Continuous rebooting after flashing

rschigas

Hi,
Everything appeared to be going fine during the web install of bluejay-factory-2022112500 on my 6a. The phone had gone through multiple flash/reboot cycles after I hit the "Flash release" button in my browser, when suddenly the browser crashed.

When I restarted the browser, it appeared that my laptop could no longer talk to the phone, but I'm not sure about this.
The phone appears to have bluejay MP1.0 installed (bootloader bluejay-1.2-9075776), and the bootloader is unlocked. When I choose "Start" from the bootloader menu, it gives me a "Bootloader unlocked" warning screen, then shows a white "Google" screen for a second, then cycles continuously between the warning and Google screens. Here are some screenshots.
I can break the infinite reboot cycle by pressing "Volume down" to get back to the bootloader. Choosing "Recovery mode" or "Rescue mode" gets me a cartoon Android (chest open on it's back) with a "No command" message.
Following the CLI install instructions, I tried running fastboot flashing lock, which returns this:
```
FAILED (remote: 'invalid android images, skip locking')
fastboot: error: Command failed
```

HELP! What can I do to successfully complete the installation?

Are there any web install log files I can check?
Should I run the CLI flash-all.sh script, or some subset of it's commands?

Thanks,
Roland

Browser = Brave Version 1.46.133 Chromium: 108.0.5359.71 (Official Build) (64-bit)
OS = Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS linux-image-6.0.6-76060006-generic 6.0.6-76060006.202210290932~1669062050~22.04~d94609a amd64 Linux kernel image for version 6.0.6 on 64 bit x86 SMP

lberrymage

rschigas It seems like you don't have enough RAM on your computer to finish the install. That's probably why your browser crashed. Since it crashed, flashing wasn't completed, so that's why you can't boot the OS or lock the bootloader.

I would advise ensuring you have _8GB RAM on the flashing device, then booting back into the bootloader interface and trying again.

rschigas

Thanks for the suggestions, lberrymage & [deleted]. After shutting down enough apps to free up 10GiB of RAM on my laptop, I was able to successfully complete the web install. Success, +1 to you both!

[deleted]

The installer unpacks the image on your computer before sending it to Pixel. Just check your hard drive if you have enough free space.