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Bootloader/BIOS, flashing ROM and correlated risks. Why Android devices are more brickable than PCs?
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Android phones are more brickable than PCs because they can hardly communicate with us if the bootloader is erased. And bootloader(s) live on Flash memory (eMMC) partitions which are ...
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Did the "stop" command brick my phone?
From @AndrewT 's comment, I gathered this:
Referring this answer on StackOverflow
What does stop do?
stop entered in a root terminal basically stops the Android process called zygote. This in turn ...
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Trying to flash a system.img I took with dd - failing
Episode 3: Return of the Shell.
If I ever had any chance of solving this, I first had to figure out why the shell wasn't working. adbd itself was responding, so it was started on the tablet side - ...
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Soft bricked Moto G4 (XT1625) after SuperSU install
Proper research would have prevented this, in the future if you need information on rooting a device, go to a REPUTABLE source like XDA or a similar forum and make sure the information is specific to ...
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How to enter recovery/download mode with broken home button and broken bootloader
Samsung devices can usually be forced into download mode using a JIG. They are pretty simple and cheap to make. If your device has been soft-bricked this will almost always work.
http://www.xda-...
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What is JTAG in regards to Android?
JTAG is a Protocol !
Simply in other Protocols such as USB is protocol UART is protocol for transferring DATA or communicating with devices .
JTAG Directly communicate with the CPU and with the ...
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Trying to flash a system.img I took with dd - failing
It seems you've already found some kind of solution to your problem (there's a lot of text to read on this page), but it seems this probably could have been resolved much more simply.
linuxbox# ...
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How to unbrick nexus 9 after an OTA update?
I've got the same problem on a recent OTA update on my Nexus 9. Unfortunately thes "Nexus Root Toolkit" app didn't help because my Nexus 9 was all stock, no root and the OEM unlock was disabled. The ...
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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
Just in case anyone else comes this way searching for an answer, I did get one on the XDA forums.
The solution is to start the device with volume down and power pressed. This brings you to the menu I ...
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How to hard brick an android phone (Galaxy Nexus)?
As far as I know, your device is not that hard bricked, that you can't boot into the bootloader (fastboot mode). so at every time you should be able to install a custom recovery via fastboot flash ...
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Xperia SP looks like it's charging, but it doesn't charge
I had a similar problem a few years ago with my old HTC EVO 3D which was also running cyanogenmod at this time. I tried flashing different roms and kernels but the problem was persistent. Because my ...
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CyanogenMod install failed on Samsung Galaxy S II, phone now shows boot screen and then a black screen
Note: Keep in mind, Samsung Galaxy S2 has infamous Superbrick bug. Every flash can result in permanent brick (only board changing or maybe JTAG unit can recover device). You can learn more about it ...
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Is xposed safe for my phone
Nobody will give you any guarantee – but a few hints we can give. I'm using Xposed on multiple devices, and encountered no issues. So here a few points to consider:
before installing Xposed, make a ...
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Did I just brick a non-rooted device?
The device was not bricked. After a few hours I held down the power button again, and the frozen screen was replaced by the "no battery" screen. After charging, the device is back to normal. I caution ...
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How to create complete image backup(Nandroid) of rooted phone if no cwm or twrp available for my phone
Provided your device is rooted, you can do that with simple dd commands. Trouble is just to find out what partitions you might need to backup: some devices have more than 20 partitions, and you will ...
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Ran "adb reboot bootloader" now can't boot past logo (Azpen A746)
Fully draining the battery will unbrick an Azpen A746HD in this situation.
I did further testing and was able to repeat the conditions for bricking and unbricking the tablet:
Running adb reboot ...
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LG V30 - Flash ROM using download mode?
For linux use this link it's a tool called SALT. If you're good with Linux there are tools to use with Python such as ESPTools or LGLAF.
For Windows look up FWUL, it's "Forget Windows Use Linux", it'...
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Can I flash Android on device with overwritten mmcblk0?
/dev/mmcblk0 is whole MMC storage chip which includes GUID partition table (GPT) and all partitions. On Android devices some of these eMMC partitions hold bootloaders (like sbl, aboot on Qualcomm ...
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Can KingRoot Brick my Nexus 9 and HTC One
As usual, the answer is: any attempt to modify O.S. files can brick your phone. But you can try to root your phones. Just make sure you made a full backup of your phone software (not only /data), ...
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Can i restore the backup directly from pc . without enabling debud mode... or how can i fix the problem with black screen
You're probably going to need to specify exactly what model phone you have, because not all phones bootstrap the same way.
In general, however, if you can't get the phone to go into it's equivalent ...
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I deleted my only launcher
if your android has search button then you are lucky first hard reset your android(learn how to hard reset your mobile) after the mobile started running hit search button and search the app 'settings' ...
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How to enter recovery/download mode with broken home button and broken bootloader
Use ADB, there is a command on there to reboot your phone to Odin/download mode, it's adb reboot download.
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How to flash stock ROM over ADB sideload
I finally was able to solve this problem, as Firelord said, adb sideload wasn't able to help in the case of this ROM. And SP Flash tool turns out to be the best for MediaTek devices.
Most of the ...
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Trying to flash a system.img I took with dd - failing
With my Moto G I created a back up using dd like you did. I needed to restore my system partition the other day, so I booted TWRP (I didn't flash it, I just booted the image to RAM). I then used adb ...
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HTC 626 bricked when trying to root the phone. What to do now?
If you have access to bootloader (fastboot), do the following:
Unlock the bootloaderGeneral command:fastboot oem unlock (Not sure for your phone)
Flash a custom recovery: CWMUse the command: fastboot ...
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Xperia SP looks like it's charging, but it doesn't charge
Battery Check
Visual Inspection If the battery of your phone is removable, simply take it out with caution (after turning the phone off, of course) and look for symptoms like bulging, corrosion near ...
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Core Prime G360T(5.1.1) soft brick TWRP issue
Touch is not working in the official TWRP release for Galaxy Core Prime. Current solution is to install modified TWRP for G360T1, the MetroPCS variant. Find it here. You should still be able to get ...
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How to safely root Samsung Galaxy Core Prime?
I suggest you search on Google on how to safely root your device. You should choose the one that is appropriate for your device (it should have the same model number).
Also, install a ...
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How to create complete image backup(Nandroid) of rooted phone if no cwm or twrp available for my phone
Yes, with ADB, this is possible. However, there are also some unofficial images on TWRP and CWM, which may be unofficially ported to your device. If not, you can follow ADB instructions below.
NOTE: ...
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CWM Recovery can't see external SD card, need to install a rom from ext SD
Here is the Procedure:
Make sure latest Samsung USB drivers are installed on your PC.
Download Odin v3.07 on your PC.(Some SAMSUNG devices require Odin v3.04).
Download Recovery.tar, download link. ...
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