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Made fault while trying to root the Oneplus One

Hello!
I was following this guide to root my new Oneplus One: highonandroid (.) com/android-smartphones/how-to-root-oneplus-one/ My operating system is Debian, thought it would be easier on that one since I don't have to install drivers.
Everything worked until Step 9 where I had to do this: "sudo ./fastboot-linux flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.1-bacon.img". I get this error message:
Code:
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (0 KB)...
FAILED ()
finished, total time: 0.000s
Then I tried the next command: "sudo ./fastboot-linux erase cache" This one worked... :silly: :silly:
Now my phone takes forever to boot, i.e. it doesn't. Only fastboot works...
I tried it on a Mac as well.. but I just get the message "device loading" or something like that. What can I do to fix this? I have no idea.

Rosteox said:
Hello!
I was following this guide to root my new Oneplus One: highonandroid (.) com/android-smartphones/how-to-root-oneplus-one/ My operating system is Debian, thought it would be easier on that one since I don't have to install drivers.
Everything worked until Step 9 where I had to do this: "sudo ./fastboot-linux flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.1-bacon.img". I get this error message:
Code:
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (0 KB)...
FAILED ()
finished, total time: 0.000s
Then I tried the next command: "sudo ./fastboot-linux erase cache" This one worked... :silly: :silly:
Now my phone takes forever to boot, i.e. it doesn't.
I tried it on a Mac as well.. but I just get the message "device loading" or something like that. What can I do to fix this? I have no idea.
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Is your one plus unlocked?

lolitsryan96 said:
Is your one plus unlocked?
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Yes, everything excluding step 9 was successful.

Rosteox said:
Yes, everything excluding step 9 was successful.
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ok I am confused so you went to a different site to root but came to xda to ask how to fix it? Have you asked over there as well. Also I am assuming that those are commands for a Mac? If so may I suggest you do some searching for a mac tutorial here in xda and a mac tutorial on how to fully restore. You may need to push imgs back to your phone.
9 Steps for rooting seem a little excessive for this phone

playya said:
ok I am confused so you went to a different site to root but came to xda to ask how to fix it? Have you asked over there as well. Also I am assuming that those are commands for a Mac? If so may I suggest you do some searching for a mac tutorial here in xda and a mac tutorial on how to fully restore. You may need to push imgs back to your phone.
9 Steps for rooting seem a little excessive for this phone
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How can I recover the whole operating system? I just want it to work again. :/
Edit: It works again. I did a reset by pressing Volume down + Power. Sorry...

Rosteox said:
How can I recover the whole operating system? I just want it to work again. :/
Edit: It works again. I did a reset by pressing Volume down + Power. Sorry...
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Glad you got it working take it easy and stay away from toolkits... Lol

And stay away from other sites.
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[Q] Hardbricked CM11 Verizon M8

I was stuck in a Clockworkmod Recovery Bootloop after an otherwsie successful install of CM11. Had everything all set up the way I like it, and bam, I tried to power down but could not, it just went to clockwork recovery, screen on. So I searched for solutions and sadly, tried this in the terminal:
"echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0"
Now the phone appears to be hard bricked. :crying: Cannot hold volume up, down, or both in combo with power switch, and, there is no orange led indicator when the power is plugged in. Any help would be deeply appreciated.
Thanks! AB

brockmanah said:
I was stuck in a Clockworkmod Recovery Bootloop after an otherwsie successful install of CM11. Had everything all set up the way I like it, and bam, I tried to power down but could not, it just went to clockwork recovery, screen on. So I searched for solutions and sadly, tried this in the terminal:
"echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0"
Now the phone appears to be hard bricked. :crying: Cannot hold volume up, down, or both in combo with power switch, and, there is no orange led indicator when the power is plugged in. Any help would be deeply appreciated.
Thanks! AB
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What on earth did you do that for?
When you plug the phone in does device manager indicate anything has been plugged in?

Yes "My HTC" shows up as an Android item

brockmanah said:
Yes "My HTC" shows up as an Android item
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And it doesn't respond to adb devices or fastboot devices?

dottat said:
And it doesn't respond to adb devices or fastboot devices?
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No, there's no reply.

brockmanah said:
No, there's no reply.
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Have access to a Linux machine?

dottat said:
Have access to a Linux machine?
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'fraid not. I suppose I can look into installing it on a partition if absolutely required.

dottat said:
Have access to a Linux machine?
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I stand corrected on fastboot devices. It does return the following:
UEUUUEWUUU§UUUU fastboot

brockmanah said:
I stand corrected on fastboot devices. It does return the following:
UEUUUEWUUU§UUUU fastboot
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What happens if you type
Fastboot reboot-bootloader
?

dottat said:
What happens if you type
Fastboot reboot-bootloader
?
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It shuts down and I have to hard reset to get it to show up in the device manager. But that does seem to indicate that fastboot is working. Would something like :
fastboot -c "echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0"
with the 1 and zero replaced with the right variables work? (Confessing that I don't know what the right variables are).

brockmanah said:
It shuts down and I have to hard reset to get it to show up in the device manager. But that does seem to indicate that fastboot is working. Would something like :
fastboot -c "echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0"
with the 1 and zero replaced with the right variables work? (Confessing that I don't know what the right variables are).
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No. What happens if you try to fastboot flash zip nameofruu.zip

dottat said:
No. What happens if you try to fastboot flash zip nameofruu.zip
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Having trouble finding the filename of my RUU to try it... I presume i need to get the filename of the latest clockwork mod?

brockmanah said:
Having trouble finding the filename of my RUU to try it... I presume i need to get the filename of the latest clockwork mod?
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No. Download an ruu and put that in your fastboot directory.

dottat said:
No. Download an ruu and put that in your fastboot directory.
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Seems to fail, says batt level is set wrong:
C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot flash zip cm-11-
20150101-NIGHTLY-m8.zip
target reported max download size of 1834942464 bytes
sending 'zip' (239956 KB)...
OKAY [ 7.645s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) radio_batt_level: NOT IMPLEMENTED!
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 7.659s

brockmanah said:
Seems to fail, says batt level is set wrong:
C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot flash zip cm-11-
20150101-NIGHTLY-m8.zip
target reported max download size of 1834942464 bytes
sending 'zip' (239956 KB)...
OKAY [ 7.645s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) radio_batt_level: NOT IMPLEMENTED!
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 7.659s
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You can't flash a Rom like that. Can you install teamviewer quick and pm me the id and passcode. I think you wrecked your board info partition.

dottat said:
You can't flash a Rom like that. Can you install teamviewer quick and pm me the id and passcode. I think you wrecked your board info partition.
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I'm from Vietnam. And i have the same problem! Can you help me to fix it by Team View! If you can help me, give me a dating.....i really thank you!

Rockernam2 said:
I'm from Vietnam. And i have the same problem! Can you help me to fix it by Team View! If you can help me, give me a dating.....i really thank you!
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Did you already try flashing the RUU?

dottat said:
Did you already try flashing the RUU?
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My phone now can't turn-on. When i connected it to PC and flash RUU.zip by ADB, message on ADB: radio_batt_level: Not inplemented.
And when i flash by RUU.exe, it's not see my device, although when connect PC, i see Android usb device (My HTC) in Computer Magagement
Can you help me.

Rockernam2 said:
My phone now can't turn-on. When i connected it to PC and flash RUU.zip by ADB, message on ADB: radio_batt_level: Not inplemented.
And when i flash by RUU.exe, it's not see my device, although when connect PC, i see Android usb device (My HTC) in Computer Magagement
Can you help me.
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When you run the command
Fastboot devices
Do you get the serial number as a response?
Sent from my XT1575 using Tapatalk

dottat said:
When you run the command
Fastboot devices
Do you get the serial number as a response?
Sent from my XT1575 using Tapatalk
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Before flash RUU, I was try to do it, but nothing response !!!

Huawei P8 (L09) bricked TWRP no OS

I tried to do reset my phone for battery issues. The thing is that it seems i don't have operating system now and i can't flash the phone because TWRP is the only loader and it doesn't recognizes the update app. Any idea to install at least a custom rom via TWRP or any way to unbrick the phone? Thanks. Any other detail you need please ask me. It is the first time i need help to fix a phone.

icemann1908 said:
I tried to do reset my phone for battery issues. The thing is that it seems i don't have operating system now and i can't flash the phone because TWRP is the only loader and it doesn't recognizes the update app. Any idea to install at least a custom rom via TWRP or any way to unbrick the phone? Thanks. Any other detail you need please ask me. It is the first time i need help to fix a phone.
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If you know the version of the rom, simply download that version stock rom and then extract from it the recovery using Huawei extractor tool and flash that recovery using adb. After that put the stock rom in a dload folder and put it on your sdcard or internal memory after that turnoff the device hold power and vol up and vol down at the same to make the flash process start and flash the stock rom. Sorry I am on the road and quite busy otherwise I would have written a detailed guide. But if you Google what I suggested you will find the tools needed to make it work. If still you can't manage to make it work let me know. After 2 days I would be around a pc to write a better guide.
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Rashad83 said:
If you know the version of the rom, simply download that version stock rom and then extract from it the recovery using Huawei extractor tool and flash that recovery using adb. After that put the stock rom in a dload folder and put it on your sdcard or internal memory after that turnoff the device hold power and vol up and vol down at the same to make the flash process start and flash the stock rom. Sorry I am on the road and quite busy otherwise I would have written a detailed guide. But if you Google what I suggested you will find the tools needed to make it work. If still you can't manage to make it work let me know. After 2 days I would be around a pc to write a better guide.
Goood Afternoon,
I have the same problem but i tried what you said and when i try to flash my device i would get:
C:\Users\Ebonique\Downloads\fastboot>fastboot flash recovery RECOVERY.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery' (28228 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.640s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.648s
C:\Users\Ebonique\Downloads\fastboot>
And Honestly i do not know what to do. Any suggestions?
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ebbytay said:
Rashad83 said:
If you know the version of the rom, simply download that version stock rom and then extract from it the recovery using Huawei extractor tool and flash that recovery using adb. After that put the stock rom in a dload folder and put it on your sdcard or internal memory after that turnoff the device hold power and vol up and vol down at the same to make the flash process start and flash the stock rom. Sorry I am on the road and quite busy otherwise I would have written a detailed guide. But if you Google what I suggested you will find the tools needed to make it work. If still you can't manage to make it work let me know. After 2 days I would be around a pc to write a better guide.
Goood Afternoon,
I have the same problem but i tried what you said and when i try to flash my device i would get:
C:\Users\Ebonique\Downloads\fastboot>fastboot flash recovery RECOVERY.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery' (28228 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.640s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.648s
C:\Users\Ebonique\Downloads\fastboot>
And Honestly i do not know what to do. Any suggestions?
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You need to make sure your bootloader is unlocked otherwise it won't work. If your bootloader is indeed unlocked then it could be a PC communication issue try to reinstall drivers of the phone, even better try it on another PC/Laptop with a fresh install of drivers and applications needed.
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Rashad83 said:
ebbytay said:
You need to make sure your bootloader is unlocked otherwise it won't work. If your bootloader is indeed unlocked then it could be a PC communication issue try to reinstall drivers of the phone, even better try it on another PC/Laptop with a fresh install of drivers and applications needed.
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My bootloader is unlocked
I have tried to install the usb drivers but im not sure if i am currently installing them correctly.
When i type enter fastboot devices i get:
C:\Users\Ebonique\Downloads\fastboot>fastboot devices
S7M0215B19000640 fastboot
C:\Users\Ebonique\Downloads\fastboot>
but when i enter adb devices i get:
C:\Users\Ebonique\Downloads\fastboot>adb devices
List of devices attached
C:\Users\Ebonique\Downloads\fastboot>
Is there any possibility that you can walk me through installation of the devices? I have a Huawei Gra-L09 (P8)
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ebbytay said:
Rashad83 said:
My bootloader is unlocked
I have tried to install the usb drivers but im not sure if i am currently installing them correctly.
When i type enter fastboot devices i get:
C:\Users\Ebonique\Downloads\fastboot>fastboot devices
S7M0215B19000640 fastboot
C:\Users\Ebonique\Downloads\fastboot>
but when i enter adb devices i get:
C:\Users\Ebonique\Downloads\fastboot>adb devices
List of devices attached
C:\Users\Ebonique\Downloads\fastboot>
Is there any possibility that you can walk me through installation of the devices? I have a Huawei Gra-L09 (P8)
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That's normal, in order to see your device using adb commands it needs to be turned on and working properly also the developer mode needs to be enabled in order to see your device code serial number so in other words it's not possible at your current situation.
Regarding the device drivers just connect the device to the PC and let it auto install the drivers needed make sure Hisuite package is installed before that.
The only commands you can use at your current case with the phone in bootloader mode is only fastboot commands. So just try to flash the stock recovery like before and hopefully it will work out. If it does try to flash the same stock rom using the dload method. I cannot at the Moment give you a step by step I am really sorry but if you google the things you need you will find it easily.
Edit:
Similar issue maybe it can help you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68037081&postcount=304
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Rashad83 said:
ebbytay said:
That's normal, in order to see your device using adb commands it needs to be turned on and working properly also the developer mode needs to be enabled in order to see your device code serial number so in other words it's not possible at your current situation.
Regarding the device drivers just connect the device to the PC and let it auto install the drivers needed make sure Hisuite package is installed before that.
The only commands you can use at your current case with the phone in bootloader mode is only fastboot commands. So just try to flash the stock recovery like before and hopefully it will work out. If it does try to flash the same stock rom using the dload method. I cannot at the Moment give you a step by step I am really sorry but if you google the things you need you will find it easily.
Edit:
Similar issue maybe it can help you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68037081&postcount=304
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Thank you very much for the link it actually helped me and I was able to fix my phone.
I had no clue which stock version my phone came with so I downloaded all and then use the dload method. The phone was able to update to its original form.
I Really appreciate all of your responses, thank you once again.
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ebbytay said:
Rashad83 said:
Thank you very much for the link it actually helped me and I was able to fix my phone.
I had no clue which stock version my phone came with so I downloaded all and then use the dload method. The phone was able to update to its original form.
I Really appreciate all of your responses, thank you once again.
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You're welcome. Good luck.
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Bricked from only FastBoot mode

Hi to All,
and thanks how can to going out from this situation wiht my phone.
During a firware update (maybe a wrong one) the phone restart and go into the loop of huawei logo.
The only think that i can done is to put the phone in fastboot, from first think i say: " good, i can try to recover my phone!" but i can't, let me explin why:
- My Bootloader is not unlocked and i can't flash the right firware to try to perform a factory reset.
- For this reason I start to think that i could unlock my bootloader, but i can't because I don't have the unlock "password"
- I try to get the unlock password from the huawei website, but i can't becuase i don't have the Product ID
I don't kwon what i can do anymore, do you have any idea? Is there any other way to get the Product ID or the unlock " password"?
Please help me i'm really need to have my phone back for works reason.
Thanks again to all.
Marco

marco88lecce said:
Hi to All,
and thanks how can to going out from this situation wiht my phone.
During a firware update (maybe a wrong one) the phone restart and go into the loop of huawei logo.
The only think that i can done is to put the phone in fastboot, from first think i say: " good, i can try to recover my phone!" but i can't, let me explin why:
- My Bootloader is not unlocked and i can't flash the right firware to try to perform a factory reset.
- For this reason I start to think that i could unlock my bootloader, but i can't because I don't have the unlock "password"
- I try to get the unlock password from the huawei website, but i can't becuase i don't have the Product ID
I don't kwon what i can do anymore, do you have any idea? Is there any other way to get the Product ID or the unlock " password"?
Please help me i'm really need to have my phone back for works reason.
Thanks again to all.
Marco
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You can find your product id by pressing this code *#*#1357946#*#* at dialer .

dexz said:
You can find your product id by pressing this code *#*#1357946#*#* at dialer .
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as i say is locked in fastboot, i can't access to the dialer

Can you enter eRecovery?
Try dload method if you can
If you can't enter eRecovery,put your phone into charger and press power +volume up if it doesn't work try DC unlocker.

marco88lecce said:
as i say is locked in fastboot, i can't access to the dialer
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I'm sorry. I have misunderstood it. What's your firmware before it happened?
You have to dload your original firmware. Just extract update.app from update.zip then copy it into dload folder in your sdcard

Ww222 said:
Can you enter eRecovery?
Try dload method if you can
If you can't enter eRecovery,put your phone into charger and press power +volume up if it doesn't work try DC unlocker.
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nothing i can't enter to erecovery, i can't use dload method and even with DC unlocker not works.

dexz said:
I'm sorry. I have misunderstood it. What's your firmware before it happened?
You have to dload your original firmware. Just extract update.app from update.zip then copy it into dload folder in your sdcard
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Alresdy tried What you suggest but without any success.

marco88lecce said:
Alresdy tried What you suggest but without any success.
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Please give me some info.
1. What is the firmware before your phone has a problem.
2. Without any success means? What's the error message you got?

i was on B330 and try to turn back a previous version and goes successfull without any error but at the restart was looped on the huawei logo.
with DC unlocker the programm says that i'm still on B330.
I would like to try flash boot and try to recovery my phone but i'm stucked from this " password unlock" that without a product ID i can't have it.

marco88lecce said:
i was on B330 and try to turn back a previous version and goes successfull but at the restart was looped on the huawei logo.
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back to Previous version is?
Did you try to factory reset?

dexz said:
back to Previous version is?
Did you try to factory reset?
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I can't do a factory reset because if i press for long time power button & volume + , nothing happen, i can't go to the wipe/factoryreset part.

marco88lecce said:
I can't do a factory reset because if i press for long time power button & volume + , nothing happen, i can go to the wipe/factoryreset part.
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You may try to flash "you previous firmware" via fastboot.
Extract boot.img , recovery.img & system.img update.app
Type:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
Then you may try to factory reset
Shutdown your phone. Press and hold volume up + power (do not plug any usb cable). Release it when you see Huawei logo.

dexz said:
You may try to flash "you previous firmware" via fastboot.
Extract boot.img , recovery.img & system.img update.app
Type:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
Then you may try to factory reset
Shutdown your phone. Press and hold volume up + power (do not plug any usb cable). Release it when you see Huawei logo.
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just try but failed i think because i have the bootloder locked
C:\adb>fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'boot' (14442 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.560s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.574s

marco88lecce said:
just try but failed i think because i have the bootloder locked
C:\adb>fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'boot' (14442 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.560s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.574s
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Then no choice you have to get bootloader code. Maybe you can email to huawei customer support to get bootloader code or the fastest way to unlock is using DC unlocker. Search for other thread about DC unlocker if you have issue.

Wow you peoples information is from space !!!
---------- Post added at 04:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:30 PM ----------
you people should not even post awnsers if you have no idea wtf your saying.
KEEP THE PHONE ON , DISCHARGE THE BATTERY , ONCE DEAD CONNECT IT PRESSING POWER AND VOLUME DOWN BEFORE YOU POWER IT UP HOLD THE BUTTONS I SAID AND IT WILL BOOT TO FASTBOOT !
DONT HIT THANKS, I COULD CARE LESS.

Bricked Google Pixel 3 XL

Hello, I have a Pixel 3 XL phone with bootloader locked, unable to enter Recovery Mode or unable to start it.
I tried to put factory image through fastboot but I recieve an error saying that the bootloader is locked.
Prior to that the bootloader was unlocked but I wanted to lock it.
Anything to do about it?

pech_alive said:
Hello, I have a Pixel 3 XL phone with bootloader locked, unable to enter Recovery Mode or unable to start it.
I tried to put factory image through fastboot but I recieve an error saying that the bootloader is locked.
Prior to that the bootloader was unlocked but I wanted to lock it.
Anything to do about it?
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You can get to fastboot but not recovery?

Yeah if you can get to fastboot then unlock the bootloader and flash the factory image

Tulsadiver said:
You can get to fastboot but not recovery?
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I can enter fastboot, but when I press to enter Recovery Mode the screen goes black and that's it, nothing happens, same when I press Start.
I can't unlock it because I get an error: failed (remote: 'flashing unlock is not allowed')

Was it 100% stock when you relocked it?
Sent from my crosshatch using XDA Labs

I would open the stock recovery on the PC and try flashing the factory image from there.

ridobe said:
Was it 100% stock when you relocked it?
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It was 100% stock when I relocked it.
krabman said:
I would open the stock recovery on the PC and try flashing the factory image from there.
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I tried that but this is what returns to me:
flash-all.bat
Sending 'bootloader_a' (8489 KB) OKAY [ 0.310s]
Writing 'bootloader_a' FAILED (remote: 'Fastboot command (flash is not allowed when locked')
Finished. Total time: 0.867s
rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.050s]
Finished. Total time: 0.054s
Sending 'radio_a' (71148 KB) OKAY [ 1.834s]
Writing 'radio_a' FAILED (remote: 'Fastboot command (flash is not allowed when locked')
Finished. Total time: 2.084s
rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.050s]
Finished. Total time: 0.054s
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: b1c1-0.1-4852902
Baseband Version.....: g845-00010-180619-B-4850223
Serial Number........: **********
--------------------------------------------
Checking product OKAY [ 0.060s]
Checking version-bootloader FAILED
Device version-bootloader is 'b1c1-0.1-4852902'.
Update requires 'b1c1-0.1-4948814'.
fastboot: error: requirements not met!
Press any key to exit...
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I seem to remember from my Pixel (original) days that there was some trick to re-locking the bootloader or you would encounter issues.
You might consider searching the original Pixel's subforum here at XDA for that thread and see if the suggestions in it apply to you.
I think this might be the thread.
Read through it to see if anything can help you.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/psa-read-relocking-bootloader-t3494615

"Checking version-bootloader FAILED
Device version-bootloader is 'b1c1-0.1-4852902'.
Update requires 'b1c1-0.1-4948814'.
fastboot: error: requirements not met!
Press any key to exit..."
The bootloader on your device is pre-release? Not sure at all, love to get some schooling on where that bootloader came from. Where did you get the phone? From the Ukrainian with the stolen batch from Foxconn? Wow, I am getting Alex Jones like too quick or what? Lol
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MArtyChubbs said:
"Checking version-bootloader FAILED
Device version-bootloader is 'b1c1-0.1-4852902'.
Update requires 'b1c1-0.1-4948814'.
fastboot: error: requirements not met!
Press any key to exit..."
The bootloader on your device is pre-release? Not sure at all, love to get some schooling on where that bootloader came from. Where did you get the phone? From the Ukrainian with the stolen batch from Foxconn? Wow, I am getting Alex Jones like too quick or what? Lol
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A friend of mine bought this phone from a website similar to eBay.
The software was stock.

pech_alive said:
Hello, I have a Pixel 3 XL phone with bootloader locked, unable to enter Recovery Mode or unable to start it.
I tried to put factory image through fastboot but I recieve an error saying that the bootloader is locked.
Prior to that the bootloader was unlocked but I wanted to lock it.
Anything to do about it?
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Of course when in recovery it's all black. You have to hold vol up and power then menu pops up.

Since it's already a brick, try fastboot flashing unlock_critical
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lucky_strike33 said:
Of course when in recovery it's all black. You have to hold vol up and power then menu pops up.
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If the Andorid Robot picture appears, pressing the Power key and click Volume Up once will bring up the menu, however, his screen is black..? I get the robot, but yet to see a black screen. Good tip cuz that may be his way out of this mess.
Regarding the older bootloader, wouldn't the newer bootloader in the current factory image upgrade it? OR (put my custom made tinfoil hat on now) Google has blocked the stolen phones from firmware updates or bricks them..? Toots and Farts, you're screwed. (Taking hat off now)
I've always unlocked my pixels right away (lucked out on my VZW Pixel XL) and haven't encountered BL mismatch unless downgrading locked BL from other manufacturers.
There were at least 120 stolen phones sold prior to launch and unless you bought it from Google or an authorized carrier, I am suspicious..?
superchilpil said:
Since it's already a brick, try fastboot flashing unlock_critical
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But, wouldn't he need to Go to Developer Options and enable OEM unlocking first?

superchilpil said:
Since it's already a brick, try fastboot flashing unlock_critical
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People have already done this on working Pixel 3 XL's and all it did was returned an error.

I've gota a vague recollection of needing to format before flashing the image in this situation. Anyone confirm our deny?

MArtyChubbs said:
If the Andorid Robot picture appears, pressing the Power key and click Volume Up once will bring up the menu, however, his screen is black..? I get the robot, but yet to see a black screen. Good tip cuz that may be his way out of this mess.
Regarding the older bootloader, wouldn't the newer bootloader in the current factory image upgrade it? OR (put my custom made tinfoil hat on now) Google has blocked the stolen phones from firmware updates or bricks them..? Toots and Farts, you're screwed. (Taking hat off now)
I've always unlocked my pixels right away (lucked out on my VZW Pixel XL) and haven't encountered BL mismatch unless downgrading locked BL from other manufacturers.
There were at least 120 stolen phones sold prior to launch and unless you bought it from Google or an authorized carrier, I am suspicious..?
But, wouldn't he need to Go to Developer Options and enable OEM unlocking first?
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True, that didn't occur to me. But since it was unlocked prior it may still be unlockable.
bp328i said:
People have already done this on working Pixel 3 XL's and all it did was returned an error.
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Being a possible dev unit it might not error out with said command. At least that was my thought process. Doesn't hurt to try anyway? If it fails, it fails. Can't hurt to try.
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I just soft bricked my PXL3; this means access only to fastboot ( is under warranty ) and you can get it back with fastboot flashing unlock critical then flash the factory image i don't get it why you can't

I thought flashing unlock critical was p2xl and not applicable to p3xl? And was your bootloader relocked prior to softbrick?
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Update your adb tools on your computer and try flashing stock images again. Then reboot.

Help, i'm dealing with an issue too, everything was working fine, rooted with magisk , turned off my phone to charge, it reached 100% turned it back on, and it won't boot up, I see the G logo with a grey loading bar white background screen it does this for a few minutes and it reboots and gives me a screen that says "can't load android system. Your data may be corrupt. If you continue to get this message you may need to perform a factory data reset and erase all user data stored on this device" . I don't want to do a factory reset? WTH is going on here.
The last major change i did is install greenify4magisk but i didn't enable it (unchecked in magisk screen)
Help!
Edit: How do i do rescue OTA?