Error Flashing TWRP on unlocked XT1640 - Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers

Greetings everyone, I just got a new XT1640. I installed on it the ATHENE_NPJS25.93-14-4_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml ROM from here. Went to motorola's site and unlocked the phone. But I still can't flash TWRP.
this is what happens:
Code:
fastboot flash boot twrp-3.0.2-0-athene.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'boot' (12496 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.435s]
writing 'boot'...
(bootloader) Image not signed or corrupt
OKAY [ 0.186s]
finished. total time: 0.621s
I tried versions 3.1.1, 3.1.0 and 3.0.2 , all from the twrp site. Any ideas?

@yohanleafheart
Why do you want to brick your device ?
Check the command that you are entering, "BOOT" ???? That's "RECOVERY"
write command: fastboot flash recovery xyz.img
(Refer any Recovery or flashing thread)
EDIT:
When you used "fastboot flash boot twrp.img"
you got OKAY at last,
That means you flashed Recovery into Boot/kernel !!
If you face any kernel related problem on startup, then you will need to get original Boot.img and flash it...

Haha hey bro be careful while using commands .. u gonna poision your phone

In addition to ____Mdd's reply about TWRP being flashed to your boot (i.e. kernel!) partition, which isn't good...
The 'Image not signed or corrupt' error is normal because TWRP isn't cryptographically signed, so the bootloader reports as so. Normally, if you see [OKAY], the flash has succeeded (though in your case it's succeeded flashing to the wrong partition...) and you'd boot to recovery to ensure TWRP is not overwritten by the stock recovery (after which you can boot as normal).
If you need a stock kernel, you can pull the boot.img from the stock ROM you have and flash that to the boot partition or find the stock kernels here https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72378739&postcount=262
Hopefully your device is working!

Gaaaaaaaaah didn't realize I was flashing to the wrong partition. Zomfg.
It didn't brick, i reverted to the stock before booting and relock the bootloader. I don't want the stock, I want to flash loa (did this on my s5 normally)
The problem is that even using the right command, it says that it is not signed, and wglhen I reboot in Dev mode it still won't boot on TWRP. It goes back to fastboot.
Any ideas?

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help please my N1 is stuck at boot

hi , i have rooted my n1 and loaded ( recovery-RA-nexus-v1.5.3) into it , but because i had problems with the wifi i decided to flash back the original rom , i did everything as instructed , but when i booted my n1 i get stuck on the boot image with the unlock , can you help me please ?
Can you boot into recovery or fastboot and reflash a known good image (download one and check the md5)? If you can get into recovery then you should be able to reflash without any problems.
Wipe the phone with recovery then try the new rom and radio that got leaked today. I am using it with no issues. In this post there is update.zip that you can flash using recovery if you are having issues with fastboot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=632187
yes i can log to fastboot i will try and let you know what will happen
I had to wipe my SD card after rooting and installing Boot rom.
its not working
hi , i did try to flash Passion_Google_WWE_1.07.1700.1
i keep getting the following
Aegean-iMac:1.1-nexusone-superboot apple$ ./fastboot-mac flash boot PASSIMG_Passion_Google_WWE_107.zip
sending 'boot' (80061 KB)... OKAY
writing 'boot'... FAILED (remote: image error! (BootMagic check fail))
aegean-iMac:1.1-nexusone-superboot apple$
the zip file size is 82 MB on disk (81,983,271 bytes)
and when i try to flash it through the recovery mood i end up with " cant open /sdcard/..... (bad )
i did try to download different roms with the same rustles what im doing wrong ?

Yet Another Bootloop Thread

Hello,
So I decided to unlock and root my Pure today. Originally I was going to flash Lineage, but I later decided not to. Anyway, I was following the instructions here.
So I unlocked and installed TWRP succesfully. Then I decided to root. And that's where I screwed up.
Following these instructions, I now have a phone that won't boot past the "M" logo. Apparently my mistake was not using the current SU version.
I have been Googling for an hour now, but almost every solution I've come across has involved plugging the phone into the computer. My issue is that my computer isn't recognizing the phone when I plug it in, so my knowledge of how to fix this is limited (and my expertise in this topic was minimal to begin with...). I can get to recovery mode, and have tried a factory reset. No dice. I also put the latest official factory image from Motorola on the SD card, but when I went to install it, it wouldn't show up.
As you can tell I am quite stuck here. I haven't tried to root a phone since my Incredible back in the day. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Did you use TWRP to make a nandroid backup before attempting to root? If so, just restore it.
If not, you're going to have to either fastboot flash it back to stock. More info in the firmware thread.
Or you could give a custom rom, or this TWRP flashable stock rom a try. I've never used the TWRP flashable stock rom, but it might be an easy way out of your predicament if you aren't comfortable and familiar with fastboot and want to stay stock.
For future rooting attempts of the stock rom I'd recommend Magisk. It always works systemless, so there's no need to force it to install systemless like SuperSU. Just flash the zip in recovery and install the Magisk manager from the Play Store and you're rooted. No more soft bricks.
jason2678 said:
Did you use TWRP to make a nandroid backup before attempting to root? If so, just restore it.
If not, you're going to have to either fastboot flash it back to stock. More info in the firmware thread.
Or you could give a custom rom, or this TWRP flashable stock rom a try. I've never used the TWRP flashable stock rom, but it might be an easy way out of your predicament if you aren't comfortable and familiar with fastboot and want to stay stock.
For future rooting attempts of the stock rom I'd recommend Magisk. It always works systemless, so there's no need to force it to install systemless like SuperSU. Just flash the zip in recovery and install the Magisk manager from the Play Store and you're rooted. No more soft bricks.
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Ok, first, thanks for the response.
I think somehow I didn't actually install TWRP. Not sure how.
I followed that thread link and tried everything, but to no avail. Maybe I was doing it wrong? I did this:
- Downloaded everything under "6.0 MPH24.49-18 FIRMWARE"
- Put it on my SD card
- Booted into recovery
- Selected Install from SD Card
And there was nothing listed. I tried the same with the "6.0 MPH24.49-18-3 FIRMWARE".
I also did the "AutoFlashFirmwareScript", but I'm assuming that didn't work since I can't turn on USB Debugging. Is there a possibility I somehow wiped the entire OS and there isn't anything to boot into?
bootloopohgod said:
Ok, first, thanks for the response.
I think somehow I didn't actually install TWRP. Not sure how.
I followed that thread link and tried everything, but to no avail. Maybe I was doing it wrong? I did this:
- Downloaded everything under "6.0 MPH24.49-18 FIRMWARE"
- Put it on my SD card
- Booted into recovery
- Selected Install from SD Card
And there was nothing listed. I tried the same with the "6.0 MPH24.49-18-3 FIRMWARE".
I also did the "AutoFlashFirmwareScript", but I'm assuming that didn't work since I can't turn on USB Debugging. Is there a possibility I somehow wiped the entire OS and there isn't anything to boot into?
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okay so you are wrong here..
firmware needs to be flashed via fastboot they are not available in flashable zips they are .xml file.. you need to follow the instructions given here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-style/development/firmware-moto-x-style-pure-stock-t3272486
or if you want latest firmware of any version of style or pure
download from here
https://firmware.center/firmware/Motorola/
and follow the same instructions given in the first link
hope this helps
Sagar_1401 said:
okay so you are wrong here..
firmware needs to be flashed via fastboot they are not available in flashable zips they are .xml file.. you need to follow the instructions given here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-style/development/firmware-moto-x-style-pure-stock-t3272486
or if you want latest firmware of any version of style or pure
download from here
https://firmware.center/firmware/Motorola/
and follow the same instructions given in the first link
hope this helps
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This definitely seems helpful, but when I tried it gave me a bunch of Failures.
For "fastboot flash partition gpt.bin":
Code:
fastboot flash partition gpt.bin
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'partition' (32 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.006s]
writing 'partition'...
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.382s
And then a Failure for every command from "fastboot flash boot boot.img" to "fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.8" (the build I used doesn't have sparsechunk 9 or else I'd assume that would have been a failure as well). It is encouraging to know I can at least somewhat communicate with the phone, for some reason yesterday I couldn't even do that.
bootloopohgod said:
This definitely seems helpful, but when I tried it gave me a bunch of Failures.
For "fastboot flash partition gpt.bin":
Code:
fastboot flash partition gpt.bin
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'partition' (32 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.006s]
writing 'partition'...
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.382s
And then a Failure for every command from "fastboot flash boot boot.img" to "fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.8" (the build I used doesn't have sparsechunk 9 or else I'd assume that would have been a failure as well). It is encouraging to know I can at least somewhat communicate with the phone, for some reason yesterday I couldn't even do that.
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ignore that partition error
fastboot oem lock begin
fastboot flash partition gpt.bin
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
fastboot flash logo logo.bin
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.4
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.5
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.6
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.7
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.8
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.9
fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
fastboot erase modemst1
fastboot erase modemst2
fastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot oem lock
fastboot reboot
make sure
while flashing NON-HLOS.bin you might get error
dont worry
when you reach that step do type it again when you see that error and it'll successful flash the NON-HLOS.bin which is your main step for your modem
im sure this will 100% work
edit: all the files have different no of system system.img_sparsechunk
if you are flashin sept patch it should have 8 i assume but if you just type system system.img_sparsechunk.9 it'll say file not found u won't encounter any error by that

Unable to flash TWRP on Moto G4 Plus

I had previously rooted my Moto G4 Plus and used multiple custom ROMs before switching back to Stock firmware.
Now, I'm unable to flash TWRP on my device. Any attempts to flash TWRP ends up with the following error:
Code:
reboot bootloader
mfastboot flash recovery twrp.img
target max-sparse-size: 256MB
sending 'recovery' (12530 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.406s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Image not signed or corrupt
OKAY [ 0.203s]
finished. total time: 0.608s
Any further tries to reboot via adb commands results in the following:
Code:
adb reboot recovery
error: device not found
adb reboot
error: device not found
adb reboot bootloader
error: device not found
The device says the bootloader is unlocked while rebooting. the ID field shows 'bad key'(I feel this is weird).
Can someone please help me with this?
Thanks
unknown_geek said:
I had previously rooted my Moto G4 Plus and used multiple custom ROMs before switching back to Stock firmware.
Now, I'm unable to flash TWRP on my device. Any attempts to flash TWRP ends up with the following error:
Code:
reboot bootloader
mfastboot flash recovery twrp.img
target max-sparse-size: 256MB
sending 'recovery' (12530 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.406s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Image not signed or corrupt
OKAY [ 0.203s]
finished. total time: 0.608s
Any further tries to reboot via adb commands results in the following:
Code:
adb reboot recovery
error: device not found
adb reboot
error: device not found
adb reboot bootloader
error: device not found
The device says the bootloader is unlocked while rebooting. the ID field shows 'bad key'(I feel this is weird).
Can someone please help me with this?
Thanks
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It has got flashed correctly as you got "OKAY" at end of command. Try to boot into recovery and tell us what happens.
1) That TWRP message of 'Image not signed or corrupt' is normal, since the TWRP custom recovery is not signed. After you see the [OKAY], reboot to recovery directly to fix the TWRP, else the stock recovery will overwrite it. Afterwards, you can boot as normal.
2)If you're still in the bootloader on your device, adb commands do not work - you need to use fastboot commands, or use your device volume keys to select 'Start' (to boot to system) or 'Recovery mode' (to boot to recovery) and press the power key to select. Of course, in this case, after flashing TWRP, you'll want to select 'Recovery Mode' in your bootloader and press the power key. This should then boot into TWRP.
If you find yourself in the bootloader in the future, then 'fastboot reboot' or 'fastboot continue' (both commands to be used without quotes, in the ADB terminal) may get your device rebooting to system.
3)ID Bad key is normal with an unlocked bootloader, on subsequent boots this may change to ID:N/A
echo92 said:
1) That TWRP message of 'Image not signed or corrupt' is normal, since the TWRP custom recovery is not signed. After you see the [OKAY], reboot to recovery directly to fix the TWRP, else the stock recovery will overwrite it. Afterwards, you can boot as normal.
2)If you're still in the bootloader on your device, adb commands do not work - you need to use fastboot commands, or use your device volume keys to select 'Start' (to boot to system) or 'Recovery mode' (to boot to recovery) and press the power key to select. Of course, in this case, after flashing TWRP, you'll want to select 'Recovery Mode' in your bootloader and press the power key. This should then boot into TWRP.
If you find yourself in the bootloader in the future, then 'fastboot reboot' or 'fastboot continue' (both commands to be used without quotes, in the ADB terminal) may get your device rebooting to system.
3)ID Bad key is normal with an unlocked bootloader, on subsequent boots this may change to ID:N/A
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Hi @echo92,
Thanks for pointing out what I was doing wrong. I now realize that the TWRP recovery was being overwritten by stock recovery and I didn't know adb commands don't work while still in bootloader mode.
I did boot into recovery mode from the bootloader (using the volume buttons from the phone) and it worked.
And the ID: bad key is also gone and now it shows ID: N/A.
Thanks again for your help!
Regards
____Mdd said:
It has got flashed correctly as you got "OKAY" at end of command. Try to boot into recovery and tell us what happens.
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Hi @____Mdd,
I rebooted into recovery right after flashing TWRP and it worked fine. Now, I'm able to boot into TWRP recovery.
Thanks for your response.
Regards.
Im Facing this issue while flashing TWRP
C:\adb>fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
(bootloader) has-slot:recovery: not found
(bootloader) is-logical:recovery: not found
Sending 'recovery' (12644 KB) OKAY [ 0.422s]
Writing 'recovery' (bootloader) Image size exeeded partition limits
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote: '')
fastboot: error: Command failed
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vaibhavhr2010 said:
Im Facing this issue while flashing TWRP
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Pre flash validation errors suggest that your bootloader is locked (i.e. you have not unlocked your bootloader, or it has been re locked). Can you confirm your bootloader is unlocked, e.g. if there is a warning screen on boot saying your device is unlocked?
echo92 said:
Pre flash validation errors suggest that your bootloader is locked (i.e. you have not unlocked your bootloader, or it has been re locked). Can you confirm your bootloader is unlocked, e.g. if there is a warning screen on boot saying your device is unlocked?
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Thank You for the Reply!
Yes I have already unlocked the Bootloader.
The device status in Bootloader shows Device is Unlocked, Status Code: 3
vaibhavhr2010 said:
Thank You for the Reply!
Yes I have already unlocked the Bootloader.
The device status in Bootloader shows Device is Unlocked, Status Code: 3
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Thanks, what device are you trying to flash TWRP to and which TWRP image are you using?
echo92 said:
Thanks, what device are you trying to flash TWRP to and which TWRP image are you using?
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I'm Flashing my Moto G4 using the twrp-3.0.2-3-titan.
vaibhavhr2010 said:
I'm Flashing my Moto G4 using the twrp-3.0.2-3-titan.
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That TWRP won't work, if it's for Titan. The codename for Moto G4/plus is athene, only TWRP images specifying athene in their name will work.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...recovery-twrp-3-2-1-unofficial-touch-t3722206 or https://eu.dl.twrp.me/athene/ give these a try instead

bought a oneplus 2 with 3.6.1 OOS and cant flash twrp to recovery part

newbie to a oneplus 2. I acquired this phone locked and with OOS 3.61. been doing some searches but apparantly not enough and not getting very far.
Actions performed so far
set oem unlocking in dev-options to enabled.
rebooted to fastboot
"fastboot oem unlock" was succesful and rebooted and completed setup
rebooted to fastboot
from fastboot installed twrp "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (recovery.img being twrp-3.2.1-0-oneplus2.img)
results:
C:\platform-tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (22180 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.624s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 1.310s]
finished. total time: 1.934s
:end results
then boot directely to twrp with "fastboot boot recovery.img"
performed nandroid backup.
rebooted device and tried booting to recovery but still has oem recovery.
any ideas? would like twrp native not via fastboot only.
thanks in advance.
Update solved:
booted twrp from .img file and installed su.zip and installed twrp.apk and used the app to install twrp. works now. not sure why it was saying it was working from from fastboot and writing but hope this helps someone else.
TWRP 3.2.1 doesn't work properly yet on the OnePlus 2 for some reason. I can assume that you wanted root so I can give you 2 options:
1) If you want to stay on stock OxygenOS 3.6.1 or a custom rom Nougat or lower, then flash TWRP 3.1.1
2) If you want to have an Oreo rom, then you have to get your hands on the unofficial TWRP from anupritaisno1. The download link for that on his forum doesn't work so if you want, I can link my Google Drive.
This is my first time trying to root my android and I am having the same problem with my oneplus 2 3.6.1 OOS. I have successfully unlocked oem but can't seem to flash twrp.
I have downloaded twrp 3.2.1 on my desktop and renamed it to "recovery".
I used the same command "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" but it just says "error: cannot open 'recovery.img' "
Can you please tell me how you managed to install twrp and root your android?
you need to downgrade the OOS to ver 3.002 or 3.1, then you re-unlock the bootloader then flash twrp recovery.
Finally flash your phone with root of your liking.
rp201 said:
newbie to a oneplus 2. I acquired this phone locked and with OOS 3.61. been doing some searches but apparantly not enough and not getting very far.
Actions performed so far
set oem unlocking in dev-options to enabled.
rebooted to fastboot
"fastboot oem unlock" was succesful and rebooted and completed setup
rebooted to fastboot
from fastboot installed twrp "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (recovery.img being twrp-3.2.1-0-oneplus2.img)
results:
C:\platform-tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (22180 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.624s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 1.310s]
finished. total time: 1.934s
:end results
then boot directely to twrp with "fastboot boot recovery.img"
performed nandroid backup.
rebooted device and tried booting to recovery but still has oem recovery.
any ideas? would like twrp native not via fastboot only.
thanks in advance.
Update solved:
booted twrp from .img file and installed su.zip and installed twrp.apk and used the app to install twrp. works now. not sure why it was saying it was working from from fastboot and writing but hope this helps someone else.
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dear,
do you mind sharing the twrp.img you used?
Thank you

fastboot flash boot failed

trying to flash boot.img even stock boot or patched image but got failed as message partition does not exist. The device is in fastboot mode with unlocked bootloader and rooted.
Tried Flashify, but freeze when tapping on Boot image.
command: fastboot flash boot boot.img
Result:
c:\adb>fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img
sending 'boot' (16852 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.382s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: partition does not exist)
finished. total time: 0.387s
Any idea?
Did you solve the problem?
i think you can try https://forum.xda-developers.com/meizu-pro-5/how-to/tutorial-restore-hard-bricked-lost-t3838461
ISCYamil said:
Did you solve the problem?
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Nope. The reason I want to flash stock boot image or patch boot image because of every time flash new flyme rom via TWRP, the phone always rooted and Magisk is not working to hide root. Now I just use as is. The banking app cannot be working with rooted phone.
hall060679 said:
trying to flash boot.img even stock boot or patched image but got failed as message partition does not exist. The device is in fastboot mode with unlocked bootloader and rooted.
Tried Flashify, but freeze when tapping on Boot image.
command: fastboot flash boot boot.img
Result:
c:\adb>fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img
sending 'boot' (16852 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.382s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: partition does not exist)
finished. total time: 0.387s
Any idea?
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I had the same problem just earlier today. What did the trick for me was installing the ROM using TWRP recovery. Move the stock ROM (you need to zip it for the process) into phone's root directory using your computer and then in TWRP tap on "Install" and find the zipped stock ROM and confirm. Let us know.
try fastboot flash bootimg instead.

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