Fastboot flash failed: error too many links

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Faisal0000

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I flashed the stock recovery and when I flashed it(fastboot rebootRUU abd the fastboot flash firmware.zip(I had my european rom 989 mb renamed) it said sending zip and then parsing rom and then FAILED too many links. What should I do?
 
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Xeroproject said:
Thanks for all the help guys, unfortunately I wasn't able to get things going and eventually decided to just start from square one and reload everything I could remember. Who knows what data I've lost, but I was definately losing more by not picking up & moving on.

If anybody gets a better handle on what the "too many links" error is caused by or actually means, I'd love to know if I face this again later down the road when trying to backup using fastboot.
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After many hours of trying, with diffrent cables and computers, i disabled the network connections and worked perfectly. :D
 
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Sino88

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Hi everyone.
first time rooting a phone... (sony Xperia Z5 Compact)
anyways.. i had the same problem.. was stuck for 30 minutes!!
The way i solved the issue was to unlock the bootloader. after that it worked perfectly.
no need to change cable or try different port.
You can unlock bootloader developer . sonymobile . com / unlockbootloader / unlock-yourboot-loader (am not allowed to post links.. sorry). at the bottom, select your device and click continue.
then just register and check your mail. then'll you'll be given instructions on how to unlock bootloader.

hope this works for you guys, because it did for me :D
 
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    pramods
    for fastboot -w flashall to work you need to set the ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT variable, where boot.img, recovery.img and system.img file are, on window just use the set command
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    pramods
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    majatt
    Had this problem as well

    Had this problem as well used a ferrite core on 2 cables (a random cable and the default cable) neither worked. Then I stopped using the usb ports at the front of my computer (they seemed a bit dodgy not recognizing devices etc.) and used one at the rear.

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    carmo2y
    Same problem here, just changed the usb cable and everything worked fine!

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    Faisal0000
    Faisal0000
    I flashed the stock recovery and when I flashed it(fastboot rebootRUU abd the fastboot flash firmware.zip(I had my european rom 989 mb renamed) it said sending zip and then parsing rom and then FAILED too many links. What should I do?
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