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[Q] Stuck on Google logo. Unable to push image file to phone... Please help.

Tried various possible solutions and still can't get past the Google logo. Installed adb and Samsung driver but when executing commands such as "abd remount" or "adb push file.zip \sdcard\" in cmd I get an error saying "device not found".
Does anyone know how I could resolve this issue?
I tried clearing the cache and wiping the data from the phone, and even heating the phone with a hair dryer. I'd very much appreciate any help.

looks like you still be able to get in reovery ? if so , then nothing you should worry , just flash a new ROM

Do you mean like a boot image or a recovery image?
If so then you need to put phone in fastboot mode, hold volume up and power til it comes up on screen, then on command prompt on your computer type in fastboot flash recovery xxxxxxx.img (xxxxx is the name of the file like cwm5.0.2.0.img or whatever)
That should give you a working recovery to flash roms from.
Is your boot loader unlocked?
If you wanna mount then just go to mounts and storage and mount USB storage and it will show up on your computer!

nodstuff said:
Do you mean like a boot image or a recovery image?
If so then you need to put phone in fastboot mode, hold volume up and power til it comes up on screen, then on command prompt on your computer type in fastboot flash recovery xxxxxxx.img (xxxxx is the name of the file like cwm5.0.2.0.img or whatever)
That should give you a working recovery to flash roms from.
Is your boot loader unlocked?
If you wanna mount then just go to mounts and storage and mount USB storage and it will show up on your computer!
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Thanks for your reply, seems to be hanging on waiting for device. Fastboot appears to be locked and it just hangs on "waiting for device" when I enter the command fastboot oem unlock... Not sure where to go from here.

leeroy88 said:
Thanks for your reply, seems to be hanging on waiting for device. Fastboot appears to be locked and it just hangs on "waiting for device" when I enter the command fastboot oem unlock... Not sure where to go from here.
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It was a recovery image file by the way. Tried fastboot flash recovery xxxxx.img like you had said but same problem...

leeroy88 said:
It was a recovery image file by the way. Tried fastboot flash recovery xxxxx.img like you had said but same problem...
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Hmmm try going to cmd prompt and typing in adb devices, if you get nothing then your adb isn't set up properly and you need to go into setting and change the path on your computer.
I know the details are sketchy but gimme a min and I will find you a link
---------- Post added at 03:05 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:00 AM ----------
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161776
Find the Android sdk folder in your computer, move it to the root of C.
I don't think adb is where this guide says it is, there is a read me in the folder where it was saying it has moved to the platform tools folder.
So anyway find the path to the file and put it where the guide says and you should be on the ball.

Forget adb. You need to use fastboot.
Open a command prompt in the directory with fastboot or cd into it.
Put phone in fastboot mode.
On the command prompt type fastboot devices.
You will see your serial number. If you don't recheck and make sure you did everything. Sdk PDA drivers if need be etc.
Fastboot flash recovery custom recovery img name.img
Boot into recovery
Mounts and storage.
Mount SD card
Put a rom for you device on there.
Unmount
Wipe everything but sdcard from recovery.
Flash the rom by going to install zip from SD card......

Okay still stuck trying to connect to my phone. I haven't been able to get my serial number show when typing fastboot devices in cmd. adb is set up and seems to be working but the list of devices is blank when I type in adb devices. The phone was put into fastboot mode both times. I get <waiting for device> when I try
fastboot flash recovery clockwork-5.0.2-crespo.img
I think the bootloader may be locked as it does say LOCKED under lock state, which is probably the reason why I can't get the recovery image to work. I couldn't install PDANet as it wanted to connect to my phone while in debugging mode at the end of the installation. Would it be possible that fastboot oem unlock won't work with without having PDANet installed? I'd really appreciate any further help on this topic.

You need the drivers.

albundy2010 said:
You need the drivers.
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I have the Google USB driver package installed from SDK Manager. I had tried to install some other Samsung driver found on another post but it wouldn't install.

Turns out drivers weren't fully installed, managed to get PDANet installed and could connect to the phone with fastboot devices. Serial number was displayed in cmd. Only problems lies with unlocking the bootloader. fastboot oem unlock fails giving an error: too many links. Anyone have a solution to this?

leeroy88 said:
Turns out drivers weren't fully installed, managed to get PDANet installed and could connect to the phone with fastboot devices. Serial number was displayed in cmd. Only problems lies with unlocking the bootloader. fastboot oem unlock fails giving an error: too many links. Anyone have a solution to this?
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Did you try booting into bootloader in the first place? Volume up+Power
Then you can use fastboot. Forget PDAnet. Just install SDK and ADB
Use this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007782

ismailham said:
Did you try booting into bootloader in the first place? Volume up+Power
Then you can use fastboot. Forget PDAnet. Just install SDK and ADB
Use this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007782
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Yeah I was in bootloader at the time, but I noticed that the Lock-State said locked. So I figured I must first use fastboot oem unlock. If I was to try flash with a stock recovery image would I still need to unlock the bootloader? Like I said I was able to use fastboot devices and get my phones serial number to show up, so I think SDK and ADB is properly installed, path set correctly etc.

leeroy88 said:
Yeah I was in bootloader at the time, but I noticed that the Lock-State said locked. So I figured I must first use fastboot oem unlock. If I was to try flash with a stock recovery image would I still need to unlock the bootloader? Like I said I was able to use fastboot devices and get my phones serial number to show up, so I think SDK and ADB is properly installed, path set correctly etc.
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I don't think you need to unlock the boot loader to flash a recovery image.
I may be wrong but I remember someone saying that once. I had mine unlocked before I had the chance to try it out. What happens when you type in fastboot oem unlock?

nodstuff said:
I don't think you need to unlock the boot loader to flash a recovery image.
I may be wrong but I remember someone saying that once. I had mine unlocked before I had the chance to try it out. What happens when you type in fastboot oem unlock?
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After typing fastboot oem unlock I get three dots ...
Pretty much straight away it fails and says something about "too many links".

Did you do all the steps from here http://nexusshacks.com/nexus-s-root/how-to-root-nexus-s-or-nexus-s-4g-on-ics-or-gingerbread/ ?

kvaju said:
Did you do all the steps from here http://nexusshacks.com/nexus-s-root/how-to-root-nexus-s-or-nexus-s-4g-on-ics-or-gingerbread/ ?
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Thanks for your reply, I followed the steps just now and got the exact same error. Before I was trying fastboot oem unlock while in platform-tools but this time I had downloaded the nexussrootICS.zip file, and extracted it to the root of C. I tried fastboot devices and my serial shows up and after fastboot oem unlock I get "status read failed: too many links."
The only difference I seem to have is that in my device manager I have Android Device > ADB Interface, as opposed to SAMSUNG Android Device > ADB Interface.
Not a big difference but that's all I can think of.

the same issue for me. is there any working solution for that?

I recently had success in recovering from this issue.
Here is the link, read the last comment
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1894147

GnubbyaBush said:
I recently had success in recovering from this issue.
Here is the link, read the last comment
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1894147
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Thanks! I'll try to do this fancy dancing

[Q] Unable to Flash Custom Recovery, ADB not detecting device, etc.

First problem: when I do "adb devices" in command prompt, there are no devices listed. I am pretty sure I have installed all the proper drivers.
Second problem: I don't know if my boot loader is unlocked. The reason I think this is because when I used the manudroid19 toolkit to unlock the boot loader, it restores my system, but when I try to flash a custom ROM, nothing happens. People I've talked to say that its supposed to stay in fast boot mode for about a minute before it actually boots into TWRP, but nothing actually happens.
Third problem: when I press the root button in manudroid19, nothing happens. The cmd prompt just pops up for a split second then nothing. Plain out nothing happens. Root Checker says my phone is not rooted.
How would I resolve all of this?

cm recovery
WunderWuffle said:
First problem: when I do "adb devices" in command prompt, there are no devices listed. I am pretty sure I have installed all the proper drivers.
Second problem: I don't know if my boot loader is unlocked. The reason I think this is because when I used the manudroid19 toolkit to unlock the boot loader, it restores my system, but when I try to flash a custom ROM, nothing happens. People I've talked to say that its supposed to stay in fast boot mode for about a minute before it actually boots into TWRP, but nothing actually happens.
Third problem: when I press the root button in manudroid19, nothing happens. The cmd prompt just pops up for a split second then nothing. Plain out nothing happens. Root Checker says my phone is not rooted.
How would I resolve all of this?
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uncheck update cm recovery under settings..developer option..

WunderWuffle said:
First problem: when I do "adb devices" in command prompt, there are no devices listed. I am pretty sure I have installed all the proper drivers.
Second problem: I don't know if my boot loader is unlocked. The reason I think this is because when I used the manudroid19 toolkit to unlock the boot loader, it restores my system, but when I try to flash a custom ROM, nothing happens. People I've talked to say that its supposed to stay in fast boot mode for about a minute before it actually boots into TWRP, but nothing actually happens.
Third problem: when I press the root button in manudroid19, nothing happens. The cmd prompt just pops up for a split second then nothing. Plain out nothing happens. Root Checker says my phone is not rooted.
How would I resolve all of this?
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My first piece of advice: stop using a toolkit, it's clearly creating more confusion than it's actually helping.
When you're issuing the 'adb devices' command are you booted into Android? What happens when you issue 'fastboot devices' when you're in fastboot mode?
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paztine said:
uncheck update cm recovery under settings..developer option..
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Its always been unchecked.
timmaaa said:
My first piece of advice: stop using a toolkit, it's clearly creating more confusion than it's actually helping.
When you're issuing the 'adb devices' command are you booted into Android? What happens when you issue 'fastboot devices' when you're in fastboot mode?
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When I did adb devices, I was in Android iirc. I can't remember since the last time I did it was a day or two ago. Sorry. I am not very knowledgeable in this area. I have not done the fastboot device command.

WunderWuffle said:
Its always been unchecked.
When I did adb devices, I was in Android iirc. I can't remember since the last time I did it was a day or two ago. Sorry. I am not very knowledgeable in this area. I have not done the fastboot device command.
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Ok, adb commands will only work while you're booted into Android or booted into recovery. Similarly, fastboot commands will only work while in fastboot mode. Let us know how you go, and if you get your serial number turned from the 'fastboot devices' command, issue this one:
Code:
fastboot oem device-info
And post the results.
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I would start by reading up on fastboot, this phone is as easy to root as they come so as mentioned earlier a toolkit just ads to the hassle
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112
Here you will find information on how to get adb and fastboot working properly, my guess is its a driver issue right now. So check device manager and manually update to the appropriate drivers if needed
And here you will find the steps to manually root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2788632
Best of luck!

timmaaa said:
Ok, adb commands will only work while you're booted into Android or booted into recovery. Similarly, fastboot commands will only work while in fastboot mode. Let us know how you go, and if you get your serial number turned from the 'fastboot devices' command, issue this one:
Code:
fastboot oem device-info
And post the results.
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I just did that. Here are my results. It says that my device has been tampered with, and my boot loader is unlocked. And now, for some odd reason (I guess I was in fastboot while I was doing adb commands), it not detects my One. Thank you!
demkantor said:
I would start by reading up on fastboot, this phone is as easy to root as they come so as mentioned earlier a toolkit just ads to the hassle
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112
Here you will find information on how to get adb and fastboot working properly, my guess is its a driver issue right now. So check device manager and manually update to the appropriate drivers if needed
And here you will find the steps to manually root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2788632
Best of luck!
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Since I am not on my computer anymore, I will check these out and I will get back to both of you in a bit. Thanks!

timmaaa said:
Ok, adb commands will only work while you're booted into Android or booted into recovery. Similarly, fastboot commands will only work while in fastboot mode. Let us know how you go, and if you get your serial number turned from the 'fastboot devices' command, issue this one:
Code:
fastboot oem device-info
And post the results.
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demkantor said:
I would start by reading up on fastboot, this phone is as easy to root as they come so as mentioned earlier a toolkit just ads to the hassle
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112
Here you will find information on how to get adb and fastboot working properly, my guess is its a driver issue right now. So check device manager and manually update to the appropriate drivers if needed
And here you will find the steps to manually root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2788632
Best of luck!
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I rooted the phone manually using command prompt and everything worked! I got TWRP recovery, and Root Checker says I'm rooted! Thank you very much! Doing it this way took my less than 7 minutes while using the toolkit took me more than three hours, and that didn't even work!

Cannot lock bootloader

So I'm trying to re-lock my bootloader,
I already looked up how to lock the bootloader and you can do that by booting in to fastboot and locking the bootloader from there. My OP6 was rooted but I removed all root related applications, I even reinstalled android.
I tought it would be as simple as unlocking the bootloader, but whatever I try I can't get my device to show up in the command promt when using the "adb devices" command while in fastboot. I tried reinstalling the ADB, fastboot and OP drivers a couple times but it doesn't help. I tried everything possible but I can't lock the bootloader.
Could somebody please help me with this?

ian_99 said:
So I'm trying to re-lock my bootloader,
I already looked up how to lock the bootloader and you can do that by booting in to bootloader and locking the bootloader from there. My OP6 was rooted but I removed all root related applications, I even wiped android.
I tought it would be as simple as unlocking the bootloader, but whatever I try I can't get my device to show up in the command promt when using the "adb devices" command. I tried reinstalling the ADB, fastboot and OP drivers a couple times but it doesn't help. I tried everything possible but I can't lock the bootloader.
Could somebody please help me with this?
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You have to be in fastboot mode ( power off phone, hold power and volume up til you see fastboot on screen) on your phone to do want to want, if you cant do it that way,you can try this tool, https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/tool-msmdownloadtool-v4-0-international-t3798892 , it will return your phone to stock factory fresh. It will be back on 5.1.5 software. Good luck

in fastboot mode just type without quote"fastboot oem lock"

MrSteelX said:
in fastboot mode just type without quote"fastboot oem lock"
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I can boot into fastboot mode (I said bootloader instead of fastboot, my bad), but the command promt does NOT show any devices, so I can't use this command. All drivers are correctly installed.

Did you enable USB debug?

whizeguy said:
Did you enable USB debug?
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Yes I did
And I tried updating to android P but now I can't even access fastboot!
[UPDATE:]
I can finally boot into fastboot again, the only way to do this was to first boot into recovery and restart to fastboot from there.
And my device is still not detected by adb in fastboot

u do fastboot devices not adb devices

I just tried doing this in a Windows 7 virtual machine, but it gives the exact same results, I really don't know what is cousing this

Then take tool all in one

Well.... Use msm download tool then.. Since you can go to fastboot, it will reset everything and lock the BL.

whizeguy said:
Well.... Use msm download tool then.. Since you can go to fastboot, it will reset everything and lock the BL.
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What a coincidence, I am watching a video on how you can fix a bricked OP6, wich does exaclty what you said.
Thanks!

ian_99 said:
I tought it would be as simple as unlocking the bootloader, but whatever I try I can't get my device to show up in the command promt when using the "adb devices" command while in fastboot.
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You should do "fastboot devices" in fastboot mode!
I see thay you're doing "adb devices" instead which is wrong.

rhai said:
You should do "fastboot devices" in fastboot mode!
I see thay you're doing "adb devices" instead which is wrong.
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Oh god that actually worked, how could I have forgotten I had to use the "fastboot" command.
I can't thank you enough :victory:

ian_99 said:
Oh god that actually worked, how could I have forgotten I had to use the "fastboot" command.
I can't thank you enough :victory:
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No worries. Cheers!

Question [Solved] Re-locking bootloader - no fastboot commands working

Hi everyone.
I´ve decided today that I want to re-lock my bootloader on Lenovo P11 tablet and I discovered no fastboot commands work on that.
I installed clean version of ROM from Lenovo Rescue and Smart Assistant (TB_J606L_S120217_210805_ROW) but still nothing works.
Normally i reboot to Fastboot and try "fastboot flashing lock" but i recieve:
< waiting for any device >
FAILED (remote: 'Unrecognized command flashing lock')
fastboot: error: Command failed
When i try others like "fastboot oem lock" i recieve:
FAILED (remote: 'Command not supported in default implementation')
fastboot: error: Command failed
Does anyone has any advice what can I do to relock bootloader?

1. enable developer option
2. enable oem unlock in developer option
3. boot to fastboot mode and run
fastboot flashing lock

Thanks @ong14 for your reply but as you can see above I already tried that...

If you're on chinese firmware, try "fastboot oem unlock-go".

Sadly I get this response for this command:
FAILED (remote: 'Command not supported in default implementation')
fastboot: error: Command failed
Is it possibly because of version of my ADB and Fastboot tools? I downloaded many versions (lastly directly from Android Studio) but it didn´t fix anything. @ong14, could you possibly upload the tools you are using?

Sorry for my last reply, it should be "fastboot oem lock-go".
AFAIK, if you're on global rom, use this "fastboot flashing lock".
And if you're on chinese rom, use this "fastboot oem lock-go"
I'm using an old minimal adb and fastboot.

It is totally OK, I am grateful that you are trying to help me at all.
I will try your old adb and fastboot tools and see what happens.
Sadly I don´t have much hope. I am on global rom and command "fastboot flashing lock" resulted only in:
"
FAILED (remote: 'Unrecognized command flashing lock')
fastboot: error: Command failed
"
I will keep you posted about my progress and what else I tried.

Well, sadly, still nothing. I tried everything I could think of. I even tried different PC, flash rom with QFIL even with stock bootloader. I still get the same response.
Did anyone else run into this problem?
Edit: After further investigation it seems that I shouldn´t be in the fastboot mode but in the bootloader mode. There i should try "fastboot flashing lock".
Sadly, I see my P11 in device manager only as unrecognized Android device and no drivers seem to change that. Tablet also isn´t visible in the "adb devices" or the "fastboot devices"
Does anyone pls have working drivers or should I continue trying fastboot mode?
Edit2: OMG, I finally solved it. Yes, i shouild be trying to lock the bootloader from the bootloader mode from the start. After I booted to bootloader mode, installed Lenovo USB drivers (https://www.mediafire.com/file/1bzfblquyofokgi/LenovoUsbDriver_v1.1.34.zip/file) and it finally worked!

kure94 said:
Well, sadly, still nothing. I tried everything I could think of. I even tried different PC, flash rom with QFIL even with stock bootloader. I still get the same response.
Did anyone else run into this problem?
Edit: After further investigation it seems that I shouldn´t be in the fastboot mode but in the bootloader mode. There i should try "fastboot flashing lock".
Sadly, I see my P11 in device manager only as unrecognized Android device and no drivers seem to change that. Tablet also isn´t visible in the "adb devices" or the "fastboot devices"
Does anyone pls have working drivers or should I continue trying fastboot mode?
Edit2: OMG, I finally solved it. Yes, i shouild be trying to lock the bootloader from the bootloader mode from the start. After I booted to bootloader mode, installed Lenovo USB drivers (https://www.mediafire.com/file/1bzfblquyofokgi/LenovoUsbDriver_v1.1.34.zip/file) and it finally worked!
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My guy, you are brilliant. I wonder why the change from oem to flashing was done and were you getting sent to that fastbootd menu too? This worked for my 2020 Moto Edge and I don't know how much longer I would have needed without you.
Thanks.

kure94 said:
Well, sadly, still nothing. I tried everything I could think of. I even tried different PC, flash rom with QFIL even with stock bootloader. I still get the same response.
Did anyone else run into this problem?
Edit: After further investigation it seems that I shouldn´t be in the fastboot mode but in the bootloader mode. There i should try "fastboot flashing lock".
Sadly, I see my P11 in device manager only as unrecognized Android device and no drivers seem to change that. Tablet also isn´t visible in the "adb devices" or the "fastboot devices"
Does anyone pls have working drivers or should I continue trying fastboot mode?
Edit2: OMG, I finally solved it. Yes, i shouild be trying to lock the bootloader from the bootloader mode from the start. After I booted to bootloader mode, installed Lenovo USB drivers (https://www.mediafire.com/file/1bzfblquyofokgi/LenovoUsbDriver_v1.1.34.zip/file) and it finally worked!
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Install RSA from Lenovo also works, and you can run rescue if you want to go back to 100% bone stock

kure94 said:
Well, sadly, still nothing. I tried everything I could think of. I even tried different PC, flash rom with QFIL even with stock bootloader. I still get the same response.
Did anyone else run into this problem?
Edit: After further investigation it seems that I shouldn´t be in the fastboot mode but in the bootloader mode. There i should try "fastboot flashing lock".
Sadly, I see my P11 in device manager only as unrecognized Android device and no drivers seem to change that. Tablet also isn´t visible in the "adb devices" or the "fastboot devices"
Does anyone pls have working drivers or should I continue trying fastboot mode?
Edit2: OMG, I finally solved it. Yes, i shouild be trying to lock the bootloader from the bootloader mode from the start. After I booted to bootloader mode, installed Lenovo USB drivers (https://www.mediafire.com/file/1bzfblquyofokgi/LenovoUsbDriver_v1.1.34.zip/file) and it finally worked!
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Where and how do you get the drivers for this tablet? For some reason I'm stuck in (what I think) is the exact same screen on my tablet. It says fastboot... in the lower left hand corner and you can hear the disconnect chime come from my laptop every few seconds. I punch in fastboot devices and it's stuck in limbo, no error codes or anything.

BakedinRC said:
Where and how do you get the drivers for this tablet? For some reason I'm stuck in (what I think) is the exact same screen on my tablet. It says fastboot... in the lower left hand corner and you can hear the disconnect chime come from my laptop every few seconds. I punch in fastboot devices and it's stuck in limbo, no error codes or anything.
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Did you check device manager?

I didn't think I had to, when I plug in the tablet it pops up with the name and everything.

I'll try the Motorola drivers, is that going to solve the fastboot stuck screen?

Where do I go about getting the Motorola drivers?

hey mate. i had problem. now my Xiaoxin Tablet Pro 2021 having widevine L3 even i already lock the BootLoader and Stock Rom. how do i get Widevine L1 ?

kure94 said:
Well, sadly, still nothing. I tried everything I could think of. I even tried different PC, flash rom with QFIL even with stock bootloader. I still get the same response.
Did anyone else run into this problem?
Edit: After further investigation it seems that I shouldn´t be in the fastboot mode but in the bootloader mode. There i should try "fastboot flashing lock".
Sadly, I see my P11 in device manager only as unrecognized Android device and no drivers seem to change that. Tablet also isn´t visible in the "adb devices" or the "fastboot devices"
Does anyone pls have working drivers or should I continue trying fastboot mode?
Edit2: OMG, I finally solved it. Yes, i shouild be trying to lock the bootloader from the bootloader mode from the start. After I booted to bootloader mode, installed Lenovo USB drivers (https://www.mediafire.com/file/1bzfblquyofokgi/LenovoUsbDriver_v1.1.34.zip/file) and it finally worked!
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what did u do after installing the usb drivers?...can u pls explain in detail?....actually im facing the same problem again and again

me too can't figure it out, very sad

flashing pixel 2 without usb debugging

Hey guys, I need help flashing my Google pixel 2. It was off for a couple of months and now when I am trying to start it, its not booting without putting it on charge and even then it only shows the battery icon then the google icon and restarts (So a bootloop). But when I press and hold the power button and volume down key, it goes in the fastboot mode ( the one where all device information is shown with an Android Logo) (Pic att).
If I select Download mode, it just shows operation denied and if I select recovery mode then it goes to bootloop again. Also as far as I remember when I last used the phone, the usb debugging was turned off so please suggest what to do from here.

If you have USB debugging disabled with OEM unlocking off there's not much you can do. That's why I usually suggest if you're going to relock your bootloader keep oem unlocking enabled so you can flash the factory image if you run into problems. this has saved me a few times.
try downloading the platform tools and usb driver and running the unlock command, what message do you get? The first command you want to run is ADB devices to make sure that your device appears in the list and the command prompt. second command to run is fastboot reboot bootloader , If your phone restarts back into bootloader then you know you have the driver and fastboot /ADB installed and working properly. then go to the Android developer page and find the proper unlock fast boot command I think there's a different one for the Pixel 2.

Alekos said:
If you have USB debugging disabled with OEM unlocking off there's not much you can do. That's why I usually suggest if you're going to relock your bootloader keep oem unlocking enabled so you can flash the factory image if you run into problems. this has saved me a few times.
try downloading the platform tools and usb driver and running the unlock command, what message do you get? The first command you want to run is ADB devices to make sure that your device appears in the list and the command prompt. second command to run is fastboot reboot bootloader , If your phone restarts back into bootloader then you know you have the driver and fastboot /ADB installed and working properly. then go to the Android developer page and find the proper unlock fast boot command I think there's a different one for the Pixel 2.
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Hey thanks for the update man. I know I should have kept atleast oem unlocking enabled. My fault.
Now I followed your instructions and the phone only shows under fastboot devices. But when I run ADB devices it comes as blank under list of devices attached. I still tried the fastboot reboot bootloader command but the phone just restarts with the battery charging icon flashing on screen and then going back into the fastboot mode. (pic of which I attached in the original post).
Any other ideas would be appreciated, else ill just take it to a service centre.

mayankggrwl said:
Hey thanks for the update man. I know I should have nlocking enabled. My fault.
Now I followed your instructions and the phone only shows under fastboot devices. But when I run ADB devices it comes as blank under list of devices attached. I still tried the fastboot reboot bootloader command but the phone just restarts with the battery charging icon flashing on screen and then going back into the fastboot mode. (pic of which I attached in the original post).
Any other ideas would be appreciated, else ill just take it to a service centre.
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Mine shows blank also when running the devices command.
If you can run commands like "fastboot reboot bootloader" or "fastboot reboot recovery" etc and the device restarts, then platform-tools and driver is installed. I mean make sure you have the latest versions of both or else there's no point on going any further. An older version platform-tools will cause a bunch off issues so update that for sure.
what happens when you run any of these commands when your in the bootlaoder menu (where it says Fastboot and device state: locked) (after you've updated platform-tools, check the version by typing the command " fastboot --version" - 31.0.3 is the latest version)
fastboot flashing unlock
fastboot flashing unlock_critical
fastboot oem unlock
If you can unlock your device, you can flash recovery/bootloader image and go from there. But it doesn't look good.

Alekos said:
Mine shows blank also when running the devices command.
If you can run commands like "fastboot reboot bootloader" or "fastboot reboot recovery" etc and the device restarts, then platform-tools and driver is installed. I mean make sure you have the latest versions of both or else there's no point on going any further. An older version platform-tools will cause a bunch off issues so update that for sure.
what happens when you run any of these commands when your in the bootlaoder menu (where it says Fastboot and device state: locked) (after you've updated platform-tools, check the version by typing the command " fastboot --version" - 31.0.3 is the latest version)
fastboot flashing unlock
fastboot flashing unlock_critical
fastboot oem unlock
If you can unlock your device, you can flash recovery/bootloader image and go from there. But it doesn't look good.
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Hey man, Thanks for the update.
Unfortunately none of these commands are working and yes I have the latest platform tools and drivers installed. Attaching image of the same.

mayankggrwl said:
Hey man, Thanks for the update.
Unfortunately none of these commands are working and yes I have the latest platform tools and drivers installed. Attaching image of the same.
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yeah, it means the oem unlocking option is disabled in developer options. damn.
can you try logging into recover menu at all so you can update both boot slots A/B with the ota using adb update option in the recovery menu.
What about running a few fastboot commands to delete userdata and even switch boot slots. that Fastboot screen will show what slot you are booted in (either a or b). try switching slots and booting then?
fastboot --set-active=a (if you are in Slot-B)
fastboot --set-active=b (if you are in Slot-A)
After swithing slots, hit restart device and as soon as you see the Google Logo, hold volume down. If you can boot into Android, enable oem unlocking as soon as you can, don't even connect to wifi or whatever. Or try accessing Recovery mode after switching slots. Main goal is to try to access recovery to update ota and/or access Android to enable oem unlocking.
have you looked on xda for other fastboot commands to try? There's a few Unbrick posts on the Pixel subs - worth a try?
edit-- sorry, I deleted some of my comment by mistake, had to rewrite it/

Alekos said:
yeah, it means the oem unlocking option is disabled in developer options. damn.
can you try logging into recover menu at all so you can update both boot slots A/B with the ota using adb update option in the recovery menu.
What about running a few fastboot commands to delete userdata and even switch boot slots. that Fastboot screen will show what slot you are booted in (either a or b). try switching slots and booting then?
fastboot --set-active=a (if you are in Slot-B)
fastboot --set-active=b (if you are in Slot-A)
After swithing slots, hit restart device and as soon as you see the Google Logo, hold volume down. If you can boot into Android, enable oem unlocking as soon as you can, don't even connect to wifi or whatever. Or try accessing Recovery mode after switching slots. Main goal is to try to access recovery to update ota and/or access Android to enable oem unlocking.
have you looked on xda for other fastboot commands to try? There's a few Unbrick posts on the Pixel subs - worth a try?
edit-- sorry, I deleted some of my comment by mistake, had to rewrite it/
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Okay so I tried switching slots. Currently active slot is A but it again shows error that slot chage is not allowed in locked state. Well was worth a try.
I tried almost everything to get into recovery menu as per my knowledge but cant. It just restarts back into the fastboot state or goes into bootloop.
I did a bit of searching before creating this thread but didnt found anything. Ill try again and see if someone has something similar.

mayankggrwl said:
Okay so I tried switching slots. Currently active slot is A but it again shows error that slot chage is not allowed in locked state. Well was worth a try.
I tried almost everything to get into recovery menu as per my knowledge but cant. It just restarts back into the fastboot state or goes into bootloop.
I did a bit of searching before creating this thread but didnt found anything. Ill try again and see if someone has something similar.
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this thread is interesting:
{Solved} Pixel 2 Bricked, need help.
Hey Guys. I'm new to the Pixel 2 and have found myself stuck and not sure what to do. I'm stuck at this screen and keep getting getting an error message staying "Slot Unbootable: Load Error". I am not able to get into fastboot to flash the...
forum.xda-developers.com
specifically this comment:
{Solved} Pixel 2 Bricked, need help.
Hey Guys. I'm new to the Pixel 2 and have found myself stuck and not sure what to do. I'm stuck at this screen and keep getting getting an error message staying "Slot Unbootable: Load Error". I am not able to get into fastboot to flash the...
forum.xda-developers.com
download the full factory image (not ota) and extract it, and move the radio and bootloader images into platform tools folder and try flashing? But don't think you can.
Also, maybe try installing Skipsoft and see what commands you can execute from there? https://skipsoft.net/download/unified-android-toolkit-v1-7-2/
it supports the Pixel 2.
Not sure how the op in that thread above fixed his Pixel 2 with Skipsoft tool. His Device state said Locked in his screenshot on his post.
Also try draining the battery and see if it will boot into Recovery Mode at all. And check the other Pixel threads (like Pixel 3 XL) there's a few unbrick posts there also.
edit--try these commands
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase data
fastboot erase cache

Alekos said:
this thread is interesting:
{Solved} Pixel 2 Bricked, need help.
Hey Guys. I'm new to the Pixel 2 and have found myself stuck and not sure what to do. I'm stuck at this screen and keep getting getting an error message staying "Slot Unbootable: Load Error". I am not able to get into fastboot to flash the...
forum.xda-developers.com
specifically this comment:
{Solved} Pixel 2 Bricked, need help.
Hey Guys. I'm new to the Pixel 2 and have found myself stuck and not sure what to do. I'm stuck at this screen and keep getting getting an error message staying "Slot Unbootable: Load Error". I am not able to get into fastboot to flash the...
forum.xda-developers.com
download the full factory image (not ota) and extract it, and move the radio and bootloader images into platform tools folder and try flashing? But don't think you can.
Also, maybe try installing Skipsoft and see what commands you can execute from there? https://skipsoft.net/download/unified-android-toolkit-v1-7-2/
it supports the Pixel 2.
Not sure how those users in the thread flashed the bootloader image since I didn't think you could if the device state is locked, but worth a try.
Also try draining the battery and see if it will boot into Recovery Mode at all. And check the other Pixel threads (like Pixel 3 XL) there's a few unbrick posts there also.
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Okay great !! Thanks for these. Ill go through that thread and will see if any of the listed methods work. Will also try that software. In a rush so will try these later on and then ill update you.