Hi, just thinking about how to recover bricked hero's. Firstly i think only possible unbricking process would be if the phone has been rooted.
I am listing some possbile methods.
Method 1:
NOTE: Only works if you have backed up your NAND (Nanroid file somewhere)
Start the phone in recovery mode and flash your original NAND file and in theory this should unbrick the phones. After this you could just flash the phone with generic HTC Rom just to be safe.
Method 2:
Reflash the phone with recovery image from Cyanogen. Than reflash with a ROM possibly HTC generic rom.
NOTE: These are only possible (thought to be ways of unbricking)
If you can get into recovery mod and flash a ROM then the phone isn't bricked.
Just....broken
Fair enough, but i have heard it is still possible to get into recovery mode directly or even via SDK
You can often get into Recovery, you wouldn't be able to do anything with it though
i thought the only way to unbrick a phone is to jtag it?
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Hi,
I traded a phone with someone and the rom they had was acting up.. the Infected Rom (cdma verizon)... When I got the phone, I told him he could keep his SD card and I could keep mine.. i guess the P something image file was on there and now Im just rooted with Teamwin recovery and not able to flash any rom or restore the Infected rom i nandroid backed up.
I have fastboot 1.50 S On but unlocked
Now imma be at work and not have a working phone. This isn't cool. PLEASE GET BACK TO ME IF YOU CAN HELP peeps. I would really appreciate it.
I also tried the unlocking method all over again but the Java SDK wont install.. it tells me to disable my virus protection (I did) and then it says unable to install it. This is just a mess man.
stepinmyworld said:
Hi,
I traded a phone with someone and the rom they had was acting up.. the Infected Rom (cdma verizon)... When I got the phone, I told him he could keep his SD card and I could keep mine.. i guess the P something image file was on there and now Im just rooted with Teamwin recovery and not able to flash any rom or restore the Infected rom i nandroid backed up.
I have fastboot 1.50 S On but unlocked
Now imma be at work and not have a working phone. This isn't cool. PLEASE GET BACK TO ME IF YOU CAN HELP peeps. I would really appreciate it.
I also tried the unlocking method all over again but the Java SDK wont install.. it tells me to disable my virus protection (I did) and then it says unable to install it. This is just a mess man.
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If you're interested in reverting back to completely stock, the RUU files are available at http://www.goo-inside.me/shooter/ruu . Both the PG86IMG.zip and the .exe files are available there.
Interesting the device is flashed to verizon, at least you mention the device is on CDMA verizon. The only issues I can forsee here will be 3G data/MMS might not work via Verizon if using a stock Sprint ROM.
Of course, these *might* work and they can also be *tweaked* but I doubt, out of the box, they will work. Phone calls and SMS should work over verizon using the stock sprint ROM.
Here is my usual lecture, reading this will save you a lot of time and headache, regarding flashing a ROM and kernels on the EVO 3D with hboot 1.5 and htc's unlock method:
Essentially, if you're looking to flash a kernel or ROM (which many times also include a kernel), there are three basic methods (two seem the easier) with hboot 1.50 and htc's unlock method:
1) For Kernel Flashing: From Android mode, using my application, Flash Image GUI. Put the kernel .zip file on your sdcard, select from inside the application and flash.
For ROM Flashing: Pull out the kernel file (usually named boot.img) out of the ROM .zip and push to sdcard. Flash using Flash Image GUI.
If you're away from a computer and want to flash any kernel, this is a great tool!
2) Load the custom recovery, NOT using the traditional method (reboot recovery, bootloader -> recovery, etc), but a specific method for Hboot 1.5. From the prompt use: fastboot boot c:\downloads\cwm-recovery.img.
This will temporarily boot the custom recovery image and the HTC unlock method will grant it write access to the boot partition while in this mode.
In this temporarily booted recovery mode, when a full ROM (with kernel included) is flashed, the kernel will flash correctly.
3) Boot into recovery using the traditional methods, reboot recovery, bootloader -> recovery, etc, and after the custom recovery has loaded, flash the ROM. Reboot into fastboot mode and then separately flash the kernel from the computer: fastboot flash boot c:\boot.img.
Downside to this method would be if a zImage is included instead of the boot.img for the kernel, won't flash correctly.
Being without a phone is rough now a days! Hope that helps and points in the right direction!
so sorry.. i meant to say CDMA Sprint.. i probably was so frustrated and typed verizon. I am about to read what you post completly.
Thank you so much for the reply! I purchased the GUI App from the market a few days ago and I wasnt sure if it would work on my phone because that PG86IMG.zip wasn't on the root of my SD card (it's on the other guy's sd card) I will try your method to flash a ROM.
I was able to get the Rom restored from the nandroid backup someone last night.. I still need a new rom because this one has touch screen problems. Thanks again
Hi XDA. I'm looking for help here, because i have't found anything like i need in many researches that i made. I have a qualcomm based phone that is comercialized only in my country; it's based on ZTE parts but it is sold over a brand called Vtelca.
There's litteraly any official way to flash this phone neither than an official firmware. The only thing that one can find are custom roms that are made by local coockers, based on system dumps of functional phones. There's a port of CWM that one can install in this phone over ADB. One can be able to flash CWM when the phone is operative, but if the phone has a soft brick, one can just do anything.
Theres no fastboot in this device, so one can't flash images over there, but there is a way to connect the phone that mounts all of its partitions (litteraly all of them, including the recovery one). Only linux can obviously read all of this partitions because of the filesystems, and here is my question:
Is there a way to write an image into a partition?
My theory is that if i know which of the partitions corresponds to android recovery, i 'should' be able to write the recovery image into it. Right?
Thank you in advance, even if there's no way to do this.
Hello everybody,
Im totally new and have a big problem.
I rooted and unlocked my phone (HTC one m9), to install a costum Recovery (Team win)
I followed all instructions and copied viper rom on the phone.
After installation, I got into the bootloop.
I can see white HTC Bootscreen with the red instruction ..."This build is for..."
I know, that my phone is not able to boot new image because S-Off is not enabled.
Now my question.
Whats the best way to get a solution for this problem.?
I can boot into download mode or get into my costum recovery.
ADB and platform tools are installed on computer.
Need help. please!!!
Factory reset seems to be it. Thankfully something pops up, instead of dead. There should be a option( you may have to look for it on xda) to get into the stock recovery, through a combination of button presses. On my phone, volume up, and power button gets me into twrp, volume down and power button takes me to the stock recovery. You may have different cadence for your particular phone, so finding that out is a must to return to stock, which you can start over again. I couldn't even root my phone, with out installing twrp first, so I had to get the unlock code, to unlock it first. Some phones may have a different way to root, without unlocking the bootloader first, but start over, it still turns on. Whatever you have had will be lost, if you didn't backup somewhere before you started to install twrp, because it won't boot into the os, that info's gone, and you have to go back to stock, to get rid of the garbage that would still be there from the failed attempt. Trying to install twrp, without doing that may corrupt your partitions, then it may get bricked beyond repair.
What are the necessary steps i have to follow?
Relock Bootloader?
Flash firmware.zip?
how do i flash stock rom?
Im not able to star my phone.
only workspace is recovery and ADB via PC...
Help please!
hello, i was wondering whether i could safely temporarily boot TWRP on my 6.0 android in order to root it. the phone's model name is e-boda eclipse g400m, and as far as i can tell there's no rooted rom for it out there, so as far as i know, that's the only way (i can't edit the rom because the programs take way too much space for my ssd).
to be more specific, my phone is not on the supported device list, but since it's "temporary" booting i assume it's safe to try without a chance of bricking my phone. however, i don't want to take the chance, so i decided to ask here first.
If the device has fastboot mode then you can use the boot option instead of the flash command to temporarily boot a recovery image.
yeah, i enabled fastboot, but i'm asking whether temporarilty booting in a custom recovery that most likely doesn't support my phone will brick it or not.
if recovery mode gets bricked and you have an unlocked bootloader, I don't think that would brick the whole device.
Just a little disclaimer: I am an ABSOLUTE NOOB at this stuff and I just followed tutorials and guides; no experience whatsoever and I badly need your help
It all started when I wanted to root my phone. So I decided to install a custom recovery on the phone first(CWM to be exact). I flashed the recovery.img file and soft bricked my phone. I managed to fix it easily just by erasing recovery by using adb. Afterwards, recovery was accessible again. Since I couldn't do it that way, I tried downloading the phone's latest firmware from ASUS' website and pulled the boot.img out of it and patched it with Magisk. Flashed it and boom, bricked my phone. I tried fixing it the same way I did with the recovery.img but it didn't work. I even tried erasing it and flashing the original boot.img file I pulled out of the firmware file I got from ASUS' website, but it wouldn't work; it would boot up, show the ASUS logo, then shut off. Please, tell me there's a way through this, and btw the phone's bootloader was unlocked for sure; I used ASUS bootloader unlocker from the website. I have all firmware files already downloaded in case I need 'em.
UPDATE: I flashed a boot.img form an older firmware file from the same website and it kinda worked. It boots now and it seems to be stuck on the Zenfone logo now :/
Hey. I remember that you can boot into adb mode and then do
adb sideload "yourfirmware.zip"
The instruction holds true for earlier zenfones. See if it works here.
I have the same phone, but is dead, no recovery, no fastboot mode, no screen.
What can i do?. My pc just detect QDloader driver help plz.
Try this
msoliveras said:
What can i do?. My pc just detect QDloader driver help plz.
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You need unbrick with: stock ROM
addrom.com/raw-rom-unbrick-for-asus-zenfone-live-l1-za550kl
QFIL program 1.0.0.2 versión
androidmtk.com/download-qualcomm-flash-image-loader-qfil
And valid version of QDloader driver
gsmusbdrivers.com/download/android-qualcomm-usb-driver
watch this video: youtube.com/watch?v=Ao5FB9mVZCU
Important if you zenfone live l1 is 2/3Gb Ram or is Go version 1Gb Ram to download correct stock ROM
Deceinard said:
Just a little disclaimer: I am an ABSOLUTE NOOB at this stuff and I just followed tutorials and guides; no experience whatsoever and I badly need your help
It all started when I wanted to root my phone. So I decided to install a custom recovery on the phone first(CWM to be exact). I flashed the recovery.img file and soft bricked my phone. I managed to fix it easily just by erasing recovery by using adb. Afterwards, recovery was accessible again. Since I couldn't do it that way, I tried downloading the phone's latest firmware from ASUS' website and pulled the boot.img out of it and patched it with Magisk. Flashed it and boom, bricked my phone. I tried fixing it the same way I did with the recovery.img but it didn't work. I even tried erasing it and flashing the original boot.img file I pulled out of the firmware file I got from ASUS' website, but it wouldn't work; it would boot up, show the ASUS logo, then shut off. Please, tell me there's a way through this, and btw the phone's bootloader was unlocked for sure; I used ASUS bootloader unlocker from the website. I have all firmware files already downloaded in case I need 'em.
UPDATE: I flashed a boot.img form an older firmware file from the same website and it kinda worked. It boots now and it seems to be stuck on the Zenfone logo now :/
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I had the same problem and qfil didn’t worked. Try mi flash tool( try all versions, because not all work). It was able to flash my phone.(zenfone l1)