Vbmeta | Disable-verification Command

fastboot flash vbmeta your_backup_vbmeta.img (You can dump it if you have root, but if you’re here, you probably don’t yet.) Use the appropriate command for your device:

fastboot flash vbmeta vbmeta.img --disable-verification Or, more commonly with the Google-provided vbmeta.img : vbmeta disable-verification command

Introduced with Android 8.0 (Oreo), vbmeta (Verified Boot Metadata) is a small but critical partition that holds cryptographic hashes and signing keys for other partitions like boot , system , vendor , and product . It is the cornerstone of 2.0. fastboot flash vbmeta your_backup_vbmeta