Flashed the wrong boot.img - General Questions and Answers

I ****ed up and flashed the wrong boot.img. I can't boot and I somehow lost my authorization for the PC so it won't let me issue the commands I need to flash the right boot.img, is it possible to fix?

Pasini said:
I ****ed up and flashed the wrong boot.img. I can't boot and I somehow lost my authorization for the PC so it won't let me issue the commands I need to flash the right boot.img, is it possible to fix?
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It's a poor description to get a good helping attempt.
Anyway, generally speaking the way to fix this is using the official tool or a tool that works with your device and flash the official stock ROM.

SubwayChamp said:
It's a poor description to get a good helping attempt.
Anyway, generally speaking the way to fix this is using the official tool or a tool that works with your device and flash the official stock ROM.
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Sorry, I'm not very good at this obviously. I am using platform-tools right now. I am getting "device unauthorized" when issuing adb reboot bootloader. I can boot to fastboot through recovery but when I try to flash the boot.img it just says < waiting for any device >. Earlier I fixed this by issuing "adb reboot-fastboot" and then flashing. But now I just get "$ADB_VENDOR_KEYS is not set" returned. That's why I'm wondering if theres any way to authorize the pc without a successful boot.

Pasini said:
Sorry, I'm not very good at this obviously. I am using platform-tools right now. I am getting "device unauthorized" when issuing adb reboot bootloader.
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Not sure if you are mixing some things there, you are saying that you have "unauthorized device" through ADB commands but ADB works when device is on...but if you flashed a wrong boot image, could you boot to system some way?
Pasini said:
I can boot to fastboot through recovery but when I try to flash the boot.img it just says < waiting for any device >. Earlier I fixed this by issuing "adb reboot-fastboot" and then flashing.
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You can't flash the boot image through recovery.
Pasini said:
But now I just get "$ADB_VENDOR_KEYS is not set" returned. That's why I'm wondering if theres any way to authorize the pc without a successful boot.
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Because of a wrong (and also an unsigned image for your device) you have this message.
Which device you have? And have the bootloader unlocked?

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Soft bricked shield tablet PLEASE HELP!

So I bought my shield tablet back in March, used it until about may I think. Was browsing the internet then it suddenly crashed and got stuck on the Nvidia boot screen. tried to reboot several times. Nothing. So I forgot about it and thought I would just google the reset option later when I had time. Now since June I have tried everything! From factory reset to fast boot and adb my pc won't even recognize my tablet. Also I never turned on usb dbugging cause I didn't even know what that was. I even gave it to the IT guys at work and they couldn't fix it. Now after reading everything there is to read on this problem and trying to fix it myself I'm stuck on the no command screen with the dead android robot. And now I hear there is a recall do to the battery, I can't even check what type I have. So if someone can please help me I would be much appreciative. Also this happened after updating to the latest OS.
okay so i was able to unlock the bootloader and start flashing but from fastboot flash recovery.img and beyond it says failed to write. any ideas of why?
Ace0169 said:
okay so i was able to unlock the bootloader and start flashing but from fastboot flash recovery.img and beyond it says failed to write. any ideas of why?
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Can you flash twrp and boot to it?
Ace0169 said:
okay so i was able to unlock the bootloader and start flashing but from fastboot flash recovery.img and beyond it says failed to write. any ideas of why?
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Hello,
Did you use "Fastboot flash recovery.img" as your command line??
I believe it is "Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
If you were able to unlock bootloader you're on the right track.
Sent from a Locked Bootloader
Yes I used "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" but every command after that keeps telling me "failed to write file"
danjull said:
Can you flash twrp and boot to it?
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I'm a complete noob when it comes to this stuff, what is twrp? Haha
Ace0169 said:
I'm a complete noob when it comes to this stuff, what is twrp? Haha
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TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) is a custom recovery that you can flash on your device. You can flash it like the stock recovery over fastboot. With TWRP you can make full system backups, installing roms or other stuff, wipe partitions and more. Keep trying to install the drivers on your pc. Try to use another usb slot or boot your pc into test mode to install the driver. If you can still access the bootloader, you have really good chances to rescue your device.
Okay will try that. Thanks man.
Ace0169 said:
Okay will try that. Thanks man.
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I see what your doing wrong. You probably don't even have the recovery img to flash. That's why it's giving you a write error.
There is a tutorial in the general section, that should have all the files and links, etc etc that you'll need to flash TWRP/CWM recovery and root the device if you want
Here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/shi...k-recovery-images-ota-library-guides-t2988881
Sent from my Nexus 5
Mojar7070 said:
I see what your doing wrong. You probably don't even have the recovery img to flash. That's why it's giving you a write error.
There is a tutorial in the general section, that should have all the files and links, etc etc that you'll need to flash TWRP/CWM recovery and root the device if you want
Here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/shi...k-recovery-images-ota-library-guides-t2988881
Sent from my Nexus 5
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If your referring to the recovery images from Nvidia website I have dowloaded that, also the correct drivers. Maybe there is something else I'm missing?
Ace0169 said:
If your referring to the recovery images from Nvidia website I have dowloaded that, also the correct drivers. Maybe there is something else I'm missing?
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First off, let me ask, what is your end result for the tablet?? Are you trying to just go a Complete stock tablet or are you trying to do anything custom (ex. Custom rom, recovery etc etc)
I'm assuming that since you unlocked your Bootloader, your trying to do something custom.
Sent from a Locked Bootloader
Ace0169 said:
If your referring to the recovery images from Nvidia website I have dowloaded that, also the correct drivers. Maybe there is something else I'm missing?
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Those official nVidia recovery images come with smaller .img files such as recovery.img, system.img, etc. You'll need to flash those one by one ("fastboot flash recovery recovery.img", then run "fastboot flash system system.img", etc. etc.) or you can just run the flashall script that I think is included in the nVidia images.
Otherwise, if you want to flash TWRP, you'll need to download the TWRP recovery (you can rename it to "twrp-recovery.zip"). Then you'll need to "fastboot flash twrp-recovery.zip" in order to flash the twrp recovery to your tablet.
Mojar7070 said:
First off, let me ask, what is your end result for the tablet?? Are you trying to just go a Complete stock tablet or are you trying to do anything custom (ex. Custom rom, recovery etc etc)
I'm assuming that since you unlocked your Bootloader, your trying to do something custom.
Sent from a Locked Bootloader
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I want my tablet to boot again, it's completely unusable in its condition I've heard re flashing will fix it.
Ace0169 said:
I want my tablet to boot again, it's completely unusable in its condition I've heard re flashing will fix it.
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OK. Then the link I gave earlier should help flash stock software onto your tablet.
However, that guide is only to go back to factory "state" Operating System wise. It may not help with hardware. Once your flash everything correctly but device still doesn't boot, its probably not software related.
Sent from my Nexus 5
Mojar7070 said:
OK. Then the link I gave earlier should help flash stock software onto your tablet.
However, that guide is only to go back to factory "state" Operating System wise. It may not help with hardware. Once your flash everything correctly but device still doesn't boot, its probably not software related.
Sent from my Nexus 5
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so ive followed the steps in the link, and ive executed all the commands but when i get to fasboot flash system system.img it says write failed. also all the commands beyond that one. ive got to be missing something. i have the image from nvidia developer, all the drivers, and my fastboot recognizes my device. has anyone encountered this before?
Ace0169 said:
so ive followed the steps in the link, and ive executed all the commands but when i get to fasboot flash system system.img it says write failed. also all the commands beyond that one. ive got to be missing something. i have the image from nvidia developer, all the drivers, and my fastboot recognizes my device. has anyone encountered this before?
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After you unlocked the device but before trying to flash anything else on the device, try putting the shield into Fastboot mode. At the bootloader, select fastboot using the volume buttons.
koop1955 said:
After you unlocked the device but before trying to flash anything else on the device, try putting the shield into Fastboot mode. At the bootloader, select fastboot using the volume buttons.
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Select "fastboot protocol"? Is that correct?
Ace0169 said:
Select "fastboot protocol"? Is that correct?
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So i selected "fastboot protocol" it blipped for a second then brought me back to the bootloader. tried flashing again and once i reached the fastboot flash system system.img it said write failed again. did it not engage the "fastboot protocol"?
Bringing you back to the bootloader was expected behavior. The "write fail" is a mystery to me. Sorry, that is all that I can offer.
koop1955 said:
Bringing you back to the bootloader was expected behavior. The "write fail" is a mystery to me. Sorry, that is all that I can offer.
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@Ace0169 Same, not sure what else to tell you. Sorry sir.
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Trying to flash TRWP Moto Z recovery - not working

Hey everyone, longtime lurker here finally going to try to get involved more since I just got a new Moto Z and I don't have much of a background with motorola hardware/software. I'm trying to flash recoveries through fastboot and I can't seem to get it working. I'm probably going to wait a while before I try again since there is not much support for the moto z yet. I am running MPL24.246-45 v6.0.1 XT1650-03, I have unlocked the bootloader through the instructions on the motorola website.
On the bootloader screen I can confirm it is now unlocked, but everytime I flash the TRWP recovery through fastboot I get the error message: "<bootloader> img not working or corrupt". I am trying to flash the most recent twrp recoveries for moto Z (twrp-3.0.2-0-griffin.img) but wasn't able to successfully flash it.
Coming from a samsung background, I might be skipping a step or doing something wrong. I am running the bell canadian firmware. Since I messed up my partitions on my last phone I want to be careful with this one, I mostly want to figure out why I am getting this error while trying to flash the recovery when
my bootloader is unlocked and when I check "adb devices" my moto is being read.
Thanks!!
szork
spacezork said:
Hey everyone, longtime lurker here finally going to try to get involved more since I just got a new Moto Z and I don't have much of a background with motorola hardware/software. I'm trying to flash recoveries through fastboot and I can't seem to get it working. I'm probably going to wait a while before I try again since there is not much support for the moto z yet. I am running MPL24.246-45 v6.0.1 XT1650-03, I have unlocked the bootloader through the instructions on the motorola website.
On the bootloader screen I can confirm it is now unlocked, but everytime I flash the TRWP recovery through fastboot I get the error message: "<bootloader> img not working or corrupt". I am trying to flash the most recent twrp recoveries for moto Z (twrp-3.0.2-0-griffin.img) but wasn't able to successfully flash it.
Coming from a samsung background, I might be skipping a step or doing something wrong. I am running the bell canadian firmware. Since I messed up my partitions on my last phone I want to be careful with this one, I mostly want to figure out why I am getting this error while trying to flash the recovery when
my bootloader is unlocked and when I check "adb devices" my moto is being read.
Thanks!!
szork
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didn't try it yet, but did you try renaming it to recovery.img (if on windows be sure extenstions are shown so it is not actually recovery.img.img) and run (didn't see which command you are using:
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fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
but search around forums about encryption thing and similar
the ljubich said:
didn't try it yet, but did you try renaming it to recovery.img (if on windows be sure extenstions are shown so it is not actually recovery.img.img) and run (didn't see which command you are using:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
but search around forums about encryption thing and similar
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I've tried both with the original twrp name and extension as well as with renaming it to recovery.img, didn't seem to make a difference. If I am connection to the device itself does that mean that adb/sideload is installed properly? I mean I was able to unlocked the bootloader so I would assume so.
szork
spacezork said:
I've tried both with the original twrp name and extension as well as with renaming it to recovery.img, didn't seem to make a difference. If I am connection to the device itself does that mean that adb/sideload is installed properly? I mean I was able to unlocked the bootloader so I would assume so.
szork
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i really don't know then.. if you successfully unlocked bootloader then fastboot should be ok. you can check in device manager. it should be bootloader iterface not adb interface there (you got me confused with mentioning adb so I am just writing to be sure).
also check if your device is shown when typing
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fastboot devices
or try redownloading twrp.
otherwise I am out of ideas, sorry.
the ljubich said:
i really don't know then.. if you successfully unlocked bootloader then fastboot should be ok. you can check in device manager. it should be bootloader iterface not adb interface there (you got me confused with mentioning adb so I am just writing to be sure).
also check if your device is shown when typing
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fastboot devices
or try redownloading twrp.
otherwise I am out of ideas, sorry.
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Sorry for my confusion with adb/sideload - from what I understand I need both to be able to connect to my device (correct me if im wrong). In the bootloader menu I see "flashing_unlocked" which I believe confirms my bootloader being unlocked, but then at the top of the text right under the dead android guy I see "AP Fastboot Flash Mode (Secure)" could that be an issue?
I can retry downloading the recovery from the TWRP site, but I know I'm downloading the official one already, just can't put my finger on why I'm getting that error message if others are doing it successfully.
thanks for helping :good:
Do you have the Verizon model?
samwathegreat said:
Do you have the Verizon model?
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I have the canadian BELL model XT1650-03
spacezork said:
I have the canadian BELL model XT1650-03
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You're at the bootloader, it says Flashing Unlock so yes your bootloader is unlocked and you should be able to flash TWRP no problem.
Did you recently install this .45 firmware? Are you sure that TWRP wasnt actually flashed? I see lots of errors like this from the bootloader and its usually just rubbish.
The twrp does not show the actual memory value of my cell phone and does not let me paste ROM backup, from insufficient memory? how to support it?
I updated my phone to .45 when I bought the phone I believe 1-2 weeks ago, it's definitely NOT flashed as the flashing process runs for 0.2 seconds and fails. I can even boot in the stock recovery afterwards confirming that nothing flashed. I wish I knew what I was doing wrong? possibility of drivers not installed properly?
Before I try and flash recovery I check USB debugging, OEM is unlocked, don't verify ADB files and accept Unknown sources. Is there anything I'm missing?
What if fastboot boot twrpname.img
It's really weird anyway...
enetec said:
What if fastboot boot twrpname.img
It's really weird anyway...
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I've been doing fastboot flash twrpname.img after opening cmd terminal with SHIFT-MOUSE2 in the designated folder. I have not tried that command specifically what's the difference between doing fastboot flash/boot as far as flashing a recovery.img
edit: I've read on different articles that people sometimes try and flash from the recovery menu? I understood it has to be while your are on the bootloader screen, could it be something to do with that? Or is it still a possibility the drivers may not be installed properly.
spacezork said:
I've been doing fastboot flash twrpname.img after opening cmd terminal with SHIFT-MOUSE2 in the designated folder. I have not tried that command specifically what's the difference between doing fastboot flash/boot as far as flashing a recovery.img
edit: I've read on different articles that people sometimes try and flash from the recovery menu? I understood it has to be while your are on the bootloader screen, could it be something to do with that? Or is it still a possibility the drivers may not be installed properly.
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With fastboot boot you send recovery to your phone and ask it to boot on it without really flashing it...
It's useful e.g. to take a full stock backup including original recovery, to test a recovery prior to flash it or to use TWRP to root BUT remain on stock recovery...
Not on all phones it works, but on Moto Z should....
P.S.: you have to be on fastboot screen not on recovery when flashing...
enetec said:
With fastboot boot you send recovery to your phone and ask it to boot on it without really flashing it...
It's useful e.g. to take a full stock backup including original recovery, to test a recovery prior to flash it or to use TWRP to root BUT remain on stock recovery...
Not on all phones it works, but on Moto Z should....
P.S.: you have to be on fastboot screen not on recovery when flashing...
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by fastboot screen you mean the bootloader menu right?
I've been accessing cmd from designated folder with .img file in it
- adb fastboot recovery
- fastboot flash recovery.img..
and I get the "img not working or corrupt" after it tries to flash it (lasts 0.2 seconds) and nothing is done.
spacezork said:
by fastboot screen you mean the bootloader menu right?
I've been accessing cmd from designated folder with .img file in it
- adb fastboot recovery
- fastboot flash recovery.img..
and I get the "img not working or corrupt" after it tries to flash it (lasts 0.2 seconds) and nothing is done.
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Right, bootloader screen. Enter on it by key-comb... not by command...
Even the real flash take same time... Sending seems to work, is something on verify that doesn't "like" it...
Try to download again recovery and/or check its MD5...
if reading correctly (and what I told you yesterday) command is
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
and not
fastboot flash recovery.img
hi can any one help me i need to get back to stock and lock boot loader to update i have eu any one please ???????????
Troll amiga said:
hi can any one help me i need to get back to stock and lock boot loader to update i have eu any one please ???????????
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try following this instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69065373&postcount=14
and download eu rom from here: https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/griffin/official/RETEU/
i don't know from which ROM you are coming, don't know if downgrading works, but this was onl RETEU ROM i could find.
I have the exact same phone and I've upgraded to Nougat but I got my TWRP working. You need an unlocked bootloader and after upgrading to nougat, the option "unlock OEM" need to be enabled again.
I've used this TWRP : https://dl.twrp.me/griffin/twrp-3.0.2-0-griffin.img.html
Also I tried to only boot on it at first with the command fastboot boot twrp.img then I saw it was working, I flashed it with fastboot flash recovery twrp.img but got the error : (bootloader) image not signed or corrupt . But I booted the recovery from the bootloader and TWRP was working even with this error.
cilk said:
...I flashed it with fastboot flash recovery twrp.img but got the error : (bootloader) image not signed or corrupt . But I booted the recovery from the bootloader and TWRP was working even with this error.
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Yeessss... I don't know how could I forgot it!!! :silly:
The message (I forgot I received too...) is *only* to indicate that recovery is not signed! But before there is a clear "Done" confirming the flash!
Just boot on it!

(HELP ME ) Bricked

So i did a stupid thing and flashed the wrong image when i was installing a new rom, I managed to lock myself out of ADB, TWRP and download mode. I'm in a bit of a pickle right now I've been trying everything I can to fix it, but I managed to do nothing. Is there anyone that can walk me through the steeps to get unbricked.
I've tried recovery through hisuite, but it says my device is not supported. My phone showed up via CMD command (fastboot devices) but not (adb devices). I have no idea what to do?
PLEASE HELP ME!!!
Nixonkai417 said:
So i did a stupid thing and flashed the wrong image when i was installing a new rom, I managed to lock myself out of ADB, TWRP and download mode. I'm in a bit of a pickle right now I've been trying everything I can to fix it, but I managed to do nothing. Is there anyone that can walk me through the steeps to get unbricked.
I've tried recovery through hisuite, but it says my device is not supported. My phone showed up via CMD command (fastboot devices) but not (adb devices). I have no idea what to do?
PLEASE HELP ME!!!
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Give the all required information like Brand, model number in your post first.
Huawei honor 5x kiwi L24, I can't really acces the phone so finding some information is impossible. My main issue is when I boot it's failing to verify the Boot.img , recovery.img and system.img . I don't exactly know what all information I can give you
Nixonkai417 said:
So i did a stupid thing and flashed the wrong image when i was installing a new rom, I managed to lock myself out of ADB, TWRP and download mode. I'm in a bit of a pickle right now I've been trying everything I can to fix it, but I managed to do nothing. Is there anyone that can walk me through the steeps to get unbricked.
I've tried recovery through hisuite, but it says my device is not supported. My phone showed up via CMD command (fastboot devices) but not (adb devices). I have no idea what to do?
PLEASE HELP ME!!!
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First open the tool
Select the update.app file
Then press Ctrl and select the imgs you want
And then right click and click extract selected
Like in here
https://up.harajgulf.com/imagef-149893652739431-png.html
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First open the tool
Select the update.app file
Then press Ctrl and select the imgs you want
And then right click and click extract selected
Like in here
https://up.harajgulf.com/imagef-149893652739431-png.html
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I have already done that, I've tried flashing it via SP flash tool but nothing, it won't show up. I've downloaded correct drivers and done what I could but my phone shows up as Lemobile android adb interface. It sometimes shows as a disk drive as well.
When I run CMD command (fastboot flash oem info) it shows everything but the recovery.img system.img and boot.img need verification how can I verify them without the debugging bridge active on the phone.
Nixonkai417 said:
I have already done that, I've tried flashing it via SP flash tool but nothing, it won't show up. I've downloaded correct drivers and done what I could but my phone shows up as Lemobile android adb interface. It sometimes shows as a disk drive as well.
When I run CMD command (fastboot flash oem info) it shows everything but the recovery.img system.img and boot.img need verification how can I verify them without the debugging bridge active on the phone.
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What do you mean sir
Imgs are already verified cause they are official
And you don't need USB debug in fastboot mode
Your device is not has mtk processor so it won't work
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What do you mean sir
Imgs are already verified cause they are official
And you don't need USB debug in fastboot mode
Your device is not has mtk processor so it won't work
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I rooted my phone and was running xenon HD on my Huawei honor 5x, in the midst of switching ROMs I accidently targeted a TWRP recovery.img with the ROM and Gapps.
So what my phone dose now is when it powers on it an all green screen with a red box and a blue box. After a second it come up with " recovery image verify failed, please update to verified images." I can enter fastboot&rescue mode and a Huawei erecovery, but when i do try to download the recovery via WIFI it says package failure.
Nixonkai417 said:
I rooted my phone and was running xenon HD on my Huawei honor 5x, in the midst of switching ROMs I accidently targeted a TWRP recovery.img with the ROM and Gapps.
So what my phone dose now is when it powers on it an all green screen with a red box and a blue box. After a second it come up with " recovery image verify failed, please update to verified images." I can enter fastboot&rescue mode and a Huawei erecovery, but when i do try to download the recovery via WIFI it says package failure.
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What happens when you try flashing through fastboot
Assuming that your bootloader is unlocked have you tried reflashing twrp?
-Hope- said:
What happens when you try flashing through fastboot
Assuming that your bootloader is unlocked have you tried reflashing twrp?
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I had unlocked my bootloader but some research I was doing says, when you accidently flash wrong images it can relock the bootloader. I lost the original bootloader code and i don't exactly have the box anymore, so getting a new code will be difficult.
Nixonkai417 said:
I had unlocked my bootloader but some research I was doing says, when you accidently flash wrong images it can relock the bootloader. I lost the original bootloader code and i don't exactly have the box anymore, so getting a new code will be difficult.
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As long as the bootloader says 'phone is unlocked' then its ok
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As long as the bootloader says 'phone is unlocked' then its ok
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I'm my case the bootloader has relocked, so in green it say phone status: locked.
Nixonkai417 said:
I'm my case the bootloader has relocked, so in green it say phone status: locked.
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I've reread your previous post and you didn't mentioned what happens in the cmd window when trying to flash the files?
-Hope- said:
I've reread your previous post and you didn't mentioned what happens in the cmd window when trying to flash the files?
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(REMOTE: command not allowed)
I have already sent an email to Huawei support, just waiting on a response to see if they can give me another unlock code. If I'm unable to unlock the boot loader again with the codes, what's my options for unlocling the boot loader without Huawei's help.

Stuck in Bootloader (Solved)

So i recently tried flashing a new kernel and for whatever reason my pixel 2 did not like that at all. Upon reboot after flashing it now just goes into the download mode where i have the option to reboot bootloader go into recovery and go into download mode. Normally not a big issue at all but this time when i go to load into recovery or load into Download mode its says Operation Denied. Upon a reboot or trying to reboot into safe mode it says ERROR: Slot unbootable: Load Error. Will ADB still work to flash this? not really sure what to do at this moment.
EDIT: Solved it by using Fastboot and flashing the stock firmware without the -w so far everything is back to normal....know to get that dern kernel again
gears177 said:
So i recently tried flashing a new kernel and for whatever reason my pixel 2 did not like that at all. Upon reboot after flashing it now just goes into the download mode where i have the option to reboot bootloader go into recovery and go into download mode. Normally not a big issue at all but this time when i go to load into recovery or load into Download mode its says Operation Denied. Upon a reboot or trying to reboot into safe mode it says ERROR: Slot unbootable: Load Error. Will ADB still work to flash this? not really sure what to do at this moment.
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First off, does fastboot recognize the device?
DuckRuckus said:
First off, does fastboot recognize the device?
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It does not under adb devices nothing shows up. In device manager it does show up as Android bootloader interface
gears177 said:
It does not under adb devices nothing shows up. In device manager it does show up as Android bootloader interface
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ADB=system. Fastboot=boot. You can't boot your phone, so you're not in android, thus no ADB devices. Type "fastboot devices" and see if it's recognized.
DuckRuckus said:
ADB=system. Fastboot=boot. You can't boot your phone, so you're not in android, thus no ADB devices. Type "fastboot devices" and see if it's recognized.
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Ah nice didnt even realize its recognized under fastboot ive tried flashing the stock recovery but it just gives me an error
gears177 said:
Ah nice didnt even realize its recognized under fastboot
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Good news! So, your best bet at this point would be to re-flash your current factory image, with /w removed. If you still want that same kernel, flash it before Magisk.
Just out of curiosity, what method did you use to flash it in the first place?
DuckRuckus said:
Good news! So, your best bet at this point would be to re-flash your current factory image, with /w removed. If you still want that same kernel, flash it before Magisk.
Just out of curiosity, what method did you use to flash it in the first place?
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Flashed it through twrp aroma installer.
What does the -w do in the fastboot command just curious
Nevermind got it flag responsible for deleting userdata thanks alot for the help appreciate your time
gears177 said:
Flashed it through twrp aroma installer.
What does the -w do in the fastboot command just curious
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It wipes all your data, that's why you remove it from the flash-all.bat script, unless you need to perform a full wipe. Telperion has an excellent guide for installing the lastest software, if you haven't already read it.
I've heard users having back luck flashing kernels in TWRP, as the kernel has something to do with recovery. I always use the method of booting the TWRP image in fastboot, use ADB to push the files to /tmp, and then do an ADB shell TWRP install of those files. TWRP, kernel, then magisk, in that order. I always reinstall all three, just to be on the safe side, and have never had any issues. Takes a little while, but not as long as redoing the whole freaking thing:silly:
Looks like you figured it out, before I finished my reply

Question my device is going in to the bootloader and wont boot normaly

i tried rooting my tablet and probly failed miserably but now it wont boot at all i tried factory reset from recovery mode nothing works
S/N: HA1AM1X7
blocky3321 said:
i tried rooting my tablet and probly failed miserably but now it wont boot at all i tried factory reset from recovery mode nothing works
S/N: HA1AM1X7
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Do you have an error message on your bootloader screen?
V0latyle said:
Do you have an error message on your bootloader screen?
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This is what i boot in to every time i turn on the device and if i press start i puts me back here
blocky3321 said:
This is what i boot in to every time i turn on the device and if i press start i puts me back here
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No error message. Hm. What exactly did you do to get to this point?
V0latyle said:
No error message. Hm. What exactly did you do to get to this point?
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i tried to root my device i patched boot(using magisk) that i got from lenovos rescue thing and flashed it that didnt work so as a sugestion from LSS4181 in this post i did this
You need to edit out vbmeta.img / vbmeta_system.img to actually disable verification. Change the byte at offset 123 from 0x00 to 0x03.
Another way is to use the following command when flashing vbmeta. You may need to use a relatively newer version of fastboot binary to get it work.
Code:
fastboot flash --disable-verity --disable-verification vbmeta vbmeta.img
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and after flashing everything its like this
blocky3321 said:
i tried to root my device i patched boot(using magisk) that i got from lenovos rescue thing and flashed it that didnt work so as a sugestion from LSS4181 in this post i did this
and after flashing everything its like this
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Are you able to reflash the factory firmware?
V0latyle said:
Are you able to reflash the factory firmware?
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Ok i can using qpst right?
blocky3321 said:
Ok i can using qpst right?
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To be honest I have zero experience with Lenovo devices; I'm familiar with ADB and Magisk but I'm not familiar with QPST/QFIL.
Can u not use fastboot?
Arealhooman said:
Can u not use fastboot?
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now no it doesnt show up in fastboot devices
But you can get into fastboot mode? Try draining it and powering it and getting into fastboot
Arealhooman said:
But you can get into fastboot mode? Try draining it and powering it and getting into fastboot
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Thats the thing i get in to that no matter what i plugit in to charge it goes to the boot loader and it does it instantly no waiting time or the message that the bootloader is unlocked straight in to the bootloader
blocky3321 said:
Thats the thing i get in to that no matter what i plugit in to charge it goes to the boot loader and it does it instantly no waiting time or the message that the bootloader is unlocked straight in to the bootloader
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This is fastboot. Does your device show up in "fastboot devices"? Make sure you have an up-to-date fastboot binary for the purpose.
For modern Linux distros you should already have the rules necessary. If not, try run fastboot commands using sudo or as root and see if the device would appear.
On the other hand, I noted that in some cases the fastboot interface may have problems responding. In that case, reboot bootloader, then run your fastboot flash commands as soon as the device restarts.
Install RSA from Lenovo.
Following the instruction to rescue your unit as well as getting boot.img for patching
Moreover, install latest Android Platform Tools
Copy boot.img to your unit and patch with Magisk, and copy the patched_boot.img back to host PC.
Then reboot in fastbootd (adb reboot fastboot) and flash patched_boot.img
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This is fastboot. Does your device show up in "fastboot devices"? Make sure you have an up-to-date fastboot binary for the purpose.
For modern Linux distros you should already have the rules necessary. If not, try run fastboot commands using sudo or as root and see if the device would appear.
On the other hand, I noted that in some cases the fastboot interface may have problems responding. In that case, reboot bootloader, then run your fastboot flash commands as soon as the device restarts.
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It does not show up in fastboot and i have quite new adb and fastboot installed
blocky3321 said:
It does not show up in fastboot and i have quite new adb and fastboot installed
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Well, get newest. Check drivers.
Arealhooman said:
Well, get newest. Check drivers.
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ok got somewhere got back recovery but still goes back to the screen in the picture. Any way to flash the whole firmware.
blocky3321 said:
but still goes back to
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Open Windows terminal, connect tablet to PC with adb/fastboot drivers installed.
Enter command:
fastboot set_active other
and again:
fastboot set_active other
then:
fastboot reboot
It might help.
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Open Windows terminal, connect tablet to PC with adb/fastboot drivers installed.
Enter command:
fastboot set_active other
and again:
fastboot set_active other
then:
fastboot reboot
It might help.
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nope still doesnt work
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