[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jan_ruc:
Hey everybody.

So I had my phone rooted for a week now, but I had plenty of problems with root (Magisk 16.4, TWRP 3.2.1.0). Running Android P beta p2.

I wanted to simply restore the phone to it's stock state. Main idea was to get OS reinstalled and stock recovery flashed over TWRP.

When ever I tried to flash the boot.img from the stock image in fastboot I got the error saying "FAILED (remote: Requested download size is more than max allowed".

So mid process I read somewhere I might have to unlock unlock_critical. I tried running that but no response from the phone. I didn't want to interrupt so I left it running for a few minutes, came back and nothing has changed. Except for the phone not being able to boot to Android. And so here I am stuck in a boot loop.

So I read here: https://xdaforums.com/pixel-2-xl/help/hard-bricked-t3770769

And realized maybe I should try this skipsoft toolkit. Well no luck.

This is what I get when I try to use option 9. (Download/Extract/Flash Google Factory Stock Image [Flash Part or Whole Rom]). I choose to flash the whole ROM.

Here is what I got.

Starting Flash Process..

Flashing Bootloader Image..

target didn't report max-download-size

sending 'bootloader' (36344 KB)...

FAILED (remote: Requested download size is more than max allowed

)

finished. total time: 0.003s

An error occured when flashing the image

Try rebooting the device manually back to fastboot mode:

1. Unplug the usb cable

2. Hold the Power and Volume Down buttons until it reboots to Fastboot Mode.

From the main menu in the Toolkit choose the Download/Extract/Flash menu, then

select Flash previously downloaded image.

Sometimes there is a glitch in the flash process and doing it again will fix it.

Press any key to return to the Main Menu..

I gave Deuces Bootloop tool script a try and this is what I got:

Deuces-flash-all-script-V4.5-Windows

for Taimen or Walleye - Google Pixel 2 / XL

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

Press any key to continue . . .

Make Sure your Device is in Fastboot Mode

(Power off, hold Volume-Down, hold Power)

Once you are in fastboot,

Press any key to continue . . .

Unlock Bootloader[Y/N]?y

Running Unlock

Look at your device,

press up arrow and Power to confirm

FAILED (remote: Device already : unlocked!)

Finished. Total time: 0.002s

This will say "failed" if already unlocked - ignore

Running Unlock_critical

Look at your device,

press up arrow and Power to confirm

FAILED (remote: unknown command)

Finished. Total time: 0.002s

This will say "failed" if already unlocked - ignore

Locating Bootloader and Radio Filenames

Flashing...

it is safe to ignore errors about active partition - there are multiple entries to support multiple versions of platform tools

File Not Found

File Not Found

fastboot: error: Device does not support slots

fastboot: error: Device does not support slots

rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.002s]

Finished. Total time: 0.003s

rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.002s]

Finished. Total time: 0.003s

Slot _b does not exist. supported slots are:

a

b

fastboot: error: Device does not support slots

rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.003s]

Finished. Total time: 0.003s

rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.002s]

Finished. Total time: 0.003s

Slot _a does not exist. supported slots are:

a

b

fastboot: error: Device does not support slots

fastboot: error: cannot load 'abl.img': No such file or directory

fastboot: error: cannot load 'aes.img': No such file or directory

fastboot: error: cannot load 'apdp.img': No such file or directory

fastboot: error: cannot load 'boot.img': No such file or directory

fastboot: error: Failed to identify current slot

fastboot: error: cannot load 'cmnlib64.img': No such file or directory

fastboot: error: cannot load 'devcfg.img': No such file or directory

fastboot: error: cannot load 'dtbo.img': No such file or directory

fastboot: error: cannot load 'hyp.img': No such file or directory

fastboot: error: cannot load 'keymaster.img': No such file or directory

fastboot: error: cannot load 'laf.img': No such file or directory

fastboot: error: Failed to identify current slot

fastboot: error: cannot load 'msadp.img': No such file or directory

fastboot: error: cannot load 'pmic.img': No such file or directory

fastboot: error: cannot load 'rpm.img': No such file or directory

fastboot: error: cannot load 'tz.img': No such file or directory

fastboot: error: cannot load 'vbmeta.img': No such file or directory

fastboot: error: cannot load 'vendor.img': No such file or directory

fastboot: error: cannot load 'xbl.img': No such file or directory

Flashing System A

fastboot: error: cannot load 'system.img': No such file or directory

Flashing System B

fastboot: error: cannot load 'system_other.img': No such file or directory

fastboot: error: Device does not support slots

Setting current slot to 'b' FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))

Finished. Total time: 5.871s

< waiting for any device >

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.