Motorola XT 531, bricked? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello.
I have a Motorola XT531, rooted. I wanted to make a full backup and I installed ClockworkMod ROM Manager. When I expected the phone to reboot into recovery mode, the screen went completely blank.
I took off the battery and put it back. When I press the power button, the phone vibrates but nothing more happens, the screen stays blank. The same happens if I press and hold any of the three h/w buttons (volume +, vol -, camera) when powering on (I don't know exactly which one should enter recovery).
If I connect the phone to the PC thru the USB cable, it's not recognized ("adb devices" shows nothing attached).
So, is it bricked?

Done
I flashed a stock rom image and it's working now.

Help me!!!!!
How did you do?
Explain it, maybe I can repair my xt531
Thanks for your help

carperey said:
How did you do?
Explain it, maybe I can repair my xt531
Thanks for your help
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I've used RSD Lite to flash a stock SBF file.
There are several tutorials on how to use RSD Lite on these forums.
The SBF file I don't remember exactly where I got it from, it's the Brazil Retail version, and worked fine for me here in Argentina. In this thread there are some links to other SBF files from around the world: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1271114

Thanks you... but the RSD does not recognize the xt531:thumbup:
Enviado desde mi LG-C660h usando Tapatalk 2

carperey said:
Thanks you... but the RSD does not recognize the xt531:thumbup:
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Just in case... Don't forget to extract the .sbf file from the .rar/.zip archive you may have downloaded.

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droid razr stuck at boot logo

Ok so first off i rooted droid razr 2.3.6 and then i installed cwm recovery and tried to flash cm9 from droidhive.com so then i reboot the system and its stuck at the boot logo and i can turn it off but i have to hold volume down and volume up and power button. I can also boot into android recovery but not cwm recovery. HELP!
Beeyoth said:
Ok so first off i rooted droid razr 2.3.6 and then i installed cwm recovery and tried to flash cm9 from droidhive.com so then i reboot the system and its stuck at the boot logo and i can turn it off but i have to hold volume down and volume up and power button. I can also boot into android recovery but not cwm recovery. HELP!
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there is another forum which i posted for help check.....my razr is also on the same situation....
Maybe try this?
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/t...ootloopbad-flash-using-rsd-lite-and-fastboot/
blueis300 said:
Maybe try this?
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/t...ootloopbad-flash-using-rsd-lite-and-fastboot/
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didnt work
It will work if you had chosen the right package, just choose the original package of you phone, specified your model and region. Find out here
sbf.droid-developers.org
Then boot in AP Fastboot or some other, USB connected, then RSD Lite will show there was a device connected. unzip the package you downloaded, open the XXXXXXXX.xml in RSD Lite and click start.........After a little while, everything back to normal
loachh said:
It will work if you had chosen the right package, just choose the original package of you phone, specified your model and region. Find out here
sbf.droid-developers.org
Then boot in AP Fastboot or some other, USB connected, then RSD Lite will show there was a device connected. unzip the package you downloaded, open the XXXXXXXX.xml in RSD Lite and click start.........After a little while, everything back to normal
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Thank You! IT WORKED! I give you a thank you

[Q] Droid Razr stuck on motorola red logo no boot manager

Hello,
I've searched for help on this and can't seem to find any.
Problem: Motorola Razr is stuck on the red m logo, but I cannot boot into the boot menu to flash via RSD or anything. The logo is offset to the left a little and has a small 1-2 pixel high rainbow of colors across the bottom. When trying to boot into the menu with power and vol + & - it simply boots without a logo but still the small bar of colors.
Probable cause: Phone's screen wasn't turning on and the phone wouldn't turn off so I did the reset with vol up and power while the phone was still probably on. Before when my phone's button wasn't responsive i used that to reset it and it had worked.
Info on phone and rom:
Rom - Rage rom 2.2 upgraded from 2.1 (worked for the past two months fine)
Phones base version: 98.72.16 (the april JB release) flashed via droid razr utility
Safestrap version 3.11
What I've tried: was going to try rsd flashing but i can't reach the boot menu.
Basic summary: Stuck on M logo and can't get into boot menu or safestrap, after holding vol up + power while phone was on.
Going into the boit manager and flashing via rsd lite both are different .
For flashing via rsd lite ya need to switch off ya mobile and then press both volume down and volume up at same time and press power button then.
It ll take ya into the bootloader and then using power down come till 3rd option ap fastboot and then press power up to select that now connect ya phone to pc and then flash the fastboot using rsd lite
Edit : make sure ya have installed appropriate drivers to get recognise ya phone by rsd lite
Thanks!!
Please hit the thanks button if i helped ya in anyways !!!
I think i have the same problem
I had MIUI on my Razr and today i wanted to try CyanogenMod, so i downlaoded it and installed it with ClockWorkMod, then rebooted and struck in the big red M, and no way to access the boot manger because if i press volume up + volume down + power it reboot, show the big red M then black sceen, and if it's conneced to my pc it tryes to install some drivers bit it fail, but still black screen
Is it bricked? What can i do?
morphalex90 said:
I think i have the same problem
I had MIUI on my Razr and today i wanted to try CyanogenMod, so i downlaoded it and installed it with ClockWorkMod, then rebooted and struck in the big red M, and no way to access the boot manger because if i press volume up + volume down + power it reboot, show the big red M then black sceen, and if it's conneced to my pc it tryes to install some drivers bit it fail, but still black screen
Is it bricked? What can i do?
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Ya can't use boot manager and cwm recovery both . If ya want to use cwm ya need to remove all the files of bmm . Its just soft bricked not hard bricked so no need to worry just flash the appropriate fastboot file using rsd lite to get back to stock
Thats it
Edit : i think ya know the flashing method
Thanks!!
Please hit the thanks button if i helped ya in anyways !!!
anurag.dj2u said:
Ya can't use boot manager and cwm recovery both . If ya want to use cwm ya need to remove all the files of bmm . Its just soft bricked not hard bricked so no need to worry just flash the appropriate fastboot file using rsd lite to get back to stock
Thats it
Edit : i think ya know the flashing method
Thanks!!
Please hit the thanks button if i helped ya in anyways !!!
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Thanks for trying but I tried following your instructions to get into fast boot and the screen just goes dark. Also when plugging into my PC it pops up on windows' end saying that a USB device has malfunctioned. I think I may just get it replaced under warranty unless sometime soon I find out theres a new way to fix it. But yeah it seems its too hard to tell if I'm actually in fastboot or if its even getting there properly.
Thanks!
As far as i know ya have tried all the unbrick method , none of them seemed to work . I believe ya razr is not soft or hard bricked and its not software problem too . Its hardware problem ya need to take it to service centre because it may be LED problem
Thanks!!
Please hit the thanks button if i helped ya in anyways !!!
How I fixed my Motorola Razr i (Intel)
Hello guys,
Since my Motorola Razr i phone is a company phone where I receive my corporate emails, I wasn't allowed to root the phone whatsoever.
My phone got stuck on the Red Motorola logo under normal usage. One day I turned it off and when I turned it back on, I had this problem.
How I solved it:
1) Downloaded and installed RSD Lite 6.1.4 which worked on Windows 8.1. Ensure all drivers are installed and that nothing is undetected in Device Manager. #important
2) I am based in Germany and I had the Vodafone Retail (EU) version. So I downloaded "CFC_9.8.2I-50_SMI-26_S7_USASMIJBRTEU.xml.zip" from http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=13. This corresponds to Android 4.1.2 Retail Europe.
3) I booted the phone in Fastboot (Power + Vol down; after restart and little vibrate, release power, keep finger on Vol down.)
4) The phone was detected in RSD Lite. I chose the zip file, unpacked and flashed.
5) Done. Phone was fresh. No warranty was void, nothing was rooted. All good.
Hope that helps somebody out there!
Cheers,
Shailen.
I've got the same issue. Took the OTA (was on stock OTA, rooted). Not, nothing but moto-logo with the only working option being AP Fastboot. Tried script utility to bring back to 4.1.2, but it fails on writing system and boot (preflash validation failed FAILED (remote failure)).
Is there another way to get the stock images flashed on there?
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crazifuzzy said:
I've got the same issue. Took the OTA (was on stock OTA, rooted). Not, nothing but moto-logo with the only working option being AP Fastboot. Tried script utility to bring back to 4.1.2, but it fails on writing system and boot (preflash validation failed FAILED (remote failure)).
Is there another way to get the stock images flashed on there?
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Well, with RSDLite 6.1.6 and the most recent build from droid-developers . org I'm back in operation. Old version, wiped out, but at least I can make/receive phone calls.
How I got my Razr HD (XT925) Working! Flashed It WITHOUT LOSE ANY FILES!
I know this is a old thread, but if some one else falls here just like me, I had a problem with my XT925 too, and figured out that my only choice was to flash it up.
My phone was stuck in the red motorola logo, and it doesn't even tried to load the android.
After reading a lot of information and tried EVERYTHING, I fall here, and the comment of @shailentj saved my phone!
So I basically followed the steps that @shailentj posted in this very thread, with some differences.
1 - His link goes directly to Motorola RAZR i (XT890), but if you access ' sbf.droid-developers.org ' (I can't post links yet) you will be able to find your own model, which in my case was Razr HD (XT925).
2 - Extracted the whole firmware package (.zip file) and edited the .xml file, removing the "getvar" line. If you don't know what or how to do this, is just remove the line where you find the text "getvar". If you have trouble, just google it, there is a lot of information.
And finally, the reason I'm here. I found a way to don't delete USER DATA! My phone stuck, and I did't have any backup of my contacts (that is a lot of numbers) nor my files (photos, movies).
So I start to read the .xml file, and find a step "userdata", with operation "erase". This line says to erase the user's data partition, and in most cases, we don't want that.
Then, just remove the line in the xml written: " <step operation="erase" partition="userdata"/> ", and your files (may) not be erased!
4 - I start to flash, and then I got the infamous message "sistem_signature" failed. The solution was just download the last RSD I found (which in my case was 6.1.6).
5 - My phone restarts, with everything working great, system restored and ALL MY FILES AND CONTACT NUMBERS were there!
So very thank you @shailentj, your post really helped me a lot!
And yeah, you can flash your phone without lose any contacts or photos!
Now go, and spread the word!
pls i need a direct link to download the fastboot files for my droid razr xt912 verizon
my phone is brick and need to restore
da_proman said:
pls i need a direct link to download the fastboot files for my droid razr xt912 verizon
my phone is brick and need to restore
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http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=9
Sent from my Razr XT910
I need help. My Droid Razr M (XT907) has the red circle and M logo and frozen screen. Can not find anyone who will attempt to flash the phone, like in the method that vitox32 posted about. Like most I have alot of information that I do not want to loose. Can anyone help????
purdy64 said:
I need help. My Droid Razr M (XT907) has the red circle and M logo and frozen screen. Can not find anyone who will attempt to flash the phone, like in the method that vitox32 posted about. Like most I have alot of information that I do not want to loose. Can anyone help????
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try the correct forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-razr-m/help/qa-question-noob-friendly-t3142939
Sent from my XT1254 using XDA Labs

I guess I broke my XT910

Hi everyone,
I am writing in order to find a helping hint to rescue my Motorola Razr XT910...
I was just trying to install another ROM via BMM, wiped everything, tried to reboot to BMM again because I inserted a SD card...
Now it does not reboot anymore and does not show the BMM boot animation!
It shows the regular, red Motorola logo, and then nothing.. black..
What did I do wrong, or what can I do to revive it??? Is there any windows one click installer/tool/recovery program??
I have been using BMM for a while now and this never happened... I installed many roms but now it seems as if it is broken.
I would be so happy to get some hints. I haven't found some similar posts for this problem.
ejay
ejaybass said:
Hi everyone,
I am writing in order to find a helping hint to rescue my Motorola Razr XT910...
I was just trying to install another ROM via BMM, wiped everything, tried to reboot to BMM again because I inserted a SD card...
Now it does not reboot anymore and does not show the BMM boot animation!
It shows the regular, red Motorola logo, and then nothing.. black..
What did I do wrong, or what can I do to revive it??? Is there any windows one click installer/tool/recovery program??
I have been using BMM for a while now and this never happened... I installed many roms but now it seems as if it is broken.
I would be so happy to get some hints. I haven't found some similar posts for this problem.
ejay
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there isn't a script tool for the xt910 because there are too many firmwares. The motorola logo means your bootloader is there, the black screen after means there isn't a ROM for it to boot up. It is curious that BMM hijack isn't showing up though. Have you taken the sd card out and tried booting it up again?
Anyways make sure you can get into stock recovery, if so, find the correct firmware for your xt910 (it is region specific.)
reinstall it with RSD lite(make sure you have plenty of battery.) Reroot, Reinstall BMM and restore your backup.
Draxin said:
there isn't a script tool for the xt910 because there are too many firmwares. The motorola logo means your bootloader is there, the black screen after means there isn't a ROM for it to boot up. It is curious that BMM hijack isn't showing up though. Have you taken the sd card out and tried booting it up again?
Anyways make sure you can get into stock recovery, if so, find the correct firmware for your xt910 (it is region specific.)
reinstall it with RSD lite(make sure you have plenty of battery.) Reroot, Reinstall BMM and restore your backup.
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Thanks for your quick reply!
Right now I cannot get into ANY menu or something, I can press any button I want. After the "logo" it stays black. The phone also might not even be able to be connected to my computer. At least Microsoft Windows doesn't even show a new device when I connect it via USB, regardless if I have the correct drivers...
I dont know what to do... RSD didnt help me either. It wont find the phone...
ejaybass said:
Thanks for your quick reply!
Right now I cannot get into ANY menu or something, I can press any button I want. After the "logo" it stays black. The phone also might not even be able to be connected to my computer. At least Microsoft Windows doesn't even show a new device when I connect it via USB, regardless if I have the correct drivers...
I dont know what to do... RSD didnt help me either. It wont find the phone...
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What logo?There is no logo in recovery...
Press vol-,vol+ and power button at the same time to get into recovery,select the option AP Fastboot and then you connect it via usb.
Sent from my Razr XT910
welder73 said:
What logo?There is no logo in recovery...
Press vol-,vol+ and power button at the same time to get into recovery,select the option AP Fastboot and then you connect it via usb.
Sent from my Razr XT910
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Well, whenever you turn on your Razr, there is an initial red Motorola Logo. After that you usually touch the screen to boot into BMM (in case the green boot loader appears).
BUT... (of course I tried the VOL+ Vol- und Power button move) after rebooting it only shows the red Motorola Logo and then nothing but black.
ejaybass said:
Well, whenever you turn on your Razr, there is an initial red Motorola Logo. After that you usually touch the screen to boot into BMM (in case the green boot loader appears).
BUT... (of course I tried the VOL+ Vol- und Power button move) after rebooting it only shows the red Motorola Logo and then nothing but black.
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I know there is a logo when you turn on the phone normally but you should turn it off and then turn it on with those three buttons,it must boot into recovery...
Sent from my Razr XT910
welder73 said:
I know there is a logo when you turn on the phone normally but you should turn it off and then turn it on with those three buttons,it must boot into recovery...
Sent from my Razr XT910
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I have been trying this with these three buttons million times now. Until so far it always worked.. but now nothing happens anymore...
ejaybass said:
I have been trying this with these three buttons million times now. Until so far it always worked.. but now nothing happens anymore...
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How long are you holding them down.. it can take a good twenty-thirty seconds sometimes. Mine is also finicky if I don't press them all down at the exact same time, it wont let me in then either.
If your getting the boot logo it is just really hard to believe you dont have stock recovery... can the device charge? If you hook it to a computer do you get the white led?
While it is Flashing M LOGO.... just keep the VOLUME DOWN AND POWER KEY Pressed...till it Flashes and Shutsdown....and immediately let go the Buttons and Immediately Again press Both the buttons... VOL DOWN+POWER Key
when you get to the FASTBOOT mode
you can follow this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA8og7sbtBY
To unbrick your phone...Don't worry... its not broke
hrishi21007 said:
While it is Flashing M LOGO.... just keep the VOLUME DOWN AND POWER KEY Pressed...till it Flashes and Shutsdown....and immediately let go the Buttons and Immediately Again press Both the buttons... VOL DOWN+POWER Key
when you get to the FASTBOOT mode
you can follow this video
To unbrick your phone...Don't worry... its not broke
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Thanks a lot for your reply! This video gave me hope I will try this as soon as I can...
ejaybass said:
Thanks a lot for your reply! This video gave me hope I will try this as soon as I can...
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Now I am facing an issue that's really annoying. I can get into recovery (AP Fastboot) if the phone is connected to a power source. As soon as I unplug it, the screen turns black! When I connect the phone to my computer, the LED goes white and I cannot access AP Fastboot....
When no cable is connected to the phone I cannot access any recovery mode.
What is wrong here? Even if I connect the phone to the power source only, it shows the red Motorola logo all the time. It seems as if I cannot turn it off. Is there also a trick how to really turn it off and let the phone charge??

Blank screen after flashing SlimKat

Hi, I just started flashing for the first time.
I first did a root using EternityProject EasyRootICS v1.5.
Then I installed recovery Razr ClockWorkMod Touch 5.8.4.5 Black Edition and made a backup.
Then I flashed this rom ([ROM][4.4.4][AOSP][CDMA/GSM][Unofficial] SlimKat)
I did a clean install and after pressing reboot, it stays a blank screen. When I disconnect my USB, I hear the sound of a device disconnecting vice versa meaning my phone is still working??
My previous android was running 4.0.4.
Please help?
cheaterbug said:
Hi, I just started flashing for the first time.
I first did a root using EternityProject EasyRootICS v1.5.
Then I installed recovery Razr ClockWorkMod Touch 5.8.4.5 Black Edition and made a backup.
Then I flashed this rom ([ROM][4.4.4][AOSP][CDMA/GSM][Unofficial] SlimKat)
I did a clean install and after pressing reboot, it stays a blank screen. When I disconnect my USB, I hear the sound of a device disconnecting vice versa meaning my phone is still working??
My previous android was running 4.0.4.
Please help?
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I've tried holding the power button and volume down button. It manages to restart and I see my motorolo logo, and once it finishes loading, it goes back to blank screen again. My computer registers the device connected as it plays the sound, but the screen is still blank! Any help please?
cheaterbug said:
Hi, I just started flashing for the first time.
I first did a root using EternityProject EasyRootICS v1.5.
Then I installed recovery Razr ClockWorkMod Touch 5.8.4.5 Black Edition and made a backup.
Then I flashed this rom ([ROM][4.4.4][AOSP][CDMA/GSM][Unofficial] SlimKat)
I did a clean install and after pressing reboot, it stays a blank screen. When I disconnect my USB, I hear the sound of a device disconnecting vice versa meaning my phone is still working??
My previous android was running 4.0.4.
Please help?
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You shouldn't install CWM,you must install Safestrap or BootMenuManager.
I suggest you to go back to stock with RSD Lite and start over.
Sent from my Razr XT910
welder73 said:
You shouldn't install CWM,you must install Safestrap or BootMenuManager.
I suggest you to go back to stock with RSD Lite and start over.
Sent from my Razr XT910
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OMG Thanks for your reply! I've just looked into RSD Lite and I can't power off my phone... It is actually on, and when i press power and volume down, it restarts it! What do I do to enter RDS Lite?
Ok, I got it by holding power and volume down, and once it blacks out, let go of power button and hold volume up button..
Now onto RDS Lite, it's saying failed flashing process. 1/24 flash cdt.bin_signed -> Phone returned failed
cheaterbug said:
OMG Thanks for your reply! I've just looked into RSD Lite and I can't power off my phone... It is actually on, and when i press power and volume down, it restarts it! What do I do to enter RDS Lite?
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Shut it down and immediately press vol- vol + and power button.
Then with vol- button scroll to AP Fastboot mode and select it with vol+ button
Sent from my Razr XT910
welder73 said:
Shut it down and immediately press vol- vol + and power button.
Then with vol- button scroll to AP Fastboot mode and select it with vol+ button
Sent from my Razr XT910
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welder73!! Please don't leave me!!
I have already passed that step... Now RSD Lite is failing for me... Can you help me please? I'll tell you what is happening..
cheaterbug said:
welder73!! Please don't leave me!!
I have already passed that step... Now RSD Lite is failing for me... Can you help me please? I'll tell you what is happening..
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Which fastboot file you trying to flash? What is your region?
Sent from my Razr XT910
welder73 said:
Which fastboot file you trying to flash? What is your region?
Sent from my Razr XT910
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They are limiting how many messages I can post, only 1 post every 5 minutes!
My fast boot file I used is Blur_Version.982.124.18.XT910.Fido.en.CA. Is it alright if the phone was bought from Malaysia?
cheaterbug said:
They are limiting how many messages I can post, only 1 post every 5 minutes!
My fast boot file I used is Blur_Version.982.124.18.XT910.Fido.en.CA. Is it alright if the phone was bought from Malaysia?
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That is JB or ICS?
I don´t for sure what firmware is for your country,I searched a little just now,some people saying that this Android 4.0.4
Blur_Version.673.94.328.XT910.PSHAsiaRetail.en.03 is for Malaysia.
welder73 said:
That is JB or ICS?
I don´t for sure what firmware is for your country,I searched a little just now,some people saying that this Android 4.0.4
Blur_Version.673.94.328.XT910.PSHAsiaRetail.en.03 is for Malaysia.
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Thanks so much welder. I am downloading Blur_Version.673.94.328.XT910.PSHAsiaRetail.en.03 now. The one I downloaded fails at 6/24... I will try this one. Thank you so much for being with me... I would like to buy you a beer some time.

Hard Brick ?

Ok, I just want to know if my phone is hard bricked, or if I still have a chance...
I tried to install an update (121 to 170 for plk-l01) on my rooted phone, with local update. It didn't worked, twrp show errors everywhere, and after turning off know i can't access the recovery. when I press on vol+/- and power for 10-15 second, it vibrate but nothing else.
Is there anything I can do ? my phone isn't recognized by my computer, by the way...
Why you did that? You can't update rooted phone
Idiocrate said:
Ok, I just want to know if my phone is hard bricked, or if I still have a chance...
I tried to install an update (121 to 170 for plk-l01) on my rooted phone, with local update. It didn't worked, twrp show errors everywhere, and after turning off know i can't access the recovery. when I press on vol+/- and power for 10-15 second, it vibrate but nothing else.
Is there anything I can do ? my phone isn't recognized by my computer, by the way...
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Try to boot into fastboot (phone turned off - connect with data usb to the computer - vol down + power on). Extract rom which is currently installed or higher (for your respective model) and flash from it:
fastboot.exe flash boot BOOT.img
fastboot.exe flash recovery RECOVERY.img
fastboot.exe flash cust CUST.img
fastboot.exe flash system SYSTEM.img
Reboot.
piskr said:
Try to boot into fastboot (phone turned off - connect with data usb to the computer - vol down + power on). Extract rom which is currently installed or higher (for your respective model) and flash from it:
fastboot.exe flash boot BOOT.img
fastboot.exe flash recovery RECOVERY.img
fastboot.exe flash cust CUST.img
fastboot.exe flash system SYSTEM.img
Reboot.
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Thanks, but unfortunately, it just 'boot' as others reboots. it vibrates, doesn't get recognize and doesn't turn on...
If anyone have any clue on how to force recognizing the phone storage, it might really help ^^
That is what my phone is doing, I tried to upgrade to marshmallow though with no root!! I put the zip in the dload folder and went through the upgrade process everything went through the phone rebooted and now its dead. Blank screen and if you hold power after a few seconds it will vibrate but that is it. I presume its hard bricked? no matter what combo of buttons I press I cannot get it in to fastboot.
james194zt said:
That is what my phone is doing, I tried to upgrade to marshmallow though with no root!! I put the zip in the dload folder and went through the upgrade process everything went through the phone rebooted and now its dead. Blank screen and if you hold power after a few seconds it will vibrate but that is it. I presume its hard bricked? no matter what combo of buttons I press I cannot get it in to fastboot.
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ok I'm looking for a solution for hours now... so I just lokked how works our phone and I think the trouble must be in the preloader, because I can't even make my phone being recognized by any computer and I can't access to recovery.
I found this :
http://www.droidgyan.com/soft-brick-vs-hard-bricked-vs-broken/
Which could help. I'll leave that topic on for some days (if it could help someone) and I'll open a new one to know if there is any easier solution ! thanks and good luck.
I sorted mine, it was only 2 days old so I got it replaced by the shop I bought it on. I would say it was something like a pre loader from what I saw. I have never bricked an Android phone and I must have had 15-20 of them since my first HTC Magic and before that Windows Mobile which again I messed with tons reloading with all sorts of ROM's!! These phones are wayyyy too sensitive to being messed with, I always remember though that you never mess with the boot loaders, but it looks like these updates do to get it bricked to that point.
Idiocrate said:
Thanks, but unfortunately, it just 'boot' as others reboots. it vibrates, doesn't get recognize and doesn't turn on...
If anyone have any clue on how to force recognizing the phone storage, it might really help ^^
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Do you have adb debugging activated on the phone? Did you try to hold phone buttons long enough?
piskr said:
Do you have adb debugging activated on the phone? Did you try to hold phone buttons long enough?
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Euuum..... maybe yes ? I used fastboot but I don't think it really matters now, there's nothing working on it. And I've sometimes hold the buttons for 30-40 second while praying lol
korenisko said:
Why you did that? You can't update rooted phone
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local update
I just hard bricked my Honor 7 the same way. Is there really no solution? Other China-Phones are pretty much unbrickable, since you can always fix it via the preloader. No such luck here? Back to the shop and hope they actually replace it? While I admit it was stupid to just hastily start the OTA while having twrp and not stock recovery (no root, though), this is a terrible design flaw on Huaweis side.
Anyway... any hope or no chance?
i just hard bricked my honor 7 PLK-L01
it the same thing it is doing . not recognized by the computer
tried all the combination of buttons. but no hope
and it only vibrates when tried to turn on
Need urgent help please
@Idiocrate try to boot into bootloader mode just by pressing Vol DOWN button and simultaneously connecting it to a PC, don't press Power button, if it boots into it, then follow the method given by @piskr in third post.

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