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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.

Heisenberg said:
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

Nexus 6p struck in boot loop

Hi,
My Nexus 6p was running the latest OTP update of Android Nougat successfully, Suddenly while using google maps it, restarted and went into a boot loop. All i can see is the unlocked bootloader warning (i had unlocked the bootloader earlier) and then the google logo.
I am able to go into bootloader mode and my system identifies my device as a fastoboot device .
I was able to access my stock recovery but while trying to fix my phone, i tried installing twrp recovery and now whenever I choose the option of recovery mode using my volume keys. it again shows the google logo and nothing happens after that.
I have tried many things, but I am not able to resolve my boot loop. Somebody please help me. Please guide me what should be my approach to this problem
Regards
Ishmeet

ishmeet said:
Hi,
My Nexus 6p was running the latest OTP update of Android Nougat successfully, Suddenly while using google maps it, restarted and went into a boot loop. All i can see is the unlocked bootloader warning (i had unlocked the bootloader earlier) and then the google logo.
I am able to go into bootloader mode and my system identifies my device as a fastoboot device .
I was able to access my stock recovery but while trying to fix my phone, i tried installing twrp recovery and now whenever I choose the option of recovery mode using my volume keys. it again shows the google logo and nothing happens after that.
I have tried many things, but I am not able to resolve my boot loop. Somebody please help me. Please guide me what should be my approach to this problem
Regards
Ishmeet
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FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS ONLY IF ANYTHING BETTER DOESNT COME UP BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO FEEL GUILTY IF YOU "FUBAR" YOUR PHONE. I am not an expert in this stuff.. I can only follow instructions and the two videos helped me get out of crappy situation in the past couple weeks.
Follow the two videos below on how to re-install your drivers properly and flash and root Nougat 7.0
First go delete your driver from your PC via Device Manager. Anything that you can associate with N6P or Google.
Then watch this video on how to install new drivers.
This video on how to install Nougat

If you can access fastboot, I would just follow Heisenbergs guide (look In the stickies) and reflash the N stock images manually via fastboot. Also, make sure that you flash the recommended TWRP version that he has linked in his guide otherwise you will have problems with recovery. His guide has saved me multiple times when I messed up my phone.

Pain-N-Panic said:
If you can access fastboot, I would just follow Heisenbergs guide (look In the stickies) and reflash the N stock images manually via fastboot. Also, make sure that you flash the recommended TWRP version that he has linked in his guide otherwise you will have problems with recovery. His guide has saved me multiple times when I messed up my phone.
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I am in something similar situation but the thing is computer does not detect any device and phone just shows google. I ended up in this situation after I was trying to flash zip drivers for google assistant. But now I am not able to access recovery mode even.

ranjha94 said:
I am in something similar situation but the thing is computer does not detect any device and phone just shows google. I ended up in this situation after I was trying to flash zip drivers for google assistant. But now I am not able to access recovery mode even.
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I have a locked bootloader and I now have a similar issue, I can't flash anything manually because of the BL . following this topic

bkgovols said:
I have a locked bootloader and I now have a similar issue, I can't flash anything manually because of the BL . following this topic
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I think I figured out mine problem. I am not sure what you mean by locked bootloader but in my case I was able to reboot to bootloader by pressing all three buttons (Volume up, Volume down and power button) at the same time.
Once you are there and if your bootloader is already unlocked you can flash your own android. Probably this process is called unbrick your phone. I am surprissed and sad as I am not allowed to post link which can help you. Ask admin.
Any related problem while following process. I can try as I am not very expert.
RIP my English.
Thanks
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bkgovols said:
I have a locked bootloader and I now have a similar issue, I can't flash anything manually because of the BL . following this topic
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https://devs-lab.com/how-to-unbrick-hard-soft-bricked-google-huawei-nexus-6p.html

bkgovols said:
I have a locked bootloader and I now have a similar issue, I can't flash anything manually because of the BL . following this topic
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And that's why it's a good idea if you do ANY tinkering to your phone that you have an unlocked bootloader. I have screwed my phone up a hundred times over but nothing that a fastboot flash of the stock Google images couldn't overcome.
I'm not sure what situation you're in but I would try to get that bootloader unlocked asap. Just know that when you unlock it, every partition on the phone will be completely wiped to include internal storage (sd card).

I wasn't tinkering that's the thing. I was on the Android beta but I have installed those OTA. I would love to be able to unlock the bootloader but none of the commands will work to unlock it because usb debugging was not enabled or the developer options and I can't boot it to change that.

Can't unlock bootloader, can't finish OS setup

So I upgraded to Nougat on my P9 Lite, unlocked boot loader, used twrp, flashed roms and everything went smooth. Saw a more up-to-date version with no bugs, so I had to downgrade to MM first.
I followed a guide, but I messed up somewhere and ended up having my bootloader locked, and I can't access the OS to enable developer options and oem unlock from settings. The reason why I can't access the OS is that I am stuck in the setup. I am stuck at the part where I have to sign in to my google account. It doesn't show a keyboard, only a microphone, and I can't use that for my password (it won't let me).
Any ideas?
TL;DR messed up during downgrading from Nougat to MM, now TWLR is gone, bootloader is locked and my main issue is that when I get to the google account sign in part during OS setup, there is no keyboard (I can only use dictation) so I can't sign in... So I'm stuck
Also, can I unlock bootloader without access to OS, without being able to navigate to settings, enable developer options and then oem unlock?

1. Stuck in OS setup? Signing in to Google? Hey, it's not obligatory, can't you just skip it?
2. Flashing ROMS locked your bootloader, it's normal, but I'm sure it didn't change the "oem unlock" setting you had surely enabled before. Go to fastboot mode and check Bootloader and FRP status on the bottom of the screen. If FRP is unlocked, you will be able to unlock bootloader again.
3. If you have your TWRP gone (flashed by stock ROM), flash the recovery partition manually - fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img (download from Meticulus Project site).

Jagiel88 said:
1. Stuck in OS setup? Signing in to Google? Hey, it's not obligatory, can't you just skip it?
2. Flashing ROMS locked your bootloader, it's normal, but I'm sure it didn't change the "oem unlock" setting you had surely enabled before. Go to fastboot mode and check Bootloader and FRP status on the bottom of the screen. If FRP is unlocked, you will be able to unlock bootloader again.
3. If you have your TWRP gone (flashed by stock ROM), flash the recovery partition manually - fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img (download from Meticulus Project site).
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It is obligatory, I couldn't skip it. I tried to use other methods of signing in, but then it asked me to reset password at the end.
Both Phone and FRP are locked
I think I have missed this, but I can't do it via fastboot because I keep getting "Command not allowed" whenever I try to unlock bootloader or do anything via fast boot.
Also, thank you so much for your time and input. It is much appreciated.

That's weird, I flashed my phone several times with different ROMS (not Nougat) and this setting (oem unlock / FRP unlocked) stayed enabled. Don't know where it sits then and how to change it without getting inside OS. But - what about TWRP? Oh right, you won't be able to flash it without unlocked bootloader... Oh, crap. I would try SRK Tool for Huawei to play with bootloader, it uses fastboot so shouldn't help, but maybe, just maybe? Maybe try flashing whole ROMs through dload folder on SD? Stock 120, 161, Nougat, I would try these. I hope there is some way to unlock FRP, probably it's possible in DC-unlocker (it's a paid software).

Jagiel88 said:
That's weird, I flashed my phone several times with different ROMS (not Nougat) and this setting (oem unlock / FRP unlocked) stayed enabled. Don't know where it sits then and how to change it without getting inside OS. But - what about TWRP? Oh right, you won't be able to flash it without unlocked bootloader... Oh, crap. I would try SRK Tool for Huawei to play with bootloader, it uses fastboot so shouldn't help, but maybe, just maybe? Maybe try flashing whole ROMs through dload folder on SD? Stock 120, 161, Nougat, I would try these. I hope there is some way to unlock FRP, probably it's possible in DC-unlocker (it's a paid software).
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Yes, it's very weird. I haven't done the process a lot. But I've flashed a couple of phones I had before, went smooth. Nothing major like this happened before.
I will consider the SRK Tool and I did not know about the DC-Unlocker tool, thank you for telling me about it.
Flashing whole roms through dload folder only works with Nougat for some reason, and I keep getting stuck in the signing in problem because of no keyboard, someone told me that's incomplete software, I'm hoping that's the case, any ideas where can I get it from?
Again thank you Jagiel88 for your time and advice xD

No problem, unfortunately I haven't tried Nougat yet, so search for help on down/upgrade Nougat beta <-> Marshmallow threads .

youssefSamir said:
Yes, it's very weird. I haven't done the process a lot. But I've flashed a couple of phones I had before, went smooth. Nothing major like this happened before.
I will consider the SRK Tool and I did not know about the DC-Unlocker tool, thank you for telling me about it.
Flashing whole roms through dload folder only works with Nougat for some reason, and I keep getting stuck in the signing in problem because of no keyboard, someone told me that's incomplete software, I'm hoping that's the case, any ideas where can I get it from?
Again thank you Jagiel88 for your time and advice xD
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Hi, have you found how to solve this? I can't access recovery because I messed up, cant flash recovery because bootloader locked. Cant unlock bootloader because says command not allowed... I did 3 times so the code is working... Any clue?

islandman75 said:
Hi, have you found how to solve this? I can't access recovery because I messed up, cant flash recovery because bootloader locked. Cant unlock bootloader because says command not allowed... I did 3 times so the code is working... Any clue?
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There is 1 thing to unlock in settings . U have OEM lock

youssefSamir said:
Yes, it's very weird. I haven't done the process a lot. But I've flashed a couple of phones I had before, went smooth. Nothing major like this happened before.
I will consider the SRK Tool and I did not know about the DC-Unlocker tool, thank you for telling me about it.
Flashing whole roms through dload folder only works with Nougat for some reason, and I keep getting stuck in the signing in problem because of no keyboard, someone told me that's incomplete software, I'm hoping that's the case, any ideas where can I get it from?
Again thank you Jagiel88 for your time and advice xD
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Hi, have you found how to solve this? I can't access recovery because I messed up, cant flash recovery because bootloader locked. Cant unlock bootloader because says command not allowed... I did 3 times so the code is working... Any clue?
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There is 1 thing to unlock in settings . U have OEM lock
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Can't access to any OS. I definetly know i had OEM unlocked, then after unlocking via fastboot, I wasn't able anymore to access the system.

islandman75 said:
Hi, have you found how to solve this? I can't access recovery because I messed up, cant flash recovery because bootloader locked. Cant unlock bootloader because says command not allowed... I did 3 times so the code is working... Any clue?
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Can't access to any OS. I definetly know i had OEM unlocked, then after unlocking via fastboot, I wasn't able anymore to access the system.
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Unlock bootloader, after that you able to flash rom.
You use this command?
fastboot oem unlock YOUR_OEM_CODE
If you tip:
fastboot devices
What's you see?

!! Moto G4(XT1625) won't boot up and can't flash images

I tried to root my Moto G4, and oh boy that was a big mistake. After successfully installing TWRP, I went to install SuperSu. Now, my phone can do one of two things: be at the bootloader menu or boot up TWRP. And so to fix this I downloaded the official Motorola imgs for my device and was planning on flashing them to my Moto G4. But now, in the bootloader adb won't recognize my device. In TWRP, it's recognized, but I cannot run any fastboot commands, so I can't flash the stock image. Any idea how to fix this monstrosity of a situation? I just want to have my phone back; I don't even care if it gets rooted anymore...

bootloader = fastboot, Adb has nothing to do there. You flashed TWRP and didnt you make a backup after? Oh god big mistake

Kyle.Donoghue said:
I tried to root my Moto G4, and oh boy that was a big mistake. After successfully installing TWRP, I went to install SuperSu. Now, my phone can do one of two things: be at the bootloader menu or boot up TWRP. And so to fix this I downloaded the official Motorola imgs for my device and was planning on flashing them to my Moto G4. But now, in the bootloader adb won't recognize my device. In TWRP, it's recognized, but I cannot run any fastboot commands, so I can't flash the stock image. Any idea how to fix this monstrosity of a situation? I just want to have my phone back; I don't even care if it gets rooted anymore...
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First of all - don't panic and do something to make things worse. The fact you can get to TWRP is very encouraging. While in the bootloader, and with your phone connected to your PC open a command line window in your directory that contains the fastboot and adb files. type the command "fastboot devices" and see if your phone shows up. If it does then you can flash the stock image for your phone. It can be found on various posts in these forums.
Did you root your phone following the proper procedure found here? - https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4/how-to/how-to-root-g4-fix-bootable-attempted-t3417592 I am guessing you didn't since you soft bricked your phone.
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lerg96 said:
bootloader = fastboot, Adb has nothing to do there. You flashed TWRP and didnt you make a backup after? Oh god big mistake
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Seriously? This is all you have to offer??? Not much help dude!

pastorbob62 said:
Seriously? This is all you have to offer??? Not much help dude!
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I just wanted to make difference between both :laugh::laugh:
But he dont give us enough information
Root method? Android OS? And bro bootloader with adb? theres two things I guess he did, he confused the terms and instead of typing 'fastboot' he wrote 'adb' OR, he really tried to flash a .zip or img with adb inside the bootloader
PD: come, dont get mad at me. Give me a hug

Kyle.Donoghue said:
I tried to root my Moto G4, and oh boy that was a big mistake. After successfully installing TWRP, I went to install SuperSu. Now, my phone can do one of two things: be at the bootloader menu or boot up TWRP. And so to fix this I downloaded the official Motorola imgs for my device and was planning on flashing them to my Moto G4. But now, in the bootloader adb won't recognize my device. In TWRP, it's recognized, but I cannot run any fastboot commands, so I can't flash the stock image. Any idea how to fix this monstrosity of a situation? I just want to have my phone back; I don't even care if it gets rooted anymore...
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You forgot to flash ElementalX, dummy. Maybe if you read the instructions you wouldn't have issues.
Since you have TWRP installed I recommend using one of the optimized stock ROM builds over on the G4 Plus forum (everything for the G4 Plus can be flashed on the G4).
If not, then you need to know that fastboot =/ adb- you need fastboot installed. If you're on Windows, Minimal ADB and fastboot is the way to go. If you're on a debian based distro, run "sudo apt-get install fastboot". You also need Motorola Device Manager drivers installed.

"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
---------- Post added at 05:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:42 PM ----------
Was that advise sound enough???
---------- Post added at 05:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:44 PM ----------
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.