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Hi, am looking for the stock recovery file/zip p[ease.
The stock recovery is contained in the full firmware download (inside the blob), available on the Asus support site.
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The stock recovery is contained in the full firmware download (inside the blob), available on the Asus support site.
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Thanks.
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The stock recovery is contained in the full firmware download (inside the blob), available on the Asus support site.
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I got the firmware and extracted the blob, but I only have fastboot, how do I flash it to get stock recovery back?
I tried this:
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash staging blob
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system blob
but nothing works, except I lost /system partition now (I was able to boot Android before). Any help appreciated.
3c said:
I got the firmware and extracted the blob, but I only have fastboot, how do I flash it to get stock recovery back?
I tried this:
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash staging blob
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system blob
but nothing works, except I lost /system partition now (I was able to boot Android before). Any help appreciated.
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Sorry, if that doesn't work I have no more idea how to fix your locked tablet, if you don't have the blob for wheelie and nvflash.
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Sorry, if that doesn't work I have no more idea how to fix your locked tablet, if you don't have the blob for wheelie and nvflash.
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Thanks anyway for helping. All I could figure out is that the blob doesn't actually get written to any partition. I've seen some users be successful doing that (what you suggested), so I'll keep trying, maybe reverting the driver. Wondering if using naked driver works well for such method.
In any case, thanks, and I'll post a reply if I can make it work.
3c said:
Thanks anyway for helping. All I could figure out is that the blob doesn't actually get written to any partition. I've seen some users be successful doing that (what you suggested), so I'll keep trying, maybe reverting the driver. Wondering if using naked driver works well for such method.
In any case, thanks, and I'll post a reply if I can make it work.
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Try this, download stock recovery here http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?pdipp4h2qyqka63
then execute this:
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery recovery.blob
boot directly into recovery and see if you have recovery back.
buhohitr said:
Try this, download stock recovery here http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?pdipp4h2qyqka63
then execute this:
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery recovery.blob
boot directly into recovery and see if you have recovery back.
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Big progress: blob flashed without a glitch. I was happy until I tried to reboot with fastboot: tablet frozen! Reboot, still no recovery
I guess this is it. Got a nice folding brick now! Will try RMA, but from Cambodia not sure it's worth it. Maybe next month when I'm in France.
Can't believe this happened while tablet is locked! Now I hate Asus for this.
3c said:
Big progress: blob flashed without a glitch. I was happy until I tried to reboot with fastboot: tablet frozen! Reboot, still no recovery
I guess this is it. Got a nice folding brick now! Will try RMA, but from Cambodia not sure it's worth it. Maybe next month when I'm in France.
Can't believe this happened while tablet is locked! Now I hate Asus for this.
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I have asked you to flash the recovery zip, but once done you should boot directly into the recovery, don't boot up. Let me know if you still can fastboot the recovery to your device, but once done, hold the power until device turn off, then right away hold both power button and volume down button to boot into recovery. If you could do this we still have hope. Once in recovery let me know we can proceed to next step.
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I have asked you to flash the recovery zip, but once done you should boot directly into the recovery, don't boot up. Let me know if you still can fastboot the recovery to your device, but once done, hold the power until device turn off, then right away hold both power button and volume down button to boot into recovery. If you could do this we still have hope. Once in recovery let me know we can proceed to next step.
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I cannot actually do anything past flashing a blob. the tablet is "frozen" from the moment it enters fastboot, then after flashing any blobs, any further fastboot command are "non-responsive", here is the actual output. At the end the reboot command succeeds but nothing actually happened on the tablet. Still showing the 4 icons (RCK/Android/USB/WIPE) and the top white text. Tried with original Asus driver, with Google driver and now naked driver. no difference, can only be the tablet ;(
C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot devices
015d2a5088641a08 fastboot
C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery recovery.blob
sending 'recovery' (6260 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.862s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 2.432s]
finished. total time: 4.297s
C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 0.642s
C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot continue
resuming boot...
FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 0.569s
C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.549s
EDIT: Kinda lame I'm sure, but desperate as I am, I tried that too:
C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot -i 0x0B05 boot recovery.blob
creating boot image...
creating boot image - 6414336 bytes
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.857s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: ()
finished. total time: 1.861s
I suppose I need a kernel blob... But I couldn't find any stock to flash? Would you also happen to have that handy too?
3c said:
I cannot actually do anything past flashing a blob. the tablet is "frozen" from the moment it enters fastboot, then after flashing any blobs, any further fastboot command are "non-responsive", here is the actual output. At the end the reboot command succeeds but nothing actually happened on the tablet. Still showing the 4 icons (RCK/Android/USB/WIPE) and the top white text. Tried with original Asus driver, with Google driver and now naked driver. no difference, can only be the tablet ;(
C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot devices
015d2a5088641a08 fastboot
C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery recovery.blob
sending 'recovery' (6260 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.862s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 2.432s]
finished. total time: 4.297s
C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 0.642s
C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot continue
resuming boot...
FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 0.569s
C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.549s
EDIT: Kinda lame I'm sure, but desperate as I am, I tried that too:
C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot -i 0x0B05 boot recovery.blob
creating boot image...
creating boot image - 6414336 bytes
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.857s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: ()
finished. total time: 1.861s
I suppose I need a kernel blob... But I couldn't find any stock to flash? Would you also happen to have that handy too?
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Seems like when you flashed the blob file it wipe out everything. But I tried to boot into recovery so it's a good sign that your tablet is not brick ....yet!!
Here is the stock kernel I created for you http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?16fji3z1nghr6th
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash boot boot.blob
Possible we may need the bootloader too, but will see.
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Seems like when you flashed the blob file it wipe out everything. But I tried to boot into recovery so it's a good sign that your tablet is not brick ....yet!!
Here is the stock kernel I created for you http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?16fji3z1nghr6th
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash boot boot.blob
Possible we may need the bootloader too, but will see.
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I guess I'm ready for bootloader flashing. Either it bricks it for good or it works or else
Nothing has changed. Just to give you more info, booting RCK, results in booting failed - unrecoverable bootloader error (0x000..).
Booting android: cold-booting linux - signature match. Then screen is frozen, but Windows 7 recognize the tablet fine. As if a kernel was there, right?
So I tried flashing boot.blob and recovery.blob and the JB update blob to system again, but it hangs at the end, still have to reboot manually. It's like fastboot is not actually flashing anything, writing in below output is abnormally low or could it be that fast!?: It's the same time for boot, recovery of a 800Mb system file!?
C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system blob
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 2.329s]
sending 'system' (800199 KB)...
OKAY [141.653s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 2.932s]
finished. total time: 146.920s
But the behavior of the bootloader seems quite strange, all this hanging at end of flashing, could this be a corrupted bootloader or worse a corrupted partition table?
3c said:
I guess I'm ready for bootloader flashing. Either it bricks it for good or it works or else
Nothing has changed. Just to give you more info, booting RCK, results in booting failed - unrecoverable bootloader error (0x000..).
Booting android: cold-booting linux - signature match. Then screen is frozen, but Windows 7 recognize the tablet fine. As if a kernel was there, right?
So I tried flashing boot.blob and recovery.blob and the JB update blob to system again, but it hangs at the end, still have to reboot manually. It's like fastboot is not actually flashing anything, writing in below output is abnormally low or could it be that fast!?: It's the same time for boot, recovery of a 800Mb system file!?
C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system blob
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 2.329s]
sending 'system' (800199 KB)...
OKAY [141.653s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 2.932s]
finished. total time: 146.920s
But the behavior of the bootloader seems quite strange, all this hanging at end of flashing, could this be a corrupted bootloader or worse a corrupted partition table?
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Let try the bootloader http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?u6bwnaao6khcdaf
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Then screen is frozen, but Windows 7 recognize the tablet fine. As if a kernel was there, right?
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Define "Windows recognizes the tablet". If you have ADB access, you should be able to recover.
buhohitr said:
Let try the bootloader http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?u6bwnaao6khcdaf
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Actually how do you flash bootloader? I did this: fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash bootloader loader.blob ?
But anyway, I just read fastboot doesn't flash anything when device is locked! So this piece of s**t doesn't flash but will erase any partition you wish! How's that for a crappy software! I wish I never tried to update to JB!
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Define "Windows recognizes the tablet". If you have ADB access, you should be able to recover.
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No ADB, just the name of the tablet appears in Device Manager, sort of the SD card access, but no actual access. I updated the driver manually and was proposed some MTP device. No adb or fastboot when this is available.
Here is the input from another thread: I copy it because I believe the information is very important and identify another way to brick the TF700:
Pretoriano80 said:
ICS bootloader had the fastboot option disabled if the device's bootloader was still locked and the USB icon wasn't showing at all.
With the JB bootloader Asus made the USB icon available even if the device was locked so you can access fastboot mode but you can't flash anything (yes,it doesn't make sense, but this is Asus).
Anyway, if you are able to boot in recovery you should be able to restore you device easily,just follow my guide from the general forum.
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That's exactly what's happening! I can go in fastboot, but it doesn't flash anything! Though it erase any partition you wish! How smart is that? So I have one thing to say to locked owner: never go in fastboot, ever, it's useless and can actually brick your tablet!!!
I bricked the tablet on my own sure enough, but without this ridiculous fastboot I wouldn't have been able to mess up the tablet in the first place! Sorry for those who love their tablet and Asus, but I find their strategy ridiculous. Except if it's main goal is to make money on RMA.
Thanks Asus for this nice brick!
3c said:
But anyway, I just read fastboot doesn't flash anything when device is locked! So this piece of s**t doesn't flash but will erase any partition you wish!
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I'd still expect the locked bootloader to flash correctly signed blobs. But who knows what Asus were thinking...
One more idea you can try: Get the 10.4.4.23 dlpkgfile and extract the blob from there.
This blob contains the 10.4.4.23 bootloader, stock recovery and stock kernel, and an orignal Asus signature. My WW version is 13573093 bytes, so it is much smaller than the full firmware blob - try to flash that via fastboot, maybe you are lucky and it works.
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I'd still expect the locked bootloader to flash correctly signed blobs. But who knows what Asus were thinking...
One more idea you can try: Get the 10.4.4.23 dlpkgfile and extract the blob from there.
This blob contains the 10.4.4.23 bootloader, stock recovery and stock kernel, and an orignal Asus signature. My WW version is 13573093 bytes, so it is much smaller than the full firmware blob - try to flash that via fastboot, maybe you are lucky and it works.
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Will do, thanks. How would you flash such blob? Onto "staging" or "system"? I've seen users flash the JB update blob to system and be successful. Also seen some posts mentioning staging?
3c said:
Will do, thanks. How would you flash such blob? Onto "staging" or "system"? I've seen users flash the JB update blob to system and be successful. Also seen some posts mentioning staging?
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I don't really know - all I know is:
- TF700's fastboot implementation only supports blobs, no raw partition images
- blobs are usually always written to the staging partition first, then the contained partition images are flashed to the correct partition(s) by the bootloader
I've seen both variants of the fastboot command, so maybe the target partition doesn't matter when sending blobs. I'd try staging first.
Hello! I tried to root my Honor 6x (BLN-L21, EMUI 5.0) following the instructions there:
cyberkey.in/how-to-root-honor-6x-100-working/
The bootloader was successfully unlocked.
But when I tried to flash TWRP the process failed and now my phone is stuck on boot :
"Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted [...] Your device is booting now."
I can get access to recovery and fastboot. I wiped the cache and tried a factory reset but nothing changed, my system won't start and I don't know what to do.
Please help!
if you have the boot backup then restore it.
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if you have the boot backup then restore it.
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I don't have any backup. Is there a way to just reset everything? Also I don't know how to connect to the phone anymore since adb won't find the device.
if you cannot find the boot.img
just do a rollback bro
here is the link
first dload this
http://download-c.huawei.com/download/downloadCenter?downloadId=94070&version=376169&siteCode=de-h
and this now
if your device is BLN-L21C432B151 http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1277/g104/v84712/f1/full/update.zip
or BLN-L21C185B131 http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1277/g104/v75593/f1/full/update.zip
I think that I flashed the wrong files in "boot" and "recovery". Please tell me which files I should flash there.
I used the commands:
.\fastboot flash boot twrp.img
.\fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
Stinks said:
I think that I flashed the wrong files in "boot" and "recovery". Please tell me which files I should flash there.
I used the commands:
.\fastboot flash boot twrp.img
.\fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
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The guide from "cyberkey.in/how-to-root-honor-6x-100-working/" is simply wrong when it comes to flashing the twrp recovery. If you really followed this guide completely then you flashed the recovery to the boot partition.
Use "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" to flash the recovery.
You will still have to flash the boot image to your boot partition then (fastboot flash boot boot.img).
Stinks said:
I don't have any backup. Is there a way to just reset everything? Also I don't know how to connect to the phone anymore since adb won't find the device.
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Use fastboot flash recovery twrpname.img to flash the recovery
Ok so basically I need to flash the boot image. However I don't know where to find the stock boot image. I downloaded the so-called "full version" of the stock firmware that I found here: boycracked.com/2017/07/20/official-huawei-honor-6x-bln-l21-berlin-l21-stock-rom-firmware/
However there was no boot.img file inside.
If you could direct me to the proper stock boot.img or send me one, that would greatly help. I had EMUI 5.0 with Nougat 7.0 I believe, phone version BLN-L21.
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Stinks said:
Ok so basically I need to flash the boot image. However I don't know where to find the stock boot image. I downloaded the so-called "full version" of the stock firmware that I found here: boycracked.com/2017/07/20/official-huawei-honor-6x-bln-l21-berlin-l21-stock-rom-firmware/
However there was no boot.img file inside.
If you could direct me to the proper stock boot.img or send me one, that would greatly help. I had EMUI 5.0 with Nougat 7.0 I believe, phone version BLN-L21.
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Bro there is update.app open it with huawei update extractor then you will see the the boot image.but remember the emui 4.1 boot wont help you in emui 5 .the boot.img must be emui 5 once.
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Bro there is update.app open it with huawei update extractor then you will see the the boot image.but remember the emui 4.1 boot wont help you in emui 5 .the boot.img must be emui 5 once.
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Thanks. I successfully updated boot.img and and recovery.img, but system won't load, so I might have imported from the wrong STOCK version.
I tried to reinstall a stock ROM using:
fastboot flash system system.img
But I got this error message:
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending sparse 'system' (444686 KB)...
OKAY [ 12.901s]
writing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: sparse flash write failure)
finished. total time: 12.929s
Then I tried to erase the system file with "erase system" and got this error:
erasing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.013s
I guess that the only option now is to install the files on an external SD card?
Stinks said:
Thanks. I successfully updated boot.img and and recovery.img, but system won't load, so I might have imported from the wrong STOCK version.
I tried to reinstall a stock ROM using:
fastboot flash system system.img
But I got this error message:
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending sparse 'system' (444686 KB)...
OKAY [ 12.901s]
writing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: sparse flash write failure)
finished. total time: 12.929s
Then I tried to erase the system file with "erase system" and got this error:
erasing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.013s
I guess that the only option now is to install the files on an external SD card?
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Bro y this ,just do a rollback .
Stinks said:
Thanks. I successfully updated boot.img and and recovery.img, but system won't load, so I might have imported from the wrong STOCK version.
I tried to reinstall a stock ROM using:
fastboot flash system system.img
But I got this error message:
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending sparse 'system' (444686 KB)...
OKAY [ 12.901s]
writing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: sparse flash write failure)
finished. total time: 12.929s
Then I tried to erase the system file with "erase system" and got this error:
erasing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.013s
I guess that the only option now is to install the files on an external SD card?
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I recommend you to download firmware files only from the official honor website or by using the huawei firmware finder(https://forum.xda-developers.com/tools/general/huawei-firmware-finder-team-mt-t3469146)
In this case try to use huawei firmware finder to get the right stock version for your phone. Download these two files: e.g. update.zip & update_full_BLN-L21_hw_eu.zip.
Export the following image files: recovery, system, boot and cust.
The try to flash them:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash cust cust.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
If flashing a partition via fastboot fails then it is usually because it's the wrong image or just not made for your phone.
Thank you guys, you saved my phone! I eventually managed to flash the files from Nougat update for European Honor 6X BLN-L21C432B360 that I found there: stechguide.com/honor-6x-b360-nougat-update/
Now the phone is working fine.
Stinks said:
Thank you guys, you saved my phone! I eventually managed to flash the files from Nougat update for European Honor 6X BLN-L21C432B360 that I found there: stechguide.com/honor-6x-b360-nougat-update/
Now the phone is working fine.
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Glad you revived your phone
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Stinks said:
Hello! I tried to root my Honor 6x (BLN-L21, EMUI 5.0) following the instructions there:
cyberkey.in/how-to-root-honor-6x-100-working/
The bootloader was successfully unlocked.
But when I tried to flash TWRP the process failed and now my phone is stuck on boot :
"Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted [...] Your device is booting now."
I can get access to recovery and fastboot. I wiped the cache and tried a factory reset but nothing changed, my system won't start and I don't know what to do.
Please help!
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my phone is stuck at your device is booting now i cant get to any of other functions such as fastboot or recovry i can only acces it after full charge is gone and after charging.how did you get to acces fastboot or recover.
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my phone is stuck at your device is booting now i cant get to any of other functions such as fastboot or recovry i can only acces it after full charge is gone and after charging.how did you get to acces fastboot or recover.
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did you solve your issue.....I have same problem now
nokiasatyam said:
did you solve your issue.....I have same problem now
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Hello, could you be more specific about your problem? I'll be able to help you.
Brief Explanation:
From the screen on which you're stuck, press and hold power button for about 10 seconds to forcibly restart your device. when you see the same screen again, immediately press and hold volume up button(for about 3 seconds) to boot to eRecovery.
> Choose shut down option on eRecovery. press and hold vol down button and insert the charging cable to boot to fastboot.
> Press and hold power and volume up button to boot to recovery. (You could do this even from fastboot screen and the screen you're stuck at).
Guys, I wanted to go back to EMUI 5 stock (BLN-L24C567B366) but I got stock flashing the BOOT, RECOVERY, and SYSTEM images, fastboot shows
Code:
PS C:\adb> fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'boot' (15508 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.594s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.620s
I looked up for that and seems because the PC is not communicating with fastboot maybe due to drivers or disabled USB Debugging, what can I do to recover my phone? My bootloader is still unlocked and shows
Code:
PHONE Unlocked
FRP Lock
I still have access to TWRP if that helps... Help please :crying:
Jessooca said:
Seeing as you have twrp still working, why not reflash any of the other custom roms so you have a working phone again? I'm assuming you still have whichever rom you been using, on your phone again? If not, put one on an SD card then put the sd card into the phone, reboot twrp back into recovery so it can find the rom on the sd card and flash that rom.
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Thank you very much, I will download a ROM now bcz I just had root.
Jessooca said:
Then instead of going back to stock via cmd and fastboot just copy over the update file in the dload folder and do the 3 button restart so it can detect the update file and restore your phone.
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With this you mean getting all the files out of update.zip(Full-OTA) and putting them in dload folder in the sdcard right? I tried that(just without any system installed ) and it failed at 5%, is there a difference?
Again, thanks a lot for your help
I need help with my op6.
I was using LOS (Unlocked+rooted) until now and I accidentally brick my device, now it's stuck at the bootloader screen.
It doesn't matter if I'm trying to get into the system/recovery.
These are the steps that I did to get here (as far as I can remember):
Wipe system, data, and cache.
Flash latest OxygenOS (9.0.4) using TWRP (blu_spark_v9.96).
Flash TWRP.
Reboot to TWRP
This time it didn't ask me to unlock it with my pattern, and I saw that all of my files in the sdcard folder are encrypted.
I pressed the other partition (A) manually and reboot to TWRP.
It got stuck on the recovery screen.
I flashed TWRP via ADB.
Now the A partitions files are encrypted, I tried to manually move to partition B again, but stuck at crash dump after reboot.
I flashed TWRP via ADB, this time to B.
And now it's stuck at the bootloader...
I can't use the MsmDownloadTool because it's the bootloader and not the crashdump screen, the tool doesn't recognize the device in order to unbrick it.
I even tried to use this guide, but it didn't help, the msmtool still don't recognize it.
I tried to flash TWRP via ADB and this is what I got:
Code:
C:\Users\Folio\Downloads>fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.2.3-x_blu_spark_v9.96_op
6.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (28892 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.625s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: (recovery_b) No such partition)
finished. total time: 0.625s
I also tried these commands:
Code:
C:\Users\Folio\Downloads>fastboot getvar current-slot
current-slot: b
finished. total time: -0.000s
C:\Users\Folio\Downloads>fastboot flash boot_b twrp-3.2.3-x_blu_spark_v9.96_op6.
img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'boot_b' (28892 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.617s]
writing 'boot_b'...
OKAY [ 0.140s]
finished. total time: 0.773s
C:\Users\Folio\Downloads>fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3-x_blu_spark_v9.96_op6.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.608s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error)
finished. total time: 0.640s
But it didn't really do anything...
I'm out of ideas, what should I do next?
just go use the unbrick tool ?
I've been in your situation a lot of times in the beginning when I started to know about A/B partitioning.
Just fastboot the stock rom found here and you will boot easily in OOS.. Although your internal will be formatted every time you do this.
By the way, when you go to OOS from any ROM, you will always have to format internal storage to make OOS boot. (The step you didnt do in mentioned steps)
Fastboot ROM - https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/rom-stock-fastboot-roms-oneplus-6-t3796665
Blunts47 said:
just go use the unbrick tool ?
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As I mentioned.
Yes, I have tried that already.
Joyarup said:
I've been in your situation a lot of times in the beginning when I started to know about A/B partitioning.
Just fastboot the stock rom found here and you will boot easily in OOS.. Although your internal will be formatted every time you do this.
By the way, when you go to OOS from any ROM, you will always have to format internal storage to make OOS boot. (The step you didnt do in mentioned steps)
Fastboot ROM - https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/rom-stock-fastboot-roms-oneplus-6-t3796665
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I never saw in any other guide that It's necessary to also wipe the internal storage.
The OP6 imaging prosses is even more agonizing than I thought it is. :crying:
I'll try the guide that you sent me and will update, thanks for that.
lyor said:
As I mentioned.
Yes, I have tried that already.
I never saw in any other guide that It's necessary to also wipe the internal storage.
The OP6 imaging prosses is even more agonizing than I thought it is. :crying:
I'll try the guide that you sent me and will update, thanks for that.
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I agree with you, the A/B partitioning is just a pain in the back.
Try that guide, just let your phone boot into fastboot, plug in pc and run the batch file in the zip of the rom and let it proceed.
Joyarup said:
I agree with you, the A/B partitioning is just a pain in the back.
Try that guide, just let your phone boot into fastboot, plug in pc and run the batch file in the zip of the rom and let it proceed.
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WOW, how is this guide is not more popular?
Anyhow, you just saved my as5 man, thank you!
lyor said:
WOW, how is this guide is not more popular?
Anyhow, you just saved my as5 man, thank you!
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Haha, glad to be useful. I know right, fastbooting ROMs are not popular these days. Everyone just follows the unbrick tool..
Enjoy!!
btw, can I now move freely to any other ROM without touching (flashing) the stock ROM?
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btw, can I now move freely to any other ROM without touching (flashing) the stock ROM?
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Yes, if you are booted to OOS once, you can flash any ROMs now. But remember while flashing back the OOS, you will need to wipe internals.
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Yes, if you are booted to OOS once, you can flash any ROMs now. But remember while flashing back the OOS, you will need to wipe internals.
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Oh yes, one last thing.
Will I be able to install them without flashing TWRP every time after them (for both of the A/B slots)?
lyor said:
Oh yes, one last thing.
Will I be able to install them without flashing TWRP every time after them (for both of the A/B slots)?
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Always flash ROM zip + Twrp
Then reboot to TWRP then flash gapps and magisk(if any).
And never change boot partition through twrp, it will brick you. It's kinda buggy...
Hi all, I just updated to April 2020 firmware with no issues. Just waiting on a Kirisakura update and we'll be right back to where we left off. =)
edit: nevermind, Kirisakura 4.2.0 works perfectly fine!
In case anyone is looking for them, here is the stock and Magisk Patched boot images:
Magisk v20.4 patched boot image: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=4349826312261763705
Stock boot image: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=4349826312261763704
I'll also post my update procedure in case it helps anyone else out. This was my first OTA on this device (just got it last month), and I was able to update with absolutely no problems, no loss of root, no need to change Magisk or EdXposed settings/modules/etc. SafetyNet still passes, etc. Very seamless and I'm definitely happy with going with a Pixel as my next device. =D Will be doing my wife's phone next (regular Pixel 4) and I'll probably do a separate post on those forums with the boot images and stuff.
This is ONLY for QQ2A.200405.005 firmware - it goes without saying, PLEASE ONLY FLASH IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
UPDATE PROCEDURE (using a PC. I know there are other posts covering other methods, but this was the fastest, easiest, most reliable and intuitive way for me, and I didn't need to do any additional research, so I chose to do it this way)
** I was previously on March 2020 firmware and these steps therefore correspond as such.
I DID NOT BOOT BACK INTO O/S UNTIL ALL STEPS WERE COMPLETED - I DID THIS TO ENSURE EVERYTHING WOULD BOOT BACK UP WITH MAGISK / EDXPOSED ALL RUNNING PROPERLY RIGHT AWAY
this may not be necessary, but I didn't want to find out, plus this was the quickest and most intuitive way for me anyway.
1. boot into bootloader
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** I was on Kirisakura kernel, so I needed to flash BOTH the stock boot and dtbo March 2020 images - make sure you flash the proper corresponding images to your current pre-update firmware.
2. fastboot flash boot boot.img
3. fastboot flash dtbo dtbo.img
- these steps to restore stock recovery, dtbo.img also necessary for some kernel installations
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4. use volume keys to change selection to boot to Recovery Mode
* when you reach the android symbol with No Command, hold power button, tap volume up, in case you've forgotten
5. choose option "Apply update from ADB"
6. adb sideload coral-ota-qq2a.200405.005-e9ad5990.zip
7. Once the OTA sideload is done, Reboot to bootloader (you'll also notice it's now on the other slot after OTA flashed)
8. fastboot flash boot coral-qq2a.200405.005-magisk_patched-20.4.img
9. done, start the phone
This was a 100% seamless update that required no additional / re-setup of any of my Magisk or EdXposed setups. So far, no issues at all for both me and my wife's phone (P4 XL and P4). Magisk and Xposed are playing nice with these builds so far.
All of the factory files can be found here https://developers.google.com/android/images. boot.img and dtbo.img are in their corresponding full Factory Image zips, and the ota zip is under Full OTA Images.
Edit: To be nice to the noobs, and also because I have nothing better to do at this moment thanks to the pandemic, here are the stock boot and dtbo images (FOR MARCH 2020) as well as a direct link to the April 2020 OTA zip:
coral-qq2a.200305.003-factory-dtbo.img: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=4349826312261763739
coral-qq2a.200305.003-factory-boot.img: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=4349826312261763738
April 2020 OTA Zip from Google: https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/coral-ota-qq2a.200405.005-e9ad5990.zip
8. fastboot flash boot coral-qq2a.200405.005-magisk_patched-20.4.img
thx. fast, safe, root retained.
This makes me lol. You got Kirisakura and dirtly flash the whole stuff and don't get any problem
Nice. I did it the safe way with disabling everything, I hate bootloops^^
lapapunk said:
8. fastboot flash boot coral-qq2a.200405.005-magisk_patched-20.4.img
thx. fast, safe, root retained.
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Thanks, fixed it lol. I typed it all up really quick from memory, whoops. In my head there was definitely "boot" in there =)
Morgrain said:
This makes me lol. You got Kirisakura and dirtly flash the whole stuff and don't get any problem
Nice. I did it the safe way with disabling everything, I hate bootloops^^
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Yeah, I mean essentially flashing the stock boot and dtbo reverts the kernel back to stock. Then I figure if I ended up with bootloop, it's just a matter of either booting into Magisk core mode, or flashing the factory boot image at worst and working from there. Either way, since I'm doing the update from / with access to my computer, the risk isn't too big. Definitely would think twice if I were doing it away from home without my computer (which no one should be right now anyway! STAY AT HOME!!!) =)
omg
thank you for this, i have been trying to flash the factory image and getting it stuck at the boot screen, nothing would help
followed this to a T and its working... back up and running
So thank you!
Thank you!
Thank you, @i5lee8bit, for this very useful and detailed guide. Needless to say, it worked a treat. Much appreciated and many thanks! :good:
Thanks for your files and guide, it worked superb.
Working great!
Ty!
Bruh this really worked been looking for an easy way of updating. Thanks a million!
the Guide works fine
Thank you[emoji106]
Gesendet von meinem Pixel 4 XL mit Tapatalk
Just updated! Thanks man, this is definitely the easiest method of updating while rooted.
Hmm, I always have to do it like this x.x
Code:
D:\Downloads>fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
sending 'boot' (65536 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.645s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: Failed to write to partition Not Found)
finished. total time: 1.721s
D:\Downloads>fastboot flash dtbo dtbo.img
target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
sending 'dtbo' (8192 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.305s]
writing 'dtbo'...
FAILED (remote: Failed to write to partition Not Found)
finished. total time: 0.380s
D:\Downloads>fastboot flash boot_a boot.img
target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
sending 'boot_a' (65536 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.645s]
writing 'boot_a'...
OKAY [ 0.662s]
finished. total time: 2.310s
D:\Downloads>fastboot flash boot_b boot.img
target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
sending 'boot_b' (65536 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.646s]
writing 'boot_b'...
OKAY [ 0.532s]
finished. total time: 2.180s
D:\Downloads>fastboot flash dtbo_a dtbo.img
target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
sending 'dtbo_a' (8192 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.305s]
writing 'dtbo_a'...
OKAY [ 0.194s]
finished. total time: 0.501s
D:\Downloads>fastboot flash dtbo_b dtbo.img
target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
sending 'dtbo_b' (8192 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.305s]
writing 'dtbo_b'...
OKAY [ 0.194s]
finished. total time: 0.501s
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Hmm, I always have to do it like this x.x
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I would try keeping all your fastboot files in your platform tools folder
I'm stuck on Jan 20 ota and gets any any new updates? Would this fix my issue? Does this wipe data?
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I'm stuck on Jan 20 ota and gets any any new updates? Would this fix my issue? Does this wipe data?
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I just got the phone last month so I haven't tried jumping multiple security patches. Nor am I sure whether official updates normally would jump or whether they're incremental.
IF official updates can normally jump (skip updates inbetween), then I would imagine you just need to flash the January 2020 stock boot / dtbo images and follow the guide just as it's posted. Just download the correct Factory Image that you're currently on (FACTORY IMAGE, not Full OTA Image), which will have the stock untouched boot / dtbo images. You can get it here: https://developers.google.com/android/images
This method does NOT in any way wipe data. However, you would wanna ask someone who's owned the phone longer whether you can normally jump multiple OTA patches.
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I would try keeping all your fastboot files in your platform tools folder
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Also, not sure if @hans_meier is using an older platform tools version, but I'm pretty sure when you run those fastboot flash commands, it should just flash the currently selected slot. Maybe older versions of the platform tools don't have such logic built in so you need to flash each slot manually? This is all speculation and I haven't tested (and won't bother, lol). With my guide, it's basically flashing the boot / dtbo partitions of the active slot, and then the adb sideload ota.zip is just the standard mechanism of sideloading an OTA zip on A/B devices which installs to the alternate slot, hence why next time you reboot into bootloader, it has the other slot selected, so when you flash the magisk patched boot image as the final step the correct slot is already selected. Run-on sentence ftw
Finally, if you already have Minimal ADB and Fastboot (or in my case, even HTC Sync Manager!), you'll want to uninstall those and just use the latest platform tools from Google (https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools). They also modify the Environment Variables (in Windows systems at least) so when you run your adb/fastboot commands, the other versions will fight and try to run. Often the case when you see adb server doesn't match client type errors.
@hans_meier, I highly recommend just downloading the latest platform tools, extracting them to an accessible location on your PC, and then setting up the Environment Variable (start - just type in the word "environment" and click the control panel item that shows up (OR) start - sysdm.cpl - advanced tab - environment variables...). Add the path to the platform tools folder to the "Path" variable. You'll need to log off and back in, then you can run the commands from any directory in cmd prompt. Again, the Minimal ADB and Fastboot package, and possibly other 3rd party Android OEM tools, tend to add environment paths to their own folders, which can cause issues when trying to use your own adb/fastboot packages.
Just updated from January.
No issue with skipping releases if using the full image (probably an issue with an OTA).
To do so, download full factory image, extract, edit "flashall.bat" to remove the "-w" flag (which will wipe your phone), then run flashall.bat with the phone on the bootloader (make sure to disable magisk modules prior to putting into the bootloader for safety).
Will update everything to the latest image (in this case April) and then restart back into the OS.
Then reboot back to bootloader to flash the latest magisk image, reboot into the OS, and install a custom kernel via EX KM if desired.
So, i made it myself (was just rooting, so i did all the steps, including the mandatory wipe).
After flashing it my phone bootlooped, so my instinct was to flash the factory image, which errored when sending the sparce vendor file, so my phone was "corrupetd".
I then read about trying A to C cable, instead of the stock C to C, and that worked. (got back to the initial setup screen).
Flashed my modified boot again, bootloop again. (maybe doing it or transfering it with the c to c cable?).
I then flashed yours, no bootloop.
After initial setup Magisk Manager is not there, i am letting my phone restore everything for now.
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So, i made it myself (was just rooting, so i did all the steps, including the mandatory wipe).
After flashing it my phone bootlooped, so my instinct was to flash the factory image, which errored when sending the sparce vendor file, so my phone was "corrupetd".
I then read about trying A to C cable, instead of the stock C to C, and that worked. (got back to the initial setup screen).
Flashed my modified boot again, bootloop again. (maybe doing it or transfering it with the c to c cable?).
I then flashed yours, no bootloop.
After initial setup Magisk Manager is not there, i am letting my phone restore everything for now.
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Just flashing the magisk patched boot image won't install Magisk Manager. You need to install that separately. Just go to the Magisk GitHub and download the latest Magisk Manager apk: https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases/tag/manager-v7.5.1
can you please make me a core magisk boot image please for dp3?