[SOLVED ]"Patching system image unconditionally..." - can't install CM at all.

papandreoos · Apr 24, 2016

[SOLVED ]"Patching system image unconditionally..." - can't install CM at all.

my device (moto G (falcon) XT1032) is a GPE device.
in the last 2 days i tried to install CM 13 on my device.
i tried 3 different recoveries** - CWM, TWRP and CM recovery - to install cm-13.0-20160206-NIGHTLY-falcon (and yes, i checked before flashing, the SHA1).
in all those tryouts i always get into the sentence in the headline - Patching system image unconditionally... - and it just stays there forever.
one time i waited 40 minutes, and it still stayed on this message, and do nothing.
every time before flashing the rom, i wiped the device (dalvik cache, cache, system, Data).

i also try to flash the latest snapshot (cm-12.1-20151117-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1K9-falcon) because i thought maybe there is a problem with the latest nightly.
i still stuck in the same stage(Patching system image unconditionally...).

i also try to flash stock rom 4.4.4 from motorola (from here: http://goo.gl/xAomMi) which succeeded, and then wipe device(factory reset and wipe dalvik cache, cache, system, Data) and install again cm-13.0-20160206-NIGHTLY-falcon, and it also didn't work.
i'm still get into the same message and stay there forever.

thanks for any help

** EDIT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65237469&postcount=3

Sid_Sun · Feb 9, 2016 at 6:28 PM

papandreoos said:
my device (moto G (falcon) XT1032) is a GPE device.
in the last 2 days i tried to install CM 13 on my device.
i tried 3 different recoveries - CWM, TWRP and CM recovery - to install cm-13.0-20160206-NIGHTLY-falcon (and yes, i checked before flashing, the SHA1).
in all those tryouts i always get into the sentence in the headline - Patching system image unconditionally... - and it just stays there forever.
one time i waited 40 minutes, and it still stayed on this message, and do nothing.
every time before flashing the rom, i wiped the device (dalvik cache, cache, system, Data).

i also try to flash the latest snapshot (cm-12.1-20151117-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1K9-falcon) because i thought maybe there is a problem with the latest nightly.
i still stuck in the same stage(Patching system image unconditionally...).

i also try to flash stock rom 4.4.4 from motorola (from here: http://goo.gl/xAomMi) which succeeded, and then wipe device(factory reset and wipe dalvik cache, cache, system, Data) and install again cm-13.0-20160206-NIGHTLY-falcon, and it also didn't work.
i'm still get into the same message and stay there forever.

thanks for any help

Use Philz recovery and make sure you unlocked boot loader cleanly, if this Doesn't help try to flash some other ROM.
Best Of Luck

papandreoos · Feb 9, 2016

i also used philz_touch_6.58.7-falcon recovery.
still i got into the same problem i described in my first post.

p.s.
i forgot to mention this recovery in my first post, but after you suggested it, i remembered i used it already.

Sid_Sun · Feb 9, 2016 at 7:01 PM

papandreoos said:
i also used philz_touch_6.58.7-falcon recovery.
still i got into the same problem i described in my first post.

p.s.
i forgot to mention this recovery in my first post, but after you suggested it, i remembered i used it already.

Try installing some other ROM.

papandreoos · Feb 11, 2012 35 5 0

[email protected] said:
Try installing some other ROM.

do you have a suggestion for good ROM (everything works) for moto g (xt1032), which has marshmallow in it?

Sid_Sun · Feb 9, 2016

papandreoos said:
do you have a suggestion for good ROM (everything works) for moto g (xt1032), which has marshmallow in it?

May be this helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3284323
Or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3250449

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If you can't install this flash stock and check if you can flash any Zip (try SuperSU zip in my word) if this ain't successful try to type unlock boot loader commands again.
Best of luck.

papandreoos · Feb 11, 2012 35 5 0

[email protected] said:
May be this helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3284323
Or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3250449

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If you can't install this flash stock and check if you can flash any Zip (try SuperSU zip in my word) if this ain't successful try to type unlock boot loader commands again.
Best of luck.

i tried now the AOSP rom in one of your links.
i wiped cache, dalvik cache, system and data and then continue to install the rom, but again it stuck in the same line as before and does nothing.

Sid_Sun · Feb 10, 2016

papandreoos said:
i tried now the AOSP rom in one of your links.
i wiped cache, dalvik cache, system and data and then continue to install the rom, but again it stuck in the same line as before and does nothing.

Flash back to stock and try to flash supersu zip from here if this doesn't work the problem must be while unlocking bootloader ,anyways was bootloader unlocked normally or you had any problems ?
https://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU/
Flash via fast boot not some other flash able Zip
Best of luck.

papandreoos · Feb 11, 2012 35 5 0

[email protected] said:
Flash back to stock and try to flash supersu zip from here if this doesn't work the problem must be while unlocking bootloader ,anyways was bootloader unlocked normally or you had any problems ?
https://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU/
Flash via fast boot not some other flash able Zip
Best of luck.

my bootloader is unlocked already.
before i tried to flash CM couple of days ago, i follow steps from CM wiki, and part of them is to unlock the bootloader.
here are the orders i followed(although it's for a different device (moto g 4g)), it worked great:
https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_peregrine#Unlocking_the_device

if i get into fastboot mode (volume down + power) it tells me in yellow line: Device is UNLOCKED. Status Code: 3.
i also have root access.

Sid_Sun · Feb 10, 2016

papandreoos said:
my bootloader is unlocked already.
before i tried to flash CM couple of days ago, i follow steps from CM wiki, and part of them is to unlock the bootloader.
here are the orders i followed(although it's for a different device (moto g 4g)), it worked great:
https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_peregrine#Unlocking_the_device

if i get into fastboot mode (volume down + power) it tells me in yellow line: Device is UNLOCKED. Status Code: 3.
i also have root access.

The metod sound the same...........Have you tried to flash stock ROM via Fast boot again?

papandreoos · Feb 11, 2012 35 5 0

[email protected] said:
The metod sound the same...........Have you tried to flash stock ROM via Fast boot again?

i forgot to mention that after every failure of flashing, i always get back to lollipop 5.1 GPE version with this helpfull tool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/gpe-lollipop-5-1-1click-installer-t3075522

so everything is OK in my phone.
i'm just frustrated i can't install newer OS.

Sid_Sun · Feb 11, 2016 at 2:55 AM

papandreoos said:
i forgot to mention that after every failure of flashing, i always get back to lollipop 5.1 GPE version with this helpfull tool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/gpe-lollipop-5-1-1click-installer-t3075522

so everything is OK in my phone.
i'm just frustrated i can't install newer OS.

Try to flash KitKat for a while then flash CM 11 then any CM 12 then CM 13 I have have an similar error, whenever I try to flash another ROM the data partition doesn't format and then I have to do is to flash KitKat Stock then CM 11 then CM 12 then CM 13 .
Best Of Luck this should work.

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The tool isn't a good Idea I use to make an bat file and not customized a bit file of firmware if you don't know what it is I will give it to you .

Sid_Sun · Feb 11, 2016

Here , download the untouched version and flash via Fast boot if not completed find KitKat version :-
http://www.gimmickmag.com/restore-moto-g-xt1032-xt1033-xt1034-back-stock-firmware/
If you can't find there wait for FileFactory server to come up again it has all firmwares

papandreoos · Feb 11, 2012 35 5 0

[email protected] said:
Here , download the untouched version and flash via Fast boot if not completed find KitKat version :-
http://www.gimmickmag.com/restore-moto-g-xt1032-xt1033-xt1034-back-stock-firmware/
If you can't find there wait for FileFactory server to come up again it has all firmwares

i flashed 4.4.4 stock from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/development/rom-stock-motorola-rom-collection-t2854688

i used the untouched version:
Retail EU 4.4.4 Stock ROM (Untouched) (457mb)
https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B6RNTe4ygItBVFlwN2pqWmV1VXc&export=download

so far it's working.
i boot into the stock and it's 4.4.4.
the screen is flickering but it's stock 4.4.4.

now i'm gonna try flash this latest snapshot of CM11:
cm-11-20140504-SNAPSHOT-M6-falcon.zip
from here:
https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=falcon

i now into fastboot mode, installing TWRP 3.0.0.0:
fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.0.0.0-falcon.img
success!

get into recovery now.
sha1 verified.
copy CM11 into phone
i'm still on TWRP.
i now wipe data, cache, dalvik cache and system.
done.

now i'll try flash CM11

WOW!!!

after couple of seconds (maybe 30-40) it's done.
i reboot into CM11 without a problem (just the flickering screen again, but never mind. i'm not planing to stay in CM11).
the android version in latest CM11 is 4.4.2

now i'm gonna try to flash CM12

get into recovery again.
sha1 verified.
copy cm-12.1-20151117-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1K9-falcon into device.
wiping data, cache, dalvik cache and system again.

flashing!
not working

i again stuck in " "Patching system image unconditionally..." forever.

(going back to GPE 5.1)

Sid_Sun · Feb 11, 2016 at 5:30 PM

Flash via Fast Boot it might be the problem.

papandreoos · Feb 11, 2016

[email protected] said:
Flash via Fast Boot it might be the problem.

you mean "adb sideload rom.zip"?
if yes, i already did that and it was stopped in 47 percent and sometime in 45 percent.
it stays there forever.

Sid_Sun · Feb 12, 2016 at 12:26 AM

papandreoos said:
you mean "adb sideload rom.zip"?
if yes, i already did that and it was stopped in 47 percent and sometime in 45 percent.
it stays there forever.

No Flash Stock KitKat From Firmware via boot loader .

papandreoos · Feb 11, 2012 35 5 0

i think i'll pass.
i already flash kitkat and after that CM11 and it didn't help me to get into CM13.
i'm tired of flashing and restoring again and again.
thanks a lot for your help

Sid_Sun · Feb 12, 2016 at 8:28 AM

As you wish...

r0bby_ · Sep 8, 2014 14 0 0

I followed your steps too and i am exactly facing your problems, i am stuck in "patching system image unconditionally"...

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