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So hello! I need some help here. A friend of a friend gave me this oneplus one for repair and at first it seemed easy cause i thought oh it's only a softbrick. There is a bootloop and I can access the original recovery and Fastboot. Now when I followed the unbricking guides I could not clean install CM12S because appereantly the bootloader is not unlocked but do I need to have an unlocked bootloader to install a clean signed version of CM12S?
I am trying to solve the issue with bacon root toolkit 1.0.3. I put the OPO into fastboot mode and click on "back to stock", select a signed fastboot version cm12.1s and my device is detected as a fastboot device. But now i get these weird error codes in command prompt
" FAILED (remote: Device not unlocked cannot flash or erase)" and then just another bootloop.
So I tried to unlock the bootloader with the command "fastboot oem unlock" and it does something but then when i check it with "fastboot oem device-info" it displays
"(bootloader) Device tampered: true
(bootloader) Device unlocked: false
(bootloader) Charger screen enabled: false
(bootloader) Display panel:
OKAY [ 0.007s]
finished. total time: 0.008s"
hmmm.. so it does not unlock the bootloader but what does device tampered mean?
How do i unlock the bootloader and ultimately unbrick this device?
any help would be greatly appreciated!
GriechischerYoghurt said:
So hello! I need some help here. A friend of a friend gave me this oneplus one for repair and at first it seemed easy cause i thought oh it's only a softbrick. There is a bootloop and I can access the original recovery and Fastboot. Now when I followed the unbricking guides I could not clean install CM12S because appereantly the bootloader is not unlocked but do I need to have an unlocked bootloader to install a clean signed version of CM12S?
I am trying to solve the issue with bacon root toolkit 1.0.3. I put the OPO into fastboot mode and click on "back to stock", select a signed fastboot version cm12.1s and my device is detected as a fastboot device. But now i get these weird error codes in command prompt
" FAILED (remote: Device not unlocked cannot flash or erase)" and then just another bootloop.
So I tried to unlock the bootloader with the command "fastboot oem unlock" and it does something but then when i check it with "fastboot oem device-info" it displays
"(bootloader) Device tampered: true
(bootloader) Device unlocked: false
(bootloader) Charger screen enabled: false
(bootloader) Display panel:
OKAY [ 0.007s]
finished. total time: 0.008s"
hmmm.. so it does not unlock the bootloader but what does device tampered mean?
How do i unlock the bootloader and ultimately unbrick this device?
any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Hi
Trying to help.
Your device might be tampered as the "fastboot oem device-info" result shows.
Follow the steps and see if it helps (all commands below are to be entered without quotes)
1. Download latest cm13 nightly or the cm12.1-snapshot and extract the "boot.img" from it.
2. Connect the phone in fastboot mode and check connection by "fastboot devices."
3. Enter the command "fastboot flash recovery boot.img" (the one extracted above).
4. Then enter "fastboot format cache".
5. After the boot.img is flashed, enter "fastboot reboot" to reboot the phone and the let the phone boot fully to homescreen. If stuck on bootscreen( i assume rom is not tampered with) try entering stock recovery and clear cache and dalvik-cache.
6. Now again enter bootloader by reboot or using combo and check connection by "fastboot devices".
7. Now enter "fastboot oem unlock".
8. Now check "fastboot oem device-info".
It should be unlocked like:
(bootloader) Device tampered: true
(bootloader) Device unlocked: true
Please do reply if it helped.
e1forall said:
Hi
Trying to help.
Your device might be tampered as the "fastboot oem device-info" result shows.
Follow the steps and see if it helps (all commands below are to be entered without quotes)
1. Download latest cm13 nightly or the cm12.1-snapshot and extract the "boot.img" from it.
2. Connect the phone in fastboot mode and check connection by "fastboot devices."
3. Enter the command "fastboot flash recovery boot.img" (the one extracted above).
4. Then enter "fastboot format cache".
5. After the boot.img is flashed, enter "fastboot reboot" to reboot the phone and the let the phone boot fully to homescreen. If stuck on bootscreen( i assume rom is not tampered with) try entering stock recovery and clear cache and dalvik-cache.
6. Now again enter bootloader by reboot or using combo and check connection by "fastboot devices".
7. Now enter "fastboot oem unlock".
8. Now check "fastboot oem device-info".
It should be unlocked like:
(bootloader) Device tampered: true
(bootloader) Device unlocked: true
Please do reply if it helped.
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Thanks for the reply! I tried the steps but sadly it did not work.
I downloaded cm13, extracted it to my fastboot.exe folder and did enter the commands.
"c:\unlock>fastboot devices
9c50d771 fastboot"
So my device does show up which means drivers are properly installed aren't they?
"c:\unlock>fastboot flash recovery boot.img
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'recovery' (7254 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.232s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: Device not unlocked cannot flash or erase)
finished. total time: 0.254s"
There is the error message again, I can't flash the stock recovery becaue the bootloader is not unlocked I think but I don't know what else to do.
then:
"c:\unlock>fastboot format cache
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 536870912
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 8192
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 2048
Label:
Blocks: 131072
Block groups: 4
Reserved block group size: 31
Created filesystem with 11/32768 inodes and 4206/131072 blocks
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'cache'...
FAILED (remote: failed to erase partition
)
finished. total time: 5.068s"
I did that too, I can't tell if it formatted cache or not, I dunnoooo
and then i entered the two commands to unlock and then check the bootloader:
"c:\unlock>fastboot reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.005s
c:\unlock>fastboot devices
9c50d771 fastboot
c:\unlock>fastboot oem unlock
...
OKAY [ 10.102s]
finished. total time: 10.106s
c:\unlock>fastboot oem device-info
...
(bootloader) Device tampered: true
(bootloader) Device unlocked: false
(bootloader) Charger screen enabled: false
(bootloader) Display panel:
OKAY [ 0.013s]
finished. total time: 0.014s"
sooooo it sadly did not work
GriechischerYoghurt said:
So hello! I need some help here. A friend of a friend gave me this oneplus one for repair and at first it seemed easy cause i thought oh it's only a softbrick. There is a bootloop and I can access the original recovery and Fastboot. Now when I followed the unbricking guides I could not clean install CM12S because appereantly the bootloader is not unlocked but do I need to have an unlocked bootloader to install a clean signed version of CM12S?
I am trying to solve the issue with bacon root toolkit 1.0.3. I put the OPO into fastboot mode and click on "back to stock", select a signed fastboot version cm12.1s and my device is detected as a fastboot device. But now i get these weird error codes in command prompt
" FAILED (remote: Device not unlocked cannot flash or erase)" and then just another bootloop.
So I tried to unlock the bootloader with the command "fastboot oem unlock" and it does something but then when i check it with "fastboot oem device-info" it displays
"(bootloader) Device tampered: true
(bootloader) Device unlocked: false
(bootloader) Charger screen enabled: false
(bootloader) Display panel:
OKAY [ 0.007s]
finished. total time: 0.008s"
hmmm.. so it does not unlock the bootloader but what does device tampered mean?
How do i unlock the bootloader and ultimately unbrick this device?
any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Hi I had the same problem a couple of weeks ago, if you're able to boot into a custom recovery, flash this http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/development/mod-reset-unlock-tamper-bit-t2820912 it's an alternative way of getting bootloader unlocked. Hope it helps
smarttmd said:
Hi I had the same problem a couple of weeks ago, if you're able to boot into a custom recovery, flash this http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/development/mod-reset-unlock-tamper-bit-t2820912 it's an alternative way of getting bootloader unlocked. Hope it helps
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I have looked into that but how do I flash it?
I tried the commands "fastboot boot -image file-" but it says i cant do that cause once again the bootloader is locked
then there is "fastboot boot recovery -image file-" but then it says " cant find directory" or something like that..
could you please give me step by stepe instruction how you solved the issue?
I am getting very frustrated here.. beginning to think it's unsolveable.
sadly i can't boot into a custom recovery :C
GriechischerYoghurt said:
I have looked into that but how do I flash it?
I tried the commands "fastboot boot -image file-" but it says i cant do that cause once again the bootloader is locked
then there is "fastboot boot recovery -image file-" but then it says " cant find directory" or something like that..
could you please give me step by stepe instruction how you solved the issue?
I am getting very frustrated here.. beginning to think it's unsolveable.
sadly i can't boot into a custom recovery :C
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You flash this zip in a custom recovery like any other mod. Luckily for me I still had my twrp installed so I managed to do it, but you should be able to temporarily boot from it. Is your custom recovery image in the active directory?
smarttmd said:
You flash this zip in a custom recovery like any other mod. Luckily for me I still had my twrp installed so I managed to do it, but you should be able to temporarily boot from it. Is your custom recovery image in the active directory?
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yes it's in the directory from where i start command prompt
Try ColorOS fix if CM doesn't work. http://forum.xda-developers.com/one...neplus-one-t3013732/post58442392#post58442392
Edit: (Only if you can't get anything else to work, though)
meekrawb said:
Try ColorOS fix if CM doesn't work. http://forum.xda-developers.com/one...neplus-one-t3013732/post58442392#post58442392
Edit: (Only if you can't get anything else to work, though)
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I tried that too. Here i
GriechischerYoghurt said:
I tried that too. Here i
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Rough spot to be in then. Hopefully someone has some other ideas for you to try. Good luck bud.
meekrawb said:
Try ColorOS fix if CM doesn't work. http://forum.xda-developers.com/one...neplus-one-t3013732/post58442392#post58442392
Edit: (Only if you can't get anything else to work, though)
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I tried that too.. Spoiler.. it did not work.
The drivers seem to work. I have my windows 10 set to testmode. The OPO is recognized by the Msm8974DownloadTool,, when I click on "start" the bar moves to 3/4 of the bar but then something happens and I get a "sahara" message". I tried it maybe over 10 times now. Sometimes it shows me the message immediately. Sometimes the green bar gets to 1/4 of the bar and then the "sahara" message. But sometimes the bar gets to 4/4 one time and then it says "(somethinsomething)usb(somethingsomething in chinese i guess)" and thats it. Only bootloop as a result. Maaaaan this is getting annoying.
I think where something might have gone wrong was trying to use a toolkit. Try this:
Download latest fastboot images from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/official-cm11s-roms-ota-updates-t2906746
Then go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guides-bacon-timmaaas-how-to-guides-t2839471
Scroll down to #8 and follow the instructions to flash all of the images using fastboot. Hopefully, you will be able to boot the phone after that. Good luck!
GriechischerYoghurt said:
I tried that too.. Spoiler.. it did not work.
The drivers seem to work. I have my windows 10 set to testmode. The OPO is recognized by the Msm8974DownloadTool,, when I click on "start" the bar moves to 3/4 of the bar but then something happens and I get a "sahara" message". I tried it maybe over 10 times now. Sometimes it shows me the message immediately. Sometimes the green bar gets to 1/4 of the bar and then the "sahara" message. But sometimes the bar gets to 4/4 one time and then it says "(somethinsomething)usb(somethingsomething in chinese i guess)" and thats it. Only bootloop as a result. Maaaaan this is getting annoying.
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I think the last time I used the ColorOS tool was on Windows 7. Windows 8/10 seems to be a real nightmare.
ryanmat said:
I think where something might have gone wrong was trying to use a toolkit. Try this:
Download latest fastboot images from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/official-cm11s-roms-ota-updates-t2906746
Then go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guides-bacon-timmaaas-how-to-guides-t2839471
Scroll down to #8 and follow the instructions to flash all of the images using fastboot. Hopefully, you will be able to boot the phone after that. Good luck!
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Thanks for the reply and trying to help! but as I stated in the title my bootloader is LOCKED so i can't write anything to it. The guide of Heisenberg states clearly "Prerequisites: unlocked bootloader." so I knew it would not work but I tried it anyway.. sadly it did not work.. this is what it's giving me:
"C:\Users\Abdulla\Desktop\cm-12.1-YOG7DAS2K1-bacon-signed-fastboot-bed37f2e18>fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'modem' (57457 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.804s]
writing 'modem'...
FAILED (remote: Device not unlocked cannot flash or erase)
finished. total time: 1.804s
C:\Users\Abdulla\Desktop\cm-12.1-YOG7DAS2K1-bacon-signed-fastboot-bed37f2e18>"
funny thing is, it's "only" a softbrick but behaves like a hardbrick. I can't do anything and I don't know what to do at this point.
meekrawb said:
I think the last time I used the ColorOS tool was on Windows 7. Windows 8/10 seems to be a real nightmare.
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I will try the ColorOS hardbrick method on a virtual XP machine and report back.
I tried it on a virtual XP machine but i can't get to mount the OPO, i get this error message.. now the first sentence is german and its says " the usb device Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM QHSUSB__BULK could not be mounted on the virtual mashine windows xp."
"Das USB-Gerät Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM QHSUSB__BULK konnte nicht an die virtuelle Maschine windows xp gebunden werden.
USB device 'Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM QHSUSB__BULK' with UUID {cdedf1ad-9235-40ef-80cf-efc72ba7678c} is busy with a previous request. Please try again later."
I don't even know if it's worth the effort trying to find a XP system and try it.. my hopes that it would work are very low at this point.. please let me know if you know a solution to this nightmare.
GriechischerYoghurt said:
I tried it on a virtual XP machine but i can't get to mount the OPO, i get this error message.. now the first sentence is german and its says " the usb device Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM QHSUSB__BULK could not be mounted on the virtual mashine windows xp."
"Das USB-Gerät Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM QHSUSB__BULK konnte nicht an die virtuelle Maschine windows xp gebunden werden.
USB device 'Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM QHSUSB__BULK' with UUID {cdedf1ad-9235-40ef-80cf-efc72ba7678c} is busy with a previous request. Please try again later."
I don't even know if it's worth the effort trying to find a XP system and try it.. my hopes that it would work are very low at this point.. please let me know if you know a solution to this nightmare.
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When you do a fastboot oem unlock does it reboot you back into recovery?
I used HighOnAndroid's guide to unlock bootloader, flash a custom recovery, and root.
Tutorial Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPv2DYnH3S8&index=9&list=PLB86F041EAFE4F3E5
Step-By-Step and Downloads
http://highonandroid.com/android-smartphones/how-to-root-oneplus-one/
Why don't you flash firmware in unlocked bootloader, if possible ( please refer in the forum, as i think there's a way to flash firmware and then you can unlock bootloader )
Go to an independent repair shop. They have the equipment to flash on the motherboard.
Hello,
I think my XT1541 (16GB/2GB Retail GB) with locked bootloader might be hard-bricked.
I was running the stock 5.11 firmware when I did the 6.0 update and since then my phone is stuck in a bootloop.
Motorola won't repair it because I had to replace the screen and the phone is out of warranty.
I can access the bootloader but if I select recovery mode the phone just keeps bootlooping and I can't get into recovery.
I followed the instructions here to flash a stock firmware using fastboot. All the steps complete successfully but after rebooting, the phone is still stuck in a bootloop and I can't get into recovery.
I wanted to install a custom recovery but I'm unable to unlock my bootloader because of this error:
Code:
(bootloader) Check 'Allow OEM Unlock' in Developer Options.
FAILED (remote failure)
Obviously I can't check that option as the phone won't boot.
So, is it hard bricked? Is there anything I can do to get my phone to work again?
Thanks a lot for your help!
How many system images do you need to flash? Sometimes there can be more than 6, sometimes there can be fewer.
sticktornado said:
How many system images do you need to flash? Sometimes there can be more than 6, sometimes there can be fewer.
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I know, I flashed the correct number of system images that were in the zip file.
Thanks,
rent0n said:
Hello,
I think my XT1541 (16GB/2GB Retail GB) with locked bootloader might be hard-bricked.
I was running the stock 5.11 firmware when I did the 6.0 update and since then my phone is stuck in a bootloop.
Motorola won't repair it because I had to replace the screen and the phone is out of warranty.
I can access the bootloader but if I select recovery mode the phone just keeps bootlooping and I can't get into recovery.
I followed the instructions here to flash a stock firmware using fastboot. All the steps complete successfully but after rebooting, the phone is still stuck in a bootloop and I can't get into recovery.
I wanted to install a custom recovery but I'm unable to unlock my bootloader because of this error:
Code:
(bootloader) Check 'Allow OEM Unlock' in Developer Options.
FAILED (remote failure)
Obviously I can't check that option as the phone won't boot.
So, is it hard bricked? Is there anything I can do to get my phone to work again?
Thanks a lot for your help!
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If u are bootlooping when trying to enter recovery , then prolly the recovery is the issue. I'd suggest flash the recovery.IMG again and then proceed with flashing the rest of the .IMG files.
prasi.ram10 said:
If u are bootlooping when trying to enter recovery , then prolly the recovery is the issue. I'd suggest flash the recovery.IMG again and then proceed with flashing the rest of the .IMG files.
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So basically:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot
and then check if I can access recovery? Or issue that command and then all the other fastboot commands in the guide?
prasi.ram10 said:
If u are bootlooping when trying to enter recovery , then prolly the recovery is the issue. I'd suggest flash the recovery.IMG again and then proceed with flashing the rest of the .IMG files.
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So basically:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot
and then check if I can access recovery? Or issue that command and then all the other fastboot commands in the guide?
rent0n said:
So basically:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot
and then check if I can access recovery? Or issue that command and then all the other fastboot commands in the guide?
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I tried that and it didn't work. When I try to go into recovery mode the phone keeps bootlooping.
One thing I noticed is that when I try to format cache or userdata I get this error:
Code:
$ fastboot format cache
formatting 'cache' partition...
Formatting is not supported for filesystem with type 'raw'.
FAILED ()
finished. total time: 0.013s
I think there might be something wrong with the file system in my partitions. How can I manually format my partitions?
Thanks,
man , if you really need recovery, type fastboot boot recovery.img . It will temporaily boot you into stock recovery. Wipe cache and data there
therealduff1 said:
man , if you really need recovery, type fastboot boot recovery.img . It will temporaily boot you into stock recovery. Wipe cache and data there
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Thanks, but this is what I get when I try do do that:
Code:
$ fastboot boot recovery.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.736s]
booting...
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.746s
There must be a way to restore this phone to a working state! I can't believe it's so messed up after an official update...
rent0n said:
Thanks, but this is what I get when I try do do that:
Code:
$ fastboot boot recovery.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.736s]
booting...
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.746s
There must be a way to restore this phone to a working state! I can't believe it's so messed up after an official update...
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What os were you running when the phone screwed up ?
therealduff1 said:
What os were you running when the phone screwed up ?
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I was running 5.1.1 when I got the notification for the 6.0 update.
I've noticed that trying to flash 5.1.1 firmware with fastboot gives me errors (preflash validation failed) while the 6.0 work "fine" (i.e.: I get OKAY after every step but then the phone is always stuck in a bootloop).
Thanks!
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DOWNGRADE BOOTLOADER.IMG OR GPT.IMG !!!!!!! DONT FLASH LOLLIPOP VERSION OF THOSE FILES ON A DEVICE RUNNING 6.0
plz tell me u didnt flash those files..
therealduff1 said:
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DOWNGRADE BOOTLOADER.IMG OR GPT.IMG !!!!!!! DONT FLASH LOLLIPOP VERSION OF THOSE FILES ON A DEVICE RUNNING 6.0
plz tell me u didnt flash those files..
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Well I wasn't sure what version I was running to be honest so I think I tried to flash the gpt.img from 5.1.1 at some point but it failed with the preflash validation failure. I've always only flashed the 6.0 firmware files.
rent0n said:
Well I wasn't sure what version I was running to be honest so I think I tried to flash the gpt.img from 5.1.1 at some point but it failed with the preflash validation failure. I've always only flashed the 6.0 firmware files.
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Have you gave this a try?
heavy_metal_man said:
Have you gave this a try?
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Yes, no luck unfortunately.
I think I might have flashed the 5.1.1 bootloader after all - is there any way to recover from there?
Thanks,
Bump!
Does anyone have any other suggestion please?
Thanks,
Last bump
I'm going to sell this on eBay as non-working then unless someone comes up with a clever solution?
Thanks for your help!
Try flashing once more starting with the gpt.bin (that should hopefully take care of raw partition error) and skipping the bootloader altogether. Also, may be worthwhile to try mfastboot.exe instead of fastboot.exe.
I have this same issue, but I haven't flash 5.1.1 Files, I Only tried with 6.0 Brazil Retail.
I also tried to flash gpt to get rid of the "raw" partition, everything goes ok but still displaying that error. Anyone can help?
I got the same problem with my Moto E 2015... If I find a solution I will reply it in this topic..
Hello all
A friend of mine has a Huawei Honor 6 H60-L12.
He tried to do a firmware update and he bricked the phone.
I bought it and I am desperately trying to recover it.
Here is what I know about the phone:
It had Android 5.1.1
It had Emui 3.1 and was trying to upgrade to 4.0
(Probably was rooted)
It is H60-L12
No matter what I do, I cannot enter recovery mode with the 3 button trick.
I can anytime enter Fastboot mode.
I tried to unbrick it with HONOR Multi-Tool, everything seems to work alright, but flashing boot.img fails. After unbrick I should enter recovery mode but it does not work, phone remains stuck with the Honor logo.
Computer connects to phone in Fastboot mode, Multi-tool and fastboot command works, I also have the drivers installed.
I know that after bricking the rooted phone, I should restore it and remove root before upgrade but I cannot get there.
Please advise
Best regards,
Janos
janos666 said:
Hello all
A friend of mine has a Huawei Honor 6 H60-L12.
He tried to do a firmware update and he bricked the phone.
I bought it and I am desperately trying to recover it.
Here is what I know about the phone:
It had Android 5.1.1
It had Emui 3.1 and was trying to upgrade to 4.0
(Probably was rooted)
It is H60-L12
No matter what I do, I cannot enter recovery mode with the 3 button trick.
I can anytime enter Fastboot mode.
I tried to unbrick it with HONOR Multi-Tool, everything seems to work alright, but flashing boot.img fails. After unbrick I should enter recovery mode but it does not work, phone remains stuck with the Honor logo.
Computer connects to phone in Fastboot mode, Multi-tool and fastboot command works, I also have the drivers installed.
I know that after bricking the rooted phone, I should restore it and remove root before upgrade but I cannot get there.
Please advise
Best regards,
Janos
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Instead of using the honor multi tool, why don't you use the Android SDK platform tools and connect to your phone through adb. You can solve any problem using that. You have to do everything manually but it works and never disappoints as long as you can enter fastboot mode.
Download android SDK and install it. Run the program and only choose platform tools to download. You don't need anything else
Download the latest firmware for your phone and unzip it to get dload folder which will have an update.app in it.
Download Huawei update extractor and open update.app in it.
Extract recovery, boot, Cust and system images from update.app and save them to the platform tools folder.
Flash them using adb and then do a forced update.
Will work wonders. If you need any help or need more info, please let me know.
Hello muradulislam
First of all, thank you for trying to help me.
I tried something similar to your suggestion but I still have problems.
Let me explain.
My phone is H60-L12
Latest stable firmware which I found is this one:
H60-L02-L12_EMUI3.1_Android5.1_C00B535.zip
I extracted the boot, cust, recovery and system images with Huawei update extractor.
My device is detected in fastboot mode, fastboot devices gives me this result:
c:\adb>fastboot devices
F6CDU15117010953 fastboot
When I try to flash the boot.img, it gives me this error:
c:\adb>fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'boot' (10274 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.092s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 1.135s
I tried to continue with the rest but I think this is useless.
Please tell me what to do.
Best regards,
Janos
janos666 said:
Hello muradulislam
First of all, thank you for trying to help me.
I tried something similar to your suggestion but I still have problems.
Let me explain.
My phone is H60-L12
Latest stable firmware which I found is this one:
H60-L02-L12_EMUI3.1_Android5.1_C00B535.zip
I extracted the boot, cust, recovery and system images with Huawei update extractor.
My device is detected in fastboot mode, fastboot devices gives me this result:
c:\adb>fastboot devices
F6CDU15117010953 fastboot
When I try to flash the boot.img, it gives me this error:
c:\adb>fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'boot' (10274 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.092s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 1.135s
I tried to continue with the rest but I think this is useless.
Please tell me what to do.
Best regards,
Janos
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My expertise are quite limited but may be, just may be (wishful thinking), you can to flash the twrp recovery specific for your phone. Boot into that and flash a custom ROM from there.
It may not work as I guess, boot.img is needed before entering recovery but give it a try. It never hurts.
Come on, guys!
There must be somebody who can help me.
Guillermo, panamera2011 and muradulislam tried to help me and I want to thank you for their patience.
Problem is, that I am still missing something.
There are 2 weeks now, each day after work I try to revive this phone.
These are the facts I know:
Tried the programs on 4 different machines, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, 32 bit and 64 bit versions.
Tried different sets of drivers (the one from Android SDK, the Universal ADB drivers, the ones installed by multi-tool)
Result is always the same.
I can flash anytime, any version of cust.img recovery.img and system.img but I can flash only the boot.img which is resulting from an EMUI2.3 or EMUI3.0 package.
If I try to flash boot.img from EMUI3.1 or EMUI4.0, I get the following error:
sending 'boot' (10274 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.103s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
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I tried flashing different stock or CWM or TWRP recoveries. They all are written correctly, but I cannot enter any recovery mode.
Someone advised me to try to flash fastboot.img. It is not working, gives error.
I have already many hours and maybe hundreds of firmware writes, I downloaded around 100 GB of firmwares....
There must be an idea how to save this phone.
I am open to any decent advice.
Best regards,
Janos
janos666 said:
Come on, guys!
There must be somebody who can help me.
Guillermo, panamera2011 and muradulislam tried to help me and I want to thank you for their patience.
Problem is, that I am still missing something.
There are 2 weeks now, each day after work I try to revive this phone.
These are the facts I know:
Tried the programs on 4 different machines, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, 32 bit and 64 bit versions.
Tried different sets of drivers (the one from Android SDK, the Universal ADB drivers, the ones installed by multi-tool)
Result is always the same.
I can flash anytime, any version of cust.img recovery.img and system.img but I can flash only the boot.img which is resulting from an EMUI2.3 or EMUI3.0 package.
If I try to flash boot.img from EMUI3.1 or EMUI4.0, I get the following error:
sending 'boot' (10274 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.103s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
I tried flashing different stock or CWM or TWRP recoveries. They all are written correctly, but I cannot enter any recovery mode.
Someone advised me to try to flash fastboot.img. It is not working, gives error.
I have already many hours and maybe hundreds of firmware writes, I downloaded around 100 GB of firmwares....
There must be an idea how to save this phone.
I am open to any decent advice.
Best regards,
Janos
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@DigiGoon
You can flash boot.img from emui 2.3 or 3.0? If its written correctly then may be you can try to boot into that emui version by flashing Cust, system and recovery from the same firmware?
Your last hope is Huawei customer service.
Yes, I can flash cust, recovery and system from the same EMUI2.3 or 3.0 package, but I am still unable to boot recovery.
Unfortunately, Huawei customer service will not help me because phone is H60-L12 (Chinese version) and they don't provide support only for L04
janos666 said:
Yes, I can flash cust, recovery and system from the same EMUI2.3 or 3.0 package, but I am still unable to boot recovery.
Unfortunately, Huawei customer service will not help me because phone is H60-L12 (Chinese version) and they don't provide support only for L04
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Well, I have mentioned DigiGoon in the previous reply. May be he can help a bit.
@janos666
You can always put your desired boot.img in a flashable zip, and flash it via TWRP recovery.
Hi DigiGoon!
No, I cannot, because I was never able to access any kind of recovery
janos666 said:
Hi DigiGoon!
No, I cannot, because I was never able to access any kind of recovery
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You can't mix LP and MM ROMs and IMG files. If you want to downgrade, for example, from MM to LP you must use B800 transitional package.
So you must use IMG files from last installed working ROM.
muradulislam said:
@DigiGoon
You can flash boot.img from emui 2.3 or 3.0? If its written correctly then may be you can try to boot into that emui version by flashing Cust, system and recovery from the same firmware?
Your last hope is Huawei customer service.
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zinko_pt said:
You can't mix LP and MM ROMs and IMG files. If you want to downgrade, for example, from MM to LP you must use B800 transitional package.
So you must use IMG files from last installed working ROM.
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Hi zinko_pt
Thank you for your reply.
So this means that I should find out what version he flashed? He told me that flashing firmware went OK, but after reboot, phone wasn't starting anymore.
janos666 said:
Hi zinko_pt
Thank you for your reply.
So this means that I should find out what version he flashed? He told me that flashing firmware went OK, but after reboot, phone wasn't starting anymore.
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Sure. I would go from there as I sometimes mixed boot.img from LP or MM and always got bootloop. I would stick to IMG files from last installed ROM.
janos666 said:
Hi zinko_pt
Thank you for your reply.
So this means that I should find out what version he flashed? He told me that flashing firmware went OK, but after reboot, phone wasn't starting anymore.
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If it was Marshmallow, you have to flash transition package as zinko_pt said, otherwise you have to flash all the IMG files of Lollipop.
And after executing this command from fastboot mode
Code:
fastboot reboot
do you see notification LED light up?
DigiGoon said:
If it was Marshmallow, you have to flash transition package as zinko_pt said, otherwise you have to flash all the IMG files of Lollipop.
And after executing this command from fastboot mode
Code:
fastboot reboot
do you see notification LED light up?
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Hi DigiGoon !
Sorry, which one is the flash transition package?
Which parts to flash from it?
Which is notification LED? I can see only one red LED blinking sometimes, but only when battery is low.
DigiGoon said:
If it was Marshmallow, you have to flash transition package as zinko_pt said, otherwise you have to flash all the IMG files of Lollipop.
And after executing this command from fastboot mode
Code:
fastboot reboot
do you see notification LED light up?
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Isn't there an option to flash all img files from fastboot?
P.S. I just got new info from the guy who flashed it first time. He says he tried to write version:
H60-L02-L12_emui3.1_android5.1_c00B535
Is there such thing as "not correctly unlocked" or "partially unlocked" bootloader?
When i try to write some parts of the firmware, i get the following error:
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
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Normally this would mean that the bootloader is NOT unlocked, but anyway i test it, it says unlocked.
If i type fastboot oem get-bootinfo, i get the following result:
c:\adb>fastboot oem get-bootinfo
...
(bootloader) unlocked
OKAY [ 0.003s]
finished. total time: 0.005s
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Also the fastboot screen displays in red "PHONE UNLOCKED"
I can write some parts of the firmware, but not the fastboot.img, and boot.img only from EMUI2.3 or EMUI3.0
Please help me
janos666 said:
Is there such thing as "not correctly unlocked" or "partially unlocked" bootloader?
When i try to write some parts of the firmware, i get the following error:
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
Normally this would mean that the bootloader is NOT unlocked, but anyway i test it, it says unlocked.
If i type fastboot oem get-bootinfo, i get the following result:
c:\adb>fastboot oem get-bootinfo
...
(bootloader) unlocked
OKAY [ 0.003s]
finished. total time: 0.005s
Also the fastboot screen displays in red "PHONE UNLOCKED"
I can write some parts of the firmware, but not the fastboot.img, and boot.img only from EMUI2.3 or EMUI3.0
Please help me
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Some threads mention of locking and unlocking your device again. Give that a try. May help...
muradulislam said:
Some threads mention of locking and unlocking your device again. Give that a try. May help...
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I don't have the unlock code that's why I cannot try to relock it... And in this state I cannot get the necessary info to obtain the unlock code.
Anyway, when I tried to unlock with a bogus unlock code (1234567812345678), it gave me an error something like this:
Command failed, bootloader already unlocked.
janos666 said:
I don't have the unlock code that's why I cannot try to relock it... And in this state I cannot get the necessary info to obtain the unlock code.
Anyway, when I tried to unlock with a bogus unlock code (1234567812345678), it gave me an error something like this:
Command failed, bootloader already unlocked.
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The info you are missing is device id, another user got his device id using Huawei hacker toolkit v 1.4, his model was h60-L02. May be you can give it a try.
You have to lock it before trying to unlock again.
Fastboot OEM lock xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...
I recently unlocked my T-Mobile HTC U11 and I'm trying to flash TWRP recovery on it. However, when I enter the command "fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.1.1.img", command prompt gives me an error "FAILED (remote: Not allowed on PRODUCTION device)." My Fastboot screen shows me:
FastBoot
Product name - QC_Reference_Phone
Variant - MSM UFS
Bootloader version -
Baseband version -
SECURE BOOT - PRODUCTION
SECURE STATE - S-ON
DEVICE STATE - UNLOCKED (U)
***Software status: Official ***
Any Help would be appreciated
Bayernholic said:
I recently unlocked my T-Mobile HTC U11 and I'm trying to flash TWRP recovery on it. However, when I enter the command "fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.1.1.img", command prompt gives me an error "FAILED (remote: Not allowed on PRODUCTION device)." My Fastboot screen shows me:
FastBoot
Product name - QC_Reference_Phone
Variant - MSM UFS
Bootloader version -
Baseband version -
Serial Number - FA76C0500145
SECURE BOOT - PRODUCTION
SECURE STATE - S-ON
DEVICE STATE - UNLOCKED (U)
***Software status: Official ***
Any Help would be appreciated
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I haven't unlocked yet, but did you try and use htc_fastboot.exe instead or vanilla fastboot? Not sure if it is required or not.
jsaxon2 said:
I haven't unlocked yet, but did you try and use htc_fastboot.exe instead or vanilla fastboot? Not sure if it is required or not.
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Well this is my first HTC phone so I'm not exactly sure what htc_fastboot.exe is but if I find a link or something I will check that out. Thanks :good:
Did you unlock the boot loader from htcdev with the code that they emailed you with? If the boot loader is locked it will reject the twrp flash.
Bayernholic said:
However, when I enter the command "fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.1.1.img", command prompt gives me an error "FAILED (remote: Not allowed on PRODUCTION device)."
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Flash recovery in download mode, not in bootloader mode.
Retrogore said:
Did you unlock the boot loader from htcdev with the code that they emailed you with? If the boot loader is locked it will reject the twrp flash.
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Yes it's unlocked with that code
Kisakuku said:
Flash recovery in download mode, not in bootloader mode.
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I tried that and it did install correctly but now when I go to Reboot to Recovery, it says " Your device can't be check for corruption. Please lock the bootloader" and proceeds to reboot my phone. I tried to lock my bootloader with fastboot but when I type "fastboot oem lock" it gives an error saying "Failed (remote: unknown command)"
Bayernholic said:
I tried that and it did install correctly but now when I go to Reboot to Recovery, it says " Your device can't be check for corruption. Please lock the bootloader" and proceeds to reboot my phone. I tried to lock my bootloader with fastboot but when I type "fastboot oem lock" it gives an error saying "Failed (remote: unknown command)"
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Check MD5 of twrp-3.1.1-0-ocn.img. Should be 925ebc3f6416dd8ac7b509670ca26095.
Kisakuku said:
Check MD5 of twrp-3.1.1-0-ocn.img. Should be 925ebc3f6416dd8ac7b509670ca26095.
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The MD5 matches
Bayernholic said:
The MD5 matches
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Re-flash TWRP and post command line output.
Kisakuku said:
Re-flash TWRP and post command line output.
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target reported max download size of 1562400000 bytes
sending 'recovery' (34744 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.033s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#931172
(bootloader) [email protected]
(bootloader) [email protected]%
(bootloader) Update partition OK
(bootloader) [email protected]
OKAY [ 2.479s]
finished. total time: 4.514s
Bayernholic said:
target reported max download size of 1562400000 bytes
sending 'recovery' (34744 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.033s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#931172
(bootloader) [email protected]
(bootloader) [email protected]%
(bootloader) Update partition OK
(bootloader) [email protected]
OKAY [ 2.479s]
finished. total time: 4.514s
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And what happens when you reboot to recovery now?
Kisakuku said:
And what happens when you reboot to recovery now?
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Okkkk so i dont know what was wrong with the flash last 2 or 3 times but now it worked :good: thanks:good:
May I ask, what is the difference result, install TWRP in download mode and bootloader mode? Thx
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A San said:
May I ask, what is the difference result, install TWRP in download mode and bootloader mode? Thx
Sent from my HTC U11 using XDA Developers 2016 Premium
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When booting to TWRP use bootloader mode(does not install TRWP on Device), Installing TRWP requires Download Mode(replaces stock recovery with TWRP).
schmeggy929 said:
When booting to TWRP use bootloader mode(does not install TRWP on Device), Installing TRWP requires Download Mode(replaces stock recovery with TWRP).
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Ok, I understand.
So do I need to backup the stock recovery first before change it to TWRP recovery. If yes how to backup?
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A San said:
Ok, I understand.
So do I need to backup the stock recovery first before change it to TWRP recovery. If yes how to backup?
Sent from my HTC U11 using XDA Developers 2016 Premium
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TWRP.img in fastboot folder
reboot to bootloader mode
in CMD type: fastboot boot twrp.img( device will reboot to recovery)
click Keep Read Only
click backup
select System Image, Boot and Recovery
swipe to backup
All this to be able to Take OTA update, restore System Image and Boot reboot take OTA.
schmeggy929 said:
TWRP.img in fastboot folder
reboot to bootloader mode
in CMD type: fastboot boot twrp.img( device will reboot to recovery)
click Keep Read Only
click backup
select System Image, Boot and Recovery
swipe to backup
All this to be able to Take OTA update, restore System Image and Boot reboot take OTA.
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Im guessing he forgot to rename twrp
schmeggy929 said:
TWRP.img in fastboot folder
reboot to bootloader mode
in CMD type: fastboot boot twrp.img( device will reboot to recovery)
click Keep Read Only
click backup
select System Image, Boot and Recovery
swipe to backup
All this to be able to Take OTA update, restore System Image and Boot reboot take OTA.
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Ok. It's done. Thx alot.
Another question I want to ask. Why before I install the TWRP Recovery, when I go to recovery, the screen only shows Red Phone with Cross?
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A San said:
Ok. It's done. Thx alot.
Another question I want to ask. Why before I install the TWRP Recovery, when I go to recovery, the screen only shows Red Phone with Cross?
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It has been a long time since I have seen that, but I do believe that is what the stock recovery looks like.
So I've been using this guide to finally try and root my Pixel on 8.0: {apparently I can't post links yet, but google "how to root google pixel droidviews" and it's the first link}
I'm able to get adb to recognize the phone, however, when I go to use the command "fastboot boot recovery twrpOreo.img", the console says "cannot boot 'recovery': No such file or directory". So then I did some googling and tried the command "fastboot flash recovery twrpOreo.img" to which the console spits out:
C:\adb>fastboot flash recovery twrpOreo.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (26029 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.701s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Command is not supported.
(bootloader) Please unlock device to enable this command.
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.802s
All the while the screen on the phone says:
Console: DISABLED
Secure Boot: PRODUCTION
Device is LOCKED
So it says the device is locked but I triple checked, and I unlocked the bootloader under developer settings? Can anyone help me out here?
Kew01 said:
So I've been using this guide to finally try and root my Pixel on 8.0: {apparently I can't post links yet, but google "how to root google pixel droidviews" and it's the first link}
I'm able to get adb to recognize the phone, however, when I go to use the command "fastboot boot recovery twrpOreo.img", the console says "cannot boot 'recovery': No such file or directory". So then I did some googling and tried the command "fastboot flash recovery twrpOreo.img" to which the console spits out:
C:\adb>fastboot flash recovery twrpOreo.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (26029 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.701s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Command is not supported.
(bootloader) Please unlock device to enable this command.
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.802s
All the while the screen on the phone says:
Console: DISABLED
Secure Boot: PRODUCTION
Device is LOCKED
So it says the device is locked but I triple checked, and I unlocked the bootloader under developer settings? Can anyone help me out here?
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There is no recovery partition on a Pixel. It's now part of the boot partition. Make sure unlock is toggled in Dev settings. Remember, it will wipe your data. Then
fastboot flashing unlock
Follow the real directions here
https://developers.google.com/android/images
Kew01 said:
So I've been using this guide to finally try and root my Pixel on 8.0: {apparently I can't post links yet, but google "how to root google pixel droidviews" and it's the first link}
I'm able to get adb to recognize the phone, however, when I go to use the command "fastboot boot recovery twrpOreo.img", the console says "cannot boot 'recovery': No such file or directory". So then I did some googling and tried the command "fastboot flash recovery twrpOreo.img" to which the console spits out:
C:\adb>fastboot flash recovery twrpOreo.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (26029 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.701s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Command is not supported.
(bootloader) Please unlock device to enable this command.
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.802s
All the while the screen on the phone says:
Console: DISABLED
Secure Boot: PRODUCTION
Device is LOCKED
So it says the device is locked but I triple checked, and I unlocked the bootloader under developer settings? Can anyone help me out here?
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You skipped a step. You also need to issue the fastboot command to unlock it.
This will WIPE your phone. No way around that.
fastboot flashing unlock
TonikJDK said:
You skipped a step. You also need to issue the fastboot command to unlock it.
This will WIPE your phone. No way around that.
fastboot flashing unlock
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Damn, really? There's no way to preserve my data? I know I can back up my photos/docs and **** but I'd sacrifice a lot of app data/preferences by wiping.
Kew01 said:
Damn, really? There's no way to preserve my data? I know I can back up my photos/docs and **** but I'd sacrifice a lot of app data/preferences by wiping.
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This is why you should unlock the phone as soon as you buy it.
So maybe a dumb question but I'm new to all this. Is there any way I could completely backup a clone of my phone's data, and then restore it after root, so that everything is just as it was, except now I have root privileges?
Kew01 said:
So maybe a dumb question but I'm new to all this. Is there any way I could completely backup a clone of my phone's data, and then restore it after root, so that everything is just as it was, except now I have root privileges?
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No. You can do this once you are rooted and have TWRP but not before. Just back up your important data and go for it.
Kew01 said:
Damn, really? There's no way to preserve my data? I know I can back up my photos/docs and **** but I'd sacrifice a lot of app data/preferences by wiping.
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Isn't app data automatically backed up on Google servers? Or am I recalling it wrongly?
Golf c said:
There is no recovery partition on a Pixel. It's now part of the boot partition. Make sure unlock is toggled in Dev settings. Remember, it will wipe your data. Then
fastboot flashing unlock
Follow the real directions here
https://developers.google.com/android/images
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Whenever I click "Acknowledge" on the page, the page just reloads?
Golf c said:
There is no recovery partition on a Pixel. It's now part of the boot partition. Make sure unlock is toggled in Dev settings. Remember, it will wipe your data. Then
fastboot flashing unlock
Follow the real directions here
https://developers.google.com/android/images
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Kew01 said:
Whenever I click "Acknowledge" on the page, the page just reloads?
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**** nevermind I figured it out.
Golf c said:
There is no recovery partition on a Pixel. It's now part of the boot partition. Make sure unlock is toggled in Dev settings. Remember, it will wipe your data. Then
fastboot flashing unlock
Follow the real directions here
https://developers.google.com/android/images
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Sorry for spamming you, but it looks like the official instructions only show you how to re-flash the system OS without root privileges? My goal is to re-flash with root.
Kew01 said:
Sorry for spamming you, but it looks like the official instructions only show you how to re-flash the system OS without root privileges? My goal is to re-flash with root.
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1. Flash factory image
2. Boot system
3. Reboot bootloader
4. Fastboot Twrp 3.1.1.1
5. Flash Twrp 3.1.1.1 installer zip or not if you don't want permanent Twrp
6. Flash SuperSU or Magisk
7. Reboot system