Hello, i had a little question, maybe someone can help me to understand. Why is this impossible to downgrade mi a3 ?
Will it be possible in the futur ? I saw we were able to downgrade from 10 to 9, even xiaomi said it was not possible. Any chance the same thing appears for android 11 to 10 ?
Sorry for my bad english
Aethernali said:
Hello, i had a little question, maybe someone can help me to understand. Why is this impossible to downgrade mi a3 ?
Will it be possible in the futur ? I saw we were able to downgrade from 10 to 9, even xiaomi said it was not possible. Any chance the same thing appears for android 11 to 10 ?
Sorry for my bad english
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Xiaomi has enabled the anti roll-back "feature" (more than a pain in the a$$, in my opinion). If you want to roll back (for example, from 11 to 10), unless you disable the anti roll-back protection, if you flash an older version of the firmware via Mi Flash Tools, you'll end up with a bricked phone (likely to be fixed if you boot your device in EDL mode and then do a tedious process).
Hope this helps you, let me know if I can help you with anything else
billyrock713 said:
Xiaomi has enabled the anti roll-back "feature" (more than a pain in the a$$, in my opinion). If you want to roll back (for example, from 11 to 10), unless you disable the anti roll-back protection, if you flash an older version of the firmware via Mi Flash Tools, you'll end up with a bricked phone (likely to be fixed if you boot your device in EDL mode and then do a tedious process).
Hope this helps you, let me know if I can help you with anything else
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Hey, thx for you awnser !
I have somes little basics, but my getvar anti give me 0.
So i tought it was disabled ..
Aethernali said:
Hey, thx for you awnser !
I have somes little basics, but my getvar anti give me 0.
So i tought it was disabled ..
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AFAIK, in theory, if it throws you 0, it should be disabled. Nonetheless, I wouldn't hurry when doing all of this. I bricked my A3 and, even though it could be fixed (prior 58€ payment ), I'm gonna return to the seller.
Have you experienced issues when using YouTube Vanced on floating window? Yesterday night I was trying to watch something and it started lagging (and, to make matters worse, vibration doesn't work and the fingerprint has become unreliable AF, both caused by a software issue).
I'm telling all of this because all of this happened after installing the last update, so bear in mind all those issues so as to consider if they're a big deal or not. As for me, sadly I'm gonna keep using my Redmi Note 5 Pro until something interesting pops up.
I suggest you to stay on A11... Or install a custom rom... Because downgrade is not 100% safe... And a11 is good like a10. In my opinion is better. A question: if like a10 so much to risk a brick after the downgrade, why you have updated your phone?
Coz i didnt know rollback was impossible. This is my first android one phone, switched from redmi note 7, and i had no rollback issues with it
billyrock713 said:
AFAIK, in theory, if it throws you 0, it should be disabled. Nonetheless, I wouldn't hurry when doing all of this. I bricked my A3 and, even though it could be fixed (prior 58€ payment ), I'm gonna return to the seller.
Have you experienced issues when using YouTube Vanced on floating window? Yesterday night I was trying to watch something and it started lagging (and, to make matters worse, vibration doesn't work and the fingerprint has become unreliable AF, both caused by a software issue).
I'm telling all of this because all of this happened after installing the last update, so bear in mind all those issues so as to consider if they're a big deal or not. As for me, sadly I'm gonna keep using my Redmi Note 5 Pro until something interesting pops up.
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You can unbrick it by yourself for free, you don't need to unmount your phone, i can explain to you
Aethernali said:
You can unbrick it by yourself for free, you don't need to unmount your phone, i can explain to you
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I wouldn't mind to know how Even though I don't own an A3 anymore, I can't predict when my current driver is gonna die. How can I revive a phone via EDL mode without using testing points?
Thanks in advance for your time
billyrock713 said:
I wouldn't mind to know how Even though I don't own an A3 anymore, I can't predict when my current driver is gonna die. How can I revive a phone via EDL mode without using testing points?
Thanks in advance for your time
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When the phone is off, hold up + down volume key, then press and hold power, for like 5 seconds. The phone will boot in edl mode. Ofc it works only for qualcomm based phone.
After this you'll need an edl authorized account, or a ay to bypass it.
Aethernali said:
When the phone is off, hold up + down volume key, then press and hold power, for like 5 seconds. The phone will boot in edl mode. Ofc it works only for qualcomm based phone.
After this you'll need an edl authorized account, or a ay to bypass it.
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Thanks for the info. I hope not needing to require such action, but it's good to know it is an option available
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Hello guys!
I need a big help!
I have a meizu pro 7 (128GB). Have a bootloop and want now flash again with the stockrom "Variation A".
I can start in fastboot variation.
Who can help me? I have downloaded the last flyme-rom.
What did i have to do to "unbrick" my phone?
Thanks for help!
Best regards peter
Hello guys!
I have solved the problem!
When you start the phone in "recovery mode" and connect the phone to a computer so you will find a drive with "recovery". At this drive you can copy an "update.zip" (a-rom) and start at the phone. So it will restart and reboot.
I hopy anyone can use it.
best regards
peter
Did you ever figure out if this is possible?
Im in a bootloop and the recovery on this phone only give 2 options ive been trying to figure out how to sideload but without a proper recovery i cant do iot
fastboot takes commands but without a bootloader unlock and a recovery worth a **** i think its a fools errand. meizu is no help ive heard either
If you have damaged the stock recovery image, there is no option to restore. you need to pack the phone and send it to a Meizu dealer for reflash.
I have a brand new pro 7 plus Stuck at the FLYME with the turning logo . Shame really I didn't do anything out of the ordinary and now it's a 600 paperweight. Where is a service e center ? Nightmare this is ......I even contacted Meizu directly they basically told me to go @#$% myself ...
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I have a brand new pro 7 plus Stuck at the FLYME with the turning logo . Shame really I didn't do anything out of the ordinary and now it's a 600 paperweight. Where is a service e center ? Nightmare this is ......I even contacted Meizu directly they basically told me to go @#$% myself ...
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If its on Logo rotating, the bootloader probably is fine. You need to find the same version of the software that you have had on your phone. Then you go to recovery and flash it. There are two ticks, before the flash process begins. Mark both. Flash, reboot and it should be as good as new.
I wish you were right but I've tried flashing every fw under the sun and it's either corrupt or too old. I'm all ears though if you have suggestions going forward . You are correct in describing my situation. Thanks in advance
herb9876 said:
I wish you were right but I've tried flashing every fw under the sun and it's either corrupt or too old. I'm all ears though if you have suggestions going forward . You are correct in describing my situation. Thanks in advance
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Hi, I'm sorry dude but we're in the same boat. There is a problem with the Chinese variant, when you flash a beta A firmware and then flash the G firmware, the phone gets stuck and you can't update to any firmware anymore. We asked Meizu on the Flyme forums for a while (it's been a while our phone is useless), a moderator said not long ago that apparently they will release a new firmware which fixes that, I'm not certain about it but it's our best bet at this point. Either that, or if someone with enough knowledge manages to find a way to unlock the bootloader.
Here is the link to the bug report if you want to click the "I have the same" button and, maybe make them hurry a bit?
http://forum.flymeos.com/thread-38010-1-1.html
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I wish you were right but I've tried flashing every fw under the sun and it's either corrupt or too old. I'm all ears though if you have suggestions going forward . You are correct in describing my situation. Thanks in advance
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Have you searched this site ?
https://reameizu.com
how to enter in fastboot mode meizu pro 7 plus ?
First of all I want to say hello to all users (this is my first post)
Yesterday I was coming back from beta 10 to android 9 through hisuite. The whole operation went great. I configured and restored the phone from backup. Everything worked. In the morning the phone downloaded and installed beta 10, from this moment I only have the message like in the picture. *I can't add a photo or link
Screen witch text:
YOUR DEVICE HAS LOADED DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEM.
The phone is not detected in hisuite, has access to erecovery, unfortunately it is not possible to download the software, the message: getting package info failed appears.
The dload method also doesn't work.
Please help
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First of all I want to say hello to all users (this is my first post)
Yesterday I was coming back from beta 10 to android 9 through hisuite. The whole operation went great. I configured and restored the phone from backup. Everything worked. In the morning the phone downloaded and installed beta 10, from this moment I only have the message like in the picture. *I can't add a photo or link
Screen witch text:
YOUR DEVICE HAS LOADED DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEM.
The phone is not detected in hisuite, has access to erecovery, unfortunately it is not possible to download the software, the message: getting package info failed appears.
The dload method also doesn't work.
Please help
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I'll imagine that you can do a hard reset and using erecovery to come out brand new?
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dondavis007 said:
I'll imagine that you can do a hard reset and using erecovery to come out brand new?
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I have reset my phone many times - effect is the same
I cant load software from erecovery becasuse I have a message: getting package info failed.
andoid182 said:
I have reset my phone many times - effect is the same
I cant load software from erecovery becasuse I have a message: getting package info failed.
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Take it to a Huawei repair center. They should help you fix it.
Andrei Morar said:
Take it to a Huawei repair center. They should help you fix it.
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Huawei service changed my mainborad today.
Problem solved
mmm182 said:
Huawei service changed my mainborad today.
Problem solved
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But you messed up with software, how huawei solve your problem with a hardware part? Did you have issues before with your device?
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But you messed up with software, how huawei solve your problem with a hardware part? Did you have issues before with your device?
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How I messed up software? did you read first post ?
No my phone worked normally.
They changed my mainboard to new one .
mmm182 said:
How I messed up software? did you read first post ?
No my phone worked normally.
They changed my mainboard to new one .
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OK forget the "messed up" part you didn t do something wrong, my English is bad.
So after rolling back to emui 9 and then again to emui 10 beta the mainboard affected by this procedure???
papavales said:
OK forget the "messed up" part you didn t do something wrong, my English is bad.
So after rolling back to emui 9 and then again to emui 10 beta the mainboard affected by this procedure???
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Yes - I want to roll back to emui 9 and I recover my backup from hisuite (in this backup was beta app) and my phone after one day download and instal beta 10.
papavales said:
OK forget the "messed up" part you didn t do something wrong, my English is bad.
So after rolling back to emui 9 and then again to emui 10 beta the mainboard affected by this procedure???
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Problably a fluke of nature. Re installing won't damage hardware. Done the same process my self
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ppl stoop messin with phones !! whyu u messing with beta crap ??? pointless and hate drop down menu sam elike samsung ugly
I was have exactly the same problem, i have try every metod but nothing restor my software. in the final Huawei service changed to new my logicborad.
Ive heard of this issue with many other others in the other Huawei forums. Basically something along the lines of the software is not matching or to that effect. This normally happened when 9.1 users flashed wrong Emui 10 Cust code firmware onto their device. But I've also read others like OP who received OTA and w brick occured.
OP, so to clarify, how did you originally upgrade to Emui 10? What method.
Once you downgraded rolled back to 9.1 did you restore a Emui 10 Hisuite.backup onto your device?
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PhoneTechShop said:
ppl stoop messin with phones !! whyu u messing with beta crap ??? pointless and hate drop down menu sam elike samsung ugly
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You're on xda forum... a place dedicated to modding and development of phones... and you're telling people to stop messing with their own devices? You're a few crayons short of a full box aren't you lol.
Hi there,
So i had a nice time with my poco, but now it's bricked and i need your help.
So is here anyone who can restore the phone using EDL Mode that it's usable ? Maybe someone knows a service who make these work remotely ? Because in Germany there's no service center from XIAOMI.
Heiko77 said:
Hi there,
So i had a nice time with my poco, but now it's bricked and i need your help.
So is here anyone who can restore the phone using EDL Mode that it's usable ? Maybe someone knows a service who make these work remotely ? Because in Germany there's no service center from XIAOMI.
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You flashed arter leaks kernel ?
OmarKiller60 said:
You flashed arter leaks kernel ?
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If he would flash arter leaked kernel which wiped ufs storage including bootloader, he may not even have oportunity to boot to EDL mode as its part of bootloader
Redmi note 8 pro bricked edl
Is there a way to bypass an approved account for Xiaomi through edl mode bricked I have a redmi note 8 pro phone who died two months ago and did not live are there any developers who report ??????
OmarKiller60 said:
You flashed arter leaks kernel ?
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I flashed this kernal and now phone is bricked and I won't even enter into twrp mode just totally dead. I go to service center and that guy who has not much knowledge regarding this said I flash the official rom through fastboot mode and through edl mode but still its stuck on logo then he said there's one more shop near to service center that guy can help you into this I go that guy into his shop I told him I flashed the wrong kernal and its not even responding in anyway he understands what I mean to say he said he has to open the phone to revive but still he said there are 60% chance of success. I am so worried now can anybody please help me into this
hey all i have also flashed the kernel also an now my phone is bricked aswell i can only get edl to be recognized on my pc ive also tried flashing factory rom with mi flash tool and get the authentication error does anyone have a work around to this issue thanks
You got what you deserved, period. Don't flash every **** that someone is giving you.
And no, there is no workaround. Your phone is dead, go get a new one.
Lazy Rich said:
You got what you deserved, period. Don't flash every **** that someone is giving you.
And no, there is no workaround. Your phone is dead, go get a new one.
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Nah, bull****. He just need authorized EDL account to flash stock firmware with miflash
EugenStanis said:
Nah, bull****. He just need authorized EDL account to flash stock firmware with miflash
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Have fun finding someone that doesn't charge you an immense amount of money for that. Yeah, paying 100$ to some trustworthy ukrainian guy is probably better than buying a new phone.
I hope that these guys learned their lesson to not randomly flash any "fancy" things to their phone. Always look for trusted sources.
I for myself don't even flash newly released roms or kernels. Better wait a week, check some feedback and then go for it.
Lazy Rich said:
Have fun finding someone that doesn't charge you an immense amount of money for that. Yeah, paying 100$ to some trustworthy ukrainian guy is probably better than buying a new phone.
I hope that these guys learned their lesson to not randomly flash any "fancy" things to their phone. Always look for trusted sources.
I for myself don't even flash newly released roms or kernels. Better wait a week, check some feedback and then go for it.
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Nah, the cost of EDL account is about ten dollars. Its still much more better to pay 10 buck rather then spending 400 dollars on new or used phone
Lazy Rich said:
I for myself don't even flash newly released roms or kernels. Better wait a week, check some feedback and then go for it.
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Yeah, luckily not everyone does it, otherwise you would have certain problems.
Just check source and if you completely paranoid build the ROM by your self...
So, yes. I did flash leaked arter. Needed EDL flash and phone was alive. Problem that now exists is,I get no network connection. Also had to restore IMEI and so on. Maybe somebody got a solution to bring back at least second Sim to life with mobile connection.
i thought the same where thinking the phone is back i had wlan working but then i played arround with imei to get it back in phone now its completey ****ed no wlan no sim :laugh::laugh::laugh:
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i also try to flash the leaked kernel to fully brick the phone but its not bricking my phone lol dunno how to get it bricked to start from begin xD
U need just wipe partitions and flash persist.img to get WLAN back
its not working write protected its not even working with modified fastboot flash_all.bat in edl mode .....
i also tryed with orginal .qcn file from friends phone i only replaced the imeis not even working
edit: i worked 3 days on it nothing is working i gave it up buying a new phone and stop waisting my time on this ****
I can help you to do edl flash in just 800 rupees call me 7351071470
Hi,
Did anyone experience some issue in the OTA upgrade to V12.0.3.0.QFQEUXM?
Now, at the first reboot after the upgrade, my touch doesn't work anymore and to unlock I used an external mouse.
I thought the V12.0.3.0.QFQEUXM was one of the "safe" roms without the bricking bug... But still, the touch not working isn't exactly good
Did you overcome this issue?
Thanks
I bricked my Mi A# trying to go back to a earier rom. Please just wait for an OTA to fix this, since you have a OTG to use mouse, youll be able to install it from the phone itself. Good luck
Bysholo said:
I bricked my Mi A# trying to go back to a earier rom. Please just wait for an OTA to fix this, since you have a OTG to use mouse, youll be able to install it from the phone itself. Good luck
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i have the same case, do u mean that if xiaomi launch new fixed update rom/loader of android 11 we can install/load it from flashdisk using OTG cable?
I am facing the same issue. The touchscreen doesn't work anymore. Please help!
I brought the phone to Xiaomi repair centre and... They're scamming me!
They don't give me back the phone if I don't pay 20€ or if I don't pay 80€ to repair the back camera glass that has a small crack (for 6 months). They don't either check the issue if before I don't pay WTF!!!
And, official Xiaomi support via email agrees that, before checking the phone, I have to repair at my expense any scratch!!! And that they don't know about any issue on the Mi A3 FW!!! As if the dozens of wrong firmware of the latest year never existed!!! I'm speechless!!!
kerahledrek said:
i have the same case, do u mean that if xiaomi launch new fixed update rom/loader of android 11 we can install/load it from flashdisk using OTG cable?
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Sorry I couldn't respond earlier. No, I meant that you can use the mouse to get to the Options menu and install the OTA update directly from the phone.
Bysholo said:
Sorry I couldn't respond earlier. No, I meant that you can use the mouse to get to the Options menu and install the OTA update directly from the phone.
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That' is the only hope!
P.S. Here in Italy Xiaomy doesn't repair your phone really for free! If you have some scratches on the back a small sign on the camera glass, etc... They pretend that you pay them to fix the visual glitches and then they will repair your phone for the s**t they did!
So, they release public statements that they will fix the issue, and then in reality they scam you...
mr-mauro said:
That' is the only hope!
P.S. Here in Italy Xiaomy doesn't repair your phone really for free! If you have some scratches on the back a small sign on the camera glass, etc... They pretend that you pay them to fix the visual glitches and then they will repair your phone for the s**t they did!
So, they release public statements that they will fix the issue, and then in reality they scam you...
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Sorry to hear that. I have same problem, touch not working after update to A11, bricked after downgrade to 10. Then i bring to service center, they fix it for free, even with unlocked bootloader (I'm living in Vietnam).
Unfortunately, at least here in Italy, Xiaomi seems a very unprofessional company (to not say something worst)!
They are not fixing it, they pretend money to before repair and replace unrequested component that have scratches, before even trying to fix the s*it they did.
For my point of view, I wouldn't anymore suggest to anyone to buy them. Because, if then this is the service you get, you save more money with any other brand that has a professional after sale support.
I got back my phone, I had to pay for it because they weren't fixing it for free, despite it was a problem caused by them (that's a joke Xiaomi)!
However, I received a new fw and with a mouse connected via OTA I installed it and, now touch works... But still, WTF Xiaomi, you create a global issue and then you spill money from clients? I got rid of the phone now and my next phone this year won't be a Xiaomi
same issue here, won't buy Xiaomi smartphone next time for sure.
I have a question: if a rom is buggy, is buggy FOR ALL USERS. But if some user (like me) don't have any bug... Problably is not a xiaomi issue. It's a user issue that don't have the skills to apply an ota update without mistakes. For example first a11 killer ota bricked all phones. But 12.0.3.0 that i have installed two months ago...have touchscreen working perfectly. So Good luck with yours futures Samsung... But if you don't be able to update a phone, don't incolpe xiaomi.
Anyway... Digit this * # * # 64663 # * #* and make the specific test...
hello, i recieved the march 21 OTA update yesterday, and after the final reboot, my touchscreen doesn't work anymore,
did you find a solution? i don't have a usb-c adapter so i can't try with a usb-mouse.
thanks
arjo656 said:
hello, i recieved the march 21 OTA update yesterday, and after the final reboot, my touchscreen doesn't work anymore,
did you find a solution? i don't have a usb-c adapter so i can't try with a usb-mouse.
thanks
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First try an hard reset. Or better a clean firmware installation. But before try a touchscreen test. If is a little software problemi, the test solve it with a sort of recalibration
wetito said:
First try an hard reset. Or better a clean firmware installation. But before try a touchscreen test. If is a little software problemi, the test solve it with a sort of recalibration
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hello, how can i do those things if i can't unlock the phone? i can't enter my pin code or my unlock pattern
arjo656 said:
hello, how can i do those things if i can't unlock the phone? i can't enter my pin code or my unlock pattern
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Mmmm.... I suggest you a clean system installation via fastboot or with miflash in edl mode
I'm afraid the new android security system will ask me for my unlock pattern during installation.
How to enter in the EDL mode?
hello, after almost 2 months i managed to solve my problem. because of this fuc.... covid, I could not cross the border to take my mobile phone to the after-sales service, so I ordered a usb adapter to be able to connect a keyboard and mouse, and suddenly I was able to skip the unlocking pattern and go to settings to check for available updates, and luckily for me there was one of 43mb! After installing this update, the touch screen works again !!
arjo656 said:
hello, after almost 2 months i managed to solve my problem. because of this fuc.... covid, I could not cross the border to take my mobile phone to the after-sales service, so I ordered a usb adapter to be able to connect a keyboard and mouse, and suddenly I was able to skip the unlocking pattern and go to settings to check for available updates, and luckily for me there was one of 43mb! After installing this update, the touch screen works again !!
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2 mounths??? in ten minutes you could have done this: download miflash tool, download latest stock mia3 fastboot firmware (also ota incremental are online!) and flash it with miflash
wetito said:
2 mounths??? in ten minutes you could have done this: download miflash tool, download latest stock mia3 fastboot firmware (also ota incremental are online!) and flash it with miflash
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how can i do my unlock pattern without the touchscreen and the phone connected to the computer?
So I may have bricked my phone and need some serious help right now...
I was ready to flash October's monthly update. I had downloaded the factory image, and extracted everything from the factory image. I patched the magisk image and had it ready in the same directory. I edited the flash_all.bat script and removed the "-w" flag. I disabled all modules on magisk, and had got the phone to bootloader mode. I then ran the flash_all.bat script, and then for some reason the bootloader flashing failed. My phone now won't turn on and is a complete black screen. I need some major help here.
EDIT: My PC cannot see it on EITHER ADB or Fastboot devices
Can you boot manually into bootloader mode?
Cheers
tom1807 said:
Can you boot manually into bootloader mode?
Cheers
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No I can't. Holding power and volume down gets me nothing.
Toronadian said:
No I can't. Holding power and volume down gets me nothing.
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How long are you holding it? I have found that it takes a *really long time* (like, a full minute) of holding that power button to get any response. But if still nothing, "black screen with no response" does sound like the "bad bootloader" brick. :x Might be fixable under warranty, I'm not sure.
.......I'm getting a feeling that I did the wrong device's bootloader and it failed. Now it's stuck....
Toronadian said:
So I may have bricked my phone and need some serious help right now...
I was ready to flash October's monthly update. I had downloaded the factory image, and extracted everything from the factory image. I patched the magisk image and had it ready in the same directory. I edited the flash_all.bat script and removed the "-w" flag. I disabled all modules on magisk, and had got the phone to bootloader mode. I then ran the flash_all.bat script, and then for some reason the bootloader flashing failed. My phone now won't turn on and is a complete black screen. I need some major help here.
EDIT: My PC cannot see it on EITHER ADB or Fastboot devices
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Did you have the A13 bootloader flashed to both slots before trying to update today?
Maybe try the phone support? Flash a rom to Sd card even?
Lughnasadh said:
Did you have the A13 bootloader flashed to both slots before trying to update today?
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Yes I did. OK...so I screwed up HARD and I think I might have did the Pixel 5's bootloader, or at least it tried. It just said failed and that was it. Now I'm just getting a black screen.
Both slots have the September 2022 A13 bootloader. I was on September 2022 update. Is there anyway to get to the other slot and at least get bootloader from there??
Toronadian said:
Yes I did. OK...so I screwed up HARD and I think I might have did the Pixel 5's bootloader, or at least it tried. It just said failed and that was it. Now I'm just getting a black screen.
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Have you tried to see if Android Flash Tool will recognize your phone?
Lughnasadh said:
Have you tried to see if Android Flash Tool will recognize your phone?
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Yep, doesn't recognize it.
Toronadian said:
Yep, doesn't recognize it.
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May want to try to RMA it. Can't think of anything else. Sounds like it's pretty dead if it's not turning on and not recognizing anything.
What hurts hard is that I've taken exceptional care of this, like battery was still at 100%. Ugghh. Traded in my 4a 5G for this at launch.
Unfortunately , if you flash bootloader from another model.. you're f***d...
RMA only option
cultofluna said:
Unfortunately , if you flash bootloader from another model.. you're f***d...
RMA only option
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Except ur not...
Toronadian said:
What hurts hard is that I've taken exceptional care of this, like battery was still at 100%. Ugghh. Traded in my 4a 5G for this at launch.
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Well if you're willing I'm trying to start a small team for testing existing methods to unbricking.
I've come to the conclusion that all you need to talk to the phone is a USB c to 2.0 cable then hold vol up/dwn. This exposes the bootROM output and messages from the phone in serial output on COMM5, and if you're on Unix then it's on ttyACM0. Interestingly enough it's in Exynos downloading mode. The computer gives us the USB descriptor and a bulk in and bulk out endpoint.
I believe Exynos uses Syn/Ack/Dwn/Up
So an update, I took it today to a UBreakIFix location since here in Canada they're an authorized repair place. I fortunately still had 2 weeks warranty on it (of a year) so the repair is supposedly covered (they emailed Google and got authorization on it). After doing the diagnosis, they said the issue is with the motherboard or something (I'm assuming it flashed the wrong thing and bricked) so they had to replace it. They have the part in stock so I'm getting the phone back tomorrow. Hoping this gets everything back in place and repair holds up. Nothing was wrong with it otherwise, just hope their repair handiwork is good and all the pieces are placed correctly. I did lose all my data and messages though as I had been choosing not to save a number of things to my Google account (I had it on pause) so it will take quite a bit of time to just get it back to the way I like it. Also hoping that they don't then also prevent the bootloader from being unlocked, which I've read has happened after Google RMA's your device.
Thank you everyone. And @NonStickAtom785 , hope for all the best in your testing into unbricking methods and look forward to having you share your findings, in case for whatever reason others or hopefully NOT me runs into that situation.