First off, I received this phone from a friend of mine who received it brand new from textnow through the mail. I went through the steps to unlock the bootloader and errors came of that, but on the device it says "Device is UNLOCKED. Status Code: 3" so i assumed the bootloader was already unlocked based on what i have already researched and found. If this is incorrect, let me know and i will answer accordingly.
Assuming that my assumption is right, I keep getting errors when i try to install twrp. either that, or it appears to do nothing.
Going by the instructions on the cyanogenmod wiki for flashing twrp, fastboot returns this when i enter the "fastboot flash recovery your_recovery_image.img" command where "twrp.img" was my image name and then does nothing:
C:\Users\Me\Downloads\android-sdk_r24.4.1-windows\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:recovery: not found
target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
sending 'recovery' (6808 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.219s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.302s]
finished. total time: 0.524s
I did the same with mfastboot and there are no errors, but it still does nothing:
C:\Users\Me\Downloads\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot flash recovery twrp.img
target max-sparse-size: 256MB
sending 'recovery' (10270 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.329s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.448s]
finished. total time: 0.779s
I tried each of these a few times to no avail. Ive tried waiting at each step, tried the "fastboot reboot" and "mfastboot reboot" commands after the flash commands to where it booted straight up to android, tried the "fastboot reboot" and "mfastboot reboot" commands after the flash commands where i held the buttons to go back to fastboot mode and nothing.
Other things to note:
-Power+Volume down boots to a screen that has "AP Fastboot Flash Mode (Secure)" in red letters where there is device information at the bottom and I can only cycle through one option at a time at the top (if that makes sense).
-Selecting "Restart Bootloader" and "Recovery Mode" brings me back to this same screen mentioned.
Thank you in advance for your replies. I am completely new to this and appreciate the help.
I am only able to boot into fastboot mode and not the bootloader if that was not clear previously. I was up until 6am last night (or this morning) trying to figure it out and it didnt cross my mind this may be my actual issue. Thanks.
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Hi guys,
So I have made the mistake of relocking the bootloader after unlocking it. Now my phone is bricked, and the bootloader is locked.
I have downloaded the stock rom XT1524_RETEUALL_MOTOE2(4G-LTE)_5.0.2_LXI22.50-13_cid7_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC.xml, the cid and product reference are matching, also my phone was on 5.0.2.
But my phone won't flash, for example, I get :
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3
target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
sending 'system' (254911 KB)...
OKAY [ 8.012s]
writing 'system'...
(bootloader) Invalid signed image
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 8.072s"
when I input some of the commands for flashing.
My bootloader logs show :
"failed to validate system image"
I don't understand why it would be doing that as the stock is matching, I have checked on several threads and I can't find any concrete solution for fixing this.
Please help.
Thanks,
No one has a clue ?
Having the same prolem with my XT1521 please somebody helppppppppppp
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try to use mfastboot, its included in my modem flash zip (https://mega.nz/#!pglHWQ6B!zYNHtO9qERuFqrbv40M62kgpULS2TK53m_vB3msCC6g ), Windows only.
also there is a guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...e-restore-moto-e-2015-stock-firmware-t3044936
and flash in order as shown in the guide
Is Your Fastboot working or your phone completely bricked ?
Hi Gentlemen,
Thanks for the replies.
Sorry, all the above I've tried with mfastboot. It just won't flash it. Probably cause the phone is locked now.
The above is what it's returning.
Also I cannot unlock the phone anymore, it returns "FAILED (remote failure)"
"Check 'Allow OEM unlock' in Developper options"
Mine its also bricked, same situation, same problems :c
OnePlus X (Onyx) - Soft bricked
Boots into Fastboot mode, gets detected by PC.
No OS, No Recovery.
Problem: Recovery gets flashed successfully using adb and fastboot. But when trying to boot into recovery using commands, it says FAILED (remote:dtb not found); and when trying to boot into recovery using physical buttons, then it just stays on the OnePlus boot logo till eternity.
I tried using a flash tool as well(got from XDA), but the result is same.
Here is a look from cmd:
C:\platform-tools>fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.002s]
finished. total time: 0.003s
C:\platform-tools>fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.0.2-0-onyx.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (14758 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.466s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.260s]
finished. total time: 0.728s
C:\platform-tools>fastboot boot twrp-3.0.2-0-onyx.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.465s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: dtb not found)
finished. total time: 0.505s
I tried flashing twrp 2.8.7.0(onyx) but still I got the same error. (remote:dtb not found). No matter what, but it just won't boot into recovery.
How it happened:
Long back, I unlocked my bootloader, installed twrp recovery and also achieved root access. Then I flashed CM13. It was working quite fine. But then OOS 3(Official) came out for OnePlus X, so I decided to download it and flash it too. It was working all fine. But then I realised that I lost my root access and my recovery was changed back to stock OnePlus recovery. After that I tried for 2 days to flash twrp back, but I continued to get that (remote:dtb not found) error. It was quite desperate; then I thought to lock the bootloader back and unlocking it back again. But the moment I used the command "fastboot oem unlock", my phone didn't ask me for a yes or no, so I tried restarting it. But it was too late, my phone got soft-bricked till then. I am trying to fix this since days, PLEASE SOMEONE HELP!!
Try to create a Thread in the One Plus X Section .
A couple of days ago, I got an error on my phone (Motorola XT1033) saying that it cannot load the home screen. So, I restarted it in order to resolve the issue. However, it didn't reboot and since then it has been stuck in the Motorola logo.
I tried to do recovery or factory reset, but all the options lead to the same Motorola logo with no luck.
The only option that is working is AP Fastboot. I managed to unlock the bootloader by getting an unlock code from Motorola's website and using the mfastboot command. So I assume that the fastboot command is working since it detects the devices; however, I couldn't make ADB command to work since it give the error: 'device not found'.
Anyway, the second step is to flash the phone. According to this question, I should be able to do that. However, when I am running the command fastboot flash partition gpt.bin, I am getting the following result:
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target max-download-size: 30MB
sending 'partition' (32 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.022s]
writing 'partition'...
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.154s
I have been searching for days to solve this problem, but nothing yet! I don't know which part I am doing wrong.
OnePlus X (Onyx) - Soft bricked
Boots into Fastboot mode, gets detected by PC.
No OS, No Recovery.
Problem: Recovery gets flashed successfully using adb and fastboot. But when trying to boot into recovery using commands, it says FAILED (remote:dtb not found); and when trying to boot into recovery using physical buttons, then it just stays on the OnePlus boot logo till eternity.
I tried using a flash tool as well(got from XDA), but the result is same.
Here is a look from cmd:
C:\platform-tools>fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.002s]
finished. total time: 0.003s
C:\platform-tools>fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.0.2-0-onyx.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (14758 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.466s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.260s]
finished. total time: 0.728s
C:\platform-tools>fastboot boot twrp-3.0.2-0-onyx.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.465s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: dtb not found)
finished. total time: 0.505s
I tried flashing twrp 2.8.7.0(onyx) but still I got the same error. (remote:dtb not found). No matter what, but it just won't boot into recovery.
How it happened:
Long back, I unlocked my bootloader, installed twrp recovery and also achieved root access. Then I flashed CM13. It was working quite fine. But then OOS 3(Official) came out for OnePlus X, so I decided to download it and flash it too. It was working all fine. But then I realised that I lost my root access and my recovery was changed back to stock OnePlus recovery. After that I tried for 2 days to flash twrp back, but I continued to get that (remote:dtb not found) error. It was quite desperate; then I thought to lock the bootloader back and unlocking it back again. But the moment I used the command "fastboot oem unlock", my phone didn't ask me for a yes or no, so I tried restarting it. But it was too late, my phone got soft-bricked till then. I am trying to fix this since days, PLEASE SOMEONE HELP!!
Hey guys,
I have an European LG G5 H850 with an unlocked bootloader. It is my first time rooting, and after unlocking the bootloader, I wanted to boot TWRP once, but I didn't want to install it, but instead keep the stock recovery untouched. So I booted into the bootloader, entered "fastboot boot twrp.img" and I got this message:
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.462s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.482s
I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing wrong. I made sure twrp.img is referring to the correct file, and I tried both the Android SDK platform tools and the 15 seconds ADB installer, but none of them worked. When I try flashing the recovery with "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img", it seems to work because this appears:
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (20900 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.471s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.198s]
finished. total time: 0.670s
But when I try to boot into the bootloader again, it just gives me the option to do a factory reset, nothing else. So I assume that something went wrong. I have absolutely no idea what it could be, so please help me. I also asked on reddit, but didn't get any answers so far. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
JonSchnee777 said:
Hey guys,
I have an European LG G5 H850 with an unlocked bootloader. It is my first time rooting, and after unlocking the bootloader, I wanted to boot TWRP once, but I didn't want to install it, but instead keep the stock recovery untouched. So I booted into the bootloader, entered "fastboot boot twrp.img" and I got this message:
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.462s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.482s
I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing wrong. I made sure twrp.img is referring to the correct file, and I tried both the Android SDK platform tools and the 15 seconds ADB installer, but none of them worked. When I try flashing the recovery with "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img", it seems to work because this appears:
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (20900 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.471s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.198s]
finished. total time: 0.670s
But when I try to boot into the bootloader again, it just gives me the option to do a factory reset, nothing else. So I assume that something went wrong. I have absolutely no idea what it could be, so please help me. I also asked on reddit, but didn't get any answers so far. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
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The "fastboot boot twrp.img" command didn't work for me either, but the keystroke to do a "factory reset" -- which is really a keystroke to enter recovery -- did work. Specifically, I
powered down the LG G5 completely (nothing attached to the USB-C port, or battery pull)
with the power off (preferably via battery pulled), held down the Volume Down and Power/Fingerprint buttons
As soon as the LG logo appeared, released and re-pressed the Power/Fingerprint button, all the while continuing to hold down Volume Down
Held down both while the LG logo showed, releasing them after the white screen appeared asking whether you want to do a full erase. Answer yes (Press and release Volume Down until the Yes is grey, then press Power/Fingerprint button)
It prompts you once again. Answer yes again the same way.
At this point after a few seconds, TWRP starts. It hasn't actually done an erase.
This is important: after fastboot flash recovery twrp.img, you need to pull the battery to power down, and then follow the instructions above to enter TWRP. Do not boot into system with the stock ROM after fastboot. It will replace TWRP with the stock recovery at boot time, and in that scenario, the full erase mentioned above actually does erase data and internal storage.
TWRP will on first start change the system image (once you "allow modification") so that the stock ROM stops replacing it at boot time.
If you did boot up the stock ROM after fastboot, you will need to re-enter fastboot and flash TWRP again (power down with USB-C port clear, hold down Volume Up, insert USB-C cable, fastboot flash recovery twrp.img). Then pull the battery with fastboot still running, then boot into TWRP as above.
Unfortunately most writeups aren't crystal clear about the correct sequence of steps. Most cover some steps and gloss over others.
You aren't doing anything wrong.
LG did not put the typical Fastboot commands into the bootloader.
Fastboot flash does not work either.
You need to follow the other methods available on xda to get TWRP on your device.
Edit: woops. That's only with H830. Follow the instructions in the H850 TWRP thread.
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