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    Nextbook Ares 11A - Rebuild

    In an attempt to root my Nextbook Ares 11A (NX16A11264 - 5.1) I have wiped my original boot img. I have installed Ares8_recovery_twrp.img so have access to TWRP although all attempts to load a boot.img through fastboot and TWRP is plagued with failures. The most consistent being 'failed to mount '/data' (Invalid argument)' which leads me to a corrupt/damaged partition? Any input would be rejoicingly appreciated. Cheers!
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    #2
    UPDATE: I have uncovered that the partitions needed to be repaired and have successfully moved to the next series of errors. I downloaded "Nextbook Ares 11A [NX16A11264] Firmware" from http://www.nextbookusa.com/downloads/ and while trying to install from TWRP I end up with "Error 7 Can't install this package over newer build" which leads me to the script in updater-script...anything jump out???

    (!less_than_int(1477099312, getprop("ro.build.date.utc"))) || abort("Can't install this package (Fri Oct 21 21:21:52 EDT 2016) over newer build (" + getprop("ro.build.date") + ").");
    getprop("ro.product.device") == "NX16A11264" || abort("This package is for "NX16A11264" devices; this is a "" + getprop("ro.product.device") + "".");
    ui_print("Target: NextBook/NX16A11264/NX16A11264:6.0.1/MMB29M/V3.0.2:user/release-keys");
    show_progress(0.750000, 0);
    ui_print("Patching system image unconditionally...");
    block_image_update("/dev/block/by-name/android_system", package_extract_file("system.transfer.list"), "system.new.dat", "system.patch.dat");
    ui_print("Verifying the updated system image...");
    if range_sha1("/dev/block/by-name/android_system", "98,0,32770,32961,32963,33471,65535,65536,65538,66 046,98303,98304,98306,98497,98499,99007,131071,131 072,131074,131582,163839,163840,163842,164033,1640 35,164543,196607,196608,196610,197118,229375,22937 6,229378,229569,229571,230079,262143,262144,262146 ,262654,294911,294912,294914,295105,295107,295615, 327679,327680,327682,328190,360447,360448,360450,3 60958,393215,393216,393218,393726,425983,425984,42 5986,426494,458751,458752,458754,459262,491519,491 520,491522,492030,524287,524288,524290,524798,5570 55,557056,557058,557566,589823,589824,589826,59033 4,622591,622592,622594,623102,654423,655360,655362 ,688128,688130,720896,720898,753664,753666,754174, 780230,780231,786384") == "a49c538c524372c0d5464789ba6fdb77738668aa" then
    if range_sha1("/dev/block/by-name/android_system", "102,32770,32961,32963,33471,65535,65536,65538,660 46,98303,98304,98306,98497,98499,99007,131071,1310 72,131074,131582,163839,163840,163842,164033,16403 5,164543,196607,196608,196610,197118,229375,229376 ,229378,229569,229571,230079,262143,262144,262146, 262654,294911,294912,294914,295105,295107,295615,3 27679,327680,327682,328190,360447,360448,360450,36 0958,393215,393216,393218,393726,425983,425984,425 986,426494,458751,458752,458754,459262,491519,4915 20,491522,492030,524287,524288,524290,524798,55705 5,557056,557058,557566,589823,589824,589826,590334 ,622591,622592,622594,623102,654423,655360,655362, 655874,687616,688128,688130,688642,720384,720896,7 20898,721410,753152,753664,753666,754174,780230,78 0231") == "3105d3ac048d817befa69d4c2a7ac2ac3f8fe872" then
    ui_print("Verified the updated system image.");
    else
    abort("system partition has unexpected non-zero contents after OTA update");
    endif;
    else
    abort("system partition has unexpected contents after OTA update");
    endif;
    show_progress(0.050000, 5);
    package_extract_file("boot.img", "/dev/block/by-name/android_boot");
    show_progress(0.200000, 10);

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      #3
      Can I just get rid of;

      (!less_than_int(1477099312, getprop("ro.build.date.utc"))) || abort("Can't install this package (Fri Oct 21 21:21:52 EDT 2016) over newer build (" + getprop("ro.build.date") + ").");
      getprop("ro.product.device") == "NX16A11264" || abort("This package is for "NX16A11264" devices; this is a "" + getprop("ro.product.device") + "".");

      ??

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        #4
        [SOLVED] So although not much help from the group i thought I would follow up in the event someone else has faces the same challenge. I had inadvertantly flashed a recovery.img to my boot partition instead of the recovery rendering my 11A soft bricked. The following is how I managed too resurrect the device.

        1) Flash Ares8A_twrp_recovery.img to recovery (fastboot flash recovery ares8A.......img)
        2) Open twrp
        3) Wipe all partitions
        4) Repair all partitions
        5) Clear cache
        6) Download update.zip firmware (for your device) at Nextbookusa.com/downloads
        7) Download the latest SuperSu.zip
        8) NOTE: My install kept failing with 'Error 7 - Can't install this package over a newer build' as I was confident this was not the case I had to edit the updater script. Open update.zip in winrar or 7zip and navigate to META-INF and find updater-script, change it to a .txt doc, open it in Notepad++ and remove the following line;

        (!less_than_int(1477099312, getprop("ro.build.date.utc"))) || abort("Can't install this package (Fri Oct 21 21:21:52 EDT 2016) over newer build (" + getprop("ro.build.date") + ").");
        getprop("ro.product.device") == "NX16A11264" || abort("This package is for "NX16A11264" devices; this is a "" + getprop("ro.product.device") + "".");

        9) Save the file, remove .txt and save the file back in the archive directory.
        10) In twrp install update.zip
        11) Install superSu.zip
        12) Clear cache and reboot normally - it may take some time to boot the first time.

        Hope that helps!

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