Hello everyone,
The starting situation is the Google Pixel of my mother was stuck on android 8.0. While showing there was an update available, the update would always fail to install after the reboot in the process. I found advice to factory reset the phone and then update, but this didn't help.
So my first thought was, if the update won't install the normal way I will do it manually. Google OTA installation guide says, get file (latest), reboot to recovery, plug in to USB, choose apply update by adb.
At this point the guide loses me, because the recovery screen I get to only lists reboot, reboot bootloader, simlock tool and device info tool (see picture). The device info will only tell "failed to update device info". The simlock tool just says "failed to enable simlock". Further while on this screen the phone isn't visible as an ADB device any more.
Next thing to try cause this didn't work was getting the image file (latest) from Google and flashing it through fastboot flash all, which led to a boot loop and the phone not starting at all. So I went and flashed back to the android 8 that was on it before and the phone booted again, but I'm still not any step further.
Next idea was maybe the recovery is broken somehow, so I went to install TWRP. Following the instructions I copied the latest version zip onto the phone and booted the img through fastboot. So far everything is fine, but when I install the zip I will get several errors about "can't mount /persist". And the installation won't work.
At this point I am out of ideas, so maybe someone here can tell me if and how this can be fixed? I wasn't able to find any information on this issue, aside from some xiaomi phones can show similar errors with the /persist partition and TWRP.
Any help would be welcome.
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I was having a problem with my Moto G XT1033 yesterday as most apps get closed automatically at launch. this morning i installed AVG to do a scan, i also used Root file manager to clean up some files (junks, duplicates etc)
I then did a restart after which my phone will not boot to home screen again.
It boots up showing the boot animation bout after that i get a black blank screen which back light on.
Things i have tried
did cache partition wipe
did wipe/restore
all to no avail
I then downloaded a stock ROM from Blur_Version.221.21.56.falcon_umtsds.AsiaRetail.en.03.zip
downloaded minimal ADB and fastbook.
- put the phone to fastboot
- on android system recovery mode i clicked apply update from ADB
then on PC i confirmed it can see my phone by typing adb devices, my phone get listed.
I then do adb sideload Blur_Version.221.21.56.falcon_umtsds.AsiaRetail.en.03.zip
Finding update package.........
Opening update package........
Verifying update package........
Installing update..........
Then i get Package expects build fingerprint of motorola/falcon_asia_ds/falcon_umtsds:5.0./LXB22.46-28/30:user/release-keys or motorola/falcon_asia_ds/falcon_umtsds:5.1/PB23.13-56:user/release-keys; this device has motorola/falcon_asia_ds/falcon_umtsds:5.1/LPBS
E:Error in /sodeload/package.zip (status 7)
Install aborted.
Device Details
Moto G
XT1033
build LPBS23
Indian version
running Android 5.1.1 (running latest android for the device, i only do OTA updates/upgrades)
Not rooted
no custom OS
I will really appreciate any help to get the device up again
wasconet said:
I was having a problem with my Moto G XT1033 yesterday as most apps get closed automatically at launch. this morning i installed AVG to do a scan, i also used Root file manager to clean up some files (junks, duplicates etc)
I then did a restart after which my phone will not boot to home screen again.
It boots up showing the boot animation bout after that i get a black blank screen which back light on.
Things i have tried
did cache partition wipe
did wipe/restore
all to no avail
I then downloaded a stock ROM from Blur_Version.221.21.56.falcon_umtsds.AsiaRetail.en.03.zip
downloaded minimal ADB and fastbook.
- put the phone to fastboot
- on android system recovery mode i clicked apply update from ADB
then on PC i confirmed it can see my phone by typing adb devices, my phone get listed.
I then do adb sideload Blur_Version.221.21.56.falcon_umtsds.AsiaRetail.en.03.zip
Finding update package.........
Opening update package........
Verifying update package........
Installing update..........
Then i get Package expects build fingerprint of motorola/falcon_asia_ds/falcon_umtsds:5.0./LXB22.46-28/30:user/release-keys or motorola/falcon_asia_ds/falcon_umtsds:5.1/PB23.13-56:user/release-keys; this device has motorola/falcon_asia_ds/falcon_umtsds:5.1/LPBS
E:Error in /sodeload/package.zip (status 7)
Install aborted.
Device Details
Moto G
XT1033
build LPBS23
Indian version
running Android 5.1.1 (running latest android for the device, i only do OTA updates/upgrades)
Not rooted
no custom OS
I will really appreciate any help to get the device up again
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Firstly, I would like to point out that your phone is merely soft-bricked. Hard bricks are much more serious and happen when your phone does not turn on at all. So, in future, please do not complain about a hard brick where there is none.
Onto the actual issue, it appears to be an easy fix. The problem was simply that you were attempting to sideload an OTA update, as opposed to flashing full firmware, which will not work. So all you need to do is flash the full factory firmware using fastboot flash, not adb sideload. To do this, flash factory firmware from here using the fastboot commands linked on that thread.
Professor Gibbins said:
Firstly, I would like to point out that your phone is merely soft-bricked. Hard bricks are much more serious and happen when your phone does not turn on at all. So, in future, please do not complain about a hard brick where there is none.
Onto the actual issue, it appears to be an easy fix. The problem was simply that you were attempting to sideload an OTA update, as opposed to flashing full firmware, which will not work. So all you need to do is flash the full factory firmware using fastboot flash, not adb sideload. To do this, flash factory firmware from here using the fastboot commands linked on that thread.
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im sorry for the false alarm.
Thanks! :good:
Hi,
this is my first post on this forum, so please let me know if you are missing any information …
My problem: I'm experiencing a boot loop with my Nexus 5 after having changed its damaged battery. I didn't use it for a long time because of this damage. Now, it does start the boot sequence again, but only to the "circle" animation which it keeps showing indefinitely.
The circumstances:
I never tried to root the phone
USB debugging is not (and cannot be) enabled
I'm completely sure the problem is not caused by the power button (seems to be a common cause)
stock recovery is reachable
an old version of ClockWorkMod Recovery (from this thread) is bootable
three tested versions of TWRP won't boot
What I tried:
I unlocked the bootloader. With both the stock recovery and CWM, I tried to
wipe the device / the cache partition
flash a stock image (directly downloaded from the Google developer page)
flash a ResurrectionRemix image
None of these worked. It seems that the recovery systems are not able to write on or even to mount the necessary partitions. As the stock recovery apparently needs access to /cache for adb sideload, any attempt to flash anything results in an error message. CWM is able to sideload the zip file, but writing the image fails.
I furthermore tried the "factory" (not OTA) image from Google with its flash-all.sh script which tries to also update boot loader and other things via fastboot – every single one of these update attempts failed as well.
So, my question is: Does anyone of you know of a way to get my phone working again?
Many thanks in advance, best regards
Hørk
Hørk said:
Hi,
this is my first post on this forum, so please let me know if you are missing any information …
My problem: I'm experiencing a boot loop with my Nexus 5 after having changed its damaged battery. I didn't use it for a long time because of this damage. Now, it does start the boot sequence again, but only to the "circle" animation which it keeps showing indefinitely.
The circumstances:
I never tried to root the phone
USB debugging is not (and cannot be) enabled
I'm completely sure the problem is not caused by the power button (seems to be a common cause)
stock recovery is reachable
an old version of ClockWorkMod Recovery (from this thread) is bootable
three tested versions of TWRP won't boot
What I tried:
I unlocked the bootloader. With both the stock recovery and CWM, I tried to
wipe the device / the cache partition
flash a stock image (directly downloaded from the Google developer page)
flash a ResurrectionRemix image
None of these worked. It seems that the recovery systems are not able to write on or even to mount the necessary partitions. As the stock recovery apparently needs access to /cache for adb sideload, any attempt to flash anything results in an error message. CWM is able to sideload the zip file, but writing the image fails.
I furthermore tried the "factory" (not OTA) image from Google with its flash-all.sh script which tries to also update boot loader and other things via fastboot – every single one of these update attempts failed as well.
So, my question is: Does anyone of you know of a way to get my phone working again?
Many thanks in advance, best regards
Hørk
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Ever fix it?
Hello there,
I´m stuck in fastboot with the message "Software status: modified" and "This device is corrupt. It can´t be trusted and will not boot." I have entered fastboot, then used temporarily TWRP 3.3.1.0 to flash magisk (root) and now i can´t boot. Stuck in middle between root and stock kind of... what steps are now possible to solve the problem of not booting. Do I have to do go back to stock by putting the ruu.zip on sd card and reflash in download mode or is there any workaround for the software status message. I don´t want to loose my encrypted user data by the full wipe of RUU. I also have to state that my U12+ was on the latest Pie Update (Android 9.0). At the moment I can enter fastboot, download mode and temporarily twrp, however i am not sure if that A/B security structure of the partitions cause that "corrupt" message. Thanks in advance!:good:
Since I ran out of solutions I decided to flash a RUU.zip and went back to stock. If anyone still finds a way to install magisk via temporary twrp on pie and to fix the "corrupt device" security message please leave a step-by-step guide.
Hey,
Quick rundown: Stuck in a bootloop to some sort of empty bootloader screen which has the readout:
"Start/Restart Bootloader/Recovery Mode/Power Off"
"Press volume key to select, and press power key to select"[Regarding above options]
"FastBoot Mode
PRODUCT_NAME - sdm845
VARIANT - SDM UFS
BOOTLOADER VERSION -
BASEBAND VERSION -
SERIAL NUMBER - [Gonna leave this out for now]
SECURE BOOT - yes
DEVICE STATE - unlocked" [this line is in red]
Every choice besides Power Off returns me to the same window. What can I do to recover from this?
Background:
So I was trying to update my OP6 to the current OxygenOS while keeping my root using TWRP and Magisk, which I've done in the past without any issue(i.e. go in recovery flash OS, flash current TWRP, reboot back to recovery, flash current Magisk as I understand it). However this time I was running into an issue flashing the Oxygen update getting an error that said it "failed to map file" for the zip. My first instinct was to update TWRP to see if the newest version didn't run into this issue so I flashed that followed by the current Magisk(no reboot in between). After booting back to standard operations everything seemed fine. I went back into recovery and tried the OS update again, but hit the same issue.
I couldn't find anything specific to OP6 with this issue, but similar questions with other devices suggested clearing the dalvik cache, which I tried to no useful effect. Then I came across this thread (forums.oneplus.com/threads/oxygen-os3-i-have-a-problem-please-help.440587/page-2 too new to hyperlink) and did what I think really messed me up which was boldly follow this guy's advice to do an advanced wipe of everything but internal storage(I also left USB storage intact) from TWRP. This failed to fix the issue with the file mapping error when I subsequently tried to flash the update, though I was able to flash TWRP and Magisk successfully again before rebooting and ending up in this loop.
Any assistance in fixing this or general tips on how to not be foolish when messing around with this stuff is greatly appreciated.
Update:
So I followed the advice gleaned from the resourceful person here(https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/help/bootloader-baseband-versions-blank-t3927565) to try working with the device from my computer with fastboot. At first it would recognize the device as "Android" but be unable to find a driver for it and adb/fastboot both failed to recognize it as a device. After installing MiniTool(more as a way to backup what was on the SD card) the proper device driver also got installed and I was able to access it with fastboot; I ran into similar issues as the linked thread above, solved it by switching to b(still failed) then back to a.
Currently I've got it booted into TWRP and I'm working on getting the current Oxygen .zip copied onto the phone storage but the transfer keeps failing after moving a negligible amount.
Update 2:
Via TWRP was able to sideload the current up-to-date standard OS onto it, however my Google backup seems to have decided to disappear on me and the only OP backup I have is ages old. Anyone have recommendations on data recovery tools?
next time just dont change the build.prop file.
serious, it just breaks the system.
heppened to me too.
NickTheHuy said:
next time just dont change the build.prop file.
serious, it just breaks the system.
heppened to me too.
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Good to know, thanks for the info!
I assume that happened when I messed around with advanced wipe, do you know which of the folders I selected that would have been under? And just for future awareness, would that have not occurred had I just used TWRP's standard wipe instead?
You can run a program that will install 9.0.6 from scratch, running a batch file...
Save my life before yesterday....
Your device is bricked
If able to access the TWRP recovery then boot into twrp and try to get all the data stored in your computer.
Then use the Qualcomm flash tool to completely recover from your hard bricked OP6.
from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/op6-collection-unbrick-tools-t3914109
Then its easy, again unlock boot-loader flash TWRP and magisk.
Dear oneplus community,
the recent days I wanted to update my stock system and keep my magisk at the same time. But somehow things messed up and lost my root status so I had to go back and flash magisk via twrp again. Since I didn't install twrp as default recovery, I had to boot manually into it.
Here is one of the first issues: the command "fastboot boot recovery.img" had an output line which said that the file is unauthorized. That is quite a common error so I booted into twrp via the all in one tool. Alright here I am in the recovery, ready to install magisk again as usual. Now I am facing the unable to mount vendor, storage and system error, so I fixed it by going to exfat and back to ext4 if I am correct.
Now somehow things messed up even more because at this point I was stuck in a boot loop. I managed to get out of it with the MSM back to stock method.
So in the end I got a stock android 10 oxygenos system I want to have magisk on it again. But when I try to get into the recovery mode sometimes itll work and sometimes it wont. Sometimes the command prompt gives me the unauthorized error message again and sometimes I get stuck in the fastboot mode screen with the oneplus logo.
Eventually I get into the recovery by using various methods e.g. all in one tool, but also here it happenes that the command prompt gives me the unauthorized error.
At this point everything seems to be okay with the installation of magisk (no errors, etc.). But when I'm trying to boot up from the recovery it says that I have no OS installed whether I have magisk installed or not. In a second and third try I additionally tried to flash a rom before installing magisk so I am sure to actually having a OS installed. But it still gives me the same error.
Any ideas how to deal with that, so that I can install magisk on my stock rom properly without having these weird issues.
At this point I'm losing the belief in myself because it shouldn't be that hard at all, since I already rooted my previous phones like mi6 the oneplus 6 haswell..
I will post error codes later.
Thank you.
I actually just started a thread about installing TWRP and magisk yesterday. I am having the same problem installing. I assume it's the versions of each file that I am using that are incompatible, because I am following the instructions as written.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/help/current-twrp-magisk-unlocked-oneplus-7-t4094307
At this point, since no one seems to know what the problem is, I'm just gonna stay on stock, unlocked bootloader, no root. Which defeats the purpose of even having an unlocked bootloader, but at least I'll have functioning phone. If you need to install an OS on your phone, follow this method.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/bricked-oneplus-7-pro-stuck-fastboot-t3972469
This will get you back to factory settings, unlocked bootloader.
+1 here, actually quite confused how to get TWRP properly so it sticks, amd confused about two slots situation.
Now going back to stock via MSM Method. Im in a bootloop/bricked device again.
I'll try to do it one more time and i'll document my steps detailed, so more experienced users can follow the steps better.
Silencex33 said:
Now going back to stock via MSM Method. Im in a bootloop/bricked device again.
I'll try to do it one more time and i'll document my steps detailed, so more experienced users can follow the steps better.
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Get twrp from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/on...nt/recovery-unofficial-twrp-recovery-t3932943. 3.3.1-79
im about to try this on my tmob oneplus 7 pro, any suggestions as to if I should wait for new updates ?