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[Q] Error flashing 5.0 (LRX21O)

I downloaded the image from google and flashed it manually. I checked the MD5 and it is correct. At the end of flashing it give me a space error (see log below). Does anyone get this too or i did something wrong?
EDIT: follow the link posted by simms22 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/getting-memory-error-flashing-5-0-t2937800) i am able to get my phone to work. Pretty much we have to flash all the files manually. The link above have a modified script. Just follow instruction there. It took almost 5 mins to finish loading at the boot screen. Give it some time.
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 8192
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 32768
Label:
Blocks: 7137786
Block groups: 218
Reserved block group size: 1024
Created filesystem with 11/1785856 inodes and 156120/7137786 blocks
malloc: Not enough space
Cannot generate image.
FAILED ()
finished. total time: 117.363s
Press any key to exit...

Getting the same error. redownloaded, re-unzipped using different programs, always the same result.
sumasage said:
I downloaded the image from google and flashed it manually. I checked the MD5 and it is correct. At the end of flashing it give me a space error (see log below). Does anyone get this too or i did something wrong?
Bootloader Version...: HHZ12d
Baseband Version.....: M8974A-2.0.50.2.21
Serial Number........: 06d18290f0e96e6d
--------------------------------------------
checking product...
OKAY [ 0.099s]
checking version-bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.100s]
checking version-baseband...
OKAY [ 0.099s]
sending 'boot' (8852 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.500s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.761s]
sending 'recovery' (9552 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.582s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.790s]
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 1.335s]
sending 'system' (981596 KB)...
OKAY [ 32.305s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 66.348s]
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 12.875s]
formatting 'userdata' partition...
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 29236371456
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 8192
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 32768
Label:
Blocks: 7137786
Block groups: 218
Reserved block group size: 1024
Created filesystem with 11/1785856 inodes and 156120/7137786 blocks
malloc: Not enough space
Cannot generate image.
FAILED ()
finished. total time: 117.363s
Press any key to exit...
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Flash the img's manually, the script is corrupt

i have the same problem but it rebooted and now its booting

what software did you use? nexus roo tolkit is not working.

vlc_marcos said:
what software did you use? nexus roo tolkit is not working.
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minimal adb fastboot toolkitt
you should copy the files to flash to the folder and click flashall

Boot.img
I keep doing it with the fastboot on my phone and extracting the file from the zipped file and dropping them in to the platform tools and hitting flash-all batch file
and this in the pic is what I get everytime

Does your phone boot?

sumasage said:
Does your phone boot?
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yes it boots

Same problem here

yes mine boots as well but it just doesn't get beyond the missing boot.img error

cpvm said:
i have the same problem but it rebooted and now its booting
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what did you do to fix it?
I copied all the files to the platform-tool (fastboot location) and ran the flash-all.bat script

all you guys are searching for a fix, but it seems as the far majority arent even looking.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/getting-memory-error-flashing-5-0-t2937800

sumasage said:
what did you do to fix it?
I copied all the files to the platform-tool (fastboot location) and ran the flash-all.bat script
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then press power button to reboot, then the phone will do a factory reset and it should boot normally.

I read someone suggested to update your SDK. Has anyone done this and still got the error?

Guys, don't use a tool kit. Just download the image, extract it then when booted into the bootloader with your device connected to your pc double click the flash-all.bat
Sent from my Nexus 9 using XDA Free mobile app

the script errors out just like the n9 release you need to manually flash the partitions with fastboot to everyone thats having issues.

me too
Buckii said:
I keep doing it with the fastboot on my phone and extracting the file from the zipped file and dropping them in to the platform tools and hitting flash-all batch file
and this in the pic is what I get everytime
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i had seen the state like that too.

I flashed the images manually through fastboot. After that, I booted into stock recovery and factory reset the phone. Booted up with no problems.

Unable to mount cache while doing factory reset.

Hi everyone,
So I got a nexus 5 from a friend that he said was broken. He told me that he was doing and update and was taking too long so he rebooted his phone. Now the phone is stuck in a boot loop. Everything is stock on the phone and he said he never rooted it. I followed the steps on this thread(method 2 manually flashing each img) http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701 Here is the output from the CMD window:
C:\Users\brad\Desktop\hammerhead-lrx22c-factory-0f9eda1b\hammerhead-lrx22c>fastb
oot flash bootloader bootloader.img
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (2579 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.298s]
writing 'bootloader'...
OKAY [ 0.515s]
finished. total time: 0.813s
C:\Users\brad\Desktop\hammerhead-lrx22c-factory-0f9eda1b\hammerhead-lrx22c>fastb
oot reboot bootloader
usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>
commands:
update <filename> reflash device from update.zip
flashall flash boot + recovery + system
flash <partition> [ <filename> ] write a file to a flash partition
erase <partition> erase a flash partition
format <partition> format a flash partition
getvar <variable> display a bootloader variable
boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] download and boot kernel
flash:raw boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] create bootimage and flash it
devices list all connected devices
continue continue with autoboot
reboot reboot device normally
reboot-bootloader reboot device into bootloader
help show this help message
options:
-w erase userdata and cache (and format
if supported by partition type)
-u do not first erase partition before
formatting
-s <specific device> specify device serial number
or path to device port
-l with "devices", lists device paths
-p <product> specify product name
-c <cmdline> override kernel commandline
-i <vendor id> specify a custom USB vendor id
-b <base_addr> specify a custom kernel base address.
default: 0x10000000
-n <page size> specify the nand page size. default:
2048
-S <size>[K|M|G] automatically sparse files greater th
an
size. 0 to disable
C:\Users\brad\Desktop\hammerhead-lrx22c-factory-0f9eda1b\hammerhead-lrx22c>fastb
oot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.016s]
finished. total time: 0.016s
C:\Users\brad\Desktop\hammerhead-lrx22c-factory-0f9eda1b\hammerhead-lrx22c>fastb
oot flash radio radio.img
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'radio' (45521 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.622s]
writing 'radio'...
OKAY [ 3.120s]
finished. total time: 4.743s
C:\Users\brad\Desktop\hammerhead-lrx22c-factory-0f9eda1b\hammerhead-lrx22c>fastb
oot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.000s]
finished. total time: 0.016s
C:\Users\brad\Desktop\hammerhead-lrx22c-factory-0f9eda1b\hammerhead-lrx22c>fastb
oot flash system system.img
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 1.065s]
sending 'system' (981472 KB)...
OKAY [ 31.005s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 66.272s]
finished. total time: 98.341s
C:\Users\brad\Desktop\hammerhead-lrx22c-factory-0f9eda1b\hammerhead-lrx22c>fastb
oot flash userdata userdata.img
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 13.676s]
sending 'userdata' (137318 KB)...
OKAY [ 4.514s]
writing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 9.179s]
finished. total time: 27.369s
C:\Users\brad\Desktop\hammerhead-lrx22c-factory-0f9eda1b\hammerhead-lrx22c>fastb
oot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'boot' (8852 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.485s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.749s]
finished. total time: 1.233s
C:\Users\brad\Desktop\hammerhead-lrx22c-factory-0f9eda1b\hammerhead-lrx22c>fastb
oot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'recovery' (9552 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.517s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.782s]
finished. total time: 1.299s
C:\Users\brad\Desktop\hammerhead-lrx22c-factory-0f9eda1b\hammerhead-lrx22c>fastb
oot erase cache
******** Did you mean to fastboot format this partition?
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.452s]
finished. total time: 0.452s
C:\Users\brad\Desktop\hammerhead-lrx22c-factory-0f9eda1b\hammerhead-lrx22c>
Now when I select recovery after I flashed everything the phone turns off and doesn't come back on until I push the power button. Is that normal?(Not sure if this matters as well but sometimes when I push the power button + volume up and down the phone won't turn on. I have to just push the power button and let it boot loop, turn if off with the power button and try getting into fast boot again.) So I pushed the power button and load back into fastboot go into recovery and get the droid with the red exclamation mark. Push power + volume up and get into the options.
At the bottom of the screen it says:
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery / log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery / log
E:failed to mount / cache (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_install
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_install
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)​
When I try wipe data/factory reset I get:
--Wiping data...
Formatting /data...
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
Formatting /cache...
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery / log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery / log
E:failed to mount / cache (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_install
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_install
Data wipe complete.
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery / log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery / log
E:failed to mount / cache (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_install
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_install
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
So I tried to wipe cache partition command and basically get the same thing as above the only string that is different is:
E:Failed closing /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/mis(I/O error)
Anyone know where I can go from here?

From what I can see you erased cache partition but didn't flash it back.
You need to flash cache partition also.
Code:
fastboot flash cache cache.img

varuntis1993 said:
From what I can see you erased cache partition but didn't flash it back.
You need to flash cache partition also.
Code:
fastboot flash cache cache.img
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Yeah. My mistake. Doing that right now but now it's stuck.....
C:\Users\brad\Desktop\hammerhead-lrx22c-factory-0f9eda1b\hammerhead-lrx22c>fastb
oot flash cache cache.img
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'cache'...
Been like this for about 20 minutes.

workonyou said:
Yeah. My mistake. Doing that right now but now it's stuck.....
C:\Users\brad\Desktop\hammerhead-lrx22c-factory-0f9eda1b\hammerhead-lrx22c>fastb
oot flash cache cache.img
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'cache'...
Been like this for about 20 minutes.
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20min, it should only take seconds to flash it.
I hope you are using usb 2.0 ports.

varuntis1993 said:
20min, it should only take seconds to flash it.
I hope you are using usb 2.0 ports.
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Yes I am.

workonyou said:
Yes I am.
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Have you tried disconnecting and connecting again?
I am not sure whether you should do that or not, but you have no other choice right now.

varuntis1993 said:
Have you tried disconnecting and connecting again?
I am not sure whether you should do that or not.
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I tried something else. I flashed the 4.4.4 stock img using flash-all. Phone booted into android but now camera, google play and gallery are constantly crashing. As well when I try to do a software update it won't download. So I tried to download a random file using chrome and when I did it said "NO SD CARD." What can I do now?

workonyou said:
I tried something else. I flashed the 4.4.4 stock img using flash-all. Phone booted into android but now camera, google play and gallery are constantly crashing. As well when I try to do a software update it won't download. So I tried to download a random file using chrome and when I did it said "NO SD CARD." What can I do now?
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Try factory reset from stock recovery.
Are you able to lock the bootloader? lock it, reboot and check whether it got locked or not.
Code:
fastboot oem lock

varuntis1993 said:
Try factory reset from stock recovery.
Are you able to lock the bootloader? lock it, reboot and check whether it got locked or not.
Code:
fastboot oem lock
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When you say factory reset from stock recovery do you mean going into fastboot>recovery>factory/data reset?
I'll try locking the bootloader now.
Not sure if this helps. But when I flashed the 4.4.4 cache IMG it worked fine. Why doesn't the 5.01 work? See output for 4.4.4:
OKAY [ 14.446s]
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.525s]
formatting 'cache' partition...
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 734003200
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 7472
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 2800
Label:
Blocks: 179200
Block groups: 6
Reserved block group size: 47
Created filesystem with 11/44832 inodes and 5813/179200 blocks
sending 'cache' (13348 KB)...
writing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 1.862s]
****
EDIT
I am able to lock the bootloader

workonyou said:
When you say factory reset from stock recovery do you mean going into fastboot>recovery>factory/data reset?
I'll try locking the bootloader now.
Not sure if this helps. But when I flashed the 4.4.4 cache IMG it worked fine. Why doesn't the 5.01 work? See output for 4.4.4:
OKAY [ 14.446s]
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.525s]
formatting 'cache' partition...
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 734003200
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 7472
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 2800
Label:
Blocks: 179200
Block groups: 6
Reserved block group size: 47
Created filesystem with 11/44832 inodes and 5813/179200 blocks
sending 'cache' (13348 KB)...
writing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 1.862s]
****
EDIT
I am able to lock the bootloader
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Since you are able to lock the bootloader, there should not be any issue with nand.
yep I meant that.
how did you install fastboot? you have latest files? Replace them with these
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95784891001607611

varuntis1993 said:
Since you are able to lock the bootloader, there should not be any issue with nand.
yep I meant that.
how did you install fastboot? you have latest files? Replace them with these
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95784891001607611
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Hmmm. I think I was using an older version of fastboot. I was going to try and re-flash everything so I went ahead and unlocked the bootloader and now it's stuck erasing again.

workonyou said:
Hmmm. I think I was using an older version of fastboot. I was going to try and re-flash everything so I went ahead and unlocked the bootloader and now it's stuck erasing again.
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It takes quite some time to erase when unlocking the bootloader.

varuntis1993 said:
It takes quite some time to erase when unlocking the bootloader.
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I was still erasing after 1hr+ so I powered off the phone went back into fastboot(unlocked) and flashed 5.01 images using the fastboot you linked. Output:
C:\Users\brad\Desktop\hammerhead-lrx22c-factory-0f9eda1b\hammerhead-lrx22c>fastb
oot devices
04a9c8e213afcb97 fastboot
C:\Users\brad\Desktop\hammerhead-lrx22c-factory-0f9eda1b\hammerhead-lrx22c>flash
-all
sending 'bootloader' (2579 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.299s]
writing 'bootloader'...
OKAY [ 0.463s]
finished. total time: 0.765s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.122s]
finished. total time: 0.123s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'radio' (45521 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.618s]
writing 'radio'...
OKAY [ 3.124s]
finished. total time: 4.743s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.120s]
finished. total time: 0.120s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
archive does not contain 'vendor.img'
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 29236371456
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 8192
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 32768
Label:
Blocks: 7137786
Block groups: 218
Reserved block group size: 1024
Created filesystem with 11/1785856 inodes and 156120/7137786 blocks
Cannot read image.
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 734003200
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 7472
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 2800
Label:
Blocks: 179200
Block groups: 6
Reserved block group size: 47
Created filesystem with 11/44832 inodes and 5813/179200 blocks
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: HHZ12d
Baseband Version.....: M8974A-2.0.50.2.22
Serial Number........: 04a9c8e213afcb97
--------------------------------------------
checking product...
OKAY [ 0.100s]
checking version-bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.099s]
checking version-baseband...
OKAY [ 0.100s]
sending 'boot' (8852 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.489s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.753s]
sending 'recovery' (9552 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.545s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.797s]
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 0.950s]
sending 'system' (981472 KB)...
OKAY [ 30.993s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 66.258s]
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 11.154s]
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.449s]
sending 'cache' (13348 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.629s]
writing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 1.029s]
rebooting...
finished. total time: 114.872s
Press any key to exit...
Now when the phone restarted I get the android and gear, it stays on for about 2 minutes and reboots and does the same thing again. Boot loop again.

Just do factory reset from stock recovery.

varuntis1993 said:
Just do factory reset from stock recovery.
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When I go into recovery I get the same thing now. Sigh

workonyou said:
When I go into recovery I get the same thing now. Sigh
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You mean those same cache errors?

varuntis1993 said:
You mean those same cache errors?
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No I get the android with the gear just spinning.

workonyou said:
No I get the android with the gear just spinning.
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Sorry mate, I am out of ideas now. Hope @abaaaabbbb63 or someone else can help you.

varuntis1993 said:
Sorry mate, I am out of ideas now. Hope @abaaaabbbb63 or someone else can help you.
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Darn. Thanks for trying. Really appreciate it. I did the oem unlock again and it's still hanging.
C:\Users\brad\Desktop\hammerhead-ktu84p-factory-35ea0277\hammerhead-ktu84p>fastb
oot oem unlock
...
Is what I get and the phone says erasing.... Going to leave it for 2hrs+ this time.
If anyone has more ideas please let me know!

workonyou said:
Darn. Thanks for trying. Really appreciate it. I did the oem unlock again and it's still hanging.
C:\Users\brad\Desktop\hammerhead-ktu84p-factory-35ea0277\hammerhead-ktu84p>fastb
oot oem unlock
...
Is what I get and the phone says erasing.... Going to leave it for 2hrs+ this time.
If anyone has more ideas please let me know!
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Just came to my mind, how about flashing custom recovery, flash twrp, check how much internal storage it shows. If its 0MB.
Then try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/guide-to-fix-persist-partition-t2821576
Also how much time are u waiting for it to boot?

NVidia K1: flashboot fails on InvalidSize error when flashing 'system'

Hi, Following the recent problems with battery life and the latest version of android for NVidia K1 tablets, a friend of mine tried to restore the stock image. Sadly, we're encountering some issue with fastboot, and I haven't been able to find anything on internet that could explain what is happening.
Following the instructions from (hxxp://nvidiashieldzone.com/index.php/shield-tablet/shield-tablet-k1/shield-tablet-restore-to-stock-recovery) we are stuck when flashing the system.img:
Code:
$ fastboot flash system system.img
target reported max download size of 570425344 bytes
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 0.549s]
sending sparse 'system' (545106 KB)...
OKAY [ 21.143s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 19.928s]
sending sparse 'system' (552714 KB)...
OKAY [ 21.482s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 20.861s]
sending sparse 'system' (118407 KB)...
OKAY [ 4.622s]
writing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: (InvalidSize))
finished. total time: 93.270s
When doing a 'fastboot erase system', we don't have any issue:
Code:
fastboot erase system -w
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 13176406016
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 8128
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 32768
Label:
Blocks: 3216896
Block groups: 99
Reserved block group size: 791
Created filesystem with 11/804672 inodes and 91191/3216896 blocks
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 1073741824
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 8192
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 4096
Label:
Blocks: 262144
Block groups: 8
Reserved block group size: 63
Created filesystem with 11/65536 inodes and 8536/262144 blocks
******** Did you mean to fastboot format this partition?
target reported max download size of 570425344 bytes
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 0.252s]
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 1.720s]
sending 'userdata' (137154 KB)...
OKAY [ 5.025s]
writing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 4.666s]
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.208s]
sending 'cache' (18800 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.696s]
writing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.710s]
finished. total time: 13.278s
Note that when doing 'fastboot format system', it seems to be returning something a little different (bigger partition, more nodes?), and I don't know if this is expected:
Code:
$ fastboot format system
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 1342177280
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 8192
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 5120
Label:
Blocks: 327680
Block groups: 10
Reserved block group size: 79
Created filesystem with 11/81920 inodes and 10749/327680 blocks
target reported max download size of 570425344 bytes
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 0.204s]
sending 'system' (22984 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.847s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 0.873s]
finished. total time: 1.924s
I did check that the image had the proper md5, so I'm really stuck at why it doesn't work. The stock image is the same one as on (hxxps://developer.nvidia.com/shield-open-source#tablet-k1)
Interestingly (or worryingly), if I try to erase system too many times in a row, the command will fail with TimeOut, but restarting the tablet fixes it everytime, and I'm able to erase / format / write again, until I get the InvalidSize error.
The tablet is currently stuck on the NVidia logo startup screen (although we can get the bootloader to start everytime).
Do you have any idea what could be happening?
Thanks!
-- tanyiachaos

I'm having this same 'InvalidSize' problem with every recovery image I can lay my hands on, including the original factory full image. The error happens equally using fastboot for Ununtu 16.04 and Windows 10.
Device: Nvidia Shield K1
Has anybody seen this 'InvalidSize' error before? If it didn't work for most people I would say there is a bug in fastboot calculating the last data chunk size. Could this be a hardware problem?

Hi I had the same issue with my shield tablet K1. I finally got my tablet working again by flashing the last TWRP and installing lineage os 14.1.
I can't post the link as i am a newbie but you can google : "How to install LineageOS on the Nvidia Shield Tablet ".
Hope that can help someone.

NEXUS 5 Stuck @ Boot Animation, Possible EMMC Failure?

Hi guys,
I woke up to find my Nexus off, still plugged in, which was strange. When i tried to turn it on, the Google Logo appeared, then the 4 Dots as per Marshmallow Boot animation...only they remained there 35 mins after I attempted to put on the phone.
I figured something was up with the boot, so I left it for a while after restarting, but and it was still stuck.
Since then I've tried reloading Stock Roms, (From KitKat to Marshmallow), installing custom recovery and trying anything I could find online to try to get this to work, but sadly I haven't been able to.
If i try to Reset, I get failed messages on some partitions.
I'll attach some logs showing the messages from some of these attempts.
Can anyone assist or help diagnose?
Attempt at Flashing KitKat with Nexus Root Toolkit
Flash Stock + Unroot [WugFresh Development]
------------------------------------------------------------------
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (2508 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.285s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 0.487s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.129s]
finished. total time: 0.130s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'radio' (45409 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.627s]
writing 'radio'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 2.854s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.119s]
finished. total time: 0.120s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'boot' (8700 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.494s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.733s]
finished. total time: 1.230s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.211s]
sending 'cache' (13348 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.629s]
writing 'cache'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 1.023s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'recovery' (9284 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.504s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 0.687s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: failed to erase partition)
finished. total time: 0.115s
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 13725835264
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 8144
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 32768
Label:
Blocks: 3351034
Block groups: 103
Reserved block group size: 823
Created filesystem with 11/838832 inodes and 93654/3351034 blocks
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'userdata'...
FAILED (remote: failed to erase partition)
finished. total time: 0.186s
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 734003200
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 7472
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 2800
Label:
Blocks: 179200
Block groups: 6
Reserved block group size: 47
Created filesystem with 11/44832 inodes and 5813/179200 blocks
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'cache'...
FAILED (remote: failed to erase partition)
finished. total time: 0.214s
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.003s
If you require more information, ask and I will provide where I can.

did you try to flash the factory image?
Inviato dal mio P6000 Pro utilizzando Tapatalk

Terfysgol said:
did you try to flash the factory image?
Inviato dal mio P6000 Pro utilizzando Tapatalk
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Yup, I tried flashing Stock Roms aka Factory Images for KitKat, Lollipop and Marshmallow as indicated in my original post.

Did you flash the userdata.img file and immediately boot to recovery to perform a factory wipe before booting the rom for the first time?

audit13 said:
Did you flash the userdata.img file and immediately boot to recovery to perform a factory wipe before booting the rom for the first time?
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I did, and this also produces the Fails as before.

Could be a failed emmc issue.
If erasing the cachce, userdata, and factory reset don't work, it doesn't look good for the memory chip.

audit13 said:
Could be a failed emmc issue.
If erasing the cachce, userdata, and factory reset don't work, it doesn't look good for the memory chip.
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I'm beginning to think this may be the case

Have you got an old nandroid that you know that works?
Inviato dal mio P6000 Pro utilizzando Tapatalk

I had similar issue but at least I could boot into bootloader to do this :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701
I had the failed also then went to step 2 and did that:
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot flash bootloader C:\image-hammerhead-krt16m\bootloader.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio C:\image-hammerhead-krt16m\radio.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash system C:\image-hammerhead-krt16m\system.img
fastboot flash userdata C:\image-hammerhead-krt16m\userdata.img
(Note: this command will wipe your device (including \sdcard), EVEN if your bootloader is already unlocked.)
fastboot flash boot C:\image-hammerhead-krt16m\boot.img
fastboot flash recovery C:\image-hammerhead-krt16m\recovery.img
*tip* Substitute lastest images by dragging and dropping them into cmd window, tip** hit arrow up on keypad to enter in last text to save a bunch of typing
It took FOREVER to boot but it did come back. BUT I have weird fc's and rando0m turn offs so I suspect new phone is coming.
I did phone the google and they connected me with LG for a repair option which will come back in max 9 days but I think even 100 bucks or whatever the cost ( they will phone with tally ) is more than the phone is worth.
Read the whole of the link I sent and Thank abaaaabbbb63 for his work
YMMV HTH
Zo0

Barely responsive brick.

Hi.
I just bought used Nexus 5. Everything worked flawlessly until I managed to discharge the battery to 0%. When charging, the phone started looping at the "Google" screen, rebooting every ~2 seconds. (I left it like that for full duration of charging, about 2 hours). It continued rebooting after unplugging charger cable. I think i fixed it by mashing the power button few times.
Now, I'm unable to boot system, mount any of the partitions or load any images in fastboot mode...
Recovery takes few minutes to load but shows 100% battery.
Device info:
* hammerhead D821(E) 32GB
* HW Version: rev_11
* Bootloader version: HHZ20h
* Lock State - Unlocked
* Secure Boot - Enabled
* Device tampered: true
* Device Unlocked: true
* off-mode-charge: true
Issues:
* permanent boot loop when loading system (i even left it overnight to check if it eventually loads - 10h+ no luck)
* TWRP takes few minutes to load and works really slow. no partitions can be mounted. ADB shell works (i don't know any commands).
* Flashing factory image fails. fastboot uploading okay. writing fails (FAILED (remote: flash write failure))
Edit:
* I'm able to load stock recovery via fastboot boot recovery.img (.img from google factory images).
Errors:
Code:
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
E:can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
Per this thread, flashing cache.img in fastboot fails:
Code:
fastboot flash cache cache.img
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.210s]
sending 'cache' (13348 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.629s]
writing 'cache'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 1.023s
Edit2:
Per this thread, reapairing data gives error:
Code:
adb shell
~ # [6ne2fsck /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata
e2fsck 1.42.9 (28-Dec-2013)
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata: recovering journal
Superblock needs_recovery flag is clear, but journal has data.
Run journal anyway<y>? y
yes
e2fsck: unable to set superblock flags on /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata: ********** WARNING: Filesystem still has errors **********
Doing the same operation, but directly from TWRP:
Code:
sbin/e2fsck -fp /dev/block/mmcblk0p28 process ended with ERROR: 4
Unable to repair Data.
In TWRP:
Looks like I can mount /system - it doesn't throw any errors.
Mounting MTP freezes TWRP, but doesn't throw any errors. On PC, device is visible, but no memory.
Mounting /Data freezes TWRP for few seconds and throws error (failed to mount /data (Invalid argument))
Mounting /cache freezes TWRP briefly and throws error (failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument))
Mounting /persist throws error (failed to mount /persist (Invalid argument))
"Select Storage" shows "Internal Storage (0mb)"
Is my memory chip really dead? Could it be due to hidden flaw in my phone? Could it all break by just draining battery to 0%?
Some screenshots attached:

Is my eMMC chip fried?

Have you tried to flash stock via Nexus Root Toolkit? Wug's toolkit should help you out.

Rondeau7 said:
Have you tried to flash stock via Nexus Root Toolkit? Wug's toolkit should help you out.
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Code:
Flash Stock + Unroot [WugFresh Development]
------------------------------------------------------------------
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (3124 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.306s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 0.507s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.120s]
finished. total time: 0.122s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'radio' (45489 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.609s]
writing 'radio'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 2.835s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.112s]
finished. total time: 0.113s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'boot' (9156 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.493s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.762s]
finished. total time: 1.258s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.210s]
sending 'cache' (13348 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.629s]
writing 'cache'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 1.023s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'recovery' (10014 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.522s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 0.704s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: failed to erase partition)
finished. total time: 0.117s
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 29236371456
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 8192
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 32768
Label:
Blocks: 7137786
Block groups: 218
Reserved block group size: 1024
Created filesystem with 11/1785856 inodes and 156120/7137786 blocks
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'userdata'...
FAILED (remote: failed to erase partition)
finished. total time: 0.158s
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 734003200
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 7472
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 2800
Label:
Blocks: 179200
Block groups: 6
Reserved block group size: 47
Created filesystem with 11/44832 inodes and 5813/179200 blocks
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'cache'...
FAILED (remote: failed to erase partition)
finished. total time: 0.211s
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.002s
Failed. I think I know why - these partitions are invisible / not existent / corrupted... picture in description.
Is there some way to try reformat / repartition the eMMC chip?

MarcysVonEylau said:
Code:
Flash Stock + Unroot [WugFresh Development]
------------------------------------------------------------------
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (3124 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.306s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 0.507s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.120s]
finished. total time: 0.122s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'radio' (45489 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.609s]
writing 'radio'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 2.835s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.112s]
finished. total time: 0.113s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'boot' (9156 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.493s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.762s]
finished. total time: 1.258s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.210s]
sending 'cache' (13348 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.629s]
writing 'cache'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 1.023s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'recovery' (10014 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.522s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 0.704s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: failed to erase partition)
finished. total time: 0.117s
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 29236371456
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 8192
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 32768
Label:
Blocks: 7137786
Block groups: 218
Reserved block group size: 1024
Created filesystem with 11/1785856 inodes and 156120/7137786 blocks
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'userdata'...
FAILED (remote: failed to erase partition)
finished. total time: 0.158s
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 734003200
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 7472
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 2800
Label:
Blocks: 179200
Block groups: 6
Reserved block group size: 47
Created filesystem with 11/44832 inodes and 5813/179200 blocks
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'cache'...
FAILED (remote: failed to erase partition)
finished. total time: 0.211s
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.002s
Failed. I think I know why - these partitions are invisible / not existent / corrupted... picture in description.
Is there some way to try reformat / repartition the eMMC chip?
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/go...-unbrick-nexus-5-stucked-qualcomm-hs-t3043301

Saw this before. The thing is I I cannot get the device to show up as "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008", or anything COM port-y. In fastboot it shows up like that:
Edit: I read more about it. Looks like a solution, but how to enter that mode?

Follow the directions on the guide from that link.

Okay, then you must help me. I get stuck at step 3:
Select the Com Port you see in Device manager
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My device doesn't show up as a COM device.

Same error here. Did you get it sort out?
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MarcysVonEylau said:
Okay, then you must help me. I get stuck at step 3:
My device doesn't show up as a COM device.
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You have to turn the device off and then press volume up + volume down + Power.
You should be looking at the device manager while pressing the buttons.
When it appears under PORTS let go the buttons.
By the way it did not fix our problem.

It didn't work for me. Nevermind, the phone is in service undergoing memory replacement.

I owe you all an update. Memory replacement didn't work. Most likely the memory controller in the processor itself is fried. Bricked.

what is to be done? you can throw it away?
I also have a nexus 5 who died today,suddenly. I was dowloading an update from google play and just freeze.
On restart, only show the google logo and stay that way. I can enter fastboot mode and tried to reflash with Wug Nexus Toolkit but without succes. It gives me the same errors like in you're post above.
What should I do? :/

Yes, in my case it's absolutely bricked. I don't think a software update would brick it in the same way though. I cannot assist you, but keep trying

Well, I managed to revive him! As i said before it was stuck on Google logo and I could only enter on fastboot mode. Recovery wasn't working. The phone had unlocked bootloader before the brick.
What I did:
1. Open Nexus Root Toolkit v 2.1.9
2. Advanced Utilities > Launch
3. Started the phone on Fastboot mode (volume down + power button) and connect to pc
4. First I tried to boot Custom Recovery temporarily and I saw it was working.
5. Fastboot Erase > checked all!
6. Closed the window
7. Flash Stock + Unroot with current status: Soft-Bricked|Bootloop
8. All finished ok! Single problem: operation wipes all user data and can't be recovered.
Hope this helps someone!