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[SOLVED] i9020t - Hard bricked! bootloader not flashing - need ops file

Mistakenly I replaced /dev/mtd/mtd0 partition with dd command.
Now phone is not booting.
Am able to get into fastboot mod by using AdamOutler's Unbrickable mod applcation. But flashboot flash bootloader giving error
Code:
sending 'bootloader' (1536 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.210s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: Write Fail)
finished. total time: 0.318s
Even tried with ODIN (without re partitioning) , but it also failed when flashing bootloader.
I think I need to re-partition my device. Any one have (or know to generate) odin partition system file ?
Any other way or work around ?
* Am in india, and I dont think samsung sells I9020T here.
* I saw the post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=947950
but i couldnt find necessary files there.
EDIT:
I able to fix it.
If you want to know how I fixed it, here is it.
1. Boot into fastboot mod via unbrickable mod application.
2. fastboot boot stock-recovery.img
3. flash stock rom
4. everything will be fixed.

What did you do to get your phone "bricked?" So you cannot get into the bootloader at all? Are you sure its download mode you are getting to? It is really really hard to brick a Nexus s...
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium

As long as you can get into download mode and your computer will recognize the phone you're not bricked. From download you can reflash all the files to get the phone back up and running through Odin.

I am not able to flash bootloader. Even odin fails to flash it. I think I need to re partition my device. But OPS file is not available any where. If you know how to make it, plase help me.
Is there any way to format the bootloader partition ? (using fastboot) ?

Rem3Dy said:
What did you do to get your phone "bricked?" So you cannot get into the bootloader at all? Are you sure its download mode you are getting to? It is really really hard to brick a Nexus s...
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium
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I mistakenly replaced /dev/mtd/mtd0 with dd command. :'(
Can any one give me a copy of /dev/mtd/mtd0 ?
(you can make that by 'dd bs=4096 if=/dev/mtd/mtd0 of=/sdcard/filename')

jishnu7 said:
My phone is now in completely bricked form. Am only able to get into download mod.
I saw a post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=947950
but i couldnt find necessary files there.
Please share odin/ops and other necessary files.
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Why you can not use AdamOutler resurector ? It's really really worked ...just try it and you'll see
Take a look here , it was my problem => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474539
Good luck!

surdu_petru said:
Why you can not use AdamOutler resurector ? It's really really worked ...just try it and you'll see
Take a look here , it was my problem => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474539
Good luck!
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I am using that to bootup my device. But am not able to flash bootloader.

jishnu7 said:
I am using that to bootup my device. But am not able to flash bootloader.
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OK!
B : try again ...and wait for image UnBrickable to change..than press ...Downloade Mode ...... you'll see ( where it was Device not found, No device detected ) fastboot fastboot mode ...right now tape into terminal :
# ./fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
...you will see that copy something
# ./fastboot flash boot boot.img
..you will see that copy something
# ./fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
...you will see that copy something
- now you can go into recovery to flash your favorite system....100% works !!!
A : ( attention! you do not need to touch any key in your device : just open Ubuntu....and in terminal comm write :
>$ sudo su
passw : ( write your password)
># java -jar UnBrickableResurrectorR40.jar
- Select "S5PC110 (Nexus S)"
- connect USB cable
- put the battery back
and wait ....after a few seconds you will see img. UnBrickable changed , now follow the above instructions ..(B)....).
Good luck ! for me it works very nice !
If this does not work , you have only solutions : remove the battery from your phone , and leave it two or three days , than you can go to (A) than (B)

surdu_petru said:
OK!
B : try again ...and wait for image UnBrickable to change..than press ...Downloade Mode ...... you'll see ( where it was Device not found, No device detected ) fastboot fastboot mode ...right now tape into terminal :
# ./fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
...you will see that copy something
# ./fastboot flash boot boot.img
..you will see that copy something
# ./fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
...you will see that copy something
- now you can go into recovery to flash your favorite system....100% works !!!
A : ( attention! you do not need to touch any key in your device : just open Ubuntu....and in terminal comm write :
>$ sudo su
passw : ( write your password)
># java -jar UnBrickableResurrectorR40.jar
- Select "S5PC110 (Nexus S)"
- connect USB cable
- put the battery back
and wait ....after a few seconds you will see img. UnBrickable changed , now follow the above instructions ..(B)....).
Good luck ! for me it works very nice !
If this does not work , you have only solutions : remove the battery from your phone , and leave it two or three days , than you can go to (A) than (B)
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I used 'flash bootloader' earlier also, it is not flashing. Giving some write failed error. That is my problem.

I've had the same thing happen... no matter what degree of flashing, which steps taken, NONE of the so called 100% working fixes take... phone gets stuck and hangs in the google bootloader screen.... NO RECOVERY AT ALL....
All the packs and ODIN techniques over the web seem to fail and NOTHING else but the proper files seem to be the last hope...
Once in awhile, one can get into fastboot... but any attempts to load recovery directly land flat and hard back on the google boot screen and don't budge... it's like the fastboot flash operations never happened... or some other error of enigmatic mystery thwart all attempts to get this rather expensive paperweight to revive...
There's gotta be some way to fix this!!
Anyone? please and thanks!

[TF300TG][Guide] Flashing back the original stock ROM

Hi everyone,
I'm owning A TF300TG model and I recently tried to flash one of the ROMS referrenced on those forums and by doing so I found out that my tablet had lost the 3G features so I had to flash back the Asus stock ROM to get it back.
Since I saw many of you got trouble reinstalling the stock ROM, I decided to write a quick guide on how to do it so everyone could get their tablet fully working again
Note: For the record, when I did the following operations, I already had unlocked the bootloader and installed the CWM recovery.
Disclaimer:
By following this guide, you will have to issue commands that risk to damage (aka. brick) your tablet or at least void your warranty. I won't be responsible for any damage made to your device. You've been warned.
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Download the stock ROM zip file on Asus website (current version is [WW | TW]_epaduser9_4_4_28_1UpdateLauncher.zip) for the TF300TG tablet. Be sure to download the firmware matching your SKU.
Unzip the downloaded file, you will get another archive called , unzip this one too
You should end up with several file, with one of them called blob
For the next step, you will need to install the Android SDK to get the fastboot utility. If you do not know how to use fastboot, you should take a look at this guide.
Once you have installed fastboot, boot your tablet into fastboot mode (Plugin your tablet on your computer's USB, Hold down Power+VolDown, dont press VolUp when prompted, select the USB icon and press VolUp)
Open a command line terminal and navigate to the folder containing the blob file.
Then type the following command:
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system blob
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For some reason, the transfer seems to fail from time to time, if so, just try again by going back to previous step.
Once the transfer is done and you get that sweet "SUCCESS" printed on your screen, just type the following command to reboot your tablet:
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
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And there you have ! You are now back to stock ROM with fully working 3G

Thanks a lot for this, I found these instructions on Wolf's thread but wasnt sure it would work with our devices, Thanks for taking the first big step.
Questions.
1. Does this wipe your data?
2. Does CWM still work after?

AFAIK, this will wipe your data, remove CWM and uninstall root. Your device's bootloader will still stay unlocked though.
You will have to flash CWM back using this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668173

Hi, followed the steps but it didnt work for me
Fastboot copies the file but after when it tries to flash it gives an error
sending 'system' (796653 KB)...
OKAY [137.443s]
writing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: ()
finished. total time: 138.477s
The Tab shows
Failed to process command flash:system error(0x170003)
The progress bar is showing under the USB logo with 1% blue, after hold power down I'm back into Onyx Rom
Any Thoughts?

I had the same problem and I just issued the same command a second time and it worked just fine
Try to format your /system (under the mounts and storage option) from CWM and wipe data and cache.

2nd time a charm!
Worked fine the second time i ran the command,
Im back to stock again :good:
I will wait for a 3G friendly Rom before flashing again
Thanks for your help
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Auliyaa said:
AFAIK, this will wipe your data, remove CWM and uninstall root. Your device's bootloader will still stay unlocked though.
You will have to flash CWM back using this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668173
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Yip Sends you back to total stock
Stock Recovery
Stock Rom
only thing that sticks is Unlocked Bootloader

Thanks a million. This worked for me as well after 2 tries. Saved my $400!

Thanks heaps for this
I ended up in trouble when I flashed the TF300T firmware by mistake. It kept freezing and rebooting on me after that little stuff up.
Anyhow before I did that I made a backup with CWM, and after I restored it my 3G was gone but everything else worked fine.
Manual updates were failed though and they still do. At least I have my 3G back :victory:
So this method would probably work for upgrading to .40 as well, but it means a complete datawipe!
I'm sure there are many of us in the same boat now. I guess we will just have to wait and hope that some kind person makes a recovery image for the TF300TG?

Auliyaa said:
Hi everyone,
I'm owning A TF300TG model and I recently tried to flash one of the ROMS referrenced on those forums and by doing so I found out that my tablet had lost the 3G features so I had to flash back the Asus stock ROM to get it back.
Since I saw many of you got trouble reinstalling the stock ROM, I decided to write a quick guide on how to do it so everyone could get their tablet fully working again
Note: For the record, when I did the following operations, I already had unlocked the bootloader and installed the CWM recovery.
Download the stock ROM zip file on Asus website (current version is [WW | TW]_epaduser9_4_4_28_1UpdateLauncher.zip) for the TF300TG tablet. Be sure to download the firmware matching your SKU.
Unzip the downloaded file, you will get another archive called , unzip this one too
You should end up with several file, with one of them called blob
For the next step, you will need to install the Android SDK to get the fastboot utility. If you do not know how to use fastboot, you should take a look at this guide.
Once you have installed fastboot, boot your tablet into fastboot mode (Plugin your tablet on your computer's USB, Hold down Power+VolDown, dont press VolUp when prompted, select the USB icon and press VolUp)
Open a command line terminal and navigate to the folder containing the blob file.
Then type the following command:
For some reason, the transfer seems to fail from time to time, if so, just try again by going back to previous step.
Once the transfer is done and you get that sweet "SUCCESS" printed on your screen, just type the following command to reboot your tablet:
And there you have ! You are now back to stock ROM with fully working 3G
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I got a question, i had problems with the touch since the last update, so i want to go back to the original, so my question is to perform this do i have to have the bootloader unlocked?

Auliyaa said:
Hi everyone,
[*] Once you have installed fastboot, boot your tablet into fastboot mode (Plugin your tablet on your computer's USB, Hold down Power+VolDown, dont press VolUp when prompted, select the USB icon and press VolUp)
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Hi, any idea why i dont have this 'USB icon' ?? i have 'wipe data' and an android icon that performs a cold boot.

Any idea why this will seemingly flash fine, but go to bootloop when I fastboot -i 0x0b05 reboot the tab?

Don't work for me
Auliyaa said:
Hi everyone,
I'm owning A TF300TG model and I recently tried to flash one of the ROMS referrenced on those forums and by doing so I found out that my tablet had lost the 3G features so I had to flash back the Asus stock ROM to get it back.
Since I saw many of you got trouble reinstalling the stock ROM, I decided to write a quick guide on how to do it so everyone could get their tablet fully working again
Note: For the record, when I did the following operations, I already had unlocked the bootloader and installed the CWM recovery.
Download the stock ROM zip file on Asus website (current version is [WW | TW]_epaduser9_4_4_28_1UpdateLauncher.zip) for the TF300TG tablet. Be sure to download the firmware matching your SKU.
Unzip the downloaded file, you will get another archive called , unzip this one too
You should end up with several file, with one of them called blob
For the next step, you will need to install the Android SDK to get the fastboot utility. If you do not know how to use fastboot, you should take a look at this guide.
Once you have installed fastboot, boot your tablet into fastboot mode (Plugin your tablet on your computer's USB, Hold down Power+VolDown, dont press VolUp when prompted, select the USB icon and press VolUp)
Open a command line terminal and navigate to the folder containing the blob file.
Then type the following command:
For some reason, the transfer seems to fail from time to time, if so, just try again by going back to previous step.
Once the transfer is done and you get that sweet "SUCCESS" printed on your screen, just type the following command to reboot your tablet:
And there you have ! You are now back to stock ROM with fully working 3G
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Hi, followed the steps but it didnt work for me too
Fastboot copies the file but after when it tries to flash it gives an error
sending 'system' (796581 KB)...
OKAY [129.964s]
writing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: (InvalidState))
finished. total time: 182.134s
The Tab shows
signature mismatch
Can you help me?

hy
i'm having a problem with my tf300t...when i turn it on it shows the asus logo and in the upper left it show device is unlocked...but i can't enter the menu showing rck and the other 3 icons...i really don't know what to do...
then there is another thing...tried to install driver...i get to the part where the tablet is visible, but with the vol up and reset with a pin...it then shuts down and if i try to power it up it dissapears from the device manager...also...if i don't turn it up, the driver can't be installed...i tried every method...please help...
can i retun it to the repair service this way or i will loose my waranty?
sorry if the spelling isn't correct...i don't speak english fluently
waiting a response...thanks in advance

Auliyaa said:
Hi everyone,
I'm owning A TF300TG model and I recently tried to flash one of the ROMS referrenced on those forums and by doing so I found out that my tablet had lost the 3G features so I had to flash back the Asus stock ROM to get it back.
Since I saw many of you got trouble reinstalling the stock ROM, I decided to write a quick guide on how to do it so everyone could get their tablet fully working again
Note: For the record, when I did the following operations, I already had unlocked the bootloader and installed the CWM recovery.
Download the stock ROM zip file on Asus website (current version is [WW | TW]_epaduser9_4_4_28_1UpdateLauncher.zip) for the TF300TG tablet. Be sure to download the firmware matching your SKU.
Unzip the downloaded file, you will get another archive called , unzip this one too
You should end up with several file, with one of them called blob
For the next step, you will need to install the Android SDK to get the fastboot utility. If you do not know how to use fastboot, you should take a look at this guide.
Once you have installed fastboot, boot your tablet into fastboot mode (Plugin your tablet on your computer's USB, Hold down Power+VolDown, dont press VolUp when prompted, select the USB icon and press VolUp)
Open a command line terminal and navigate to the folder containing the blob file.
Then type the following command:
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system blob
For some reason, the transfer seems to fail from time to time, if so, just try again by going back to previous step.
Once the transfer is done and you get that sweet "SUCCESS" printed on your screen, just type the following command to reboot your tablet:
And there you have ! You are now back to stock ROM with fully working 3G
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Using
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system blob
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is a tad wrong. It works, but only by accident.
You should be using
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash staging blob
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The technical reason for why your command works, is because the nvidia bootloader writes files to the staging area before writing it to the partition you specify.
What essentially happens is:
Blob is written to staging
Blob is copied to system (meaning non-booting system)
On reboot, blob is "extracted" from staging and properly flashed.
Step 3 is what makes it work in the end, but you are causing an extra unneeded write to the flash (step 2 is not really needed) (In this case it works, but it potentially increases the risk of bricking)

thx didn´t know that. So all the howto´s are wrong

benoitvdh said:
Hi, followed the steps but it didnt work for me too
Fastboot copies the file but after when it tries to flash it gives an error
sending 'system' (796581 KB)...
OKAY [129.964s]
writing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: (InvalidState))
finished. total time: 182.134s
The Tab shows
signature mismatch
Can you help me?
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Your probably running Jellybean, if so this HOWTO does'nt work.

Question: What exactly is supposed to happen? First I tried it and got the fail and did it a second time and it seemingly worked. In my command prompt it ended with
"writing 'system' ... OKAY"
and wasn't doing anything after that in the command prompt and on the tablet there was a full status bar so it looked like whatever it was doing it was finished? So I held the power button and I think it was a boot loop ... it just was the ASUS screen with the spinning circle. So I just did it again, failed the first time did it again and now I am where I left off. I guess I will wait a while and see if it says "SUCCESS" on my tablet? And if not I will put in the reboot command? (I probably should have tried that last time instead of holding the power button I forgot about the last couple lines of the guide )
EDIT: Or is it cuz I am flashing the wrong SKU? I didn't know what one my tablet is supposed to be ... its a cyanogenmod build so I don't think I cant find what the SKU is supposed to be. I went with US SKU because I live in the United States but I don't know if that's what it is
EDIT2: After waiting a while with no "SUCCESS" Windows said that adb.exe crashed or something. So I put in the reboot command but now it seems to be stuck on the ASUS loading screen again.

Blackdrag said:
Question: What exactly is supposed to happen? First I tried it and got the fail and did it a second time and it seemingly worked. In my command prompt it ended with
"writing 'system' ... OKAY"
and wasn't doing anything after that in the command prompt and on the tablet there was a full status bar so it looked like whatever it was doing it was finished? So I held the power button and I think it was a boot loop ... it just was the ASUS screen with the spinning circle. So I just did it again, failed the first time did it again and now I am where I left off. I guess I will wait a while and see if it says "SUCCESS" on my tablet? And if not I will put in the reboot command? (I probably should have tried that last time instead of holding the power button I forgot about the last couple lines of the guide )
EDIT: Or is it cuz I am flashing the wrong SKU? I didn't know what one my tablet is supposed to be ... its a cyanogenmod build so I don't think I cant find what the SKU is supposed to be. I went with US SKU because I live in the United States but I don't know if that's what it is
EDIT2: After waiting a while with no "SUCCESS" Windows said that adb.exe crashed or something. So I put in the reboot command but now it seems to be stuck on the ASUS loading screen again.
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I have a WW TF300T and had no problem flashing a US version.. so its no SKU problem how long did you wait on the ASUS screen with the spinning circle? It took up to 5 mins for me! just wait a lil bit longer next time.. And there comes no "SUCCESS" on the tablet! only a blue bar that should be full after SUCCESS comes up in your Fastboot-COMMANDLINE.. the reboot with the fastboot reboot command from the first page..just give your tab a bit more time.. its like a babe. handle it with care :silly:

Success!
Hazaa! I can confirm that I managed to flash back to stock by flashing the blob to the staging partition. Like so many other, the first flash failed but the second time worked. I now have working 3G again!

0nyx7 said:
I have a WW TF300T and had no problem flashing a US version.. so its no SKU problem how long did you wait on the ASUS screen with the spinning circle? It took up to 5 mins for me! just wait a lil bit longer next time.. And there comes no "SUCCESS" on the tablet! only a blue bar that should be full after SUCCESS comes up in your Fastboot-COMMANDLINE.. the reboot with the fastboot reboot command from the first page..just give your tab a bit more time.. its like a babe. handle it with care :silly:
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Thanks for the reply 0nyx7!
I had waited a while, maybe 10-20 minutes? But I don't remember entirely. I tried flashing the stock firmware a few times but eventually I just gave up. I didn't like the possibility that my tablet was bricked so I just aborted mission and decided to go back to cm10 where it was safe. I just looked up a post on how to flash Clockworkmod Recovery with fasboot and then flashed a cm10 nightly I already had on my internal storage. So all is good... Mostly.

Android 4.3 image errors

Hey guys, I'm currently trying to flash back to the new 4.3 factory image that I downloaded from Google, however, it all goes fine, I flashed the bootloader, flashed the radio and it all says it has been updated properly, then when I try and flash the system.img files and boot.img files they just say no such file or directory exists and stops, meaning the phone is unusable at the moment until I flash something.
Anyone know why this is happening?
BTW I'm using a mac.
Issue fixed, see below!
************************************************************************************************
Ok guys, the problem was solved in an odd way!
I got annoyed with the flashing errors, and flashed the old kernel and radio I was using with my Illusion rom which thankfully got me back to that even though I had lost all of my data (backed up though).
For anyone having this problem and wants to unroot to go back to 4.3 or is trying to flash the legit 4.3 rom from Google and then maybe unroot or just use the 4.3 rom direct from Google...
DOWNLOAD THE LEAKED 4.3 ROM AND FLASH USING STANDARD CWM METHOD.
DOWNLOAD THE .84/.83 KERNEL AND FLASH THIS AS WELL.
After this I got the legitimate OTA update which was only 3.4mb and it even fixed root so I am now back to complete stock, locked bootloader and no root!
Hope this helps
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Easiest way of flashing the system image is to just use the flash-all script included in the TGZ - just extract it out and run it when the phone is connected in fastboot mode. Personally, I do the following:
1. Extract the entire TGZ (including the update.zip)
2. Move all the IMG files into one folder
3. Rename them to easy names, e.g. bootloader, radio, system, userdata, boot, recovery, etc.
4. Flash them all in turn, rebooting the bootloader each time
5. Once all done, erase/format the cache (fastboot erase cache and fastboot format cache)
6. Boot into recovery and clear cache again and then do a factory reset (this makes sure the unit see all the internal memory)
7. Reboot the phone
Should all work now

siravarice said:
Hey guys, I'm currently trying to flash back to the new 4.3 factory image that I downloaded from Google, however, it all goes fine, I flashed the bootloader, flashed the radio and it all says it has been updated properly, then when I try and flash the system.img files and boot.img files they just say no such file or directory exists and stops, meaning the phone is unusable at the moment until I flash something.
Anyone know why this is happening?
BTW I'm using a mac.
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Maybe you have corrupted files? Retry the download from google and unpack all with 7zip.
I did that yesterday and all works fine.
4.3 (JWR66V)
https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/occam-jwr66v-factory-08d2b697.tgz
7zip
http://www.7-zip.de/
[HOW-TO] How to flash a factory image / return to stock / unlock / root #
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312

EddyOS said:
Easiest way of flashing the system image is to just use the flash-all script included in the TGZ - just extract it out and run it when the phone is connected in fastboot mode
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How would I do that on a mac? I tried typing:
./fastboot flash flash-all.bat
but do I need to use the .sh version?

info.brandenburg said:
Maybe you have corrupted files? Retry the download from google and unpack all with 7zip.
I did that yesterday and all works fine.
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Did that, same thing happened. I tried flashing the entire .zip and then I tried separately and it still didn't work.

Ok so I know it is just the system.img file that doesn't work, as all the other files have just flashed fine! Going to re-download and see if that helps.

siravarice said:
How would I do that on a mac? I tried typing:
./fastboot flash flash-all.bat
but do I need to use the .sh version?
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You just run the script, you don't flash it. It's a batch file which then does all the fastboot commands. You also use flash-all.sh as you don't have Windows

EddyOS said:
You just run the script, you don't flash it. It's a batch file which then does all the fastboot commands. You also use flash-all.sh as you don't have Windows
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Still doesn't work.
I used: bash flash-al.sh
And it just said fastboot not found in certain lines for the command and did nothing. I thought it fixed itself when I swapped USB ports but when it got to the system.img it just gave me the same error again. It flashes everything else ok but not this file, it's the third time I have downloaded it and now I have no way to get it back to being useable as when I press start it just gives me a black screen
HELP PLEASE!

I would but I use Windows and it's all fine. Might be worth downloading the factory image again, checking the md5 and trying to flash the system image again

EddyOS said:
I would but I use Windows and it's all fine. Might be worth downloading the factory image again, checking the md5 and trying to flash the system image again
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Im trying to install some Samsung Android Drivers on my old laptop but the thing is so slow it's basically impossible to work from now
I've redownloaded the files, I don't know how to check the MD5Sum though. Still nothing doing. I get this error:
checking product... OKAY
checking version-bootloader... OKAY
checking version-baseband... OKAY
sending 'boot' (6166 KB)... OKAY
writing 'boot'... OKAY
sending 'recovery' (6664 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... OKAY
sending 'system' (531281 KB)... ERROR: usb_write failed with status e00002be
FAILED (data transfer failure (No such file or directory))
edue3e4:4.2unrootnexus4 Simon$
It really doesn't want to write the system.img file, or maybe it doesn't want to write to system?

What happens if you extract the system.img file and flash it via fastboot manually?
fastboot flash system system.img
I always use this guide if I forget:
efrant said:
D. Type in the commands into the command prompt
1) Make sure your computer recognizes your device by typing: fastboot devices
2) Unlock your bootloader (if you have not already done so): fastboot oem unlock
3) You will see a prompt on your device. This will wipe your entire device (including the /sdcard folder). Accept. Note: you use the volume keys to change the option and the power button to accept. You cannot use the touch screen.
4) Reboot by typing: fastboot reboot-bootloader
5) Flash the bootloader: fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-mako-makoz10o.img (or whatever the name of the bootloader image that you downloaded).
6) Reboot: fastboot reboot-bootloader
7) Flash the radio: fastboot flash radio radio-mako-m9615a-cefwmazm-2.0.1700.48.img (or whatever the name is of the radio image that you downloaded).
8) Reboot: fastboot reboot-bootloader
9) Flash the system partition: fastboot flash system system.img
10) Flash the data partition: fastboot flash userdata userdata.img Note: this command will wipe your device (including /sdcard), EVEN if your bootloader is already unlocked. See note 2 below.
11) Flash the kernel/ramdisk: fastboot flash boot boot.img
12) Flash the recovery partition: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
13) Erase the cache partition: either a) fastboot erase cache OR b) fastboot format cache <<== the second option seems to work better for most people. Thanks joostburg.
14) Reboot: fastboot reboot
15) Done! The first boot will likely take quite a bit longer than you are used to, as Android builds the Dalvik cache.
Now you have a fully stock image on your device. The only thing that is different from out-of-the-box condition is that your bootloader is unlocked. See the notes section at the end of this post for information on re-locking the bootloader.
Note that some users indicate that they can't get past the X on boot. If this happens to you, reboot into the bootloader and select recovery. Then, when you see the Android with the red exclamation mark, hold power and press volume up to take you to the menu. Wipe cache. If that still doesn't work, boot back into recovery and do a factory reset.
If you have a 16GB device, and it now shows up as 8GB, reboot into recovery (hold power and press volume up when you are at the screen with the android and the red exclamation mark), and wipe cache. If that still doesn't work, boot back into recovery and do a factory reset. Or do this
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EddyOS said:
What happens if you extract the system.img file and flash it via fastboot manually?
fastboot flash system system.img
I always use this guide if I forget:
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That's exactly what I have been doing, I prefer doing it manually as I don't like using Toolkits and finding a good one for mac is hard enough.
It just says that it cannot send it because the file or directory does not exist, yet if I unplug the phone it does go back into my old rom I was using before that, even though I flashed a new radio and recovery.img, boot.img, user data.img, everything except system.img as it doesn't work

Something clearly wrong with the partition but no idea what...

I know right, I've gone back to the ROM I had previously and downloaded the leaked 4.3 rom and flashed it through flashify. If it works I will simply lock the bootloader again and it should be good to go!

i did the same way through nexus tool kit 2.0 n p.s i guess the file was corrupted that y it failed in the mid. ill try it again

Hmmy 4444 said:
i did the same way through nexus tool kit 2.0 n p.s i guess the file was corrupted that y it failed in the mid. ill try it again
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Let me know if you get anywhere with it!

it worked.. jst copy the image n dont rename it n go to google nexus 4 toolkit folder n there u would see a folder named *put googlr factory image here* paste it there n before starting ur bootloader must be unlocked.. so thats that.. after that that open the nexus 4 toolkit n then click on number 9 whch says download extract + flash google factore stock rom n then after that type 2 whch says flash google factory image... n thats it. it will automatically flash it.... gv me thanks too
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Hi there, same issue with me on a mac
Plus can you tell me how you went back to the previous rom, my phone is unusable right now and i do have a nandroid backup so.

Have either of your tried to flash the 4.2.2 factory image? Would be interested to see if it works
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EddyOS said:
Have either of your tried to flash the 4.2.2 factory image? Would be interested to see if it works
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
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I dont mind, can you direct me towards a post where they show how to, i m not sure of all this and dont want to mess around with wrong files.
UPDATE: I tried and that works just fine. Rebooted to 4.2.1

N7 3G 32 Booting failed

I know there is many topic like this, but I need urgent help. We go to holiday on saturday and I have to decide what to do.
Today got I back my N7 from Brno/Czech from warranty repair. Than the device shut down and I couldn't power on, they replaced my charger and sent back the device. I sent on 26th in July with an RMA number.
When I got back the device I started by the courier and it booted into Android. About 10 minutes later it showed me an update to 4.3 and I allowed it. It restarted and when it was ready the device didn't powered on again. It remained on the Google logo. Now - when I tried to wipe/Hard reset - it only shows the Google logo in the middle and a Start sing on the upper right corner.
I can do:
- recovery
- ADB sees the device
- Nexus 7 toolkit sees too
- Nexus Root Tools sees too
- I can install recovery (TWRP-CWM-stock) it works
- bootloader lock/unlock
but
I cant install
- system/image
- boot
- bootloader
- radio
- etc...
It looks like the flash storage is injured. 20 minutes before I sent a command: flash radio now the device in fastboot and on the upper left corner there is a white text: "Booting downloaded image" It doesn't respond...
I need an advice how to forward, send it back or is there any sollution'

bigsee said:
I know there is many topic like this, but I need urgent help. We go to holiday on saturday and I have to decide what to do.
Today got I back my N7 from Brno/Czech from warranty repair. Than the device shut down and I couldn't power on, they replaced my charger and sent back the device. I sent on 26th in July with an RMA number.
When I got back the device I started by the courier and it booted into Android. About 10 minutes later it showed me an update to 4.3 and I allowed it. It restarted and when it was ready the device didn't powered on again. It remained on the Google logo. Now - when I tried to wipe/Hard reset - it only shows the Google logo in the middle and a Start sing on the upper right corner.
I can do:
- recovery
- ADB sees the device
- Nexus 7 toolkit sees too
- Nexus Root Tools sees too
- I can install recovery (TWRP-CWM-stock) it works
- bootloader lock/unlock
but
I cant install
- system/image
- boot
- bootloader
- radio
- etc...
It looks like the flash storage is injured. 20 minutes before I sent a command: flash radio now the device in fastboot and on the upper left corner there is a white text: "Booting downloaded image" It doesn't respond...
I need an advice how to forward, send it back or is there any sollution'
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need not to worry man...its a common problem...i have xperienced more than 50 times than while doing fastboot it doesnot respond after a certain period of time and when u power off and start the defice it goes into fastboot mode
solution:
for device: enter in fastboot mode
chose power off then leave it for five minutes till then do the instructions for laptop or computer as mentioned below
for computer/laptop:
shutdown (do not restart, it should be shutdown)
then power on ur computer wait for it to finish booting
plug the usb cable in other port (other than the previous port u were trying)
then power on ur device let it go to fastboot
then plug the usb cable to it
wait for 2-3 minutes
then flash the stock factory image by clicking on flashall.bat
hopefully it will take 5-10 minutes to do the work
and if it exists more than 20 minutes...disconnect ur device and repeat the procedure...till u suceed...
sorry mate but this is the only solution to it...
i have tried it many times...
if u succeed...do reply and hit thx...or if u face another problem...just post the reply:good:

dr.sushant said:
need not to worry man...its a common problem...i have xperienced more than 50 times than while doing fastboot it doesnot respond after a certain period of time and when u power off and start the defice it goes into fastboot mode
solution:
for device: enter in fastboot mode
chose power off then leave it for five minutes till then do the instructions for laptop or computer as mentioned below
for computer/laptop:
shutdown (do not restart, it should be shutdown)
then power on ur computer wait for it to finish booting
plug the usb cable in other port (other than the previous port u were trying)
then power on ur device let it go to fastboot
then plug the usb cable to it
wait for 2-3 minutes
then flash the stock factory image by clicking on flashall.bat
hopefully it will take 5-10 minutes to do the work
and if it exists more than 20 minutes...disconnect ur device and repeat the procedure...till u suceed...
sorry mate but this is the only solution to it...
i have tried it many times...
if u succeed...do reply and hit thx...or if u face another problem...just post the reply:good:
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Thank you for the answer! I'm trying-I'm trying and trying, but none...
I got two error messages, the first is when it sends the radio to the device:
sending 'radio' <16384KB>...
OKAY [2.078s]
writing 'radio'...
FAILED <remote: <BadParameter>>
finished. total time: 2.094s
the second at the end:
checking version-baseband...
FAILED
Device version-baseband is 'N/A'.
Update requires '1231_0.17.0_1205'
When I hit The Anykey (I didnt find it at first ) nothing happens... so I'm sad again...
What can I do yet?

bigsee said:
Thank you for the answer! I'm trying-I'm trying and trying, but none...
I got two error messages, the first is when it sends the radio to the device:
sending 'radio' <16384KB>...
OKAY [2.078s]
writing 'radio'...
FAILED <remote: <BadParameter>>
finished. total time: 2.094s
the second at the end:
checking version-baseband...
FAILED
Device version-baseband is 'N/A'.
Update requires '1231_0.17.0_1205'
When I hit The Anykey (I didnt find it at first ) nothing happens... so I'm sad again...
What can I do yet?
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What factory image have you tried?
Update requires '1231_0.17.0_1205'
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I think this one can be dodged by installing the 4.2.2 factory image (I remember that 4.2.2 had 1205 BB so this should install it) from here. Also have a look here for how to return to stock. It also worked for me upgrading to 4.3.
I hope it helps

al3x1393 said:
What factory image have you tried?
I think this one can be dodged by installing the 4.2.2 factory image (I remember that 4.2.2 had 1205 BB so this should install it) from here. Also have a look here for how to return to stock. It also worked for me upgrading to 4.3.
I hope it helps
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Hy!
This image: nakasig-jdq39-factory-0798439d.img unzipped to the directory of fastboot in c:\
I tried this:
Code:
- unpacking the .zip file
fastboot format system
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot format cache
fastboot format userdata
(optionally: fastboot flash userdata userdata.img)
from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44317341#post44317341
And it was succes! The tablet booted in, I could set it up, but there is a minor (major?) problem: it has lost 75% os the storage capacity, the storage is 6.02 GB.. it is a 32 GB 3G version...
I dont dare to upgrade now
edit: oopppsss I forgot: I made the above commands in a machine: winXP32 - 768 MB RAM - and a Blackberry USB cable!!!

bigsee said:
Hy!
This image: nakasig-jdq39-factory-0798439d.img unzipped to the directory of fastboot in c:\
I tried this:
Code:
- unpacking the .zip file
fastboot format system
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot format cache
fastboot format userdata
(optionally: fastboot flash userdata userdata.img)
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It sounds like one or more partitions are not mounted by android (either they are not formatted properly or i don't know, but android can't see it/them).
I think you can try erasing them at all...however when I upgraded it to 4.3 I used that flashall.bat (or something like that) you can find inside the archive downloaded from Google website. You can try that too, it's basically the same thing as typing them by yourself, but you know...just to be sure everything it's ok.
Also from what i see in your code, you don't flash the radio (baseband) image at all and because of that your baseband/radio problem will persist at a further update. You formatted user data so you don't care about your files, so you can perform a full wipe and erase everything just to get things done well.
However, if you want to do it by yourself try theese full wipe instructions (OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO CHANGE bootloader-tilapia-4.23.img AND radio-tilapia-1231_0.18.0_0409.img AND image-nakasig-jwr66v.zip WITH YOUR 4.2.2 ONES (THEESE ARE FOR 4.3)):
Code:
> fastboot erase boot
> fastboot erase cache
> fastboot erase recovery
> fastboot erase system
> fastboot erase userdata
> fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-tilapia-4.23.img
> fastboot reboot-bootloader
> fastboot flash radio radio-tilapia-1231_0.18.0_0409.img
> fastboot reboot-bootloader
> fastboot -w update image-nakasig-jwr66v.zip

al3x1393 said:
It sounds like one or more partitions are not mounted by android (either they are not formatted properly or i don't know, but android can't see it/them).
I think you can try erasing them at all...however when I upgraded it to 4.3 I used that flashall.bat (or something like that) you can find inside the archive downloaded from Google website. You can try that too, it's basically the same thing as typing them by yourself, but you know...just to be sure everything it's ok.
Also from what i see in your code, you don't flash the radio (baseband) image at all and because of that your baseband/radio problem will persist at a further update. You formatted user data so you don't care about your files, so you can perform a full wipe and erase everything just to get things done well.
Full wipe instructions (OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO CHANGE bootloader-tilapia-4.23.img AND radio-tilapia-1231_0.18.0_0409.img AND image-nakasig-jwr66v.zip WITH YOUR 4.2 ONES (THEESE ARE FOR 4.3)):
Code:
>fastboot erase boot
> fastboot erase cache
> fastboot erase recovery
> fastboot erase system
> fastboot erase userdata
> fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-tilapia-4.23.img
> fastboot reboot-bootloader
> fastboot flash radio radio-tilapia-1231_0.18.0_0409.img
> fastboot reboot-bootloader
> fastboot -w update image-nakasig-jwr66v.zip
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Thanks! I store this method but I wait a little bit more because I started a new RMA by Asus. Now I'm waiting for their answer.

bigsee said:
Thanks! I store this method but I wait a little bit more because I started a new RMA by Asus. Now I'm waiting for their answer.
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As you wish

At least it came back from repair - from Brno - with a JOP40D FW and a working 4.2.1.
After update - to 4.2.2. - it showed an error but it could boot into the former system ... 4.2.1...
I had to reflash to the JWR66Y FW without the correct recovery...
Currently my Nexus 7 is living with a working 4.3 but without a recovery

I played with N7 a little bit. I discovered that I can only be succes if I erase boot/recovery/system/userdata and than flash these img's individually anyway I get a "booting failed" message w/o working recovery and/or android. Nor the flash-all.bat nor the bootloader/radio/update doesn't work.
Q: Philos64 wrote a super howto (here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2175086) to flash the stock and he says: "Reboot to your recovery for confirm the install - You will see the progress bar moving. When it's done, the tab will automatically reboot into normal mode[, if your Nexus doesn't reboot itself, reboot yourself!" I never do it because of the missing recovery... Should I/can I write only the BL or radio end at the end and step into recovery to finish or levye it on the present state?

Did you tried boot into stock recovery then via fastboot?

No I didnt. I enjoyed the working system...
Tapatalk 2-vel küldve az én Nexus 7-ről

Bricked/softbricked essential device: please help

I recently got the Essential Phone and instinctively decided to mess around and flash a custom recovery. I then found out that TWRP is not compatible with the essential phone running 8.1 beta. I am now stuck in fastboot mode. However, when i enter recovery mode, it goes straight to the logo screen with powered by android underneath and nothing occurs. When I start the phone back up, it also goes to the powered by android screen and does not load up. My computer does not recognize my device through ADB. My bootloader is unlocked. Any help is much appreciated as I do not want to have a useless phone after having it for a day. Thank you
--from what i gathered, fixing the phone is a matter of flashing the stock.img, which i have downloaded. However, because my phone is unable to be recognized by adb/fastboot I am unsure how to accomplish this

nickyg101 said:
I recently got the Essential Phone and instinctively decided to mess around and flash a custom recovery. I then found out that TWRP is not compatible with the essential phone running 8.1 beta. I am now stuck in fastboot mode. However, when i enter recovery mode, it goes straight to the logo screen with powered by android underneath and nothing occurs. When I start the phone back up, it also goes to the powered by android screen and does not load up. My computer does not recognize my device through ADB. My bootloader is unlocked. Any help is much appreciated as I do not want to have a useless phone after having it for a day. Thank you
--from what i gathered, fixing the phone is a matter of flashing the stock.img, which i have downloaded. However, because my phone is unable to be recognized by adb/fastboot I am unsure how to accomplish this
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Make sure not to use the cable that came with the phone.
Reboot the computer, try a different USB port.

tech_head said:
Make sure not to use the cable that came with the phone.
Reboot the computer, try a different USB port.
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I am using a different cable; one i purchased separately from the phone. After rebooting computer, should i again attempt to connect via adb and fastboot and, if it connects, attempt to flash to stock? thank you very much for the quick response

nickyg101 said:
I am using a different cable; one i purchased separately from the phone. After rebooting computer, should i again attempt to connect via adb and fastboot and, if it connects, attempt to flash to stock? thank you very much for the quick response
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after resetting my mac, it recognizes my phone in fastboot mode
- i believe now all i need to do is flash the stock image i downloaded, which im not sure how to do

nickyg101 said:
after resetting my mac, it recognizes my phone in fastboot mode
- i believe now all i need to do is flash the stock image i downloaded, which im not sure how to do
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The stock image on essential website has fastboot script.

Joylesstuna said:
The stock image on essential website has fastboot script.
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when i locate the file, how should i flash it as?
fastboot flash boot 'boot.img'
my phone is not recognized over adb; rather when i go to recovery i got the red triangle over the android with "no command" underneath it

update: thank you all for the help i appreciate it a lot. When i run the script that came with the download from the essential site, my phone will boot back up but the wifi does not work.
Macintosh-2:~ xxxxx$ #!/bin/bash
Macintosh-2:~ xxxxx$ fastboot flash nvdef nvdef.img
error: cannot load 'nvdef.img': No such file or directory
Macintosh-2:~ xxxxx$ fastboot flash boot boot.img
error: cannot load 'boot.img': No such file or directory
Macintosh-2:~ xxxxx$ fastboot flash system system.img
error: cannot load 'system.img': No such file or directory
Macintosh-2:~ xxxxx$ fastboot flash bluetooth bluetooth.img
error: cannot load 'bluetooth.img': No such file or directory
Macintosh-2:~ xxxxx$ fastboot flash abl abl.img
error: cannot load 'abl.img': No such file or directory
Macintosh-2:~ xxxxx$ fastboot flash dsp dsp.img
error: cannot load 'dsp.img': No such file or directory
Macintosh-2:~ xxxxx$ fastboot flash modem modem.img
error: cannot load 'modem.img': No such file or directory
Macintosh-2:~ xxxxx$ fastboot erase userdata
******** Did you mean to fastboot format this ext4 partition?
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 0.294s]
finished. total time: 0.294s
Macintosh-2:~ xxxxx$ fastboot reboot
rebooting...
This is what occured in terminal and then my phone subsequently booted up into the new phone setup screen. it looks like the problem is that its not flashing any of the required modules and is only erasing my phone?

i was able to flash each however it just keeps rebooting to the fastboot screen :/

nickyg101 said:
i was able to flash each however it just keeps rebooting to the fastboot screen :/
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Which firmware are you trying to flash?
Are you using one of the back to stock ROM images?
That is what you should use.
Open the script and use the commands line by line in a terminal.
If you are using a Mac it is a good idea to reboot before you start flashing.
If you have used ads or fast boot, it can sometimes get into a state where it won't see the device.
My Mac (native USB-C) will often crash when trying to flash the system image.

Yes I am attempting to flash back to stock. I got the zip from the essential site https://www.essential.com/developer/current-builds
and this is what the package looks like

nickyg101 said:
Yes I am attempting to flash back to stock. I got the zip from the essential site https://www.essential.com/developer/current-builds
and this is what the package looks like
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I would look here and flash one this post.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74437484&postcount=1

Every time i try flashing the stock stuff back on to the device, it boots right into bootloader (my bootloader is unlocked) no matter what. Is there a way around this or do you know why this would occur?

tech_head said:
I would look here and flash one this post.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74437484&postcount=1
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I flashed the april version of oreo and it flashes everything but then still always just boots right into fastboot mode. thank you for your continued help

You need to use the command fastboot flashing unlock_critical
Then use the back to stock firmware from this thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/essential-phone/development/stock-7-1-1-nmj20d-t3701681/page48
That should set you write and don't forget to fastboot -w as well just to make sure

We got it back to stock Thanks everyone. It was a small thing I was missing on my end

Also when going into recovery, when you get to the "no command" screen you to press a key combo to enter recovery mode. I think it was power then volume up. It's always like that even in a fully functional device.

Would you mind posting how you fixed it and what was wrong? This is how we learn!