, but you must use common sense and think about what your doing.
"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
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Yes, I'm trying stock and followed links that you provided. Both installation methods failed.
Fastboot devices returns,
C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\platform-tools>fastboot devices
ZX1G525DZX fastboot
Extract the zip file downloaded from the factory image page. For example, downloaded file is "shamu-n6f27h-factory-718e138f.zip" then when extracted I get a folder "shamu-n6f27h".
Navigate into the extracted folder (e.g "shamu-n6f27h")
Now copy the radio-shamu-XXXXXX.img (the x's are placeholders it depends on the radio version) to the location where your fastboot is then rename it to just "radio.img"
Back in the originally extracted folder ("shamu-n6f27h"), there will be another zip file, in my example it's "image-shamu-n6f27h.zip". Extract that and I end up with a folder "image-shamu-n6f27h".
Now copy the following files from the new folder (e.g. "image-shamu-n6f27h") to the location where your fastboot is;
boot.img
cache.img
recovery.img
system.img
userdata.img
Navigate on the PC to the location where the fastboot binary is.
Boot the phone into fastboot by pushing and holding the volume down and power buttons
Look on the phone's screen and there should be a message "Device is unlocked. Status Code 3" confirming the bootloader is unlocked.
Double check that "fastboot devices" returns your device.
Now type "fastboot reboot-bootloader", which will power off the phone and start it again in the same place. Just double checking that you are communicating correctly with the device.
Code:
1) flash the boot image (also called the kernel):
fastboot flash boot boot.img
reboot:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
2) If you want, you can flash the radio:
fastboot flash radio radio.img
reboot:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
3) flash recovery:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
reboot:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
4) flash system partition:
fastboot flash system system.img
reboot:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
5) flash userdata (which will wipe the internal storage:
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
reboot:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
6) flash cache:
fastboot flash cache cache.img
Now we are done flashing all of the partitions on a N6 so reboot to system:
fastboot reboot
If any of these fail, or don't match what I described above, post the exact errors here, preferably formatted within CODE tags. They look like: [ CODE ] [ / CODE ] without any spaces inside the brackets. The spaces are necessary to prevent the forum from executing the example as formating tags.
Posting "it doesn't work" may be funny, but it does nothing to help others help you. You must be specific as to what you were doing and what happened.
ktmom said:
Extract the zip file downloaded from the factory image page. For example, downloaded file is "shamu-n6f27h-factory-718e138f.zip" then when extracted I get a folder "shamu-n6f27h".
Navigate into the extracted folder (e.g "shamu-n6f27h")
Now copy the radio-shamu-XXXXXX.img (the x's are placeholders it depends on the radio version) to the location where your fastboot is then rename it to just "radio.img"
Back in the originally extracted folder ("shamu-n6f27h"), there will be another zip file, in my example it's "image-shamu-n6f27h.zip". Extract that and I end up with a folder "image-shamu-n6f27h".
Now copy the following files from the new folder (e.g. "image-shamu-n6f27h") to the location where your fastboot is;
boot.img
cache.img
recovery.img
system.img
userdata.img
Navigate on the PC to the location where the fastboot binary is.
Boot the phone into fastboot by pushing and holding the volume down and power buttons
Look on the phone's screen and there should be a message "Device is unlocked. Status Code 3" confirming the bootloader is unlocked.
Double check that "fastboot devices" returns your device.
Now type "fastboot reboot-bootloader", which will power off the phone and start it again in the same place. Just double checking that you are communicating correctly with the device.
Code:
1) flash the boot image (also called the kernel):
fastboot flash boot boot.img
reboot:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
2) If you want, you can flash the radio:
fastboot flash radio radio.img
reboot:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
3) flash recovery:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
reboot:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
4) flash system partition:
fastboot flash system system.img
reboot:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
5) flash userdata (which will wipe the internal storage:
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
reboot:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
6) flash cache:
fastboot flash cache cache.img
Now we are done flashing all of the partitions on a N6 so reboot to system:
fastboot reboot
If any of these fail, or don't match what I described above, post the exact errors here, preferably formatted within CODE tags. They look like: [ CODE ] [ / CODE ] without any spaces inside the brackets. The spaces are necessary to prevent the forum from executing the example as formating tags.
Posting "it doesn't work" may be funny, but it does nothing to help others help you. You must be specific as to what you were doing and what happened.
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Thanks a lot for your assistance on this. I followed your exact instructions and it is given below.
Code:
C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\Latest\platform-tools>dir *.img
Volume in drive C is Windows8_OS
Volume Serial Number is 40E0-62B9
Directory of C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\Latest\platform-tools
01-01-2009 00:00 8,686,822 boot.img
01-01-2009 00:00 6,398,184 cache.img
26-09-2017 16:53 118,279,680 radio.img
01-01-2009 00:00 14,206,186 recovery.img
01-01-2009 00:00 1,619,795,140 system.img
01-01-2009 00:00 142,201,816 userdata.img
Code:
C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\Latest\platform-tools>fastboot devices
ZX1G525DZX fastboot
You're right. Initially it was DEVICE is UNLOCKED. Status Code 3.
Code:
C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\Latest\platform-tools>fastboot reboot-bootloader
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.085s]
finished. total time: 0.085s
Once reboots, it says DEVICE IS LOCKED. Status Code 2. I had to long press the power key, which unlocks the DEVICE.
Code:
C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\Latest\platform-tools>fastboot flash boot boot.img
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:boot: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'boot' (8483 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.285s]
writing 'boot'...
(bootloader) Failed to erase partition
(bootloader) Failed to flash partition boot
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.338s
Code:
C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\Latest\platform-tools>fastboot flash radio radio.img
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:radio: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radio' (115507 KB)...
OKAY [ 3.737s]
writing 'radio'...
(bootloader) flashing modem ...
(bootloader) Failed to erase partition
(bootloader) Failed to flash modem
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 3.774s
Code:
C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\Latest\platform-tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:recovery: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (13873 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.580s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Failed to erase partition
(bootloader) Failed to flash partition recovery
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.617s
Code:
C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\Latest\platform-tools>fastboot flash system system.img
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:system: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending sparse 'system' 1/4 (522524 KB)...
OKAY [ 18.848s]
writing 'system' 1/4...
(bootloader) Failed to erase partition
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 18.901s
Code:
C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\Latest\platform-tools>fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:userdata: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
erasing 'userdata'...
(bootloader) Failed to erase partition
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.037s
Code:
C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\Latest\platform-tools>fastboot flash cache cache.img
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:cache: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
erasing 'cache'...
(bootloader) Failed to erase partition
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.016s
vigkumar said:
Thanks a lot for your assistance on this. I followed your exact instructions and it is given below.
Code:
C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\Latest\platform-tools>dir *.img
Volume in drive C is Windows8_OS
Volume Serial Number is 40E0-62B9
Directory of C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\Latest\platform-tools
01-01-2009 00:00 8,686,822 boot.img
01-01-2009 00:00 6,398,184 cache.img
26-09-2017 16:53 118,279,680 radio.img
01-01-2009 00:00 14,206,186 recovery.img
01-01-2009 00:00 1,619,795,140 system.img
01-01-2009 00:00 142,201,816 userdata.img
Code:
C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\Latest\platform-tools>fastboot devices
ZX1G525DZX fastboot
You're right. Initially it was DEVICE is UNLOCKED. Status Code 3.
Code:
C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\Latest\platform-tools>fastboot reboot-bootloader
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.085s]
finished. total time: 0.085s
Once reboots, it says DEVICE IS LOCKED. Status Code 2. I had to long press the power key, which unlocks the DEVICE.
Code:
C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\Latest\platform-tools>fastboot flash boot boot.img
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:boot: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'boot' (8483 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.285s]
writing 'boot'...
(bootloader) Failed to erase partition
(bootloader) Failed to flash partition boot
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.338s
Code:
C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\Latest\platform-tools>fastboot flash radio radio.img
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:radio: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radio' (115507 KB)...
OKAY [ 3.737s]
writing 'radio'...
(bootloader) flashing modem ...
(bootloader) Failed to erase partition
(bootloader) Failed to flash modem
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 3.774s
Code:
C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\Latest\platform-tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:recovery: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (13873 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.580s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Failed to erase partition
(bootloader) Failed to flash partition recovery
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.617s
Code:
C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\Latest\platform-tools>fastboot flash system system.img
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:system: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending sparse 'system' 1/4 (522524 KB)...
OKAY [ 18.848s]
writing 'system' 1/4...
(bootloader) Failed to erase partition
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 18.901s
Code:
C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\Latest\platform-tools>fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:userdata: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
erasing 'userdata'...
(bootloader) Failed to erase partition
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.037s
Code:
C:\Users\Vignesh\Downloads\Nexus\platform-tools-latest-windows\Latest\platform-tools>fastboot flash cache cache.img
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:cache: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
erasing 'cache'...
(bootloader) Failed to erase partition
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.016s
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Couple of questions.
You are working on a Nexus 6, right? Not a 6P or other device?
Did you reboot between each img flash? When you returned to the bootloader each time after rebooting, did you long press the power button because it still said "locked status 2"?
I have to say, this is the first I've ever heard of a reboot causing it to be locked then long pressing the power button to unlock. Either the bootloader is unlocked or it isn't.
"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
---------- Post added at 14:03 ---------- Previous post was at 14:00 ----------
Additional question, when you reboot using only the key combination, does it always show unlocked?
If yes to that, maybe it's back to my concern that the version of fastboot is not working well with the N6.
If you haven't, try with the minimal version you downloaded the other day.
"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
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vigkumar said:
Both method failed. :crying::crying:
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1] If u can get to twrp, use microUSB flash drive and move ROMs over to flash via TWRP. Must mount OTG drive in TWRP after plugin to recognize flash drive
2) if u can get to fastboot mode and your PC recognizes your device via "fastboot device" command, try using WUG NRT tool kit to restore back to stock, then root @ND put TWRP on there, then flash custom Roms via TWRP
novice here. screwed up my 6p and got in a similar place as you are. i started adb side load in my phone and linux pc terminal, adb start-server, then adb sideload [add a space] then i dragged and dropped the factory firmware to terminal then enter. i had to try a couple of googles angler firmware before it found the the right format. saved my bacon.
Good point. If fails on Windows, Linux PC may work

Device Locked in fastboot even with unlocked bootloader

Hi,
I was trying to reflash everything on my phone and wipe. When I boot into fastboot and run fastboot -w, I get an error saying Download is not allowed on locked device. Im using platform tools 29.05.
ahsank128 said:
Hi,
I was trying to reflash everything on my phone and wipe. When I boot into fastboot and run fastboot -w, I get an error saying Download is not allowed on locked device. Im using platform tools 29.05.
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Does the bootloader screen show unlocked?
Have you tried to run the flashing unlock again?
Mackay53 said:
Does the bootloader screen show unlocked?
Have you tried to run the flashing unlock again?
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Okay, so I locked the bootloader, and unlocked it again. Successfully flashed. But I am geting the following message
"Erase successful, but not automatically formatting. File system type raw not supported"
I cant run the fastboot format (partition) command. I am on latest platform tools and latest factory image
ahsank128 said:
Okay, so I locked the bootloader, and unlocked it again. Successfully flashed. But I am geting the following message
"Erase successful, but not automatically formatting. File system type raw not supported"
I cant run the fastboot format (partition) command. I am on latest platform tools and latest factory image
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Does your phone boot up? If so, I would check to see if your still getting good recognition from your pc. What does adb devices show when you enter that with your phone in transfer data mode?
Badger50 said:
Does your phone boot up? If so, I would check to see if your still getting good recognition from your pc. What does adb devices show when you enter that with your phone in transfer data mode?
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Yes, the factory image gets flashed, but now everything seems to be on partition B as opposed to A. I believe everything was going to A when I first got the phone and did the unlock. ADB working fine, managed to root the phone. i enter ADB devices and shows serial. I can boot to fastboot. I wanted to see what would happen if I run fastboot flashing unlock again, and it said device is unlocked
ahsank128 said:
Yes, the factory image gets flashed, but now everything seems to be on partition B as opposed to A. I believe everything was going to A when I first got the phone and did the unlock. ADB working fine, managed to root the phone. i enter ADB devices and shows serial. I can boot to fastboot. I wanted to see what would happen if I run fastboot flashing unlock again, and it said device is unlocked
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Well, then I guess all is well for you again. Just FYI going forward, when you fastboot the factory image without the -w, it only flashes to your active slot, whereas, if you leave the -w, it'll flash to both slots, but wipe your device. This is why when I update the factory images every month without the -w, I manually change slots so I get a full flash to both slots. Many think this is overkill, however, I have never had any wonky problems for the last 2+ years with my P2XL, and now my P4XL by using this methodology :good:
Badger50 said:
Well, then I guess all is well for you again. Just FYI going forward, when you fastboot the factory image without the -w, it only flashes to your active slot, whereas, if you leave the -w, it'll flash to both slots, but wipe your device. This is why when I update the factory images every month without the -w, I manually change slots so I get a full flash to both slots. Many think this is overkill, however, I have never had any wonky problems for the last 2+ years with my P2XL, and now my P4XL by using this methodology :good:
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Right, but the thing is I left the -w in the bat file. Even so it only flashed to b, saying device is locked. I think there is some internal issue going. Im the same guy who cant get the blackenedmod script to run properly lol
ahsank128 said:
Right, but the thing is I left the -w in the bat file. Even so it only flashed to b, saying device is locked. I think there is some internal issue going. Im the same guy who cant get the blackenedmod script to run properly lol
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I know who you are? At least your up and running again. But yeah, sounds like your internals might be a little wonky for sure. ?
Badger50 said:
I know who you are At least your up and running again. But yeah, sounds like your internals might be a little wonky for sure. ?
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Any idea on the best way to completely wipe the internals and flash again? This would be easy with TWRP or custom recovery, but we've some time before that is made for Android10
ahsank128 said:
Any idea on the best way to completely wipe the internals and flash again? This would be easy with TWRP or custom recovery, but we've some time before that is made for Android10
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Personally, I would factory reset from stock recovery, and then fastboot the factory image with the -w included. In essence, wiping everything twice :good:
Badger50 said:
Personally, I would factory reset from stock recovery, and then fastboot the factory image with the -w included. In essence, wiping everything twice :good:
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Will attempt this, my attempt last night was to do factory reset within the settings (when phone is booted up) and then flashed with -w. But I will try again using the stock recovery. I even changed computers, this stuff is wonky sometimes
Badger50 said:
Personally, I would factory reset from stock recovery, and then fastboot the factory image with the -w included. In essence, wiping everything twice :good:
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Code:
C:\Users\akhan37\Downloads\platform-tools_r29.0.5-windows\platform-tools>fastboot -w
Erasing 'userdata' OKAY [ 5.477s]
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
File system type raw not supported.
Erasing 'metadata' OKAY [ 0.203s]
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
File system type raw not supported.
Finished. Total time: 6.178s
Also, hitting adb reboot fastboot takes to to fastbootd screen but I can't flash there (where I get the message can't write to locked device), but I can use flash-all bat from the bootloader screen.
Code:
Sending 'bootloader_b' (8761 KB) OKAY [ 0.349s]
Writing 'bootloader_b' (bootloader) Flashing Pack version c2f2-0.2-5940465
(bootloader) Flashing partition table for Lun = 0
(bootloader) Flashing partition table for Lun = 1
(bootloader) Flashing partition table for Lun = 2
(bootloader) Flashing partition table for Lun = 4
(bootloader) Flashing partition table for Lun = 5
(bootloader) Flashing partition xbl_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition xbl_config_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition aop_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition tz_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition hyp_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition abl_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition keymaster_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition devcfg_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition qupfw_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition uefisecapp_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition msadp_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition logfs
OKAY [ 0.435s]
Finished. Total time: 1.046s
Rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.049s]
Finished. Total time: 0.050s
Sending 'radio_b' (82676 KB)
DELETED
ahsank128 said:
Also, hitting adb reboot fastboot takes to to fastbootd screen but I can't flash there (where I get the message can't write to locked device), but I can use flash-all bat from the bootloader screen.
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Interesting. Just a simple experiment if your willing. Go into your platform-tools, and just double click the flash-all.bat file and see if you get the same result, or if it even initializes
ahsank128 said:
Code:
C:\Users\akhan37\Downloads\platform-tools_r29.0.5-windows\platform-tools>fastboot -w
Erasing 'userdata' OKAY [ 5.477s]
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
File system type raw not supported.
Erasing 'metadata' OKAY [ 0.203s]
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
File system type raw not supported.
Finished. Total time: 6.178s
Also, hitting adb reboot fastboot takes to to fastbootd screen but I can't flash there (where I get the message can't write to locked device), but I can use flash-all bat from the bootloader screen.
Code:
Sending 'bootloader_b' (8761 KB) OKAY [ 0.349s]
Writing 'bootloader_b' (bootloader) Flashing Pack version c2f2-0.2-5940465
(bootloader) Flashing partition table for Lun = 0
(bootloader) Flashing partition table for Lun = 1
(bootloader) Flashing partition table for Lun = 2
(bootloader) Flashing partition table for Lun = 4
(bootloader) Flashing partition table for Lun = 5
(bootloader) Flashing partition xbl_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition xbl_config_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition aop_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition tz_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition hyp_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition abl_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition keymaster_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition devcfg_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition qupfw_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition uefisecapp_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition msadp_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition logfs
OKAY [ 0.435s]
Finished. Total time: 1.046s
Rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.049s]
Finished. Total time: 0.050s
Sending 'radio_b' (82676 KB)
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If you have done a factory reset, you also need to make sure you enable "oem unlocking" in Developer options and usb debugging before you do anything else. Flashing a factory stock image which includes the '-w' in your flash-all.bat file would come afterwards.
I am assuming you are not flashing any kernals on top? Check to make sure you are flashing the correct image, Nov and December had 3 different images each month.
Badger50 said:
Interesting. Just a simple experiment if your willing. Go into your platform-tools, and just double click the flash-all.bat file and see if you get the same result, or if it even initializes
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Wont work from home screen (this is fine? should be in fastboot)
Looks like it flashed this time from the fastbootd screen (so damn strange)
from fastbootd screen:
Code:
Sending 'bootloader' (8761 KB) OKAY [ 0.218s]
Writing 'bootloader' FAILED (remote: 'No such file or directory')
fastboot: error: Command failed
Rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.003s]
Finished. Total time: 0.004s
Sending 'radio_b' (82676 KB) OKAY [ 2.180s]
Writing 'radio_b' (bootloader) Flashing Pack version SSD:g8150-00041-191016-B-5945070
(bootloader) Flashing partition modem_b
OKAY [ 0.650s]
Finished. Total time: 3.090s
Rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.049s]
Finished. Total time: 0.051s
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: c2f2-0.2-5940465
Baseband Version.....: g8150-00041-191016-B-5945070
Serial Number........: 99171FFAZ006J5
--------------------------------------------
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
Checking 'product' OKAY [ 0.069s]
Checking 'version-bootloader' OKAY [ 0.069s]
Checking 'version-baseband' OKAY [ 0.068s]
Setting current slot to 'b' OKAY [ 0.077s]
extracting boot.img (64 MB) to disk... took 0.387s
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
Sending 'boot_b' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 2.139s]
Writing 'boot_b' OKAY [ 0.455s]
extracting dtbo.img (8 MB) to disk... took 0.025s
archive does not contain 'dtbo.sig'
Sending 'dtbo_b' (8192 KB) OKAY [ 0.310s]
Writing 'dtbo_b' OKAY [ 0.117s]
archive does not contain 'dt.img'
archive does not contain 'recovery.img'
extracting vbmeta.img (0 MB) to disk... took 0.000s
archive does not contain 'vbmeta.sig'
Sending 'vbmeta_b' (8 KB) OKAY [ 0.138s]
Writing 'vbmeta_b' OKAY [ 0.072s]
extracting vbmeta_system.img (0 MB) to disk... took 0.001s
archive does not contain 'vbmeta_system.sig'
Sending 'vbmeta_system_b' (4 KB) OKAY [ 0.101s]
Writing 'vbmeta_system_b' OKAY [ 0.072s]
archive does not contain 'vendor_boot.img'
extracting super_empty.img (0 MB) to disk... took 0.001s
Rebooting into fastboot OKAY [ 0.069s]
< waiting for any device >
Sending 'super' (4 KB) OKAY [ 0.001s]
Updating super partition OKAY [ 0.006s]
Resizing 'product_b' OKAY [ 0.004s]
Resizing 'system_b' OKAY [ 0.004s]
Resizing 'system_a' OKAY [ 0.004s]
Resizing 'vendor_b' OKAY [ 0.005s]
Resizing 'vendor_a' OKAY [ 0.004s]
archive does not contain 'boot_other.img'
archive does not contain 'odm.img'
extracting product.img (2127 MB) to disk... took 15.801s
archive does not contain 'product.sig'
Resizing 'product_b' OKAY [ 0.005s]
and got stuck there
One more thing: When on stock boot image, OEM Unlock frozen on bootloader already unlock. But after flashing magsik, I can switch between allow and not allow. This is normal?
bb709394 said:
If you have done a factory reset, you also need to make sure you enable "oem unlocking" in Developer options and usb debugging before you do anything else. Flashing a factory stock image which includes the '-w' in your flash-all.bat file would come afterwards.
I am assuming you are not flashing any kernals on top? Check to make sure you are flashing the correct image, Nov and December had 3 different images each month.
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No, this issue happens on stock kernel. And yes USB debugging and OEM Unlock both are checked. I believe the image is correct. US Unlocked Pixel from google store. file ends in 011
ahsank128 said:
Wont work from home screen (this is fine? should be in fastboot)
Looks like it flashed this time from the fastbootd screen (so damn strange)
from fastbootd screen:
and got stuck there
One more thing: When on stock boot image, OEM Unlock frozen on bootloader already unlock. But after flashing magsik, I can switch between allow and not allow. This is normal?
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Yes, it only works in fastboot mode.
I don't think it's strange at all. I've never come across the..fastboot -w..command that you were using, which is why I suggested what I did.
Sometimes it takes a while for the script to finish. You might no have been stuck per-se, but just not patient enough. December was a big update, so it takes a little longer.
Yes, this is normal for OEM unlocking while rooted.
So...are you up and running now?
Badger50 said:
Yes, it only works in fastboot mode.
I don't think it's strange at all. I've never come across the..fastboot -w..command that you were using, which is why I suggested what I did.
Sometimes it takes a while for the script to finish. You might no have been stuck per-se, but just not patient enough. December was a big update, so it takes a little longer.
Yes, this is normal for OEM unlocking while rooted.
So...are you up and running now?
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I am up and running, I'll check to see if I can get that script running later on
ahsank128 said:
I am up and running, I'll check to see if I can get that script running later on
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Kinda sounds like you already got the script to work

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