Stock Moto Z Droid Bootloop - Data Recovery - Moto Z Questions & Answers

Hi all. My wife has a Moto Z Droid that has started bootlooping. I can get into the bootloader and recovery mode just fine, but every time I try to boot (normal or safe mode) I get to the lock screen and then the phone freezes. The status bar disappears and the phone reboots. I have tried wiping cache. I want to try to do a full factory reset, but my wife wants me to make sure all of her photos and videos are backed up. Is there any way to get her data off of the phone from bootloader/recovery, or does anybody have any other suggestions for correcting the issue without factory reset? Thanks!

unlock bootloader (voids warranty!)
[*] boot/flash TWRP recovery, mount data (..) partition(s)
[*] make a backup of everything (just to be safe), and/or..
[*] use TWRP's built-in file browser to selectively backup the fotos etc..
/EDIT:
without an already unlocked bootloader, you'd wipe all userdata by unlocking it, so that'd be no good for you.
Thanks to PiousInquisitor for pointing this out, I totally missed that...
Second, I have no idea what differences there are between a MOTO-Z (XT1650-03, "griffin") and MOTO-Z droid (XT????-??). There's no TWRP available for this device and I have no clue if the one made for XT1650-03 is compatible. However, we don't need to answer that, because it would need an unlocked bootloader that you probably don't have.
Other approach: find out, which exact software version your system runs. Fastboot dumps may help, but I'm not sure if all the OTA updates also update those information as well..
Code:
fastboot oem config
fastboot getvar all
fastboot oem hw
Copy & paste the output dump for later use.
Somwhere in the getvar dump you will find entries like this:
Code:
(bootloader) sku: XT1650-03
...
(bootloader) ro.build.version.full[0]: Blur_Version.24.21.46.griffin.ret
(bootloader) ro.build.version.full[1]: ail.en.US
The Moto-Z with SKU "XT1650-03" comes with the codename "griffin". According to the Log it runs on MM version 24.21.46. Based on this, I'd look for a ROM image of this version and carefully flash e.g. the system partition...

benzinerwin said:
unlock bootloader (voids warranty!)
boot/flash TWRP recovery, mount data (..) partition(s)
make a backup of everything (just to be safe), and/or..
use TWRP's built-in file browser to selectively backup the fotos etc..
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The key word in the title is "Droid".
Unlocking the bootloader wipes the phone anyway.
Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk

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[Q] Moto e stuck in bootloop(?)

Guys I am a noob so be as detailed as possible
I have moto e xt1022, on lollipop 5.0.2, and my phone will just not work.
Here is what i did :
unlocked bootloader
flashed cwm recovery
installed superSU zip
changed boot logo
The phone was working fine up till this point.
Then i flashed twrp.
now the phone vibrates at first, shows the motorola animation, reaches the blue logo point and then is stuck at that point
i cant reach the bootloader. i switch off the phone, and if i attempt to go into the bootloader , it starts normal boot and again gets stuck.
Is my phone bricked?
What do i do?
Can i clear cache or do a reset without going to bootloader?
Random_Tag said:
Guys I am a noob so be as detailed as possible
I have moto e xt1022, on lollipop 5.0.2, and my phone will just not work.
Here is what i did :
unlocked bootloader
flashed cwm recovery
installed superSU zip
changed boot logo
The phone was working fine up till this point.
Then i flashed twrp.
now the phone vibrates at first, shows the motorola animation, reaches the blue logo point and then is stuck at that point
i cant reach the bootloader. i switch off the phone, and if i attempt to go into the bootloader , it starts normal boot and again gets stuck.
Is my phone bricked?
What do i do?
Can i clear cache or do a reset without going to bootloader?
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The way you enter to the Bootloader (which is a different thing from Recovery) on Lollipop is pressing power + volume down for at least 10 seconds. Try that.
If you succeed, then use mfastboot to flash stock again.
If you need more instructions, let me know.
No idea what to do.
SirRhor said:
The way you enter to the Bootloader (which is a different thing from Recovery) on Lollipop is pressing power + volume down for at least 10 seconds. Try that.
If you succeed, then use mfastboot to flash stock again.
If you need more instructions, let me know.
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Well I figured out how to get into fastboot, just pressing volume down does the trick.
One point I missed was i accidentally wiped everything in the phone.
In twrp, in the wipe section, instead of just data reset or cache, I removed everything. now it shows no os installed whenever i try to reboot via twrp. What do I do?
Also I cant find any link to my version of android as a whole, only updates to existing os.
Here's my os info:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot getvar ro.build.version.full
(bootloader) ro.build.version.full[0]: Blur_Version.22.21.36.condor_reta
(bootloader) ro.build.version.full[1]: ildsds.retaildsdsall.en.03
ro.build.version.full: Done
I wanted to install MIUI instead of stock lollipop. Can that be done directly?
Sorry for the huge post, but Im freaking out here.
Random_Tag said:
Well I figured out how to get into fastboot, just pressing volume down does the trick.
One point I missed was i accidentally wiped everything in the phone.
In twrp, in the wipe section, instead of just data reset or cache, I removed everything. now it shows no os installed whenever i try to reboot via twrp. What do I do?
Also I cant find any link to my version of android as a whole, only updates to existing os.
Here's my os info:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot getvar ro.build.version.full
(bootloader) ro.build.version.full[0]: Blur_Version.22.21.36.condor_reta
(bootloader) ro.build.version.full[1]: ildsds.retaildsdsall.en.03
ro.build.version.full: Done
I wanted to install MIUI instead of stock lollipop. Can that be done directly?
Sorry for the huge post, but Im freaking out here.
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I am assuming you can enter to TWRP normally, if so, go to the following thread, read the whole first post and try that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-e/development/flashable-zip-stock-deodexed-rom-moto-e-t2823368
THANK YOU!!!
It worked. Thank you so much.

[Q] Padfone X T00D, "Can't Load Invalid boot image" Solution?

Hello,
I just purchased this phone knowing that it has this problem and I am trying to fix it but I do not know much about the original firmware or anything except of the following:
SKU: 6233A, MFG: 2014/05/30, HW: R1.6
I need to restore the Firmware and preferably be able to use the Dock Station (reason I bought it).
I also like to use it with T-Mobile and do not know if these phones are locket to ATT or not.
I am not a developer but have good technical knowledge.
Any advice will be appreciated.
Thank you
Mike
MH928 said:
Hello,
I just purchased this phone knowing that it has this problem and I am trying to fix it but I do not know much about the original firmware or anything except of the following:
SKU: 6233A, MFG: 2014/05/30, HW: R1.6
I need to restore the Firmware and preferably be able to use the Dock Station (reason I bought it).
I also like to use it with T-Mobile and do not know if these phones are locket to ATT or not.
I am not a developer but have good technical knowledge.
Any advice will be appreciated.
Thank you
Mike
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Hopefully you can enter in to fastboot mode.
Try to reflash this ATT_userdebug rom from TWRP recovery, and then restore this backup.
1. Turn on the fastboot mode(vol up + power), plug in the cable to PC, open CMD, Boot in to twrp(fastboot boot recoveryyouchoose.img) and use "adb push filename.zip /sdcard"
2. install .zip then reboot
3. boot up, then boot back to TWRP recovery, make a backup.
4. boot up, copy the downloaded backup, boot back to recovery
5. restore it.
hope it works
paleszgergo said:
Hopefully you can enter in to fastboot mode.
Try to reflash this ATT_userdebug rom from TWRP recovery, and then restore this backup.
1. Turn on the fastboot mode(vol up + power), plug in the cable to PC, open CMD, Boot in to twrp(fastboot boot recoveryyouchoose.img) and use "adb push filename.zip /sdcard"
2. install .zip then reboot
3. boot up, then boot back to TWRP recovery, make a backup.
4. boot up, copy the downloaded backup, boot back to recovery
5. restore it.
hope it works
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The second link (to restore) redirects to another Thread but most of the links there do not work, can you send me a direct link to the file?
MH928 said:
The second link (to restore) redirects to another Thread but most of the links there do not work, can you send me a direct link to the file?
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I think he meant these for the second link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60403709&postcount=34
Edit: you must use twrp to flash these backups after user debug.
Justatechie said:
I think he meant these for the second link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60403709&postcount=34
Edit: you must use twrp to flash these backups after user debug.
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Yeah, thats what i mean!
Please help. the same problem. Invalid boot. TWRP recovery i have already. please help step by step...
(why invalid boot? i flashed new recovery from Quarx to a boot partition )
Sirocco.ukr.lviv said:
Please help. the same problem. Invalid boot. TWRP recovery i have already. please help step by step...
(why invalid boot? i flashed new recovery from Quarx to a boot partition )
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Is your Bootloader unlocked?
Justatechie said:
Is your Bootloader unlocked?
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Locked bootloader. Where i can see for sure?
When VolUp+Power i can see this window
I need adb driver.
TWRP that i have on this phone is old one ported from nexus device and it can't see SD card.
Sirocco.ukr.lviv said:
Locked bootloader. Where i can see for sure?
When VolUp+Power i can see this window
I need adb driver.
TWRP that i have on this phone is old one ported from nexus device and it can't see SD card.
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To find out, you have to put your phone into fastboot.
To do that power down your phone, then hold volume up and power button at the same time. There, the asus logo will pop up like normal and hang on that screen to show that you are in fastboot mode.
Open up command prompt and verify your device is connected, by typing in fastboot devices.
If it shows up good then all you have to do is type in fastboot oem device-info.
If it says device unlocked: true that means your BL is unlocked.
If its not, you have to download crowlock from the cm12 thread and flash it.
It works better with cwm but since you are stuck its worth a shot to flash it under old twrp.
Then check the BL status again, if its good great.
You could restore your device from some backups posted or if you could find a boot.img from the stock image, you could use the new version of twrp to flash the boot image under image flashing.
This is the adb/fastboot driver I use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
Justatechie you are only one who help. i appreciate it. god bless you!
i've done it. unlocked already. i watched bootloop so i wiped everything. what rom to install?
del
Nice to hear that.
Well it depends if you want to install one or you want to keep it stock.
For keeping it stock unfortunately you must restore from backups posted.
If its custom well Cm is a good way, just the dock does not work, but it will work hopefully soon when the developer receives it soon.
Justatechie said:
Nice to hear that.
Well it depends if you want to install one or you want to keep it stock.
For keeping it stock unfortunately you must restore from backups posted.
If its custom well Cm is a good way, just the dock does not work, but it will work hopefully soon when the developer receives it soon.
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My asus padfone x T00D with full wipes identifies like T00N (padfone s) and reboots on first welcome screen on your rom...
please see video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMB9Ctvrk0Q
Sirocco.ukr.lviv said:
My asus padfone x T00D with full wipes identifies like T00N (padfone s) and reboots on first welcome screen on your rom...
please see video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMB9Ctvrk0Q
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Dont worry about the asus_toon, it will turn back into padfone x when you are finally able to restore to the at&t factory rom
What is very strange,is that you cannot wipe certain things, I guess It may be due to a tampered bootloader. (something must have tripped it up)
My bootloader is unlocked but not tampered.
But the reason why it says ASUS_T00N is because you installed cm or miui and it changed build prop and the partitions. (all of quarx roms are built from the pfs source but work on the pfx too) its not a big deal don't worry.
Have you tried any other recoveries, perhaps the older version of twrp Here
Try booting them through fastboot using the fastboot boot filename.img (of the recovery file that should be located inside a folder containg fastboot/adb files)
See if they can wipe cache data(no media) and system. Remember, booting from fastboot is just temporary
Then try flashing a rom, doesnt matter what it has to be but it should work after its done. Maybe flash without gapps, it could sometimes cause a random problem and besides you can always install it later.
I never had to use fastboot to wipe cache either because well I could do that in recovery, plus its safer

Bootloop after simple power off, oem unlock not working

Okay guys, I'm in full panic mode. I was just getting ready to reinstall my X with Lineage OS. I had CM 13.0 up until now. I've backuped everything, then powered off my phone (simple, normal power down).
After that I was trying to get into TWRP (I had 2.x.x.x installed), but VolDown+Power got me in a boot loop. The OnePlus Logo flashes, phone vibrates short then reset and it flashes/vibrates again. I tried booting normally, that doesn't work either.
The only thing I can do is get into fastboot, but I can't flash anything! The phone says it's locked (though I unlocked it before I put CM 13.0 on it)
Code:
c:\Android>fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.1.1-1-onyx.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (16002 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.505s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: Device not unlocked cannot flash or erase)
finished. total time: 0.509s
c:\Android>fastboot oem unlock
...
FAILED (remote: oem unlock is disabled)
finished. total time: 0.005s
c:\Android>fastboot oem device-info
...
(bootloader) Device tampered: true
(bootloader) Device unlocked: false
(bootloader) Charger screen enabled: false
(bootloader) Display panel:
(bootloader) console_enabled: 0
(bootloader) exec_console_unconsole: 0
OKAY [ 0.010s]
finished. total time: 0.011s
Help! I can't boot my phone and I can't flash anything either. Is there anything I can do or missed?
After 2 hours of trying everything I found I'm now at a point where I could install the original (?) recovery via the MSM DownloadTool 2.0.2. Now I have a recovery which looks like stock... I can "Install from local" and "Install from USB". Tried the latter and I get the "adb sideload" mode. Tried to upload the latest Lineage OS Nightly through this sideload, but it fails after 47%.
If possible Flashing oos 3 might help or there's unbricking guide for opx you might want to see
intoxicated.mad said:
If possible Flashing oos 3 might help or there's unbricking guide for opx you might want to see
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Thanks! That was actually the solution: the stock recovery can only flash OOS, it seems. I flashed OOS 3.1.4, then enabled oem unlock, flashed TWRP and Lineage.
Still no idea why my phone wouldn't boot after powering it off or why my bootloader was locked in the first place.
Anyway you got out of trouble ??
I have the exact same problem, only I am running Sultan's ROM. Unfortunately, my phone is not backed up, because I wasn't going to install a new rom or anything. Is there any way to restore my phone without losing data. I downloaded the MsmDownloadTool V2.0, and am wondering if I could replace the stock recovery.img in there with the one for my ROM, or would this not work?
Ok, so I tried replacing the recovery.img, and it didn't work, so I used the original one from the tool and dirty flashed OOS 3.1.4. All my original files and apps are still there, but none of them will open, except for google apps, which I assume came in the OOS ROM (Google Play works but says 'download pending' if I try to download an app). Unfortunately, this mix of software doesn't let me enable developer options in the settings (when I tap the build number nothing happens) so I can't use ADB to make a backup. I think the only way to get things working is to do a clean install OxygenOS, which would lose all my files. I'll think I'll try to use a file manager to copy the contents of the internal storage to a USB device, then do a full clean install.
Also, in this weird state of software, only the back button works, the home and recent apps keys don't, so if I do something in Chrome, I need to restart the phone to do something else
drunken_m said:
Thanks! That was actually the solution: the stock recovery can only flash OOS, it seems. I flashed OOS 3.1.4, then enabled oem unlock, flashed TWRP and Lineage.
Still no idea why my phone wouldn't boot after powering it off or why my bootloader was locked in the first place.
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I also faced that issue too and it happens when you have installed custom rom or recovery without first unlocking the bootloader. Do It Now If you haven't
Actually the bootloader was already unlocked (I needed that to install CM in the first place), but I think I accidentally re-locked it when I tried to remove root (to install a banking app).
As I wrote I already fixed the issue by installing the original bootloader/recovery and OOS over a serial link, then unlocked the bootloader again and installed the latest TWRP And Lineage. So all is fine now.
adamantiumXT said:
Ok, so I tried replacing the recovery.img, and it didn't work, so I used the original one from the tool and dirty flashed OOS 3.1.4. All my original files and apps are still there, but none of them will open, except for google apps, which I assume came in the OOS ROM (Google Play works but says 'download pending' if I try to download an app). Unfortunately, this mix of software doesn't let me enable developer options in the settings (when I tap the build number nothing happens) so I can't use ADB to make a backup. I think the only way to get things working is to do a clean install OxygenOS, which would lose all my files. I'll think I'll try to use a file manager to copy the contents of the internal storage to a USB device, then do a full clean install.
Also, in this weird state of software, only the back button works, the home and recent apps keys don't, so if I do something in Chrome, I need to restart the phone to do something else
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Rule #1 of flashing: always have a backup ready.
If you have TWRP installed and can get into recovery you can pull your files via ADB. After that I'd also recommend a clean install (full wipe).
drunken_m said:
Rule #1 of flashing: always have a backup ready.
If you have TWRP installed and can get into recovery you can pull your files via ADB. After that I'd also recommend a clean install (full wipe).
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I have to agree, but I wasn't flashing when the phone decided to brick itself , so I didn't have a recent backup. In the bricked state I could only access fastboot mode, not recovery . I ended up copying what I could from the internal storage partition (which basically had everything I needed anyway), then clean installing a new ROM, and restoring my files.
For anyone else who gets into the same situation, I recommend that you make sure to not turn on WiFi or mobile data after you dirty flash OxygenOS, and remove your Google account. This will mean that Google's backup of your phone and apps (if you turned that feature on) will be of your working setup. As I tried to use Google Play in the messed up system, Google decided to replace my backup with the bad config so I couldn't restore in the new ROM - although looking at the Google Drive app now, the good setup is backed up, only I have no way to restore it
Maybe I have the same problem, not sure. I can't boot the phone. Holding vol down + power only makes the phone reboot over and over until I let go. It turns off afterwards, never enters recovery mode. I can access fastboot mode, but my bootloader is locked so I can't flash anything. Any suggestions?

[TUTORIAL] Manually Install / Flash 7.11 NOUGAT Even To Unbrick A ZE553KL Zenfone

MANUALLY INSTALLING FULL NOUGAT 7.11 FIRMWARE 2018/03/15(security_patch 2018-02-05) (RECOVERY, BOOT, SYSTEM) Even If Its Soft Bricked Because You Messed Up Somewhere. Files Here Are For Asus Zenfone 3 Zoom ZE553KL Z01HD WW Sku .
Its The Last Nougat Update Before Oreo Was Released.
MORE FIRWARES HERE
Story Time:
As I Remember It.....Condensed Version, This Was Over A Few Days Of Trial And Error, Mainly Because Adb SideLoad Refused To Flash Asus's Stock Firmware Zip Files.
I Messed Up My Friends Asus Zenfone 3 Zoom, ZE553KL.
He Bought Used, He Quickly Updated To Oreo From Within The Phones Update But Was Having Missed Texts And Slow Lte(4g) Speeds, He Wasnt Sure If It Happened On Nougat Which The Phone Was On Originally.
Downgraded To 6.01, Installed Twrp, Magisk, Still Having Same Issues, Flashing An Update Zip W/a Modded Updater Script Via Twrp Caused A Soft Bricked Phone, It Never Completed The Flash, Twrp Backup Didnt Work, Factory Reset A No Go, Couldn't Manually Flash Stock Rom As Adb Sideload Always Gave Errors, Fastboot System images Didnt Help For One Reason Or Another, Phone Was Just Bootlooping Back To The Unlocked Bootloader Menu.
Down Loaded Alot Of Stuff, Read Countless Pages, And Somehow Got The Right Firmware Files(recovery, boot, system img files) That Was Flashable Via Fastboot Extracted From A Zip, My Fix Is Below. These Are Not My Files But I Cant Remember Where I Got Them From As I Dl-ed Alot Of Stuff Trying To Get This Phone To A Running State. No I Havent Tried Oreo Yet, He Has His Phone Back Now And Not Sure When He'll Let Me Play With It Again, Lol.
UPDATE TO THIS STORY
HOWTO FLASH
PREREQUISITES:
Make A Nandroid Backup
If Bootable Remove/Signout Of Google Account
(Might Work With Locked Bootloader, IDK)
Ze553kl(Zenfone3 Zoom) Phone With Unlocked Bootloader(used unlocker apk from asus website when phone was in running state)
Unlocking Bootloader App Available From Asus - was for upto nougat 7.11
Usb Asus Drivers
Usb Debugging Enabled On Phone, Maybe Not But Wont Hurt To Try
Adb Fastboot Program(Included)
Recovery, Boot, And System Img Files Of Nougat 7.11(Included)
Computer Running Windows
Usb Data Cable For Phone
ON PHONE-
If Bootable Enable Usb Debugging, Uncheck Verify Apps Via Usb, Install From Unknown Sources, Remove Google Account
Backup Internal Sdcard - Most Def
Remove Sdcard, Just In Case
Put Phone Into Fast Boot Mode- Unplugged, Phone Powered Off - Vol Up + Power Button Pressed, Hold Both Until Screen Comes On.
Plug Usb In Cable To Phone From Pc.
ON COMPUTER-
From The Download Section Below Dl ADB_FASTBOOT_1.4.1.ZIP File And Extract It Into A New Empty Folder.
Download And Copy The Three .Img Files From The Download Section Below Into This New Adb Folder
HOW TO RUN ADB VIA COMMAND PROMPT? -
From Within Adb-fastboot Folder You Created, Nothing Selected, Hold Down The Shift Key Then Use The Right Mouse Button To Click In Empty Space In The Adb-fastboot Folder, Select "Open Command Window Here" From The Menu That Pops Up.
From Within Command Prompt Type-
Adb Devices
It Should Output A Device With A String Of Letters And Numbers, Thats Your Phone.
Next Steps Will Install Nougat 7.11 And Consequently Wipe Your Phone
Run These 5 "fastboot" Commands One At A Time.
When Each Step Is Completed Run The Next Command, You Can Copy And Paste These Five (5) Fastboot Commands Into The Command Prompt Window
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1.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-zoom-7.11.img
2.
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot-zoom-7.11.img
3.
this one @ ~4gb will take awhile to initialize and complete, patience needed
CAN REDO THIS SYSTEM FLASH NOW TO MAKE SURE IT "STICKS"
Code:
fastboot flash system system-zoom-7.11.img
4.
wipes internal sdcard
Code:
fastboot format userdata
5.
Code:
fastboot reboot
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if you were successfull it will boot into 7.11, takes about 3-5 mins to boot.
IF DID NOT FLASH PROPERLY OR ODD BEHAVIOR AFTER REBOOT THEN REDO STEPS AGAIN....ELSE KEEP READING!
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IF STILL BRICKED OR ODD BEHAVIOR BUT CAN BOOT TO BOOTLOADER/FASTBOOT THEN DO THESE COMMANDS WHEN IN FASTBOOT MODE
Code:
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot -w
fastboot erase splash
fastboot erase cache
THEN RE-BOOT BACK INTO BOOTLOADER AND DO THE FLASH FOR 7.11 FIRMWARE
STILL HAVING ISSUES, RESTORE USING TECH FW THAT REFLASHES ALL MDMS, RADIOS, DRIVERS ETC FROM HERE
[FW] 7.1.1 & 6.0.1 Service Tech Firmwares - Debrick - Upgrade - Downgrade
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disclaimer im not responsible for yours or anyone elses devices, do at your own risk
DOWNLOADS
PHONE FILES ARE FROM A Asus Zenfone 3 Zoom ZE553KL WW SKU FIRMWARE Version WW-71.60.139.30 2018/03/15
RECOVERY-ZOOM-7.11.IMG
md5 03d8358e1341a73b5a492c12e3dbe39e
BOOT-ZOOM-7.11.IMG
md5 1ad55f9852d56b79a95654173af5649a
SYSTEM-ZOOM-7.11.IMG
md5 7217f778701c988271739ab18fb0fb30
ADB_FASTBOOT_1.4.1.ZIP
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Thanks for the information...
I can provide you latest system,boot, recovery.img files if you want...
Do you know how to make raw firmware?? Because that could come handy for hard bricked phones.
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Naman Vashishth said:
Thanks for the information...
I can provide you latest system,boot, recovery.img files if you want...
Do you know how to make raw firmware?? Because that could come handy for hard bricked phones.
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What do u mean by raw. In what format is it in.
I've converted oreo stock firmware .dat files to .img files but I can't test them as I don't have the phone. My friend seems happy on nougat and I don't think he'll let me flash it on his phone.
I haven't tried dl-ing official stock and seeing if phone will see it as an update to manually self install via nougat recovery or maybe to try adb sideload again.
Naman Vashishth said:
I can provide you latest system,boot, recovery.img files if you want...
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Please do - I could sure use them.
Work very well !
ciao
God bless you! You made my quite dead phone, live again!
Thank you
I can't update to Oreo via ota... do you know why?
the op here. lol, my friend dropped the phone and now its dead screen, no display/no touch but phone still works.
he doesnt want to get a screen for it as it will cost almost as much as he paid for it.......so its mine now.
been flashing stuff to it, gave it a very hard soft brick, still dealing with that.
my goal was to run it remotely but get adb/usb debugging enabled and get pc trusted by phone. i thought he wanted to sell it as is but decided to give to me to do whatever i want to it
got out of the hard soft brick, installed twrp, use twrp cli, twrp backups and restore, rooted w/magisk, installed 6.0.1 (fluked it), 7.11 using my method above with the extra erase commands, removed frp, got adb /usb debugging enabled and device adb authorized by hacking , got vysor, a remote control mirroring app running, all without a working screen.
i'll write up a tut for any1 else that needs help. fyi, weak screen if dropped even short distance, but he had no cover, but pretty to hard to brick it, imo, ymmv
So can i downgrade my phone from android 8 to 7.1.1 following this process.
kingairtel08 said:
So can i downgrade my phone from android 8 to 7.1.1 following this process.
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yes, i went from 8.0 to 7.11 then to 6.01
more fw here https://forum.xda-developers.com/ze...fw-7-11-6-0-1-service-tech-firmwares-t3850000
Bro i am on 8.0 and want to unlock bootloader and root it n enable cam2api in it, as unlocker nt working in android 8.0 so i want to back to 7.1.1. thank u bro,i will try it tonight.
Bro installed successfully 7.1.1 but microphone sound stopped.when calling cant hear anything.what to do ?unlock tool not working on it.
kingairtel08 said:
Bro installed successfully 7.1.1 but microphone sound stopped.when calling cant hear anything.what to do ?unlock tool not working on it.
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after flashing did u, in stock recovery, do a factory reset and wipe caches aka wipe user data in fastboot.
else do a complete wipe as outlined in op
yes bro i m on stock recovery ,did wipe cache etc.
kingairtel08 said:
yes bro i m on stock recovery ,did wipe cache etc.
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does etc mean factory reset?
did u do the extra procedure to completely erase everything as posted in op in the section of when still having issues
yes bro. i followed all steps .
kingairtel08 said:
yes bro.
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yes to which
this?
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot -w
fastboot erase splash
fastboot erase cache
if yes then do a full restore of radio, mdm etc from here using method 1 or 2
https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-s7-edge/how-to/fw-7-11-6-0-1-service-tech-firmwares-t3850000
i did all this steps then flash firmware img.
kingairtel08 said:
i did all this steps then flash firmware img.
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which method did u use from the link i posted
bro i dnt have the 7.1..1 zip file ,i used ur 7.1.1.img file,used method 2.
i will try once again ,wil reply within 2hours.
bro i want to unlock my phone whats why i downgrade,but after downgrading checked official unlock tool gives the same network error that gives on android 8.0.is there any way to unlock it on this 7.1.1 firmware?

[URGENT] [HELP] Phone stuck on boot animation, Recovery not responding to touch. HELP

I was using Corvus OS (Android 10). After updating few apps on play store, one of them was maybe android framework related my phone stopped responding and got black screen errors. (I think a system UI crash). So i tried rebooting, got stuck on boot animation. when i went back to orangefox recovery, the phone was simply not responding to any touch even though i could see the files on my phone (orange fox homescreen). Please help ASAP. Thank You.
If someone is actually listening, i ended up clearing everything, installed new recovery, no luck. and sideloading rom returns with "error closed"
I really need some help guys. Please respond.
Sp_3ctr_3 said:
If someone is actually listening, i ended up clearing everything, installed new recovery, no luck. and sideloading rom returns with "error closed"
I really need some help guys. Please respond.
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Did you format the data partition?
DarthJabba9 said:
Did you format the data partition?
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#To format system partition
fastboot format system
#To format boot partition
fastboot format boot
#To format cache partition
fastboot format cache
#To format user data partition
fastboot format userdata
#To format recovery partition
fastboot format recovery
did all of these. thanks for responding almost lost all hopes.
DarthJabba9 said:
Did you format the data partition?
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i managed to install twrp since i could only file .img of it. while trying to install my os using adb shell twrp sideload, the phone just disconnects when it starts installing vendor files after installing data ones.
Also, the adb shell returns Total Xfer 1.00x
Sp_3ctr_3 said:
i managed to install twrp since i could only file .img of it. while trying to install my os using adb shell twrp sideload, the phone just disconnects when it starts installing vendor files after installing data ones.
Also, the adb shell returns Total Xfer 1.00x
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Yep, your system is well and truly messed up. Your best bet is to download a fastboot MIUI ROM and flash it with the Mi Flash tool. Just make sure that you don't accidentally lock your boot loader again (hint - after unpacking the fastboot ROM, first delete all .bat and .sh files with "lock" in their names before trying anything with Mi Flash).
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.webview&hl=en_IN
I think this was the app that i update and later caused the crashes.
DarthJabba9 said:
Yep, your system is well and truly messed up. Your best bet is to download a fastboot MIUI ROM and flash it with the Mi Flash tool. Just make sure that you don't accidentally lock your boot loader again (hint - after unpacking the fastboot ROM, first delete all .bat and .sh files with "lock" in their names before trying anything with Mi Flash).
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Alright, i will try that and respond. thanks for the reply.
DarthJabba9 said:
Yep, your system is well and truly messed up. Your best bet is to download a fastboot MIUI ROM and flash it with the Mi Flash tool. Just make sure that you don't accidentally lock your boot loader again (hint - after unpacking the fastboot ROM, first delete all .bat and .sh files with "lock" in their names before trying anything with Mi Flash).
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Did this, succesfully flashed with Bootloader intact. Still touch is not responsive, all i can see is a black screen with "This Device is Locked, for security reasons you need to enter the password to verify the device" but i cant select any option since it wont respond to touch.
DarthJabba9 said:
Yep, your system is well and truly messed up. Your best bet is to download a fastboot MIUI ROM and flash it with the Mi Flash tool. Just make sure that you don't accidentally lock your boot loader again (hint - after unpacking the fastboot ROM, first delete all .bat and .sh files with "lock" in their names before trying anything with Mi Flash).
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Woohoo thank you, my phone is working again t. Although i had to reinstall mi flash tool with bootloader back to off or locked, but atleast now i have a working phone. It seems during login screens sometimes the scree still remains unresponsive, but gets back to normal after 4-5 lock unlock screen routine. I will miss using root and other customization, but i guess it is what it is. Thanks again.
Have a nice day.
Sp_3ctr_3 said:
Woohoo thank you, my phone is working again t. Although i had to reinstall mi flash tool with bootloader back to off or locked, but atleast now i have a working phone. It seems during login screens sometimes the scree still remains unresponsive, but gets back to normal after 4-5 lock unlock screen routine. I will miss using root and other customization, but i guess it is what it is. Thanks again.
Have a nice day.
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It is good that you have your device back! With regard to the bootloader, you can always go through the unlock procedure again.
PS: updating something from the Play Store should not cause a problem like this. It looks like corruption of the firmware, and/or the persist partition. Flashing a fastboot ROM via Mi Flash (the "flash all" option) should have solved the problem completely. If it didn't, then this might actually be a sign of impending hardware failure, rather than a mere corruption of partitions.
Which version of MIUI did you install?

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