Moto X Play Stuck on Bootloader - X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I was trying to root my Moto X Play using SuperSU, after I put the zip file onto my phone, went into the fastboot and selected recovery mode, but then it said the ramdumb has failed... But now every time I boot it up its says the ramdump has failed, same thing happens if I try to go into recovery mode, so now it can only boot into the fastboot. Also it's only showing up on my computer as an unspecified device so I can't access the phone files to remove the SuperSU file. Plus it's not getting recognized as an android, just as "fastboot" so adb commands aren't working (Just says device 'null' not recognised). Really need help here!!!!

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Bootloader unlock failed. ID: Bad Key?

I just got my Moto G5 Plus today, and ran Motorola's official Bootloader unlock guide.
Upon starting up, I am now receiving an error that says "Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted. ID: bad key"
I confirmed multiple times that I provided the correct unlock_data and entered the correct unique key provided.
Because of this I cannot flash TWRP.
"(bootloader) Image not signed or corrupt"
What can I do here? Is there a way to re-do the unlock?
Do I have to flash stock back to the phone? I cannot seem to find any guide on how to perform that properly.
Are you sure TWRP didn't flash because it gave me that same generic error (because it's no longer stock recovery) but it had installed fine. Did you try selecting 'Recovery Mode' in the bootloader and see if it loads? Hopefully you're following the rooting tutorial in this forum because you need to follow it closely to correctly gain root.
That 'bad key' message on startup is normal after unlocking and can be removed by flashing another 'logo.bin' as shown in this video, so actually seeing it shows that you probably did unlock successfuly.
Correct, as everyone has stated, this is normal for a bootloader unlocked device. You can flash a logo.bin to make your boot up look better
Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk
Were you able to fix this? I have a similar problem.
I am also having this problem. Everyone saying this is normal, is wrong.
donjuro said:
I am also having this problem. Everyone saying this is normal, is wrong.
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The "normal" message once it's bootloader unlocked is "Your device is unlocked and can't be trusted...Your device will boot in 5 seconds." - it doesn't say anything about a "key".
EDIT: oh, and where his said "ID: bad key" mine says "ID: n/a"
Yes I found out my problem was that I was using a later version of twrp and you have to first use an initial build on one of the rooting threads.
I'm having the same issue. Got the unlock key from Motorola and successfully unlocked bootloader from CMD. The phone then booted up as if it were new. I access the recovery mode and get "device has been unlocked and can't be trusted". No other option. I've tried manually and through CMD. I've downloaded all necessary files including the kernel, ADB, fastboot and twrp. Nothing works. Phone operates as if I factory reset it.
I just rooted my Moto G5s plus last night...here were my steps:
1.) Do the Motorola unlock B.S.
I had fastboot.exe and adb.exe from the Android SDK installed
I did find that I had to unlock my phone or adb could not see it
2.) After unlocking, you get the "untrusted phone" screen
3.) Use fastboot to flash a new boot image: fastboot flash boot logo.bin (I built a logo with MotoBootLogoMaker), this gets rid of the untrusted screen
4.) I do have the "bad key" message show up during boot, but it hasn't impacted anything...it is in white, my boot logo is in white, so you don't see it.
5.) Get a copy of SuperSU.zip on your sdcard and load into your device
6.) I installed TWRP (twrp-3.11-sanders.img) to the recovery partition, but that caused an issue: fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.11-sanders.img)
* Recovery wouldn't boot after this, so I successfully booted the image directly with: fastboot boot twrp-3.11-sanders.img
6.) TWRP successfully loaded....
7.) Use TWRP to install SuperSU.zip (this roots the device)
* I wiped the dalvik cache, but that hung and I ended up powering off...but fortunately it didn't brick the device
8.) After reboot, I logged in with "adb shell" and did an "su" to prove I was rooted.
9.) I replaced bootanimation.zip with one more to my liking than the Lenovo one (/system/media/bootanimation.zip I think was the location)
That was it...

Unable to install TWRP

Hey guys, I'm at a lost here. I don't think I'm that stupid but I am following all steps from the guides to install TWRP without luck. I already managed to unlock my bootloader with Axon7Toolkit. I already certified that QUSB_Bulk driver is installed, I did it with Zadig, but when in EDL mode, even after killing adb, the axon7tool can't find it. I tried installing a zip with the toolkit but when I choose the package, the toolkit simply closes. Is that me? My phone?
Thank you!
gibawatts said:
Hey guys, I'm at a lost here. I don't think I'm that stupid but I am following all steps from the guides to install TWRP without luck. I already managed to unlock my bootloader with Axon7Toolkit. I already certified that QUSB_Bulk driver is installed, I did it with Zadig, but when in EDL mode, even after killing adb, the axon7tool can't find it. I tried installing a zip with the toolkit but when I choose the package, the toolkit simply closes. Is that me? My phone?
Thank you!
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What software version are you on?
I was at latest nougat but I downgraded to B10
Doing it via fastboot never fails for me.
Get to fastboot put two img in adb folder (I rename it for ease of typing since I suck) rename to recovery.img
Type this cmd in adb
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Reboot to recovery and root. Done deal
download 3.1.0.0 twrp into your download folder on your desktop enter fastboot into your phone open up your command prmt type fastboot devices, your phone should appear then type fastboot flash recovery then go to the twrp right click drag it into the command prmt air page and place it there. you should see the file then hit enter. It'll take like 5 seconds it's really fast then reboot t recovery. when in twrp it'll ask you to install it again say no and uncheck the to options. DONE.
After loads of stress and bangs on the table I managed to unlock, install TWRP, LOS and root. I removed every driver related to my cell phone, deleted everything I download from it and started from scratch. I installed TWRP via fastboot but wasn't able to enter recovery mode, than I mase the stupidity to lock the bootloader back and got stuck in that password screen. Then I gave another go with the toolkit, unlocked it again and, I don't know how or why, it finally booted TWRP. Now everything is OK. Glad to be back to "Nexus mode" after so many time.
Thank you!

[ZE00ED] ERROR: Cant load invalid boot image

Hey, i was trying to downgrade my phone but insted of this i think i messed it up really badly.
Exact things i did:
I used adb (adb reboot bootloader, fastboot boot stockboot.img)
and after reboot this error appeared.
I have no root on my phone. So i have stock recovery mode.
Please any magical help?
I can get into fastboot mode and android recovery, even twrp but i cant copy files from computer.

Device not working after trying to flash rom

Yesterday i used flashboot to install the recovery and i unlocked the bootloader. It went all fine, so in the twrp i did the wipes and all to use the "data" folder, then i rebooted the phone, like the guide said but now it doesn't work anymore, the only thing it does is that when i plug in the computer usb Windows say "device not recognized"
What can i do?
Have you got access to Minimal ADB & Fastboot and are you able to go to twrp for which you've downloaded

TicWatch Pro 2020 Boot Load Loop Issue

Recently, I purchased a TicWatch Pro 2020 (saw that Kali Nethunter now seems to work on it and I thought it could be a cool device to add).
I have installed nethunter onto several other devices already (Nexus, OnePlus, etc.) and of course ran into issues. Usually I spend a long time on them and it is fun to do it. But I seem to have run into a wall recently with the watch.
When I was first trying to set up the watch, I could send commands with adb to get it into the bootloader menu but then it would not recognize it. I did eventually get the right drivers installed and had my VM recognize the watch with the ADB drivers.
I did manage to complete Step 1 of the tutorial https://www.kali.org/docs/nethunter...-on-the-ticwatch-pro/#1-unlock-the-bootloader
(unlocking it).
I went through to step 2, put it into bootloader again and flashed the vendor and twrp .img files. Once I did this, I tried to switch the device into recovery mode (after it went back to the bootloader menu on its own) as per instructions. But the weird thing is when I initialized recovery mode, it just sent me back to the bootloader menu, all while also not recognizing it on my VM/PC at all. When I tried to start the watch, it just sent the device into a permanent loading loop (after showing the logo and cycling the 4 different colored Google dots around the watch). I can get it back into the bootloader menu by holding both buttons down but I can't get my device to be recognized with a data connection (so it seems effectively bricked).
Normally I look this up myself but since there is not much information regarding this device and this specific rom out there just quite yet, I can't locate anything (compared to troubleshooting the OnePlus 7 Pro). Any ideas or input is appreciated!
Edit: will just let it run over night (drain battery to see if it may or may not help).
Thought I would leave a quick update in case you may be running into this issue yourself.
I let it run over night and run out of power to see if it would do anything. It now seems to be recognized by my pc, but it would not connect. I am installing everything through a VM but it appears that the PC could not recognize the device (I only had drivers installed on my VM, not my main device). When I installed the drivers on my main desktop it began to recognize it again on my VM. Not sure why this was an issue or how it became one or if it was a combination between everything but now at least I can send adb and fastboot commands to my watch again. Will try to flash a stock rom for it and try again to get out of the boot process (still confused as to why it will not go into recovery mode but it instead goes back into boot loader mode when I select it)...
Another update: I managed to find a stock image and some simple instructions. Credit to @sonnettie as it looks like it is working atm (going through setup).
Link: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/ticwatch-pro-2020-stock-image.4107539/
Going through to try installing nethunter again if it appears to be fully functioning.
Edit: Using the stock image seems to let me now use my watch again. But whenever I try to install Nethunter, I install the vendor and recovery image. Once I do this and try to go into recovery mode, it just seems to bring me back to the boot loader menu. Anyone have solutions or know what is wrong?
i got nethunter and twrp working on the ticwatch 2020, it was a pain finding the right files to use and i soft bricked my watch many times in the process.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...shark-4g-ticwatch-c2-skipjack-9aug20.3821013/ this post has the right vendor.img and twrp recovery image, in particular this mega folder https://mega.nz/folder/cVVBRaxL
1-Vendor-Images-22-Jun-2020.zip unzip this file it is located in TicWatch-Pro-2020(Catfish-ext)/Custom-ROM/ROM/22-Jun-2020 it contains the vendor.img you'll need
tic-watch-pro-2020-twrp.img in TicWatch-Pro-2020(Catfish-ext)/Custom-ROM/TWRP this is the TWRP Recovery.img you'll need
Magisk-v21.0.zip and nethunter-2022.2b-ticwatchpro-wearos-kalifs-nano.zip are both needed from the TicWatch_Pro_NetHunter_files.zip at https://build.nethunter.com/contributors/re4son/catfish/
1) Enable ADB and unlock bootloader then enter these fastboot commands on pc
fastboot flash vendor.img
fastboot format userdata
fastboot format cache
fastboot flash recovery tic-watch-pro-2020-twrp.img
2) Reboot into WearOS and Setup Watch
3) Enable ADB again and reboot into recovery
adb reboot recovery
4) move Magisk-v21.0.zip into the TWRP folder on the watch
install Magisk-v21.0.zip from TWRP recovery (it'll patch the boot.img itself)
5) Enable ADB Sideload from the Install menu in TWRP
adb sideload nethunter-2022.2b-ticwatchpro-wearos-kalifs-nano.zip
6) Reboot into wearOS with kali splash screen, you will have to open the magisk app after you open the nethunter app to give it root as there isn't a proper pop-up screen to give root access
**circle screen does semi cut off a few buttons in the nethunter and magisk apps, touch your watchface close to the "corner" where it is to select it
I hope this all helps! Cheers mate
unidentifieduser said:
Another update: I managed to find a stock image and some simple instructions. Credit to @sonnettie as it looks like it is working atm (going through setup).
Link: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/ticwatch-pro-2020-stock-image.4107539/
Going through to try installing nethunter again if it appears to be fully functioning.
Edit: Using the stock image seems to let me now use my watch again. But whenever I try to install Nethunter, I install the vendor and recovery image. Once I do this and try to go into recovery mode, it just seems to bring me back to the boot loader menu. Anyone have solutions or know what is wrong?
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i just realized i typed all the above and didn't reply to your message, it was a mixture of two install methods with leaving out the flashing of the rom file itself

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