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[SOLVED] Can’t unlock bootloader, can’t boot into the system after he has been unlock

So i have both the short story with some important explanation and the long story on what I've already tried.
Short story
So my dad bought a oneplus one 16GB from someone and the phone has a bootloop when you try the boot into the system.
I tried to unlock the bootloader, but it runned the command and it just reboots to recovery and the bootloader is still locked.
Also the tamperflag is true so that means that the bootloader has already been unlocked and is relocked.
I can't also boot from a custom recovery image because the bootloader is locked (I think it can with CM11S).
Rom: I guess it is CM12S (with the blinking Cyanogen logo at startup).
Recovery: probably the recovery from CM12S (Cyanogen recovery as text and it is a touch recovery).
Long story
So I am going to tell you my story.
My dad bought an oneplus one (16GB) from someone that had a boot loop at startup.
When he told me that I just thought that it was going to be pretty easy to fix: unlock bootloader, flash custom recovery and install a custom rom.
Now, it didn’t roll out as we both expected.
When I unlocked the bootloader it told me after 10 seconds that it was OK.
Pretty weird was that it took so long.
After some research I found that you need to reboot from the rom with adb and that you then can unlock the bootloader. On all my other devices I did that, but now I couldn’t because I wasn’t able to boot inside the rom.
After I “successfully” unlocked the bootloader I did the command “fastboot oem device-info” and it told me that the bootloader was still locked but it was tampered.
I tried after that to boot from a TWRP recovery image but i wasn't able to because the bootloader was locked.
After some research I came at a post on the oneplus forum with a guy that approximately had the same issue except that I can still go into recovery.
I founded this post.
And I first wanted to see if I couldn’t go into recovery and sideload a zip that is signed. That was signed in this thread.
As it expected because I didn’t had a custom recovery it didn’t worked and also I used this tool for adb and fastboot.
I didn’t give up by that one so easily so I tried it with this to sideload the files and I renamed it this time to update.zip. Again as expected an error but this time it was another error.
There came a bunch of errors on the phone especially cache errors and one that said that I had an outdated ADB (at least version 1.0.32).
Weirdly enough I had version 1.0.32 .
And now it tried the trick they told me here.
From the thread for windows 7 and 8 here.
I first did this without “erasing the bootloader”.
I tried this both on windows 8.1 and on windows xp with both administrator rights and I switched between 3 cables each time.
As you see in the attached zip, I correctly installed the driver, this was also the fact for the pc with windows xp.
I also verified the files but there were some that failed (also in the pictures).
It flashes the file 8974_msimage.mbn and then the phone shuts down. I tried this at least three times for each computer.
Then I founded this thread.
And tried this also and exactly the same problem as with color.
Then I tried the same with erasing the bootloader and it had the same issue and I couldn’t erase the bootloader doing to that my partition table doesn’t exist(also in the pictures).
The only thing that I only think that I can do is with a flash tool that uses also the above method but I don’t find any with that I know how to use it.
Any help is appreciated.
Ps: I attached a zip file with some pictures to make it more clear and understandable and i am also dutch, so sorry if my English is bad.

ninjawulf98 said:
So I am going to tell you my story.
My dad bought an oneplus one (16GB) from someone that had a boot loop at startup.
When he told me that I just thought that it was going to be pretty easy to fix: unlock bootloader, flash custom recovery and install a custom rom.
Now, it didn’t roll out as we both expected.
When I unlocked the bootloader it told me after 10 seconds that it was OK.
Pretty weird was that it took so long.
After some research I found that you need to reboot from the rom with adb and that you then can unlock the bootloader. On all my other devices I did that, but now I couldn’t because I wasn’t able to boot inside the rom.
After I “successfully” unlocked the bootloader I did the command “fastboot oem get-lockstate” and it told me that the bootloader was locked but it was tampered.
Sadly enough when I typed the command now it takes forever to answer, after more than 10 minutes it still displays that it is waiting.
After some research I came at a post on the oneplus forum with a guy that approximately had the same issue except that I can still go into recovery.
I founded this post.
And I first wanted to see if I couldn’t go into recovery and sideload a zip that is signed. That was signed in this thread.
As it expected because I didn’t had a custom recovery it didn’t worked and also I used this tool for adb and fastboot.
I didn’t give up by that one so easily so I tried it with this to sideload the files and I renamed it this time to update.zip. Again as expected an error but this time it was another error.
There came a bunch of errors on the phone especially cache errors and one that said that I had an outdated ADB (at least version 1.0.32).
Weirdly enough I had version 1.0.32 .
And now it tried the trick they told me here.
From the thread for windows 7 and 8 here.
I first did this without “erasing the bootloader”.
I tried this both on windows 8.1 and on windows xp with both administrator rights and I switched between 3 cables each time.
As you see in the attached zip, I correctly installed the driver, this was also the fact for the pc with windows xp.
I also verified the files but there were some that failed (also in the pictures).
It flashes the file 8974_msimage.mbn and then the phone shuts down. I tried this at least three times for each computer.
Then I founded this thread.
And tried this also and exactly the same problem as with color.
Then I tried the same with erasing the bootloader and it had the same issue and I couldn’t erase the bootloader doing to that my partition table doesn’t exist(also in the pictures).
The only thing that I only think that I can do is with a flash tool that uses also the above method but I don’t find any with that I know how to use it.
Any help is appreciated.
Ps: I attached a zip file with some pictures to make it more clear and understandable and i am also dutch, so sorry if my English is bad.
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Are you able to enter fastboot mode now?

Bobbi lim said:
Are you able to enter fastboot mode now?
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Yes, i can also enter stock recovery but i am unable to boot from custom recovery through fastboot. Because the bootloader is locked.

ninjawulf98 said:
Yes, i can also enter stock recovery but i am unable to boot from custom recovery through fastboot. Because the bootloader is locked.
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Have you tried "fastboot oem unlock" in fastboot mode?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

Bobbi lim said:
Have you tried "fastboot oem unlock" in fastboot mode?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk
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Yes, after - + 10 seconds it says ok and it reboots the phone to the stock recovery.
When i try to flash twrp it just fails because my bootloader is locked.

ninjawulf98 said:
Yes, after - + 10 seconds it says ok and it reboots the phone to the stock recovery.
When i try to flash twrp it just fails because my bootloader is locked.
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Which stock recovery is it? ColorOS? CM? Or OxygenOS?
I had a similar issue when I tried to unlock mine when I first got my OPO
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

My dad bought the phone from someone and the only thing i can see is cyanogen recovery. At boot i have a blinking cyanogen text. Probably it was already unlocked because the tamper flag is tampered.

ninjawulf98 said:
My dad bought the phone from someone and the only thing i can see is cyanogen recovery. At boot i have a blinking cyanogen text. Probably it was already unlocked because the tamper flag is tampered.
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Maybe my previous post was a bit confusing but it is still locked, i meant that the previous owner locked it and then relocked it.

Can you tell us the exact copy/paste and output of below command :
fastboot oem device-info
Regards
Girish Sharma

GirishSharma said:
Can you tell us the exact copy/paste and output of below command :
fastboot oem device-info
Regards
Girish Sharma
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I've got the following:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. Alle rechten voorbehouden.
C:\Windows\System32>fastboot oem device-info
...
(bootloader) Device tampered: true
(bootloader) Device unlocked: false
(bootloader) Charger screen enabled: false
(bootloader) Display panel:
OKAY [ -0.000s]
finished. total time: -0.000s
C:\Windows\System32>

I am not sure but, what if you paste the output of fastboot oem unlock from the adb folder, I.e just try to run the command from that directory in which fastboot.exe present. Just paste the output as you done previously.
Regards
Girish Sharma

GirishSharma said:
I am not sure but, what if you paste the output of fastboot oem unlock from the adb folder, I.e just try to run the command from that directory in which fastboot.exe present. Just paste the output as you done previously.
Regards
Girish Sharma
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Then i've got the following:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot devices
866878f3 fastboot
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot oem unlock
...
OKAY [ 10.112s]
finished. total time: 10.114s
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>
And when i do the command: "fastboot oem device-info" again.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot oem device-info
...
(bootloader) Device tampered: true
(bootloader) Device unlocked: false
(bootloader) Charger screen enabled: false
(bootloader) Display panel:
OKAY [ 0.010s]
finished. total time: 0.011s
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>

ninjawulf98 said:
Then i've got the following:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot devices
866878f3 fastboot
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot oem unlock
...
OKAY [ 10.112s]
finished. total time: 10.114s
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>
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I don't know if this is an issue but i have both the adb and fastboot tools installed from here and the adb, fastboot and drivers here .

Since I am not an android expert, so I shall wait with you to see other member replies. Between if you can check this link too:https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/stuck-in-fastboot-with-locked-boot-loader.104446/page-2
Regards
Girish Sharma

GirishSharma said:
Since I am not an android expert, so I shall wait with you to see other member replies. Between if you can check this link too:https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/stuck-in-fastboot-with-locked-boot-loader.104446/page-2
Regards
Girish Sharma
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I already founded that thread and did the solution that worked for him and another solution that a guy a few posts above him mentioned. Sadly enough without any results.
Anyway, thanks for the help and all the effort you did!

I just am going to mention it here before I will do it, to avoid to make the situation more worse then it already is.
So you can enter qualcomm hsloader (connect the phone to the pc, press 5-10 seconds volume up + power, screen remains dark).
And there are two tools (which have both the same base) here and here .
Now, when I follow the guide for both tools, always when it flashes the first file (8974_msimage.mbn), after flashing the phone shuts down.
And yes, I gave it administrator rights and the drivers are properly installed.
I tried it also on windows xp (completly clean test computer, yes I have a lot of them )
Now I saw on the oneplus forum a post .
And when I tried the command "fastboot erase bootloader" it gave me the following output:
C:\Windows\System32>fastboot erase bootloader
erasing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: Partition table doesn't exist
)
finished. total time: 0.006s
Well if I try this with the command to erase the kernel partition "fastboot erase boot" I think.
Well might this then work, so that the device after flashing the first file doesn't shutdown?
Again I just want to mention it here before I make the situation more worse then it already is.

ninjawulf98 said:
I just am going to mention it here before I will do it, to avoid to make the situation more worse then it already is.
So you can enter qualcomm hsloader (connect the phone to the pc, press 5-10 seconds volume up + power, screen remains dark).
And there are two tools (which have both the same base) here and here .
Now, when I follow the guide for both tools, always when it flashes the first file (8974_msimage.mbn), after flashing the phone shuts down.
And yes, I gave it administrator rights and the drivers are properly installed.
I tried it also on windows xp (completly clean test computer, yes I have a lot of them )
Now I saw on the oneplus forum a post .
And when I tried the command "fastboot erase bootloader" it gave me the following output:
C:\Windows\System32>fastboot erase bootloader
erasing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: Partition table doesn't exist
)
finished. total time: 0.006s
Well if I try this with the command to erase the kernel partition "fastboot erase boot" I think.
Well might this then work, so that the device after flashing the first file doesn't shutdown?
Again I just want to mention it here before I make the situation more worse then it already is.
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Now actually i think that the partition bootloader doesn't exists but boot does (which I think containts the bootloader and the kernel).
After waiting very unpationtly -+ 24 hours I tried it.
Sadly enough again without success.
CMD copy:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. Alle rechten voorbehouden.
C:\Windows\System32>fastboot devices
866878f3 fastboot
C:\Windows\System32>fastboot erase boot
erasing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: failed to erase partition
)
finished. total time: 5.057s
C:\Windows\System32>

Fried emmc. Sell it for junk.
Sent from my SM-G920T

Hi,
I am stuck with a similar issue. Only the way I landed in this situation is slightly different.
Without unlocking the bootloader (I just forgot to do that!), I ran the below command.
Code:
fastboot format cache
It erased the cache but failed to write to it because the device is still locked.
On rebooting, the device was stuck overnight on the "Cyanogen" display screen.
I forcibly powered it off using the power button.
Then I fastbooted it.
Then from the command prompt I tried to run a few commands - see output below
Code:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot oem device-info
...
(bootloader) Device tampered: true
(bootloader) Device unlocked: false
(bootloader) Charger screen enabled: false
(bootloader) Display panel:
OKAY [ 0.031s]
finished. total time: 0.031s
And then this -
Code:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot unlock oem
usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>
commands:
update <filename> reflash device from update.zip
flashall flash boot, system, vendor and if fou
nd,
recovery
flash <partition> [ <filename> ] write a file to a flash partition
flashing lock locks the device. Prevents flashing
partitions
flashing unlock unlocks the device. Allows user to
flash any partition except the ones
that are related to bootloader
flashing lock_critical Prevents flashing bootloader related
partitions
flashing unlock_critical Enables flashing bootloader related
partitions
flashing get_unlock_ability Queries bootloader to see if the
device is unlocked
erase <partition> erase a flash partition
format[:[<fs type>][:[<size>]] <partition> format a flash partition.
Can override the fs type and/or
size the bootloader reports.
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 [bootloader] reboot device, optionally into bootlo
ader
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
than size. 0 to disable
and this -
Code:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flashing unlock
...
That's it. For some reason,"fastboot unlock oem" takes me to fastboot help and "fastboot flashing unlock" just goes in a long endless wait.
Any way out?
Thanks,
Deepak Gupta

Deep.G said:
Hi,
I am stuck with a similar issue. Only the way I landed in this situation is slightly different.
Without unlocking the bootloader (I just forgot to do that!), I ran the below command.
Code:
fastboot format cache
It erased the cache but failed to write to it because the device is still locked.
On rebooting, the device was stuck overnight on the "Cyanogen" display screen.
I forcibly powered it off using the power button.
Then I fastbooted it.
Then from the command prompt I tried to run a few commands - see output below
Code:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot oem device-info
...
(bootloader) Device tampered: true
(bootloader) Device unlocked: false
(bootloader) Charger screen enabled: false
(bootloader) Display panel:
OKAY [ 0.031s]
finished. total time: 0.031s
And then this -
Code:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot unlock oem
usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>
commands:
update <filename> reflash device from update.zip
flashall flash boot, system, vendor and if fou
nd,
recovery
flash <partition> [ <filename> ] write a file to a flash partition
flashing lock locks the device. Prevents flashing
partitions
flashing unlock unlocks the device. Allows user to
flash any partition except the ones
that are related to bootloader
flashing lock_critical Prevents flashing bootloader related
partitions
flashing unlock_critical Enables flashing bootloader related
partitions
flashing get_unlock_ability Queries bootloader to see if the
device is unlocked
erase <partition> erase a flash partition
format[:[<fs type>][:[<size>]] <partition> format a flash partition.
Can override the fs type and/or
size the bootloader reports.
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 [bootloader] reboot device, optionally into bootlo
ader
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
than size. 0 to disable
and this -
Code:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flashing unlock
...
That's it. For some reason,"fastboot unlock oem" takes me to fastboot help and "fastboot flashing unlock" just goes in a long endless wait.
Any way out?
Thanks,
Deepak Gupta
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The command for unlocking the bootloader is "fastboot oem unlock" not "fastboot unlock oem".
Also sometimes when you type a commando that isn't recognised by the phone it can take forever.
So, I think that the commando "fastboot flashing unlock" doesn't exist.
Anyway I think I know now for sure that the previous owner erased and/or formatted the cache.

6045i - bootloader unlocked but TWRP not flashing

Hi all,
I have a 6045i variant of the idol3. I have successfully unlocked the bootloader and have been trying now to flash TWRP. Then I will install a custom ROM and SU to hopefully end the lagfest.
However, no matter which TWRP I try (2.8.7.0 or 3.0.0-1) it isn't sticking. I've followed the appropriate threads here using adb fastboot to flash the recoveries but when I try to get to recovery it goes to the stock version.
I'm running the latest stock firmware: 5.0.2-7SRN-UEN0
Here's the output of the adb session.
Code:
C:\adb>fastboot -i 0x1bbb devices
cc22eea2 fastboot
C:\adb>fastboot -i 0x1bbb oem device-info
...
(bootloader) Device tampered: false
(bootloader) Device unlocked: true
(bootloader) Charger screen enabled: false
(bootloader) Display panel:
(bootloader) Boot cpus: androidboot.earlyboot_cpus=3,4,5,6,7
(bootloader) Big core max freq:
(bootloader) Small core max freq:
OKAY [ 0.028s]
finished. total time: 0.029s
C:\adb>fastboot -i 0x1bbb flash recovery twrp-3.0.0-1-idol3.img
target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
sending 'recovery' (23880 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.803s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 2.207s]
finished. total time: 3.014s
C:\adb>fastboot -i 0x1bbb reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.003s
When I invoke recovery (either thru adb or power on/volume up) it loads into stock 3e recovery.
Any tips to get past this? I've done a fair amount of searching for similar issues here but haven't ran into any help.
thanks,

try this:
if youflash the TWRP recovery then turn off the phone and right go to recovery (volume up+power).
If you can go t oTWRP recovery and after reboot yo uwill get the stock one again, then there is a stratup script which replaces the custom recovery with the stock one, on every startup.
You have then to flash the twrp recovry, right boot into it and using the file manager inside TWRP to find the script and delete it.

mikehd1959 said:
Hi all,
I have a 6045i variant of the idol3. I have successfully unlocked the bootloader and have been trying now to flash TWRP. Then I will install a custom ROM and SU to hopefully end the lagfest.
However, no matter which TWRP I try (2.8.7.0 or 3.0.0-1) it isn't sticking. I've followed the appropriate threads here using adb fastboot to flash the recoveries but when I try to get to recovery it goes to the stock version.
I'm running the latest stock firmware: 5.0.2-7SRN-UEN0
Here's the output of the adb session.
Code:
C:\adb>fastboot -i 0x1bbb devices
cc22eea2 fastboot
C:\adb>fastboot -i 0x1bbb oem device-info
...
(bootloader) Device tampered: false
(bootloader) Device unlocked: true
(bootloader) Charger screen enabled: false
(bootloader) Display panel:
(bootloader) Boot cpus: androidboot.earlyboot_cpus=3,4,5,6,7
(bootloader) Big core max freq:
(bootloader) Small core max freq:
OKAY [ 0.028s]
finished. total time: 0.029s
C:\adb>fastboot -i 0x1bbb flash recovery twrp-3.0.0-1-idol3.img
target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
sending 'recovery' (23880 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.803s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 2.207s]
finished. total time: 3.014s
C:\adb>fastboot -i 0x1bbb reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.003s
When I invoke recovery (either thru adb or power on/volume up) it loads into stock 3e recovery.
Any tips to get past this? I've done a fair amount of searching for similar issues here but haven't ran into any help.
thanks,
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You can just try like this
Connect to Pc with usb
Open Adb And Fastboot
Enable Debugging on Device
type "adb reboot bootloader"
Then write"fastboot -i 0x1bbb flash recovery twrp-3.0.0-1-idol3.img"
and then"fastboot -i 0x1bbb boot twrp-3.0.0-1.img"-wait 2s and Automaticily Device will boot to TWRP recovery so you can flash what do you want

Alek Dev said:
You can just try like this
Connect to Pc with usb
Open Adb And Fastboot
Enable Debugging on Device
type "adb reboot bootloader"
Then write"fastboot -i 0x1bbb flash recovery twrp-3.0.0-1-idol3.img"
and then"fastboot -i 0x1bbb boot twrp-3.0.0-1.img"-wait 2s and Automaticily Device will boot to TWRP recovery so you can flash what do you want
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Thanks. That's what I just stumbled into as well. I've gotten into TWRP and was able to reboot in TWRP back into TWRP recovery. So now I'm trying reboot to system from TWRP. I'll then reboot to recovery to see if TWRP has stuck.
While in TWRP I used the terminal to find the init scripts. Here's the list:
Code:
init
init.qcom.usb.sh
init.rc
init.recovery.qcom.rc
init.recovery.qcom.usb.rc
When I executed a ls -lh to see timestamps, they were all some default 1969 year. So I didn't muck with anything with init.
Just completed my first boot into the OS. I shut it down fully then restarted with power on + Vol Up and it went straight to TWRP.
So the trick was to do the flash recovery then boot the image as you suggested.
Is this typical for this device? I've never encountered this on other phones (S3 for example).

mikehd1959 said:
Thanks. That's what I just stumbled into as well. I've gotten into TWRP and was able to reboot in TWRP back into TWRP recovery. So now I'm trying reboot to system from TWRP. I'll then reboot to recovery to see if TWRP has stuck.
While in TWRP I used the terminal to find the init scripts. Here's the list:
Code:
init
init.qcom.usb.sh
init.rc
init.recovery.qcom.rc
init.recovery.qcom.usb.rc
When I executed a ls -lh to see timestamps, they were all some default 1969 year. So I didn't muck with anything with init.
Just completed my first boot into the OS. I shut it down fully then restarted with power on + Vol Up and it went straight to TWRP.
So the trick was to do the flash recovery then boot the image as you suggested.
Is this typical for this device? I've never encountered this on other phones (S3 for example).
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so the trick was been to flash the TWRP recovery and then aumotacilly go to Recovery...and if you want to restart phone...just reboot it .you no need to flash boot

Alek Dev said:
so the trick was been to flash the TWRP recovery and then aumotacilly go to Recovery...and if you want to restart phone...just reboot it .you no need to flash boot
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Except that didn't work for me. It would consistently go to stock recovery no matter how I tried to exit adb. If I rebooted to recovery in adb the stock recovery would launch. If I plain rebooted to OS and then shut down and restart (power on + Vol Up) it would go to stock recovery. It was only when I did the commands as listed above would it at last go to TWRP and persist across reboots.

mikehd1959 said:
Except that didn't work for me. It would consistently go to stock recovery no matter how I tried to exit adb. If I rebooted to recovery in adb the stock recovery would launch. If I plain rebooted to OS and then shut down and restart (power on + Vol Up) it would go to stock recovery. It was only when I did the commands as listed above would it at last go to TWRP and persist across reboots.
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So use the commands to go to Twrp..you can try to lock the bootloader and try again to unlock and then flash Twrp..
Edit:So it can be the problem with the system

Alek Dev said:
So use the commands to go to Twrp..you can try to lock the bootloader and try again to unlock and then flash Twrp..
Edit:So it can be the problem with the system
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No need to do as you describe. It is now working correctly. When I go to recovery, it launches TWRP as expected. Issue closed.

Bootloop after installing an Factory Image for Android 9.0

Hi, i just bought a Google Pixel from Ebay an tried to install an factory image for Android 9 from the Google Website. After fastboot the flash-all.sh (ive got Ubuntu) it got stuck a on the bootscreen (The Google Logo flashes in an instance and the Screen goes black again). Unfortunally the device is locked again (bootloader ist locked), so adb is not working. fastboot works but when i install some other factory images from the google website the problem with the flashing bootscreen reappears.
Loading into bootloader works:
Product/Variant: sailfish-US-PVT
Serial Number FA72H0300560
CPU: MSM8996SG-AB 0x10001
UFS: 32 GB Samsung
DRAM:4096MB Hynix LPDDR4
Boot-slot: a
Console: DISABLED
Secure Boot: PRODUCTION
Device is LOCKED
Could anyone help?
Thanks in advance.

Not sure but I think U can try booting into TWRP using "fastboot flash recovery twrp" command in CMD and than switch boot slot to b, my pixel is in the same situation - I can't boot into slot a and switching to b works
oh sry, the command is "fastboot boot path/to/twrp.img"

Thanks for your help, but it didn't work.
When I try to fastboot with following commands, it says:
sudo ./fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3-1-sailfish.img
Code:
Downloading 'boot.img' OKAY [ 0.785s]
booting (bootloader) Command is not supported.
(bootloader) Please unlock device to enable this command.
FAILED (remote: '')
Finished. Total time: 0.963s
sudo ./fastboot flash recovery twrp
Code:
fastboot: error: cannot load 'twrp': No such file or directory
I have Ubuntu with local platform-tools, so the commands look a little bit different...

Double-check the checksum of the downloaded file.
Open the flash-all.sh file in a text editor, and manually run each of the flash commands individually. See if any of them throw an error.
You might also try to install the OTA.

I tried the first command in the flash-all.sh with the same results:
sudo ./fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-sailfish-8996-012001-1808030001.img
Code:
Sending 'bootloader_a' (32384 KB) OKAY [ 0.951s]
Writing 'bootloader_a' (bootloader) Command is not supported.
(bootloader) Please unlock device to enable this command.
FAILED (remote: '')
Finished. Total time: 1.189s
I will try out the OTA tomorrow. Does anyone know how to handle the payload.bin in to OTA.zip under a Linux-System?
ADB seems not be working. SO adb sideload ota_file.zip, like its mentioned on the google website seems to be also no option....

ArchArch said:
I tried the first command in the flash-all.sh with the same results:
sudo ./fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-sailfish-8996-012001-1808030001.img
Code:
Sending 'bootloader_a' (32384 KB) OKAY [ 0.951s]
Writing 'bootloader_a' (bootloader) Command is not supported.
(bootloader) Please unlock device to enable this command.
FAILED (remote: '')
Finished. Total time: 1.189s
I will try out the OTA tomorrow. Does anyone know how to handle the payload.bin in to OTA.zip under a Linux-System?
ADB seems not be working. SO adb sideload ota_file.zip, like its mentioned on the google website seems to be also no option....
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You need to re-unlock your bootloader first, then. Try fastboot flashing unlock .

No luck.
sudo ./fastboot flashing unlock
Code:
FAILED (remote: 'oem unlock is not allowed')
Finished. Total time: 0.007s
sudo ./fastboot oem unlock
Code:
FAILED (remote: 'oem unlock is not allowed')
Finished. Total time: 0.038s

ArchArch said:
sudo ./fastboot flash recovery twrp
Code:
fastboot: error: cannot load 'twrp': No such file or directory
I have Ubuntu with local platform-tools, so the commands look a little bit different...
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Did U opened CMD from the folder in which the TWRP file is located? Just type in CMD: "fastboot boot", and after "boot" type "twr" and press TAB button, program will locate the file itself.

Levan_i said:
Did U opened CMD from the folder in which the TWRP file is located? Just type in CMD: "fastboot boot", and after "boot" type "twr" and press TAB button, program will locate the file itself.
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He's using linux. The reason his flashes have been unsuccessful is because the bootloader is locked.

Tanks for your efforts so far...
Just for clarification: The initial plan was to root my device, according to the XDA-Guide for rooting an Pixel XL Android 9.0 (with the Files for my "Sailfish"-Pixel) https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/guide-pixel-xl-android-9-0-pie-unlock-t3825866
First when I bought the Pixel the "OEM Unlock"-Option in the Developers-Menu was greyed out.
So i tried out, beneath some other guides, the XDA-Guide for unlocking a Verizon Pixel and it worked. https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/how-to-unlock-bootloader-verizon-pixel-t3796030
So I thought its an VerizonPixel, installed an Verizon Image from the Google Website, got always the message at bootup that an unlocked bootloader is some sort of threat, closed the Bootloader and the flashing bootscreen-problem began…

[ROM] Mi 6 stuck in fastboot

Please help me I screwed up! I tried flashing from Global Beta Back to Stable beta (ROM V10.4.1.0.PCAMIXM), I got bootloader unlocked and after a restart, I forgot to turn on USB Debugging, and when I flashed it I've got an error at the end (failed to check sparse crc). The thing is i thing I've chosen flash and lock and my bootloader might be locked again because every time I try to flash again I get echo Missmatching image and device and it's flashing forever. I tried to unlock it again but i get a fail verifying the device at 50%. So now I am stuck in fastboot, I can't get the phone to recovery mode. Is there any fix? Please help me I am not that not tech-savvy.

I guess bootloader is not locked!
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot oem device-info
...
(bootloader) Verity mode: true
(bootloader) Device unlocked: true
(bootloader) Device critical unlocked: true
(bootloader) Charger screen enabled: false
OKAY [ 0.016s]
finished. total time: 0.016s

try
Code:
fastboot boot "C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot\twrp-3.3.1-2-sagit.img"
and install Universal DM-Verity, ForceEncrypt, Disk Quota Disablers

Stuck in Fastboot (Bootloop)... Might be PIE, might be OREO

So...
Just ran the following commands:
Code:
C:\beta-flashy_0.2>fastboot oem get-product-model
...
(bootloader) MHA-L29
OKAY [ 0.009s]
finished. total time: 0.011s
C:\beta-flashy_0.2>fastboot oem get-build-number
...
(bootloader) :MHA-L29 9.0.1.191(C432E7)
OKAY [ 0.010s]
finished. total time: 0.011s
C:\beta-flashy_0.2>fastboot oem oeminforead-SYSTEM_VERSION
...
(bootloader) :MHA-L29 8.0.0.376(C567)
OKAY [ 0.010s]
finished. total time: 0.011s
C:\beta-flashy_0.2>fastboot getvar vendorcountry
vendorcountry: hw/usa
finished. total time: 0.008s
My device seems to be halfway stuck between PIE and OREO. I can only enter fastboot, and as you can see, my device responds to fastboot commands. As far as I can tell, I can even flash whatever I want. Bootloader seems to be unlocked (Red text, "PHONE Unlocked," and "FRP Unlock."
What happened...
I upgraded from Oreo (.376 build) to Pie (9.0.1.191 build) using the method outlined here. Success! Got greedy, decided to install Resurrection Remix OpenKirin Pie build. No problem. Didn't like the camera, tried to flash back to stock. Bootloop. Whoops. Flash RR again? Nope, that didn't work either. I *was* able, however, to successfully flash and boot OpenKirin's Omnirom Pie. I really should have left well enough alone at that point. But no, I thought, maybe I can get back to stock from here. Tried to flash SYSTEM.img from stock firmware, aaaand... bootloop. Re-flashing Omnirom doesn't work, either. Have been stuck like this since Friday morning.
Again, I have Fastboot, and it's unlocked.
I've tried the DLOAD method twice over the weekend, and once more this morning. It almost immediately says "Software install failed" every time.
I am out of ideas. Based on the fastboot responses above, does anybody have any ideas?

daina said:
So...
Just ran the following commands:
Code:
C:\beta-flashy_0.2>fastboot oem get-product-model
...
(bootloader) MHA-L29
OKAY [ 0.009s]
finished. total time: 0.011s
C:\beta-flashy_0.2>fastboot oem get-build-number
...
(bootloader) :MHA-L29 9.0.1.191(C432E7)
OKAY [ 0.010s]
finished. total time: 0.011s
C:\beta-flashy_0.2>fastboot oem oeminforead-SYSTEM_VERSION
...
(bootloader) :MHA-L29 8.0.0.376(C567)
OKAY [ 0.010s]
finished. total time: 0.011s
C:\beta-flashy_0.2>fastboot getvar vendorcountry
vendorcountry: hw/usa
finished. total time: 0.008s
My device seems to be halfway stuck between PIE and OREO. I can only enter fastboot, and as you can see, my device responds to fastboot commands. As far as I can tell, I can even flash whatever I want. Bootloader seems to be unlocked (Red text, "PHONE Unlocked," and "FRP Unlock."
What happened...
I upgraded from Oreo (.376 build) to Pie (9.0.1.191 build) using the method outlined here. Success! Got greedy, decided to install Resurrection Remix OpenKirin Pie build. No problem. Didn't like the camera, tried to flash back to stock. Bootloop. Whoops. Flash RR again? Nope, that didn't work either. I *was* able, however, to successfully flash and boot OpenKirin's Omnirom Pie. I really should have left well enough alone at that point. But no, I thought, maybe I can get back to stock from here. Tried to flash SYSTEM.img from stock firmware, aaaand... bootloop. Re-flashing Omnirom doesn't work, either. Have been stuck like this since Friday morning.
Again, I have Fastboot, and it's unlocked.
I've tried the DLOAD method twice over the weekend, and once more this morning. It almost immediately says "Software install failed" every time.
I am out of ideas. Based on the fastboot responses above, does anybody have any ideas?
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Have been able to flash TWRP (Pie). Am trying to see if I can flash a custom ROM from here. Have my doubts.

daina said:
Have been able to flash TWRP (Pie). Am trying to see if I can flash a custom ROM from here. Have my doubts.
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Results from DC-Unlocker:
Code:
DC Phoenix 0.0.0.118
user:daina
Looking for a device in upgrade mode
No devices detected in upgrade mode
Device found: 5RE0217927000170
Detecting recovery partition
File size: 5,476,648,324 bytes
Current version(CURVER): MHA_Global-CUST 9.0.1(C999)
ERECOVERY_KERNEL partition found
ERECOVERY_RAMDISK partition found
ERECOVERY_VENDOR partition found
11/18/2019 4:26:30 PM Starting to try Rescue Recovery...
Looking for a device in fastboot mode
Device found: 5RE0217927000170
Getting IMEI...
Getting build number...
Getting model ...
Getting battery state...
Getting backdoor info...
Getting lock state info...
Getting lock boot info...
Build number: :MHA-L29 9.0.1.191(C432E7)
Model: MHA-L29
Vendor/Country: Vendor/Country: hw/usa
Battery state: 6812mv
OEM lock state info:
FB LockState: UNLOCKED
USER LockState: LOCKED
OEM get bootinfo:
unlocked
Process identifier:20538296
Getting build number...
Getting base version...
Getting cust version...
Getting preload version...
Erasing ver .. .
File size: 5,476,648,324 bytes
Current version(CURVER): MHA_Global-CUST 9.0.1(C999)
Writing rescue_recovery_kernel partition
RESCUE_RECOVERY_KERNEL partition update :FAIL image verification error
Cannot enter in Recovey mode