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Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and may not work properly. help!

Long story short, hopped over to android following years and years of using IOS.
Bought a nexus 6p, learnt about root, gained root access to the 6p, and began installed root apps.
This morning, i installed Gsam battery monitor root companion, found out it broke the normal Gsam battery monitor app, tried to uninstall the gsam root companion several times. Everytime i uninstalled it and rebooted, it would just reappear on the phone and wouldn't actually uninstall properly at all.
On the third go, it rebooted into the red triangle " Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and may not work properly." and is stuck on the google logo.
Accessed recovery and tried to restore the nandroid backup, no luck, still boots up to red triangle and is stuck on google logo.
Accessed recovery and tried to restore to factory default, no luck, still boots up to red triangle and is stuck on google logo.
How do i fix my phone now? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

red triangle with the android mascot logo?
if so, put it into fastboot and reinstall recovery and see if that worked

gd6noob said:
red triangle with the android mascot logo?
if so, put it into fastboot and reinstall recovery and see if that worked
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Its just a red triangle with an exclamation mark inside.
I can't post an image because i am a new member and need at least 10 posts.

https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/6185381?hl=en - It says it should dismiss by itself.

chichu_9 said:
- It says it should dismiss by itself.
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The red logo does disappear and the device transitions to the black and white google boot logo.
It is here where the device becomes hung, i assume it is because the boot.img or boot files have been damaged, but i'm just guessing. What i am confused about is if the boot files are damaged, the nandroid restore should fix this problem (shouldn't it?), but it doesn't.

radaga5t said:
Long story short, hopped over to android following years and years of using IOS.
Bought a nexus 6p, learnt about root, gained root access to the 6p, and began installed root apps.
This morning, i installed Gsam battery monitor root companion, found out it broke the normal Gsam battery monitor app, tried to uninstall the gsam root companion several times. Everytime i uninstalled it and rebooted, it would just reappear on the phone and wouldn't actually uninstall properly at all.
On the third go, it rebooted into the red triangle " Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and may not work properly." and is stuck on the google logo.
Accessed recovery and tried to restore the nandroid backup, no luck, still boots up to red triangle and is stuck on google logo.
Accessed recovery and tried to restore to factory default, no luck, still boots up to red triangle and is stuck on google logo.
How do i fix my phone now? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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After a root went bad I had the same thing happen. I just used SkipSoft ToolKit and restored back to a stock image (MDB08L).
The corruption message disappeared.

Take a look at this guide By Heisenberg as it will help with some details.
The few times I flashed/reset the phone, I accidentally muddled up some steps. Specifically the flashing the boot and bootloader images.
Code:
[U]fastboot flash bootloader X:/bootloader.img[/U]
fastboot reboot bootloader
fastboot flash radio X:/radio.img
fastboot reboot bootloader
[U]fastboot flash boot X:/boot.img[/U]
fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash cache X:/cache.img
fastboot flash recovery X:/recovery.img
fastboot flash system X:/system.img
fastboot flash vendor X:/vendor.img
I would accidentally flash the bootloader.img image over the boot.img and cause the error, specifically the one you mentioned. I had to go through the flashing process VERY carefully again, and when flashing .imgs for root acess over to the stock ones.
I know is sounds trivial and I'm not saying you don't understand it, but give it a try and see if this resolves the issue. double check your lines and triple check your images (make sure there are NO spaces in the bootloader/boot img file directories. or_replace_spaces_with_underscores). I don't know how many times I have screwed up and it was because of a dash in the wrong spot or space in the .img directory. Let us know how you go.

Awesome!
Thank you very much everyone. I will try once i get home from work.
You have all been so helpful. Such a good community.

I hoped it worked out for you

urbanpitch said:
I hoped it worked out for you
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Yep i was able to restore the phone via the heisenberg guide. Thanks!

radaga5t said:
Yep i was able to restore the phone via the heisenberg guide. Thanks!
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Was just about to post a link to my guide but it looks as though you already got everything sorted out. I'm glad my little guide was able to assist you.

Heisenberg said:
Was just about to post a link to my guide but it looks as though you already got everything sorted out. I'm glad my little guide was able to assist you.
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I'm having the very same issue and I don't understand what I'm supposed to do. Exact same issue a OP. I use the Mskip toolkit to the letter and that got me a bootloop. I have TWRP installed and I can access it. How can I recover my phone? Thanks in advance
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radaga5t said:
Awesome!
Thank you very much everyone. I will try once i get home from work.
You have all been so helpful. Such a good community.
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Hey man, could you tell me the exact steps you took to fix yours? I'm having the same exact issue after having use that toolkit.

barondebxl said:
I'm having the very same issue and I don't understand what I'm supposed to do. Exact same issue a OP. I use the Mskip toolkit to the letter and that got me a bootloop. I have TWRP installed and I can access it. How can I recover my phone? Thanks in advance
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Just go to my guide and follow the instructions in section 9. You'll need to look at the prerequisites section at the beginning of the OP first so you can install the latest version of adb/fastboot via the SDK.

Heisenberg said:
Just go to my guide and follow the instructions in section 9. You'll need to look at the prerequisites section at the beginning of the OP first so you can install the latest version of adb/fastboot via the SDK.
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Cool ill give it a shot. Thank you. I'm all out of thanks for today
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Heisenberg said:
Just go to my guide and follow the instructions in section 9. You'll need to look at the prerequisites section at the beginning of the OP first so you can install the latest version of adb/fastboot via the SDK.
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Im sorry but I'm completely lost. I have downloaded the factory images of my build, I have extracted the files but there isn't any bootloader.img and radio.img. When I click the extracted file it asks me if I want to download a windows application to open it.

barondebxl said:
Cool ill give it a shot. Thank you. I'm all out of thanks for today
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Im sorry but I'm completely lost. I have downloaded the factory images of my build, I have extracted the files but there isn't any bootloader.img and radio.img. When I click the extracted file it asks me if I want to download a windows application to open it.
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You'll need to find a program that can extract the "tar.gz" compression format.

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You'll need to find a program that can extract the "tar.gz" compression format.
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Ok thank you. 7zip works

barondebxl said:
I'm having the very same issue and I don't understand what I'm supposed to do. Exact same issue a OP. I use the Mskip toolkit to the letter and that got me a bootloop. I have TWRP installed and I can access it. How can I recover my phone? Thanks in advance
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Hey man, could you tell me the exact steps you took to fix yours? I'm having the same exact issue after having use that toolkit.
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Basically i followed step 9 of Heisenberg's guide.
Code:
fastboot flash bootloader C:\angler\images\bootloader-angler-angler-xx.xx.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio C:\angler\images\radio-angler-angler-xx.xx.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash boot C:\angler\images\boot.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash cache C:\angler\images\cache.img
fastboot flash recovery C:\angler\images\recovery.img
fastboot flash system C:\angler\images\system.img
fastboot flash vendor C:\angler\images\vendor.img
So i flashed all of the above minus the user data and re-locking the bootloader.
Let me know if you need any more info.

radaga5t said:
Basically i followed step 9 of Heisenberg's guide.
Code:
fastboot flash bootloader C:\angler\images\bootloader-angler-angler-xx.xx.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio C:\angler\images\radio-angler-angler-xx.xx.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash boot C:\angler\images\boot.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash cache C:\angler\images\cache.img
fastboot flash recovery C:\angler\images\recovery.img
fastboot flash system C:\angler\images\system.img
fastboot flash vendor C:\angler\images\vendor.img
So i flashed all of the above minus the user data and re-locking the bootloader.
Let me know if you need any more info.
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Thanks bud. I'm lost still. I have all the files needed in a folder I called " images" on my desktop. Do I have to write these commands you posted word for word? I mean I know I have to replace with my file name but for example I have the MDB08L so do I do : fastboot flash bootloader C:\angler\images\bootloader-angler-angler-02.01.img ( in my case) even though the folder is on my desktop?
Edit: I tried and it gave me an error saying it cant load it. So frustrating

barondebxl said:
Thanks bud. I'm lost still. I have all the files needed in a folder I called " images" on my desktop. Do I have to write these commands you posted word for word? I mean I know I have to replace with my file name but for example I have the MDB08L so do I do : fastboot flash bootloader C:\angler\images\bootloader-angler-angler-02.01.img ( in my case) even though the folder is on my desktop?
Edit: I tried and it gave me an error saying it cant load it. So frustrating
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You got an error because you're pointing fastboot to a location where the file doesn't exist. If you had followed my guide and placed the files in C:\angler\images\ then the command would be correct, but you've placed the files in a different location, therefore you need to type the commands so that they include the path to where the files are actually located on your PC.
There's an easy way to do it, type the first portion of the command, for example "fastboot flash bootloader " (make sure there's a space after the last character), then you can grab the appropriate file with your mouse and drag/drop it into the command terminal window and the file path will be completed automatically for you, then just hit enter to execute the command.

Heisenberg said:
You got an error because you're pointing fastboot to a location where the file doesn't exist. If you had followed my guide and placed the files in C:\angler\images\ then the command would be correct, but you've placed the files in a different location.
You need to type the commands so that they include the path to where the files are actually located on your PC. There's an easy way to do it, type the first portion of the command, for example "fastboot flash bootloader " (make sure there's a space after the last character), then you can grab the appropriate file with your mouse and drag/drop it into the command terminal window and the file path will be completed automatically for you, then just hit enter to execute the command.
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Thanks guys I finally figured it out. I'm at flashing the system and its taking a while obviously. Its actually easy...when you know what youre doing. Thank you so very much to the both of you!
Edit: back up and running! I was just frustrated cause I just got the phone this afternoon that's why. You guys are awesome
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barondebxl said:
Thanks guys I finally figured it out. I'm at flashing the system and its taking a while obviously. Its actually easy...when you know what youre doing. Thank you so very much to the both of you!
Edit: back up and running! I was just frustrated cause I just got the phone this afternoon that's why. You guys are awesome
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One last question, whats the best method to root MDB08L? I want that chroma rom

No OS Installed While Flashing Android N OTA In TWRP

So yeah I accidentally wiped my partitions as if I were installing a rom. Am I screwed until I get to a pc?
P.s. Out of all days to delete my backup rom file ?

Just set it to boot loader mode and flash stock images...I'm sure there's a tutorial on how to do it..I have the program installed on my computer ready for any time I brick my phone lol but I don't remember the name of the program right now
Edit: heres the link to the method I use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3258493

I'm assuming the OP doesn't have a PC due to the last statement he made. I would say yes, nothing you can do until you can get to a PC and flash stock images via Fastboot. Unless you have a ROM zip on your phone that is....which I'm assuming you don't.

You're kinda stuck, you need a PC to flash the factory images. TWRP can't flash OTA's anyway, so don't try that again either. I'd strongly recommend not using a toolkit to flash the factory images too. I have a detailed guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928

Hey guys, having a similar issue than zachbuilds. While rooting my nexus 6p on NRD9M, I formatted to system partition for root to stick and noticed twrp stated I have no OS installed. At that point I was going to flash stock image file when my nexus reverted from default MTP to charge only and now my Mac is unable to recognize my device Ann's now adb is non operable. I tried to fastboot adb commands but that isn't working either. Any one have any suggestions. I'm on stock with twrp custom recovery, no other changes were made to my device. Also, recovery and bootloader are accessible. Thanks for any help given.

Snakielols1984 said:
Hey guys, having a similar issue than zachbuilds. While rooting my nexus 6p on NRD9M, I formatted to system partition for root to stick and noticed twrp stated I have no OS installed. At that point I was going to flash stock image file when my nexus reverted from default MTP to charge only and now my Mac is unable to recognize my device Ann's now adb is non operable. I tried to fastboot adb commands but that isn't working either. Any one have any suggestions. I'm on stock with twrp custom recovery, no other changes were made to my device. Also, recovery and bootloader are accessible. Thanks for any help given.
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Can fastboot see your device when you're in bootloader?

Yes fastboot is able to reconize my device.

Snakielols1984 said:
Yes fastboot is able to reconize my device.
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Best just to flash back to factory images. Be cautious if you've flashed the Android N OTA though, there are some strange things going on with people trying to flash back to M. Read up before you flash.

I've actually tried flashing stock images but every time I tried to run fastboot command I get these errors, "command not found" and I believe the other erro is "file path not found". There's another error that I can't remember off the top of my head what it. When I get home I'll try to run the commands again and see what errors I get
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Best just to flash back to factory images. Be cautious if you've flashed the Android N OTA though, there are some strange things going on with people trying to flash back to M. Read up before you flash.
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on another note I have not flashed Android N OTA. I downloaded that and install via OTA.

wrong thread

so just attempted to flash stock images and I get an error "cannot load bootloader-angler-angler-03.54.img". the tutorial I am using is Heisenberg's How-To Guide For Beginners. I followed the instructions step by step. Please is anyone can chime in, please do. Greatly appreciated!

Snakielols1984 said:
so just attempted to flash stock images and I get an error "cannot load bootloader-angler-angler-03.54.img". the tutorial I am using is Heisenberg's How-To Guide For Beginners. I followed the instructions step by step. Please is anyone can chime in, please do. Greatly appreciated!
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What bootloader version are you on currently? Although updated bootloader is recommend, you should be able to skip this step without any issues.

Sorry for late response but currently I am bootloader: angler-3.58
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This is the error I get when using fastboot commands to flash stock images "error: cannot load 'MacintoshHD/angler/images/radio-angler-angler-03.61.img'". I received same error when trying to flash bootloader

Snakielols1984 said:
Sorry for late response but currently I am bootloader: angler-3.58
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This is the error I get when using fastboot commands to flash stock images "error: cannot load 'MacintoshHD/angler/images/radio-angler-angler-03.61.img'". I received same error when trying to flash bootloader
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Please post the entire command you are using, as written in your terminal prompt. "No command" sounds like an unrecognized command is being issued. We must use ./ in addition to the fastboot or adb command in order for OSX to execute the action. If following Heisenberg's guide for fastboot, the lone change you need to make for OSX is:
./fastboot devices
./fastboot flash
./fastboot reboot
./ADB devices
Try this out and post your results.
Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

Just throwing this out there, it is possible to flash an OTA in TWRP. You still need a PC but its do-able.... I flashed Android N Final to my 6P yesterday by copying the OTA zip (uploaded thanks to another member) to SD, Wiped device as I normally would with any other ROM (left SD intact obviously), Flashed OTA ZIP, rebooted straight to bootloader after flash, fastboot erase boot, fastboot erase recovery, fastboot flashed DECRYPTED BOOT.img (which can be found easily), fastboot flashed TWRP 3.0.2-1 (version just released for N), fastboot format userdata, fastboot format cache, reboot from bootloader directly into TWRP, flashed superSU 2.74, reboot system..... Phone runs beautifully. Not a single issue. Entire process from start to finish was less than 10 minutes.
Its not the most practical route but it does indeed work. OTA just hes to contain the entire Image. I should also mention that this was a jump from a Marshmallow based rom (RR) so you don't have to be on an N preview in order to do this....

Need Blu Vivo Air LTE Stock ROM!

Anyone know where I can get a stock rom for my Vivo Air LTE?

I have a system.IMG and boot.img
I have a system.IMG and a boot.img if you still need it?

i need it. I accidentally deleted a system/lib file. thought i put it there. I did not... how would I go about installing? I'll google the steps in the mean time.

trentag1988 said:
i need it. I accidentally deleted a system/lib file. thought i put it there. I did not... how would I go about installing? I'll google the steps in the mean time.
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After downloading system.img to your computer you need to put the vivo air LTE in fastboot mode by turning it completely off. Then hold down power+volume up. Then choose reboot to bootloader connect the phone to your computer. Make sure you have adb and fastboot installed via Android SDK where adb resides such as the platform-tools directory put system.img in that folder and in that folder open it. Right click any white space while holding down shift on your keyboard and click open command from here. Then you can enter fastboot commands. fastboot devices make sure your device is detected then fastboot -w then fastboot format system then fastboot flash system system.img is your recovery still stock? here are three files system.img if your recover is messed too then i include recovery as well im not too sure if you need the boot.img but i included it in this link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B4_9-6sS8dFeTGpSLVVSN015STA?usp=sharing
let me know how it goes ok??
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I also created a checksum file.chk use ubuntu's md5sum -c file.chk. To check md5

Recovery is still stock. I got 15 second adb installer. Is that the same as android SDK? I'll have to try this tonight. Google drive is requesting that I get permission. Allow when you can. Thank you! I'll attempt this tonight
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Is it okay that I didn't allow USB debug before bricking?

sorry i dunno if i shared it correctly on my google drive try this
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Recovery is still stock. I got 15 second adb installer. Is that the same as android SDK? I'll have to try this tonight. Google drive is requesting that I get permission. Allow when you can. Thank you! I'll attempt this tonight
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Is it okay that I didn't allow USB debug before bricking?
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try this link i shared it to all
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B4_9-6sS8dFeTGpSLVVSN015STA?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B4_9-6sS8dFeTGpSLVVSN015STA?usp=sharing

Downloading now. Can't wait to try!!! Thank you so much. That little phone is surprisingly amazing

here's the kicker though... i tried to 'restart to bootloader', i get stuck on blu splash screen. after getting rid of that one file, it's stayed stuck at blu screen. ever encountered this?

Blu vivo screen
When you are in recovery and reboot into bootloader that's where the Blu vivo air sign is stuck but you can execute fastboot commands

So, I got it to work. I had to terminal fastboot command, then reboot to bootloader, and it finally stuck. You are a life saver.
Was much easier to do in Linux than it was in Windows.

I put it in root with "sudo -s" command then "fastboot install system system.img" do I need to leave the bootloader unlocked??
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I was thinking of compiling a twrp for this phone, but I'm a little not sure exactly how to do it. I've seen tutorial, but vague

Blu vivo air lte
Alright, that's what I wanted to hear!! Glad you got your phone back...Sux there's no Roms and custom recovery for this phone but at least you got it working glad to have helped!

About the system.img
trentag1988 said:
here's the kicker though... i tried to 'restart to bootloader', i get stuck on blu splash screen. after getting rid of that one file, it's stayed stuck at blu screen. ever encountered this?
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OK I had to root this vivo air LTE via king root to backup system image so if you want full stock you need to root your phone again with king root and then install super Sume from play store to remove KingRoot and have it replaced with SuperSU. Then you can fully unroot with SuperSU!!! I tried playing Pokemon go and it wouldn't let me because it thought my phone was rooted so that's one way to fix that!

Ohhhhhhh I was wondering how you got the image files ? I haven't had any issues with it so far. It's back to its wonderful goodness. By the way, how do you quote someone on here?? I see everyone doing it, but I don't know how

Quotes
Not too sure

Any new update about new BlankFlash?

as you guys know June update killed a lot of athenes and same thing happened with my athene. and the BlankFlash is also not working after this update. so is there any update for blankFlash, post a link here.

no updated blankflash ... we should wait la
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siddhesh9146 said:
as you guys know June update killed a lot of athenes and same thing happened with my athene. and the BlankFlash is also not working after this update. so is there any update for blankFlash, post a link here.
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sad..... my athne toooooo dead .... we should hope get updated soon... most of moto g4 plus athene dead ...... i dont who gonna make new updated blankflash to recover....... thanks in advance who make new one..... or any other solution... already a post is here but it didnot work out at allll..... pls someone geeks solve this
...... ISSUES LOTS OF MOTO G4 PLUS DEADDD..... EVERYTHING TRIED NO LUCK[ATHENE]XT1643]:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:

tamil2692 said:
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sad..... my athne toooooo dead .... we should hope get updated soon... most of moto g4 plus athene dead ...... i dont who gonna make new updated blankflash to recover....... thanks in advance who make new one..... or any other solution... already a post is here but it didnot work out at allll..... pls someone geeks solve this
...... ISSUES LOTS OF MOTO G4 PLUS DEADDD..... EVERYTHING TRIED NO LUCK[ATHENE]XT1643]:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
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Nothin

new blankflash HERE : https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/moto-g4-plus-hardbrick-solved-guide-t3657761

Does not enter recovery or boot up system
as soon as the blankflash file is updated i flashed it and worked
then i flashed updated gpt and bootloader
then i tried to enter recovery mode but its not entering
and also when i unplug usb cable it is turning off
then i flashed stock rom
but still recovery and system booting are not working,enters only to fastboot that too on charging.
guyss please help me it means a lot to me.Thanks in advance

Geek_manoj said:
as soon as the blankflash file is updated i flashed it and worked
then i flashed updated gpt and bootloader
then i tried to enter recovery mode but its not entering
and also when i unplug usb cable it is turning off
then i flashed stock rom
but still recovery and system booting are not working,enters only to fastboot that too on charging.
guyss please help me it means a lot to me.Thanks in advance
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Are you mentioning that your device only boots to fastboot now? If you press 'start', does that boot to system or not?
Which stock ROM did you flash, and can you confirm if the flash worked? How did your device brick in the first place?

echo92 said:
Are you mentioning that your device only boots to fastboot now? If you press 'start', does that boot to system or not?
Which stock ROM did you flash, and can you confirm if the flash worked? How did your device brick in the first place?
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he didn't flashed stock rom yet, he is only trying to flash custom roms zips from recovery. someone please him that this won't work in this case:cyclops:

Blank Flash Files Moto G4 Plus
Yes I have the correct blank flash files for Moto G4 Plus. I was used it on my device XT1643 and it is working.

echo92 said:
Are you mentioning that your device only boots to fastboot now? If you press 'start', does that boot to system or not?
Which stock ROM did you flash, and can you confirm if the flash worked? How did your device brick in the first place?
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yes,the device boots only to fastboot that too only when charged.if i press start that doesn't boot to system.I flashed "ATHENE_NPJS25.93-14-8_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip".I bricked by doing softare update after reflashing stock rom.it also doesnt enter recovery
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siddhesh9146 said:
he didn't flashed stock rom yet, he is only trying to flash custom roms zips from recovery. someone please him that this won't work in this case:cyclops:
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sorry if you dont understand.but i flash stock rom "ATHENE_NPJS25.93-14-8_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip" in stock recovery.if u could help me please let me know.thanks in advance

Geek_manoj said:
yes,the device boots only to fastboot that too only when charged.if i press start that doesn't boot to system.I flashed "ATHENE_NPJS25.93-14-8_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip".I bricked by doing softare update after reflashing stock rom.it also doesnt enter recovery
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sorry if you dont understand.but i flash stock rom "ATHENE_NPJS25.93-14-8_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip" in stock recovery.if u could help me please let me know.thanks in advance
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I knew that, that file was for flashing in fastboot mode
but you flashed in recovery

Geek_manoj said:
yes,the device boots only to fastboot that too only when charged.if i press start that doesn't boot to system.I flashed "ATHENE_NPJS25.93-14-8_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip".I bricked by doing softare update after reflashing stock rom.it also doesnt enter recovery
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sorry if you dont understand.but i flash stock rom "ATHENE_NPJS25.93-14-8_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip" in stock recovery.if u could help me please let me know.thanks in advance
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As siddhesh9146 had mentioned, the Athene stock ROM cannot be flashed in stock recovery, it is not a flashable zip file. You need a computer and ADB set up, extract the zip on your computer and use the flashing commands in the fastboot ROM thread to flash a stock ROM.
Until you've flashed the stock ROM, I'm not even sure if you have stock recovery, or a stock system on your device. The supplied blank flash does not appear to have a functioning recovery included with it.

echo92 said:
As siddhesh9146 had mentioned, the Athene stock ROM cannot be flashed in stock recovery, it is not a flashable zip file. You need a computer and ADB set up, extract the zip on your computer and use the flashing commands in the fastboot ROM thread to flash a stock ROM.
Until you've flashed the stock ROM, I'm not even sure if you have stock recovery, or a stock system on your device. The supplied blank flash does not appear to have a functioning recovery included with it.
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I m sorry.I must have described in a better way.I actually mean that i used computer extracted the firmware and then i ran oem_flash,which is the actual way i suppouse in fastboot mode(i ommited for fastboot as stock recovery in previous post,sorry).but i dont know why it still doesnt enter recovery or enter into system or work without plug.i even tried flashing updated gpt.bin and bootloader files again followed by the rom,but noting happened
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echo92 said:
As siddhesh9146 had mentioned, the Athene stock ROM cannot be flashed in stock recovery, it is not a flashable zip file. You need a computer and ADB set up, extract the zip on your computer and use the flashing commands in the fastboot ROM thread to flash a stock ROM.
Until you've flashed the stock ROM, I'm not even sure if you have stock recovery, or a stock system on your device. The supplied blank flash does not appear to have a functioning recovery included with it.
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siddhesh9146 said:
I knew that, that file was for flashing in fastboot mode
but you flashed in recovery
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hey,i ommited in the post telling that i did it in recovery(sorry for that)actually it doesnt enter recovery,which i already mentioned.thanks for being concerned

Geek_manoj said:
I m sorry.I must have described in a better way.I actually mean that i used computer extracted the firmware and then i ran oem_flash,which is the actual way i suppouse in fastboot mode(i ommited for fastboot as stock recovery in previous post,sorry).but i dont know why it still doesnt enter recovery or enter into system or work without plug.i even tried flashing updated gpt.bin and bootloader files again followed by the rom,but noting happened
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hey,i ommited in the post telling that i did it in recovery(sorry for that)actually it doesnt enter recovery,which i already mentioned.thanks for being concerned
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So, you booted your device to the bootloader screen (not to recovery), connected your device to your computer, and you've flashed using the OEM_flash script, and yet you're unable to reboot to recovery?
Sounds like your stock ROM flash did not work the first time, leaving you without a recovery or a system. Try the following just to confirm:
1) Ensure your adb folder contains the extracted NPJS25.93-14-8 stock ROM (all the files), should be about 2 GB for the stock ROM. Also confirm that the OEM flash script is in the same location (so your adb folder should have the stock ROM, the flash script and the adb and fastboot.exe and adb.dlls)
2)Reboot your device to the bootloader (power down, then press the power and volume down keys to boot to bootloader) and connect your device to your computer.
3)In the adb terminal, type 'fastboot devices', without the quotes. If communicating, you should see your device respond with its serial number.
4)If communicating, run the OEM flash script again.
5)If your device does not boot properly, then reboot to bootloader.
5a)Copy each of the commands from the script (you can open the script in a text editor) and paste them in the adb terminal window and run each one by pressing Enter on your keyboard. You should see the command report [OKAY] if it's flashed. Any errors, let us know, that might point more accurately to what might be going on.
As an aside, this is one of the reasons why downgrading isn't a good idea....

echo92 said:
So, you booted your device to the bootloader screen (not to recovery), connected your device to your computer, and you've flashed using the OEM_flash script, and yet you're unable to reboot to recovery?
Sounds like your stock ROM flash did not work the first time, leaving you without a recovery or a system. Try the following just to confirm:
1) Ensure your adb folder contains the extracted NPJS25.93-14-8 stock ROM (all the files), should be about 2 GB for the stock ROM. Also confirm that the OEM flash script is in the same location (so your adb folder should have the stock ROM, the flash script and the adb and fastboot.exe and adb.dlls)
2)Reboot your device to the bootloader (power down, then press the power and volume down keys to boot to bootloader) and connect your device to your computer.
3)In the adb terminal, type 'fastboot devices', without the quotes. If communicating, you should see your device respond with its serial number.
4)If communicating, run the OEM flash script again.
5)If your device does not boot properly, then reboot to bootloader.
5a)Copy each of the commands from the script (you can open the script in a text editor) and paste them in the adb terminal window and run each one by pressing Enter on your keyboard. You should see the command report [OKAY] if it's flashed. Any errors, let us know, that might point more accurately to what might be going on.
As an aside, this is one of the reasons why downgrading isn't a good idea....
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Hey,thanks for bothering.But,it didnt work.i have got no error.But still mobile enters only fastboot that too when charging( only fastboot again).

I tried to clear cache memory by booting my g4 plus in recovery mode. the phone hanged up and switched off now unable to boot. tried the blank flash file to update but the same is not working. Can any one help !!

"soft-brick" on Essential Phone PH-1

Originally posted by: Azpre
Hello
A while ago, I tried to root my Essential Phone using magisk. I unlocked the bootloader, flashed twrp, but when I tried to install the magisk zip file, it failed, and I was stuck in a bootloop.
Easy problem to solve right? I wiped everything from my phone (including the ROM), downloaded a stock ROM (.ZIP file, and I think that’s what ****ed everything up) and when I tried to install it, it failed once again. Therefore, I downloaded another stock ROM file (this time as a .img file) and tried to installed it.
But what I ended up doing, was installing some other .img file as the boot image (on twrp), and after that, my phone kept restarting endlessly. I couldn’t access the recovery mode (if I tried to press the vol down + start buttons, or just the start button, the process would repeat, so I leaved my phone there until it run out of battery, now its off).
I was despaired and tried to search every inch of the internet for a solution, and obviously, I could not find it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks for your attention.
(Im not sure if this is really a soft brick, I named this thread wit my basic knowlage, sorry if Im wrong)

Use
fastboot unlock_critical
Then flash your full stock formware to both slots
You can get in the bootloader right?

Azpre said:
Originally posted by: Azpre
Hello
A while ago, I tried to root my Essential Phone using magisk. I unlocked the bootloader, flashed twrp, but when I tried to install the magisk zip file, it failed, and I was stuck in a bootloop.
Easy problem to solve right? I wiped everything from my phone (including the ROM), downloaded a stock ROM (.ZIP file, and I think that’s what ****ed everything up) and when I tried to install it, it failed once again. Therefore, I downloaded another stock ROM file (this time as a .img file) and tried to installed it.
But what I ended up doing, was installing some other .img file as the boot image (on twrp), and after that, my phone kept restarting endlessly. I couldn’t access the recovery mode (if I tried to press the vol down + start buttons, or just the start button, the process would repeat, so I leaved my phone there until it run out of battery, now its off).
I was despaired and tried to search every inch of the internet for a solution, and obviously, I could not find it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks for your attention.
(Im not sure if this is really a soft brick, I named this thread wit my basic knowlage, sorry if Im wrong)
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From my understanding ... After you get the bootloader unlocked and the critical partition as the poster above stated. Pretty sure, Magisk, when booted into the android OS should be installed.. After that you can patch the boot image(to include root) without root! And then, fastboot flash boot (path/to/boot.img).
For not being able to boot into TWRP .... Did you use the command fastboot boot twrp.img? Or fastboot flash recovery twrp.img ?
If you used the boot command - TWRP will not stick.
If you used the flash command and cannot access TWRP, IDK, you may be on the wrong partition. I personally had a bit of difficulty with there being two partitions. Just made it a bit confusing...
As the above poster asked, .... Are you able to get to the bootloader? If so, I don't think all is lost... I'm thinking you'll just have to do some fastboot commands again, like, fastboot boot TWRP.img . Then you should be able to just press the volume a time or two to boot to recovery. As @BakedTator asked
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BakedTator said:
Use
fastboot unlock_critical
Then flash your full stock formware to both slots
You can get in the bootloader right?
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Was that advise sound enough???
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Azpre said:
Originally posted by: Azpre
Hello
A while ago, I tried to root my Essential Phone using magisk. I unlocked the bootloader, flashed twrp, but when I tried to install the magisk zip file, it failed, and I was stuck in a bootloop.
Easy problem to solve right? I wiped everything from my phone (including the ROM), downloaded a stock ROM (.ZIP file, and I think that’s what ****ed everything up) and when I tried to install it, it failed once again. Therefore, I downloaded another stock ROM file (this time as a .img file) and tried to installed it.
But what I ended up doing, was installing some other .img file as the boot image (on twrp), and after that, my phone kept restarting endlessly. I couldn’t access the recovery mode (if I tried to press the vol down + start buttons, or just the start button, the process would repeat, so I leaved my phone there until it run out of battery, now its off).
I was despaired and tried to search every inch of the internet for a solution, and obviously, I could not find it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks for your attention.
(Im not sure if this is really a soft brick, I named this thread wit my basic knowlage, sorry if Im wrong)
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/essential-phone/help/partition-t3733811. Check out this thread, it may help or give you some understanding.

BakedTator said:
Use
fastboot unlock_critical
Then flash your full stock formware to both slots
You can get in the bootloader right?
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This is what I got when I tried to use this command
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot unlock_critical
fastboot: usage: unknown command unlock_critical
yesterday I couldn't find a way to access the bootloader, but for some reason when I gave another shot today it worked
going to try flash twrp once again

Azpre said:
This is what I got when I tried to use this command
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot unlock_critical
fastboot: usage: unknown command unlock_critical
yesterday I couldn't find a way to access the bootloader, but for some reason when I gave another shot today it worked
going to try flash twrp once again
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fastboot flashing!!! fastboot flashing unlock_critical
From HERE - !!!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/essential-phone/development/stock-7-1-1-nmj20d-t3701681

dirtyreturn said:
From my understanding ... After you get the bootloader unlocked and the critical partition as the poster above stated. Pretty sure, Magisk, when booted into the android OS should be installed.. After that you can patch the boot image(to include root) without root! And then, fastboot flash boot (path/to/boot.img).
For not being able to boot into TWRP .... Did you use the command fastboot boot twrp.img? Or fastboot flash recovery twrp.img ?
If you used the boot command - TWRP will not stick.
If you used the flash command and cannot access TWRP, IDK, you may be on the wrong partition. I personally had a bit of difficulty with there being two partitions. Just made it a bit confusing...
As the above poster asked, .... Are you able to get to the bootloader? If so, I don't think all is lost... I'm thinking you'll just have to do some fastboot commands again, like, fastboot boot TWRP.img . Then you should be able to just press the volume a time or two to boot to recovery. As @BakedTator asked
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Was that advise sound enough???
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/essential-phone/help/partition-t3733811. Check out this thread, it may help or give you some understanding.
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thanks for the thread man, helped alot
I managed to flash twrp by some miracle, I remember my device entering a bootloop once I tried to access the bootloader menu, but now its all good. I waited for the Essential run out of battery, then I plugged-in my pc the fastboot commands were working once again
going to try install a boot image now

dirtyreturn said:
fastboot flashing!!! fastboot flashing unlock_critical
From HERE - !!!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/essential-phone/development/stock-7-1-1-nmj20d-t3701681
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oh my god Im such a dumbass, sorry

I had this problem tonight also. In my case I suspect it had to do with the install of magisk in which I checked both boxes and patched the bootloader. on reboot I was stuck on boot. Just wanted to add my solution. I got the pie back to stock zip here https://forum.xda-developers.com/essential-phone/development/stock-7-1-1-nmj20d-t3701681 then I put it into the adb folder and ran the flashall.bat script. I tried the no wipe one and it saved my information. very happy I didnt have to resetup my phone in the end.