Don't really have to copy anything, you can drag and drop the file into your command window. Useful for keeping files segregated to keep your platform tools folder clean.I've read all the posts and watched some youtube videos and hope I have the procedure right, this time, Could someone please confirm the following is correct?
-Extract the contents of the factory ROM .zip file for the Android 13 build in the current slot
-Copy the bootloader image in the extracted file to Platform-Tools
Correct. The boot image contains the recovery and system kernel. The bootloader image is completely separate and is in the root folder.(This would be the img file 'bootloader-oriole-slider-1.2-8895132.img', not 'boot.img' in image-oriole- tp1a.221005.002.zip, correct?)
Yep, or type-With USB debugging on connect phone to PC
-Initiate CMD prompt in Platform-Tools folder
Execute the following commands:
adb reboot bootloader(enter)
fastboot --slot=other flash bootloader bootloader-oriole-slider-1.2-8895132.img(enter)
fastboot flash bootloader --slot=other <leave a space, then drag and drop the bootloader image into the command window>
I'm not sure what you're trying to do here. All you should need isfastboot set_active other(enter)
fastboot reboot bootloader(enter)
fastboot set_active other(enter)
fastboot reboot bootloader(enter)
fastboot flash bootloader <bootloader image> #Flashes current bootloader slot
fastboot flash bootloader --slot=other <bootloader image> #Flashes inactive slot
fastboot reboot bootloader #Reboot to ensure the version shown on the screen is updated
You can also use
fastboot continue
which instructs the bootloader to continue normal boot.