stuck on booting twrp.img

[aquaseawings]

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.25136.1000]
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C:\Users\aqua\Desktop\files\platform-tools>fastboot -ab
Setting current slot to 'b' OKAY [ 0.073s]
Finished. Total time: 0.131s

C:\Users\aqua\Desktop\files\platform-tools>fastboot reboot bootloader
Rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.047s]
Finished. Total time: 0.052s

C:\Users\aqua\Desktop\files\platform-tools>flash bootloader bootloader-bonito-b4s4-0.1-5653622.img
'flash' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\aqua\Desktop\files\platform-tools>fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-bonito-b4s4-0.1-5653622.img
Sending 'bootloader_b' (8349 KB) OKAY [ 0.295s]
Writing 'bootloader_b' (bootloader) Flashing Pack version b4s4-0.1-5653622
(bootloader) Flashing partition table for Lun = 0
(bootloader) Flashing partition xbl_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition xbl_config_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition tz_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition aop_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition hyp_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition keymaster_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition cmnlib_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition cmnlib64_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition abl_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition devcfg_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition qupfw_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition storsec_b
OKAY [ 0.249s]
Finished. Total time: 0.795s

C:\Users\aqua\Desktop\files\platform-tools>fastboot reboot-bootloader
Rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.048s]
Finished. Total time: 0.051s

C:\Users\aqua\Desktop\files\platform-tools>ping -n 5 127.0.0.1 >nul

C:\Users\aqua\Desktop\files\platform-tools>fastboot flash radio radio-bonito-g670-00011-190411-b-5457439.img
Sending 'radio_b' (72988 KB) OKAY [ 1.877s]
Writing 'radio_b' (bootloader) Flashing Pack version SSD:g670-00011-190411-B-5457439
(bootloader) Flashing partition modem_b
OKAY [ 0.508s]
Finished. Total time: 2.634s

C:\Users\aqua\Desktop\files\platform-tools>fastboot reboot-bootloader
Rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.047s]
Finished. Total time: 0.053s

C:\Users\aqua\Desktop\files\platform-tools>fastboot -w update image-bonito-pq3b.190801.002.zip

Bootloader Version...: b4s4-0.1-5653622
Baseband Version.....: g670-00011-190411-B-5457439
Serial Number........: 92UAX03CNB

extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
Checking 'product' OKAY [ 0.057s]
Checking 'version-bootloader' OKAY [ 0.054s]
Checking 'version-baseband' OKAY [ 0.056s]
Setting current slot to 'b' OKAY [ 0.078s]
extracting boot.img (64 MB) to disk... took 0.317s
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
Sending 'boot_b' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 1.684s]
Writing 'boot_b' OKAY [ 0.356s]
extracting dtbo.img (8 MB) to disk... took 0.029s
archive does not contain 'dtbo.sig'
Sending 'dtbo_b' (8192 KB) OKAY [ 0.298s]
Writing 'dtbo_b' OKAY [ 0.094s]
archive does not contain 'dt.img'
archive does not contain 'pvmfw.img'
archive does not contain 'recovery.img'
extracting vbmeta.img (0 MB) to disk... took 0.000s
archive does not contain 'vbmeta.sig'
Sending 'vbmeta_b' (4 KB) OKAY [ 0.116s]
Writing 'vbmeta_b' OKAY [ 0.064s]
archive does not contain 'vbmeta_system.img'
archive does not contain 'vbmeta_vendor.img'
archive does not contain 'vendor_boot.img'
archive does not contain 'super_empty.img'
archive does not contain 'boot_other.img'
archive does not contain 'odm.img'
archive does not contain 'odm_dlkm.img'
archive does not contain 'product.img'
extracting system.img (2278 MB) to disk... took 12.574s
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
Sending sparse 'system_b' 1/9 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.526s]
Writing 'system_b' OKAY [ 0.061s]
Sending sparse 'system_b' 2/9 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.519s]
Writing 'system_b' OKAY [ 0.368s]
Sending sparse 'system_b' 3/9 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.532s]
Writing 'system_b' OKAY [ 0.369s]
Sending sparse 'system_b' 4/9 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.521s]
Writing 'system_b' OKAY [ 0.370s]
Sending sparse 'system_b' 5/9 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.511s]
Writing 'system_b' OKAY [ 0.369s]
Sending sparse 'system_b' 6/9 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.582s]
Writing 'system_b' OKAY [ 0.367s]
Sending sparse 'system_b' 7/9 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.501s]
Writing 'system_b' OKAY [ 0.369s]
Sending sparse 'system_b' 8/9 (258620 KB) OKAY [ 6.432s]
Writing 'system_b' OKAY [ 0.367s]
Sending sparse 'system_b' 9/9 (239920 KB) OKAY [ 5.981s]
Writing 'system_b' OKAY [ 1.517s]
archive does not contain 'system_ext.img'
extracting system_other.img (392 MB) to disk... took 2.405s
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
Sending sparse 'system_a' 1/2 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.526s]
Writing 'system_a' OKAY [ 0.369s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 2/2 (140000 KB) OKAY [ 3.533s]
Writing 'system_a' OKAY [ 1.155s]
extracting vendor.img (523 MB) to disk... took 3.103s
archive does not contain 'vendor.sig'
Sending sparse 'vendor_b' 1/3 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.537s]
Writing 'vendor_b' OKAY [ 0.368s]
Sending sparse 'vendor_b' 2/3 (261472 KB) OKAY [ 6.514s]
Writing 'vendor_b' OKAY [ 0.370s]
Sending sparse 'vendor_b' 3/3 (12276 KB) OKAY [ 1.323s]
Writing 'vendor_b' OKAY [ 0.456s]
archive does not contain 'vendor_dlkm.img'
archive does not contain 'vendor_other.img'
Erasing 'userdata' OKAY [ 4.590s]
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
File system type raw not supported.
Erasing 'metadata' OKAY [ 0.185s]
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
File system type raw not supported.
Rebooting OKAY [ 0.053s]
Finished. Total time: 119.590s

C:\Users\aqua\Desktop\files\platform-tools>fastboot -aa
Setting current slot to 'a' OKAY [ 0.842s]
Finished. Total time: 0.897s

C:\Users\aqua\Desktop\files\platform-tools>

C:\Users\aqua\Desktop\files\platform-tools>fastboot reboot bootloader
Rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.046s]
Finished. Total time: 0.050s

C:\Users\aqua\Desktop\files\platform-tools>fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-bonito-b4s4-0.1-5653622.img
Sending 'bootloader_a' (8349 KB) OKAY [ 0.298s]
Writing 'bootloader_a' (bootloader) Flashing Pack version b4s4-0.1-5653622
(bootloader) Flashing partition table for Lun = 0
(bootloader) Flashing partition xbl_a
(bootloader) Flashing partition xbl_config_a
(bootloader) Flashing partition tz_a
(bootloader) Flashing partition aop_a
(bootloader) Flashing partition hyp_a
(bootloader) Flashing partition keymaster_a
(bootloader) Flashing partition cmnlib_a
(bootloader) Flashing partition cmnlib64_a
(bootloader) Flashing partition abl_a
(bootloader) Flashing partition devcfg_a
(bootloader) Flashing partition qupfw_a
(bootloader) Flashing partition storsec_a
OKAY [ 0.249s]
Finished. Total time: 0.794s

C:\Users\aqua\Desktop\files\platform-tools>fastboot reboot-bootloader
Rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.046s]
Finished. Total time: 0.052s

C:\Users\aqua\Desktop\files\platform-tools>fastboot flash radio radio-bonito-g670-00011-190411-b-5457439.img
Sending 'radio_a' (72988 KB) OKAY [ 1.877s]
Writing 'radio_a' (bootloader) Flashing Pack version SSD:g670-00011-190411-B-5457439
(bootloader) Flashing partition modem_a
OKAY [ 0.492s]
Finished. Total time: 2.621s

C:\Users\aqua\Desktop\files\platform-tools>fastboot reboot-bootloader
Rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.048s]
Finished. Total time: 0.051s

C:\Users\aqua\Desktop\files\platform-tools>fastboot -w update image-bonito-pq3b.190801.002.zip

Bootloader Version...: b4s4-0.1-5653622
Baseband Version.....: g670-00011-190411-B-5457439
Serial Number........: 92UAX03CNB

extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
Checking 'product' OKAY [ 0.058s]
Checking 'version-bootloader' OKAY [ 0.056s]
Checking 'version-baseband' OKAY [ 0.056s]
Setting current slot to 'a' OKAY [ 0.077s]
extracting boot.img (64 MB) to disk... took 0.314s
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
Sending 'boot_a' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 1.682s]
Writing 'boot_a' OKAY [ 0.359s]
extracting dtbo.img (8 MB) to disk... took 0.031s
archive does not contain 'dtbo.sig'
Sending 'dtbo_a' (8192 KB) OKAY [ 0.295s]
Writing 'dtbo_a' OKAY [ 0.094s]
archive does not contain 'dt.img'
archive does not contain 'pvmfw.img'
archive does not contain 'recovery.img'
extracting vbmeta.img (0 MB) to disk... took 0.001s
archive does not contain 'vbmeta.sig'
Sending 'vbmeta_a' (4 KB) OKAY [ 0.116s]
Writing 'vbmeta_a' OKAY [ 0.066s]
archive does not contain 'vbmeta_system.img'
archive does not contain 'vbmeta_vendor.img'
archive does not contain 'vendor_boot.img'
archive does not contain 'super_empty.img'
archive does not contain 'boot_other.img'
archive does not contain 'odm.img'
archive does not contain 'odm_dlkm.img'
archive does not contain 'product.img'
extracting system.img (2278 MB) to disk... took 12.462s
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
Sending sparse 'system_a' 1/9 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.525s]
Writing 'system_a' OKAY [ 0.061s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 2/9 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.520s]
Writing 'system_a' OKAY [ 0.062s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 3/9 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.528s]
Writing 'system_a' OKAY [ 0.400s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 4/9 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.519s]
Writing 'system_a' OKAY [ 0.366s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 5/9 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.520s]
Writing 'system_a' OKAY [ 0.369s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 6/9 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.571s]
Writing 'system_a' OKAY [ 0.366s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 7/9 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.532s]
Writing 'system_a' OKAY [ 0.368s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 8/9 (258620 KB) OKAY [ 6.421s]
Writing 'system_a' OKAY [ 0.371s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 9/9 (239920 KB) OKAY [ 5.992s]
Writing 'system_a' OKAY [ 1.536s]
archive does not contain 'system_ext.img'
extracting system_other.img (392 MB) to disk... took 2.422s
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
Sending sparse 'system_b' 1/2 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.526s]
Writing 'system_b' OKAY [ 0.368s]
Sending sparse 'system_b' 2/2 (140000 KB) OKAY [ 3.540s]
Writing 'system_b' OKAY [ 1.194s]
extracting vendor.img (523 MB) to disk... took 3.115s
archive does not contain 'vendor.sig'
Sending sparse 'vendor_a' 1/3 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.537s]
Writing 'vendor_a' OKAY [ 0.369s]
Sending sparse 'vendor_a' 2/3 (261472 KB) OKAY [ 6.533s]
Writing 'vendor_a' OKAY [ 0.370s]
Sending sparse 'vendor_a' 3/3 (12276 KB) OKAY [ 1.322s]
Writing 'vendor_a' OKAY [ 0.442s]
archive does not contain 'vendor_dlkm.img'
archive does not contain 'vendor_other.img'
Erasing 'userdata' OKAY [ 4.592s]
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
File system type raw not supported.
Erasing 'metadata' OKAY [ 0.210s]
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
File system type raw not supported.
Rebooting OKAY [ 0.052s]
Finished. Total time: 119.363s

C:\Users\aqua\Desktop\files\platform-tools>fastboot -aa
Setting current slot to 'a' OKAY [ 0.075s]
Finished. Total time: 0.128s

C:\Users\aqua\Desktop\files\platform-tools>fastboot reboot bootloader
Rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.049s]
Finished. Total time: 0.051s

C:\Users\aqua\Desktop\files\platform-tools>fastboot format:ext4 userdata
Warning: userdata type is raw, but ext4 was requested for formatting.
mke2fs 1.46.2 (28-Feb-2021)
Creating filesystem with 13097851 4k blocks and 3276800 inodes
Filesystem UUID: 46f00cb0-eb46-11ec-aeee-efeeb6aa809f
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000, 7962624, 11239424

Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (65536 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

Sending 'userdata' (312 KB) OKAY [ 0.117s]
Writing 'userdata' OKAY [ 0.060s]
Finished. Total time: 0.698s

C:\Users\aqua\Desktop\files\platform-tools>fastboot boot twrp.img
Sending 'boot.img' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 1.616s]
Booting (bootloader) boot.img missing cmdline or OS version

[junocomp]

Which android version is this? It has to be Android 9

Did you use the flash-all script?

[ejuarezg]

I have a similar problem when trying to install Manjaro ARM on sargo. I get stuck at the step fastboot boot twrp.img with the following output:

Sending 'boot.img' (65536 KB)                      OKAY [  1.877s]
Booting                                            (bootloader) boot.img missing cmdline or OS version

A workaround is to use version twrp-3.5.2_9-0. However, not I get

adb sideload Manjaro-ARM-phosh-google-sargo-20220904.zip
adb: sideload connection failed: closed
adb: trying pre-KitKat sideload method...
adb: pre-KitKat sideload connection failed: closed

[junocomp]

You must be using an outdated fastboot version. Make sure you download it from here

https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-linux.zip

@ejuarezg Do you have Android 9 installed?

[gianmarcogg03]

I'm having the same exact issue on Arch Linux with up to date tools while trying to flash Droidian on a Pixel 3a XL (bonito) on which I had successfully flashed Android 9 on both slots.

EDIT: I used the workaround with TWRP 3.5.2 and I was able to boot into TWRP and proceed with the guide.