Questions tagged [unbricking]
Questions about getting Android devices out of a "bricked" state.
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Unbrick Samsung A40 not going into download mode
I accidentally installed an outdated bootloader to my device and I cannot seem to access the download mode I also tried to access the recovery and I tried letting the device run out of battery by ...
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How to access the download mode of a device with a outdated bootloader?
I accidentally flashed some outdated bootloader firmware and now I cannot seem to access the bootloader I tried holding the vol up + power and both to volume buttons + power but it made the phone ...
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Samsung boot loop after flashing patched Magisk image
My phone keeps showing both the Samsung logos while booting. It also shows the unlocked boot loader screen. I tried flashing the stock boot.img but it only removes the red text when booting. After ...
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Unbricking a Samsung A40
I used Heimdall and I can't really finish flashing anything because I get this error "Error failed to send end session packet".
I also got the cyan screen saying "An error has occurred ...
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Unbricking Lenovo Tab M10 (X606F)
For the purpose of flashing custom ROM I flashed Lenovo Tab M10 FHD Plus (X606F) with Android 9 ROM. I used SP Flash Tool. Now the tablet won't power on. Pressing buttons does nothing. Can't invoke ...
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Recover data from a bricked phone (not yet reset)
I get this screen from an old android device:
It has not yet went through a full factory reset so the data is still there. The data (photos) is in internal storage (no sdcard).
Any ideas how to ...
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A515F Global version in Bootloop
Anyone, please help, I charge the phone overnight at normal, wake up in the morning the phone is in bootloop Forever! (It's Samsung A51 Global version, A515F with the 5/18 firmware stock ROM, NO ...
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How to fix Huawei P30 "Getting Package info Failed Error"?
I am trying to fix my Huawei P30 (Android 10) which gets stuck in recovery mode. I tried to fix it by using eRecovery but I get the error "Get Package info failed".
Around the internet, I ...
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Is it possible to unbrick an Allwinner Adroid tablet?
A few months ago I got my hands on a cheap allwinner tablet. I wanted to experiment with running linux on it, but in the process of my experimentation I (stupidly) deleted/overwrote both the /boot and ...
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Emdoor EM TS809 Dead Boot - KCOLO point wanted to revive
Flashing with a bad firmware to this tablet became completely unresponsive and does not switch on. M/B marks report that is created from Emdoor and its model is EM TS809.
https://www.globalsources.com/...
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Android tablet, how to disable kiosk mode or install new firmware
I am new to the android programming world. I own an iQR70 device from MLS that is using -if I read well- the kiosk mode for its own application called MAIC (something like Amazon's Alexa a virtual ...
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Smartphone laggy and slow: when a factory reset is ineffective
First of all, I would like to say that I recognize how tiring it must be to read about people asking for help to solve problems all the time. I tried to not be that person... but here goes my story.
I ...
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My RCA Voyager Tablet is in a bootloop and I can't get into recovery mode
Can anyone help me please, My RCA Voyager Tablet is in a bootloop and it keeps showing the logo screen. I was trying to install the trwp for my tablet but I think I accidentally put the worng trwp ...
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Stuck on Mi Flash for an hour now
Hi, I'm stuck on the following line in Miflash for over an hour now:
[20:58:19 3825d80]:MiFlash 2018.5.28.0
[20:58:19 3825d80]:Thread id:12 Thread name:3825d80
[20:58:19 3825d80]:image path:D:\...
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Recovering bricked Pixel 2 with drained battery
Bit of a weird setup but I have a Pixel 2 phone with offline charging disabled.
Today I wanted to restore the factory image so I booted the phone into TWRP, wiped all the partitions. I then got ...
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Are Old Samsung Galaxy Phones Being Programmatically Disabled?
I have several old Samsung Galaxy phones lying around (particularly S4 and S5 models from various cellular providers) and have noticed as of late that after returning to these and placing new ...
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Infinix Hot 8 bricked. No OS, No recovery
I think i bricked my phone, my phones model number is "Infinix Hot 8 X650C".
I've no OS installed, No Recovery Mode Installed.
Also fastboot and adb can't recognise my device on PC.
What to ...
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Oneplus 8T stuck in bootloop after flashing patched boot.img
I'm a complete newbie following a guide to root my phone, but it got stuck in a bootloop after rebooting, after flashing a patched boot.img created by Magisk. I have tried many things but with my lack ...
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i cant go to recovery mode NO Command error, Boot-loop [duplicate]
I recently tried to install a custom ROM in my samsung j6+ but halfway through it my PC turned off(disconnected while flashing).
Then the problem starts i decided to reboot my phone but it shows this ...
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disconnected phone while installing ROM
I recently tried to install a custom ROM in my samsung j6+ but halfway through it my PC turned off.
Then the problem starts i decided to reboot my phone but it shows this error "No command" &...
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Is my old phone still recoverable after super bricking it?
A long time ago, when I was way dumber, I really wanted to upgrade my old phone (Wiko Lenny 3) from Android 6.0 to Android 7.0 but with no avail. Since that day, the phone is no longer bootable. If I ...
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OG Pixel , I can only get to stock bootloader. device is not booting. How can I resurrect the device?
just checking if my device is permanently bricked or there is a chance to resurrect it? I can only get to bootloader.
device is stock
I cannot get to recovery mode (stuck on google logo)
I cannot boot ...
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Can we use Odin/Heimdall to emulate a fake flash (without real hardware connection)?
As my title suggests.. is there a method to flash a (samsung) firmware on a formatted sd card (fat32 I guess? And 16gb too?) instead of an actual phone (flash emulation) using pit file in heimdall/...
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"Failed to load kernel" after flashing LineageOS 17.1 on Moto G6
I purchased a new Motorola Moto G6 with the intention to try out using LineageOS instead of the stock rom.
Here's everything that used to appear in the About section of the Settings. Keep in mind I ...
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My Pixel C tablet doesn't respond to the unlock pattern and the recommend action to debrick it doesn't work
I have had this Pixel C for about 3 years, possibly more.
Two days ago it stopped responding to the unlock pattern. This seems to be a fairly irregular thing on Google devices and never fixed. The ...
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Samsung Galaxy Tab E SM-T560 bricked
Recently, I tried to root my Samsung Galaxy Tab E T-560 and I was unsuccessful. This is the first device I tried to root so I do not have much knowledge about this topic. I decided to root the tablet ...
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I formatted my Android to FAT... Is it the very end of it?
Faced with some mounting error when trying to install a fresh version of LineageOS on a spare Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (SM-G935F), I followed some dubious advice to format the internal memory to FAT and ...
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Pixel 3: Cannot Flash Factory Image - Only Fastboot and Recovery Available - Unlocked Bootloader - Cannot Authorize USB Debugging
Pixel 3: Cannot Flash Factory Image - Only Fastboot and Recovery Available - Unlocked Bootloader - Cannot Authorize USB Debugging
Can someone please direct me to the appropriate resources to resolve ...
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My Firmware do not have emmc, raw program and patch file
I own a heavily Bricked Nokia X Rm-980. Currently, I am trying to bring it back to life.
It is detected as Qualcomm HS_USB QDLoader 9008 (Com3). After spending some time online, i got a possible ...
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Tecno Camon 15 pro stuck in bootloop
My Tecno Camon 15 Pro is stuck in bootloop after I was trying to patch boot.img file.
Phone Specs:
My phone's processor is MediaTek Helio P35 (MT6765) & it was running Android 10 build CD8-H655BCD-...
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Soft Bricked Nexus 6P
Back in 2015, I rooted my HTC One M7. It was an adventure; I messed up along the way, soft-bricking my phone. Eventually, though, I managed to get it working again. That was five years ago. So, I ...
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Reviving my phone after a small part of it (eg the processor) overheated
I tried to compress my 1.6GB video in the Media Converter app by exporting it to mp4(h264,aac) on my OnePlus 3 as per https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-reduce-video-size-on-Android. However, ...
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LG V40 completely unresponsive.. Won't charge after I was playing with the partitions and 9008 mode.. Any options?
I have an LG V40 through sprint.. Its won't respond to any button combos or cords /cables.. Anyone think they could help me out
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How to fix a bricked K20 Pro?
I did something incorrectly to my Xiaomi Redmi K20 Pro, and it's now not turning ON, no bootloader or recovery mode. I found something on XDA developers forum and my phone is currently in EDL mode. It ...
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Unlocked bootloader with OEM locked inside system in Oneplus3. HELP?
I have a OnePlus3 device which was rooted(TWRP + magisk + stock rom). But as new rom was buggy, i install old stock rom + stock recovery without root. After installing by mistake i lock OEM from the ...
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Unbrick Unlocked Huawei P10 - SOLVED
I messed around with my phone (Huawei P10 VTR-L29) and unfortunately bricked it.
what happened
To give you the whole story, I tried to root it, but during the root process I found out that the device ...
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Is there risk of bricking in attempting to install a custom recovery on adevice that has been compromised and has sstem level malware apps on it?
My phone has been compromised and has malware system apps that have persisted after factory reset. I'd like to install a custom recovery so that I can at least get it back to functional if I brick it ...
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Need help unbricking my Google Pixel (sailfish)
I was trying to downgrade my phone from android 10 to android 7.1 (stock firmware). I have done this before and it always worked, except this time the flash-all.bat tool stopped while extracting the ...
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Phone stuck in fastboot mode, can't boot into OS or Recovery mode and flashing stock rom doesn't help
When I tried to reboot my phone a few days ago, it booted into CSC fastboot mode and it couldn't boot into the OS. I tried Vol down + power off combo to boot into recovery but that doesn't work and ...
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Huawei P8 Lite 2015 soft-bricked and won't turn on or charge
I got a Huawei P8 Lite (ALE-L21) model that I received from someone. The issue was that it kept booting into this recovery mode phase that kept asking to flash software update again showing two errors....
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Asus zenfone 6 E:failed to mount/ cache
Phone stucks on boot loading.
wipe data/factory reset gives
E:failed to mount/ cache error
wipe cache partition
also fails.
abd sideload also give
E:failed to mount/ cache
Can't open vs..
Many ...
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My phone got bricked by encryption - any ideas how to fix it?
So I wanted to root my Redmi Note 5 pro and install a custom ROM but sadly I bricked it in the process. It started when TWRP (3.3.1-0-whyred) told me to enter a password that didn't exist. Googled it, ...
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Moto X4 - Stuck on black screen
I was flashing Pixel Experience ROM with TWRP (fastboot boot recovery.img) recovery. The OS did not install on the device:
Installing zip file '/external_sd/PixelExperience_payton-10.0-20200130-0358-...
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Can't boot into recovery or fastboot and not going to EDL completely (Redmi Note 4)
Please read the full text and help me if anything can solve my problem. Also I can't go to Mi help center due to this lockdown, so can you suggest ways the help center person would do to fix this ...
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Getting data of phone with dead battery
I have to get data off an old Zuk Z2 Plus that was working when it got replaced by a new phone and left lieing around for a year or so. Now it does not boot any more. When I plug in power, the screen ...
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I need help with my bricked tablet!
I recently rooted my tablet,using kingoroot.I messed up and now my tablet is stuck on the manufacturer logo...If I try to connect it to a pc,it does not recognize it.It is a chinese turbo-x rubik ii ...
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Can't boot to system (lineageOS) after updating TWRP
I've been using lineageOS 14.1 for a long time on my Galaxy S4 mini (gt-i9195) and recently wanted to try some apps requiring root access.
In the developer options I could set root access only to "ADB ...
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enter edl mode in motorola devices
I have a bricked xt1527 which throws preflash validation failed error whenever I try to flash any of the files included in the stock firmware. Some guy told me to enter edl mode, and I would prefer ...
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Bricked Honor 9 - No Os, No recovery
I messed up with everything. The only thing that works it's fastboot, I can still flash .img but when I reboot it get stucked on bootloader and can't enter neither recovery or system(Just erecovery ...
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Huawei P9 lite enter bootloader without volume keys and access to system/recovery
About phone: Huawei P9 lite VNS-L21C432B161 (central Europe)
First modifications
A long time ago i unlocked bootloader and successfully rooted the phone. I turned off OEM unlock option in settings ...
