Moto G (India) - XT1033 - can't FLASH anything (bootloop)

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jignesh_shah

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Jun 16, 2016
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Pune / Ahmedabad
Hi All,

Phone - Moto G 1st Gen (India)
Model - XT1033 (falcon)

data backup - not required. Trying to bring phone to life is only objective. So anyone has any suggestion other than what I am trying below and will make phone alive I do not mind trying.

Phone was working very well before three days . After I did soft reset, it is going in bootloop only.

1. I can access bootloader and recovery menu.

2. I wiped cache, data/factory reset but did not help

3. after reading many threads on xda, so far i did following,
a. unlocking bootloader - done successfully, i can see status code -3 on reboot

b. flashing custom recovery TWRP - shows success on command line but neither i see teamwin logo nor twp recovery (goes back to stock recovery or shows black screen). I also tried CWM but same result!!!
mfastboot.exe flash recovery twrp-3.0.2-0-falcon.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (9330 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.377s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.185s]
finished. total time: 0.577s

c. tried booting in twrp successfully, i can access TWRP
mfastboot.exe boot twrp-3.0.2-0-falcon.img

d. flash custom rom
- MTP is enabled by TWRP so moto g is detected in windows so copied Android6.0.1_NX_R10.3.3_MotoG2013.zip
- used TWRP to install it but gets stuck in "patching system image unconditionally" forever...
- Tried other ROMs such as XT1033_FALCON_ASIA_DS_5.1_LPBS23.13-56-2_cid7_CFC.xml with following steps, shows success but after rebooting I dont see anything happened.
mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin
mfastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img
mfastboot flash logo logo.bin
mfastboot flash boot boot.img
mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk1
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk2
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk3
mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
mfastboot erase modemst1
mfastboot erase modemst2
mfastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
mfastboot erase cache
mfastboot erase userdata
mfastboot reboot


It seems as all the tools/commands are executed successfully but not able to make changes in flash.

can anyone pls. point me or guide me for the solution ahead?

Appreciate your support in advance.

Best Regards,
Jignesh Shah
 

skyrajparmar

Senior Member
Feb 5, 2016
156
62
Gandhinagar
Hi All,

Phone - Moto G 1st Gen (India)
Model - XT1033 (falcon)

data backup - not required. Trying to bring phone to life is only objective. So anyone has any suggestion other than what I am trying below and will make phone alive I do not mind trying.

Phone was working very well before three days . After I did soft reset, it is going in bootloop only.

1. I can access bootloader and recovery menu.

2. I wiped cache, data/factory reset but did not help

3. after reading many threads on xda, so far i did following,
a. unlocking bootloader - done successfully, i can see status code -3 on reboot

b. flashing custom recovery TWRP - shows success on command line but neither i see teamwin logo nor twp recovery (goes back to stock recovery or shows black screen). I also tried CWM but same result!!!
mfastboot.exe flash recovery twrp-3.0.2-0-falcon.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (9330 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.377s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.185s]
finished. total time: 0.577s

c. tried booting in twrp successfully, i can access TWRP
mfastboot.exe boot twrp-3.0.2-0-falcon.img

d. flash custom rom
- MTP is enabled by TWRP so moto g is detected in windows so copied Android6.0.1_NX_R10.3.3_MotoG2013.zip
- used TWRP to install it but gets stuck in "patching system image unconditionally" forever...
- Tried other ROMs such as XT1033_FALCON_ASIA_DS_5.1_LPBS23.13-56-2_cid7_CFC.xml with following steps, shows success but after rebooting I dont see anything happened.
mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin
mfastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img
mfastboot flash logo logo.bin
mfastboot flash boot boot.img
mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk1
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk2
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk3
mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
mfastboot erase modemst1
mfastboot erase modemst2
mfastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
mfastboot erase cache
mfastboot erase userdata
mfastboot reboot




It seems as all the tools/commands are executed successfully but not able to make changes in flash.

can anyone pls. point me or guide me for the solution ahead?

Appreciate your support in advance.

Best Regards,
Jignesh Shah
Which android version u have in your mobile before bootloop.....?
 

jignesh_shah

Member
Jun 16, 2016
31
3
Pune / Ahmedabad
@skyrajparmar, appreciate your response.

I tried your suggestion but result is same.
details:
1-Reboot into recovery (twrp) - success
2-Wipe data system cache - cleaned data/dalvik cache/cache/system successfully using TWRP
3-Flash cm13 zip file..... - using TWRP copied cm-12.1-20151117-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1K9-falcon.zip to internal storage (over MTP) and installing using TWRP. It stays in "patching system image unconditionally" forever... I waited for more than 30 minutes and still its going on...
4-reboot system - not done as it does not come out from previous step

Can you suggest if I have missed anything or doing something incorrect or any thing else?
 

skyrajparmar

Senior Member
Feb 5, 2016
156
62
Gandhinagar
@skyrajparmar, appreciate your response.

I tried your suggestion but result is same.
details:
1-Reboot into recovery (twrp) - success
2-Wipe data system cache - cleaned data/dalvik cache/cache/system successfully using TWRP
3-Flash cm13 zip file..... - using TWRP copied cm-12.1-20151117-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1K9-falcon.zip to internal storage (over MTP) and installing using TWRP. It stays in "patching system image unconditionally" forever... I waited for more than 30 minutes and still its going on...
4-reboot system - not done as it does not come out from previous step

Can you suggest if I have missed anything or doing something incorrect or any thing else?
reasons
1-may be your cm12.1 zip file is bad..... try with cm13
2-your system partition may be damaged (fix-repair system n data partition in twrp )
 
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jignesh_shah

Member
Jun 16, 2016
31
3
Pune / Ahmedabad
@skyrajparmar,

1. cm-12.1-20151117-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1K9-falcon.zip is a snapshot and all CM13 are nightly. since i wanted to use stable than beta, i tried CM12.1
2. as you suggested, i tried wipe ->advanced wipe -> data - success
3. as you suggested, i tried wipe ->advanced wipe -> system - fail with error 4 - unable to repair system (pls see attached image)
 

skyrajparmar

Senior Member
Feb 5, 2016
156
62
Gandhinagar
@skyrajparmar,

1. cm-12.1-20151117-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1K9-falcon.zip is a snapshot and all CM13 are nightly. since i wanted to use stable than beta, i tried CM12.1
2. as you suggested, i tried wipe ->advanced wipe -> data - success
3. as you suggested, i tried wipe ->advanced wipe -> system - fail with error 4 - unable to repair system (pls see attached image)
1-First convert system into f2fs format 2-now convert system into e4ft
3-try again repair function




Q had u tried cm13.....?
 

jignesh_shah

Member
Jun 16, 2016
31
3
Pune / Ahmedabad
@skyrajparmar, as suggested,
1. converting to f2fs - on phone it shows success but when I press back it shows /system as ext4 only. should not it change to f2fs? pls. refer images...
2. converting to ext4 ( i assume there is a typo in your reply where you mentioned e4ft)
3. trying to repair - same error

I am downloading CM13, it will take few more minutes before I can try it...
 

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skyrajparmar

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Feb 5, 2016
156
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Gandhinagar
@skyrajparmar, as suggested,
1. converting to f2fs - on phone it shows success but when I press back it shows /system as ext4 only. should not it change to f2fs? pls. refer images...
2. converting to ext4 ( i assume there is a typo in your reply where you mentioned e4ft)
3. trying to repair - same error

I am downloading CM13, it will take few more minutes before I can try it...
Okay.... try cm13... then reply me..... i m waiting
 

skyrajparmar

Senior Member
Feb 5, 2016
156
62
Gandhinagar
@skyrajparmar, as suggested, trying cm-13.0-20160617-NIGHTLY-falcon.zip and its stuck into 'patching system image unconditionally...'

FYI- before this, i booted with TWRP and cleaned cache/dalvik/data etc. as usual...

Now i m understand whole situation......
System partition of your mobile damaged........ if mobile is still on warranty then send it to service centre

R u living in gujarat.....?
 

jignesh_shah

Member
Jun 16, 2016
31
3
Pune / Ahmedabad
hmmm, thats what i feared.... Not in warranty as its been 2 yrs now.

btw, i m from ahmd but in pune...

thanks for all your support and help....

is there anything else can be done?
 

skyrajparmar

Senior Member
Feb 5, 2016
156
62
Gandhinagar
I think i can manage to get /system partition from working motog from someone.

would it be possible for you to provide working steps to do after that?

thanks in advance...
Copy that backup in pendrive(twrp>backups).... n connect pendrive to your moto g .... n restore backup....... but before backup check md5 create box (don't create md5)

if u want it in other moto g Backup must be without md5

Don't say thanks...hit thanks :)
 
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jignesh_shah

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Jun 16, 2016
31
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Pune / Ahmedabad
@skyrajparmar,
is there any difference between using someone's system folder and following commands:

mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3

would not above list of commands will overwrite /system partition?
I am asking because I have already tried above commands with much of the help!!! :(
 

skyrajparmar

Senior Member
Feb 5, 2016
156
62
Gandhinagar
@skyrajparmar,
is there any difference between using someone's system folder and following commands:

mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3

would not above list of commands will overwrite /system partition?
I am asking because I have already tried above commands with much of the help!!! :(
Did u tried restore system partition of other moto g......?
 

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    I think i can manage to get /system partition from working motog from someone.

    would it be possible for you to provide working steps to do after that?

    thanks in advance...
    Copy that backup in pendrive(twrp>backups).... n connect pendrive to your moto g .... n restore backup....... but before backup check md5 create box (don't create md5)

    if u want it in other moto g Backup must be without md5

    Don't say thanks...hit thanks :)