Factory mode formats ALL data? Start up failed, only bootlader problem? - Moto G7 Power Questions & Answers

Hello guys, I try to explain myself as best as I can.
I have a Motorola Moto G7 power NOT rooted.
I tried to clean the cache from the menu that appears with Volume down+Power on. I chose "Recovery mode" but no menu appeared. So I chose "Factory mode", I thought that various voices appeared, but from that moment the phone hasn't started up anymore and he tells me:
Code:
start up failed
your device didn't start up successfully
use the Software Repair Assistant on computer to repair your device
AP Fastboot Flash Mode (Secure)
No bootable A/B slot
Failed to boot Linux, falling back to fastboot
Fastboot reason: Fall-through from normal mode
I downloaded that software but it will flash the device.
I have already tried:
- "restart bootlader": it remains on recovery mode.
- "recovery mode": for half a second, the Motorola logo appears and then:
Code:
start up failed etc
No bootable A/B slot
Failed to boot Linux, falling back to fastboot
Boot up failed
- "start": same error above
Now, beyond the fact that I ****ed up and I am aware of it, can I recover only the bootloader? When I chose "Factory mode" none writing appeared, so... it's possibile that my phone was completely formatted in one second? I thought the data, settings, etc are still there but it just screwed the bootloader, is it possible? And how to fix it? I found only guide to flash the phone.
Thanks.

Solved!
Luckily, "factory mode" did not cancel my data, I searched better on the forum and found a way to flash the original firmware without losing data. The Software Repair Assistant flashes only with complete formatting, so you have to change a string of a flashfile.xml before flash with the Software Repair.
Thanks to here and here for the instructions, here a summary:
(The program does not have the download progress bar. You can see the full download from:
- the Rescue now button turns orange
or
- the complete file in C: \ ProgramData \ LMSA \ Download \ RomFiles \ YOUR_FILE.xml )
Once the firmware is downloaded, don't continue with flashing.
Open C:\ProgramData\LMSA\Download\RomFiles
Select the firmware for the device you want to flash
Open the flashfile.xml with a text editor like notepad++ (https://notepad-plus-plus.org/) (I used standard notepad)
Delete this line
Code:
<step operation="erase" partition="userdata"/>
save the changes
Continue the flashing with LMSA
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At the end, the phone turned on as I left it, apps, data, settings, everything
PS: you can find the Software on the official lenovo support
https://support.lenovo.com/in/en/downloads/ds101291

Sbubba said:
Hello guys, I try to explain myself as best as I can.
I have a Motorola Moto G7 power NOT rooted.
I tried to clean the cache from the menu that appears with Volume down+Power on. I chose "Recovery mode" but no menu appeared. So I chose "Factory mode", I thought that various voices appeared, but from that moment the phone hasn't started up anymore and he tells me:
Code:
start up failed
your device didn't start up successfully
use the Software Repair Assistant on computer to repair your device
AP Fastboot Flash Mode (Secure)
No bootable A/B slot
Failed to boot Linux, falling back to fastboot
Fastboot reason: Fall-through from normal mode
I downloaded that software but it will flash the device.
I have already tried:
- "restart bootlader": it remains on recovery mode.
- "recovery mode": for half a second, the Motorola logo appears and then:
Code:
start up failed etc
No bootable A/B slot
Failed to boot Linux, falling back to fastboot
Boot up failed
- "start": same error above
Now, beyond the fact that I ****ed up and I am aware of it, can I recover only the bootloader? When I chose "Factory mode" none writing appeared, so... it's possibile that my phone was completely formatted in one second? I thought the data, settings, etc are still there but it just screwed the bootloader, is it possible? And how to fix it? I found only guide to flash the phone.
Thanks.
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Edit:
I'm not sure why selecting factory mode would cause such a problem.
Glad you got it working again.
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Nexus 5 stuck in the worse bootloop [tnks 4 the help in advance]

Hi everyone I first want to sincerely thank everyone that will answer to try to help me solve these problems with my nexus.
So the other day my nexus suddenly decided to stop being awesome and it started to be a pain in the ass instead.
When I turn it on it just keeps loading the booting animation of android 6 marshmallowand it never turn on. I identified this problem as a "bootloop" and i tried solving it anyway but it's being really hard and i'm almost getting no results.
I first tried with going into recovery mode. from the fastboot the recovery mode won't start, pops out a died android with a red triangle on it. Pressing volume up and power from that screen got me to another menu. I tried wiping the cache and wipe all the datas/ factory resets but no results. the crappy marshmallow animation goes on till forever.
On the screen that follow the dead android appears the error: E: failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument).
After that i tried with the famous sdk tools.
I am able to unlock the bootloader with the command [fastboot oem unlock]. however after unlocking it, if I turn the phone off and on again it auto lock itself.
i tried to flash a recovery image with the command [fastboot flash recovery recovery.img] but it won't flash. I unlock the device first, and then i try to flash the images. it says ok after the sending but on the writing says FAILED <remote: flash write failure>
same things happen flashing anything else (android factory images etc.)
I can't use adb, i d need to put the usb debugging mode from the developer options but since I coulnd't turn it on I don't know how to turn this option on.
So i discovered existed a "download mode"
Apparently for the nexus5 you have to push volume up and then connect it to the usb to enter in it. I tried many times and it just don't go to download mode (is this the correct procedure??)
I installed the last google divers, no results.
I really don't know what to do, do you guys have any ideas about how to save it?
phone details:
hammerhead d821(E) 32GB
hw version- rev 11
bootloader version: hhz12k
Cheers
Mattia
I think your emmc chip has gone bad and that is why you are getting locked bootloader everytime you reboot the phone as it is not able to hold any memory.
I suggest RMA if its in warranty
tiapnn said:
Hi everyone I first want to sincerely thank everyone that will answer to try to help me solve these problems with my nexus.
So the other day my nexus suddenly decided to stop being awesome and it started to be a pain in the ass instead.
When I turn it on it just keeps loading the booting animation of android 6 marshmallowand it never turn on. I identified this problem as a "bootloop" and i tried solving it anyway but it's being really hard and i'm almost getting no results.
I first tried with going into recovery mode. from the fastboot the recovery mode won't start, pops out a died android with a red triangle on it. Pressing volume up and power from that screen got me to another menu. I tried wiping the cache and wipe all the datas/ factory resets but no results. the crappy marshmallow animation goes on till forever.
On the screen that follow the dead android appears the error: E: failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument).
After that i tried with the famous sdk tools.
I am able to unlock the bootloader with the command [fastboot oem unlock]. however after unlocking it, if I turn the phone off and on again it auto lock itself.
i tried to flash a recovery image with the command [fastboot flash recovery recovery.img] but it won't flash. I unlock the device first, and then i try to flash the images. it says ok after the sending but on the writing says FAILED
same things happen flashing anything else (android factory images etc.)
I can't use adb, i d need to put the usb debugging mode from the developer options but since I coulnd't turn it on I don't know how to turn this option on.
So i discovered existed a "download mode"
Apparently for the nexus5 you have to push volume up and then connect it to the usb to enter in it. I tried many times and it just don't go to download mode (is this the correct procedure??)
I installed the last google divers, no results.
I really don't know what to do, do you guys have any ideas about how to save it?
phone details:
hammerhead d821(E) 32GB
hw version- rev 11
bootloader version: hhz12k
Cheers
Mattia
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OK so ur ennc chip is NOT dead, that little Android with the triangle is stock recovery, which u can do nothing with, ur going to need a PC, preferably running ubuntu or some other form of Linux with adb and fastboot installed, i cam help with that too if u need it, once u get that settled what u need to do is this, download TWRP for ur hammerhead and rename it recovery.img, place it in a folder u have access to. Open a terminal and connect ur nexus to the pc with USB cable, and boot into bootloader. Then type this into the terminal:
cd (folder with recovery.img in it)
fastboot reboot bootloader (this should boot u back into bootloader if ur device is connected right)
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot recovery
This will boot u to TWRP in which u can perform a factory reset, if this doesn't work and ur still in a bootloop, download ur fav rom and gaps and flash it, this will take care of everything
And there is no download mode on the nexus that would be bootloader mode, so let me get this right, what system are u on, and did u try manually formatting with ADB? What happens when u do, I would force format cache, system, boot, and userdata and then flash recovery, that might work
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LG GPAD 7 stuck on Fast Boot

Purchased an Lg Gpad 7 Wifi tablet (v400) 2 weeks ago. Came with preinstalled Lollipop android so i couldnt install a recovery rom to flash any other custom roms. Downgraded to Kitkat version following the instructions on Xda forums and succesfully installed Twrp. When i installed Cyanogenmod 12.1 through Twrp i got stuck in fastboot screen.
Any suggestions and / or solutions would be greatly appreciated.
I had a similar problem.. Only mine was stuck at the bootloader. Go in TWRP and repair /data and other partitions. My data partition gave me an error since F2FS is a little flaky and some ROMs corrupted it (claimed they supported it). I would recommend erasing the system, cache and data partition if you can't get into TWRP.
The problem is i cant get out of fastboot whatever i try. It says start on bootloader but the tablet just restarts on an empty screen doing nothing.
Hakalai said:
The problem is i cant get out of fastboot whatever i try. It says start on bootloader but the tablet just restarts on an empty screen doing nothing.
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if you have an sd card, try removing that, then reboot.
if that doesnt work, try entering fastboot command, fastboot continue
Tried without sdcard and i get the same fastboot screen.
How can i give any commands? The only options i have are Restart Bootloader / Restart / Power off. Tried restarting bootloader but i get nothing in return tablet just stays on with nothing on screen.
Hakalai said:
Tried without sdcard and i get the same fastboot screen.
How can i give any commands? The only options i have are Restart Bootloader / Restart / Power off. Tried restarting bootloader but i get nothing in return tablet just stays on with nothing on screen.
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you said it was stuck on fastboot, if thats the case, install any needed drivers on your pc, connect device to it, open a terminal in the fastboot dir (after you go get fastboot), then try those commands i gave. you could also try, fastboot reboot dont think i mentioned that before.
bweN diorD said:
you said it was stuck on fastboot, if thats the case, install any needed drivers on your pc, connect device to it, open a terminal in the fastboot dir (after you go get fastboot), then try those commands i gave. you could also try, fastboot reboot dont think i mentioned that before.
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Did as you said but every command i gave gives me an error message in adb terminal. There are new lines in fastboot menu in tablet now. Bottom two are SECURE BOOT - enabled & LOCK STATE - locked.
Hakalai said:
Did as you said but every command i gave gives me an error message in adb terminal. There are new lines in fastboot menu in tablet now. Bottom two are SECURE BOOT - enabled & LOCK STATE - locked.
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hmm, ok, im guessing it would have said that normally, when not broken. all the command does is try to release it past where its stuck. it doesnt actually flash, lock, unlock, or change anything.
imo, this seems good, because now we know fastboot is working.
i own lg devices, but not your specific device. i would hate to give you some bad advice and make your tablet broken more, but if it were me in this situation, i would try to flash the factory KK firmware you used to downgrade with odin or however you did it. hopefully, that will clean everything up and let it boot properly.
if for whatever reason you cant do that, we could try extracting the factory file, and just flashing recovery and system, those should be the only things that got changed putting on twrp and cm normally.
Sorry, I have the serious proplem wtih my LG pad V400, I rooted it and using <LG Flash Tool 2014> with <V40010c_00.kdz> to downgrate the firmware but their is error then my LG pad stuck in fastboot menu as with just turn off, restart and restart bootloader. if i seclect one one them the tablet just logged again the fastboot menu
it stuck on the fastboot menu and i cannot do nay think with it. I can restart with factory restore mode but when select yes to restore, it will restart and log in fastboot menu again.
I downloaded adb and fastboot program and put in one folder <Minimal ADB and Fastboot> in C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot
I dont have recovery image so i download file <cm-13.0-20160421-NIGHTLY-v400-recovery.img> form your link to download TWRP file
move it to folder of fastboot programe and changed its name to <recovery.img>
I turn on the tablet and it waited at fastboot menu
when i run the command <fasboot flash recovery recovery.img> and they said some thing wrong like in picture
please help me

Stupid me, tried Auto Root CF for Pixel and now it is bootlooping badly, No ADB

Okay, so I had been out of the flashing game for a while now, and recently got a Pixel 128Gb after using my trusty Nexus 6P, and I attempted to do Fastboot boot-to-root.img, which now has me stuck in a weird bootloop issue.
It boots, gives me the stupid can't be checked for corruption ****, gets to the white Google Screen, then there is a weird visual glitch, a blue line appears near the bottom of the screen, then the phone immediately reboots and does it all over again after doing a ramdump.
I can't even get into recovery to manually flash the stock image, as soon as I try to select RECOVERY it jumps to the boot screen where it tells me again that it cant be checked for corruption, and then starts the bootloop all over again.
ADB cant recognize it for whatever reason either. So now I'm probably not your average ****ed, I'm advanced ****ed.
Any body have any ideas?
boot-to-root is for Android O, you have to follow this guide
I had this same exact problem and I was able to fix it by reflashing the factory image. You said adb cannot recognize your device. But what about fastboot? If you reboot into the bootloader, connect to your PC, and execute "fastboot devices", does your device show? Download the latest factory image here. Extract it and execute flash-all.bat. Let me know if this helps.
You don't understand. When you attempt to reboot and go into recovery the manual way, the moment you select Recovery, the phone reboots and attempts to boot up, fails, performs write to ext4 ramdump, then loops over and over. ADB won't work because it wiped with the fastboot oem unlock which wiped the device, meaning no developer mode, which means no usb debugging.
Doesn't matter. Google is sending me a new one.
:/
jdkzombie said:
You don't understand. When you attempt to reboot and go into recovery the manual way, the moment you select Recovery, the phone reboots and attempts to boot up, fails, performs write to ext4 ramdump, then loops over and over. ADB won't work because it wiped with the fastboot oem unlock which wiped the device, meaning no developer mode, which means no usb debugging.
Doesn't matter. Google is sending me a new one.
:/
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Fastboot and recovery are two different things. If you hold volume down + power it'll show you the bootloader screen (fastboot), this is where you'd usually select recovery. But if you stay on that screen, you can flash images to your phone. To fix your bootloop, download the boot.img from the stock ROM and use these commands in fastboot:
fastboot flash --slot _a boot boot.img
fastboot flash --slot _b boot boot.img
Then reboot normally.
falsh factory image inside the bootloader, don't need to go to recovery.
Step by Step
Thanks to previous experience with hacking devices (Android, Sony, etc.), patience and only allowing myself to freak out for a few seconds. A couple Google searches lead me to reflashing my Google Pixel 128GB and not sending it back to OEM.
So for the less patient I will break down the steps to do stop the bootlooping.
DON'T PANIC
Either hold down power until your phone turns completely off or wait for the bootlooping to do it for you. It usually only loops a few times before powering down.
Hold Power + Volume Down until it boots into the Fastboot mode.
[This is the screen that says you Phone Stats (serial #, cpu, ram, etc.) and has an Android picture on it laying down.]
Connect your Phone to your computer using a USB 3.0 port.
[My PC wouldn't recognize my phone at all when connected to USB 2.0]
Download from Full Factory Image from Google. { https://developers.google.com/android/images }
[Mine was "7.1.2 (N2G47O, May 2017)" for my Project Fi 128GB Pixel, but make sure you get the one for your phone]
Navigate to where your SDK/Fastboot folder is on your PC
[Unless you moved it, it is usually "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk" by default.]
Unzip the Contents of your Full Factory Image zip file to this location in it's own directory (for cleanliness).
Open a Command Prompt with a Right-Click "Run as Administrator" and navigate you your new zip file's directory.
["\platform-tools\sailfish-n2g47o" or whatever version of the Full Factory Image you used was.]
Type in "flash-all.bat" and wait for your phone to finish its installation. Your phone will restart itself into Fastboot Mode many times during this process.
Once it is finished, you phone should boot into its normal "First Boot Sequence" like you just started it up for the very first time.
At this point you can try flashing something else or use a different technique to update your recovery mode or ROM.
Good Luck.

XT1557 Fall-through from normal boot mode Moto g Turbo

Hello,
A few days ago I found my Motorola Moto G Turbo, model MERLIN XT1557 , turned off. When I switched it back on, it did not boot successfully but instead redirected to the bootloader with the message:
"Your device didn't start up successfully. Use the Software Repair Assistant on computer to repair your device. Connect your device to your computer to get the Software Repair Assistant."
"AP Fastboot Flash Mode (Secure)"
"failed to validate boot image"
"ERROR: Failed to pass validation, backup to fastboot"
"Fastboot Reason: Fall-through from normal boot mode"
"CID Read Failure"
"Invalid CID status 0x69"
I have not unlocked the bootloader or tried to install any custom firmware. As far as I can tell, this occurred spontaneously and without warning (my best guess would be an update that went wrong). For this reason, I have not enabled USB debugging either, so the phone doesn't even let me unlock the bootloader.
Recovery mode does not work, this merely gives the message "failed to validate recovery image". Nor do "Factory", "BP Tools" or "QCOM" do anything (barcodes works). Thus even if I wanted to perform a hard reset, I cannot seem to do it.
Strangely, I seem to be able to access two different types of bootloader interfaces, one with just text and another with a picture of an android. Neither seem to be of much help, however interestingly the one with the android picture states "Software Status: Official" while the pure text one sometimes (not always for some reason?) states "Software Status: Modified". Again, just to reiterate, I haven't performed any custom android modifications.
After all i tried to flash stock firmware, it installed successfully without even a single error and then again the same thing starting to happen, firmware installed but didn't solved the problem, same dual bootloaders menu start appearing.
ok, at last i am able to just boot into my phone,
used
fastboot oem config bootmode factory
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and reboot. Phone opened in factory mode but still recovery is not accessible.
Working on figuring how can i get into recovery. Flashed twrp, didn't booted in recovery, flashed stock recovery, same result..

Screwed up and got Pixel 2 stuck in Bootloader

So i may have hosed my P2 (or at least the data i was trying to keep lol) but i was trying to update to the May update and i meant to remove the -w in the bat file but accidently double clicked. It opened and was probably only open for about a second or two before i closed it and now its stuck in the bootloader. all the options just restart the bootloader. Powering off actually powers off but turning it back on just goes straight to bootloader.
I finally was able to get the monthly to run through and finish flashing and i thought that would finally fix it but it no luck, still goes to bootloader.
Also, not sure but it looks like the device serial is different in the text on the bootloader screen.
pics for help: https://imgur.com/a/vChW2pM
EDIT and now i think i killed it for good. Read you could try to switch boot slots so i did fastboot --set-active=a and restarted and now it wont even power on.
EDIT2 so i got the battery icon to turn on when plugged in and if i hold the power button for 30 seconds it will vibrate then vibrate every 5 seconds or so if i keep holding. Already started the RMA process but just curious if theres anything else i could do. anyway to "force" it to load slot B again?
I have the same problem, tried Deuce's script but when it boot to G logo, it turned out error: "Load ImgAndAuthFailed". I can not switch boot slot (fastboot unknow option in Deuce's script)
fastboot: unknown option -- set-active=_a
fastboot: unknown option -- set-active=a
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I even can not switch to slot a by fastboot --set-active=a
NaChal said:
I have the same problem, tried Deuce's script but when it boot to G logo, it turned out error: "Load ImgAndAuthFailed". I can not switch boot slot (fastboot unknow option in Deuce's script)
I even can not switch to slot a by fastboot --set-active=a
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Keep running the commands, I've been there.
NaChal said:
I have the same problem, tried Deuce's script but when it boot to G logo, it turned out error: "Load ImgAndAuthFailed". I can not switch boot slot (fastboot unknow option in Deuce's script)
I even can not switch to slot a by fastboot --set-active=a
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I was there too, just now. Fastboot wouldn't detect my phone. I was going to factory reset but no stock recovery. I had the factory image installation window open (waiting on device) and was just holding the power button and up volume button and it was going through all the different options. It landed on reboot recovery and I let go. It actually saw my device and started and finished installing the factory image in reboot recovery option instead of start.

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