I get this when flashing my mako..
INFO:phablet-flash:Restarting device... wait
INFO:phablet-flash:Restarting device... wait complete
INFO:phablet-flash:Clearing /data and /cache
error: device not found
ERROR:phablet-flash:Command 'adb shell mkdir /cache/recovery' returned non-zero exit status 255
Here's the full log
alan@deep-thought:~$ phablet-flash ubuntu-system
INFO:phablet-flash:Device detected as mako
INFO:urllib3.connectionpool:Starting new HTTPS connection (1): system-image.ubuntu.com
INFO:phablet-flash:Download directory set to /home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833
INFO:phablet-flash:Creating /home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833
INFO:urllib3.connectionpool:Starting new HTTP connection (1): cdimage.ubuntu.com
INFO:phablet-flash:Downloading http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-touch/daily-preinstalled/current/saucy-preinstalled-recovery-armel+mako.img to /home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/saucy-preinstalled-recovery-armel+mako.img
--2013-08-22 13:52:37-- http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-touch/daily-preinstalled/current/saucy-preinstalled-recovery-armel+mako.img
Resolving cdimage.ubuntu.com (cdimage.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.92.174, 2001:67c:1360:8c01::1f, 2001:67c:1360:8c01::20, ...
Connecting to cdimage.ubuntu.com (cdimage.ubuntu.com)|91.189.92.174|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 8810496 (8.4M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘/home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/saucy-preinstalled-recovery-armel+mako.img’
100%[======================================>] 8,810,496 1.84MB/s in 5.9s
2013-08-22 13:52:43 (1.43 MB/s) - ‘/home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/saucy-preinstalled-recovery-armel+mako.img’ saved [8810496/8810496]
INFO:phablet-flash:Downloading https://system-image.ubuntu.com/daily/ubuntu/ubuntu-20130822.full.tar.xz to /home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/ubuntu-20130822.full.tar.xz
--2013-08-22 13:52:43-- https://system-image.ubuntu.com/daily/ubuntu/ubuntu-20130822.full.tar.xz
Resolving system-image.ubuntu.com (system-image.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.88.35
Connecting to system-image.ubuntu.com (system-image.ubuntu.com)|91.189.88.35|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 292649520 (279M) [application/x-tar]
Saving to: ‘/home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/ubuntu-20130822.full.tar.xz’
100%[======================================>] 292,649,520 2.65MB/s in 1m 46s
2013-08-22 13:54:30 (2.62 MB/s) - ‘/home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/ubuntu-20130822.full.tar.xz’ saved [292649520/292649520]
INFO:phablet-flash:Downloading https://system-image.ubuntu.com/daily/mako/mako-20130822.full.tar.xz to /home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/mako-20130822.full.tar.xz
--2013-08-22 13:54:32-- https://system-image.ubuntu.com/daily/mako/mako-20130822.full.tar.xz
Resolving system-image.ubuntu.com (system-image.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.88.35
Connecting to system-image.ubuntu.com (system-image.ubuntu.com)|91.189.88.35|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 36904792 (35M) [application/x-tar]
Saving to: ‘/home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/mako-20130822.full.tar.xz’
100%[======================================>] 36,904,792 2.63MB/s in 13s
2013-08-22 13:54:45 (2.62 MB/s) - ‘/home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/mako-20130822.full.tar.xz’ saved [36904792/36904792]
INFO:phablet-flash:Downloading https://system-image.ubuntu.com/daily/mako/version-20130833.tar.xz to /home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/version-20130833.tar.xz
--2013-08-22 13:54:46-- https://system-image.ubuntu.com/daily/mako/version-20130833.tar.xz
Resolving system-image.ubuntu.com (system-image.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.88.35
Connecting to system-image.ubuntu.com (system-image.ubuntu.com)|91.189.88.35|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 196 [application/x-tar]
Saving to: ‘/home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/version-20130833.tar.xz’
100%[======================================>] 196 --.-K/s in 0s
2013-08-22 13:54:46 (3.76 MB/s) - ‘/home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/version-20130833.tar.xz’ saved [196/196]
INFO:phablet-flash:Downloading https://system-image.ubuntu.com/gpg/image-master.tar.xz to /home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/image-master.tar.xz
--2013-08-22 13:54:46-- https://system-image.ubuntu.com/gpg/image-master.tar.xz
Resolving system-image.ubuntu.com (system-image.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.88.35
Connecting to system-image.ubuntu.com (system-image.ubuntu.com)|91.189.88.35|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 884 [application/x-tar]
Saving to: ‘/home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/image-master.tar.xz’
100%[======================================>] 884 --.-K/s in 0s
2013-08-22 13:54:46 (23.5 MB/s) - ‘/home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/image-master.tar.xz’ saved [884/884]
INFO:phablet-flash:Downloading https://system-image.ubuntu.com/gpg/image-signing.tar.xz to /home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/image-signing.tar.xz
--2013-08-22 13:54:46-- https://system-image.ubuntu.com/gpg/image-signing.tar.xz
Resolving system-image.ubuntu.com (system-image.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.88.35
Connecting to system-image.ubuntu.com (system-image.ubuntu.com)|91.189.88.35|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 904 [application/x-tar]
Saving to: ‘/home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/image-signing.tar.xz’
100%[======================================>] 904 --.-K/s in 0s
2013-08-22 13:54:46 (13.5 MB/s) - ‘/home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/image-signing.tar.xz’ saved [904/904]
INFO:phablet-flash:Downloading https://system-image.ubuntu.com/daily/ubuntu/ubuntu-20130822.full.tar.xz to /home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/ubuntu-20130822.full.tar.xz
--2013-08-22 13:54:46-- https://system-image.ubuntu.com/daily/ubuntu/ubuntu-20130822.full.tar.xz.asc
Resolving system-image.ubuntu.com (system-image.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.88.35
Connecting to system-image.ubuntu.com (system-image.ubuntu.com)|91.189.88.35|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 490 [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘/home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/ubuntu-20130822.full.tar.xz.asc’
100%[======================================>] 490 --.-K/s in 0s
2013-08-22 13:54:46 (11.3 MB/s) - ‘/home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/ubuntu-20130822.full.tar.xz.asc’ saved [490/490]
INFO:phablet-flash:Downloading https://system-image.ubuntu.com/daily/mako/mako-20130822.full.tar.xz to /home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/mako-20130822.full.tar.xz
--2013-08-22 13:54:46-- https://system-image.ubuntu.com/daily/mako/mako-20130822.full.tar.xz.asc
Resolving system-image.ubuntu.com (system-image.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.88.35
Connecting to system-image.ubuntu.com (system-image.ubuntu.com)|91.189.88.35|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 490 [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘/home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/mako-20130822.full.tar.xz.asc’
100%[======================================>] 490 --.-K/s in 0s
2013-08-22 13:54:46 (11.4 MB/s) - ‘/home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/mako-20130822.full.tar.xz.asc’ saved [490/490]
INFO:phablet-flash:Downloading https://system-image.ubuntu.com/daily/mako/version-20130833.tar.xz to /home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/version-20130833.tar.xz
--2013-08-22 13:54:46-- https://system-image.ubuntu.com/daily/mako/version-20130833.tar.xz.asc
Resolving system-image.ubuntu.com (system-image.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.88.35
Connecting to system-image.ubuntu.com (system-image.ubuntu.com)|91.189.88.35|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 490 [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘/home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/version-20130833.tar.xz.asc’
100%[======================================>] 490 --.-K/s in 0s
2013-08-22 13:54:46 (11.2 MB/s) - ‘/home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/version-20130833.tar.xz.asc’ saved [490/490]
INFO:phablet-flash:Downloading https://system-image.ubuntu.com/gpg/image-master.tar.xz to /home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/image-master.tar.xz
--2013-08-22 13:54:46-- https://system-image.ubuntu.com/gpg/image-master.tar.xz.asc
Resolving system-image.ubuntu.com (system-image.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.88.35
Connecting to system-image.ubuntu.com (system-image.ubuntu.com)|91.189.88.35|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 836 [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘/home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/image-master.tar.xz.asc’
100%[======================================>] 836 --.-K/s in 0s
2013-08-22 13:54:47 (15.0 MB/s) - ‘/home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/image-master.tar.xz.asc’ saved [836/836]
INFO:phablet-flash:Downloading https://system-image.ubuntu.com/gpg/image-signing.tar.xz to /home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/image-signing.tar.xz
--2013-08-22 13:54:47-- https://system-image.ubuntu.com/gpg/image-signing.tar.xz.asc
Resolving system-image.ubuntu.com (system-image.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.88.35
Connecting to system-image.ubuntu.com (system-image.ubuntu.com)|91.189.88.35|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 490 [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘/home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/image-signing.tar.xz.asc’
100%[======================================>] 490 --.-K/s in 0s
2013-08-22 13:54:47 (32.3 MB/s) - ‘/home/alan/Downloads/phablet-flash/imageupdates/20130833/image-signing.tar.xz.asc’ saved [490/490]
INFO:phablet-flash:Restarting device... wait
INFO:phablet-flash:Restarting device... wait complete
INFO:phablet-flash:Clearing /data and /cache
error: device not found
ERROR:phablet-flash:Command 'adb shell mkdir /cache/recovery' returned non-zero exit status 255
alan@deep-thought:~$ adb devices
List of devices attached
0123456789ABCDEF device
Ok, so it seems I can't use wait-for-device as adb in recovery is running in host mode instead of device mode