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Unbricking fails due to "protocol error"

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  • NirgeN Offline
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    Nirge
    wrote on last edited by
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    Hi,
    I have bricked a voxl in dev, trying to restore using the debug expansion, but the process fails:

    ~/Downloads/modalai-3-1-0$ sudo ./install.sh 
    [INFO] adb installed
    [INFO] fastboot installed
    
    This process will completely wipe your VOXL
    Would you like to preserve the /data/ partition which contains
    things like calibration, wifi config, and docker images
    To preserve files in /data/ answer Y
    To wipe /data/ for a full factory flash answer N
    
    Enter Y or N: 
    n
    [INFO] Rebooting into fastboot...
    error: no devices/emulators found
    [INFO] Waiting for fastboot...
    [INFO] Waiting for fastboot...
    [INFO] Waiting for fastboot...
    [INFO] Waiting for fastboot...
    target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
    sending 'aboot' (494 KB)...
    OKAY [  0.047s]
    writing 'aboot'...
    OKAY [  0.444s]
    finished. total time: 0.492s
    target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
    sending 'boot' (56066 KB)...
    OKAY [  2.140s]
    writing 'boot'...
    OKAY [  0.745s]
    finished. total time: 2.885s
    target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
    erasing 'system'...
    OKAY [  0.004s]
    sending sparse 'system' 1/3 (523027 KB)...
    FAILED (data write failure (Protocol error))
    finished. total time: 9.678s
    
    

    Would appreciate any insights and help I can get.

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    • Chad SweetC Offline
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      Chad Sweet
      ModalAI Team
      wrote on last edited by
      #2

      Are you flipping the fastboot switch back? Your symptom is consistent with leaving the fastboot switch engaged instead of setting it back to normal after a few seconds

      Might be worth watching the tutorial here if you're unsure

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      • NirgeN Offline
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        Nirge
        wrote on last edited by
        #3

        Missed that part, thank you, it seems to do the trick.

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