Hey peeps, i also have this cricket version and I am currently trying to get some of the secure checks off, and I came across an apk that is normally only available to chinese customers, I guess they have to allow bootloader unlocks, so I ran across this file and installed it it opens and seems to have allowed for custom boot image, which if correct is good news, however I flashed an unofficial recovery just to see how that went and still got the secure check error but only on recovery this time, which i also discovered if you get this error while testing a recovery don't fret you have a couple of options the easiest for me i found that once you get that message reboot into download mode by holding power/vol down/home button once it starts to boot release power while still holding the other buttons then when prompted press volume up to enter download mode from here you can reflash the original recovery orrrrr their seems to be a loophole in the secure check here that i have found to be handy. you can just hold power from here as if you will reboot while having the phone plugged up to usb power mine was on pc usb. As soon as phone vibrates let go of power you should now be at the charging screen wait til you get the grahpic of the battery actually charging now hold power again to reboot seems to work. Now below I will post link to the apk i used for bootloader unlock, I am interested to see if other peeps have success with the cricket version, so we can move on to cracking the remaining checks to get a custom recovery on this device. This CROM does for sure work on some S6 devices and it looks like it does on ours too, but for whatever reason i still get checks for recovery anyhow a more experienced dev if you have this device please take a look and see for yourself.
I also wanted to know if this would possibly work if I was to unpack the recovery.img from a custom recovery then repack and sign using the releasekey.x509.pem contained in /etc/security/otacerts.zip? Would it show up as authorized then perhaps? From download mode currently my readout is current binary: custom
current status: custom
Reacvtivation lock: OFF
Qualcomm secureboot: Enable (CSB)
Secure Download : Enabled
so i guess the apk is not working afterall, but maybe someone can decompile it like im about to do just to see if their is another method hidden within.
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i found that once you get that message reboot into download mode by holding power/vol down/home button once it starts to boot release power while still holding the other buttons then when prompted press volume up to enter download mode from here you can reflash the original recovery orrrrr their seems to be a loophole in the secure check here that i have found to be handy. you can just hold power from here as if you will reboot while having the phone plugged up to usb power mine was on pc usb. As soon as phone vibrates let go of power you should now be at the charging screen wait til you get the grahpic of the battery actually charging now hold power again to reboot seems to work.
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YES - now THAT is handy... THANK YOU... best bit of "fool the machine" that I've come across... very helpful - not sure how you stumbled upon it but great find... thanks again...
Stumbled I did indeed lmao dumb luck really. I do however see this as a potential security hole which should be explored by someone more knowledgeable than myself.
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Stumbled I did indeed lmao dumb luck really. I do however see this as a potential security hole which should be explored by someone more knowledgeable than myself.
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that's funny, however->> potential security hole = potential exploit...
I'll take it if it's a "get in anyway I can" - could prove very useful... dummy up about it, as you have to be physically local to run it (if it is) an exploit - not something that can be implemented remotely, as far as I can tell...
why do you the think they call it ROOT - ing... savvy?...
this is a good thing for us on this side of the phone...
Ya you can also just pull battery. Plug in charger wait for charging graphics then turn on I think as well....also another tidbit I zeroed my sec partition and it did not brick...all is well I did this to see what happened when entering download more but nothing was different I had viewed it in a hex editor and it had in plain text stuff about download mode and security checks I thought it may be the download mode partition however it is not I'm not sure what purpose it served if nothing else you can gain a small bit of space by doing so.
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I'm trying to get all apks from variants that allowed oem unlock from settings/developer settings I think of we can trash our settings and replace with those we may be in business without having to hex edit the aboot and/or boot. I was lookin through some database files as well and I think something I read may be telling the byte that controls security checks not completely sure just yet but it sure seems that way...also I think if we could change the csc app to a diferent variants it could be needed. Not sure but just a few ideas.
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I too have the SM-530A with 5.1.1 and have been looking for about a month now for ways to unlock the bootloader and root. I am far from a developer and know some about rooting as I have done several HTC phones , which are considerably easier than Samsung. I found a forum called GSM, there I found some links to the stock firmware , stock kernel and other firmwares. They are also available for a cost at another site but can't remember. I do have them on file on my computer .There is another system that is supposed to root and unlock the bootloader called , Samsung Octoplus which is a small box connected to the PC and software used. Possibly there is someone on this forum that knows of that system and might have it . I have semi rooted with KingRoot .apk and flashed the stock kernel with flashify following some instructions from a contributor at the GSM forum, but failed to get a custom recovery on. I still get the same thing in download mode or odin mode of the fastboot stops working there and get "waiting on any devices".
Now can any one here add to this? Seems most any of the variants of the SM-530 can be unlocked and rooted except this one .
Well I do have full root on mine but bootloader is locked up the octoplus is for numerous uses for multiple devices it can revive bricked devices and unlock some etc. Not sure about its use for unlocking the bootloader though.
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Well I do have full root on mine but bootloader is locked up the octoplus is for numerous uses for multiple devices it can revive bricked devices and unlock some etc. Not sure about its use for unlocking the bootloader though.
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I guess though if you brick it in process of trying to unlock then at least you can recover it
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Well I do have full root on mine but bootloader is locked up the octoplus is for numerous uses for multiple devices it can revive bricked devices and unlock some etc. Not sure about its use for unlocking the bootloader though.
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toxinburn, would you please explain the process for the custom recovery and what did you use? I tried all of the TWRP's and CWM's that I could find none would flash, and too the process for superSU , that I could not get my phone would not allow any of the above and give all kinds of errors but would never lock up.
I just followed the root guide in forums but as far as a custom recovery we can't use until we get the bootloader unlocked
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I may end up getting a octoplus box just so I can safely experiment more because it looks like we will require a dirty method of unlocking which requires hex editing the factory images like aboot and boot.
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Okay so how are you supposed to make this work just download the APK open it press ok and then go straight to download mode I'm not sure exactly what you're supposed to do after opening the APK you provided explain
I have successfully rooted, unlocked bootloader and flashed stock kernel using Odin.
How did u manage that can u share what was done...
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I have successfully rooted, unlocked bootloader and flashed stock kernel using Odin.
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still no sign of unlocking the bootloader?
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so i recently acquired a tracfone branded mega. i popped it open and saw i527 marking on the MB and DB so i though it was just a rebranded att mega but its not. i tried rooting with kingo and no go, it just fails every time. Has anyone dealt with this phone as of yet? there is no info off of google or anywhere. the phone is a SM-S780L
any help would be useful.
You need to enable dev mode and then usb debugging
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this isnt my first android phone i have rooted, so i know that it needs to have USB debug turned on.
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so i recently acquired a tracfone branded mega. i popped it open and saw i527 marking on the MB and DB so i though it was just a rebranded att mega but its not. i tried rooting with kingo and no go, it just fails every time. Has anyone dealt with this phone as of yet? there is no info off of google or anywhere. the phone is a SM-S780L
any help would be useful.
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Sounds like a Korean model to me and all the info I seen on this is that it is not launched yet..could you take some pics of this phone as rooting it could be harder to do...unless you try the recoveries from @Silesh.Nair post in his signature as you can use odin and see if it will work that way.
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https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vobhp9lps2yw3ep/AADpr-LjrhZSqubYNGhND7oOa
here are a few pictures. also, its on 4.2.2 and it has knox security
besides kingo what other ways are there to root? the Odin files you mentioned only?
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https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vobhp9lps2yw3ep/AADpr-LjrhZSqubYNGhND7oOa
here are a few pictures. also, its on 4.2.2 and it has knox security
besides kingo what other ways are there to root? the Odin files you mentioned only?
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Check this link here and go into the recoveries folder and choose which recovery you want to use and get the .tar file of the recovery you choose and flash that .tar file with odin..theae are from @Silesh.Nair stuff.
See how those recoveries will work for you to root the device.
Oh and by the looks of your pics you should not have knox..butt the kernel it shows it might have knox though as it looks the same as mine..as a way to check that is go into the download mode by having phone off and hold the power and vol-down button until the phone vibrates and release and when the warning screen appears push the vol-up button and you should now be in the download mode and see if there are two lines that have one line that says knox kernel and other line says knox warranty appear..if not then knox is not present in your phone.
If the above key combo does not work include pressing the home key with the other two at the same time.
i uploaded a pic of my download screen to https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vobhp9lps2yw3ep/AADpr-LjrhZSqubYNGhND7oOa , and there is know kernel and warranty lines.
so if i install one of the recoveries and it doesnt work, could i be screwed since there arnt any tar files of this phones original recovery, right?
also, how could i pull the complete firmware/kernal/tar from this phone to upload and share it.
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i uploaded a pic of my download screen to https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vobhp9lps2yw3ep/AADpr-LjrhZSqubYNGhND7oOa , and there is know kernel and warranty lines.
so if i install one of the recoveries and it doesnt work, could i be screwed since there arnt any tar files of this phones original recovery, right?
also, how could i pull the complete firmware/kernal/tar from this phone to upload and share it.
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hi, did u ever get to unlock the phone ?
No i have not been able to unlock. I ordered a unlock code and still it will not accept it. Im guessing it could be cdma like sprint with a sim port. Its weird since it has att model marking on the motherboard.
Hello,
I just jumped on a good deal for Xperia Z5 (E5823) with software issue. Device boots up to the Xperia logo screen and hags there. I am preparing myself for flashing but hoping a simple hard reset might solve the problem. What should my steps be? I already downloaded Flashtool and did some reading on the forum to get myself familiar with the process. Looks like I will need to download FTF file (I am in US, prefer to have unbranded with minimal carrier bloat) and can use your advice on which version/file to start with. Ideally I would want to root as well, but for now more concerned about restoring back to stock. I did read that Lollipop has a better performance, but open to suggestions for whatever is easier/stable. Any guidance/advice is appreciated (with links to tools or downloads if avail). Is there a way to tell what version # along with region/customization I have installed now?! Should I try the Sony Companion software?
For the record, I have successfully flashed custom ROMS on various Samsung/LG devices, as well as Nexus 4/5. Therefore, feel pretty confident this should not be impossible or any harder. Thanks A LOT.
An update after spending few hours yesterday. PC Companion doesn't recognize the phone when attempting to repair (Vol down + insert USB). It did install few drivers when connected to PC, and it looks like the phone does go into flashmode (as indicated by LED staying green). Then tried the Flashtool, created FTF file (based on tutorial at XperiaBlog) and again the same thing, can't get the phone to be recognized in flashmode. It does respond in fastboot mode and able to get some identifying information. I couldn't find any information on how to flash system, kernel, etc through fastboot (was hoping to use the Flashtool FastBoot mode option, but picking corresponding SIN files resulted is fail errors). I am afraid that flashmode might not work for me as the phone might not have USB debugging enabled (not sure what was done to it and who had it prior).
Are the other alternatives/methods I should try? I wish there was a way to send flash commands from ADB command prompt (like with Nexus phones) and from fastboot mode. Any ideas? Really love the phone, though and want to get it repaired to replace my huge LG! Thanks everyone.
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An update after spending few hours yesterday. PC Companion doesn't recognize the phone when attempting to repair (Vol down + insert USB). It did install few drivers when connected to PC, and it looks like the phone does go into flashmode (as indicated by LED staying green). Then tried the Flashtool, created FTF file (based on tutorial at XperiaBlog) and again the same thing, can't get the phone to be recognized in flashmode. It does respond in fastboot mode and able to get some identifying information. I couldn't find any information on how to flash system, kernel, etc through fastboot (was hoping to use the Flashtool FastBoot mode option, but picking corresponding SIN files resulted is fail errors). I am afraid that flashmode might not work for me as the phone might not have USB debugging enabled (not sure what was done to it and who had it prior).
Are the other alternatives/methods I should try? I wish there was a way to send flash commands from ADB command prompt (like with Nexus phones) and from fastboot mode. Any ideas? Really love the phone, though and want to get it repaired to replace my huge LG! Thanks everyone.
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Why couldn't you use adb? I use it to flash the recovery every once in a while, I hate flash tool. It took me a good 4 different PCs before I found one it would work on
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Why couldn't you use adb? I use it to flash the recovery every once in a while, I hate flash tool. It took me a good 4 different PCs before I found one it would work on
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I gladly would, except that I am not very comfortable using it due to lack of experience and available zips for my Z5 compact. Can you point me to that info and how to make zips to flash and what to start with? I am willing to try it.
Also, how can I check if my boot loader is unlocked? Can't seemed to find a command to use. Thanks again.
Any pointers for zips or how to flash a rom through fastboot? Thanks.
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Any pointers for zips or how to flash a rom through fastboot? Thanks.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112
We have a couple aosp Roms available to flash, I'd try cm13. I don't know if you've tried to unlock your bootloader yet or not but you should try that. You could also try flashing zombie kernal and see if that'd boot up.
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Why couldn't you use adb? I use it to flash the recovery every once in a while, I hate flash tool. It took me a good 4 different PCs before I found one it would work on
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civicsr2cool said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112
We have a couple aosp Roms available to flash, I'd try cm13. I don't know if you've tried to unlock your bootloader yet or not but you should try that. You could also try flashing zombie kernal and see if that'd boot up.
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Thanks for the reply and guidance. I would prefer to stick with Stock Xperia software and launcher. From my experience, CM tends to be buggy and I need full stable functionality with max battery (hoping to give Stamina a test). I am not sure if the bootloader is unlocked and don't want to mess with it unless I absolutely have to (does unlocking BL still messes with DRM keys for camera processing?) Wish I could see if it is unlocked somehow, maybe someone tried to flash/root it and messed up the bootloader somehow.
I will look at zombie kernel (does it need unlocked bootloader or recovery to flash, will it work with stock ROM?) Thanks again for your help.
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Thanks for the reply and guidance. I would prefer to stick with Stock Xperia software and launcher. From my experience, CM tends to be buggy and I need full stable functionality with max battery (hoping to give Stamina a test). I am not sure if the bootloader is unlocked and don't want to mess with it unless I absolutely have to (does unlocking BL still messes with DRM keys for camera processing?) Wish I could see if it is unlocked somehow, maybe someone tried to flash/root it and messed up the bootloader somehow.
I will look at zombie kernel (does it need unlocked bootloader or recovery to flash, will it work with stock ROM?) Thanks again for your help.
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I'm only trying to suggest things that could get the phone working again not permanent solutions lol I don't run cm13 yet as it's definitely not refined. Flashing a stock ftf should be able to bring you to complete original specs without unlocking bootloader or anything.
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I'm only trying to suggest things that could get the phone working again not permanent solutions lol I don't run cm13 yet as it's definitely not refined. Flashing a stock ftf should be able to bring you to complete original specs without unlocking bootloader or anything.
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Lol, I understand now. It looks like the bootloader might still be locked as I am unable to flash zombie kernel (command: "fastboot flash boot boot.img" results in sending OK, but Failed: remote command not allowed). Looks like I am stuck to trying to unlock a bootloader to keep trying to revive the phone. Just bothers me that I can't get into Flashmode (even after installing drivers that come with Flashtool). Could this be because the phone might not have USB debugging enabled? Is there a way to try to flash the stock through fastboot (as zip) instead of ftf?
My big concern is loosing TA partition and associated DRM keys (any way to back it up from fastboot or toolkit?). Or is that not a factor with the hack available now? Sorry for all these questions, just getting more and more frustrated with this.
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Lol, I understand now. It looks like the bootloader might still be locked as I am unable to flash zombie kernel (command: "fastboot flash boot boot.img" results in sending OK, but Failed: remote command not allowed). Looks like I am stuck to trying to unlock a bootloader to keep trying to revive the phone. Just bothers me that I can't get into Flashmode (even after installing drivers that come with Flashtool). Could this be because the phone might not have USB debugging enabled? Is there a way to try to flash the stock through fastboot (as zip) instead of ftf?
My big concern is loosing TA partition and associated DRM keys (any way to back it up from fastboot or toolkit?). Or is that not a factor with the hack available now? Sorry for all these questions, just getting more and more frustrated with this.
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Come to think of it without getting into the phone to enable unlocking the bootloader I don't think you would even be able to do that. Even if the drivers weren't installed the phone should go into flash mode. I had a hard time with my first attempt with flash tool at getting into flash mode. If you hold power and volume up you should be able to power down the phone completely then hold volume up while plugging in. The problem I had was my PC has a few different USB ports and I was using one that was meant for charging and it wouldn't go into flash mode, tried a different port and it went well after that.
Failed: remote command not allowed ???
This error is because you have not enabled OEM Unlocking from the Developer Option.
If you have enabled it but still receiving the error then you have not unlocked bootloader properly.
There is no need to unlock bootloader for flashing official sony firmwares. It is pretty simple. If you are facing any problems then please feel free to message me.
my email : [email protected]
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Looks like this phone got the dreaded sleep of death bug (won't turn on at all, no matter which combination of buttons I press). Had it on the charger for last 3 days (no led indicators at all and no vibrations), so I got a brick now. Any ideas? This phone should still be under warranty (manufactored week 9 of 2016), but Sony USA refuses to service International phones in their facility. Learned that based on IMEI, this is a Hong Kong version and they want an invoice from authorized dealer for warranty work. Are there are other countries that honor warranty without checking invoice (go by date of manufactoring?) I had Moto and LG repaired before just based on age of phone, no invoice needed. This is my last resort option (to attempt sending in for service).
coolmen777 said:
Looks like this phone got the dreaded sleep of death bug (won't turn on at all, no matter which combination of buttons I press). Had it on the charger for last 3 days (no led indicators at all and no vibrations), so I got a brick now. Any ideas? This phone should still be under warranty (manufactored week 9 of 2016), but Sony USA refuses to service International phones in their facility. Learned that based on IMEI, this is a Hong Kong version and they want an invoice from authorized dealer for warranty work. Are there are other countries that honor warranty without checking invoice (go by date of manufactoring?) I had Moto and LG repaired before just based on age of phone, no invoice needed. This is my last resort option (to attempt sending in for service).
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search on here for a thread about flashing the wrong ftf onto the phone, I think op used a tablet ftf and had teh same results and had to send to sony
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/z5-compact/help/flashed-wrong-mm-rom-phone-dead-help-t3330929
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search on here for a thread about flashing the wrong ftf onto the phone, I think op used a tablet ftf and had teh same results and had to send to sony
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/z5-compact/help/flashed-wrong-mm-rom-phone-dead-help-t3330929
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Thanks, not very encouraging given the fact that Sony USA supposedly doesn't currently have a service center to repair international phones (closed their TX center). Are there other countries (Canada or UK) which have less stringent policies of needing invoice (for proof of purchase) and can simply go off of manufacture date from the IMEI or device info? Thanks again.
I started out rooting my phone and installed TWRP and Cyanogenmod. Everything was working fine. I play Pokemon GO and I noticed it did not work after an update because my device was rooted. So I had the dumb idea to unroot my phone. No big deal right? Wrong. So now my phone is no longer rooted. Next I attempted to put the stock firmware back on my phone so I got a few images and zips and attempted to install them. They kept failing but at some point I must have accidentally deleted the boot or something because now when I turn on my phone it immediately goes to a green screen with a red rectangle at the top and a blue rectangle at the bottom. It stays there for maybe a second and then goes to a screen that is black and at the top in blue letters it says "Boot image verify failed!" and under that in white text it says "Please update to the authorized images." After about a minute it changes to the Huawei eRecovery screen where it says EMUI at the center and says "Download latest version and recovery" but every time I try that it fails. I have attempted to research how to fix this online but every potential solution requires I have a rooted device or be able to actually access my phone but I don't have a rooted device and I have no way of using my phone. I am able to get to the Android fastboot and rescue screen but again, it doesn't seem like it matters since my phone is locked and everything I've seen thus far that involves unlocking or resolving my issue, requires I either have access to the phone or have an unlocked device. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I hope you guys can help me.
P.S. I literally just now made my xda account to inquire about my situation. I apologize in advance if I am breaking any kind of policy or posting this in the wrong section or something.
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I started out rooting my phone and installed TWRP and Cyanogenmod. Everything was working fine. I play Pokemon GO and I noticed it did not work after an update because my device was rooted. So I had the dumb idea to unroot my phone. No big deal right? Wrong. So now my phone is no longer rooted. Next I attempted to put the stock firmware back on my phone so I got a few images and zips and attempted to install them. They kept failing but at some point I must have accidentally deleted the boot or something because now when I turn on my phone it immediately goes to a green screen with a red rectangle at the top and a blue rectangle at the bottom. It stays there for maybe a second and then goes to a screen that is black and at the top in blue letters it says "Boot image verify failed!" and under that in white text it says "Please update to the authorized images." After about a minute it changes to the Huawei eRecovery screen where it says EMUI at the center and says "Download latest version and recovery" but every time I try that it fails. I have attempted to research how to fix this online but every potential solution requires I have a rooted device or be able to actually access my phone but I don't have a rooted device and I have no way of using my phone. I am able to get to the Android fastboot and rescue screen but again, it doesn't seem like it matters since my phone is locked and everything I've seen thus far that involves unlocking or resolving my issue, requires I either have access to the phone or have an unlocked device. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I hope you guys can help me.
P.S. I literally just now made my xda account to inquire about my situation. I apologize in advance if I am breaking any kind of policy or posting this in the wrong section or something.
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You need device serial, IMEI and device id to get an unlock code from Huawei.
IMEI and serial, should be on the side of the box and for device id, you can go to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/general/bricked-honor-7-honor-6-id-t3468333/page1
But better still, download the latest firmware for your phone, extract to get dload folder containing UPDATE.APP . Copy dload folder to the root of an SD card.
Insert it on your phone. Hold power+vol up+ vol down until the phone reboots. Let go of power but keep other two pressed for 5 sec more. Your device should start a forced update. If it does not work, unlock bootloader as mentioned above and flash images manually.
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You need device serial, IMEI and device id to get an unlock code from Huawei.
IMEI and serial, should be on the side of the box and for device id, you can go to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/general/bricked-honor-7-honor-6-id-t3468333/page1
But better still, download the latest firmware for your phone, extract to get dload folder containing UPDATE.APP . Copy dload folder to the root of an SD card.
Insert it on your phone. Hold power+vol up+ vol down until the phone reboots. Let go of power but keep other two pressed for 5 sec more. Your device should start a forced update. If it does not work, unlock bootloader as mentioned above and flash images manually.
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Exactly what muradulislam said, is a good method I had a similar issue about a month ago. Get the appropriate download for your firmware, extract the UPDATE.APP, place UPDATE.APP in the root of a fat32 formatted SD card and force the update as he described. You will be back at stock with the unlocked bootloader. From there you should be able to use ADB to flash TWRP and subsequently SuperSU binaries to your stock.
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You need device serial, IMEI and device id to get an unlock code from Huawei.
IMEI and serial, should be on the side of the box and for device id, you can go to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/general/bricked-honor-7-honor-6-id-t3468333/page1
But better still, download the latest firmware for your phone, extract to get dload folder containing UPDATE.APP . Copy dload folder to the root of an SD card.
Insert it on your phone. Hold power+vol up+ vol down until the phone reboots. Let go of power but keep other two pressed for 5 sec more. Your device should start a forced update. If it does not work, unlock bootloader as mentioned above and flash images manually.
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I have already attempted to get the unlock code from Huawei. I have done it before, that is how I unlocked in the first place. However, the unlock code I got before did not work to unlock it this time so like I said, I tried going through that process again. It was asking for Model Number and Product ID, both of which are obtained from having the phone on and using the dial pad, which again, I cannot do because I cannot get past the boot stuff I mentioned. I can try the other idea you mentioned, I really hope it works.
muradulislam said:
You need device serial, IMEI and device id to get an unlock code from Huawei.
IMEI and serial, should be on the side of the box and for device id, you can go to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/general/bricked-honor-7-honor-6-id-t3468333/page1
But better still, download the latest firmware for your phone, extract to get dload folder containing UPDATE.APP . Copy dload folder to the root of an SD card.
Insert it on your phone. Hold power+vol up+ vol down until the phone reboots. Let go of power but keep other two pressed for 5 sec more. Your device should start a forced update. If it does not work, unlock bootloader as mentioned above and flash images manually.
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I also clicked on that link and attempted to download the hacker toolkit but it did not work. After downloading and attempting to open I get this error: "Windows cannot open the folder."
"The Compressed (zipped) Folder 'C:\Users\BCNgu\Downloads\Huawei Hacker Toolkit v1.4.zip' is invalid."
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I have already attempted to get the unlock code from Huawei. I have done it before, that is how I unlocked in the first place. However, the unlock code I got before did not work to unlock it this time so like I said, I tried going through that process again. It was asking for Model Number and Product ID, both of which are obtained from having the phone on and using the dial pad, which again, I cannot do because I cannot get past the boot stuff I mentioned. I can try the other idea you mentioned, I really hope it works.
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please post a photo of the bootloader screen that says your bootloader is locked
and explain what you did to get it that way. unrooting the phone will not relock the bootloader
bcnguyen said:
I also clicked on that link and attempted to download the hacker toolkit but it did not work. After downloading and attempting to open I get this error: "Windows cannot open the folder."
"The Compressed (zipped) Folder 'C:\Users\BCNgu\Downloads\Huawei Hacker Toolkit v1.4.zip' is invalid."
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I will upload the unzipped file then in the evening... Check back again please...
(Uploaded the unzipped installer)
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bcnguyen said:
I also clicked on that link and attempted to download the hacker toolkit but it did not work. After downloading and attempting to open I get this error: "Windows cannot open the folder."
"The Compressed (zipped) Folder 'C:\Users\BCNgu\Downloads\Huawei Hacker Toolkit v1.4.zip' is invalid."
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I just attempted to download and open it again and got the same exact message.
clsA said:
please post a photo of the bootloader screen that says your bootloader is locked
and explain what you did to get it that way. unrooting the phone will not relock the bootloader
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I did explain in the initial post.
bcnguyen said:
I did explain in the initial post.
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There are two files there, one is zipped and one unzipped... Both are not working for you?
I double checked them myself and another user did the same.
I can't say what's the problem when you download it...
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muradulislam said:
You need device serial, IMEI and device id to get an unlock code from Huawei.
IMEI and serial, should be on the side of the box and for device id, you can go to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/general/bricked-honor-7-honor-6-id-t3468333/page1
But better still, download the latest firmware for your phone, extract to get dload folder containing UPDATE.APP . Copy dload folder to the root of an SD card.
Insert it on your phone. Hold power+vol up+ vol down until the phone reboots. Let go of power but keep other two pressed for 5 sec more. Your device should start a forced update. If it does not work, unlock bootloader as mentioned above and flash images manually.
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your google drive file is corrupt, you can attach it to your post here on xda
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bcnguyen said:
I did explain in the initial post.
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your OP never states that you relocked the bootloader
Please post the photo of your phone in the bootloader
and the command screen where you tried to reflash TWRP
muradulislam said:
You need device serial, IMEI and device id to get an unlock code from Huawei.
IMEI and serial, should be on the side of the box and for device id, you can go to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/general/bricked-honor-7-honor-6-id-t3468333/page1
But better still, download the latest firmware for your phone, extract to get dload folder containing UPDATE.APP . Copy dload folder to the root of an SD card.
Insert it on your phone. Hold power+vol up+ vol down until the phone reboots. Let go of power but keep other two pressed for 5 sec more. Your device should start a forced update. If it does not work, unlock bootloader as mentioned above and flash images manually.
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I just tried the dload folder method you explained and it worked. Thank you so much.
bcnguyen said:
I just tried the dload folder method you explained and it worked. Thank you so much.
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My pleasure. Enjoy...
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Since it's solved, can someone change the title of this thread?!
PalakMi said:
Since it's solved, can someone change the title of this thread?!
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Well I solved my initial issue but another thing is still happening. I can now get into my phone but I still get that green screen with the red and blue rectangles initially on bootup. I'm not sure how to get that to go away
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My pleasure. Enjoy...
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well I spoke too soon. I was able to get back to using my phone using your method but I still get that green screen with the red and blue rectangles on boot up. I'm not sure how to get that to go away. It stays on that for a few seconds then goes to the honor splash screen and boots as normal but it's irritating seeing that every time. On another note, I was thinking if I unlock it that would solve it but I went to the huawei site to unlock and went through the whole process and when it told me to use the 357946 code to obtain the product ID it did nothing for me except pull up a blank white screen.
That's weird
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well I spoke too soon. I was able to get back to using my phone using your method but I still get that green screen with the red and blue rectangles on boot up. I'm not sure how to get that to go away. It stays on that for a few seconds then goes to the honor splash screen and boots as normal but it's irritating seeing that every time. On another note, I was thinking if I unlock it that would solve it but I went to the huawei site to unlock and went through the whole process and when it told me to use the 357946 code to obtain the product ID it did nothing for me except pull up a blank white screen.
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Any other instances of the red and blue rectangles except boot up?
Do you think that screen splash is because of all the tinkering or may be, (someone may be able to confirm) the boot animation file is corrupt?
Try searching a method to change your boot animation without root? If it still stays, at least we can rule out this possibility...
(I am just Troubleshooting so I may be wrong)
And as for Huawei unlock code, many users reported captcha bugs (captcha did not show up) but never this problem?
Give it a try or two more and then contact Huawei customer service via email to get the unlock code (specifying that the website did not work for you).
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bcnguyen said:
I also clicked on that link and attempted to download the hacker toolkit but it did not work. After downloading and attempting to open I get this error: "Windows cannot open the folder."
"The Compressed (zipped) Folder 'C:\Users\BCNgu\Downloads\Huawei Hacker Toolkit v1.4.zip' is invalid."
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That hacker tool is now working, I uploaded the wrong file by mistake but corrected it in both my posts now.
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muradulislam said:
Any other instances of the red and blue rectangles except boot up?
Do you think that screen splash is because of all the tinkering or may be, (someone may be able to confirm) the boot animation file is corrupt?
Try searching a method to change your boot animation without root? If it still stays, at least we can rule out this possibility...
(I am just Troubleshooting so I may be wrong)
And as for Huawei unlock code, many users reported captcha bugs (captcha did not show up) but never this problem?
Give it a try or two more and then contact Huawei customer service via email to get the unlock code (specifying that the website did not work for you).
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That hacker tool is now working, I uploaded the wrong file by mistake but corrected it in both my posts now.
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The hacker tool worked this time but I did the whole process and got my unlock code and did the adb fast boot unlock oem thing and it said invalid unlock key (I'm thinking maybe because I already unlocked once before? I also attempted to get the key a few more times to see if it changed but it did not. Same unlock key every time. Also, no the only time I see the rectangles and the green screen is immediately upon boot. The splash screen is normal, I didnt mean to imply there was anything wrong with that. It's just the honor logo. I did research and nothing that I saw helped with getting rid of the rectangles and the green screen.
bcnguyen said:
The hacker tool worked this time but I did the whole process and got my unlock code and did the adb fast boot unlock oem thing and it said invalid unlock key (I'm thinking maybe because I already unlocked once before? I also attempted to get the key a few more times to see if it changed but it did not. Same unlock key every time. Also, no the only time I see the rectangles and the green screen is immediately upon boot. The splash screen is normal, I didnt mean to imply there was anything wrong with that. It's just the honor logo. I did research and nothing that I saw helped with getting rid of the rectangles and the green screen.
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That's why I was trying to troubleshoot coz could not find anything about this problem online.
If its the first honor logo then I am not sure how to proceed.
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Steps:
1. Turn Off Any Virus Protection Software
2. Download MP26010j_00_0316.kdz To Flash Your Phone Back To Stock
3. Install LGMobileDriver_WHQL_Ver_4.2.0.exe
4. Next Install LGUP_Store_Frame_Ver_1_14_3.msi
5. Make Sure That You Have Your Phone Connected (Take Battery Out Then Put It Back In Hold Volume Up And Connect With Micro USB) So LGUP Can Be Able To Recognize It
6. Then Double Click UPPERCUT.exe to open up LGUP Now But Only Thing Is That Uppercut will try to verify just ignore and if it doesn't open up just open lgup from desktop and its going to view phone as unknown
7. Unplug Phone But Keep LG Download Mode On And Exit LGUP
8. Open LGUP First And Then Connect Phone Which Should Recognize Phone As MP260
9. Click Upgrade, Make Sure That Bin Is Checked And Select File MP26010j_00_0316.kdz To Flash And Click Start
10. Your Done! Video Coming Soon
Links: https://mega.nz/#!EZcURRSD!NF_5MU4dJUpTknRcPMQWFVoYo4ePsGkoA0ndkkzVsmI https://mega.nz/#!dFNWFZZa!Rl3P7tJs7J51TtjcnaLwR3RHgGdRSco8NcJ9yog86J0 https://mega.nz/#!oVNSnYTB!3y9-P4t_8P-lj5sCXhFjO0R8J3j4Z_US-XCjVGysgEI https://mega.nz/#!pAUgGAwC!j5d3C8pUdQR5XMpqWBgLDu2O3tE99yWNa2nwXud3OSo
The Only Thing Im Disappointed Is That Every Time You Reboot Phone or Turn It On It Keeps Saying Lock Bootloader But Just Press The Power Button To Continue Repeating The Process Does Not Remove That Message
I Made This Tutorial For Some People That Have Trouble With Apps That Detect Root
Phone dont turn on at all
yesterday i rooted my k20 mp260 then this morning i wanted to revert back to stock and no root, i tried to unroot it but i didnt follow this cause i didnt find it til now,but i got rid of root and then i tried to update via ota and it went into twrp and then it was installing until it just went black, like it shut off now it doesnt power on. when i plug it in to pc it finds it but it cant install the driver. any help to try to Resurrect from the grave would be great
Just a Heads up there is a new version out, as of 9/01/17
MP26010r_00_0817.kdz
download link
https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-mp260-firmwares/
fyi u can get rid of the bootloader bootup annoyance by following the unlock bootloader instructions but instead of typing fastboot oem unlock type fastboot oem lock
shaneg79 said:
fyi u can get rid of the bootloader bootup annoyance by following the unlock bootloader instructions but instead of typing fastboot oem unlock type fastboot oem lock
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If you lock the bootloader if you have custom recovery (twrp) and superuser you will not be able to boot
New Optimus said:
If you lock the bootloader if you have custom recovery (twrp) and superuser you will not be able to boot
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Correct but this thread was about removing root
shaneg79 said:
Correct but this thread was about removing root
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ah, I thought that was in the original post or implied if completely unrooting.
New Optimus said:
Just a Heads up there is a new version out, as of 9/01/17
MP26010r_00_0817.kdz
download link
https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-mp260-firmwares/
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Any link for the T-mobile variant?
I looked all over and reached the end of internet but couldn't find , lol!
meazz1 said:
Any link for the T-mobile variant?
I looked all over and reached the end of internet but couldn't find , lol!
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Here
kc6wke said:
Here
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Thanks
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Thanks
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Looked and saw two links for the newest kdz. I'm in the USA so TMO =north america.
But I 'm curios what TMI stands for, no info on that page of region listings.
meazz1 said:
Looked and saw two links for the newest kdz. I'm in the USA so TMO =north america.
But I 'm curios what TMI stands for, no info on that page of region listings.
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Not sure about TMI, use TMO North America
I figured I'd post this here to, because I am thinking about getting this phone. It's $99 at metro pcs right now, that's really hard to pass up.
In a twrp+root thread there are some that cannot get root, with the last LG firmware update, so I'm guessing this is a soft brick as apposed to a hard brick.
So, had a question.
If in the case of the like 10% of the people that do this root, the phone won't root or bricks, if I get this phone and and that happens, is it possible to flash the phone via the LG program, with a KDZ file and go back to stock like in this thread? If so I will probably buy this phone tomorrow (crosses fingers the kdz trick will work)
From looking at the videos, it looks as if the LG program is similar to the Samsung Odin program as far as flashing goes, am I correct in this?
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I know this thread has not been active for a while. However I have a Metro LG K20 Plus phone and want to change the firmware to T-Mobile. I have not been successful doing this as I always get invalid firmware, because LG UP recognizes the phone as a metro phone. Is there a way to succeed in getting the T-Mobile firmware on the phone?
thanks in advance.
Stoner101 said:
yesterday i rooted my k20 mp260 then this morning i wanted to revert back to stock and no root, i tried to unroot it but i didnt follow this cause i didnt find it til now,but i got rid of root and then i tried to update via ota and it went into twrp and then it was installing until it just went black, like it shut off now it doesnt power on. when i plug it in to pc it finds it but it cant install the driver. any help to try to Resurrect from the grave would be great
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Did you find any answers to this? I have one that is bricked. It will not show up when connected to a computer at all
Virus warning from Avira in Uppercut
lg k20 plus soft bricked?
So I've searched high and low and have tried suggestion after suggestion with no avail. To start things off, I have a soft bricked LG k20 plus. Everything was working fine until the other day when I went to flash a kernel, and when the phone restarted, the screen was a dark grey/black color. I rooted the devices using massis method, removed SU and then rooted using Magisk. Like I said everything was working fine and for whatever reason I decided to try a different kernel. That's when it all went downhill. So now when I turn the phone on, the screen is still blank but it vibrates. When I've connected it to a computer, on my Mac it doesn't show up with ADB or FASTBOOT but in my device tree it comes up as LGE Android device. I borrowed my friends laptop since it runs windows, and my Mac is a dinosaur. ADB doesn't pick it up either, but in a USB hub it says the same thing, LGE Android device and lower down it comes up as TP-LINK. Now tryin to use LG Flash tools doesn't work, LGUP doesn't see my device, and when I tried to extract the KZD file, when I go to select it from the list there is no file to choose. Since I can't see anything on my screen, I can't tell if I'm in download mode, bootloader, etc, but in my device tree sometimes my phone will pop up an bootloader interface and I can use fastboot commands. When I was last able to see my screen, yes, USB debugging was on, I had a recovery, but since I can't see anything on my screen I can't seem to boot into recovery. If I could I would wipe cache and all. I think I may have read too many article and suggestions as to what to do because nothing seems to be working, and don't seem to find anything else related closely enough to my issue. Anyone have a clue as to where I should start? I'll have to give my friend back her laptop soon, and since my mac is so old, and the whole PC vs Mac feud, my computer won't be of much help. Any advice my hair strands would greatly appreciate before they rest are pulled out lol
Not sure how to proceed here. I had a very recent twrp installed, flashed a new ota firmware update as I have successfully a couple of times, phone restarted to twrp, I decrypted, it flashed the firmware fine then went to restart.
And that's it, completely dead, battery was at least 50% charged.
I can't enter recovery, power button held for one minute does nothing, vol+ and power, nothing, vol- and power, nothing, vol+ and vol- nothing.
Plugging in my charger, nothing, plugging into a laptop and pc, nothing. Took the back off and disconnected the battery and left it over night, nothing.
Bootloader was unlocked and usb debugging enabled.
Anyone have any other ideas what I can try here?
Also tried bridging the contacts for edl mode with battery disconnected and plugged it into USB but nothing.
Very tricky to do this though as you need 4 hands and it's possible I'm not making contact on both pins, purchased a cheap edl/deep flash cable as a last resort, if that doesn't work then I think it is toast.
Does your device have a file you’d an flash in edl (Eg. Firehose)?
Arealhooman said:
Does your device have a file you’d an flash in edl (Eg. Firehose)?
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I may have found a couple of resources but I'm unsure of the procedure, is there any chance you could provide me with some information, I'm stumped on how to proceed.
Johnnio said:
I may have found a couple of resources but I'm unsure of the procedure, is there any chance you could provide me with some information, I'm stumped on how to proceed.
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From what I gathered you need to find a special “firehose” or like file that allows yout o flash it in edl. You seem to have gotten very very lucky because from a simple Google search, I found firehose files. They may or may not work.
https://support.hiunlock.com/index.php?a=downloads&b=file&id=1133 I found this, but I think it may cost money (I don’t want to make a acc, but from browsing the website, it seems it costs 20 dollars, which is a barbain for a device). You are lucky it exists at all though. I do not vouch for the file or site though. You should o research on how trusted it is.
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https://support.hiunlock.com/index.php?a=downloads&b=file&id=1133 I found this, but I think it may cost money (I don’t want to make a acc, but from browsing the website, it seems it costs 20 dollars, which is a barbain for a device). You are lucky it exists at all though. I do not vouch for the file or site though. You should o research on how trusted it is.
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Thank you, I will have a good read and look at other sources.
I'd love to know how the hell this happened, had the device for years now and flashing with zero issues.
Johnnio said:
Thank you, I will have a good read and look at other sources.
I'd love to know how the hell this happened, had the device for years now and flashing with zero issues.
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Yeah, must have amde a small mistake, or ahd a corrupt file
“EDL is an interface of Qualcomm chipsets, used to flash fastboot ROMs. It is used for unbricking purposes so it is allowed on many phones but it's been locked down on most recent Android models.
The screen will appear black and it will appear that the device is turned off, but to verify that this is not the case, we need the tools in EDL mode. The most famous is QFIL (Qualcomm Flash Image Loader), a proprietary software, but on GitHub there are many alternative open source projects.”
https://www.thecustomdroid.com/qualcomm-edl-mode-guide/ the beginning of this article explains edl mode very well
Arealhooman said:
https://www.thecustomdroid.com/qualcomm-edl-mode-guide/ the beginning of this article explains edl mode very well
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Excellent, thanks again for your input.
Johnnio said:
Excellent, thanks again for your input.
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Yep, reach out if you have more questions, and keep me updated with if you managed to save your device.
Arealhooman said:
Yep, reach out if you have more questions, and keep me updated with if you managed to save your device.
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Will do
I am late here, but just want to add i also had same issue
And edl can be fix with xiaomi third party tools with little fee to provide you authorized rom flash to boot phone from edl