[XT1541 16Gb] - Update caused boot loop, cannot flash ROM - Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all,
I just tried to update my XT1541 (I didn't see what version it was to, sorry), but was rewarded by an endless boot loop -- the phone wouldn't progress past the white splash screen, and lasted about 15-20 seconds per cycle.
Holding the [Volume Down] button got me to the bootloader screen, from which I was able to go into recovery. However, this only displayed an error message, 'No command found', with a red warning symbol over the android image.
I could get round this, however, by holding down [Power] then [Volume Up], and was able to both wipe the cache and do a factory reset. Neither of these helped fix the issue, however. I am unable to flash from the SD Card, either, as attempting this results in the error message, 'internal and external memory cannot be mounted'.
At this, point, I imagine I can try adb and fastboot, but does anyone have any guidance first?

Go into that bootloader screen and flash the stock rom with fastboot.

maarten2001 said:
Go into that bootloader screen and flash the stock rom with fastboot.
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Ach, now I can't unzip the factory ROM -- sparsechunk.4 is broken and refuses to be extracted :/

rosyatrandom said:
Ach, now I can't unzip the factory ROM -- sparsechunk.4 is broken and refuses to be extracted :/
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Make sure you have downloaded the correct version for your device or try to download it again.

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Is my Xoom bricked?

Hey All,
I know there are a lot threads like this on here, so I made sure I tried everything possible before asking for help.
First off, It is a MZ604 wifi version.
Ok, upon powering up my Xoom, it will get to the Motorola screen/ dual core and stall.
I am able to get into recovery, however the version I am running, 5.8.3.1 apparently does not allow sd card mounting, so I am unable to restore or flash a new rom.
A factory reset/ data wipe does nothing.
I have tried to flash a new rom via ADB, however my computer will not install the Xoom drivers. It will say "installing device drivers" for about 2 minutes or so before failing. I have tried using moto helper and the other Motorola usb drivers
I am unable to boot into android to enable usb debugging
I have tried all of the above on my laptop too and to the same result.
My question is, is this a brick? or can it be solved.
Thanks for your time
Yes it can be fixed, if you can access recovery then it means you can access fastboot. So what you do is once you're in the fastboot protocol, is flash in TWRP recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1782235
With that recovery you can mount SD cards, so use a computer to download the ROM you want then flash. Hopefully you get the idea, but I can post in more detail if you want.
Chaosgod27 said:
Yes it can be fixed, if you can access recovery then it means you can access fastboot. So what you do is once you're in the fastboot protocol, is flash in TWRP recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1782235
With that recovery you can mount SD cards, so use a computer to download the ROM you want then flash. Hopefully you get the idea, but I can post in more detail if you want.
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Thanks for responding, I appreciate it. The thing is that my xoom cannot connect to my computer, and therefore and cannot use fastboot to send it the image correct?
I could fix all of this if I could just get the drivers to install, but because of my xoom's condition, the drivers cannot install no matter what.
Hmm usually fastboot drivers should automatically install. Does your recovery have an option to boot into fastboot? Once you're in fastboot it should automatically install the drivers, and in the android sdk folder in CMD (assuming you're running windows) put in this command: fastboot devices
It should show up your XOOM if not install this http://www.motorola.com/Support/AU-EN/Support-Homepage/Software-and-Drivers/USB-PC-Charging-Drivers
And try again
Hi all!
I got the same problem...
I can connect it to PC and do fastboot, I've flashed it many times, but it didn't affect my Xoom, i've reflashed the recovery to a lower version (tiamat rc4) but the recovery still shows version 5.8.3.1...
I even tried RSD, but it still the same...
no errors, and no effects...
is my Xoom bricked?
^I heard of this before, sounds like your new recovery image just gets overwritten by the current recovery. Though I thought it was only for stock recovery.
but, how can I overwrite it? it seems like they are read only...
It's all about timing, to access recovery once you see the Moto logo wait 2-3 seconds then vol + then vol + again. This is right after you flashed in your new recovery.
You can also access your fastboot like that as well, instead of pressing vol + again, press vol - then vol +.
Chaosgod27 said:
It's all about timing, to access recovery once you see the Moto logo wait 2-3 seconds then vol + then vol + again. This is right after you flashed in your new recovery.
You can also access your fastboot like that as well, instead of pressing vol + again, press vol - then vol +.
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that's not the problem... of course I can access the recovery, fastboot and RSD, the problem is that I whatever I do to the xoom just don't work... and it reports no error at all... it's just succeed, but nothing happened... It's like a PC running windows with DeepFreeze installed...
Anyone got the same problem? can anybody help me?:crying:
No you're missing the whole point, after you flashed your new recovery it may get overwritten if you don't reboot into recovery straight way. It never happened to me but I have read that people has that issue.

[Q] Loop on 4.4.3 upgrade - problems - HELP please

I did a factory reload of a rooted phone with CWM.
Now for the CWM issue the Moto G loaded OK and then said there was an update for android to fix some bugs. This was 4.4.3. I loaded it and it gets half way and it then says
"Signature verification fail"
at the bottom of the screen and
" Install Untrusted Package"
The options are yes, no or go back
at the top....
whichever one I try it then tries to boot shows the Android / Motorola screen and starts up gets a txt message for 2-3 seconds... it then goes back to Android CWM recovery with the same options as above and repeats the process. again and again and again. No function keys will stop this cycle which just repeats again. This continues until the battery dies.
any ideas ? how can I override this action in CWM v6.0.4.6 and force it to do a factory reload ? any help or advice much appreciated.
The following thread had a similar problem and was fixed... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53404637
NerdNoob1210 suggested...
"If you can still power your phone, can you still access the boot loader? If so, I would suggest using adb from a computer to flash Phillz recovery. CWM always gave me a lot of random errors when flashing items. You could use PhillZ to flash the stock ROM for 4.4.2. After that, just follow the same process I did. Download the update zip via the OTA download when it prompts you. Once it's finished, DON'T boot back into Android. Boot into Phillz recovery from the boot loader, move the zip out of the cache and onto sdcard or your computer, and then flash it either straight from the phone or by sideloading it from your computer. Then you'll have a working version of vanilla 4.4.3, and you can flash over a custom ROM in the future if you so choose."
unfortunately I can't get into bootloader. I can connect usb and it makes no difference. therefore adb commands dont work. it just goes straight into screen described with those three options. I'm hoping that there is an override action in CWM which isn't power and volume down which do nothing.
If not how can I force it into bootloader instead please ? any suggestions appreciated.

Honor 8 Can't Download Firmware, Can't Flash, Bricked? [Solved]

Hi, after trying unlock my bootloader, I couldn't get into recovery mode without "Your phone cannot be trusted" getting stuck on my screen.
I re-locked the boot loader but now when I go into recovery it says "Data Partition is corrupted please format" then it asks me to connect to a wifi network which then just shows errors everytime the password comes up.
I tried to turn on USB Debugging to ADB sideload a firmware, but I can't because the phone has been resetted; if I try to enter a wifi password the keyboard doesnt show it's just the google voice (which doesn't work) with no options. If i skip the wifi option it just goes on the google login and gets stuck on "Checking Info".
Any solutions to the problem please?
EDIT: I just re-unlocked the bootloader and now its permanently stuck on "Your device cannot be trusted, booting now" regardless of what buttons I press during startup
EDIT 2: I fixed it, it was long and complicated but I got it to work, here's how.
1. When flashing TWRP, I realized I was flashing the TWRP for EMUI 4, so I flashed TWRP for EMUI 5. (Make sure Bootloader is unlocked)
First have all the adb/fastboot drivers, for windows shift + right click the folder and click "Open Command here"
Make sure the twrp img file is in the same folder as the adb folder.
On the honor 8 phone, if it is stuck like mine, turn the phone off and then hold Volume Down + Power Button until the download mode is on the screen
Type "fastboot flash recovery (twrpfilename).img"
Once it's done, turn it off and then hold power button + volume up AND volume down at once till TWRP comes on
(Continuously hold it, if the "Your Device cannot be trusted" screen comes on release)
2. (Make sure internal storage and data are backed up externally for this)
Reset system, data, cache/dalvik, and internal storage
3. Download Update.zip and the second .zip from a website on google, search Honor 8 Manual Nougat and click the link from smartstocknews (I can't post links) but do not follow the steps from that website, and also download GAPPS from open GAPPS. Make sure ARM64 is selected and not ARM as well as 7.0
4. After wiping, mount the Honor 8 by connecting it via USB to a computer, and press "Mount" on TWRP
Upload the both update.zip and update_data_full_hw_eu.zip and GAPPS ARM64 7.0 to internal or external storage
5. Exit mount and go to install, install the zips in this specific order and do not reboot in between
A) Update.zip
B) Update_data_full_hw_eu.zip
C) GAPPS.zip
6. Reboot after GAPPS is done (it might show already installed, if that's the case then it's alright, reboot anyways)
Download the 70mb package for firmware downgrade and the latest marshmallow firmware from your regional huawei's website.
Extract the small package and put the .app file in a folder called dload on the SD card and insert it in your phone.
Boot by holding volume + volume - and pressing power, holding all 3 buttons until the phone vibrates.
The package will flash and afterwards you repeat the process, this time using an .app file from the full marshmallow firmware.
The 70mb package installs not matter how messed up your file system is, and makes your phone ready for the MM firmware. This process brings any brick back to life. Good luck.
I too was trying to root my FRD-L04 and apparently used the wrong TWRP because now I get...
Code:
Unable to open ' ' to wipe crypto key
Unable to wipe Data
Unable to format to remove encryption
Failed to mount /data (invalid argument)
and I cant get the keyboard loaded so I can log into my wifi when I do a factory reset. I really have no idea how best to attack this...my phone is bricked I can get into TWRP 3.0.2.0 recovery, sideload, and fastboot (i think). I am currently downloading the stock ROM for my device and will try to sideload it.
I feel I need to fix the data issues thought before trying to load the ROM as I dont think my data partition is working at all now. Does anyone have any suggestions or a step-by-step guide on how to fix my bricked phone?
I've tried all sort of things today but no matter what, I cant get a keyboard working so I guess that means I'm screwed....
EDIT - my phone doesnt have a insertable SD card so I cant fix things the way the above poster suggests.
menriquez said:
I too was trying to root my FRD-L04 and apparently used the wrong TWRP because now I get...
Code:
Unable to open ' ' to wipe crypto key
Unable to wipe Data
Unable to format to remove encryption
Failed to mount /data (invalid argument)
and I cant get the keyboard loaded so I can log into my wifi when I do a factory reset. I really have no idea how best to attack this...my phone is bricked I can get into TWRP 3.0.2.0 recovery, sideload, and fastboot (i think). I am currently downloading the stock ROM for my device and will try to sideload it.
I feel I need to fix the data issues thought before trying to load the ROM as I dont think my data partition is working at all now. Does anyone have any suggestions or a step-by-step guide on how to fix my bricked phone?
I've tried all sort of things today but no matter what, I cant get a keyboard working so I guess that means I'm screwed....
EDIT - my phone doesnt have a insertable SD card so I cant fix things the way the above poster suggests.
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If you have nougat just flash the correct recovery from the twrp you already have. https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/development/twrp-t3566563
sysak said:
If you have nougat just flash the correct recovery from the twrp you already have. https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/development/twrp-t3566563
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This is truly one of the worse phones I have ever had when it comes to root and such. My frustration over what, for a unbranded unlocked phone that *should* probably SHIP with root, this phone has and is putting me through is super high.
That being said...so I flashed the new 3.1.0.0 recovery. Before doing that, I had just tried to Unbrick the phone with flashing B162 image with 3.0.3.0...so now the phone is totally frozen in the "Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted..." screen. Nothing I seem to do can get it out of this mode.
I want to install the rooted b378 boot.img file I just downloaded, but am unable to find the button commands to get the bootloader loaded. Does anyone have any suggestions in somehow trying to save the day with this damned phone?
much thanks in advance.
EDIT: So I got the phone in bootloader mode by pressing vol up/vol down/power and inserting the usb cable...i flashed the rooted boot.img and twrp 3.1.0.1 to both recovery and recovery2 and now i can get into recovery. I feel like I may actually have a chance now to fix this damn thing...
So can anyone point me in a direction where, from this point with the new recovery loaded and the modded boot image installed, where i can get this phone working?? ill use ANY ROM it dont really matter at this point...
Don't worry. It's really easy, once you know what to do, just realy easy to screw up if you don't. If your phone is a mess just roll back to android 6 using the procedure i described above. Once your phone works, update to nougat and install twrp and root following this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/development/twrp-t3566563
Same issue
Ramonator said:
Hi, after trying unlock my bootloader, I couldn't get into recovery mode without "Your phone cannot be trusted" getting stuck on my screen.
I re-locked the boot loader but now when I go into recovery it says "Data Partition is corrupted please format" then it asks me to connect to a wifi network which then just shows errors everytime the password comes up.
I tried to turn on USB Debugging to ADB sideload a firmware, but I can't because the phone has been resetted; if I try to enter a wifi password the keyboard doesnt show it's just the google voice (which doesn't work) with no options. If i skip the wifi option it just goes on the google login and gets stuck on "Checking Info".
Any solutions to the problem please?
EDIT: I just re-unlocked the bootloader and now its permanently stuck on "Your device cannot be trusted, booting now" regardless of what buttons I press during startup
EDIT 2: I fixed it, it was long and complicated but I got it to work, here's how.
1. When flashing TWRP, I realized I was flashing the TWRP for EMUI 4, so I flashed TWRP for EMUI 5. (Make sure Bootloader is unlocked)
First have all the adb/fastboot drivers, for windows shift + right click the folder and click "Open Command here"
Make sure the twrp img file is in the same folder as the adb folder.
On the honor 8 phone, if it is stuck like mine, turn the phone off and then hold Volume Down + Power Button until the download mode is on the screen
Type "fastboot flash recovery (twrpfilename).img"
Once it's done, turn it off and then hold power button + volume up AND volume down at once till TWRP comes on
(Continuously hold it, if the "Your Device cannot be trusted" screen comes on release)
2. (Make sure internal storage and data are backed up externally for this)
Reset system, data, cache/dalvik, and internal storage
3. Download Update.zip and the second .zip from a website on google, search Honor 8 Manual Nougat and click the link from smartstocknews (I can't post links) but do not follow the steps from that website, and also download GAPPS from open GAPPS. Make sure ARM64 is selected and not ARM as well as 7.0
4. After wiping, mount the Honor 8 by connecting it via USB to a computer, and press "Mount" on TWRP
Upload the both update.zip and update_data_full_hw_eu.zip and GAPPS ARM64 7.0 to internal or external storage
5. Exit mount and go to install, install the zips in this specific order and do not reboot in between
A) Update.zip
B) Update_data_full_hw_eu.zip
C) GAPPS.zip
6. Reboot after GAPPS is done (it might show already installed, if that's the case then it's alright, reboot anyways)
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I pretty much have the same issue. No keyboard showing, just the stupid voice thing, and the Bootloader is Relocked. How did you get it fully unlocked. I can't get it. I guess let me get that resolved first (the bootloader) and I can try to go from there. Please help me.
UPDATE: Never mind I fixed it. I'm not really for sure how either but I think it mainly was just persistence.
Didn't work
Hello, so earlier today I tried to install RROS newest version in hope to get magisk/unrooting my phone because I'm addicted to snapchat and I rooted my phone with SuperSU earlier but didn't know u can't login to snapchat after that. It failed idk why, (I followed instructions very clearly and searched info from internet before doing that) causing me to brick my phone so when I booted it, it only showed black screen. After couple hours not finding way to get into twrp with my circumstances I managed to flash boot, recovery and system images, I tried to reboot and see what happens, (just in case, I kinda knew I didn't had ROM installed at the time, I also was hoping RROS to boot) nothing happened expect my phone got stuck in boot screen for booting EMUI, which was not installed obviously. Again after couple hours I stumbled to your post and managed to finally get myself into TWRP, I followed again ur instructions and everything was going fine, no erros, not anything. When Gapps was finished installing, I rebooted and again it just got stuck into booting screen. I did press and hold Power button, vol+, vol- and got myself into some kind of ROM installing screen, (hard to explain I don't exactly know what is name of it) and no it wasn't Huawei erecovery screen (Power button & Vol+ and no it didn't work me either saying that "getting package info failed") so in that ROM installing screen it just was stuck at 5% installing, and now I don't know what to do. My phone got locked again and I'm stuck at booting screen.
Note:
I don't have SD Card, should I get one and install stock rom?
Sorry for being kinda unclear but I'm tired it was 7 hours ago I got my phone bricked and have surfed on the web finding for answers ever since.
Also as you might notice, yes, I'm new to modding devices etc but still I'm not totally noob. Please help ASAP.
[SOLVED] So after hour of watching netflix as depressed teen I tried to reboot my phone again just in case, got stuck in booting screen. Then I held Power Button + Vol+ and got myself into EMUI stock recovery mode, I chose wipe cache partition and wipe data/factory reset, after that I rebooted my phone, it was stuck in booting screen for like 2 minutes but then it actually finished booting and now my phone is again functioning and god bless locked & unrooted.

Honor 8 Hard Bricked after Rollback

I went back to Stock Rom and first flashed the Rollback B300 and then B131.
After that Im stuck the whole time on the Honor Logo.
I tried to get into eRecovery, TWRP and Stock Recovery, nothing works, only Bootloader but I cant flash a ROM cause the 3 Button Method also dont work.
Any solutions or maybe totally dead Device?
If Before flashing rollback pakage you were on a nougat custom rom/emui 5:
-download from firmware finder page's the emui 5 firmware that you had before
- use Huawei firmware extractor to extract .IMG files
-using fastboot flash these partitions:system boot recovery recovery2, if commans are not allowed unlock your bootloader again even if it is unlocked yet, (your phone would be unbricked, using dload method flash rollback package and your emui4 firmware)
tried it, doesnt work.
nothing works, i also got red blinking light.
It is not hard bricked. You also can't flash anything else since the bootloader is locked (or you unlocked it after downgrading).
Anyways, you should be able to boot to recovery. As soon as your device sticks at Honor logo, hold down the power button to reboot. As soon as the screen goes black, immediately leave the power button and press it again in combination with the Volume Up button. Hold this combination until you hear a vibration and the Honor screen. Your device should now boot to recovery. Perform a Factory Reset and reboot the device.
Hopefully your device will now successfully boot to system.
And the red blinking light indicates that the battery is low. Nothing else.
xBiOTeCHx said:
nothing works, i also got red blinking light.
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what doesn't work?
hackslash said:
It is not hard bricked. You also can't flash anything else since the bootloader is locked (or you unlocked it after downgrading).
Anyways, you should be able to boot to recovery. As soon as your device sticks at Honor logo, hold down the power button to reboot. As soon as the screen goes black, immediately leave the power button and press it again in combination with the Volume Up button. Hold this combination until you hear a vibration and the Honor screen. Your device should now boot to recovery. Perform a Factory Reset and reboot the device.
Hopefully your device will now successfully boot to system.
And the red blinking light indicates that the battery is low. Nothing else.
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It wont boot, I only see the bootloader warning and when I hold the Volumen Up Button, it just says "Your Device is booting now..." and after some time it reboots itself.
I tested this with stock e recovery + stock recovery and also with TWRP.
Its just the same every time.
I also got this black screen with the red thunder logo before something else happens.
And i also cant do nothing without charger, if i try to turn it on without charger, it just blinks two times red and the screen stays black.
Old problem fixed, new Problem, I cant flash or install anything cause TWRP always gives me the error.
Can't mount /data
and
Can't mount Storage
What now?
xBiOTeCHx said:
Old problem fixed, new Problem, I cant flash or install anything cause TWRP always gives me the error.
Can't mount /data
and
Can't mount Storage
What now?
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Before doing this, try to move the data (files) from your storage and follow this:
Go to wipe and go to advanced, wipe data and storage, even if it's says error, wipe them again.
Then reboot to TWRP and see if it's fixed
PalakMi said:
Before doing this, try to move the data (files) from your storage and follow this:
Go to wipe and go to advanced, wipe data and storage, even if it's says error, wipe them again.
Then reboot to TWRP and see if it's fixed
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I cant do nothing in storage, it says 0 mb, its not mounted so i cant do nothing in storage.
edit: tried it, operation says Successful, but still the same error after some reboots.
xBiOTeCHx said:
I cant do nothing in storage, it says 0 mb, its not mounted so i cant do nothing in storage.
edit: tried it, operation says Successful, but still the same error after some reboots.
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Both partitions can't be mounted, right?!
PalakMi said:
Both partitions can't be mounted, right?!
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Right. And I think this is the reason for no booting and stuck at honor logo.
What can I do now?
Are there any chances to get my phone back to life?
xBiOTeCHx said:
Right. And I think this is the reason for no booting and stuck at honor logo.
What can I do now?
Are there any chances to get my phone back to life?
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The only thing I know is, that we should bring both partitons to be mounted so the phone can boot again, I don't know for now how to mount them
PalakMi said:
The only thing I know is, that we should bring both partitons to be mounted so the phone can boot again, I don't know for now how to mount them
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I know but how?
If i try to mount them, it says command not allowed, but only these two partitions.
xBiOTeCHx said:
I know but how?
If i try to mount them, it says command not allowed, but only these two partitions.
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I don't know how either, I'm still think of a solution
Hold down vol down and power and hold it until you see fastboot/bootloader.
Then flash this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/development/twrp-t3566563
then follow this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/how-to/to-emui5-custom-roms-tested-openkirin-t3638445
hdc said:
Hold down vol down and power and hold it until you see fastboot/bootloader.
Then flash this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/development/twrp-t3566563
then follow this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/how-to/to-emui5-custom-roms-tested-openkirin-t3638445
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Also tried this twrp, it wont boot into this recovery, just stuck at booting now...
Edit: and i cant flash anything cause of this two errors.
To boot to twrp you have to disconnect from pc and hold vol up and power until you see the twrp logo. try few times.
hdc said:
To boot to twrp you have to disconnect from pc and hold vol up and power until you see the twrp logo. try few times.
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Did it, it wont boot into this TWRP.
But in the 3.0.2.0 TWRP
Try this command in TWRP terminal:
mkfs.f2fs /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/userdata

Probably bricked my zenfone 3 ultra... :/

So I was interested in getting a root, did fastboot boot twrp.img, the version you get from shakala's megaupload page and tried to do a mtp mount to copy the supersu in. That didn't work because I'm on mac and I rebooted... surprise phone doesn't boot. It's just stuck on the 'asus, in search of incredible' screen that comes up 1 second after booting.
Tried to instead flash twrp to recovery, no dice, black screen. Tried flash stock recovery from the shakala's page, I get the droid belly up with an exclamation mark over the open belly...
Tried fastboot boot twrp.img and then sideload the actual OTA firmware, no dice. It won't even try to flash and just gives the 1001 error.
I have tried and unpacked 3 different stock images I've found
UL-ASUS_A001-WW-14.1010.1702.36-user.zip
UL-ASUS_A001-WW-14.1010.1703.42-user.zip
UL-ASUS_A001-WW-14.1010.1704.46-user.zip
and flash the sytem.new.dat to the system partition, no dice again. Phone just doesn't boot.
TL;DR
Something got wonky, phone doesn't boot
Recovery is broken, flashing stock recovery from shakala's page produces belly-up-android image
Without stock recovery, I can't sideload a full system update...
Halp? Ideas?
Got a little bit progress...
The TWRP black screen can be fixed by just turning off the display via the power button and then pressing it again, and you can see the twrp. Looks like even the normal one
Next hurdle was that /cache and /system couldn't be mounted for sideloading so in the end I had to go to the adb shell and format them manually. Then the wiping of system was possible and there were no more errors from TWRP.
So I went ahead and tried sideloading again, it put the image in nicely and everything looks good. Go to reboot screen and it say 'no OS installed'.
I guess those 1.7G images don't exactly have the full OS so a /system formatted Zenfone 3 Ultra can't be restored from those?
Alrighty, got stuff working. Sharing for people who might run into this later.
At this time, you need the stock recovery working to be able to `adb sideload` a full image. The TWRP goes to 50% and then actually doesn't unconditionally push the stock ROM into the partition. I saw the difference when using TWRP/Stock Recovery.
My biggest failure was not to recognize that the green android belly up with an exclamation mark on top of it actually meant that the stock recovery was working. You have to do a little bit more finger juggling to actually enter the recover commands section of the recovery. Mainly after the android appears, volume up+power for a few seconds, release volume up. Illustrated here:
https://www.asus.com/zentalk/in/thread-121896-1-1.html
From the stock recovery, you can then wipe caches and start adb sideload, and using your pc to sideload the image (or from sd card if you so wish).
blosphere said:
I guess those 1.7G images don't exactly have the full OS so a /system formatted Zenfone 3 Ultra can't be restored from those?
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I can testify that the 1.7G image contains a full OS on /system.
If you read META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script inside the UL-ASUS_A001-WW-14.1010.1704.46-user.zip, you will see the official recovery do use system.transfer.list and system.new.dat in the zip to flash /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system.
Recovery is broken, flashing stock recovery from shakala's page produces belly-up-android image
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When you see the belly-up-android image, press Power + Volume-Up. The stock recovery menu comes up. I was confused at the beginning, too.
From you id Tokyo, did you buy the phone in Japan? If so, it is a JP_Phone, and need some tweak to the initrd in boot.img to flash WW firmwares.
Oh, glad to see you've already solved it! You might want to mark the thread title as "[SOLVED]".

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