I got a new Pixel 2 and wanted to load an TWRP backup from my previous Pixel 2 (with stock ROM) onto it, instead of setting it up freshly. So I
- booted the new device
- clicked through the settings
- entered developer mode and oem unlock
- rebooted
- unlocked the bootloader
- booted into TWRP (using
fastboot boot) - copied my old
/sdcardcontents to the device usingadb - used TWRP to restore the old backup (partitions
boot,systemanddata.
At that point I hoped I was done, and could just boot into my system. But unfortunately, it always just boots into the bootloader.
What did I do wrong?
And what do I do now?
- I tried to do a factory reset by using
fastboot flashing lock, and it claimed it would reset the phone, but it doesn’t. - I tried to enter recovery from the bootloader, but it just boots into the bootloader.
I tried to flash an official image from https://developers.google.com/android/images#walleye using
./flash-all.shbut it fails to update the bootloader:Sending 'bootloader_a' (38692 KB) OKAY [0.155s] Writing 'bootloader_a' (bootloader) Updating: partition:0 @00002000 sz=0000B000 FAILED (remote: 'Command Flash Error') fastboot: error: Command failedand then fails do do more:
-------------------------------------------- Bootloader Version...: mw8998-002.0059.00 Baseband Version.....: g8998-00008-1902121845 Serial Number........: … -------------------------------------------- extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM... Checking 'product' OKAY [0.000s] Checking 'version-bootloader' FAILED Device version-bootloader is 'mw8998-002.0059.00'. Update requires 'mw8998-002.0076.00'. fastboot: error: requirements not met!I tried to boot twrp again, but that does not work:
$ fastboot boot twrp-3.3.0-0-walleye.img downloading 'boot.img'... OKAY [ 0.115s] booting... FAILED (remote: Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error)
What else should I try?
