Hi all. I'm trying to determine if my Nexus 7 tablet (original 2012 version) is toast or can be fixed by software. Since its OS stopped being upgraded in 2015, I'd installed LineageOS on it some time ago. A few months ago when I went to upgrade, the install from TWRP didn't take and it just bootlooped on the Lineage animation about 15 seconds in. After trying a bunch of things I decided to just erase the whole thing and take it to factory settings. So, using these instructions <https://developers.google.com/android/images#nakasi>, I downloaded the factory ROM and tried to install. Here's what happened when executing the supplied install script: fastboot oem unlock (bootloader) Bootloader is already unlocked OKAY [ 0.015s] finished. total time: 0.015s fastboot erase boot erasing 'boot'... OKAY [ 0.015s] finished. total time: 0.015s fastboot erase cache ******** Did you mean to fastboot format this ext4 partition? erasing 'cache'... OKAY [ 0.015s] finished. total time: 0.015s fastboot erase recovery erasing 'recovery'... OKAY [ 0.015s] finished. total time: 0.015s fastboot erase system ******** Did you mean to fastboot format this ext4 partition? erasing 'system'... OKAY [ 0.015s] finished. total time: 0.015s fastboot erase userdata ******** Did you mean to fastboot format this ext4 partition? erasing 'userdata'... OKAY [ 0.026s] finished. total time: 0.026s fastboot -w update image-nakasi-ktu84p.zip target didn't report max-download-size sending 'bootloader' (2100 KB)... OKAY [ 0.262s] writing 'bootloader'... OKAY [ 0.601s] finished. total time: 0.863s rebooting into bootloader... OKAY [ 0.015s] finished. total time: 0.065s extracting android-info.txt (0 MB)... extracting boot.img (4 MB)... target didn't report max-download-size archive does not contain 'boot.sig' archive does not contain 'dtbo.img' archive does not contain 'dt.img' extracting recovery.img (5 MB)... archive does not contain 'recovery.sig' extracting system.img (628 MB)... archive does not contain 'system.sig' archive does not contain 'vbmeta.img' archive does not contain 'vendor.img' wiping userdata... Couldn't parse erase-block-size '0x'. Couldn't parse logical-block-size '0x'. mke2fs 1.44.6 (5-Mar-2019) /tmp/TemporaryFile-fnXNLB: Unimplemented ext2 library function while setting up superblock /usr/lib/android-sdk/platform-tools/mke2fs failed with status 1 mke2fs failed: 1 error: Cannot generate image for userdata Does this mean I have a hardware problem? I suspect if it is, the fix will be well more than the tablet is worth. Well, at least I know it's *probably* been wiped of any useful data, And yes, I've tried multiple ports, cables images and even systems. Thanks! -- Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada @evanleibovitch or @el56
On Sun, Jun 23, 2019, 8:35 PM Evan Leibovitch via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
Hi all.
I'm trying to determine if my Nexus 7 tablet (original 2012 version) is toast or can be fixed by software.
Since its OS stopped being upgraded in 2015, I'd installed LineageOS on it some time ago. A few months ago when I went to upgrade, the install from TWRP didn't take and it just bootlooped on the Lineage animation about 15 seconds in.
Was it the latest version of TWRP?
After trying a bunch of things I decided to just erase the whole thing and take it to factory settings. So, using these instructions <https://developers.google.com/android/images#nakasi>, I downloaded the factory ROM and tried to install.
Here's what happened when executing the supplied install script:
fastboot oem unlock (bootloader) Bootloader is already unlocked OKAY [ 0.015s] finished. total time: 0.015s fastboot erase boot erasing 'boot'... OKAY [ 0.015s] finished. total time: 0.015s fastboot erase cache ******** Did you mean to fastboot format this ext4 partition? erasing 'cache'... OKAY [ 0.015s] finished. total time: 0.015s fastboot erase recovery erasing 'recovery'... OKAY [ 0.015s] finished. total time: 0.015s fastboot erase system ******** Did you mean to fastboot format this ext4 partition? erasing 'system'... OKAY [ 0.015s] finished. total time: 0.015s fastboot erase userdata ******** Did you mean to fastboot format this ext4 partition? erasing 'userdata'... OKAY [ 0.026s] finished. total time: 0.026
fastboot -w update image-nakasi-ktu84p.zip
target didn't report max-download-size sending 'bootloader' (2100 KB)... OKAY [ 0.262s] writing 'bootloader'... OKAY [ 0.601s] finished. total time: 0.863s rebooting into bootloader... OKAY [ 0.015s] finished. total time: 0.065s extracting android-info.txt (0 MB)... extracting boot.img (4 MB)... target didn't report max-download-size
The archive doesn't sign correctly. archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'dtbo.img'
The link below mentions a problem with dtbo.img. archive does not contain 'dt.img'
extracting recovery.img (5 MB)... archive does not contain 'recovery.sig' extracting system.img (628 MB)... archive does not contain 'system.sig' archive does not contain 'vbmeta.img' archive does not contain 'vendor.img' wiping userdata... Couldn't parse erase-block-size '0x'. Couldn't parse logical-block-size '0x'.
mke2fs 1.44.6 (5-Mar-2019)
/tmp/TemporaryFile-fnXNLB:
Looks like the install script was out of date and wasn't linking things correctly. .
Unimplemented ext2 library function while setting up superblock /usr/lib/android-sdk/platform-tools/mke2fs failed with status 1 mke2fs failed: 1 error: Cannot generate image for userdata
At this point, if it's not bricked, it looks a bit more like software to me. A little research found similar problems. https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel/help/mke2fs-error-flash-factory-image... Sideloading using adb is what I used to put a PixelExperience rom on my Nexus 6. I went through Carbon and Lineage first. This discussion says there is a problem with fastboot mke2fs sllocating the superblock in Debian. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=924591
Does this mean I have a hardware problem? I suspect if it is, the fix will be well more than the tablet is worth. Well, at least I know it's *probably* been wiped of any useful data,
And yes, I've tried multiple ports, cables images and even systems.
Thanks!
I wouldn't toss it yet. HTH
-- Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada @evanleibovitch or @el56 --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 at 09:29, Russell Reiter <rreiter91@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Jun 23, 2019, 8:35 PM Evan Leibovitch via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
Since its OS stopped being upgraded in 2015, I'd installed LineageOS on
it some time ago. A few months ago when I went to upgrade, the install from TWRP didn't take and it just bootlooped on the Lineage animation about 15 seconds in.
Was it the latest version of TWRP?
Yes. There appears to be no problem flashing recovery. [...]
fastboot -w update image-nakasi-ktu84p.zip
target didn't report max-download-size sending 'bootloader' (2100 KB)... OKAY [ 0.262s] writing 'bootloader'... OKAY [ 0.601s] finished. total time: 0.863s rebooting into bootloader... OKAY [ 0.015s] finished. total time: 0.065s extracting android-info.txt (0 MB)... extracting boot.img (4 MB)... target didn't report max-download-size
The archive doesn't sign correctly.
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'dtbo.img'
The link below mentions a problem with dtbo.img.
archive does not contain 'dt.img'
extracting recovery.img (5 MB)... archive does not contain 'recovery.sig' extracting system.img (628 MB)... archive does not contain 'system.sig' archive does not contain 'vbmeta.img' archive does not contain 'vendor.img' wiping userdata... Couldn't parse erase-block-size '0x'. Couldn't parse logical-block-size '0x'.
mke2fs 1.44.6 (5-Mar-2019)
/tmp/TemporaryFile-fnXNLB:
Looks like the install script was out of date and wasn't linking things correctly. .
Unimplemented ext2 library function while setting up superblock /usr/lib/android-sdk/platform-tools/mke2fs failed with status 1 mke2fs failed: 1 error: Cannot generate image for userdata
At this point, if it's not bricked, it looks a bit more like software to me. A little research found similar problems.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel/help/mke2fs-error-flash-factory-image...
Thanks! Lots there to check out. Guess these problems weren't limited to Nexus devices. - Evan
On Mon, Jun 24, 2019, 10:01 AM Evan Leibovitch, <evan@telly.org> wrote:
On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 at 09:29, Russell Reiter <rreiter91@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Jun 23, 2019, 8:35 PM Evan Leibovitch via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
Since its OS stopped being upgraded in 2015, I'd installed LineageOS on
it some time ago. A few months ago when I went to upgrade, the install from TWRP didn't take and it just bootlooped on the Lineage animation about 15 seconds in.
Was it the latest version of TWRP?
Yes. There appears to be no problem flashing recovery.
[...]
fastboot -w update image-nakasi-ktu84p.zip
target didn't report max-download-size sending 'bootloader' (2100 KB)... OKAY [ 0.262s] writing 'bootloader'... OKAY [ 0.601s] finished. total time: 0.863s rebooting into bootloader... OKAY [ 0.015s] finished. total time: 0.065s extracting android-info.txt (0 MB)... extracting boot.img (4 MB)... target didn't report max-download-size
The archive doesn't sign correctly.
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'dtbo.img'
Its not the install script, that just passed parameters to fastboot. I jumped the gun because I did have F28 problems with adb persistance in allowing fresh connections to the same device. That was a key sig issue. .
The link below mentions a problem with dtbo.img.
archive does not contain 'dt.img'
extracting recovery.img (5 MB)... archive does not contain 'recovery.sig' extracting system.img (628 MB)... archive does not contain 'system.sig' archive does not contain 'vbmeta.img' archive does not contain 'vendor.img' wiping userdata... Couldn't parse erase-block-size '0x'. Couldn't parse logical-block-size '0x'.
mke2fs 1.44.6 (5-Mar-2019)
/tmp/TemporaryFile-fnXNLB:
Looks like the install script was out of date and wasn't linking things correctly.
Unimplemented ext2 library function while setting up superblock
/usr/lib/android-sdk/platform-tools/mke2fs failed with status 1 mke2fs failed: 1 error: Cannot generate image for userdata
At this point, if it's not bricked, it looks a bit more like software to me. A little research found similar problems.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel/help/mke2fs-error-flash-factory-image...
Thanks! Lots there to check out. Guess these problems weren't limited to Nexus devices.
I looked at an example flash script from your site link and saw that all the script did was initiate fastboot. Adb fastboot now supports dynamic partioning as part of project treble for AOSP. Android from 8.0 onwards has internal hw support for dynamic partitioning. Others, like myself on my Motorola Nexus 6 got a software nudge into realizing those AOSP HAL targets. You might be caught in the changeup depending on your base release version. You could count the number of partitions on the device and compare it with the number of img files in the zip file. adb pull /proc/partitions If the counts match you might get away with the last post on the link I sent which will flash all partion images again. Otherwise it looks like you'll need the full SDK and will have to provide the example corrected symlink to mke2fs in order to write the correct partition info to the superblock, so the reformatted partitions match the flash images. Personally I got a pretty good performance boost from upgrading my Nexus 6 to Pie using the PixelExperience rom for this phone. The second aftermarket battery which is feeding Pie is outperforming the original battery shipped by Motorola. I'd be surprised if the AM product was better than Motorola stock, but it could happen. I'd be curious to see what, if anything works for you?
- Evan
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