Ran "fastboot flash boot twrp.img" instead of "fastboot boot twrp.img"

[twfry]

Ran "fastboot flash boot twrp.img" instead of "fastboot boot twrp.img"

When trying install TWRP for the first time on a new (to me) Pixel 3, after unlocking the bootloader I ran "fastboot flash boot twrp.img" instead of "fastboot boot twrp.img". Can still enter the bootloader, but anything else gives a black screen.

What is the best method to recover from this? I still have access while in the bootloader through fastboot. Should I reflash stock google images or is something else better to recover? If I should reflash the stock google images what is the best method to do so?

Yes after reading more I realize this was the wrong thing to do. "fastboot boot twrp.img" was not working so I figured to try flashing instead, but afterwards realized that was obviously wrong.

Thanks for any help.

 

[twfry]

OK, It looks that I am soft bricked and a factory image reset is the only way to recover.

The steps I've seen mostly commonly referenced are to run the following

fastboot erase system_a
fastboot erase system_b
fastboot erase boot_a
fastboot erase boot_b
fastboot reboot-bootloader
flash-all.bat (using the factory images)

The issue seems to be that Android 10 which was on the phone doesn't work with fastboot erase. Is it necessary to run this or is it OK to go straight to flash-all.bat? (BTW I finally figured out that my issue above was TRWP doesn't support android 10 yet, but the guides I saw were older and didn't mention that. )

 

[sliding_billy]

When trying install TWRP for the first time on a new (to me) Pixel 3, after unlocking the bootloader I ran "fastboot flash boot twrp.img" instead of "fastboot boot twrp.img". Can still enter the bootloader, but anything else gives a black screen.

What is the best method to recover from this? I still have access while in the bootloader through fastboot. Should I reflash stock google images or is something else better to recover? If I should reflash the stock google images what is the best method to do so?

Yes after reading more I realize this was the wrong thing to do. "fastboot boot twrp.img" was not working so I figured to try flashing instead, but afterwards realized that was obviously wrong.

Thanks for any help.

First things first. TWRP does not work at all on a Pixel with Android 10. Flash-all should be all you need to do to recover from your issue.

 

[twfry]

First things first. TWRP does not work at all on a Pixel with Android 10. Flash-all should be all you need to do to recover from your issue.

The 3 top guides from google all had steps for android 9 apparently and so I didn't catch that 10 is different..... flash-all.sh worked and we're back. Thanks!