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I am trying to root the phone, by following the instructions here. I did unlock OEM and am able to see my device. But can not flash to recovery. So I tried booting twrp first but that does not work for me either. I did see this link and the comment about using the stock boot image. I have not tried that yet since my issue is slightly different. Thanks in advance for any advice. I am doing all this on Fedora platform.

sudo ./fastboot devices
[sudo] password for ****: 
####### Motorola Fastboot Interface

sudo ./fastboot boot recovery.img
[sudo] password for *****: 
Sending 'boot.img' (42408 KB)                      OKAY [  1.581s]
Booting                                            (bootloader) Command is not support
FAILED (remote: '')
fastboot: error: Command failed
sudo ./fastboot flash /recovery recovery.img
Sending '/recovery' (42408 KB)                     OKAY [  1.676s]
Writing '/recovery'                                (bootloader) Invalid partition name /recovery
FAILED (remote: '')
fastboot: error: Command failed
Shahin
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    The partition name is recovery (without slash), not /recovery. – Andrew T. May 30 '22 at 03:40
  • some devices don't have recovery partition. temporary flash twrp into boot partition instead (slot B), switch active slot, boot into twrp, Menu > Advanced > Install Recovery Ramdisk (slot A), don't forget copy slot A > slot B to restore boot.img – alecxs May 30 '22 at 09:01
  • beware the link you shared is for Qualcomm (rav). yours is MediaTek SoC (ellis) – alecxs May 30 '22 at 09:11
  • @Andrew I tried w/o slash and same result. – Shahin May 30 '22 at 14:39
  • @alecxs I tried to boot; the output is in the post. Thank you for info on Media Tek. I did not know that. If I mistyped something, please let me know? – Shahin May 30 '22 at 14:40
  • https://developer.android.com/studio/run/device link says to do something with Groupdev if you are using Ubuntu. I have not given that fastboot devices gives me an output. – Shahin May 30 '22 at 14:42
  • I doubt you actually have TWRP for your device (code name ellis?) therefore root it by patching boot.img without TWRP – alecxs May 30 '22 at 15:55
  • @alecxs thanks. I think the steps are https://android.stackexchange.com/a/212029/374168 . The comment also says Magisk is an option. Do you agree? I can not get over how the errors seem to be due to the wrong command. Am I wrong? I posted a question in the Motorola forum. – Shahin May 30 '22 at 16:04
  • @alecxs it looks like even if I root it, with Magisk or a patch I can not flash it a costume rom. According to https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/moto-g-pure-xt2163-4-vs-xt2163-2-lte-bands.4368073/ – Shahin May 30 '22 at 21:56
  • if bootloader is unlockable you can boot GSI https://www.xda-developers.com/dsu-sideloader-boot-custom-android-gsi – alecxs May 30 '22 at 23:47
  • @alecxs wow sounds like exactly what I need. I'll try it. Thank you. – Shahin May 31 '22 at 01:49

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