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[GUIDE][SPRINT-1056] Unlock SiM, Flash Retail LolliPop 5.1,Stop PRL updates

Dear All,
A few days ago SPRINT moto X 1056 gets Firmware Update of about 5.4 MB.. After that update alot of people which have moto x 1056 and they are not using Sprint network get them sim locked.. Sim was not recognized and default network was selected "sprint" on the mobile and also the nv-items files were changed to Read Only Mode. Also after the update.. People keep getting UPDATE PRL on every restart.
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I have also got in trouble after this update and researched about 3 days to get my problem solved.
The things u need to do is to
Install Motorola Drivers.
Backup Your Personal Data.
Install adb + fastboot (I recommend to use mfastboot).
Unlock Your Boot Loader.
Flash TWRP Recover throug fastboot.
Wipe Everything " System, Cache, Dalvik Cache, Internal Storage, Data" (After this u will have no OS in your mobile)
(OPTIONAL: If your phone have "SPC code" . Then you need to Flash "161.44.32.ghost_sprint.Sprint.en.US[1].zip" through TWRP. and get your SPC code then unlock the sim) In my Case i dont have SPC code set in my phone and i was able to unlock sim without giving SPC code on firmware 4.4.4 pre 5.4 mb update.
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Flash Firmware "ghost_sprint-user-4.4.4-KXA21.12-L1.28-28-release-keys-cid9.xml"
Unlock Sim
Flash LolliPop 5.1 "Version: 222.21.15.ghost_row.Retail.en.US" (To Remove Update PRL messages/things)
Remove Bootloader Warning Message (Flash [GHOST] Moto-WinterBoot-20150419-STABLE)
Note: This GUIDE is for MOTO X SPRINT [XT1056]
Now Lets Get Starting with Steps.
1. Install Motorola Drivers.
Downlod the drivers from the following link and install it.
"https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/88481"
Or
"http://motofirmware.center/files/file/41-motorola_end_user_driver_installation_640_32bitzip/"
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2. Backup Your Personal Data.
Connect your device to your PC. Check Usb Options selected to "MTP" on your device.
Backup your personal data on phone.
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3. Install adb + fastboot (I recommend to use mfastboot).
You can install adb + fastboot by installing Android-SDK. To Install Android SDK. Download the Standalone Android-SDK from following Link.
"http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html#Other"
and now watch the following Guide to install and set parameters of Android-SDK.
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaNM-lt_aHw"
OR as i said i Recommend to use "mfastboot"
You can download mfastboot from following link
"http://www.mediafire.com/download/6b3aw3dq8omefyw/mfastboot-v2.zip"
Just download and unzip it to use
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4. Unlock BootLoader:
You can easily unlock bootloader of your device by clicking
"https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-b"
OR watch this video for 100% Success.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sxgz7jxRMw
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5. Flash TWRP Recover throug fastboot.
Download latest TWRP recovery from link
"http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/ghost"
Now, Install TWRP using this site method.
"https://twrp.me/devices/motorolamotox2013.html"
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6. Wipe Everything " System, Cache, Dalvik Cache, Internal Storage, Data" (After this u will have no OS in your mobile)
After installing recovery . Go to recovery by following method.
Hold and press VOL DOWN + POWER button for 5 secs and release.
Now u r in bootloader. Go to recovery by VOL DOWN button and select by VOL UP button.
Now go to WIPE > Advanced > and then wipe All folders. except USB OTG.
Now you have NO OS installled on ur Moto X.
Reboot to Recovery to bootloader again.
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7. Flash Firmware "ghost_sprint-user-4.4.4-KXA21.12-L1.28-28-release-keys-cid9.xml"
Now its time to flash the pre 5.4 mb update firmware to your moto x xt1056.
Download the firmware from here
"http://www.filefactory.com/file/6tiwapkl82jl/"
And flash through fastboot. just extract the zip file and copy all files and folders in "Mfastboot folder" 0r "android-sdk folder"
Now open Mfastboot folder and press "Shift key + Right Click" now click "Open Command Prompt here"
Perform the following steps as i have performed .
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C:\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot devices
T063204CVP fastboot
C:\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target max-download-size: 768MB
sending 'partition' (32 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.275s]
writing 'partition'...
(bootloader) This may take a few seconds, if a
(bootloader) different partition table is being
(bootloader) flashed since we need to backup
(bootloader) and restore a few partitions
OKAY [ 0.468s]
finished. total time: 0.743s
C:\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target max-download-size: 768MB
sending 'motoboot' (1604 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.368s]
writing 'motoboot'...
(bootloader) flashing sbl1 ...
(bootloader) flashing sbl2 ...
(bootloader) flashing sbl3 ...
(bootloader) flashing rpm ...
(bootloader) flashing tz ...
(bootloader) flashing aboot ...
OKAY [ 5.049s]
finished. total time: 5.419s
C:\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot flash logo logo.bin
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target max-download-size: 768MB
sending 'logo' (628 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.343s]
writing 'logo'...
OKAY [ 0.879s]
finished. total time: 1.224s
C:\mfastboot-v2>fastboot flash boot boot.img
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target reported max download size of 805306368 bytes
sending 'boot' (10240 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.920s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 1.358s]
finished. total time: 2.280s
C:\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target max-download-size: 768MB
sending 'recovery' (10240 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.928s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.968s]
finished. total time: 1.898s
C:\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot flash system system.img
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target max-download-size: 768MB
Multi-Flash is enabled!
sending 'system' (262144 KB)...
OKAY [ 16.692s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 10.502s]
sending 'system' (262144 KB)...
OKAY [ 16.684s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 9.854s]
sending 'system' (262144 KB)...
OKAY [ 16.683s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 8.245s]
sending 'system' (114215 KB)...
OKAY [ 7.443s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 3.613s]
finished. total time: 89.725s
C:\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target max-download-size: 768MB
sending 'modem' (53804 KB)...
OKAY [ 3.664s]
writing 'modem'...
OKAY [ 2.468s]
finished. total time: 6.134s
C:\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot erase modemst1
erasing 'modemst1'...
OKAY [ 0.437s]
finished. total time: 0.439s
C:\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot erase modemst2
erasing 'modemst2'...
OKAY [ 0.445s]
finished. total time: 0.445s
C:\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target max-download-size: 768MB
sending 'fsg' (1223 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.386s]
writing 'fsg'...
OKAY [ 0.828s]
finished. total time: 1.216s
C:\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot oem lock
...
(bootloader) FAIL: Please run fastboot oem lock begin first!
OKAY [ 0.164s]
finished. total time: 0.165s
C:\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.001s
C:\mfastboot-v2>
C:\mfastboot-v2>
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Now please Proceed to Next POST.

2nd Post
After flashing the 4.4.4 firmware. Now the device should boot and start the Android. But notice after starting and every restart It automatically checks the Profile and PRL activations. Now time to unlock your Sim.
8. Unlock Sim.
To unlock your sim follow the following guide here on XDA.
"http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54338871&postcount=2"
Note: In my case i have checked and there is no SPC code needed to sim unlock. No need to check spc code checkbox in NV-ITEMS-READER-WRITER software.
So the you just connect your phone to nv items reader writer software and flash only
nv-unlock.txt
nv-unlock2,txt
unlock-domestic.txt
nv-ruim files need SPC code to write . If u dont have SPC code set in your phone for enable / disable DIAG PORT then you dont need to write nv-ruim files.
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Congrats. U have Sim-Unlocked Moto X Sprint .
9. Flash LolliPop 5.1 "Version: 222.21.15.ghost_row.Retail.en.US"
Download LolliPop Retail 5.1 from following link.
"https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzTDEHw-bGypMGhfdEFVczd1dHM/view"
This is XT1053 untouched Retail ROM
Open TWRP recovery. and Flash the ROM by clicking Install . Select the location where you copy the zip rom in internal memory.
After installing the ROM , Reboot to TWRP Recovery again and WIPE CACHE and DALVIK CACHE.
Then reboot to system. Now it should start the OS 5.1 and there should not PRL updation on start and restart.
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Now you have unlocked your sim and have Lolipop 5.1 with Stock System Version 222.21.15
10. Remove Boot-loader Warning .
Download your favorite Boot Animation Image from the link
"https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bx0JlaDkWMGAfkpQcGl2M3NCWi11SmZ5N3hiV05EdFFERzRrNUhBcjNjb0JXRU5fQ2lDZjg&usp=drive_web "
Copy it in mobile memory. and Then install through TWRP. Again now wipe Dalvik Cache and Cache. Restart to System.
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For StageFright Update:
Make your nandroid backup first.
Now Download this System image from "https://mega.nz/#!LwEXWRLB!NAQBXMwI6aoNNw7VXB_u3m3XjEOSiZ_bUGcbBL1ykTk"
Now flash this system.img through TWRP.
Clear your Cache and Dalvik Cache.
Download the Stagefright System 222.27.5 TWRP backup from the above link
Unzip the Stagefright System 222.27.5 folder to your computer
Copy the Stagefright System 222.27.5 folder to your phones internal storage, to the TWRP/BACKUPS/TA0000008VJ/ directory
Reboot your phone into recovery (TWRP)
Click Restore and select the Stagefright System 222.27.5 folder
Verify that the System partition is selected and then Swipe to Restore
Clear your cache
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Now this update should flash and phone should work fine,
Credits Goes to mastarifla
Now You have Sim Unlocked Lolipop 5.1 with Removed Bootloader Warning Message.

Credits
All Credits Goes to
XDA-Developers
Ghost_Developer for
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/themes-apps/ghost-original-bootanimations-unlocked-t3087294
Perseus for
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/index-welcome-to-motorola-moto-x-t2558785
d_shadow for
http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/rooting-roms/motorola-usb-drivers-rsd-lite-firmware-t3042687
VitaTaf for
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/development/xt1053-retail-stock-lollipop-flashable-t3155843
samwathegreat for
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54338871&postcount=2

My Sprint 2013 Moto X just got an update last night and now this is happening to the phone. It has no calling capabilities now but has data. This is also not a developer edition phone so I don't see how iwould be able to do all of this like unlocking the bootloader and all this flashing. It seems like put simply, sprint pushed out an update and bricked my phone in terms of making and receiving calls. Is there no other solution to this? What would they do if I take it to the store?

Files for getting SPC
For those who needs the SPC, here are the links for the needed files:
4.4.2 TWRP Flashable ROM (thanks to Aaron Nickolopoulos for uploading and sharing the link)
4.4.2 Modem (can be flashed thru RSD Lite or fastboot) (uploaded by me )
Advice for the future: Use EFS Professional to change SPC to 000000

m0ndul said:
For those who needs the SPC, here are the links for the needed files:
4.4.2 TWRP Flashable ROM (thanks to Aaron Nickolopoulos for uploading and sharing the link)
4.4.2 Modem (can be flashed thru RSD Lite or fastboot) (uploaded by me )
Advice for the future: Use EFS Professional to change SPC to 000000
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this in regards to me?

emerica243 said:
this in regards to me?
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To all of us, happened to me also

fastboot.exe has stopped working when flashing system.img.
Any one had this problem ?
C:\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot flash system system.img
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target reported max download size of 805306368 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
Thats all it gives me then crashes

you have to use mfastboot flash system system.img

m0ndul said:
For those who needs the SPC, here are the links for the needed files:
4.4.2 TWRP Flashable ROM (thanks to Aaron Nickolopoulos for uploading and sharing the link)
4.4.2 Modem (can be flashed thru RSD Lite or fastboot) (uploaded by me )
Advice for the future: Use EFS Professional to change SPC to 000000
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hi there can u please tell me how to get spc on 4.4.4 motox sprint i would really appreciate ur help
EDIT: got my spc by downgrading to 4.4.2

yar_nl said:
you have to use mfastboot flash system system.img
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If you're using mfastboot, then yes that's the command.
I'm using android-sdk. For android sdk comand is :
fastboot flash system system.img
Managed to make it work with RSD lite.
Sent from my iPhone 6s Plus using Tapatalk

Superpopsss said:
If you're using mfastboot, then yes that's the command.
I'm using android-sdk. For android sdk comand is :
fastboot flash system system.img
Managed to make it work with RSD lite.
Sent from my iPhone 6s Plus using Tapatalk
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See this thread of why use mfastboot for details http://mark.cdmaforums.com/MotoX-mFastboot.htm
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For those who know their MSL/SPC code see --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63585276&postcount=959

yar_nl said:
See this thread of why use mfastboot for details http://mark.cdmaforums.com/MotoX-mFastboot.htm
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For those who know their MSL/SPC code see --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63585276&postcount=959
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Good to know, but it's easier to use rds lite then manually flashing all the files needed :
Step One - Download and install RSD Lite. At the moment, I can't find where I got mine from, so anyone who wants to add a proper link to it would be appreciated. I used version 6.1.5 and it worked fine.
Step Two - proper driver installation. If you're like me, you probably at one point got drivers quasi-working but here's what I did that worked - download and install "Motorola Device Manager" and it *should* give you the proper drivers. This was necessary (maybe) because I could get adb to recognize my device, as well as fastboot, however RSD refused to see it. This install fixed that.
Step Three - download and install the proper firmware for your device. NOTE: You MUST MUST MUST choose the right firmware for your device or you will FUBAR your phone.....not my responsibility.
Step Four - Unzip your firmware zip file, open it up through the layers and find the file "VZW_XT1060_4.2.2-13.9.0Q2.X-116-MX-17-53_CFC_1FF" or whatever version/carrier/build number file yours is, its the XML Document file. Right click -> Open with.. -> Notepad/word editor/XML Editor/wordpad and find the line:
<step operation="getvar" var="max-download-size" />
^^^You need to select this entire line and just delete it out of the file. This is the line that gives fastboot flash error. Select it, delete it, then resave the file an exit out of it. Done.
NOTE: This is required or the firmware flash will immediately fail giving a "failed flashing process. Unknown fastboot command. (getvar)"
-For the sake of security, and not messing with important files, I'd actually recommend zipping the file back up after this and keeping as your final version (once you've confirmed yours works correctly)
Step Five - Plug in phone, enable USB debugging, then "adb reboot bootloader" - this will boot you into fastboot mode so RSD will recognize your phone
Step Six - Run RSD Lite - note that some people have had trouble and have to right-click run as administrator. In RSD Lite, make sure phone shows up in slot 1 - mine shows up, under Model, just says fastboot, USB port type, info N/A, important part is that it shows as Connected in status. Select the three-dot browse file button, then you can go down into the unzipped file you created of the XML folder, and select the XML file that we just edited earlier (or select the rezipped package). Select open and flash. (or decompress and flash)
Step Eight - Profit

Superpopsss said:
Good to know, but it's easier to use rds lite then manually flashing all the files needed :
Step One - Download and install RSD Lite. At the moment, I can't find where I got mine from, so anyone who wants to add a proper link to it would be appreciated. I used version 6.1.5 and it worked fine.
Step Two - proper driver installation. If you're like me, you probably at one point got drivers quasi-working but here's what I did that worked - download and install "Motorola Device Manager" and it *should* give you the proper drivers. This was necessary (maybe) because I could get adb to recognize my device, as well as fastboot, however RSD refused to see it. This install fixed that.
Step Three - download and install the proper firmware for your device. NOTE: You MUST MUST MUST choose the right firmware for your device or you will FUBAR your phone.....not my responsibility.
Step Four - Unzip your firmware zip file, open it up through the layers and find the file "VZW_XT1060_4.2.2-13.9.0Q2.X-116-MX-17-53_CFC_1FF" or whatever version/carrier/build number file yours is, its the XML Document file. Right click -> Open with.. -> Notepad/word editor/XML Editor/wordpad and find the line:
<step operation="getvar" var="max-download-size" />
^^^You need to select this entire line and just delete it out of the file. This is the line that gives fastboot flash error. Select it, delete it, then resave the file an exit out of it. Done.
NOTE: This is required or the firmware flash will immediately fail giving a "failed flashing process. Unknown fastboot command. (getvar)"
-For the sake of security, and not messing with important files, I'd actually recommend zipping the file back up after this and keeping as your final version (once you've confirmed yours works correctly)
Step Five - Plug in phone, enable USB debugging, then "adb reboot bootloader" - this will boot you into fastboot mode so RSD will recognize your phone
Step Six - Run RSD Lite - note that some people have had trouble and have to right-click run as administrator. In RSD Lite, make sure phone shows up in slot 1 - mine shows up, under Model, just says fastboot, USB port type, info N/A, important part is that it shows as Connected in status. Select the three-dot browse file button, then you can go down into the unzipped file you created of the XML folder, and select the XML file that we just edited earlier (or select the rezipped package). Select open and flash. (or decompress and flash)
Step Eight - Profit
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http://www.droidviews.com/restore-moto-x-to-stock-firmware-using-rsd-lite/

yar_nl said:
http://www.droidviews.com/restore-moto-x-to-stock-firmware-using-rsd-lite/
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Exactly, takes 1 min compared to the potential errors you could encounter by flashing manually.

Superpopsss said:
fastboot.exe has stopped working when flashing system.img.
Any one had this problem ?
C:\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot flash system system.img
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target reported max download size of 805306368 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
Thats all it gives me then crashes
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Please use mfastboot

emerica243 said:
My Sprint 2013 Moto X just got an update last night and now this is happening to the phone. It has no calling capabilities now but has data. This is also not a developer edition phone so I don't see how iwould be able to do all of this like unlocking the bootloader and all this flashing. It seems like put simply, sprint pushed out an update and bricked my phone in terms of making and receiving calls. Is there no other solution to this? What would they do if I take it to the store?
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Take it to sprint store is the best solution.

Hi, can you please let me know how did you install 4.4.2 thought TWRP. I downloaded 4.4.2 from the link provided here.
Thanks
MAJID
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ameraze said:
hi there can u please tell me how to get spc on 4.4.4 motox sprint i would really appreciate ur help
EDIT: got my spc by downgrading to 4.4.2
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Hello, I followed till step 8, but my phone is still giving sim card error, any other suggestion?
flopadmi said:
After flashing the 4.4.4 firmware. Now the device should boot and start the Android. But notice after starting and every restart It automatically checks the Profile and PRL activations. Now time to unlock your Sim.
8. Unlock Sim.
Congrats. U have Sim-Unlocked Moto X Sprint .
9. Flash LolliPop 5.1 "Version: 222.21.15.ghost_row.Retail.en.US"
Now you have unlocked your sim and have Lolipop 5.1 with Stock System Version 222.21.15
10. Remove Boot-loader Warning .
Now You have Sim Unlocked Lolipop 5.1 with Removed Bootloader Warning Message.
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Hi,
if i install only 4.4.2 modem file, shall it be helpful to run SPC utility?
and if yes....then do i have to execute all below commands or just the first one?
C:\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target max-download-size: 768MB
sending 'modem' (53804 KB)...
OKAY [ 3.664s]
writing 'modem'...
OKAY [ 2.468s]
finished. total time: 6.134s
C:\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot erase modemst1
erasing 'modemst1'...
OKAY [ 0.437s]
finished. total time: 0.439s
C:\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot erase modemst2
erasing 'modemst2'...
OKAY [ 0.445s]
finished. total time: 0.445s
m0ndul said:
For those who needs the SPC, here are the links for the needed files:
4.4.2 TWRP Flashable ROM (thanks to Aaron Nickolopoulos for uploading and sharing the link)
4.4.2 Modem (can be flashed thru RSD Lite or fastboot) (uploaded by me )
Advice for the future: Use EFS Professional to change SPC to 000000
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hmajid_039 said:
Hi, can you please let me know how did you install 4.4.2 thought TWRP. I downloaded 4.4.2 from the link provided here.
Thanks
MAJID
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---------- Post added at 09:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:35 AM ----------
Hello, I followed till step 8, but my phone is still giving sim card error, any other suggestion?
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Hi,
if i install only 4.4.2 modem file, shall it be helpful to run SPC utility?
and if yes....then do i have to execute all below commands or just the first one?
C:\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target max-download-size: 768MB
sending 'modem' (53804 KB)...
OKAY [ 3.664s]
writing 'modem'...
OKAY [ 2.468s]
finished. total time: 6.134s
C:\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot erase modemst1
erasing 'modemst1'...
OKAY [ 0.437s]
finished. total time: 0.439s
C:\mfastboot-v2>mfastboot erase modemst2
erasing 'modemst2'...
OKAY [ 0.445s]
finished. total time: 0.445s
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If u have downloaded 4.4.2 rom then open twrp recovery and click on install.. Then select zip file....
If u have downloaded 4.4.2 firmware then u need to flash through mfastboot or rsd lite...
Yes if u need only to flash modem then please execute the all three commands representing modem...
For unlock sim. Please tell me rather u can enable / disable ur DIAG port with spc code or without soc code ?

Hi, I have 4.4.2 rom with zim file. I did the same through twrp. But after that my phone goes black after showing statrup moto logo/animation..
Currently again i am back on 4.4.4 with sim card error.
And I am also unable to enable DIAG port.

TWRP not loading after flashing Oxygen OS 3.0

I'm having issues with my recovery after flashing the OOS 3.0 to the phone. My phone is working but when i boot into recovery, it stays on the page saying 1+ powered by android. Anyone else have this issue, or any ways to fix it.
I also tried re-flashing twrp, but i get "FAILED (Remote: dtb not found)" when i try to boot the recovery image.

FireForged said:
I'm having issues with my recovery after flashing the OOS 3.0 to the phone. My phone is working but when i boot into recovery, it stays on the page saying 1+ powered by android. Anyone else have this issue, or any ways to fix it.
I also tried re-flashing twrp, but i get "FAILED (Remote: dtb not found)" when i try to boot the recovery image.
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u need modified twrp, here is the link: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24459283995297945

flo071 said:
u need modified twrp, here is the link: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24459283995297945
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After using this twrp, and flashed with cmd: fastboot boot recovery.img, I return in twrp-recovery.
So I restart (with disable and/or not disable to change the recovery). But after that I am in the same situation. It is possible to flash the same twrp for another time but that is not what we want
This even doesn't work when I restart to recovery.
Is there another possible solution?
Thanks in advance.

retaliator said:
After using this twrp, and flashed with cmd: fastboot boot recovery.img, I return in twrp-recovery.
So I restart (with disable and/or not disable to change the recovery). But after that I am in the same situation. It is possible to flash the same twrp for another time but that is not what we want
This even doesn't work when I restart to recovery.
Is there another possible solution?
Thanks in advance.
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i disabled reflashing the original recovery...whats is asked when you reboot in system...
for me this worked....

Thanks for answering me.
I did also disabling reflashing new recovery when reboot in system.
When reboot in recovery the 1+ logo apearred and nothing happens.

I have the same issue - I can get fastboot and flash recoveries, but the OP2 never gets beyond the boot screen. tried flashing different recoveries, no joy.
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update - got it working.
steps:
flashed recovery.img in this post.
booted into twrp
flashed oldmodem5.1.1 zip I had on my phone
rebooted into recovery
flashed twrp3.0.2.img
flashed new+modem.zip
flashed exdodus nightly
boom, back in business
you can keep that OOS rubbish

my phone also not going past the 1+ logo screen
as told i downloaded the recovery.img from above
restart my device in fastboot
C:\Users\imran\Downloads>fastboot oem unlock
...
OKAY [ 0.005s]
finished. total time: 0.006s
after this command my device again started n struck at that logo i restart again in fastmode to check
C:\Users\imran\Downloads>fastboot oem device-info
...
(bootloader) Device tampered: true
(bootloader) Device unlocked: false
(bootloader) Device is_verified: false
(bootloader) Charger screen enabled: false
(bootloader) Display panel:
(bootloader) console_locked: 1
(bootloader) exec_console_unconsole: 0
OKAY [ 0.073s]
finished. total time: 0.074s
please help

Hello, i've the solution
Download the FirstAid :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=16684
- Unzip files
- Boot your phone in Fastboot
- Go to Firstaid_v_2_0 -> Firstaid -> then lunch ' firstaid'

Thanks for the reply..
i run the file but still no use
F:\Firstaid>fastboot oem unlock
...
OKAY [ 0.016s]
finished. total time: 0.016s
F:\Firstaid>fastboot oem device-info
...
(bootloader) Device tampered: true
(bootloader) Device unlocked: false
(bootloader) Device is_verified: false
(bootloader) Charger screen enabled: false
(bootloader) Display panel:
(bootloader) console_locked: 1
(bootloader) exec_console_unconsole: 0
OKAY [ 0.078s]
finished. total time: 0.078s
F:\Firstaid>fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (28144 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.047s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: device is locked. Cannot flash images)
finished. total time: 1.063s
NOTE:if i enter command "fastboot continue" my device is getting started...

Try this, I think you bootloader is still locked
fastboot -i 0x2A70 oem unlock-go
Or follow this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-2/general/guide-make-oneplus-2-adb-devices-t3218332
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I had this problem and got the recovery working again with the modified version from above. Where did you get this? and what modification was needed? This is very strange. I never had that kind of a problem.
I flashed my phone back from OxygenOS 3 beta to OxygenOS 2.2.1 to get a working phone again and will now try to revert to the normal recovery again. From there I hope to get twrp 3.0.2.0 and cyanogenmod 13 to work.
UPDATE: normal twrp 3.0.2.0 works again. So my steps to recover from a brick with no accessable recovery to a working phone were:
1. flash modified recovery
2. boot into recovery
3. flash latest stable stock rom
4. flash latest stock twrp

Thanks a lot dude it worked for me
Keep up the good work guys.

What I did to get a working recovery:
1. flash modified recovery from first post in this thread with flashing recovery from pc
2. boot into recovery
3. flash latest stable stock rom
4. flash in recovery the latest recovery from first post
5. flash beta version Oxygen3
6. flash again twrp in recovery
7. flash superuser
8. disable replace recovery
All is well done.
Thanks for helping me mates!

I found out that it is enough when you:
1. copy modified recovery from first post in this thread to your phone
2. flash modified recovery from your pc to your phone
3. boot in recovery
4. flash the recovery you copied to your phone in installed recovery
5. restart with disable replace recovery
Thats enough to do the trick.

I am sorry to reply to an old post but I am unsure if other people are still having issues with this like I was. Here is some info from https://twrp.me/devices/oneplustwo.html :
"Note many devices will replace your custom recovery automatically during first boot. To prevent this, use Google to find the proper key combo to enter recovery. After typing fastboot reboot, hold the key combo and boot to TWRP. Once TWRP is booted, TWRP will patch the stock ROM to prevent the stock ROM from replacing TWRP. If you don't follow this step, you will have to repeat the install."
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I am sorry to reply to an old post but I am unsure if other people are still having issues with this like I was. Here is some info from https://twrp.me/devices/oneplustwo.html :
"Note many devices will replace your custom recovery automatically during first boot. To prevent this, use Google to find the proper key combo to enter recovery. After typing fastboot reboot, hold the key combo and boot to TWRP. Once TWRP is booted, TWRP will patch the stock ROM to prevent the stock ROM from replacing TWRP. If you don't follow this step, you will have to repeat the install."

Bootloop help.

I decided to return my Sprint variant. So i needed to s-on and lock the bootloader. Problem is, now I have a 1 sec bootloop. Here's what I did. No idea how to fix the problem now.
Here's what I did in order to get the phone back to 100% stock to return it.
Changed the CID (incorrectly) to spsc_001 instead of spcs_001 but iddn't notice that.
Managed to get s-on but couldn’t get bootloader locked again.
reinstalled twrp and SU
booted up
installed sunshine and successfully s-off'd & locked
rebooted to download mode
Did a s-on using fastboot oem writesecureflag 3
rebooted and got a 1 sec bootloop
booted back into download mode and tried to factory reset via fastboot but can’t write the partition
tried to flash twrp, but got a security warning BL-unlocked
Now I'm stuck in a super short .5 second bootloop and can’t access stock recovery.
I try to install the ruu.exe and I get a Customer ID error. I try to install RUU.zip and I get a load_file: could not allocate -2146013644 bytes (which I assume means the partition is full but I can't even erase the userdata.) I also get a Security checking failed GT_CONNECT_FAIL on the download mode screen. I'm totally clueless as to how to get out of this situation. Anyone been here before or knows how to deal with this?

u failed to mention that you changed the CID at some point & when you changed it back, u set it wrong...
honestly, I think you're screwed...I don't know how you'll be able to fix this w/o being able to boot up, can't unlock bootloader, can't use fastboot to flash anything, can't flash RUU...somehow u need to get your CID back to SPCS_001...u may just have to return it in that condition & act ignorant.
any ideas @dottat @Captain_Throwback
vijn said:
Now, my vars are:
(bootloader) kernel: lk
(bootloader) product: htc_pmewhl
(bootloader) version: 1.0
(bootloader) max-download-size: 1579200000
(bootloader) serialno: HT64xxxxx6
(bootloader) current-slot:
(bootloader) imei: 99xxxxx1
(bootloader) version-main: 2.42.651.63
(bootloader) boot-mode: download
(bootloader) version-baseband: [email protected]
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.0.0.0000
(bootloader) mid: 2PS640000
(bootloader) cid: spsc_001
all:
finished. total time: 0.009s
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OMJ said:
u failed to mention that you changed the CID at some point & when you changed it back, u set it wrong...
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You're right, but I had created this post before you guys pointed that out to me in the other thread. So, ya for the record i set the CID as spsc_001 instead of spcs_001 and then locked the bootloader. Great job on my part huh? Anyway, I was afraid you were going to say that I was screwed. I have never made a mistake like this before. So stupid, every letter counts. You'd think I'd have learnt that by now. I'm just hoping there's some really obscure and little-known fix for this that some xda angel will send my way. Hehe. Anyway, thanks for the follow-up OMJ.

vijn said:
You're right, but I had created this post before you guys pointed that out to me in the other thread. So, ya for the record i set the CID as spsc_001 instead of spcs_001 and then locked the bootloader. Great job on my part huh? Anyway, I was afraid you were going to say that I was screwed. I have never made a mistake like this before. So stupid, every letter counts. You'd think I'd have learnt that by now. I'm just hoping there's some really obscure and little-known fix for this that some xda angel will send my way. Hehe. Anyway, thanks for the follow-up OMJ.
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Well did you attempt to see if HTC dev would give you an unlock token at least?
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dottat said:
Well did you attempt to see if HTC dev would give you an unlock token at least?
You might be able manually flash the ruu partitions one by one as well. Have you tried that?
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dottat said:
Well did you attempt to see if HTC dev would give you an unlock token at least?
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Well, I had already unlocked the phone, rooted, installed other ROMs. When I couldn't unlock the GSM bands, I decided to return the phone so I tried to set the phone back to stock Sprint ROM. I did everything necessary except I put in the wrong CID before relocking the bootloader. So, yes, I had been provided the unlock code by HTC dev. The problem is that I now have a locked bootloader with an incorrect CID, which is why flashing RUUs isn't working.
I don't know if I can flash the RUU partitions with a locked bootloader or if that'll work with an incorrect CID but I'll try anything. Just not sure how to go about doing tht. I'd appreciate any help you can provide. Thanks for the recommendation.

vijn said:
Well, I had already unlocked the phone, rooted, installed other ROMs. When I couldn't unlock the GSM bands, I decided to return the phone so I tried to set the phone back to stock Sprint ROM. I did everything necessary except I put in the wrong CID before relocking the bootloader. So, yes, I had been provided the unlock code by HTC dev. The problem is that I now have a locked bootloader with an incorrect CID, which is why flashing RUUs isn't working.
I don't know if I can flash the RUU partitions with a locked bootloader or if that'll work with an incorrect CID but I'll try anything. Just not sure how to go about doing tht. I'd appreciate any help you can provide. Thanks for the recommendation.
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Attempt to get a new fresh unlock token and tell me what HTC dev says?
Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

vijn said:
Well, I had already unlocked the phone, rooted, installed other ROMs. When I couldn't unlock the GSM bands, I decided to return the phone so I tried to set the phone back to stock Sprint ROM. I did everything necessary except I put in the wrong CID before relocking the bootloader. So, yes, I had been provided the unlock code by HTC dev. The problem is that I now have a locked bootloader with an incorrect CID, which is why flashing RUUs isn't working.
I don't know if I can flash the RUU partitions with a locked bootloader or if that'll work with an incorrect CID but I'll try anything. Just not sure how to go about doing tht. I'd appreciate any help you can provide. Thanks for the recommendation.
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try this, grab the stock boot.img from the firmware zip: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120723715
copy the boot.img into your sdktools folder
boot into download mode & try to manually flash it
fastboot flash boot boot.img
if that doesn't work, then try this
download the signed firmware: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120723717
then try one or both of the flashing methods (although I suspect it wont work due to bad CID):
Flash Firmware via download mode (requires micro sd card)....
-rename firmware to 2PS6IMG.zip
-copy 2PS6IMG.zip to ext_sd card
-boot into download mode
-it will scan your ext_sd card, then ask if you want to start the update
-press volume up & let it do it's thing...
Flash Firmware via fastboot, no ext sd card needed...
-rename firmware to firmware.zip
-copy firmware.zip to your adb/fastboot/sdk folder
-boot into download mode
-plug in usb
-type fastboot oem rebootRUU
-when u see the black screen w/ HTC, type fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
-when it's done, type fastboot reboot

dottat said:
Attempt to get a new fresh unlock token and tell me what HTC dev says?
Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk
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Actually I had tried that since this bootloop issue came up and was given a new .bin file without any problems. The problem is when i tried to flash the .bin file i got this:
sending 'unlocktoken' (0 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.024s]
writing 'unlocktoken'...
(bootloader) flash unlocktoken
(bootloader) [KillSwitch] : /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/frp
(bootloader) [KillSwitch] Last Byte is 0X00, disable unlock
(bootloader) [KillSwitch] oem unlock Turn Off!

vijn said:
Actually I had tried that since this bootloop issue came up and was given a new .bin file without any problems. The problem is when i tried to flash the .bin file i got this:
sending 'unlocktoken' (0 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.024s]
writing 'unlocktoken'...
(bootloader) flash unlocktoken
(bootloader) [KillSwitch] : /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/frp
(bootloader) [KillSwitch] Last Byte is 0X00, disable unlock
(bootloader) [KillSwitch] oem unlock Turn Off!
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Ok. So your only hope would be to get the ruu files extracted and to manually flash each partition by name. Get it to boot and enable oem unlock. Then flash new token and flash twrp and root and S-off via sunshine. Then fix the cid and do the rest the correct way.
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OMJ said:
try this, grab the stock boot.img from the firmware zip: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120723715
copy the boot.img into your sdktools folder
boot into download mode & try to manually flash it
fastboot flash boot boot.img
if that doesn't work, then try this
download the signed firmware: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120723717
then try one or both of the flashing methods (although I suspect it wont work due to bad CID):
Flash Firmware via download mode (requires micro sd card)....
-rename firmware to 2PS6IMG.zip
-copy 2PS6IMG.zip to ext_sd card
-boot into download mode
-it will scan your ext_sd card, then ask if you want to start the update
-press volume up & let it do it's thing...
Flash Firmware via fastboot, no ext sd card needed...
-rename firmware to firmware.zip
-copy firmware.zip to your adb/fastboot/sdk folder
-boot into download mode
-plug in usb
-type fastboot oem rebootRUU
-when u see the black screen w/ HTC, type fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
-when it's done, type fastboot reboot
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Ok well, I tried these.
The sd card method failed due to the CID mismatch.
The stock boot.img from the firmware zip method gave the following:
sending 'boot' (47977 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.606s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: cannot flash this partition in s-on state)
finished. total time: 1.656s
The Firmware flash via fastboot, no ext sd card needed gave this:
sending 'zip' (66180 KB)...
OKAY [ 3.269s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#857212
(bootloader) ERR CID not matched
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] CID NOT ALLOWED
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] sddownload failed: 7
(bootloader) ERR Update zip file failed.
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR, exit read zip loop
(bootloader) ERR ZIP signature checking failed...
(bootloader) Update zip file OK
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR CODE, 7
(bootloader) [email protected]
FAILED (remote: 7 RU_CID_FAIL cid in android-info mismatched )
finished. total time: 6.456s
I'm screwed aren't I?

dottat said:
Ok. So your only hope would be to get the ruu files extracted and to manually flash each partition by name. Get it to boot and enable oem unlock. Then flash new token and flash twrp and root and S-off via sunshine. Then fix the cid and do the rest the correct way.
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OK, this is slightly above my pay-grade. While I've read up on it it always seemed too complicated to try in the past, but this is as good a time as any to learn. Any way you can point me in the right direction on this? Not sure how to do this. I assume I should use the original sprint RUU.zip?

vijn said:
OK, this is slightly above my pay-grade. While I've read up on it it always seemed too complicated to try in the past, but this is as good a time as any to learn. Any way you can point me in the right direction on this? Not sure how to do this. I assume I should use the original sprint RUU.zip?
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Use the original zip and the instructions/tools provided here (https://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/tool-universal-htc-ruu-rom-decryption-t3382928) to extract your RUU into the basic partition files. Then flash each one using fastboot by name (eg fastboot flash system system_1.img etc)

dottat said:
Use the original zip and the instructions/tools provided here (https://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/tool-universal-htc-ruu-rom-decryption-t3382928) to extract your RUU into the basic partition files. Then flash each one using fastboot by name (eg fastboot flash system system_1.img etc)
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Ok, will try that. You wouldn't happen to know where I can find the zip would you? I always used the exe cause that's what was on the htc site. Not sure where the actul RUU.zip file can be found. I assume I can use the one found here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-htc-10/development/ruu-sprint-htc-10-1-24-651-3-t3379257
And dottat, OMJ, thanks a lot for your help. It's people like you who make this community what it is.

Hey OMJ,
I grabbed one of your RUU.zip files from your repository on xda ( https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-htc-10/development/ruu-sprint-htc-10-1-24-651-3-t3379257 ). The zip files, when extracted, turn into like 25 zips. When I extract 0.zip (in order to extract the entire array) I get a file corrupt errors for a few of the files. Am I missing something? I don't think the files are actually corrupt but this is a recurring error I've gotten on a number of different .zip files that have the string of multiple zips within them. Got any ideas?

vijn said:
Hey OMJ,
I grabbed one of your RUU.zip files from your repository on xda ( https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-htc-10/development/ruu-sprint-htc-10-1-24-651-3-t3379257 ). The zip files, when extracted, turn into like 25 zips. When I extract 0.zip (in order to extract the entire array) I get a file corrupt errors for a few of the files. Am I missing something? I don't think the files are actually corrupt but this is a recurring error I've gotten on a number of different .zip files that have the string of multiple zips within them. Got any ideas?
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u download the 2PS6IMG.zip? If so, u can't extract, it's encrypted. You would need to decrypt using the tool that dottat linked u
BUT, don't waste your time, aint gonna work, u already tried manually flashing the boot.img & u got the failed, s-on error
to confirm, from download mode, u used this cmd? fastboot flash boot boot.img if so, I'm fresh out of ideas....
sending 'boot' (47977 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.606s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: cannot flash this partition in s-on state)
finished. total time: 1.656s

OMJ said:
u download the 2PS6IMG.zip? If so, u can't extract, it's encrypted. You would need to decrypt using the tool that dottat linked u
BUT, don't waste your time, aint gonna work, u already tried manually flashing the boot.img & u got the failed, s-on error
to confirm, from download mode, u used this cmd? fastboot flash boot boot.img if so, I'm fresh out of ideas....
sending 'boot' (47977 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.606s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: cannot flash this partition in s-on state)
finished. total time: 1.656s
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Ya, that's what I'd done, but strangely this time I got a different error:
sending 'boot' (47977 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.529s]
writing 'boot'...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#857212
FAILED (remote: 9 RU_SECURITY_FAIL boot and bootloader isn't BL_UNLOCKED)
finished. total time: 3.551s

vijn said:
Ya, that's what I'd done, but strangely this time I got a different error:
sending 'boot' (47977 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.529s]
writing 'boot'...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#857212
FAILED (remote: 9 RU_SECURITY_FAIL boot and bootloader isn't BL_UNLOCKED)
finished. total time: 3.551s
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odd...u can certainly try to flash the system.img but it will probably give the same error...I can the complete single system.img if u want me to upload or u can use the decrypt tool to decrypt the ruu & flash the individual system imgs

OMJ said:
odd...u can certainly try to flash the system.img but it will probably give the same error...I can the complete single system.img if u want me to upload or u can use the decrypt tool to decrypt the ruu & flash the individual system imgs
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Would you mind sending the system file? I haven't managed to get the decrypt tool working yet.

vijn said:
Would you mind sending the system file? I haven't managed to get the decrypt tool working yet.
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https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120734364

Saw your post while looking for an sim unlock for my Japanese HTC 10.
Couldn't resist reading more about your problem tho.
First idea but quite dangerous if done incorrectly..
Try and see if you can change the cid in the ruu.exe with a HEX editor?
If that doesn't work, next try and change the cid of the ruu. zip.
Might be a long shot, but if the files cid's aren't encrypted it might work!

Latest Firmware for XT 1686 Indian Variant.

Hi guys finally i managed to unbrick the hard bricked phone ...
now my question is how should i choose the stock firmware for my device which is Indian variant - XT1686 32 GB
Bcoz as there are lots of different variants .... i have tried brazil
XT1681-XT1683_POTTER_BRASIL_LATAM_MEXICO_7.0_NPN25.137-15_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip
2017-02-05
this doesnt give IMEI numbers it will make them 0 so can u guys please tell me how should i choose the variants

and also please if some one have the recent boot loader.img, recovery.img and gpt.bin please provide me im stuck in boot loop ... just the sake until we get oreo update - XT1686 is my phone
i am not able to use my phone right now request you guys....

It's normal not to have your IMEI on stock if you've flashed Oreo ROMs before.
You can follow instructions in this thread if you want to get IMEI back.
Happy flashing!

Jrhotrod said:
It's normal not to have your IMEI on stock if you've flashed Oreo ROMs before.
You can follow instructions in this thread if you want to get IMEI back.
Happy flashing!
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now actually my phone is stuck with Moto Z2 play boot loader so that i need everything to be Moto z2 play's firmware .... to wake up the dead phone it took me around 4 hours .... So my boot loader is not letting me install any other firmwares on my phone
please help me :crying:
This is what i got when i tried to flash Moto g5 plus Boot loader by downloading all the firmwares from official website:
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:bootloader: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (5115 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.118s]
writing 'bootloader'...
(bootloader) Validating 'bootloader.default.xml'
(bootloader) Security version downgrade
(bootloader) Image tz failed validation
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
(bootloader) Security version downgrade
(bootloader) Image devcfg failed validation
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
(bootloader) Cancelling 'bootloader.default.xml'
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.405s

praveen Glaxi said:
now actually my phone is stuck with Moto Z2 play boot loader so that i need everything to be Moto z2 play's firmware .... to wake up the dead phone it took me around 4 hours .... So my boot loader is not letting me install any other firmwares on my phone
please help me :crying:
This is what i got when i tried to flash Moto g5 plus Boot loader by downloading all the firmwares from official website:
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:bootloader: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (5115 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.118s]
writing 'bootloader'...
(bootloader) Validating 'bootloader.default.xml'
(bootloader) Security version downgrade
(bootloader) Image tz failed validation
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
(bootloader) Security version downgrade
(bootloader) Image devcfg failed validation
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
(bootloader) Cancelling 'bootloader.default.xml'
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.405s
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What on Earth did you do to get the Z2 bootloader and how did you get it to even flash in the first place?

Jrhotrod said:
What on Earth did you do to get the Z2 bootloader and how did you get it to even flash in the first place?
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Okay dude .... Let me explain very quickly ....
First off I bought this device like 8 months ago .... 1 week b4 I flashed customs ROM that is lineago os 15.1 which was recent for my device .... Everything was fine until yrstdy.... Yrstdy morning what I did was I planned to flash normal stock ROM to my phone .... Using some brasil version by watching YouTube ... Everything went well I was like thank god and then I inserted the sim but there was not network due to imei issue ....
This is where problem started...
Thinking after I do the OTA update security patch might go back and I might get the signal but then I did ota update and phone restarted ... It showed installing updates in half wat it suddenly switched I realised that I hard bricked my phone ...
Then searched the whole xda forums and found this guide https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus/help/moto-g5-plus-hard-bricked-recognized-t3636457/page6
By Rakesh1b.....
I did the same I used potter blank flash and my phone woke up after trying it several hours....
Then when I tried to flash bootloader of moto g5 plus it showed error like I previously displayed ..... Well there was one more post for all of these 3 files, bootloader.IMG gpt.bin and recovery.IMG well I did flash all of them they seem to be worked ...
Then I tried to flash moto g5 plus twrp recovery which gave me error of failure...
Then I tried moto z2 play twrp ... God damn it got flashed and went into twrp recovery then as I studied as per @Rakesh1b ......
And now I'm stuck here ..... Not able to go front...
I get error like /cache not found when I try to flash custom os ...
What all I need now is moto g5 plus boot loader.IMG recovery.IMG gpt.bin
Of January security patch ... Mine last update was November security patch
I request some one to give those files or give a proper solution for this plzzzzzz

praveen Glaxi said:
I did the same I used potter blank flash and my phone woke up after trying it several hours....
Then when I tried to flash bootloader of moto g5 plus it showed error like I previously displayed ..... Well there was one more post for all of these 3 files, bootloader.IMG gpt.bin and recovery.IMG well I did flash all of them they seem to be worked ...
Then I tried to flash moto g5 plus twrp recovery which gave me error of failure...
Then I tried moto z2 play twrp ... God damn it got flashed and went into twrp recovery then as I studied as per @Rakesh1b ......
And now I'm stuck here ..... Not able to go front...
I get error like /cache not found when I try to flash custom os ...
What all I need now is moto g5 plus boot loader.IMG recovery.IMG gpt.bin
Of January security patch ... Mine last update was November security patch
I request some one to give those files or give a proper solution for this plzzzzzz
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Thank you for the explanation, your situation seems to (mostly) make sense to me now.
You probably realize this in retrospect, but you should not have accepted an OTA on stock with no IMEI. But enough with that, what exactly do you mean by "my phone woke up"? I'd love to offer you a solution, but to find one, I'll need to know if "waking up" involved booting into Android, booting into the bootloader, or whatever.

u should unlock bootloader first.. the version of bootloader is lower than on ur phone, you should not OTA update, OTA did upgraded ur bootloader ver to latest..
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Try this firmware for ur model latest from february 2018
https://firmware.center/firmware/Mo...ubsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip
or
https://firmware.center/firmware/Mo...ubsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip
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[/COLOR]if u followed this solution and unbricked ur devices,try this Rom
its debloated and deodexed stock rom
: https://doc-00-6o-docs.googleuserco...2322377&hash=4s4e5hh6kltpi7nthp0actt4434mbjof
Orginal post :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus/development/stock-debloated-deodexed-t3619972
THE FIRST THING U SHOULD TO UNLOCK BOOTLOADER before to try and CWM OR TWRP, custom rom..

Hey guys thanks for everyone's assistance here
i have successfully flashed Pixel experience ROM to my phone by using this procedure
1st. Blank flash your phone as per the above procedure..... (disable signature enforcement if u are using windows 10)
press and hold power button you could hear that mobile disconnects and connects once you hear that then press voldown and power with one hand and run blankflash.bat and then release those buttons before u hear them again
2nd. Flash all 3 provided files in MotoG5Plus_addison2Potter in the attachement and it will take you to the boot loader
Using these Commands:
fastboot flash partition gpt.bin
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
(Flash the files from provided Zip attachment)
3rd. download Moto z2 play or plus twrp recovery as i didnt have time to compress everything i cud nt provide that, then flash the custom recovery, then try to enter into recovery mod and it should enter..... if u have done 1st and 2nd step properly then u will enter into TWRP recvery mod
and here is the link for debolated ROM download version 2 which has november patch on it....
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-...dexed-t3619972
then once ur in twrp mount it to ur pc and copy the debolate ROM to ur phone and then flash it though TWRP ....
once it is done reboot ur phone into os and it should successfully boot into ROM...
once done u can flash any custom ROM into ur phone using TWRP
But 1 major issue is that i lost 4g or VoLTE:
Can u guys please help me with that.....

[HELP] ZE550KL stuck in fastboot mode, no system, no boot, no recovery.

My zenfone 2 laser are stuck in fastboot mode, can't go to recovery or any thing, using the adb and fastboot i can flash boot.img, system.img etc. but nothing happens. and the bootloader are locked too, and i don't find some way to unlock without the app from asus, tried to put 'fastboot oem get_unlock_ability' or 'fastboot oem unlock' but i just receive 'FAILED (remote: 'unknown command')'
i don't know what to do, someone know what i can do? pls

Reflash ofw via adb with stock boot/recovery
lukk321 said:
My zenfone 2 laser are stuck in fastboot mode, can't go to recovery or any thing, using the adb and fastboot i can flash boot.img, system.img etc. but nothing happens. and the bootloader are locked too, and i don't find some way to unlock without the app from asus, tried to put 'fastboot oem get_unlock_ability' or 'fastboot oem unlock' but i just receive 'FAILED (remote: 'unknown command')'
i don't know what to do, someone know what i can do? pls
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Hi dude try flash boot and recovery from h**ps://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0aDjdU4gTwZRWxzLWxhYUZPbVk&usp=drive_web
then reboot holding volume down button once done should have recovery menu select install through adb sideload etc
download fw from here: h**ps://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/ZS550KL/UL-Z00L-WW-21.40.1220.2196-user.zip?_ga=2.175867362.1367738333.1539164489-1033220152.1538417076[/
then on pc copy downloaded fw to adb folder and type: adb sideload UL-Z00L-WW-21.40.1220.2196-user.zip
[/B]
and will begin to install and hope all goes well and good luck

Hi man, thank you for reply
Foggalias said:
Hi dude try flash boot and recovery from h**ps://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0aDjdU4gTwZRWxzLWxhYUZPbVk&usp=drive_web
then reboot holding volume down button once done should have recovery menu select install through adb sideload etc
download fw from here: h**ps://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/ZS550KL/UL-Z00L-WW-21.40.1220.2196-user.zip?_ga=2.175867362.1367738333.1539164489-1033220152.1538417076[/
then on pc copy downloaded fw to adb folder and type: adb sideload UL-Z00L-WW-21.40.1220.2196-user.zip
[/B]
and will begin to install and hope all goes well and good luck
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But i alredy try to flash boot, recovery, twrp, even try use flashall.bat, but my bootloader are locked, so when i type 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img' it appears that worked, but when i try to go to recovey, the phone just shows the asus logo with 'fastboot mode' on the top, even typing 'fastboot reboot-bootloader' or 'fastboot reboot' while holding the volume down button, it don't work. And typing 'fastboot getvar recovery or boot' shows nothing.
Probably i need to unlock the bootloader first, but i don't know how to do that.

lukk321 said:
But i alredy try to flash boot, recovery, twrp, even try use flashall.bat, but my bootloader are locked, so when i type 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img' it appears that worked, but when i try to go to recovey, the phone just shows the asus logo with 'fastboot mode' on the top, even typing 'fastboot reboot-bootloader' or 'fastboot reboot' while holding the volume down button, it don't work. And typing 'fastboot getvar recovery or boot' shows nothing.
Probably i need to unlock the bootloader first, but i don't know how to do that.
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sorry to hear dude and sorry for late reply I'm sure I used the app to unlock my boot loader ill do a bit of digging if I find anything
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Foggalias said:
sorry to hear dude and sorry for late reply I'm sure I used the app to unlock my boot loader ill do a bit of digging if I find anything
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hi dude try here its flashing tarp without unlocking boot loader and its through fastboot mode
h***s:/.asus.com/zentalk/in/thread-128115-1-1.html
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Foggalias said:
sorry to hear dude and sorry for late reply I'm sure I used the app to unlock my boot loader ill do a bit of digging if I find anything
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hi dude try here its flashing tarp without unlocking boot loader and its through fastboot mode
h***s:/.asus.com/zentalk/in/thread-128115-1-1.html
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try this unlock bloody via fastboot
h***s://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByzlvYYhluSdR3ZpdWYzX1ZfRUE/view?usp=drivesdk

Hi again dude how u getting on? I remember when I used the unlock tool app it just rebooted and nothing looked different at all and the only way I found putTit was u locked was on fastboot mode using this command:
fastboot oem device-info
Said something like bootloader unlocked: True
I'd give it a shot and hopefully its just the case of some bad img's good luck

thanks helping me
Foggalias said:
sorry to hear dude and sorry for late reply I'm sure I used the app to unlock my boot loader ill do a bit of digging if I find anything
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hi dude try here its flashing tarp without unlocking boot loader and its through fastboot mode
h***s:/.asus.com/zentalk/in/thread-128115-1-1.html
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try this unlock bloody via fastboot
h***s://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByzlvYYhluSdR3ZpdWYzX1ZfRUE/view?usp=drivesdk
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the asus site are off now, so later i'll see that
the unlock tool look that worked, but the phone still stuck in fastboot

Foggalias said:
Hi again dude how u getting on? I remember when I used the unlock tool app it just rebooted and nothing looked different at all and the only way I found putTit was u locked was on fastboot mode using this command:
fastboot oem device-info
Said something like bootloader unlocked: True
I'd give it a shot and hopefully its just the case of some bad img's good luck
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fastboot oem device-info shows that:
(bootloader) Device unlocked: false
(bootloader) Charger screen enabled: false
(bootloader) Display panel:
(bootloader) Adb Enable: 0
OKAY [ 0.017s]
finished. total time: 0.018s
even after using the unlock tool

Thank you for helping dude
I gonna send the phone to the support center, before i explode the phone haha, sorry for taking your time, bye.

lukk321 said:
I gonna send the phone to the support center, before i explode the phone haha, sorry for taking your time, bye.
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no worries dude sorry coudnt sort it
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lukk321 said:
fastboot oem device-info shows that:
(bootloader) Device unlocked: false
(bootloader) Charger screen enabled: false
(bootloader) Display panel:
(bootloader) Adb Enable: 0
OKAY [ 0.017s]
finished. total time: 0.018s
even after using the unlock tool
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hi dude sorry to hear but people have managed to flash boot using certain version img file and then able to flash the recovery on locked bootloaders
id say try before it costs you at service
here: https://www.asus.com/zentalk/in/thread-88877-1-1.html

Same issue with my phone but i'm getting different error
I guys,
I gone through your post and similar issue I'm facing. As suggested I tried unlock boot loader or whenever trying to flash getting below error. Can you help me to get this fix. Might be I'll recover my phone.
target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
sending 'fastboot' (13273 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.419s]
writing 'fastboot'...
FAILED (remote: partition table doesn't exist)
finished. total time: 0.426s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.001s
Below device info i can see but still it boots into fastboot and not in recovery mode
(bootloader) Device unlocked: true
(bootloader) Charger screen enabled: false
(bootloader) Display panel:
(bootloader) Adb Enable: 0
OKAY [ 0.004s]
finished. total time: 0.004s

Hiya dude I know there's a certain fw version that it'll let u adb sideload, I take your getting this issue from trying to side load, I'll have a look and try and find fw I used. It does state device unlocked: true which I did mine using an app if I remember correctly
Are you able to flash recovery ar all ??
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Hiya dude again I think what u used is linked above in thread, have you tried thise by any chance?
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krahul99 said:
I guys,
I gone through your post and similar issue I'm facing. As suggested I tried unlock boot loader or whenever trying to flash getting below error. Can you help me to get this fix. Might be I'll recover my phone.
target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
sending 'fastboot' (13273 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.419s]
writing 'fastboot'...
FAILED (remote: partition table doesn't exist)
finished. total time: 0.426s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.001s
Below device info i can see but still it boots into fastboot and not in recovery mode
(bootloader) Device unlocked: true
(bootloader) Charger screen enabled: false
(bootloader) Display panel:
(bootloader) Adb Enable: 0
OKAY [ 0.004s]
finished. total time: 0.004s
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Try this dude:
https://www.asus.com/zentalk/in/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=128115&mobile=2
Let me know how u get on
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krahul99 said:
I guys,
I gone through your post and similar issue I'm facing. As suggested I tried unlock boot loader or whenever trying to flash getting below error. Can you help me to get this fix. Might be I'll recover my phone.
target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
sending 'fastboot' (13273 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.419s]
writing 'fastboot'...
FAILED (remote: partition table doesn't exist)
finished. total time: 0.426s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.001s
Below device info i can see but still it boots into fastboot and not in recovery mode
(bootloader) Device unlocked: true
(bootloader) Charger screen enabled: false
(bootloader) Display panel:
(bootloader) Adb Enable: 0
OKAY [ 0.004s]
finished. total time: 0.004s
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Hi dude try flash boot and recovery from here a little guide in there to (update error fix): h**ps://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0aDjdU4gTwZRWxzLWxhYUZPbVk&usp=drive_web
then reboot holding volume down button once done should have recovery menu select install through adb sideload etc
download fw from here: h**ps://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/ZS550KL/UL-Z00L-WW-21.40.1220.2196-user.zip?_ga=2.175867362.1367738333.1539164489-1033220152.1538417076[
then on pc copy downloaded fw to adb folder and type: adb sideload UL-Z00L-WW-21.40.1220.2196-user.zip
and will begin to install and hope all goes well and good luck

Tried this but still it comes in fastboot mode only
Yup i tried these methods earlier. It shows written but when I reboot and try to go to recovery it directly comes into Fastboot. Rather if I remove battery and just plug the usb cable even though it shows fastboot mode.
Foggalias said:
Hiya dude I know there's a certain fw version that it'll let u adb sideload, I take your getting this issue from trying to side load, I'll have a look and try and find fw I used. It does state device unlocked: true which I did mine using an app if I remember correctly
Are you able to flash recovery ar all ??
---------- Post added at 10:57 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:55 AM ----------
Hiya dude again I think what u used is linked above in thread, have you tried thise by any chance?
---------- Post added at 11:02 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:57 AM ----------
Try this dude:
https://www.asus.com/zentalk/in/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=128115&mobile=2
Let me know how u get on
---------- Post added at 11:09 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:02 AM ----------
Hi dude try flash boot and recovery from here a little guide in there to (update error fix): h**ps://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0aDjdU4gTwZRWxzLWxhYUZPbVk&usp=drive_web
then reboot holding volume down button once done should have recovery menu select install through adb sideload etc
download fw from here: h**ps://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/ZS550KL/UL-Z00L-WW-21.40.1220.2196-user.zip?_ga=2.175867362.1367738333.1539164489-1033220152.1538417076[
then on pc copy downloaded fw to adb folder and type: adb sideload UL-Z00L-WW-21.40.1220.2196-user.zip
and will begin to install and hope all goes well and good luck
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Same issue with my asus
krahul99 said:
Yup i tried these methods earlier. It shows written but when I reboot and try to go to recovery it directly comes into Fastboot. Rather if I remove battery and just plug the usb cable even though it shows fastboot mode.
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I'm facing same issue with my device.. Pls can you hlp me

Mohanking6 said:
I'm facing same issue with my device.. Pls can you hlp me
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Install recovery and boot image version 1531 then use adb sideload to flash latest version of ROM.

Foggalias said:
Reflash ofw via adb with stock boot/recovery
Hi dude try flash boot and recovery from h**ps://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0aDjdU4gTwZRWxzLWxhYUZPbVk&usp=drive_web
then reboot holding volume down button once done should have recovery menu select install through adb sideload etc
download fw from here: h**ps://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/ZS550KL/UL-Z00L-WW-21.40.1220.2196-user.zip?_ga=2.175867362.1367738333.1539164489-1033220152.1538417076[/
then on pc copy downloaded fw to adb folder and type: adb sideload UL-Z00L-WW-21.40.1220.2196-user.zip
[/B]
and will begin to install and hope all goes well and good luck
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I just wanted to Thank you! I was about to give up and sell the phone because ive tried all countless methods and now i have recovery mode. Thank you so much forr keeping the google drive links alive..

frenchiejoshy said:
I just wanted to Thank you! I was about to give up and sell the phone because ive tried all countless methods and now i have recovery mode. Thank you so much forr keeping the google drive links alive..
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unable to flash boot.img brother
fastboot flash fastboot boot.img
target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
sending 'fastboot' (24547 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.775s]
writing 'fastboot'...
FAILED (remote: cannot flash this partition in locked state)
finished. total time: 0.803s

osm gkkkkkk said:
unable to flash boot.img brother
fastboot flash fastboot boot.img
target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
sending 'fastboot' (24547 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.775s]
writing 'fastboot'...
FAILED (remote: cannot flash this partition in locked state)
finished. total time: 0.803s
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which file did you use and how

Foggalias said:
Reflash ofw via adb with stock boot/recovery
Hi dude try flash boot and recovery from h**ps://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0aDjdU4gTwZRWxzLWxhYUZPbVk&usp=drive_web
then reboot holding volume down button once done should have recovery menu select install through adb sideload etc
download fw from here: h**ps://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/ZS550KL/UL-Z00L-WW-21.40.1220.2196-user.zip?_ga=2.175867362.1367738333.1539164489-1033220152.1538417076[/
then on pc copy downloaded fw to adb folder and type: adb sideload UL-Z00L-WW-21.40.1220.2196-user.zip
[/B]
and will begin to install and hope all goes well and good luck
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pls help which file and how ,i have th same issue as was faced by one of the used
unable to install boot.img
unable to flash boot.img brother
fastboot flash fastboot boot.img
target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
sending 'fastboot' (24547 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.775s]
writing 'fastboot'...
FAILED (remote: cannot flash this partition in locked state)
finished. total time: 0.803s