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Can't Flash TWRP

Hello. I am on 6.0.1 MMB29M trying to flash TWRP. I get this error message while doing this.
c:\angler>fastboot flash bootloader twrp-2.8.7.2-angler.img
target reported max download size of 494927872 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (16880 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.392s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: partition table doesn't exist)
finished. total time: 0.414s
Bootloader is unlocked as well as debugging. I have followed a lot of different guides but can't get passed this error. I had TWRP working on MDB08K but the camera was not working for some strange reason. If anyone can help me get TWRP on MMB29M, that would be great.

bauwoo said:
Hello. I am on 6.0.1 MMB29M trying to flash TWRP. I get this error message while doing this.
c:\angler>fastboot flash bootloader twrp-2.8.7.2-angler.img
target reported max download size of 494927872 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (16880 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.392s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: partition table doesn't exist)
finished. total time: 0.414s
Bootloader is unlocked as well as debugging. I have followed a lot of different guides but can't get passed this error. I had TWRP working on MDB08K but the camera was not working for some strange reason. If anyone can help me get TWRP on MMB29M, that would be great.
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Your command is wrong, The command to use is: fastboot flash recovery twrp.the name of your file.img

Just like @jawmail said, you're flashing twrp on the bootloader """slot""
-fastboot flash recovery ***TWPR***.img
-fastboot reboot-bootloader
When your phone reboots, using your volume keys, search for "recovery" and using the power button, confirm it.
PROFIT

bauwoo said:
Hello. I am on 6.0.1 MMB29M trying to flash TWRP. I get this error message while doing this.
c:\angler>fastboot flash bootloader twrp-2.8.7.2-angler.img
target reported max download size of 494927872 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (16880 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.392s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: partition table doesn't exist)
finished. total time: 0.414s
Bootloader is unlocked as well as debugging. I have followed a lot of different guides but can't get passed this error. I had TWRP working on MDB08K but the camera was not working for some strange reason. If anyone can help me get TWRP on MMB29M, that would be great.
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Whoa! Does your phone still boot to the bootloader? If so, you're extremely lucky. Flashing a non-bootloader image to the bootloader is pretty much the only way to hard brick a Nexus. You need to take much greater care when doing these things.

Haha. Thanks. Yeah I am really lucky. My phone is working now thanks. Just coming from the S6 Edge. Very different rooting method from that, so yeah I should be way more careful. Thanks for the awesome guide, btw Heisenberg. Running PureNexus with ExperimentalX kernel. Such an amazing combo.
Heisenberg said:
Whoa! Does your phone still boot to the bootloader? If so, you're extremely lucky. Flashing a non-bootloader image to the bootloader is pretty much the only way to hard brick a Nexus. You need to take much greater care when doing these things.
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Update: nvm, figured it out myself.
I have a similar problem. I flashed the TWRP recovery and it booted into it. Made a nandroid and an EFS backup. Copied the backups to my PC. Wanted to flash the systemless root zip. Issued adb reboot recovery and I get the little Android on his back and saying "no command". Tried flashing recovery again, got this:
sending 'recovery' (16880 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.515s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.238s]
finished. total time: 0.756s.
And still, I can't boot into twrp by either method. Getting the "no command".
What gives?

Puck24 said:
Update: nvm, figured it out myself.
I have a similar problem. I flashed the TWRP recovery and it booted into it. Made a nandroid and an EFS backup. Copied the backups to my PC. Wanted to flash the systemless root zip. Issued adb reboot recovery and I get the little Android on his back and saying "no command". Tried flashing recovery again, got this:
sending 'recovery' (16880 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.515s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.238s]
finished. total time: 0.756s.
And still, I can't boot into twrp by either method. Getting the "no command".
What gives?
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Please explain how you fixed your problem so the info is there for folks in future.
Sent from my Nexus 6P

Heisenberg said:
Please explain how you fixed your problem so the info is there for folks in future.
Sent from my Nexus 6P
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guess it's a corrupted file?

Actually, I just tried flashing it one more time, rebooted to the bootloader with the phone, not with the command. Then I also used the phone to enter into recovery, not by issuing commands. And it works
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Soft-bricked my phone

FIXED
Hi all! Been a member of XDA for a few years now, but only just had the pleasure of becoming a nexus user. Yesterday I decided to install the Android N preview to try it out, but decided I didn't want it on my phone. So when I got home, I wiped the phone and proceeded to flash the factory image, but no matter which image I flash it, it says "error: update package missing system.img". I have tried manually flashing each file in fastboot as I have seen in many threads, but nothing is working. I have tried restoring old TWRP backups and flashing custom ROMs in TWRP, but nothing is working. Help!
This is what the Command Prompt is saying:
sending 'bootloader' (3526 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.106s]
writing 'bootloader'...
OKAY [ 0.206s]
finished. total time: 0.314s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.118s]
finished. total time: 0.119s
< waiting for device >
sending 'radio' (48600 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.151s]
writing 'radio'...
OKAY [ 2.172s]
finished. total time: 3.327s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.007s]
finished. total time: 0.009s
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
failed to allocate -1733501396 bytes
error: update package missing system.img
Press any key to exit...

Did you download the right image from here?

Are you following THIS guide, TO THE LETTER?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
Specifically step 10

irule311 said:
Did you download the right image from here?
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Yep, straight from the Angler section. I've tried the latest one, as well as a few older ones. Nothing.

Soulfly3 said:
Are you following THIS guide, TO THE LETTER?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
Specifically step 10
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Hi, I followed the steps exactly, before updating my 6P to N developer preview, I had previously flashed the factory image. Thanks!

Unzip it yourself and flash em each manually.
Make sure you have the lastest fastboot tools. Im going to go out on a limb and say yours are out of date

Rxpert said:
Unzip it yourself and flash em each manually.
Make sure you have the lastest fastboot tools. Im going to go out on a limb and say yours are out of date
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Tried that as well. Everything flashes, except the system.img.

g4slyness said:
Tried that as well. Everything flashes, except the system.img.
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Had the same problem when ai first got it.
Wugs toolkit fixed me up!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/development/toolkit-wugs-nexus-root-toolkit-v2-1-0-t3258493

The logs make me feel like the file you downloaded is corrupted. Check the md5 maybe?
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

g4slyness said:
Tried that as well. Everything flashes, except the system.img.
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Probably a corrupt download, did you check the MD5 after downloading?

g4slyness said:
Tried that as well. Everything flashes, except the system.img.
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It looks like you are not in the directory with the boot.img, et al. (your post shows no boot.img,, ... ) Make sure you unzipped the image. There are 2 files you need to unzip, the one containing the bootloader and radio. In that unzipped folder will be another zip. Unzip that second folder and you'll see the boot.img, cache.img, et al. The change in to that folder from your terminal or move those files into the folder you created (if following Heisenberg's guide), then proceed.

g4slyness said:
Hi all! Been a member of XDA for a few years now, but only just had the pleasure of becoming a nexus user. Yesterday I decided to install the Android N preview to try it out, but decided I didn't want it on my phone. So when I got home, I wiped the phone and proceeded to flash the factory image, but no matter which image I flash it, it says "error: update package missing system.img". I have tried manually flashing each file in fastboot as I have seen in many threads, but nothing is working. I have tried restoring old TWRP backups and flashing custom ROMs in TWRP, but nothing is working. Help!
This is what the Command Prompt is saying:
sending 'bootloader' (3526 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.106s]
writing 'bootloader'...
OKAY [ 0.206s]
finished. total time: 0.314s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.118s]
finished. total time: 0.119s
< waiting for device >
sending 'radio' (48600 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.151s]
writing 'radio'...
OKAY [ 2.172s]
finished. total time: 3.327s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.007s]
finished. total time: 0.009s
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
failed to allocate -1733501396 bytes
error: update package missing system.img
Press any key to exit...
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I think you are using an old version of fastboot. Update it and try again. Problem was fastboot couldn't allocate enough system ram to hold the whole image or something. In the newer fastboot the file transfer was broken in to several segments.
Maybe try another USB port too won't hurt.

Gytole said:
Had the same problem when ai first got it.
Wugs toolkit fixed me up!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/development/toolkit-wugs-nexus-root-toolkit-v2-1-0-t3258493
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Thanks!!! It actually worked. Not sure what was wrong before, seemed as though every file I downloaded off of the google website was corrupted. Cheers!

g4slyness said:
Thanks!!! It actually worked. Not sure what was wrong before, seemed as though every file I downloaded off of the google website was corrupted. Cheers!
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You're welcome!
Like I said I had the same problem back in November. It ended up being an outdated version of fastboot like others have stated. I coyld flash my friends Moto X Pure but not my Nexus 6P..mit was awful and brain racking. Glad all is good!

writing 'vender'... FAILED (remote: Permission denied!)

I'm new to XDA and flashing my Nexus, I had a buddy of mine unlock and flash a custom ROM on my device. I'm working on getting my system to stock and upgrading to Android 'N'. I followed the guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928 I had success in flashing all the images one time and rebooted the device. Only to find that it will not start so I loaded up the bootloader once again, checking recovery, still nothing. Now I'm rerunning the flash process everything runs fine all the way up to flashing vender.img
Code:
C:\SDK\platform-tools>fastboot flash vender C:\Angler\Images\vendor.img
target reported max download size of 494927872 bytes
sending 'vender' (185129 KB)...
OKAY [ 4.528s]
writing 'vender'...
FAILED (remote: Permission denied!)
finished. total time: 4.544s
This is where I'm stuck. Thanks for any help on this matter.

Hey, no problem bro! It's called vendor, not vender, and the command is: fastboot flash vendor etc. This should solve your problem (Sorry for my english)

NHagney said:
I'm new to XDA and flashing my Nexus, I had a buddy of mine unlock and flash a custom ROM on my device. I'm working on getting my system to stock and upgrading to Android 'N'. I followed the guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928 I had success in flashing all the images one time and rebooted the device. Only to find that it will not start so I loaded up the bootloader once again, checking recovery, still nothing. Now I'm rerunning the flash process everything runs fine all the way up to flashing vender.img
Code:
C:\SDK\platform-tools>fastboot flash vender C:\Angler\Images\vendor.img
target reported max download size of 494927872 bytes
sending 'vender' (185129 KB)...
OKAY [ 4.528s]
writing 'vender'...
FAILED (remote: Permission denied!)
finished. total time: 4.544s
This is where I'm stuck. Thanks for any help on this matter.
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I'm a Linux guy so you may wish to take this with a grain of salt. I have a vague memory of the same error and it was a case of a misspelled and/or miscapitalized command. I am assuming 2 things -
1) everything has worked up to this point
2)the code presented is exactly what you typed on your computer
Your error may simply be that your misspelled vendor after "fastboot flash"

Thats what i get for being hung over. I'm over here trying to run this as admin all kinds of nonsense. Wondering why this went so smooth last night now running into this. I still don't have a working device. After restarting the device I don't get the OS only the initial google screen. Edit: nevermind. It just posted. TY guys. On to Android 'N' maybe Nuttybar?

Bootloop PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey everyone, I've spent the last 5 hours trying to fix my phone and I'm not getting anywhere.
It gets to the second part of the starting up process, where it makes the sound as well and it just keeps glowing over and over.
I'm able to access the recovery mode, I've already tried clearing the partition cache & I've also done a factory reset.
I've tried flashing recovery.img & boot.img from B170 which I read somewhere, I've done that successfully but it doesn't seem to do anything.
I had this before and I fixed it by flashing system.img but for some reason it keeps giving me an error when I try to do it now: "error: cannot load 'system.img'"
Also flashing the bootloader doesn't seem to work:
"C:\Users\Leron\Desktop>fastboot flash bootloader twrp-2.8.7.1-p8.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (25880 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.547s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: partition does not exist)"
I've read something about buying a card adapter but as I said, I have no money...
I tried to root my phone, bad f***ing move because for some reason it's impossible on the Huawei P8, excuse my bad language but im extremely frustrated i should have never done this. any help is welcome
thanks

usleronus said:
Also flashing the bootloader doesn't seem to work:
"C:\Users\Leron\Desktop>fastboot flash bootloader twrp-2.8.7.1-p8.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (25880 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.547s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: partition does not exist)"
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Big mistake, no wonder it won't flash.
TWRP is NOT a bootloader but is a recovery, so therefore the correct fastboot command is:-
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
The P8 is quite easily rooted see here:-
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74206273&postcount=305
and here:-
https://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-p8/how-to/rooting-huawei-p8-marshmallow-emui4-0-1-t3431249

Oh my bad haha.
I fixed it using SRKToolHuawei, which is very useful. I'm very new to this so that's why I screwed up so bad lol
Thanks for the help though. I'll check out the links you sent me and try to root again. Hopefully this time I won't break my phone lmao.

[HELP] Bricked phone while trying to install custom rom

I was trying to install the AOSiP rom and when I I was doing the twrp installation:
fastboot flash boot twrp-mata_11.img
the error pops out:
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'boot_a' (45048 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.196s]
writing 'boot_a'...
FAILED (remote: Error flashing partition.)
finished. total time: 1.856s
I don't see same errors over the XDA forum. can someone help me?
p.s. screen now is showing fastboot mode
device state - unlocked

Did you unlock critical?
Sent from my ONEPLUS 3T using Tapatalk

seabro01 said:
Did you unlock critical?
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uhh no I did not see that in the tutorial.
I tried: ./fastboot flashing unlock_critical
and looks like it freezes after that command...

ytlei said:
I was trying to install the AOSiP rom and when I I was doing the twrp installation:
fastboot flash boot twrp-mata_11.img
the error pops out:
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'boot_a' (45048 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.196s]
writing 'boot_a'...
FAILED (remote: Error flashing partition.)
finished. total time: 1.856s
I don't see same errors over the XDA forum. can someone help me?
p.s. screen now is showing fastboot mode
device state - unlocked
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are you rooted?
have you tried downloading the file again?
and if you can still go to bootloader your phone is not bricked, just download stock boot from essential and flash it

yenkoPR said:
are you rooted?
have you tried downloading the file again?
and if you can still go to bootloader your phone is not bricked, just download stock boot from essential and flash it
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no not rooted
now im trying to flash back to stock, but when I run flash-all.sh error keeps popping up:
remote: Error flashing partition.
FAILED (remote: Error flashing partition.)
finished. total time: 2.025s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'boot_b' (65536 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.735s]
writing 'boot_b'...
FAILED (remote: Error flashing partition.)
finished. total time: 1.782s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'cmnlib_a' (512 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.103s]
writing 'cmnlib_a'...
FAILED (remote: Error flashing partition.)
finished. total time: 0.169s
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'cmnlib_b' (512 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.101s]
writing 'cmnlib_b'...
FAILED (remote: Error flashing partition.)
finished. total time: 0.188s
...

Dang now its totally bricked after the flashing failure... cannot boot up. what should I do? send it back to Essential?

What do you mean by can't boot up? Do you see boot animation and have you tried to go back to fast boot or recovery?
Sent from my ONEPLUS 3T using Tapatalk

Try different USB ports and cables. When 8.1 came out I had to swap my cable and change the port I was using on my desktop, for some reason the cable I had been using and the port I had been using since I got the phone was no longer adequate. There were a number of other people having the same issue. Some commands would look to complete properly, but following up with the same command (something un-damaging like fastboot --set-active=a | fastboot --set-active=b) would either error again or show that the 'completed' command hadn't actually done anything. I switched cables/ports around (ended up with an Antek USB-A to USB-C cable in a USB3.1 port) and everything worked properly.
If you're trying to flash a stock build image from Essential, you will probably need critical unlocked because those images do contain a bootloader that gets flashed, and that is secured behind critical.

ytlei said:
Dang now its totally bricked after the flashing failure... cannot boot up. what should I do? send it back to Essential?
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What cable are you using?
Do not use the cable that came with the phone!!!!!

We are screwed mate, I am on the same boat with you. Essential took no responsibility and offered a 200$ replacement device. The phone doesn't power on anymore and no light indicators are working, so hard bricked.

I had a Asoip screw up(did not disable password) and was only able to get fastboot. Had to see what slot was active and flashed to that slot that was active boot.img,twrp,Asoip and was back up and running. My bootloader was unlocked. I read through all the posts and peoples screw ups and was able to get it up and running again in a day. I never posted as I wanted to learn it on my own. Good luck.........

ytlei said:
I was trying to install the AOSiP rom and when I I was doing the twrp installation:
fastboot flash boot twrp-mata_11.img
the error pops out:
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'boot_a' (45048 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.196s]
writing 'boot_a'...
FAILED (remote: Error flashing partition.)
finished. total time: 1.856s
I don't see same errors over the XDA forum. can someone help me?
p.s. screen now is showing fastboot mode
device state - unlocked
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What cable did you use while connecting to your computer?
And what is the status now? Are you able to turn it on at all by volume and power key combination?

same here. The phone doesn't power on anymore. btw I used the usb-c TDB cable came with my MacBook pro.
I sent email to essential and they say they can't help me since I tried to flash custom rom...

ytlei said:
same here. The phone doesn't power on anymore. btw I used the usb-c TDB cable came with my MacBook pro.
I sent email to essential and they say they can't help me since I tried to flash custom rom...
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and pressing the volume down key + power key at the same time doesn't work?.. what happens when you plug your phone into the charger? does it vibrate?

ive had fastboot command problems previously myself with this device and found that the usb port can play a pretty large factor. Swapping usb ports and reattempting to run the commands (as others recommended may be useful) make sure you are using latest version of adb/fastboot and have up to date drivers installed for the phone.
Look at the rooting tutorial there is information in there about swapping active slots (the essential has both a and b paritions) if you set the other slot as the active slot you may be able to regain some communication within fastboot (i would suggest you verify with fastboot devices prior to attempting to flash to partitions).
Additionally you should be able to still recover back to stock without custom recovery using the default recovery partition. I would think that if you are able to access the bootloader you should be able to access the default essential recovery partition. If you can access the standard recovery you should be able to factory reset the phone and sideload a new rom (id suggest the default factory image from essential until you can get back to square one)

I'm in the same boat. Tried to flash twrp after upgrading to 8.1 and got the same Error flashing partition, and now I'm stuck on the bootloader.
I've found that if I lock/unlock and lock/unlock critical it will let me flash the stock 8.1 boot and every other partition except for system and vendor, but gives a flash write error for those. I'm still unable to get past the bootloader.
Essential basically said I'm SOL. $200 out of warranty replacement assuming I live in the US, which I don't.

Mine was doing this too, but it was only a few days old so I returned it. I'm pretty sure it's defective flash memory.

My phone was doing this exact thing. Botched factory installs rendered my phone hardbricked.
Tried a thousand+ things to get it to turn on to no avail. LUCKILY I bought it second hand and have no warranty D:
I want to cry