I think I soft bricked my phone. flashing "no command" - X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've got a moto x '14 verizon XT1096. Tried to use fastboot to load twrp to eventually get to install Cm13. However, it threw this message:
C:\adb>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (0 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.006s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Invalid boot image
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.024s
Dumbass me thought it would be a good idea to unplug the device and simply try again. Well, what a bad decision. The phone now flashes the "no command" robot on it's back. yes, flashes. i can get back to fastboot, but after this i'm not sure what to do.
Thanks in advance. I'm fairly new at this, be easy on me.

Try this. This is my mini guide I wrote in another thread.
Well, at first I tried to flash twrp through fastboot but the original recovery override the twrp recovery.
So, what I did, instead of flashing, I just temporary booted into twrp.
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot boot twrp.img (and not fastboot flash recovery twrp.img)
Then phone booted into twrp, I flash supersu 2.46.
Then I easily downloaded twrp manager from google play and installed twrp recovery to my xt1096.
Have fun
Use this https://twrp.me/devices/motorolamotox2014.html
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Will I be forever stuck at 4.2.2 if I cant flash recovery?

I have tried everything I have read on here and I cant seem to flash recovery. I used pwnmymoto to gain root when I first received my moto x. When the camera update came I thought I unrooted and flashed back to stock becasue I was able to get the OTA. Yesterday I could not install the OTA 4.4 because it gave me a error sign. I tried to flash recovery using fastboot but everytime now matter what I do this shows up:
colins-air:Android Tools colinj22$ ./fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target reported max download size of 805306368 bytes
sending 'recovery' (10240 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.798s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 1.848s
colins-air:Android Tools colinj22$
Can someone please help me. I am fairly new to fastboot and I am on a Mac and I have read everything in these threads and nothing seems to help. Can I erase everything and somehow start from scratch?
Thank you all!
colinj22 said:
I have tried everything I have read on here and I cant seem to flash recovery. I used pwnmymoto to gain root when I first received my moto x. When the camera update came I thought I unrooted and flashed back to stock becasue I was able to get the OTA. Yesterday I could not install the OTA 4.4 because it gave me a error sign. I tried to flash recovery using fastboot but everytime now matter what I do this shows up:
colins-air:Android Tools colinj22$ ./fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target reported max download size of 805306368 bytes
sending 'recovery' (10240 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.798s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 1.848s
colins-air:Android Tools colinj22$
Can someone please help me. I am fairly new to fastboot and I am on a Mac and I have read everything in these threads and nothing seems to help. Can I erase everything and somehow start from scratch?
Thank you all!
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try using a different fastboot besides the one you are using. also make sure you are trying to flash the right FW version. you can't downgrade FW so it needs to be the FW version that is currently on the device.
try the second link in the OP of this thread for a different fastboot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2489249
Flashing recovery requires a unlocked boot loader, you're obviously on Verizon and unless you have a DE moto you can't flash recovery due to your boot loader being locked
Sent on my Moto X
Incorrect^
Sent from my XT1060 using Tapatalk

[Q] TWRP Wont install

Long story short, got a brand new Dev Edition at work. Unlocked the bootloader from Moto. Downloaded all the latest TWRP img and SUperSU zip for rooting but TWRP never installs. Here is what the output from fastboot says:
Code:
C:\Users\***********\Downloads>mfastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-ghost.img
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target max-download-size: 768MB
sending 'recovery' (9184 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.005s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.998s]
finished. total time: 2.006s
I then select to boot into recovery right from the bootloader menu and it just boots to the system. If I "adb reboot recovery" I get stock recovery and not TWRP. I undertsand the system is overwriting my TWRP but thats due to not booting into TWRP first after flashing so it can disable it.
I have read and read and read and found numerous people with no answers other that just keep flashing it. I have flash CWM/Older TWRPs/PHiLz multiple times with the same result.
Thoughts/help/anything? (yes i have tried different ports/cables/etc, same results)
slim
UPDATE:
So I got a little bit closer, flash the recovery and then unplugged from computer, selected to boot into recovery from fastboot menu but now it just boots to black.
WTF is going on. I've had easier times with Samsung and LG products.
Sounds like you're using the power button instead of volume up to select an option in the bootloader. Reflash the recovery then select boot into recovery using volume up.
Ahhh FFS. That's it. Forgot about that. Been a while.
Cheers!
I know you said using the right keys fixed it... But I'm just adding this tip in case others come across this thread...
We've also seen where some have had to reboot-bootloader and go into recovery IMMEDIATELY after flashing recovery or it wont stick. example:
mfastboot flash recovery twrp.img
mfastboot reboot-bootloader
{then use the phone's on screen instructions to select recovery}
This has happened when flashing back to stock recovery too.

Cant flash recovery or system

Hello everyone,
today I wanted to downgrade my motorola moto g 2014 LTE from cm13 to cm12.1. I tried to flash the older system zip from cm recovery but I got stuck in a bootloop.
Via fastboot I then erased the system, the cache and the recovery (I also wanted to put TWRP on) but after I flashed the recovery, and I booted into Recovery it said "Invalid boot image header".
I also couldn't flash the system, it said:
[email protected]:~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$ sudo fastboot flash system cm-12.1-20151117-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1K5-thea.zip
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'system' (257562 KB)...
OKAY [ 14.939s]
writing 'system'...
(bootloader) Battery Low!!
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 14.974s
thanks in advance,
Riderson
Flash this TWRP recovery - http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...recovery-twrp-2-8-6-0-touch-recovery-t3088800
And flash CM ROM or any other ROM zip via this recovery.
RaviWL said:
Flash this TWRP recovery - http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...recovery-twrp-2-8-6-0-touch-recovery-t3088800
And flash CM ROM or any other ROM zip via this recovery.
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You helped me solve my problem!
Actually this time I just picked a different mirror at the twrp website and now it works!
Got cm12 back!

Flash TWRP impossible

Hello,
I can not flash a recovery on my P9 (EVA L09C432B399) to be able to root my P9. It is under 5.0.1 and android 7.
I tried a lot of TWRP.
Thank you for your help
Did you unlock bootloader, before trying to install twrp recovery ?
Yes it's unlock
chuppito said:
Hello,
I can not flash a recovery on my P9 (EVA L09C432B399) to be able to root my P9. It is under 5.0.1 and android 7.
I tried a lot of TWRP.
Thank you for your help
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It must be TWRP for EMUI 5.01
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p9/development/twrp-t3565703
There is an enhanced version here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p9/development/rom-huawei-p9-magicrainbow-v4-t3759292
Btw, Fastboot reporting error or what is exactly the problem?
zgfg said:
It must be TWRP for EMUI 5.01
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p9/development/twrp-t3565703
There is an enhanced version here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p9/development/rom-huawei-p9-magicrainbow-v4-t3759292
Btw, Fastboot reporting error or what is exactly the problem?
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thank you, the 2 links recovery do not work on my P9.
So I unlocked the bootloader.
I do :
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery "the name of recovery.img"
as soon as i get the message okay, i reboot on the recovery and i still have the recovery stock installed.
The message after validating :
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery' (25254 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.823s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.325s]
finished. total time: 1.152s
chuppito said:
thank you, the 2 links recovery do not work on my P9.
So I unlocked the bootloader.
I do :
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery "the name of recovery.img"
as soon as i get the message okay, i reboot on the recovery and i still have the recovery stock installed.
The message after validating :
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery' (25254 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.823s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.325s]
finished. total time: 1.152s
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ha you have 1 error when you flash recovery write command fastboot reboot hold vol+ button and push enter when phone reboot unplug usb cable fast before reboot recovery in another time stock recovery back and must flash twrp again good luck
It's good he finally flash the second time the TWRP 3.1.1-1 by oldDroid - extended Version.
Root done thanks a lot for this second link
I booted with volume + so he probably already had a TWRP.
Thank you

Boot to Recovery After TWRP Flash

I'm so to ask such a newb question, but I'm all out of ideas.
I unlocked the bootloader on my Mi 9 - I have the Chinese version.
I enabled developer options and turned on USB Debugging.
I downloaded TWRP.
I verified that I could push commands to my phone by rebooting it - adb reboot bootloader
That worked just fine. The phone booted to bootloader.
Then I tried to flash TWRP.
C:\Users\***\Documents\TEMP>fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.2.3-1-cepheus-mauronofrio.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (56928 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.275s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.305s]
finished. total time: 1.582s
C:\Users\***\Documents\TEMP>fastboot reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.003s
C:\Users\Brett\Documents\TEMP>
From what I can tell, the flash worked. I see no errors.
Following the instructions I see over at the Cyanogenmod forums, I held the Volume Up button.
The phone immediately went to bootloader.
I tried Volume Up and the Power button.
The phone immediately went to bootloader.
I saw somewhere that for phones that are Oreo and later, to use "recovery_ramdisk" but that partition does not exist.
It's almost like there is no recovery that I can boot up. I'm not sure what I am doing wrong.
Has anyone run into this before?
Thanks!
funmunke said:
I'm so to ask such a newb question, but I'm all out of ideas.
I unlocked the bootloader on my Mi 9 - I have the Chinese version.
I enabled developer options and turned on USB Debugging.
I downloaded TWRP.
I verified that I could push commands to my phone by rebooting it - adb reboot bootloader
That worked just fine. The phone booted to bootloader.
Then I tried to flash TWRP.
C:\Users\***\Documents\TEMP>fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.2.3-1-cepheus-mauronofrio.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (56928 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.275s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.305s]
finished. total time: 1.582s
C:\Users\***\Documents\TEMP>fastboot reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.003s
C:\Users\Brett\Documents\TEMP>
From what I can tell, the flash worked. I see no errors.
Following the instructions I see over at the Cyanogenmod forums, I held the Volume Up button.
The phone immediately went to bootloader.
I tried Volume Up and the Power button.
The phone immediately went to bootloader.
I saw somewhere that for phones that are Oreo and later, to use "recovery_ramdisk" but that partition does not exist.
It's almost like there is no recovery that I can boot up. I'm not sure what I am doing wrong.
Has anyone run into this before?
Thanks!
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Try this dm-verity disabler
https://zackptg5.com/android.php#disverfe
What I did is like this
Flash rom
Flash dm-verity disabler
Flash magisk
Done
BTW, I don't quite understand your problem
Your phone stuck in bootloader or TWRP?
For TWRP you can try that dm-verity disabler
Thanks, this saved my life. I had problems with
"FAILED (remote: Token Verify Failed, Reboot the device)"
After i flashed the last rom i used(Pixel Experince) with this dm-verity disable it workes now !!
funmunke said:
I'm so to ask such a newb question, but I'm all out of ideas.
I unlocked the bootloader on my Mi 9 - I have the Chinese version.
I enabled developer options and turned on USB Debugging.
I downloaded TWRP.
I verified that I could push commands to my phone by rebooting it - adb reboot bootloader
That worked just fine. The phone booted to bootloader.
Then I tried to flash TWRP.
C:\Users\***\Documents\TEMP>fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.2.3-1-cepheus-mauronofrio.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (56928 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.275s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.305s]
finished. total time: 1.582s
C:\Users\***\Documents\TEMP>fastboot reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.003s
C:\Users\Brett\Documents\TEMP>
From what I can tell, the flash worked. I see no errors.
Following the instructions I see over at the Cyanogenmod forums, I held the Volume Up button.
The phone immediately went to bootloader.
I tried Volume Up and the Power button.
The phone immediately went to bootloader.
I saw somewhere that for phones that are Oreo and later, to use "recovery_ramdisk" but that partition does not exist.
It's almost like there is no recovery that I can boot up. I'm not sure what I am doing wrong.
Has anyone run into this before?
Thanks!
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many users run into this problem, including me.
just boot to bootloader, flashing latest twrp
don't restart your phone using command, just press vol. up + power
you'll directly booting into twrp in few seconds
tawa2525 said:
Try this dm-verity disabler
https://zackptg5.com/android.php#disverfe
What I did is like this
Flash rom
Flash dm-verity disabler
Flash magisk
Done
BTW, I don't quite understand your problem
Your phone stuck in bootloader or TWRP?
For TWRP you can try that dm-verity disabler
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I can't get TWRP to come up. I flash the image and then try to boot to recovery, but there is no recovery. When you try to get fastboot.
ain_gt said:
many users run into this problem, including me.
just boot to bootloader, flashing latest twrp
don't restart your phone using command, just press vol. up + power
you'll directly booting into twrp in few seconds
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I tried that and got fastboot instead of TWRP
funmunke said:
I tried that and got fastboot instead of TWRP
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So...I figured it out. You are going to laugh at me.
That version of TWRP was garbage. I switched to another version and now I'm up and running.
Thanks to everyone who responded!

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