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FAILED (remote: flash_cmds error!)

Hi @all,
i just messed something up while testing several custom roms for my Zenfone5 so actually i cant write system neither by "sideload" nor by "fastboot flash system". i always get the a mistake like:
Code:
FAILED (remote: flash_cmds error!)
Actually i cant find a mistake by myself. Is it located in my PC or in my phone? i already searched for an errorlist for fastboot but that doesn't get me any results...
and as we say in germany:
Vielen Dank im Vorraus!
Vere'Athor

You're trying to flash a wrong file.
What's the command you're running?

I get the same error running this command:
fastboot.exe flash recovery recovery.img
I cant erase this partition too. When i run this:
fastboot.exe erase recovery
I get this:
FAILED (remote: unable to format)
¨
Please Help

Waërloga666 said:
I get the same error running this command:
fastboot.exe flash recovery recovery.img
I cant erase this partition too. When i run this:
fastboot.exe erase recovery
I get this:
FAILED (remote: unable to format)
¨
Please Help
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Can you post a link to recovery you are trying to flash? (I will test it)

Can anyone help me out? I tried to install CM 13.1 in Zenfone 5 but when it gets to "writing boot" the following message appears:
FAILED (remote: flash_cmds error!)
How could i solve this? txs everyone
(If any of you guys could text in Portuguese i would be very pleasant)

if u want to flash custom rom
all u need is to unlock bootloader
take a look on this thread using auto.bat for unlock bootloader!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone-5/general/recovery-twrp-2-8-6-0-asus-zenfone-5-t3136263
after unlocked try flash TWRP again
to confirm success unlocked not!
if fail it will show error failed
just follow step by step read thru!
hope it helps
good luck !

I am Having The Same Error (FAILED (remote: flash_cmds error!)
What To do

Zuk Z1: FAILED (remote: oem unlock is not allowed)

Hello everyone, I locked my smartphone and now I want it back. The only way by which I can operate it from the Fastboot mode presents the recovery of stock Cyanogen. From platform-tools, I would like to unlock the bootloader to install a TWRP recovery, but I can not because I get this message FAILED (remote: oem unlock is not allowed) when I enter this command fastboot oem unlock -i 0x2b4c. Could someone help me? Pretty much in advance.

alessio93 said:
Hello everyone, I locked my smartphone and now I want it back. The only way by which I can operate it from the Fastboot mode presents the recovery of stock Cyanogen. From platform-tools, I would like to unlock the bootloader to install a TWRP recovery, but I can not because I get this message FAILED (remote: oem unlock is not allowed) when I enter this command fastboot oem unlock -i 0x2b4c. Could someone help me? Pretty much in advance.
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Bro How did you solved this ?
Could you please help me.
I am stuck at the same point.

A solution would be to flash a new factory rom through the QFIL tool.

any link for QFIL ROM ?

aamszia said:
any link for QFIL ROM ?
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I'll give you next week if needed

Bootloader re-locked and now "System Destroyed" with no solutions

Hi all, I had official MIUI Global 11 on Android 10 on a phone with unlocked bootloader and a recovery. I wanted to re-lock the bootloader, so I went to fastboot and I gave the command to lock it.
Obviously (but I didn't even imagine it) the devide DID lock, but now it doesn't start any longer. ""System destroyed" is the message.
What I want to get is one of these two results: having a working phone OR having everything erased.
What I have already tried is:
- installing a firmware via fastboot: failed because the bootloader is locked
- flashing single .img via fastboot: failed because the bootloader is locked
- erase partitions: failed because the bootloader is locked
- unlock again the phone via fastboot: failed
- unlock again the phone via Mi Unlock: failed because missing authorization in developer options
Let's add the fact that I don't have windows, but Mac, that reduces the available options.
ANY SUGGESTIONS?

You can use Platform tools in windows.As far as i know platform tools can be used both locked and unlocked bootloader.You can search on YouTube how to flash mi phones through platform tools.

francanna said:
Hi all, I had official MIUI Global 11 on Android 10 on a phone with unlocked bootloader and a recovery. I wanted to re-lock the bootloader, so I went to fastboot and I gave the command to lock it.
Obviously (but I didn't even imagine it) the devide DID lock, but now it doesn't start any longer. ""System destroyed" is the message.
What I want to get is one of these two results: having a working phone OR having everything erased.
What I have already tried is:
- installing a firmware via fastboot: failed because the bootloader is locked
- flashing single .img via fastboot: failed because the bootloader is locked
- erase partitions: failed because the bootloader is locked
- unlock again the phone via fastboot: failed
- unlock again the phone via Mi Unlock: failed because missing authorization in developer options
Let's add the fact that I don't have windows, but Mac, that reduces the available options.
ANY SUGGESTIONS?
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I think that the only way to flash it successfully again is to use QPST ,but you need to open the phone remove battery and get 9008 port , check in YouTube.

image verification error, TWRP Install failed.

Hello, I'm new here so if I miss any Forum rules please let me know.
TL;DR: I unlocked the bootloader of my VNS-L31 with PotatoNV and now I get the Message FAILED (remote: 'image verification error')
So, i want to install a Custom ROM in order to get OTG Support for my Smartphone. I'm new to this but as I figured out I need to do the following Steps.
1. Unlock Bootloader using PotatoNV
2. Install TWRP
3. Root via SU
3. Install CustomRom via TWRP
I think I managed to unlock my bootloader as I get the "your device cant be trusted" message every time I boot. I can enter fastboot mode with ADB and my device is recognized when it's in fastboot mode. when I try now to install TWRP (i tried different versions) I get the following message:
J:\Smartphone\TWRP\platform-tools_r31.0.2-windows\platform-tools>fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.1.1-0-venus.img
Sending 'recovery' (24464 KB) OKAY [ 0.648s]
Writing 'recovery' FAILED (remote: 'image verification error')
fastboot: error: Command failed
Reading the Forums suggested to relock the Bootloader and then unlock it again in good old " did you turn it off and on again" manner. but when I googled how to relock and unlock I got the warning that a lot of devices cant be unlocked a second time. So should I try to relock it via fastboot ? if I do so, can I unlock it again with the new unlockcode i set in PotatoNV, or do I need to open my phone for Testpoint mode and unlock it with PotatoNV again?
so hopefully i didn't miss any necessary information and someone here can help me or point me in the right direction
greetings
Elfenfreund
PS: Pardon my Writing. It's late and my English is not very trained.

No need to relock. Just unlock it again using the code given by the Potato. Then try flashing again the image.

Zenfone3 soft brick

hi guys, zenfone3 soft bricked. enters fastboot mode. There is no recovery mode, the phone stays on the asus screen while booting. I tried to install stock recovery
I tried to install twrp, this did not happen because the bootloader is unlocked. The bootloader lock cannot be unlocked via fastboot.
I tried to install with the asus flash tool, I tried 5 different stock roms, the same error I got on 2 different PCs;
run flash image script failure (failed (remote:failed to write partition))
After getting this error, I tried to do fastboot oem reset-repartition while trying to fix it, but I also got the following error;
failed (remote permission denied)
ı not fixed.