HardBricked - Sony Xperia M4 Aqua

I tried to install Conceptify ROM. When I was making a partition, I had mistake, instead of typing rm 29, i typed rm 3. Then I came back to recovery and power off telephone. At first time I was able to enter recovery, but then I wasnt. Flashmode and Fastboot arent working, device dont start. On my pc its named like an unknown device or somc, Does anyone can help?:crying:

Hi bro , did have solve your problem yet?? , I've got the same situation as you the same rm 3 if only I added another number , I think that block 3 has files for flashboot that is why it isn't working anymore , I tried with xperia companion but also asked about that flashboot
The only solution is to find a workaround on how to flash the firmware through fastboot , anyone has any idea??

partition 3 is s1sbl (related to bootloader), so you can't restore your device via flashtool, pc companion or emma. it's hard bricked, sorry
it can be recovered if you have any jtag box

Cubbins said:
partition 3 is s1sbl (related to bootloader), so you can't restore your device via flashtool, pc companion or emma. it's hard bricked, sorry
it can be recovered if you have any jtag box
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thanks for clarifying , So the jtag box used for recover the lost partitions or repartitions the whole device?
do you know any the proccess to recover with jtag?
also when I tried to fix that partition with fastboot or flash bootimg or recovery it's said that my partitions table is not exist

othmane.os said:
thanks for clarifying , So the jtag box used for recover the lost partitions or repartitions the whole device?
do you know any the proccess to recover with jtag?
also when I tried to fix that partition with fastboot or flash bootimg or recovery it's said that my partitions table is not exist
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Any joy in getting your boot partition back. I may have gone the same route with my M4. No flashmode, no LED when connecting to USB, etc.
Links to possible JTAG solutions for this phone?

mannemerak said:
Any joy in getting your boot partition back. I may have gone the same route with my M4. No flashmode, no LED when connecting to USB, etc.
Links to possible JTAG solutions for this phone?
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which partition have you mistakenly delete? did fastboot still work for you? if so you can flash recovery and restore your OS and somehow you could fix flashmode with usb debugging on
but if you're unlucky like me with locking the bootloader mistakenly then
there's setool box and JTAG box but the question is which one is easier for restoring boot partitions
also I saw some way of restore partitions but that was with emmc replacement

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[Q] Bricked Streak - No warranty

My PC hung while I was restoring firmware from Nandroid backup. The delete process went fine but restore did not happen. Now the Streak is bricked (Dead). It won't boot, not recognised when connected to PC, no LEDs, no recovery, no fast boot.
The command which executed in Fastboot mode was :
ECHO.
:: Erase existing boot image
ECHO * Erasing existing boot image
IF EXIST boot.img (fastboot erase boot) else (
(ECHO Backup boot.img image not found in current directory. Bad idea to continue script. No erasing has taken place. ABORT!)
(GOTO :END)
)
ECHO.
:: Erase existing system, userdata, and cache images
ECHO * Erasing existing system, userdata, and cache images
IF EXIST system.img (fastboot erase system -w ) else (
(ECHO Backup system.img image not found in current directory. Bad idea to continue script. No erasing has taken place. ABORT!)
(GOTO :END)
The second part which had the command to flash the system and boot failed due to PC being hung and phone went to reboot but did not reboot since then.
Please let me know what are my options now? Are the files deletd are from the internal SD? I I change the SD card will it boot? Should I look for JTAG to resurrect?
Please... Please..help.
I bought it from US 5 months back now I am in India.. so...No Warranty...and no proper Dell Service Center.
Your streak is dead, only way to fix is to remove the inner SD and reformat it
TheManii said:
Your streak is dead, only way to fix is to remove the inner SD and reformat it
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I am ready to strip/dismantle it. So, If I remove the SD, will it switch On? Should I buy a new SD and Put it there or once it's ON I can put the same back and Factory Reset?
It only needs to be reformatted, there's a thread somewhere on how to restore it.
TheManii said:
It only needs to be reformatted, there's a thread somewhere on how to restore it.
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Thank you..Thanks a lot....Just to reconfirm, I should get the Inner SD out, Format it on a PC in FAT32 mode, Place it back and swith on the phone and it should work.
If I can switch it on, that should be enough, then I should be able to manage it from QDL TOOL. Currently I am not able to switch it on and thats a problem.
You have to reformat it in a very specific way, it's made up of multiple partitions i think
TheManii said:
You have to reformat it in a very specific way, it's made up of multiple partitions i think
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I have searched a lot but can't find a way to get the Internal SD formatted. Please help if you have a link or some guidance. It becomes more difficult if the Streak is not booting at all.
dont remove internal sd only card you can see, internal sd has important info stored bricked or not. I have pm'd you also
nirajkrm said:
My PC hung while I was restoring firmware from Nandroid backup. The delete process went fine but restore did not happen. Now the Streak is bricked (Dead). It won't boot, not recognised when connected to PC, no LEDs, no recovery, no fast boot.
The command which executed in Fastboot mode was :
ECHO.
:: Erase existing boot image
ECHO * Erasing existing boot image
IF EXIST boot.img (fastboot erase boot) else (
(ECHO Backup boot.img image not found in current directory. Bad idea to continue script. No erasing has taken place. ABORT!)
(GOTO :END)
)
ECHO.
:: Erase existing system, userdata, and cache images
ECHO * Erasing existing system, userdata, and cache images
IF EXIST system.img (fastboot erase system -w ) else (
(ECHO Backup system.img image not found in current directory. Bad idea to continue script. No erasing has taken place. ABORT!)
(GOTO :END)
The second part which had the command to flash the system and boot failed due to PC being hung and phone went to reboot but did not reboot since then.
Please let me know what are my options now? Are the files deletd are from the internal SD? I I change the SD card will it boot? Should I look for JTAG to resurrect?
Please... Please..help.
I bought it from US 5 months back now I am in India.. so...No Warranty...and no proper Dell Service Center.
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OK..so now I got my streak back after getting it repaired using RIFF-JTAG. It's at least getting powered on now but gets stuck at Dell Logo. It does not go to Recovery (Boot with Vol+ & Vol-) and does not go to Fastboot.
So I can not flash any firmware on it. So looks like I am back to square.
Any assistance please........
Look at my post on this thread, i had the exact problem and i solved it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13446944&postcount=10
read the entire thread including my post, if you still have problems let me know.
link to entire thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13446944#post13446944
or follow this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=982906
nirajkrm said:
OK..so now I got my streak back after getting it repaired using RIFF-JTAG.
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You bought the JTAG Box to fix the streak by soldering method?
Final5k said:
You bought the JTAG Box to fix the streak by soldering method?
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I got it done by a Mobile repair shop. It was hard to find one who has JTAG Box and he charged $ 60 for this. I searched on RIFF-JTAG website. They have list of resellers and customers on their website.
bricked streak
time for qdl to resolve bootloop????
passion8059 said:
time for qdl to resolve bootloop????
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Thank You !!!!! Finaly it's fixed and it's booting up, going to Recovery, FastBoot all Normal.
On Recovery and FastBoot screen it shows a Red Line across the screen written "Default NV checked #3". Yet, the recovery and FastBoot is working fine.
Also the phone shows "No Sim Card" though there's one valid one inserted. I have done Factory Reset, restored my backup and Airplane Mode On/Off but didn't work.
These two may be related to JTAG done earlier. I will try to get to that person again to see if he can check on these. If you have any suggestions please let me know.
bricked streak
had same issue with no signal/airplane mode.
downloaded another update.zip file install steakmod recovery and flashed and success logged onto network. think as it has recovered it skipped logging network mode but as I said flash another update.zip and should resolve issue!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=840326
passion8059 said:
had same issue with no signal/airplane mode.
downloaded another update.zip file install steakmod recovery and flashed and success logged onto network. think as it has recovered it skipped logging network mode but as I said flash another update.zip and should resolve issue!
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Thank you for your help. I have flashed Streakdroid 1.9.1 as well the Stock AT&T 2.2.2. Did not work. With Stock firmware it said Invalid SIM and with 1.9.1 it said No Sim Card.
This prompted me to think of another point. This is a AT&T locked phone unlocked using Unlock Code from AT&T. Again I think JTAG has got this locked somewhere but I am not getting the prompt to input the Unlock Code even with the stock ROM.
Is it possible to manually force somehow the system to prompt for the Unlock Code?
if you put in another sim bar at&t and states invalid sim should prompt for network unlock code again if not looks like baseband may have corrupted. could try qdl again as a last resort.?. otherwise could look for streak unlock costs approx $20/$30 and solved my unlock nightmare

bricked lg g2 d620 help

Hello,
today i tried to root my phone who runs on kitkat 44.2 and i v'e made a big mistake
i wanted to make my phone look like the g3
now its rooted but while it got in recovery i didnt know how to select the options so what i did was
i took my battery out and now i tried to get it on again and it won't
it doensn't want to get in recovery nothing
when i connect it with my phone it shows that its connected
i don't know what to do can someone help me pleasss i want it back like the beginning without the root pleas (((((
Sorry @Teamsvg,
but with this description no one can help you.
Please explain what you did.
How did you root?
What did you do to make it G3 like?
Did you flash anything?
I can not believe it bricked because of pulling the battery while in recovery, because I did the same when my phone was all stock and nothing wrong happened.
You may try: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54325341
Regards,
Zaaap
hi
Zaaap72 said:
Sorry @Teamsvg,
but with this description no one can help you.
Please explain what you did.
How did you root?
What did you do to make it G3 like?
Did you flash anything?
I can not believe it bricked because of pulling the battery while in recovery, because I did the same when my phone was all stock and nothing wrong happened.
You may try: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54325341
Regards,
Zaaap
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hi, thnks for replying
this is what i tried
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KINp9v_GN3o
i didn't enable usb debugging ...
zaap
Zaaap72 said:
Sorry @Teamsvg,
but with this description no one can help you.
Please explain what you did.
How did you root?
What did you do to make it G3 like?
Did you flash anything?
I can not believe it bricked because of pulling the battery while in recovery, because I did the same when my phone was all stock and nothing wrong happened.
You may try: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54325341
Regards,
Zaaap
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My phone is like this: you the screen is black, i forgot to enable usb debugging because i tried to root it in my phone so i ddin't need my computer, i can't get in download mode or recovery nothing ! i tried the buttns( and no my buttons works fine) how can i fix this? the link you've send me ask me to put my phone in download mode : "if your device is bricked and can't boot you'll have to enter the Download Mode, to do that just keep holding the Vol. Up button while inserting the USB cable in the phone( The USB cable must be already plugged into the PC while doing that), and you keep it until you go into the Download Mode."
but it can't ...
Teamsvg said:
My phone is like this: you the screen is black, i forgot to enable usb debugging because i tried to root it in my phone so i ddin't need my computer, i can't get in download mode or recovery nothing ! i tried the buttns( and no my buttons works fine) how can i fix this? the link you've send me ask me to put my phone in download mode : "if your device is bricked and can't boot you'll have to enter the Download Mode, to do that just keep holding the Vol. Up button while inserting the USB cable in the phone( The USB cable must be already plugged into the PC while doing that), and you keep it until you go into the Download Mode."
but it can't ...
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autoirec is onyl for g2.. not mini. becouse we have locked bootloaders custom recoverys doesnt work. something similiar happened to my phone. i can tell you by confedens that first of all it doesnt sound that you are familiar with custom recoverys and stuff and that you have hard bricked your phone. i had to send mine in after 2 days of trying to make it start again. it is broken. and if you take it to service i wouldnt tell them what you did or that you rooted it.
Try this. If you phone is detected under sdb or sdc you have a chance to unbrick your phone.
I attached the files needed to unbrick G2 mini:
sbl1.img
aboot.img
rpm.img
tz.img
recovery.img - download from here.
Be very careful. The order of partitions for our phone is different from the LG G2. So then you use "gdisk -l /dev/sdb" command, find the partitions numbers of each file attached, and use that number in dd command.
I do not know why on tutorial for G2 there is a warning not to flash original recovery.img on recovery partition. So my advice is to flash all partition except recovery.img and see if your phone enter download mode. If not, flash recovery.img, you have nothing to lose.
If the phone enter download mode flash kdz.
powermetza said:
Try this. If you phone is detected under sdb or sdc you have a chance to unbrick your phone.
I attached the files needed to unbrick G2 mini:
sbl1.img
aboot.img
rpm.img
tz.img
recovery.img - download from here.
Be very careful. The order of partitions for our phone is different from the LG G2. So then you use "gdisk -l /dev/sdb" command, find the partitions numbers of each file attached, and use that number in dd command.
I do not know why on tutorial for G2 there is a warning not to flash original recovery.img on recovery partition. So my advice is to flash all partition except recovery.img and see if your phone enter download mode. If not, flash recovery.img, you have nothing to lose.
If the phone enter download mode flash kdz.
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Can i use this files on G2 Mini D618?
Thanks!
No you canĀ“t.
Sent from my LG-D620 using XDA Free mobile app

need help le 1s rock brick....no fastboot no recovery....please help urgent

i have le 1s eco and today i wiped system data and all other things.... then it shows me no os found......after that i tried whole day........all mathod tried then at last i tried usb otg in twrp recovery and then i selected otg memory and agin menu comes asked internal or otg then again i selected otg memory to mount and after selecting otg it goes black.....i think i have choose os on otg so now no recovery no fastboot mode no logo nothing comes only red light when charge lit please help me is there any way......and now will sc guys can do it or they also cant
scorpianj50 said:
i have le 1s eco and today i wiped system data and all other things.... then it shows me no os found......after that i tried whole day........all mathod tried then at last i tried usb otg in twrp recovery and then i selected otg memory and agin menu comes asked internal or otg then again i selected otg memory to mount and after selecting otg it goes black.....i think i have choose os on otg so now no recovery no fastboot mode no logo nothing comes only red light when charge lit please help me is there any way......and now will sc guys can do it or they also cant
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someone please reply to me
No os found means that you wiped your partitions like data,system. A simple nandroid restore will do
Devmountsu77 said:
No os found means that you wiped your partitions like data,system. A simple nandroid restore will do
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i have tried all adb push sideload all and last i made a big mistake i want to install through otg and then i selected otg memory in twrp and then all went black not even starting mobile now and no fastboot no recovery menu opening
scorpianj50 said:
i have tried all adb push sideload all and last i made a big mistake i want to install through otg and then i selected otg memory in twrp and then all went black not even starting mobile now and no fastboot no recovery menu opening
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You need to flash stock ROM with odin
Devmountsu77 said:
You need to flash stock ROM with odin
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but my phone is not detecting by pc because it is not getting on
Which partitions did you wipe? If you wiped the wrong ones you hard bricked your phone
Devmountsu77 said:
Which partitions did you wipe? If you wiped the wrong ones you hard bricked your phone
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i have wiped all stuff which available in twrp system data and cache delvik cache etc
It your USB flash drive,if the screen goes black the flash drive has problems. Do you have another flash drive by any chance? I know you said the PC isn't detecting the phone but try putting it in recovery mode again and mounting all the partition and see if your flash drives work. If you have no success unfortunately you have a hard bricked device
Devmountsu77 said:
It your USB flash drive,if the screen goes black the flash drive has problems. Do you have another flash drive by any chance? I know you said the PC isn't detecting the phone but try putting it in recovery mode again and mounting all the partition and see if your flash drives work. If you have no success unfortunately you have a hard bricked device
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yes i have hard bricked it is there any way to get rid of it......
It could be possible just a bit hard,let me do some research on this phone and then I'll tell you how to unbrick
Devmountsu77 said:
It your USB flash drive,if the screen goes black the flash drive has problems. Do you have another flash drive by any chance? I know you said the PC isn't detecting the phone but try putting it in recovery mode again and mounting all the partition and see if your flash drives work. If you have no success unfortunately you have a hard bricked device
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after spending lots of time it gets in fastboot mode and recovery but in recovery everytime it shows md5 error or zip verification failed tried 3-4 roms......and
Devmountsu77 said:
It could be possible just a bit hard,let me do some research on this phone and then I'll tell you how to unbrick
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and via fastboot mode how to flash zip file fastboot only flash img file how to get rom in img format

Xperia 1 Bootloop

Xperia 1 goes on boot loop after flashing the ROM.
What happened.
>Flashed Xperia 1 using new flasher.
>Device started and while setup went on boot loop with a message"Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and will not boot. Your device will be powered off in 5 seconds."
I tried to repair using Xperia Companion but it won't stay to the Flashmode. It goes on loop with the message.
Used original cable and things.
But the device goes to fastboot mode if I press volume up during plugging.
Flashtool and new flasher cannot since the device won't go to flashmode while volume down and plugging.
What can I do further? Please help.
Does the phone turn on again after it automatically turns off?
What region did you flash btw?
It turns on and off automatically in two of the cases.
1. Connected to the PC.
2. Connected to the charger.
But stays in Fastboot mode connected to PC.
I was getting bootlops after flashing rom (locked bootloader, wanted to change region), using both newflasher and flashtool. In my case the problem was i had to wipe/format reset when flashing with flashtool, otherwise got a bootloop.
Once phone is booting, force a shutdown with volume + and power at the same time, then hold volume - and connect to pc, then use flashtool.
snake218 said:
I was getting bootlops after flashing rom (locked bootloader, wanted to change region), using both newflasher and flashtool. In my case the problem was i had to wipe/format reset when flashing with flashtool, otherwise got a bootloop.
Once phone is booting, force a shutdown with volume + and power at the same time, then hold volume - and connect to pc, then use flashtool.
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Yes, I tried that way but the problem is it won't stay in Flashmode. It shows that warning and goes to bootloop.
I still can see the light turns green while doing so but cannot hold.
Same with me, recover using pc companion and use good cable..
The problem i have because using bad cable
blegs said:
Same with me, recover using pc companion and use good cable..
The problem i have because using bad cable
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Thanks!
My phone doesn't stay in flashmode.
It only stay without loop and message in Fastboot mode.
Else would have flashed already!!
Yes my phone always said my phone not trusted..
I tried using newflashe always failed.
But after chae the cable and recovery from pc companion now its work
I agree, it might be PC problem (drivers) or cable definitelly. Try diferent cable and diferent pc, go to someone with PC and try with his cable
munjeni said:
I agree, it might be PC problem (drivers) or cable definitelly. Try diferent cable and diferent pc, go to someone with PC and try with his cable
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Thank you but the thing doesn't work.
I tried on Windows 7 PC ;
Installed Xperia Companion and Xperia one driver and yet again it booted into fastbootmode but not flashmode.
I used USB C-C cable, and then another sony phone cable but it didn't work.
I even tried a short cable of a battery bank.
Thats strange. Can you write in details what you have flashed and what you have skipped? Did you done something with your trim area?
Hi @munjeni
I unluckily flashed new device J8110. It was a new firmware for device named Sphinx or something similar which isn't released yet.
It was to be j9110 actually. I then flashed the firmware through new flasher. I flashed everything. Then device booted and during setup steps it rebooted. Then I knew the device was different.
I tried flashing J 9110 but then the device started showing the mesaage.
Why don't you reflash trought fastboot? Boot an recovery image with fastboot:
fastboot boot recovery.img
you will need to unlock bootloader to be able to do that. Trought recovery and adb to recovery you can do many things e.g. flash an custom rom... etc, just for idea.
I have thought of it but loosing drm keys was reason.
jeoleo7 said:
I have thought of it but loosing drm keys was reason.
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Doesn't matter anyway as you need access to the phone to toggle OEM unlock before unlocking bootloader
So..
What should I be doing?
jeoleo7 said:
I have thought of it but loosing drm keys was reason.
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But do you have choice? Did you tried?
fastboot erase userdata
Usedata sometimes cause boot loop and message on screen about corruption. Another thing which I curently thinking about, is your battery charged? Maybe empty battery don't allow you to get into flash mode.
munjeni said:
But do you have choice? Did you tried?
fastboot erase userdata
Usedata sometimes cause boot loop and message on screen about corruption. Another thing which I curently thinking about, is your battery charged? Maybe empty battery don't allow you to get into flash mode.
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I'm not sure. It was more than 50% when I did everything.
Not sure now.
Will it charge in fastboot mode?
I don't own device to be able to tell you. Seems you are not only one who have problem with flashmode, here https://forum.xda-developers.com/z3/xperia-z3v-general/bricked-sony-z3v-access-fastboot-t3510214 . Did you tried to erase userdata trought fastboot? I'm believing you will need to unlock bootloader first because you have no choice with locked bootloader because everything you try going to give you "command not allowed". Unlock bootloader, install an recovery, trought recovery you can reflash broken things, e.g. reguest from somebody with same device to give you raw partitions dump (excluding trim area, system, data, cache) and use DD command to reflash it on your phone, remember do not touch trim area, its on first partition! Good luck!
munjeni said:
I don't own device to be able to tell you. Seems you are not only one who have problem with flashmode, here https://forum.xda-developers.com/z3/xperia-z3v-general/bricked-sony-z3v-access-fastboot-t3510214 . Did you tried to erase userdata trought fastboot? I'm believing you will need to unlock bootloader first because you have no choice with locked bootloader because everything you try going to give you "command not allowed". Unlock bootloader, install an recovery, trought recovery you can reflash broken things, e.g. reguest from somebody with same device to give you raw partitions dump (excluding trim area, system, data, cache) and use DD command to reflash it on your phone, remember do not touch trim area, its on first partition! Good luck!
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That link is 3 years old....
Without access to the phone there will be no access to the OEM unlock. Without that I don't think the bootloader can be unlocked.
It's hard to properly brick a sony phone with flashmode. With previous ones a different PC with different cables etc has worked

Question Test Point for 9008 Mode

Does anybody know the pins need to be shorted for me to boot into 9008 Mode (EDL mode)? EDL Cable, DIY EDL Cable, and buttons doesn't work for me. Also, I can't boot to fastboot and recovery.. Thank you!
xXEphie said:
Does anybody know the pins need to be shorted for me to boot into 9008 Mode (EDL mode)? EDL Cable, DIY EDL Cable, and buttons doesn't work for me. Also, I can't boot to fastboot and recovery.. Thank you!
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how you bricked the phone?as i know this phone partition is a/b so if something went wrong with a software update or u mess with anything related to software it will boot with the old working system
mhammad77 said:
how you bricked the phone?as i know this phone partition is a/b so if something went wrong with a software update or u mess with anything related to software it will boot with the old working system
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I used "flash ab" command on ADB while installing TWRP then I got stucked on recovery loop (There's a thread on using the right ADB commands to flash TWRP.. but it's too late for me haha). While trying to restore the old recovery, i used a command (I forgot what that command is) to clear recovery ab partition and tried the proper way to install TWRP..
It worked out just fine until I tried to flash latest EU rom , failed on 50%.. cleared all partitions and rebooted to recovery mode then viola! no display but the unit is warm
Anyways, we (me and the tech guy that I contacted to fix hard brick) already located the test points for this unit.. I don't know if there are devs who already posted the test points for this unit on the internet/forum sites.
Fixed from Feb. 16, 2023. That time, only K40 series has the test point on the internet.
P.S. Oh right, I haven't posted it in here (XDA)
P.S.S. Now that I'm reviewing this thread, I remembered that I used A12 version of TWRP.. but I updated to MIUI 14 (A13) before i began installing TWRP...

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