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Trying to flash TRWP Moto Z recovery - not working

Hey everyone, longtime lurker here finally going to try to get involved more since I just got a new Moto Z and I don't have much of a background with motorola hardware/software. I'm trying to flash recoveries through fastboot and I can't seem to get it working. I'm probably going to wait a while before I try again since there is not much support for the moto z yet. I am running MPL24.246-45 v6.0.1 XT1650-03, I have unlocked the bootloader through the instructions on the motorola website.
On the bootloader screen I can confirm it is now unlocked, but everytime I flash the TRWP recovery through fastboot I get the error message: "<bootloader> img not working or corrupt". I am trying to flash the most recent twrp recoveries for moto Z (twrp-3.0.2-0-griffin.img) but wasn't able to successfully flash it.
Coming from a samsung background, I might be skipping a step or doing something wrong. I am running the bell canadian firmware. Since I messed up my partitions on my last phone I want to be careful with this one, I mostly want to figure out why I am getting this error while trying to flash the recovery when
my bootloader is unlocked and when I check "adb devices" my moto is being read.
Thanks!!
szork

spacezork said:
Hey everyone, longtime lurker here finally going to try to get involved more since I just got a new Moto Z and I don't have much of a background with motorola hardware/software. I'm trying to flash recoveries through fastboot and I can't seem to get it working. I'm probably going to wait a while before I try again since there is not much support for the moto z yet. I am running MPL24.246-45 v6.0.1 XT1650-03, I have unlocked the bootloader through the instructions on the motorola website.
On the bootloader screen I can confirm it is now unlocked, but everytime I flash the TRWP recovery through fastboot I get the error message: "<bootloader> img not working or corrupt". I am trying to flash the most recent twrp recoveries for moto Z (twrp-3.0.2-0-griffin.img) but wasn't able to successfully flash it.
Coming from a samsung background, I might be skipping a step or doing something wrong. I am running the bell canadian firmware. Since I messed up my partitions on my last phone I want to be careful with this one, I mostly want to figure out why I am getting this error while trying to flash the recovery when
my bootloader is unlocked and when I check "adb devices" my moto is being read.
Thanks!!
szork
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didn't try it yet, but did you try renaming it to recovery.img (if on windows be sure extenstions are shown so it is not actually recovery.img.img) and run (didn't see which command you are using:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
but search around forums about encryption thing and similar

the ljubich said:
didn't try it yet, but did you try renaming it to recovery.img (if on windows be sure extenstions are shown so it is not actually recovery.img.img) and run (didn't see which command you are using:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
but search around forums about encryption thing and similar
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I've tried both with the original twrp name and extension as well as with renaming it to recovery.img, didn't seem to make a difference. If I am connection to the device itself does that mean that adb/sideload is installed properly? I mean I was able to unlocked the bootloader so I would assume so.
szork

spacezork said:
I've tried both with the original twrp name and extension as well as with renaming it to recovery.img, didn't seem to make a difference. If I am connection to the device itself does that mean that adb/sideload is installed properly? I mean I was able to unlocked the bootloader so I would assume so.
szork
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i really don't know then.. if you successfully unlocked bootloader then fastboot should be ok. you can check in device manager. it should be bootloader iterface not adb interface there (you got me confused with mentioning adb so I am just writing to be sure).
also check if your device is shown when typing
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fastboot devices
or try redownloading twrp.
otherwise I am out of ideas, sorry.

the ljubich said:
i really don't know then.. if you successfully unlocked bootloader then fastboot should be ok. you can check in device manager. it should be bootloader iterface not adb interface there (you got me confused with mentioning adb so I am just writing to be sure).
also check if your device is shown when typing
Code:
fastboot devices
or try redownloading twrp.
otherwise I am out of ideas, sorry.
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Sorry for my confusion with adb/sideload - from what I understand I need both to be able to connect to my device (correct me if im wrong). In the bootloader menu I see "flashing_unlocked" which I believe confirms my bootloader being unlocked, but then at the top of the text right under the dead android guy I see "AP Fastboot Flash Mode (Secure)" could that be an issue?
I can retry downloading the recovery from the TWRP site, but I know I'm downloading the official one already, just can't put my finger on why I'm getting that error message if others are doing it successfully.
thanks for helping :good:

Do you have the Verizon model?

samwathegreat said:
Do you have the Verizon model?
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I have the canadian BELL model XT1650-03

spacezork said:
I have the canadian BELL model XT1650-03
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You're at the bootloader, it says Flashing Unlock so yes your bootloader is unlocked and you should be able to flash TWRP no problem.
Did you recently install this .45 firmware? Are you sure that TWRP wasnt actually flashed? I see lots of errors like this from the bootloader and its usually just rubbish.

The twrp does not show the actual memory value of my cell phone and does not let me paste ROM backup, from insufficient memory? how to support it?

I updated my phone to .45 when I bought the phone I believe 1-2 weeks ago, it's definitely NOT flashed as the flashing process runs for 0.2 seconds and fails. I can even boot in the stock recovery afterwards confirming that nothing flashed. I wish I knew what I was doing wrong? possibility of drivers not installed properly?
Before I try and flash recovery I check USB debugging, OEM is unlocked, don't verify ADB files and accept Unknown sources. Is there anything I'm missing?

What if fastboot boot twrpname.img
It's really weird anyway...

enetec said:
What if fastboot boot twrpname.img
It's really weird anyway...
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I've been doing fastboot flash twrpname.img after opening cmd terminal with SHIFT-MOUSE2 in the designated folder. I have not tried that command specifically what's the difference between doing fastboot flash/boot as far as flashing a recovery.img
edit: I've read on different articles that people sometimes try and flash from the recovery menu? I understood it has to be while your are on the bootloader screen, could it be something to do with that? Or is it still a possibility the drivers may not be installed properly.

spacezork said:
I've been doing fastboot flash twrpname.img after opening cmd terminal with SHIFT-MOUSE2 in the designated folder. I have not tried that command specifically what's the difference between doing fastboot flash/boot as far as flashing a recovery.img
edit: I've read on different articles that people sometimes try and flash from the recovery menu? I understood it has to be while your are on the bootloader screen, could it be something to do with that? Or is it still a possibility the drivers may not be installed properly.
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With fastboot boot you send recovery to your phone and ask it to boot on it without really flashing it...
It's useful e.g. to take a full stock backup including original recovery, to test a recovery prior to flash it or to use TWRP to root BUT remain on stock recovery...
Not on all phones it works, but on Moto Z should....
P.S.: you have to be on fastboot screen not on recovery when flashing...

enetec said:
With fastboot boot you send recovery to your phone and ask it to boot on it without really flashing it...
It's useful e.g. to take a full stock backup including original recovery, to test a recovery prior to flash it or to use TWRP to root BUT remain on stock recovery...
Not on all phones it works, but on Moto Z should....
P.S.: you have to be on fastboot screen not on recovery when flashing...
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by fastboot screen you mean the bootloader menu right?
I've been accessing cmd from designated folder with .img file in it
- adb fastboot recovery
- fastboot flash recovery.img..
and I get the "img not working or corrupt" after it tries to flash it (lasts 0.2 seconds) and nothing is done.

spacezork said:
by fastboot screen you mean the bootloader menu right?
I've been accessing cmd from designated folder with .img file in it
- adb fastboot recovery
- fastboot flash recovery.img..
and I get the "img not working or corrupt" after it tries to flash it (lasts 0.2 seconds) and nothing is done.
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Right, bootloader screen. Enter on it by key-comb... not by command...
Even the real flash take same time... Sending seems to work, is something on verify that doesn't "like" it...
Try to download again recovery and/or check its MD5...

if reading correctly (and what I told you yesterday) command is
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
and not
fastboot flash recovery.img

hi can any one help me i need to get back to stock and lock boot loader to update i have eu any one please ???????????

Troll amiga said:
hi can any one help me i need to get back to stock and lock boot loader to update i have eu any one please ???????????
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try following this instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69065373&postcount=14
and download eu rom from here: https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/griffin/official/RETEU/
i don't know from which ROM you are coming, don't know if downgrading works, but this was onl RETEU ROM i could find.

I have the exact same phone and I've upgraded to Nougat but I got my TWRP working. You need an unlocked bootloader and after upgrading to nougat, the option "unlock OEM" need to be enabled again.
I've used this TWRP : https://dl.twrp.me/griffin/twrp-3.0.2-0-griffin.img.html
Also I tried to only boot on it at first with the command fastboot boot twrp.img then I saw it was working, I flashed it with fastboot flash recovery twrp.img but got the error : (bootloader) image not signed or corrupt . But I booted the recovery from the bootloader and TWRP was working even with this error.

cilk said:
...I flashed it with fastboot flash recovery twrp.img but got the error : (bootloader) image not signed or corrupt . But I booted the recovery from the bootloader and TWRP was working even with this error.
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Yeessss... I don't know how could I forgot it!!! :silly:
The message (I forgot I received too...) is *only* to indicate that recovery is not signed! But before there is a clear "Done" confirming the flash!
Just boot on it!

Unable to reflash stock recovery ...

Hallo everybody!
I'm on stock ROM NXT-L29C432B192 and since yesterday my Mate 8 is proposing the new Rom B560.
I installed TWRP and rooted my phone, besides I left the bootloader unlocked.
Since I no longer have the stock recovery, it's impossible to install the Rom update, that's why I'm trying to return to the stock recovery.
I used the thailand tool (I also used to upgrade to B192 on december) to restore the recovery: it seems to work as it copies files on the device, but at the end of the copy the phone stays on bootloader mode and the tool on a "waiting for device" state. If I reboot the phone, TWRP is still there.
I tried the "manual" way upgrading ADB drivers and using minimal-adb files, but while the command "adb devices" reports my device in an "offline" status, the "fastboot devices" reports nothing.
Obviously I activated the USB debug on the phone ...
Any suggestion? What am I doing wrong or forgetting about?
Many thanks,
Enrico

Do you reboot in Twrp and type fastboot devices or in Bootloader?

I managed to download recent "Minimal ADB and Fastboot" files that show my device no more as offline, but when I reboot in Fastboot&Rescue Mode my device is no longer visible and the command "fastboot devices" returns nothing ... if I try the command "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" it says "waiting for any device" while my device is on Fastboot mode and connected. USB Debug is activated and re-authorized from scratch ...

letschky said:
Do you reboot in Twrp and type fastboot devices or in Bootloader?
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In Bootloader ...

Go in your Pc to the Devicemanager and looking the Driver.I thinky you use the wrong Driver,the right name is the name with sooner bla bla bla...
You can change the Driver manually in Devicemanager,named Android sooner .....
I hope you understand my bad english,sorry

letschky said:
Do you reboot in Twrp and type fastboot devices or in Bootloader?
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letschky said:
Go in your Pc to the Devicemanager and looking the Driver.I thinky you use the wrong Driver,the right name is the name with sooner bla bla bla...
You can change the Driver manually in Devicemanager,named Android sooner .....
I hope you understand my bad english,sorry
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Thank you, that's probably the reason, anyway I meanwhile solved by using my Mac instead of my PC ... as always ...
Now I've the stock recovery, but the update process starts and then (around 25%)reports an error and I have to reboot and download the whole update again ... and again ... and again ... I'm stuck there now ...
Anyone else had this update problem?

What you want,Update to Nougat B560 from B192?

letschky said:
What you want,Update to Nougat B560 from B192?
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Yes, that's what I want: upgrade from B192 to B560.
I also extracted RECOVERY.img from B560 UPDATE file and installed it through fastboot.
My mate 8 downloads the update, reboot to install it and stay stuck on the "your device is unlocked so cannot be trusted - bla bla bla - booting now".
I have to reboot several times (volume down + power) to have it restarting ... on B192, of course ...

Factory Reset?

So, now you are on B192 rom with B560 stock recovery?
You have to flash B192 stock recovery if you want to update to B560.
Let me know...

konroma said:
So, now you are on B192 rom with B560 stock recovery?
You have to flash B192 stock recovery if you want to update to B560.
Let me know...
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Great! That solved my problem: so, if you need to upgrade you have to first install the recovery coming from your actual version! That's crazy, it cannot be an earlier recovery or a more recent one, it has to be that one!
Thank you all for the precious suggestions.

(HELP ME ) Bricked

So i did a stupid thing and flashed the wrong image when i was installing a new rom, I managed to lock myself out of ADB, TWRP and download mode. I'm in a bit of a pickle right now I've been trying everything I can to fix it, but I managed to do nothing. Is there anyone that can walk me through the steeps to get unbricked.
I've tried recovery through hisuite, but it says my device is not supported. My phone showed up via CMD command (fastboot devices) but not (adb devices). I have no idea what to do?
PLEASE HELP ME!!!

Nixonkai417 said:
So i did a stupid thing and flashed the wrong image when i was installing a new rom, I managed to lock myself out of ADB, TWRP and download mode. I'm in a bit of a pickle right now I've been trying everything I can to fix it, but I managed to do nothing. Is there anyone that can walk me through the steeps to get unbricked.
I've tried recovery through hisuite, but it says my device is not supported. My phone showed up via CMD command (fastboot devices) but not (adb devices). I have no idea what to do?
PLEASE HELP ME!!!
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Give the all required information like Brand, model number in your post first.

Huawei honor 5x kiwi L24, I can't really acces the phone so finding some information is impossible. My main issue is when I boot it's failing to verify the Boot.img , recovery.img and system.img . I don't exactly know what all information I can give you

Nixonkai417 said:
So i did a stupid thing and flashed the wrong image when i was installing a new rom, I managed to lock myself out of ADB, TWRP and download mode. I'm in a bit of a pickle right now I've been trying everything I can to fix it, but I managed to do nothing. Is there anyone that can walk me through the steeps to get unbricked.
I've tried recovery through hisuite, but it says my device is not supported. My phone showed up via CMD command (fastboot devices) but not (adb devices). I have no idea what to do?
PLEASE HELP ME!!!
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First open the tool
Select the update.app file
Then press Ctrl and select the imgs you want
And then right click and click extract selected
Like in here
https://up.harajgulf.com/imagef-149893652739431-png.html

-Hope- said:
First open the tool
Select the update.app file
Then press Ctrl and select the imgs you want
And then right click and click extract selected
Like in here
https://up.harajgulf.com/imagef-149893652739431-png.html
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I have already done that, I've tried flashing it via SP flash tool but nothing, it won't show up. I've downloaded correct drivers and done what I could but my phone shows up as Lemobile android adb interface. It sometimes shows as a disk drive as well.
When I run CMD command (fastboot flash oem info) it shows everything but the recovery.img system.img and boot.img need verification how can I verify them without the debugging bridge active on the phone.

Nixonkai417 said:
I have already done that, I've tried flashing it via SP flash tool but nothing, it won't show up. I've downloaded correct drivers and done what I could but my phone shows up as Lemobile android adb interface. It sometimes shows as a disk drive as well.
When I run CMD command (fastboot flash oem info) it shows everything but the recovery.img system.img and boot.img need verification how can I verify them without the debugging bridge active on the phone.
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What do you mean sir
Imgs are already verified cause they are official
And you don't need USB debug in fastboot mode
Your device is not has mtk processor so it won't work

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What do you mean sir
Imgs are already verified cause they are official
And you don't need USB debug in fastboot mode
Your device is not has mtk processor so it won't work
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I rooted my phone and was running xenon HD on my Huawei honor 5x, in the midst of switching ROMs I accidently targeted a TWRP recovery.img with the ROM and Gapps.
So what my phone dose now is when it powers on it an all green screen with a red box and a blue box. After a second it come up with " recovery image verify failed, please update to verified images." I can enter fastboot&rescue mode and a Huawei erecovery, but when i do try to download the recovery via WIFI it says package failure.

Nixonkai417 said:
I rooted my phone and was running xenon HD on my Huawei honor 5x, in the midst of switching ROMs I accidently targeted a TWRP recovery.img with the ROM and Gapps.
So what my phone dose now is when it powers on it an all green screen with a red box and a blue box. After a second it come up with " recovery image verify failed, please update to verified images." I can enter fastboot&rescue mode and a Huawei erecovery, but when i do try to download the recovery via WIFI it says package failure.
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What happens when you try flashing through fastboot
Assuming that your bootloader is unlocked have you tried reflashing twrp?

-Hope- said:
What happens when you try flashing through fastboot
Assuming that your bootloader is unlocked have you tried reflashing twrp?
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I had unlocked my bootloader but some research I was doing says, when you accidently flash wrong images it can relock the bootloader. I lost the original bootloader code and i don't exactly have the box anymore, so getting a new code will be difficult.

Nixonkai417 said:
I had unlocked my bootloader but some research I was doing says, when you accidently flash wrong images it can relock the bootloader. I lost the original bootloader code and i don't exactly have the box anymore, so getting a new code will be difficult.
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As long as the bootloader says 'phone is unlocked' then its ok

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As long as the bootloader says 'phone is unlocked' then its ok
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I'm my case the bootloader has relocked, so in green it say phone status: locked.

Nixonkai417 said:
I'm my case the bootloader has relocked, so in green it say phone status: locked.
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I've reread your previous post and you didn't mentioned what happens in the cmd window when trying to flash the files?

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I've reread your previous post and you didn't mentioned what happens in the cmd window when trying to flash the files?
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(REMOTE: command not allowed)

I have already sent an email to Huawei support, just waiting on a response to see if they can give me another unlock code. If I'm unable to unlock the boot loader again with the codes, what's my options for unlocling the boot loader without Huawei's help.

I somehow broke TWRP

I haven't really touched this tablet in a while, but i wanted to start using it again. I was running BlissPop. It was slow, and kept giving me an error when it was trying to update, so I decided to try a different ROM. So I downloaded the lineageOS ROM and tried to flash it.
However, TWRP kept giving me an error when I tried to flash the ROM. I don't remember exactly what the error was.
So, I thought that I needed to update TWRP. I tried through the "Official TWRP" app, but after doing so I was unable to boot into recovery mode at all. I could still get to the bootloader, but when I tried to select recovery mode it would give me an error and dump me back out to the bootloader menu.
I tried installing twrp through "TWRP Manager" app, but it just says "something went wrong"
I tried doing this using ADB. I connected the tablet, enabled USB debugging. If i do the ">adb devices" command, I can see the tablet. Then I did >adb reboot bootloader - which works, it reboots the device into the bootloader. But then I try and flash recovery and nothing happens, it just says <waiting for device>. And if I do > fastboot devices it doesn't list any devices.
If I reboot to the bootloader and select "Recovery Mode' i just get the nvidia boot logo and it stays there forever.
I don't know what else to try at this point.
I think I could get this to work if I could just get fastboot to recognize my device, but I'm not sure what's preventing that from happening.

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I haven't really touched this tablet in a while, but i wanted to start using it again. I was running BlissPop. It was slow, and kept giving me an error when it was trying to update, so I decided to try a different ROM. So I downloaded the lineageOS ROM and tried to flash it.
However, TWRP kept giving me an error when I tried to flash the ROM. I don't remember exactly what the error was.
So, I thought that I needed to update TWRP. I tried through the "Official TWRP" app, but after doing so I was unable to boot into recovery mode at all. I could still get to the bootloader, but when I tried to select recovery mode it would give me an error and dump me back out to the bootloader menu.
I tried installing twrp through "TWRP Manager" app, but it just says "something went wrong"
I tried doing this using ADB. I connected the tablet, enabled USB debugging. If i do the ">adb devices" command, I can see the tablet. Then I did >adb reboot bootloader - which works, it reboots the device into the bootloader. But then I try and flash recovery and nothing happens, it just says <waiting for device>. And if I do > fastboot devices it doesn't list any devices.
If I reboot to the bootloader and select "Recovery Mode' i just get the nvidia boot logo and it stays there forever.
I don't know what else to try at this point.
I think I could get this to work if I could just get fastboot to recognize my device, but I'm not sure what's preventing that from happening.
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Did you set:
Allow oem unlock in dev opt.
Fastboot protocol into BL?
Twrp app & manager need root to work.

Just flash the latest stock ROM first, lineageos requires having latest firmware.
I wrote a little guide not long ago about that (obviously, you can skip the F2FS steps if you don't need F2FS and just flash ROM after flashing latest TWRP)
Link

thanks for the help, i'll try and work through this soon.

fpozar said:
Just flash the latest stock ROM first, lineageos requires having latest firmware.
I wrote a little guide not long ago about that (obviously, you can skip the F2FS steps if you don't need F2FS and just flash ROM after flashing latest TWRP)
Link
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I had seen your thread, and was intending on following it. nice post. 2 quick questions though
1) this is a shield tablet that was supposed to be remotely bricked by nvidia after the warranty claim. Will that happen if I flash the official recovery ROM?
2) how would I even flash that rom if I can't get recovery mode to work in trwp?
I think the root problem that I'm having is that I can't seem to connect to the device via fastboot (i'm sure i used the wrong terminology somehow)
edit: well I downloaded the USB driver for the shield tablet from nvidia, and i was able to install that (rather than the google usb driver). Fastboot finally recognized my device after that. I'm trying to flash the recovery now, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything, just been stuck on this screen for a while now: https://i.imgur.com/BUwj3Hx.png guess I'll continue to wait a while.
edit 2: well, finally got TWRP to flash over fastboot (https://i.imgur.com/tV1DqDv.png) however I still can't enter recovery mode. I just get the nvidia boot logo and then nothing happens. TWRP manager still says i don't have it installed either.
i'm about ready to give up on this... i've spent like 6 hours on this crap already and I feel like I keep getting further away from it.

mattlokk said:
I had seen your thread, and was intending on following it. nice post. 2 quick questions though
1) this is a shield tablet that was supposed to be remotely bricked by nvidia after the warranty claim. Will that happen if I flash the official recovery ROM?
2) how would I even flash that rom if I can't get recovery mode to work in trwp?
I think the root problem that I'm having is that I can't seem to connect to the device via fastboot (i'm sure i used the wrong terminology somehow)
edit: well I downloaded the USB driver for the shield tablet from nvidia, and i was able to install that (rather than the google usb driver). Fastboot finally recognized my device after that. I'm trying to flash the recovery now, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything, just been stuck on this screen for a while now: https://i.imgur.com/BUwj3Hx.png guess I'll continue to wait a while.
edit 2: well, finally got TWRP to flash over fastboot (https://i.imgur.com/tV1DqDv.png) however I still can't enter recovery mode. I just get the nvidia boot logo and then nothing happens. TWRP manager still says i don't have it installed either.
i'm about ready to give up on this... i've spent like 6 hours on this crap already and I feel like I keep getting further away from it.
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Okay so I'm guessing you have stock ROM.
To flash TWRP you have to enter fastboot mode (vol down + power I believe) and flash the twrp image with fastboot flash recovery twrp.img (rename the shield tablet twrp to just twrp.img and place it into your easy adb and fastboot folder)
And DON'T reboot into OS, rather use your volume buttons to navigate to "restart to recovery" or just use hardware keys again directly from TWRP (vol up + power).
Good luck

fpozar said:
And DON'T reboot into OS, rather use your volume buttons to navigate to "restart to recovery" or just use hardware keys again directly from TWRP (vol up + power).
Good luck
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Agreed. This is probably what is happening (as described on the TWRP webpage here:
Note many devices will replace your custom recovery automatically during first boot. To prevent this, use Google to find the proper key combo to enter recovery. After typing fastboot reboot, hold the key combo and boot to TWRP. Once TWRP is booted, TWRP will patch the stock ROM to prevent the stock ROM from replacing TWRP. If you don't follow this step, you will have to repeat the install.
Alternately, immediately rooting (flash SuperSU or Magisk) right after flashing TWRP, will prevent TWRP from being replaced with stock recovery.
Although the inconsistent fastboot connection, and how much trouble you had flashing TWRP initially, is a bit worrisome. Try using a different cable (maybe the one you are using is not connecting well?) try another USB port on the computer, and don't use a USB hub (connect direct to the PC).

Well, like they say: persistence is key. I kept pushing and trying new things until eventually.... I bricked the device. No, not really, it's working great now on LineageOS.
Thanks again to everyone who helped me out :good:. I'm still not sure exactly what caused TWRP to stop working on my device, however following this guide helped me fix it: https://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tablet/help/help-stuck-nvidia-boot-screen-t3076462
The "flash-all.bat" restored everything to stock (including the recovery mode) and after that I was able to flash the latest TWRP and install Lineage.

Help unbricking Honor 6x L-24

Model: BLN L-24
I am stuck in error mode with
Func NO: 11 (recovery image)
Error NO: 2 (failed load!)
I have tried to re-flash several custom recovery I have used in the past, however none seem to work and end with the same result.
I have also tried flashing the stock recovery2.img from the Update.app for my model, but that also doesn't work and ends with a FAILED (remote: Partition Error)
I have run into troubles before, but I'm stumped with this one, I can at least still boot into fastboot.
Any help would be appreciated.

Hyperweasle said:
Model: BLN L-24
I am stuck in error mode with
Func NO: 11 (recovery image)
Error NO: 2 (failed load!)
I have tried to re-flash several custom recovery I have used in the past, however none seem to work and end with the same result.
I have also tried flashing the stock recovery2.img from the Update.app for my model, but that also doesn't work and ends with a FAILED (remote: Partition Error)
I have run into troubles before, but I'm stumped with this one, I can at least still boot into fastboot.
Any help would be appreciated.
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What's your Android version. What were you trying to do. What recoveries have you tried and what's the command you're using. I had the same error yesterday because I flashed wrong TWRP. Fixed it by reflashing correct image.

Mannan Qamar said:
What's your Android version. What were you trying to do. What recoveries have you tried and what's the command you're using. I had the same error yesterday because I flashed wrong TWRP. Fixed it by reflashing correct image.
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The version was Android 8 Oreo
I started out trying to go back to EMUI 8.0 from Open Kirin RROS Beta 2. So I followed this guide https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-6x/how-to/update-bln-l22c675-emui-5-x-x-to-emui-8-t3819317
I tried the TWRP from download in the guide that was in the HWOTA8_BLN folder along with the TWRP from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-6x/development/rom-emui-8-0-0-honor-6x-dual-sim-t3794079
The command I was using to flash the recoveries I believe is correct also which is the fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk "name of image" command. That command will flash successfully with the custom recoveries, however it will still bring up the error mode despite pressing +vol button.
The stock recoveries I extracted from the update.app file, I downloaded from here: https://pro-teammt.ru/firmware-database/?firmware_model=bln-L24&firmware_page=0. Which are the stock recoveries that end up with the FAILED (remote: Partition Error) Message.

Hyperweasle said:
The version was Android 8 Oreo
I started out trying to go back to EMUI 8.0 from Open Kirin RROS Beta 2. So I followed this guide https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-6x/how-to/update-bln-l22c675-emui-5-x-x-to-emui-8-t3819317
I tried the TWRP from download in the guide that was in the HWOTA8_BLN folder along with the TWRP from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-6x/development/rom-emui-8-0-0-honor-6x-dual-sim-t3794079
The command I was using to flash the recoveries I believe is correct also which is the fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk "name of image" command. That command will flash successfully with the custom recoveries, however it will still bring up the error mode despite pressing +vol button.
The stock recoveries I extracted from the update.app file, I downloaded from here: https://pro-teammt.ru/firmware-database/?firmware_model=bln-L24&firmware_page=0. Which are the stock recoveries that end up with the FAILED (remote: Partition Error) Message.
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You tried to use HWOTA 8 to go back to stock? Dude. Use Hurupdater. Now, to fix. First of all search XDA for TWRP for hi6250. You can use Elemental but try this one first. Flash it via PowerShell. Does that give any errors? Now once it's flashed, don't reboot. Disconnect phone from PC and hold Volume Up and Power button simultaneously. You should boot into TWRP. What does bootloader say. Phone Locked or Unlocked? What about FRP? The stock recovery didn't work cause you used the BLN-L24 one which is for EMUI 5. You're on EMUI 8. Try to boot into TWRP

Mannan Qamar said:
You tried to use HWOTA 8 to go back to stock? Dude. Use Hurupdater. Now, to fix. First of all search XDA for TWRP for hi6250. You can use Elemental but try this one first. Flash it via PowerShell. Does that give any errors? Now once it's flashed, don't reboot. Disconnect phone from PC and hold Volume Up and Power button simultaneously. You should boot into TWRP. What does bootloader say. Phone Locked or Unlocked? What about FRP? The stock recovery didn't work cause you used the BLN-L24 one which is for EMUI 5. You're on EMUI 8. Try to boot into TWRP
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8.../recovery-twrp-3-2-3-0-huawei-hi6250-t3859959
Ok so I flashed this one with Powershell, and it didn't show up any errors. However I still can't seem to boot into recovery and it continues to show up error mode, even while doing as you say and pressing the vol+ and power in fastboot. Also both FRP and Phone are unlocked

Hyperweasle said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8.../recovery-twrp-3-2-3-0-huawei-hi6250-t3859959
Ok so I flashed this one with Powershell, and it didn't show up any errors. However I still can't seem to boot into recovery and it continues to show up error mode, even while doing as you say and pressing the vol+ and power in fastboot. Also both FRP and Phone are unlocked
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Use Huawei multi tool 8 to unbrick your device it's easier and just use the firmware that you were in before

Hyperweasle said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8.../recovery-twrp-3-2-3-0-huawei-hi6250-t3859959
Ok so I flashed this one with Powershell, and it didn't show up any errors. However I still can't seem to boot into recovery and it continues to show up error mode, even while doing as you say and pressing the vol+ and power in fastboot. Also both FRP and Phone are unlocked
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Try Dload

hamid1999 said:
Use Huawei multi tool 8 to unbrick your device it's easier and just use the firmware that you were in before
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Try Dload
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I tried both of those things and still couldn't get it working.
dload doesn't pop up and multi tool fails to flash the recovery_ramdisk.img when trying to unbrick it.
I do remember before any of this happened that I was having a problem with my internal storage as I didn't have access to it. All file mangers I tried couldn't access it and showed it up as blank and TWRP showed it with 0mb.
I have a feeling that my internal storage is screwed up and that's why all attempt to flash anything have failed. I may just have face the fact that it's dead.

Hyperweasle said:
I tried both of those things and still couldn't get it working.
dload doesn't pop up and multi tool fails to flash the recovery_ramdisk.img when trying to unbrick it.
I do remember before any of this happened that I was having a problem with my internal storage as I didn't have access to it. All file mangers I tried couldn't access it and showed it up as blank and TWRP showed it with 0mb.
I have a feeling that my internal storage is screwed up and that's why all attempt to flash anything have failed. I may just have face the fact that it's dead.
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As long as it turns on it isn't dead. Did you try DC unlocker? That often works. Try it and if it fails go to service center and play dumb. Say it happened like this after a update.
Edit. Let it power off. When it turns on hold Volume Up