ERROR: could not clear input pipe; result -536870163

Macmee

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Trying to use fastboot to get back to factory default and I get this on the first step "erase userdata"


david-ln-imac:~ David$ /Users/David/fastboot-mac devices
HT036P900126 fastboot
david-ln-imac:~ David$ /Users/David/fastboot-mac erase userdata
ERROR: could not clear input pipe; result -536870163< waiting for device >
 

slonn

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ERROR: could not clear input pipe; result -536870163< waiting for device >

Just bringing this old post back to life as I've run into the exact same problem. My N1 only boots into the multi-coloured X and there is no option to go into recovery. I previously had this issue when trying to push a CM rom onto it and solved it by going back to stock. But this time this error appears when trying to push a stock rom onto the phone:

"ERROR: could not clear input pipe; result -536870163< waiting for device >
"

Can someone help, please? The whole string looks like this:


MSM:~ m$ cd desktop
MSM:desktop m$ cd fastboot
MSM:fastboot m$ ./fastboot-mac
usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>

commands:
update <filename> reflash device from update.zip
flashall flash boot + recovery + system
flash <partition> [ <filename> ] write a file to a flash partition
erase <partition> erase a flash partition
getvar <variable> display a bootloader variable
boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] download and boot kernel
flash:raw boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] create bootimage and flash it
devices list all connected devices
reboot reboot device normally
reboot-bootloader reboot device into bootloader

options:
-w erase userdata and cache
-s <serial number> specify device serial number
-p <product> specify product name
-c <cmdline> override kernel commandline
-i <vendor id> specify a custom USB vendor id
MSM:fastboot m$ ./fastboot-mac devices
HT09GP801010 fastboot
MSM:fastboot m$ ./fastboot-mac update signed-passion-img-FRG83_0923.zip -w
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
ERROR: could not clear input pipe; result -536870163< waiting for device >
 

slonn

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Can't boot into recovery - phone just restarts

Odd, after a few more attempts the N1 is now able to boot as normal. But I no longer have access to recovery. My Market keeps force closing and I therefore wanted to flash the market again, but every time I try to go into recovery the phone just reboots. I've tried:

- Flashing CWM 25.1.0 in RomManager and booting into recovery
- Manually booting into recovery by holding vol down and power button
- via Quickboot

I can see that CWM is on the SD card but can't seem to be able to boot into it. Any suggestions?