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Stock GT-I9020A: Won't boot, can't unlock bootloader

Hi all,
Looking for some insight here. I have a second-hand Nexus S GT-I9020A that was replaced because it would no longer boot. I took on the challenge of trying to fix it. Based on the reading I've done so far it may have bad a bad NAND chip, but I'm too stubborn to give up on it just yet. Here are the symptoms:
When booting normally, it hangs on the Google screen with all 4 hardware buttons lit up.
Fastboot works, however I can't flash anything because its bootloader is locked, which brings me to my next point.
When issuing the command fastboot oem unlock, I am prompted with the familiar Yes/no screen but when selecting Yes, nothing seems to happen. I've left it for about 6-7 hours and came back to a message in my PC command window stating "Status read Failed (too many links)".
I can get into the stock recovery but that's really of no help at all. I can wipe cache partition without an issue but get an error when trying to wipe data/factory reset.
I've attempted the One-Click UnBrick software which I read somewhere is compatible with the Nexus S. It did recognize the phone, send a command, and give a success message. The phone rebooted but nothing changed.
So, this leaves me with nothing left to try but to post here. It seems that since I cannot even unlock the bootloader that my hands are tied. Are there any other tools that I should be aware of that can diagnose bad NAND flash? I don't want to toss the phone until I know I've tried everything I can to troubleshoot.
Any help is greatly appreciated. I tried to give as much detail about the problem as I could but if I left out any important info let me know.
Thanks!

Same issue
stevz34 said:
Hi all,
Looking for some insight here. I have a second-hand Nexus S GT-I9020A that was replaced because it would no longer boot. I took on the challenge of trying to fix it. Based on the reading I've done so far it may have bad a bad NAND chip, but I'm too stubborn to give up on it just yet. Here are the symptoms:
When booting normally, it hangs on the Google screen with all 4 hardware buttons lit up.
Fastboot works, however I can't flash anything because its bootloader is locked, which brings me to my next point.
When issuing the command fastboot oem unlock, I am prompted with the familiar Yes/no screen but when selecting Yes, nothing seems to happen. I've left it for about 6-7 hours and came back to a message in my PC command window stating "Status read Failed (too many links)".
I can get into the stock recovery but that's really of no help at all. I can wipe cache partition without an issue but get an error when trying to wipe data/factory reset.
I've attempted the One-Click UnBrick software which I read somewhere is compatible with the Nexus S. It did recognize the phone, send a command, and give a success message. The phone rebooted but nothing changed.
So, this leaves me with nothing left to try but to post here. It seems that since I cannot even unlock the bootloader that my hands are tied. Are there any other tools that I should be aware of that can diagnose bad NAND flash? I don't want to toss the phone until I know I've tried everything I can to troubleshoot.
Any help is greatly appreciated. I tried to give as much detail about the problem as I could but if I left out any important info let me know.
Thanks!
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I have the same problem wit an I9020T for australia and would appreciate any advice available as well.

Send to samsung service

stevz34 said:
Hi all,
Looking for some insight here. I have a second-hand Nexus S GT-I9020A that was replaced because it would no longer boot. I took on the challenge of trying to fix it. Based on the reading I've done so far it may have bad a bad NAND chip, but I'm too stubborn to give up on it just yet. Here are the symptoms:
When booting normally, it hangs on the Google screen with all 4 hardware buttons lit up.
Fastboot works, however I can't flash anything because its bootloader is locked, which brings me to my next point.
When issuing the command fastboot oem unlock, I am prompted with the familiar Yes/no screen but when selecting Yes, nothing seems to happen. I've left it for about 6-7 hours and came back to a message in my PC command window stating "Status read Failed (too many links)".
I can get into the stock recovery but that's really of no help at all. I can wipe cache partition without an issue but get an error when trying to wipe data/factory reset.
I've attempted the One-Click UnBrick software which I read somewhere is compatible with the Nexus S. It did recognize the phone, send a command, and give a success message. The phone rebooted but nothing changed.
So, this leaves me with nothing left to try but to post here. It seems that since I cannot even unlock the bootloader that my hands are tied. Are there any other tools that I should be aware of that can diagnose bad NAND flash? I don't want to toss the phone until I know I've tried everything I can to troubleshoot.
Any help is greatly appreciated. I tried to give as much detail about the problem as I could but if I left out any important info let me know.
Thanks!
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Try flashing the official Android 4.1.2 image from Google in fastboot. See if it boots... Then maybe you will have more luck unlocking it! I would also try to wipe as many thing as possible before doing it. Try system, data, boot, cache, dalvik... Even sdcard might help...

Dark_Eyes_ said:
Try flashing the official Android 4.1.2 image from Google in fastboot. See if it boots... Then maybe you will have more luck unlocking it! I would also try to wipe as many thing as possible before doing it. Try system, data, boot, cache, dalvik... Even sdcard might help...
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Tried this but as said fastboot is not recognised by my pc. Have installed almost all the drivers I can find to no avail. Must be something else to try.

Spanner127 said:
Tried this but as said fastboot is not recognised by my pc. Have installed almost all the drivers I can find to no avail. Must be something else to try.
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Well, you should be able to flash official Google images in stock recovery too... Have you tried that?

Dark_Eyes_ said:
Well, you should be able to flash official Google images in stock recovery too... Have you tried that?
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mY COMPUTER ONLY RECOGNISES abd IN SIDELOAD MODE. tHE FASTBOOT ANYTHING IS NOT RECOGNISED SO i CANNOT UPDATE OR FIX anything. Thanks for trying.

Can you try doing all the stuff you did in some another PC.
Worth a try.

Dark_Eyes_ said:
Try flashing the official Android 4.1.2 image from Google in fastboot. See if it boots... Then maybe you will have more luck unlocking it! I would also try to wipe as many thing as possible before doing it. Try system, data, boot, cache, dalvik... Even sdcard might help...
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Tried as suggested, received the following output:
C:\Users\Steven\Downloads\sojua-jzo54k>flash-all
sending 'bootloader' (1536 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.187s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: Bootloader Locked - Use "fastboot oem unlock" to Unlock)
finished. total time: 0.203s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.000s]
finished. total time: 0.000s
< waiting for device >
sending 'radio' (12288 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.543s]
writing 'radio'...
FAILED (remote: Bootloader Locked - Use "fastboot oem unlock" to Unlock)
finished. total time: 1.543s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.000s]
finished. total time: 0.000s
< waiting for device >
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: I9020XXKA3
Baseband Version.....: I9020UCKF1
Serial Number........: 33311A4C1F8500EC
--------------------------------------------
checking product...
OKAY [ 0.016s]
checking version-bootloader...
FAILED
Device version-bootloader is 'I9020XXKA3'.
Update requires 'I9020XXLC2'.
finished. total time: 0.016s
Press any key to exit...
It would seem that I can't flash anything, including official firmware, if the bootloader is locked?
On the plus side, the phone responds fine to the fastboot commands and seems to transfer the images to it just fine, just still no luck getting the darn bootloader unlocked

stevz34 said:
Tried as suggested, received the following output:
C:\Users\Steven\Downloads\sojua-jzo54k>flash-all
sending 'bootloader' (1536 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.187s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: Bootloader Locked - Use "fastboot oem unlock" to Unlock)
finished. total time: 0.203s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.000s]
finished. total time: 0.000s
< waiting for device >
sending 'radio' (12288 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.543s]
writing 'radio'...
FAILED (remote: Bootloader Locked - Use "fastboot oem unlock" to Unlock)
finished. total time: 1.543s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.000s]
finished. total time: 0.000s
< waiting for device >
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: I9020XXKA3
Baseband Version.....: I9020UCKF1
Serial Number........: 33311A4C1F8500EC
--------------------------------------------
checking product...
OKAY [ 0.016s]
checking version-bootloader...
FAILED
Device version-bootloader is 'I9020XXKA3'.
Update requires 'I9020XXLC2'.
finished. total time: 0.016s
Press any key to exit...
It would seem that I can't flash anything, including official firmware, if the bootloader is locked?
On the plus side, the phone responds fine to the fastboot commands and seems to transfer the images to it just fine, just still no luck getting the darn bootloader unlocked
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Normally it is possible to flash official ota from Google even if the bootloader is locked. What version did you have prior to your problems? Try flashing the ota package that came just after your version as it seems that the package your are trying with cannot be flashed over the version that you have right now!

Dark_Eyes_ said:
Normally it is possible to flash official ota from Google even if the bootloader is locked. What version did you have prior to your problems? Try flashing the ota package that came just after your version as it seems that the package your are trying with cannot be flashed over the version that you have right now!
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Currently the phone has 2.3.6. I tried flashing 4.0.4, which was the next one, and it failed with the same error, indicating I need to unlock my bootloader. Also tried flashing the 2.3.6 firmware, received the same error. I'm starting to think I should probably give up on this phone.
Any more suggestions?

stevz34 said:
Currently the phone has 2.3.6. I tried flashing 4.0.4, which was the next one, and it failed with the same error, indicating I need to unlock my bootloader. Also tried flashing the 2.3.6 firmware, received the same error. I'm starting to think I should probably give up on this phone.
Any more suggestions?
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Did you try the OTA update from Google? That's weird cause I flashed it back then and I was on stock 2.3.6 with locked bootloader and stock recovery and it worked. Have you don't anything particular with your phone or is it pure stock 2.3.6? Start there
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063664

Dark_Eyes_ said:
Did you try the OTA update from Google? That's weird cause I flashed it back then and I was on stock 2.3.6 with locked bootloader and stock recovery and it worked. Have you don't anything particular with your phone or is it pure stock 2.3.6? Start there
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063664
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Thanks for posting that link. Still no luck though. I tried the 2.3.6 (GRK39C) -> 2.3.6 (GRK39F) OTA file and the 2.3.6 (GRK39F) -> 4.0.4 one as I am not sure which version of 2.3.6 that I have. Basically I am trying to use fastboot to apply the OTA update using fastboot -w update filename.zip however it is failing with the following message:
C:\Users\Steven\Downloads>fastboot -w update d1be8195481a.signed-sojua-GRK39F-fr
om-GRK39C.d1be8195.zip
archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'
archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'
error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt
C:\Users\Steven\Downloads>
The OTA updates indicate they can be flashed using stock recovery. However when I enter the recovery on the phone and select update from sdcard, I get the message indicating that it cannot mount /sdcard. Is there another way I should be doing this?

stevz34 said:
Thanks for posting that link. Still no luck though. I tried the 2.3.6 (GRK39C) -> 2.3.6 (GRK39F) OTA file and the 2.3.6 (GRK39F) -> 4.0.4 one as I am not sure which version of 2.3.6 that I have. Basically I am trying to use fastboot to apply the OTA update using fastboot -w update filename.zip however it is failing with the following message:
C:\Users\Steven\Downloads>fastboot -w update d1be8195481a.signed-sojua-GRK39F-fr
om-GRK39C.d1be8195.zip
archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'
archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'
error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt
C:\Users\Steven\Downloads>
The OTA updates indicate they can be flashed using stock recovery. However when I enter the recovery on the phone and select update from sdcard, I get the message indicating that it cannot mount /sdcard. Is there another way I should be doing this?
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You have to rename the file to update.zip and place it on /sdcard. It will install it automatically. Stock recovery won't install custom zip file so that's why you need to do that. Let me know if it works...

[Q] My Nexus 5 is dying

my nexus 5 is almost dead. not pass the logo of the bootloader. I have tried to install custom rom, stock rom, factory reset, but the device does not allow it shows an error so disk write.
C: \>
C: \> fastboot flash boot C :/ nexus / boot.img
sending 'boot' (8700 KB) ...
OKAY [0.481s]
writing 'boot' ...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. Total time: 0.664s
C: \>
******************************************
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version ...: HHZ11k
Baseband Version .....: M8974A-2.0.50.1.13
Serial Number ........: 04b5a293438497a3
--------------------------------------------
checking product ...
OKAY [0.101s]
checking version-bootloader ...
OKAY [0.097s]
checking version-baseband ...
OKAY [0.097s]
sending 'boot' (8700 KB) ...
OKAY [0.488s]
writing 'boot' ...
OKAY [0.730s]
sending 'recovery' (9284 KB) ...
OKAY [0.546s]
writing 'recovery' ...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. Total time: 2.649s
************************************************** *********
sending 'recovery' (13586 KB) ...
OKAY [0.542s]
writing 'recovery' ...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. Total time: 0.727s
Have TWRP installed but do not allow any action from this. team allowed to enter boot mode and download mode, but when entering TWRP does not allow any action or file copy .. A technician has reviewed and tells me that the memory can be corrupted uyno allows rewrite.
and try some of the usual methods for restauralr but nothing has worked.
any suggestions to recover and repair my nexus 5.??
please your help urgent

arroyave76 said:
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Try relocking your bootloader with fastboot oem lock, then reboot into bootloader again. If the lock state doesn't stick goes back to being unlocked after the reboot then it might be bad eMMC and you'll have to RMA your device. If it does stay locked afterwards, try using LG Flashtool: http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...orial-how-to-flash-factory-images-lg-t2713833

My Nexus 5 is dying
Lethargy said:
Try relocking your bootloader with fastboot oem lock, then reboot into bootloader again. If the lock state doesn't stick goes back to being unlocked after the reboot then it might be bad eMMC and you'll have to RMA your device. If it does stay locked afterwards, try using LG Flashtool: http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...orial-how-to-flash-factory-images-lg-t2713833
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does google will receive the device even when I rooteed and changed the sw?

arroyave76 said:
does google will receive the device even when I rooteed and changed the sw?
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If you bought it from the Play Store from Google they don't care if you unlocked the bootloader or have a custom ROM or whatever. As long as it's a real manufacturing defect. If you bought it elsewhere you'll have to go straight to LG and they'll probably charge you or maybe even refuse.
What was the result of trying to relock the bootloader?

arroyave76 said:
does google will receive the device even when I rooteed and changed the sw?
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Google does not care about root or custom rom.
Can you please reboot to fastboot and post the "VARIANT" line here. Thanks.
@Lethargy you have asked why there are two type of memory brand. I think this is how google managed to rise the production of nexus 5 to avoid that all nexus 5s are being sold on the first day and there will be no more until next month like what happend with nexus 4.

bitdomo said:
@Lethargy you have asked why there are two type of memory brand. I think this is how google managed to rise the production of nexus 5 to avoid that all nexus 5s are being sold on the first day and there will be no more until next month like what happend with nexus 4.
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Ah, that would make sense then :good:

Bricked. AudioFX Force Closes

I bought this today and all I know is it's a 64gb One Plus and it was force closing every 2 seconds and basically not usable. After some searching I downloaded the One Plus toolkit and flashed it back to CM11s. It boots back up but I get the AudioFx has stopped every second. Some people have said you need to flash the sound zip and it will fix it. Well, I tried 2 different ones, med and high and still I get the force closing.
Then I found stock fastboot files and tried to bring it back to stock that way but I keep getting this when it gets to system:
checking product... OKAY [ 0.002s]
sending 'boot' (5606 KB)... OKAY [ 0.423s]
writing 'boot'... OKAY [ 0.091s]
ding 'recovery' (7458 KB)... OKAY [ 0.548s]
writing 'recovery'... OKAY [ 0.115s]
ding 'system' (774864 KB)... FAILED (remote: data too large)
I;ve tried this with multiple files and still get the same thing. I even restarted the computer a, updated the SDK and still can't do jack. I used the tool to flash back to CM11s, installed Twrp and tried to install a bone stock OTA rom by Caulkulin. I get failed to mount errors in recovery.
I'm stumped with this phone and need some help
thanks
edit: I know its not technically bricked, but its inoperable as a brick entails. I managed to flash all kinds of stock software, system images, etc but AudioFX still comes up.
Edit 2: I decided to flash a rom without audio fx, I choose Slim Kat, and it boots without the AudioFX but now it boots but after a few seconds will reboot. Over and over. Is this ONE Plus defective?

phone
2strokenut said:
I bought this today and all I know is it's a 64gb One Plus and it was force closing every 2 seconds and basically not usable. After some searching I downloaded the One Plus toolkit and flashed it back to CM11s. It boots back up but I get the AudioFx has stopped every second. Some people have said you need to flash the sound zip and it will fix it. Well, I tried 2 different ones, med and high and still I get the force closing.
Then I found stock fastboot files and tried to bring it back to stock that way but I keep getting this when it gets to system:
checking product... OKAY [ 0.002s]
sending 'boot' (5606 KB)... OKAY [ 0.423s]
writing 'boot'... OKAY [ 0.091s]
ding 'recovery' (7458 KB)... OKAY [ 0.548s]
writing 'recovery'... OKAY [ 0.115s]
ding 'system' (774864 KB)... FAILED (remote: data too large)
I;ve tried this with multiple files and still get the same thing. I even restarted the computer a, updated the SDK and still can't do jack. I used the tool to flash back to CM11s, installed Twrp and tried to install a bone stock OTA rom by Caulkulin. I get failed to mount errors in recovery.
I'm stumped with this phone and need some help
thanks
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where did you buy the phone..Is it stock or rooted phone when you buy it?

paztine said:
where did you buy the phone..Is it stock or rooted phone when you buy it?
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I have a cell phone store, guy came in to sell it, says he rooted it but couldn't get it to stop force closing.
Edit:
I got that rom loaded up on the phone from TWRP and I STILL get that damn AudioFx thing force closing. WTF?

format data
2strokenut said:
I have a cell phone store, guy came in to sell it, says he rooted it but couldn't get it to stop force closing.
Edit:
I got that rom loaded up on the phone from TWRP and I STILL get that damn AudioFx thing force closing. WTF?
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You can try format data from twrp this will do a clean install of OS but it will wipe whatever you have in you phone..but not the OS..This is different from data wipe..cache wipe..etc..It will prompt you to say yes or no if you want to wipe..

paztine said:
You can try format data from twrp this will do a clean install of OS but it will wipe whatever you have in you phone..but not the OS..This is different from data wipe..cache wipe..etc..It will prompt you to say yes or no if you want to wipe..
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You can do that from fastboot with: fastboot format data ; but as stated, it WILL wipe everything on your device; copy your precious files to your pc.

try this
2strokenut said:
I bought this today and all I know is it's a 64gb One Plus and it was force closing every 2 seconds and basically not usable. After some searching I downloaded the One Plus toolkit and flashed it back to CM11s. It boots back up but I get the AudioFx has stopped every second. Some people have said you need to flash the sound zip and it will fix it. Well, I tried 2 different ones, med and high and still I get the force closing.
Then I found stock fastboot files and tried to bring it back to stock that way but I keep getting this when it gets to system:
checking product... OKAY [ 0.002s]
sending 'boot' (5606 KB)... OKAY [ 0.423s]
writing 'boot'... OKAY [ 0.091s]
ding 'recovery' (7458 KB)... OKAY [ 0.548s]
writing 'recovery'... OKAY [ 0.115s]
ding 'system' (774864 KB)... FAILED (remote: data too large)
I;ve tried this with multiple files and still get the same thing. I even restarted the computer a, updated the SDK and still can't do jack. I used the tool to flash back to CM11s, installed Twrp and tried to install a bone stock OTA rom by Caulkulin. I get failed to mount errors in recovery.
I'm stumped with this phone and need some help
thanks
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fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash cache cache.img
fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
fastboot flash sbl1 sbl1.mbn
fastboot flash dbi sdi.mbn
fastboot flash aboot emmc_appsboot.mbn
fastboot flash rpm rpm.mbn
fastboot flash tz tz.mbn
fastboot flash LOGO logo.bin
fastboot reboot
try this with factory image cm-11.0-XNPH30O-bacon-signed-fastboot.zip .
source: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2770535
---------- Post added at 06:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:44 PM ----------
If you can go to twrp..fastboot. and all that jazz.your phone is not brick..

paztine said:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash cache cache.img
fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
fastboot flash sbl1 sbl1.mbn
fastboot flash dbi sdi.mbn
fastboot flash aboot emmc_appsboot.mbn
fastboot flash rpm rpm.mbn
fastboot flash tz tz.mbn
fastboot flash LOGO logo.bin
fastboot reboot
try this with factory image cm-11.0-XNPH30O-bacon-signed-fastboot.zip .
source: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2770535
---------- Post added at 06:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:44 PM ----------
If you can go to twrp..fastboot. and all that jazz.your phone is not brick..
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that link gives me error 404

teh roxxorz said:
You can do that from fastboot with: fastboot format data ; but as stated, it WILL wipe everything on your device; copy your precious files to your pc.
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I've already done a clean install from twrp, wipe data, system, cache, dalvik. Shouldn't that be clean enough? Why does the audiofx keep popping up?

2strokenut said:
I bought this today and all I know is it's a 64gb One Plus and it was force closing every 2 seconds and basically not usable. After some searching I downloaded the One Plus toolkit and flashed it back to CM11s. It boots back up but I get the AudioFx has stopped every second. Some people have said you need to flash the sound zip and it will fix it. Well, I tried 2 different ones, med and high and still I get the force closing.
Then I found stock fastboot files and tried to bring it back to stock that way but I keep getting this when it gets to system:
checking product... OKAY [ 0.002s]
sending 'boot' (5606 KB)... OKAY [ 0.423s]
writing 'boot'... OKAY [ 0.091s]
ding 'recovery' (7458 KB)... OKAY [ 0.548s]
writing 'recovery'... OKAY [ 0.115s]
ding 'system' (774864 KB)... FAILED (remote: data too large)
I;ve tried this with multiple files and still get the same thing. I even restarted the computer a, updated the SDK and still can't do jack. I used the tool to flash back to CM11s, installed Twrp and tried to install a bone stock OTA rom by Caulkulin. I get failed to mount errors in recovery.
I'm stumped with this phone and need some help
thanks
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Use this guide

thegiolly said:
Use this guide
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I just followed this guide, downloaded the file, unzipped, flashed everything but the last step, it gives me an error:
C:\Cyanogen>fastboot update -w cm-11.0-XNPH30O-bacon-signed-fastboot.zip
error: failed to load '-w'

2strokenut said:
I just followed this guide, downloaded the file, unzipped, flashed everything but the last step, it gives me an error:
C:\Cyanogen>fastboot update -w cm-11.0-XNPH30O-bacon-signed-fastboot.zip
error: failed to load '-w'
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Took out the -w, still gives me the error failed data too large

Flash stock rom through odin
Sent from my GT-I8190N using XDA Free mobile app

JoniSerenius said:
Flash stock rom through odin
Sent from my GT-I8190N using XDA Free mobile app
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haha

Do I need to relock the bootloader on this?

2strokenut said:
I just followed this guide, downloaded the file, unzipped, flashed everything but the last step, it gives me an error:
C:\Cyanogen>fastboot update -w cm-11.0-XNPH30O-bacon-signed-fastboot.zip
error: failed to load '-w'
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Try using this slim SDK

thegiolly said:
Try using this slim SDK
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That actually allowed me to flash system without the error! Unfortunately, I still get the audioFX has stopped when it boots

So it doesn't give me the -w error anymore earlier but now its giving me this:
C:\Cyanogen>fastboot update -w cm-11.0-XNPH30O-bacon-signed-fastboot.zip
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
error: update package missing system.img

So it doesn't give me the -w error anymore earlier but now its giving me this:
C:\Cyanogen>fastboot update -w cm-11.0-XNPH30O-bacon-signed-fastboot.zip
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
error: update package missing system.img
Edit: I got it to finally flash all this and everything seemed to go smooth, until it boots the same goddamn audioFx force close. What is going on with this phone?

2strokenut said:
So it doesn't give me the -w error anymore earlier but now its giving me this:
C:\Cyanogen>fastboot update -w cm-11.0-XNPH30O-bacon-signed-fastboot.zip
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
error: update package missing system.img
Edit: I got it to finally flash all this and everything seemed to go smooth, until it boots the same goddamn audioFx force close. What is going on with this phone?
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After flashing with fastboot, wipe cache and data from recovery...

thegiolly said:
After flashing with fastboot, wipe cache and data from recovery...
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same thing. See first post.
I've tried slim kat and PA and both can boot up fine without an FC but after a few seconds they immediately reboot, over and over

Need help with bricked Honor 8

EDIT: Guys it worked. Some weird **** happened first, keyboard wasn't working on stock rom and everything was buggy but after an update with HiSuite and a factory reset everything works fine. Thank you for all your support.
I bricked my Honor 8 (FRD-L09) while trying to go back to stock rom. I can only acces eRecovery and Fastboot, when I try to access normal recovery, the screen just freezes at "Your device is booting now". After reading multiple guides, I tried unbricking with the Huawei Multitool but I always get these errors:
sending 'boot' (15464 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.334s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.371s]
finished. total time: 0.710s
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'cust' (433554 KB)...
OKAY [ 9.343s]
writing 'cust'...
FAILED (remote: partition error)
finished. total time: 9.358s
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery' (36996 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.794s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.883s]
finished. total time: 1.682s
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending sparse 'system' 1/6 (435393 KB)...
OKAY [ 10.280s]
writing 'system' 1/6...
FAILED (remote: sparse flash write failure)
finished. total time: 10.327s
I'm desperate and I don't know what to do.
EDIT: I HAVE MANAGED TO INSTALL RR BUT STILL CAN'T GO BACK TO STOCK.

Rommco05 said:
Hi, what about twrp u loos access?
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I have regained access to twrp. I have installed a custom rom, but still can't install stock rom.

Rommco05 said:
Your hole model number is? U try yo flash stock rom via twrp?
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FRD-L09. I haven't flashed stock rom via TWRP. I tried the huawei extractor method right now, I'm probably doing something wrong, I'll look more into it . I'm calm now that I managed to install a custom rom.

Rommco05 said:
Ok, so if still without luck try to download full stock fw B360 or B381 (2 zips)
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Ok.. I will try that. My phone is stuck at "your device is booting up" screen after flashing stock recovery.

Note that there is also recovery2 in first update.zip when you extract it via Huawei Multitool. Thats probably why recovery never boots up, it's not all. Try to send the first basic ones - boot, recovery, recovery2, erecovery, and so on (don't exactly remember which). Then you should be fine to dload or flash the rest through fastboot (if possible). And remember to always use full-ota-mf-pv version of software (like FRD-L09C432B381) with about 2.37 GB total (2 zip files).

Rommco05 said:
You can flash back twrp?
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Yes, I can.

So, did it work?!

PalakMi said:
So, did it work?!
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I'm at work now. I'll try after a few hours.

Radu Florin said:
I'm at work now. I'll try after a few hours.
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Good luck, I hope it works after all

Guys it worked. Some weird **** happened first, keyboard wasn't working on stock rom and everything was buggy but after an update with HiSuite and a factory reset everything works fine. Thank you for all your support.

Radu Florin said:
Guys it worked. Some weird **** happened first, keyboard wasn't working on stock rom and everything was buggy but after an update with HiSuite and a factory reset everything works fine. Thank you for all your support.
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Great , your device is back :highfive:

Flashed magisk patched boot image - killed phone :(

I tried to root by flashing the patched boot image as describe in https://forum.xda-developers.com/ho...agisk-root-honor-view-10-mate-10-pro-t3749280. After that, the phone went into a bootloop.
When I get to the eRecovery screen, I tried 'Download latest version and recovery.' It got to 'getting package information from server' but then stopped with 'getting package info failed.'
I then tried 'Wipe data/factory reset' and it rebooted but nothing changed.
I don't know what else to try with this phone. None of the current versions of twrp would run on it. I've never bricked a device in years of rooting.

thecdn said:
I tried to root by flashing the patched boot image as describe in https://forum.xda-developers.com/ho...gisk-root-honor-view-10-mate-10-pro-t3749280. After that, the phone went into a bootloop.
When I get to the eRecovery screen, I tried 'Download latest version and recovery.' It got to 'getting package information from server' but then stopped with 'getting package info failed.'
I then tried 'Wipe data/factory reset' and it rebooted but nothing changed.
I don't know what else to try with this phone. None of the current versions of twrp would run on it. I've never bricked a device in years of rooting.
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You need to restore your original ramdisk. Also, you have to patch your own ramdisk.img with Magisk Manager if you want to try rooting your device.
And btw, this is a development forum, not General or Q&A one. Read carefully before trying to mod this device, or you will end up with an expensive brick.

please contact me on hangouts i may be able to help [email protected]

You can download the appropriate images to restore your device below. These are for the US variant (BKL-L04)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kfNAjIwiMj8wpeDuJayiH2t-srYBBvN3
Edit: Link updated

[email protected]_USA said:
You can download the appropriate images to restore your device below. These are for the US variant (BKL-L04)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kf...yiH2t-srYBBvN3
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I"m getting a web page not found 404 when I try that link.

thecdn said:
I"m getting a web page not found 404 when I try that link.
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Same

thecdn said:
I"m getting a web page not found 404 when I try that link.
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freeza said:
Same
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look like chris didnt updated the link,
bdw here you guys go https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kfNAjIwiMj8wpeDuJayiH2t-srYBBvN3

I flashed the system.img and the recovery_ramdisk.img. It booted to the eRecovery screen again.
I tried 'Download latest version and recovery' and it failed with the 'getting package info failed' error again.
I then tried 'Wipe data/factory reset' and unlike before, it actually went through and said it was successfully completed. But then it rebooted twice and went back to the eRecovery screen again.
Any ideas on how to proceed from here?
ETA: When I pressed vol up/power after this it went to a screen which said 'software install failed' instead of the recovery screen I thougt it would go to. After the first time, pressing vol up/power goes to the EMUI screen with the options of 'Reboot' 'Wipe data/factory reset' and 'Wipe cache partition.'

thecdn said:
I flashed the system.img and the recovery_ramdisk.img. It booted to the eRecovery screen again.
I tried 'Download latest version and recovery' and it failed with the 'getting package info failed' error again.
I then tried 'Wipe data/factory reset' and unlike before, it actually went through and said it was successfully completed. But then it rebooted twice and went back to the eRecovery screen again.
Any ideas on how to proceed from here?
ETA: When I pressed vol up/power after this it went to a screen which said 'software install failed' instead of the recovery screen I thougt it would go to. After the first time, pressing vol up/power goes to the EMUI screen with the options of 'Reboot' 'Wipe data/factory reset' and 'Wipe cache partition.'
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You need to restore ramdisk, not recovery_ramdisk.

Pretoriano80 said:
You need to restore ramdisk, not recovery_ramdisk.
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I did 'fastboot flash ramdisk ramdisk.img' and it still does a couple of reboots and then goes back to the EMUI screen with the recovery/reset/reboot/shutdown options.
In summary, this morning I did:
'fastboot flash system system.img' which resulted in 7 occurances of 'sending sparse system x/7 (xxxx KB)...' - which I have never seen before but all finished with OKAY
'fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery_ramdisk.img'
'fastboot flash ramdisk ramdisk.img'
Is there something else I could do or redo in a particular order?

thecdn said:
I did 'fastboot flash ramdisk ramdisk.img' and it still does a couple of reboots and then goes back to the EMUI screen with the recovery/reset/reboot/shutdown options.
In summary, this morning I did:
'fastboot flash system system.img' which resulted in 7 occurances of 'sending sparse system x/7 (xxxx KB)...' - which I have never seen before but all finished with OKAY
'fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery_ramdisk.img'
'fastboot flash ramdisk ramdisk.img'
Is there something else I could do or redo in a particular order?
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Try to also flash kernel : fastboot flash kernel kernel.img

Pretoriano80 said:
Try to also flash kernel : fastboot flash kernel kernel.img
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No joy yet but I do appreciate all the help.

thecdn said:
No joy yet but I do appreciate all the help.
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Did you tried a factory reset from stock recovery?

Pretoriano80 said:
Did you tried a factory reset from stock recovery?
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I've tried two factory resets after completing the above mentioned actions. Both times reported they were successful it still won't boot to the os, goes to the EMUI screen after several boot attempts.

Same problem here on a US BKL-L04 =(
I flashed a magisk modified ramdisk.img and have been in bootloop ever since.
I've downloaded and flashed recovery_ramdisk.img, ramdisk.img, and kernel.img from the link earlier in this thread: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kfNAjIwiMj8wpeDuJayiH2t-srYBBvN3
I've then did "Wipe data/factory reset" from Huawei eRecovery - no luck
$ fastboot flash ramdisk ramdisk.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'ramdisk' (16384 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.401s]
writing 'ramdisk'...
OKAY [ 0.083s]
finished. total time: 0.484s
$ fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery_ramdisk.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery_ramdisk' (32768 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.807s]
writing 'recovery_ramdisk'...
OKAY [ 0.164s]
finished. total time: 0.971s
sek stock2 $ fastboot flash kernel kernel.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'kernel' (24576 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.615s]
writing 'kernel'...
OKAY [ 0.128s]
finished. total time: 0.745s
Aside from fastboot happing very quickly (< 1 second even for 32 meg recovery_ramdisk.img) everything seems to work fine... The phone just no longer boots - it trys a few times - displaying the "Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted" screen for quite a while and the non-animated blue honor screen briefly and then ends up in EMUI eRecovery.
Are these files still up to date? Or perhaps there were newer versions on my phone and that's why flashing the older ones isn't working?
Also worth noting, I'm flashing from a mac with Android sdk fastbook:
$ fastboot --version
fastboot version 0.0.1-4500957
Installed as /Users/sek/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/fastboot
Thanks for any help / tips!

akasek said:
I flashed a magisk modified ramdisk.img and have been in bootloop ever since.
I've downloaded and flashed recovery_ramdisk.img, ramdisk.img, and kernel.img from the link earlier in this thread: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kfNAjIwiMj8wpeDuJayiH2t-srYBBvN3
I've then did "Wipe data/factory reset" from Huawei eRecovery - no luck
$ fastboot flash ramdisk ramdisk.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'ramdisk' (16384 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.401s]
writing 'ramdisk'...
OKAY [ 0.083s]
finished. total time: 0.484s
$ fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery_ramdisk.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery_ramdisk' (32768 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.807s]
writing 'recovery_ramdisk'...
OKAY [ 0.164s]
finished. total time: 0.971s
sek stock2 $ fastboot flash kernel kernel.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'kernel' (24576 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.615s]
writing 'kernel'...
OKAY [ 0.128s]
finished. total time: 0.745s
Aside from fastboot happing very quickly (< 1 second even for 32 meg recovery_ramdisk.img) everything seems to work fine... The phone just no longer boots - it trys a few times - displaying the "Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted" screen for quite a while and the non-animated blue honor screen briefly and then ends up in EMUI eRecovery.
Are these files still up to date? Or perhaps there were newer versions on my phone and that's why flashing the older ones isn't working?
Also worth noting, I'm flashing from a mac with Android sdk fastbook:
$ fastboot --version
fastboot version 0.0.1-4500957
Installed as /Users/sek/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/fastboot
Thanks for any help / tips!
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Flash stock kernel, ramdisk and recovery ramdisk for your model in fastboot and you'll be able to boot again

Rommco05 said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-9/development/tool-flash-official-firmware-recovery-t3769279
Use this tool for flash full fw
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Thanks for the info, that tool looks interesting. Where can I get the stock files for BKL-L04 US version Honor View 10?
I have now tried flashing kernel, ramdisk, recovery_ramdisk and system from both of these sources:
- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kfNAjIwiMj8wpeDuJayiH2t-srYBBvN3
- http://arter97.com/browse/v10/stock/BKL-L04/
They all appear to flash fine. I tried flashing vendor.img as well, but get an error on that:
$ fastboot flash vendor vendor.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magic
sending sparse 'vendor' 1/2 (445713 KB)...
OKAY [ 9.718s]
writing 'vendor' 1/2...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 9.724s
It still doesn't want to boot. I end up in eRecovery each time.
I am able to flash TWRP from Pretoriano80: https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-view-10/development/recovery-twrp-3-2-1-0-t3769917
It seems to be working properly, perhaps that helps me somehow?

Finally back up and running - Thanks Tecalote!
FYI: I am finally back up and running - Tecalote's post worked perfectly (and BKL-L04 update zips are linked earlier in the thread also): https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76331841&postcount=46
akasek said:
Thanks for the info, that tool looks interesting. Where can I get the stock files for BKL-L04 US version Honor View 10?
I have now tried flashing kernel, ramdisk, recovery_ramdisk and system from both of these sources:
- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kfNAjIwiMj8wpeDuJayiH2t-srYBBvN3
- http://arter97.com/browse/v10/stock/BKL-L04/
They all appear to flash fine. I tried flashing vendor.img as well, but get an error on that:
$ fastboot flash vendor vendor.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magic
sending sparse 'vendor' 1/2 (445713 KB)...
OKAY [ 9.718s]
writing 'vendor' 1/2...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 9.724s
It still doesn't want to boot. I end up in eRecovery each time.
I am able to flash TWRP from Pretoriano80: https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-view-10/development/recovery-twrp-3-2-1-0-t3769917
It seems to be working properly, perhaps that helps me somehow?
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akasek said:
Thanks for the info, that tool looks interesting. Where can I get the stock files for BKL-L04 US version Honor View 10?
I have now tried flashing kernel, ramdisk, recovery_ramdisk and system from both of these sources:
- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kfNAjIwiMj8wpeDuJayiH2t-srYBBvN3
- http://arter97.com/browse/v10/stock/BKL-L04/
They all appear to flash fine. I tried flashing vendor.img as well, but get an error on that:
$ fastboot flash vendor vendor.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magic
sending sparse 'vendor' 1/2 (445713 KB)...
OKAY [ 9.718s]
writing 'vendor' 1/2...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 9.724s
It still doesn't want to boot. I end up in eRecovery each time.
I am able to flash TWRP from Pretoriano80: https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-view-10/development/recovery-twrp-3-2-1-0-t3769917
It seems to be working properly, perhaps that helps me somehow?
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try to install twrp and then do hruupdate from twrp
get your files from firmware finder and search xda forums to how to install those files
its very easy and your system will be back in stock format
after that you can try to root and install custom rom

thecdn said:
No joy yet but I do appreciate all the help.
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Hi, what helped you there? I have a similar situation.
"Hi,
I need some advice on what can be done with my Honor View10 as it keeps gracing a bootloop followed by fasrboot mode.
Mine is a C675 variant and I was on 190 when I decided to unroot and update the device to 218. Once that was done, I flashed a patched recovery_ramdisk boot image that was patched using magisk to support it. Worked fine. Did a reboot and it got stuck in a bootloop.
I have tried flashing other patch.imgs too, due instance tried extracting recovery.img of the current version of rom, flashed it, no luck!
Tried flashing the patched version of that, still did not help.
I am on EMUI9, any help please?
Also can anyone help me with the link of one of the latest versions of C675 update please? "
This is what happened to me