Hello
Let me preface this by saying: I'm not experienced in the world of rom flashing. I know very little.
I flashed my OnePlus Nord N10 5G with Lineage OS a few months ago, it was working fine until yesterday, when it got stuck in an infinite bootloop.
Whenever I start the phone, it shows the unlocked bootloader warning, then hangs infinitely on the Lineage boot animation.
I have tried multiple unbricking tutorials from this forum, and other websites. Nothing is working, because I don't think I had USB debugging enabled. My PC won't detect the Nord as a phone, so ADB and MSM won't recognize a device. Because of this I can't use ADB or MSM to install TWRP or flash a new image. I can get into Fastboot on the phone, that's all I can do.
Is there anything I can do to flash a stock rom, or any other way to restore factory settings? I don't need to save any of the data.
Thanks!
Well... if you can get to fastboot, you aren't bricked. EDL mode will let you flash a factory image over... the problem is that 100% kills anything you had on the phone.
If something "hangs infinitely", it might be possible it boots far enough to bring up ADB- meaning you could use logcat to see if there is something obvious with the startup that you might be able to fix.
I'm not familiar enough with Lineage to know how to recover it 100%... but based on the thread in XDA on this (e.g. the unofficial Lineage port) you start with flashing the Lineage recovery from fastboot. Does that not work? What fails? Most recoveries (e.g. TWRP) will unencrypt partions so you can at least copy them to SDCard and get your data off. Some of them will allow the phone side of ADB to boot, so you could do it with ADB PULL from 'puter side, too.
If you are indeed a n00b, make sure you learn the A/B thing- I can't do it justice here, but it WILL mess you up for reasons you won't understand until you've fought it many times (e.g. flash a recovery, but it does nothing because it is booting A and you flashed B).
After you have all your data off, I wouldn't bother trying to recover unless you are really bored... just EDL it to factory, then start anew if you want to go back to a custom ROM. FWIW, I found debloating and degoogling easier for me on this phone than trying to get everything else working. I am working now on CalyxOS on a Pixel 5G since it has all the proprietary blobs available to make all the hardware work, with a from-source-compiled-OS with re-lockable bootloader (when boot integrity works FOR you, it is a beautiful thing). Calyx is starting to futz with OnePlus phones, but they don't have a N10 image last I checked so I can't endorse it here... yet.
SomeRandomGuy said:
Well... if you can get to fastboot, you aren't bricked. EDL mode will let you flash a factory image over... the problem is that 100% kills anything you had on the phone.
If something "hangs infinitely", it might be possible it boots far enough to bring up ADB- meaning you could use logcat to see if there is something obvious with the startup that you might be able to fix.
I'm not familiar enough with Lineage to know how to recover it 100%... but based on the thread in XDA on this (e.g. the unofficial Lineage port) you start with flashing the Lineage recovery from fastboot. Does that not work? What fails? Most recoveries (e.g. TWRP) will unencrypt partions so you can at least copy them to SDCard and get your data off. Some of them will allow the phone side of ADB to boot, so you could do it with ADB PULL from 'puter side, too.
If you are indeed a n00b, make sure you learn the A/B thing- I can't do it justice here, but it WILL mess you up for reasons you won't understand until you've fought it many times (e.g. flash a recovery, but it does nothing because it is booting A and you flashed B).
After you have all your data off, I wouldn't bother trying to recover unless you are really bored... just EDL it to factory, then start anew if you want to go back to a custom ROM. FWIW, I found debloating and degoogling easier for me on this phone than trying to get everything else working. I am working now on CalyxOS on a Pixel 5G since it has all the proprietary blobs available to make all the hardware work, with a from-source-compiled-OS with re-lockable bootloader (when boot integrity works FOR you, it is a beautiful thing). Calyx is starting to futz with OnePlus phones, but they don't have a N10 image last I checked so I can't endorse it here... yet.
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I'm fine with killing anything on the phone, nothing important on there. I've tried getting into EDL mode and using MSM Tool, but MSM doesn't see the phone when it's plugged in
When I try adb and enter "adb devices" in cmd prompt, no devices are listed. I also tried fastboot recovery via cmd prompt but after entering the command, it returns "<waiting for device>", so it's not seeing the phone either.
All I want to do is flash a factory image over, but I have no clue how to do that when the phone isn't being detected by any Windows program that can flash..
Thanks for your quick response, it would be incredible if you could help me sort this out!
Ok, so I assume you've read about the MSM tool here and maybe elsewhere, too, about 30 times? (Not being condescending, that's what it took me to get all of it, and I've been doing this for quite a while...).
My takeaways as I remember them:
- You need Windows. Yuck. If you are another OS, Virtualization is your friend, but make sure your USB passes through; in Linux that means some security adjustments.
- There is a SPECIAL qualcomm driver needed for Windows to see the EDL mode. This is hard to make sure you have installed correctly, but trips a lot of people- it is different than the phone/fastboot/ADB ones.
- The boot [physical] key combination only works for like 3 seconds or so to go to EDL - otherwise it will try to boot normally. That means get everything perfect, MSM running, mouse over "begin" (or whatever it is called), before you hold the keys and plug in the cable. Watch for it to appear, then quickly start once it is seen. Don't drop the keys until it says beginning firehose something or other. At that point sit back and relax.
- Make sure if you are loading a Win10 VM for this you cut it off the internet. Your friends in Redmond may try to auto-update including rebooting you in the middle of the download, which will not work out well for you.
If something goes south be specific, and I will try to help. Just remember, it is nearly impossible to brick a OnePlus due to EDL, so take your time and it will work
Oh yeah, while this is probably obvious, lemme say it for the record: (1) MSM puts it back to literal factory, so you have to re-unlock bootloader all over again to begin the quest of root/customization (2) this will absolutely wipe anything on the device data wise. SD cards are your friend.
SomeRandomGuy said:
Ok, so I assume you've read about the MSM tool here and maybe elsewhere, too, about 30 times? (Not being condescending, that's what it took me to get all of it, and I've been doing this for quite a while...).
My takeaways as I remember them:
- You need Windows. Yuck. If you are another OS, Virtualization is your friend, but make sure your USB passes through; in Linux that means some security adjustments.
- There is a SPECIAL qualcomm driver needed for Windows to see the EDL mode. This is hard to make sure you have installed correctly, but trips a lot of people- it is different than the phone/fastboot/ADB ones.
- The boot [physical] key combination only works for like 3 seconds or so to go to EDL - otherwise it will try to boot normally. That means get everything perfect, MSM running, mouse over "begin" (or whatever it is called), before you hold the keys and plug in the cable. Watch for it to appear, then quickly start once it is seen. Don't drop the keys until it says beginning firehose something or other. At that point sit back and relax.
- Make sure if you are loading a Win10 VM for this you cut it off the internet. Your friends in Redmond may try to auto-update including rebooting you in the middle of the download, which will not work out well for you.
If something goes south be specific, and I will try to help. Just remember, it is nearly impossible to brick a OnePlus due to EDL, so take your time and it will work
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I was able to fix the issue by booting into EDL mode correctly, thank you so much for your help!
Glad to hear. Like I said, it took me many times reading over and over again, along with trial and error, before I made it happen the first time. But now that you're past it, have no more fear, flash away!
If something wasn't obvious to you, add a response to this or the OP article with your insight. It may help for many generations of phones to come.
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Hi hello
So here’s a head scratcher I hope someone can help me with that won’t involve replacing my main board.
Got myself the p20 lite (ANE-LX1 C432) - Single Sim.
I unlocked the bootloader with Huawei just before they stopped handing out the codes. All was good and happy with the world.
Rooted with Magisk and Was busy messing around With Termux, Linux deploy, Mobile Terminal and some pretty basic stuff. I’ve been out of the android scene for a while so was getting reacquainted with the scene.
Anyway. I was messing around in the terminal in a root shell just fixing basic permissions after messing up my termux environment as root. Phone randomly rebooted (I must’ve messed with the wrong folder -no idea which) came back on and my IMEI and baseband were gone.
No worries, I thought. Happened tonnes of times with my previous Devices (looking at you Samsung) just a quick restore or flash and all will be happy again.
Yeah, not quite.
Note that up until this point I hadn’t touched the system partition (probably besides the mobile terminal mishap -no idea)
So over the last week or so I have tried everything. Restore from Twrp backup. Flashed stock through fastboot, through erecovery. Those flashed ok but didn’t fix it.
Putting numerous different update.app FULL & OTA updates in dload folder on SD and internal all failed. Only used my builds version of course and only ones firmware finder deemed compatible/available
Then I got desperate (read: stupid) Decided to take the unpacked firmware files and flash whichever ones twrp would let me. First tried just the modem files. Didn’t help. Then just went through the list and flashed all I could.
I think the kicker came in when I installed the Trustfirmware.img because once I did that I rebooted and now I was stuck in an endless boot loop. No way to get into recovery. Not with their ton combo nor adb/fastboot.
I still had access to fastboot at this point at least and started doing every single thing suggested all over the net just trying to get back to stock.
Tried the unbrick option on The Huawei Multi-Tool. Flashed ok. Phone still wouldn’t boot. Did it a few times with 3 approved versions. Nothing. Only access to fastboot otherwise I was in a boot loop with error mode error no 15 and the verification failure (Attached below)
Last thing I tried after reading online was to relock my boot loader and flash stock. So I locked it with Huawei Multi-Tool. Reboot......
Now I don’t even have access to fastboot. My PC’s (windows and Linux) don’t even acknowledge it and holding volume down in all the weird and wonderful ways and times does nothing. All I get is startup Huawei Logo, Error Mode as per pic Below and then reboot. That’s it.
I’m assuming it’s trying to do a factory reset after relocking the bootloader (if it even locked properly, can’t check) but it can’t get into recovery/erecovery. I dunno ?
That’s my essay of where I’m at. Warranty is already void so not an option and I don’t want to buy a new mainboard (may as well buy a new phone).
So here I am. Is this my life now or does anyone have any magic tricks to possibly suggest?
Pyrolectic13 said:
Hi hello
So here’s a head scratcher I hope someone can help me with that won’t involve replacing my main board.
Got myself the p20 lite (ANE-LX1 C432) - Single Sim.
I unlocked the bootloader with Huawei just before they stopped handing out the codes. All was good and happy with the world.
Rooted with Magisk and Was busy messing around With Termux, Linux deploy, Mobile Terminal and some pretty basic stuff. I’ve been out of the android scene for a while so was getting reacquainted with the scene.
Anyway. I was messing around in the terminal in a root shell just fixing basic permissions after messing up my termux environment as root. Phone randomly rebooted (I must’ve messed with the wrong folder -no idea which) came back on and my IMEI and baseband were gone.
No worries, I thought. Happened tonnes of times with my previous Devices (looking at you Samsung) just a quick restore or flash and all will be happy again.
Yeah, not quite.
Note that up until this point I hadn’t touched the system partition (probably besides the mobile terminal mishap -no idea)
So over the last week or so I have tried everything. Restore from Twrp backup. Flashed stock through fastboot, through erecovery. Those flashed ok but didn’t fix it.
Putting numerous different update.app FULL & OTA updates in dload folder on SD and internal all failed. Only used my builds version of course and only ones firmware finder deemed compatible/available
Then I got desperate (read: stupid) Decided to take the unpacked firmware files and flash whichever ones twrp would let me. First tried just the modem files. Didn’t help. Then just went through the list and flashed all I could.
I think the kicker came in when I installed the Trustfirmware.img because once I did that I rebooted and now I was stuck in an endless boot loop. No way to get into recovery. Not with their ton combo nor adb/fastboot.
I still had access to fastboot at this point at least and started doing every single thing suggested all over the net just trying to get back to stock.
Tried the unbrick option on The Huawei Multi-Tool. Flashed ok. Phone still wouldn’t boot. Did it a few times with 3 approved versions. Nothing. Only access to fastboot otherwise I was in a boot loop with error mode error no 15 and the verification failure (Attached below)
Last thing I tried after reading online was to relock my boot loader and flash stock. So I locked it with Huawei Multi-Tool. Reboot......
Now I don’t even have access to fastboot. My PC’s (windows and Linux) don’t even acknowledge it and holding volume down in all the weird and wonderful ways and times does nothing. All I get is startup Huawei Logo, Error Mode as per pic Below and then reboot. That’s it.
I’m assuming it’s trying to do a factory reset after relocking the bootloader (if it even locked properly, can’t check) but it can’t get into recovery/erecovery. I dunno ?
That’s my essay of where I’m at. Warranty is already void so not an option and I don’t want to buy a new mainboard (may as well buy a new phone).
So here I am. Is this my life now or does anyone have any magic tricks to possibly suggest?
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Check the second post in this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/help/help-stuck-error-mode-screen-t3735067
kilroystyx said:
Check the second post in this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/help/help-stuck-error-mode-screen-t3735067
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Thanks for this.
The battery discharged fully about two days ago.
I haven’t tried plugging it in and out as/if it turns on immediately (though even though it shows dead without charger it still comes on immediately).
I’m gonna get a weaker lower amp charger and see if that maybe helps. Fml ?
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Been at it for hours. Battery is completely flat. But h second I plug it in the the Black Huawei logo comes up ten a few seconds later it’s on the same error screen for a little longer then boot loops like that constantly.
The error isn’t the same as the post in that link though. And I am FRP unlocked.
Eh.
Pyrolectic13 said:
Thanks for this.
The battery discharged fully about two days ago.
I haven’t tried plugging it in and out as/if it turns on immediately (though even though it shows dead without charger it still comes on immediately).
I’m gonna get a weaker lower amp charger and see if that maybe helps. Fml ?
***UPDATE***
Been at it for hours. Battery is completely flat. But h second I plug it in the the Black Huawei logo comes up ten a few seconds later it’s on the same error screen for a little longer then boot loops like that constantly.
The error isn’t the same as the post in that link though. And I am FRP unlocked.
Eh.
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I guess your previous error was related to ramdisk...
Now what is your current situation?
-What error is showed in the Error mode?
-Can you reach FASTBOOT&RESCUE MODE menu?
-What is your current recovery?
kilroystyx said:
I guess your previous error was related to ramdisk...
Now what is your current situation?
-What error is showed in the Error mode?
-Can you reach FASTBOOT&RESCUE MODE menu?
-What is your current recovery?
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As it stands I cannot enter fastboot or recovery mode. Update from SD also doesn’t do anything. Battery is completely discharged. And if I leave it on the charger it doesn’t charge, only boot loops.
So with all that the ONLY thing this phone does now is:
- Starts up Showing Huawei logo
- Error Mode Screen with Func No: 15 (bl31 image) & Error No: 1 (security verify failed)
- Reboots
Ths happens whether it’s plugged into the pc’s usb or the charger. Tried all combinations of buttons too.
It has stock recovery as I flashed that back when trying to revert back to stock.
I lost access to fastboot after I locked the bootlaoder again using the Huawei Multi Tool. It’s like it trying to do the factory wipe that it usually would after locking/unlocking the bootloader but is unable to due to the error mode screen.
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Pyrolectic13 said:
As it stands I cannot enter fastboot or recovery mode. Update from SD also doesn’t do anything. Battery is completely discharged. And if I leave it on the charger it doesn’t charge, only boot loops.
So with all that the ONLY thing this phone does now is:
- Starts up Showing Huawei logo
- Error Mode Screen with Func No: 15 (bl31 image) & Error No: 1 (security verify failed)
- Reboots
Ths happens whether it’s plugged into the pc’s usb or the charger. Tried all combinations of buttons too.
It has stock recovery as I flashed that back when trying to revert back to stock.
I lost access to fastboot after I locked the bootlaoder again using the Huawei Multi Tool. It’s like it trying to do the factory wipe that it usually would after locking/unlocking the bootloader but is unable to due to the error mode screen.
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I see, it is really bad
My last hope is to be able to do a forced Firmware upgrade. Press power button and VOL + and VOL- simultaneously. Do you see the same as the attached image?
kilroystyx said:
I see, it is really bad
My last hope is to be able to do a forced Firmware upgrade. Press power button and VOL + and VOL- simultaneously. Do you see the same as the attached image?
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Ah man, I wish it would even do that. It makes no attempt to even pretend to see the sd card update. If I hold all the buttons in it still only comes up with the error mode and reboots.
I popped it open and connected a charger up battery to see if that would help but it doesn’t.
Do you maybe know the pin layout on the inside or know where I could get schematics? Been looking everywhere.
I’m almost done building my own Jtag box and am hoping to bring it back to life by writing straight to the damn thing.
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Pyrolectic13 said:
Ah man, I wish it would even do that. It makes no attempt to even pretend to see the sd card update. If I hold all the buttons in it still only comes up with the error mode and reboots.
I popped it open and connected a charger up battery to see if that would help but it doesn’t.
Do you maybe know the pin layout on the inside or know where I could get schematics? Been looking everywhere.
I’m almost done building my own Jtag box and am hoping to bring it back to life by writing straight to the damn thing.
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That is sad!!!
With JTAG and schematics stuff I cannot help you.
What I found recently and it was new for me (I didn't tested yet) is a possibility to install firmware via "dload" folder, but to start installation the stock recovery have to be full functional.
If I found something interesting for you I'll post here.
kilroystyx said:
That is sad!!!
With JTAG and schematics stuff I cannot help you.
What I found recently and it was new for me (I didn't tested yet) is a possibility to install firmware via "dload" folder, but to start installation the stock recovery have to be full functional.
If I found something interesting for you I'll post here.
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To my knowledge the recovery is installed. Well erecovery. It was working up until I locked the bootloader again and it went into a boot loop instead of doing the factory reset.
Is there any other way to force sd update other than with the dload folder?
Thanks for tying to help, I appreciate it.
Pyrolectic13 said:
To my knowledge the recovery is installed. Well erecovery. It was working up until I locked the bootloader again and it went into a boot loop instead of doing the factory reset.
Is there any other way to force sd update other than with the dload folder?
Thanks for tying to help, I appreciate it.
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You can check the official documentation about that.
Please let us know how you solved this problem.
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Please let us know how you solved this problem.
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Still unsolved as of yet.
I’ve finished building my own version of the Riff/Octoplus box as well as a makeshift Jtag. I’m still trying to find and piece together some firmware files and other board software I think I need.
Also, if anyone has any idea where the test point is on this board I’d really appreciate you pointing it out. I cannot find the schematics or any solid documentation anywhere.
I will attach the pics I have of both sides of the board as soon as I get home.
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in first picture youle see many circles golden 2 smallest is testpoint good luck
Pyrolectic13 said:
Still unsolved as of yet.
I’ve finished building my own version of the Riff/Octoplus box as well as a makeshift Jtag. I’m still trying to find and piece together some firmware files and other board software I think I need.
Also, if anyone has any idea where the test point is on this board I’d really appreciate you pointing it out. I cannot find the schematics or any solid documentation anywhere.
I will attach the pics I have of both sides of the board as soon as I get home.
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in first picture youle see many circles golden 2 smallest is testpoint good luck
well, try to restore your device using dload method. It needs you to copy the UPDATE.APP in dload folder of an external sd card(formated in NTFS format) and then just press both vol up+down along with power button for a few seconds. It will auto launch huawei e-recovery and will try to flash the UPDATE.APP you stored in ext sd card. This should definitely work.
Dload method doesn't need you to unlock your device or bootloader.
Maybe?
I know it’s a long shot but I still have this phone. If anyone maybe knows if there’s been a way to fix this as of yet please let me know. ?
Lol. Still got this damn thing. Been searching around and seen a few people reporting similar errors. Never find out if they ever solve it though.
So. Anyone maybe have any knowledge to share? Anything at all.
I don't know if you still have your device, but I had the exact same issue with a P10 (VTR-L09)
I was able to fix fastboot using https://github.com/mashed-potatoes/PotatoNV
That tool was designed to unlock the bootloader, but I noticed that It actually flashes a slightly modified version of fastboot.
PotatoNV can also unlock P20 lite bootloader, so you should give it a shot.
Good luck!
If it works, you should be able to flash stock recovery image and then restore the system using the dload folder.
you can Repair it with Software Testpoint and Full Bootloader Unlock ,and then flash a Board Software via Software Testpoint, that helps 100%!!!
use this Firmware Download ANE-LX1
use the Software with logins and you have all what you need.
you must start the Software Testpoint so!!
VIDEO : how to start Software Testpoint P20 Lite
than in Software Testpoint you flash the included Board Software with DC-Phoenix and after that use the included dload update via sdcard and eRecovery mode and your Phone is running!!!
I would unlock the bootloader via Software Testpoint with DC-Phoenix, then the FBLock is unlocked and you can flash as you wish!!!! And the great thing about it is that you don't need an UnlockKey either, you can then read this with HCU client software, the only thing that's stupid is that you need a time-based license for the two programs, which you have to buy.
HCU client download
https://hcu-client.com
DC Phoenix download
https://forum.dc-unlocker.com/forum/modems-and-phones/huawei/155916-dc-phoenix
Since I accidentally bought a 3-day license twice and my P20 Lite is now completely rooted on Lineage 19.1, I can give away 2 access data, which are still valid for 2 days.
you can edit your smartphone with it.
username : bl26457
password : kKncnkMj
username : bl26390
password : JDAZqnkN
Then I wish you a lot of fun with it, hope it helps you if someone else is active in this thread.
Hi, everyone.
I'll keep the introduction short: I'm a computer science student that's fairly far from home in the middle of all of these particular recent events. I've been cooped up at home for the past eight days, and I recently decided that I was unhappy with the maximum volume of my phone (OnePlus 7 Pro), so I went ahead and updated Magisk and installed Viper4Android. It instructed me to reboot my phone, and so I did. I make a backup here.
I then noticed that I could no longer boot into my phone. That's okay, I have recovery mode and a backup. I tried to reboot from the backup, and then rebooted.
Now, I'm stuck in Fastboot. The Start button returns me to Fastboot. The Recovery button, too, returns me to Fastboot. ADB refuses to recognize my device's existence, and I feel so ultimately boned, because recovery mode and ADB constitute for ninety-nine percent of the online advice for what to do when you've ****ed up your phone. I've spent the past few hours looking though guides for an alternative that doesn't use these two methods, and have failed repeatedly.
I'm sure my old files and photos are nice, but honestly, I don't care about those. I just need to get my phone working again (even if as a factory reset) before my folks start to worry. Please help me.
TL;DR: Start/Recovery buttons in Fastboot return me to Fastboot. ADB refuses to recognize device. Will do whatever needed to get phone back into working shape.
Okay, couldn't find a non-destructive solution. Flashed w/ a new copy of Oxygen.
To whoever finds this thread in the future, I wish you best of luck. <3
SO, haha been about a week now trying to figure out how to revive my n200 without sending it in to OP..
I successfully converted it to oem, but that wasnt enough for me so i flashed the CherishOS GSI and tried a few other treble projects..
Wanted to go back to oem but in the process of doing so from a GSI , i lost some partitions so i figured to just use the msm tool knowing it was the tmo variant version, since i converted it to OEM it wouldnt work , CORRECT??? Because when it went to boot up after the tool finished it froze on the tmobile boot screen and started a bootloop.
I somehow got it into EDL mode because it didnt recognize the original button combinations to get into edl mode and with the bootloader now re-locked i cant do a damn thing. Used the msm tool again and weirdly when it went to boot up after completion it didnt boot up the tmobile boot screen, it was the oneplus boot screen which had me happy bcuz i wont have to convert it again but at the sametime annoyed because IT WAS STILL IN BOOTLOOP.
BUT WAIT THERES MORE>>>
I finally get it to get passed the boot logo, onto the set up when you first buy the phone, i agree to the terms, it reads my sim and that checks out but when it goes to turn on the wifi to continue set up, it freezes and guess what BOOTLOOP. Have tried a bunch of things even somehow got into settings from emergency call but cant access developer options to be able to unlock bootloader.....
SOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOS PLEASE HELP?!
Thanks.
It sounds like the MSM tool does not do a full restoration of the device.
If I understand correctly
1. You are able to boot into the operating system, but it crashes during setup when you turn on the wifi.
2. You can get into settings from inside the initial setup, but do not have permissions to access developer options.
I assume you have tried tapping the build number 7 times.
Without the ability to unlock developer options, you will not be able to use ADB and fastboot commands.
Without the ability to unlock the bootloader, you will not be able to fix the device.
Try what you can to prevent the crash during setup. Boot into recovery mode to do a factory reset, Run the MSM tool again, etc.
If that does not work, I think your best option would be to return it to One Plus for repair.
oCAPTCHA said:
It sounds like the MSM tool does not do a full restoration of the device.
If I understand correctly
1. You are able to boot into the operating system, but it crashes during setup when you turn on the wifi.
2. You can get into settings from inside the initial setup, but do not have permissions to access developer options.
I assume you have tried tapping the build number 7 times.
Without the ability to unlock developer options, you will not be able to use ADB and fastboot commands.
Without the ability to unlock the bootloader, you will not be able to fix the device.
Try what you can to prevent the crash during setup. Boot into recovery mode to do a factory reset, Run the MSM tool again, etc.
If that does not work, I think your best option would be to return it to One Plus for repair.
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OnePlus will not do anything due to the warranty being void...
DM me. I can work this out with you. I ran into a similar problem.
oCAPTCHA said:
It sounds like the MSM tool does not do a full restoration of the device.
If I understand correctly
1. You are able to boot into the operating system, but it crashes during setup when you turn on the wifi.
2. You can get into settings from inside the initial setup, but do not have permissions to access developer options.
I assume you have tried tapping the build number 7 times.
Without the ability to unlock developer options, you will not be able to use ADB and fastboot commands.
Without the ability to unlock the bootloader, you will not be able to fix the device.
Try what you can to prevent the crash during setup. Boot into recovery mode to do a factory reset, Run the MSM tool again, etc.
If that does not work, I think your best option would be to return it to One Plus for repair.
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Tried sending it for repair but had the op guy look up my imei and ITS A DAMN DEMO PHONE I GUESS!? Cant return it, bought off amazon refurbrished and due to my anger problems i shattered the screen but other than that i shouldnt of been sold a damn demo phone from the start.
T3CHN0T33N said:
OnePlus will not do anything due to the warranty being void...
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they would repair it, they even repair tmobiles version and metro and all but it really ticked me that amazon refurbrished sold me a demo phone or the phone is now thinking its a demo phone somehow..
Springles2 said:
DM me. I can work this out with you. I ran into a similar problem.
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Never discuss in DMs! This person has illegitimate intentions.
T3CHN0T33N said:
Never discuss in DMs! This person has illegitimate intentions.
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Oh... Didn't know we weren't allowed to talk in DM's.... I'm sorry...
Springles2 said:
Oh... Didn't know we weren't allowed to talk in DM's.... I'm sorry...
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it's not against the rules it's just not a good idea to do
T3CHN0T33N said:
it's not against the rules it's just not a good idea to do
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Thank you for the advice! Just wanted to see if I could legitimately help!
T3CHN0T33N said:
Never discuss in DMs! This person has illegitimate intentions.
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illegitimate intentions, lol what are you trying to say? didnt know my intentions had any type of rules to be followed.
if oneplus sends people on the daily unlock codes in order to unlock their bootloaders on their phones, shouldnt people be able to explore some other OS's and things of that sort? My intentions were to TEST out GSI's that developers worked hard on to work with certain devices and provide some feedback and hopefully come along one that i can use on the device as a daily.
This is Forums, know your place. I think we are all a lil illegitimately intentional at times dont ya think?
no offense.
Springles2 said:
Thank you for the advice! Just wanted to see if I could legitimately help!
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Thanks for your gratitude.
Hello everyone,
It is OK to ask others to send DM for communication if both parties agree.
But, as a general reminder (across the internet), please be caution when you exchange DMs. Make sure you do not post any personal information or financial information to others. Be safe and be alert.
jerryhou85 said:
Hello everyone,
It is OK to ask others to send DM for communication if both parties agree.
But, as a general reminder (across the internet), please be caution when you exchange DMs. Make sure you do not post any personal information or financial information to others. Be safe and be alert.
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Thank you for explaining it to others who might need it
Also, will never ask for anyone’s personal info or financial info or anything to do with their identity. That is their information and have no interest in knowing more than their username on here
Maatt_OG said:
SO, haha been about a week now trying to figure out how to revive my n200 without sending it in to OP..
I successfully converted it to oem, but that wasnt enough for me so i flashed the CherishOS GSI and tried a few other treble projects..
Wanted to go back to oem but in the process of doing so from a GSI , i lost some partitions so i figured to just use the msm tool knowing it was the tmo variant version, since i converted it to OEM it wouldnt work , CORRECT??? Because when it went to boot up after the tool finished it froze on the tmobile boot screen and started a bootloop.
I somehow got it into EDL mode because it didnt recognize the original button combinations to get into edl mode and with the bootloader now re-locked i cant do a damn thing. Used the msm tool again and weirdly when it went to boot up after completion it didnt boot up the tmobile boot screen, it was the oneplus boot screen which had me happy bcuz i wont have to convert it again but at the sametime annoyed because IT WAS STILL IN BOOTLOOP.
BUT WAIT THERES MORE>>>
I finally get it to get passed the boot logo, onto the set up when you first buy the phone, i agree to the terms, it reads my sim and that checks out but when it goes to turn on the wifi to continue set up, it freezes and guess what BOOTLOOP. Have tried a bunch of things even somehow got into settings from emergency call but cant access developer options to be able to unlock bootloader.....
SOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOS PLEASE HELP?!
Thanks.
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So i actually got the phone going FINALLY, had to wait for the android 12 update and found a couple tricks to get the phone to turn on without it freezing and going into bootloop. I know for a fact that some of the files for the wifi hardware and network were corrupt or deleted along with some partitions so thats why the msm tool didnt work, Converting to oem from tmobile variant also threw a red flag for the msm tool because it is now identified as a oem variant and the tool was only for tmobile.. Just happy to have this phone back, aint the best but after the andoid 12 update, its pretty damn good to me honestly. After this experience i have learned alot about coding, developing, and just more knowledge about how operating systems work along with other components and so on. thanks for trying to help everyone.
Maatt_OG said:
So i actually got the phone going FINALLY, had to wait for the android 12 update and found a couple tricks to get the phone to turn on without it freezing and going into bootloop. I know for a fact that some of the files for the wifi hardware and network were corrupt or deleted along with some partitions so thats why the msm tool didnt work, Converting to oem from tmobile variant also threw a red flag for the msm tool because it is now identified as a oem variant and the tool was only for tmobile.. Just happy to have this phone back, aint the best but after the andoid 12 update, its pretty damn good to me honestly. After this experience i have learned alot about coding, developing, and just more knowledge about how operating systems work along with other components and so on. thanks for trying to help everyone.
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Please write something up on how you did it! It could save someone!
Springles2 said:
Please write something up on how you did it! It could save someone!
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Well at times it would just bootloop nonstop after using the msmtool, but then tried entering safe mode and that was a success but remembered each time it went to turn on the wifi to set up the phone it would freeze and bootloop no matter what,
So from emergency call find your way into permission manager , from there you can open settings app, disable location and anything that would trigger wifi to turn on , airplane mode is on remember this, you need to turn it off withput having the wifi kick on. Disabling some modem/network apps or that has anything to do with wifi, location, carrier, modem that you can disable, do it. Once you're able to turn airplane mode off successfully you can get passed the wifi part of the phone setup and use your mobile data instead, or what I did is use gnirehtet , you can find it on GitHub. Install on PC, make sure you enable USB debugging and have the default USB config set to USB tether, not hotspot .extract zip to platform tools, Move the apk file from gnirehtet zip to your phone, run the provided command from the zip and you'll get a request to allow debugging on your phone from PC, once you do that. You'll finally be able to update your n200 T-Mobile phone to Android 12 which is the only way I found to do this. Make sure you update to Android 12 and not another android 11 before turning wifi on or anything else or you will have to start ALL OVER. Done it twice it's a pain in the arse
Springles2 said:
Oh... Didn't know we weren't allowed to talk in DM's.... I'm sorry...
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I was going to say keep discussion in the open in case any future people come across the same issue. If there's one thing I hate is coming across the same issue as my issue on stack overflow or elsewhere and OP from 7 years ago saying, "Never mind, I figured it out."
Hello XDA Forum,
so in order to get rid of all the garbage Samsung pre-installed stuff I wanted to install a custom ROM like LineageOS. To do this (since I'm a complete layman) I used this guide for the most part: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...fn-ds-lineageos-19-too.4431737/#post-86951249
First Issue arrived at point 12, when despite "swiping to allow writing" TWRP would not allow me to copy filed onto the phone. So I read somewhere else to reinstall TWRP, which I then did after a lot of back and forth. Sadly when leaving TWRP it seems almost impossible to get back into TWRP, the phone just loops around a recovery screen telling me that bootloader is unlocked. It's also no longer being recognized by ADB and Fastboot, or Odin for that matter. And even reinstalling the USB Driver did not help.
So I read somewhere to reblock the bootloading and then enabling it again. So I did, and now I cannot unblock it anymore either. It just sits in the "Downloading Mode" and when I hold Volume Down and Power it goes into the Recovery Screen and then IMMEDIATELY back into Downloading. I can't even turn it off because it's basically stuck in Downloading.
If I could make it work again and findable by ADB I might be able to just use a different Version of TWRP (not the one advertised in the thread linked above) and maybe try again. But then I also don't know why it was so hard to get into TWRP to begin with. Or is there now no escape from this loop and the phone is essentially bricked?
{Mod edit: Post adjusted to the language required by the forum rules! - Oswald Boelcke}
so you can not flash stock?
I've been getting help on this over at Hovatek, but it's extremely slow going; I first posted there on December 11 and it's still not resolved. This phone is a former Lifeline phone, and I've been trying to get it rooted so that I can use the Tello SIM I obtained. The problem the phone was having is that it refused to do any updates, so Tello's troubleshooting as to why it wasn't detecting the SIM was completely halted.
I did finally get to the point of rooting it. The major problem I have now is that it will only boot to fastboot mode. I can get it into recovery mode, but I get the dead android with "no connection" under it, and I've tried everything the internet has suggested to get past that, and it won't. Additionally, any fastboot command (apart from "fastboot devices") I try in ADB returns "FAILED (remote: 'unknown command'). I don't know how to get it into EDL mode from fastboot. I've tried every button combo possible, and the only one that does anything different is power + volume up, which changes it to a bright white screen. At this point I just want to do a hard reset so I can take another go at the rooting process, but the phone doesn't seem to want to allow me to. I would appreciate any help with this; I don't have a working phone at the moment because of these issues.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/trouble-rooting-umx-u683cl.4518007
Yes, that's my original post from back in November. That post is no longer my problem, though I will set your response there aside for when I hopefully get the phone to do anything besides fastboot.
it's clearly same topic, you must not open new thread. add your second post to previous one so mods can delete this thread.
It's clearly not. It's the same phone, but a different problem. The old post was seeking help with rooting it (and got no action, you may note), this one is about getting it out of fastboot mode so I can reset the damn thing and try again.
you bricked that device as a result of trouble with rooting. all info belongs to the previous thread, so others can read the history that caused this situation. I am not arguing any further here. answer in other thread and close this one.
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I've been getting help on this over at Hovatek, but it's extremely slow going; I first posted there on December 11 and it's still not resolved. This phone is a former Lifeline phone, and I've been trying to get it rooted so that I can use the Tello SIM I obtained. The problem the phone was having is that it refused to do any updates, so Tello's troubleshooting as to why it wasn't detecting the SIM was completely halted.
I did finally get to the point of rooting it. The major problem I have now is that it will only boot to fastboot mode. I can get it into recovery mode, but I get the dead android with "no connection" under it, and I've tried everything the internet has suggested to get past that, and it won't. Additionally, any fastboot command (apart from "fastboot devices") I try in ADB returns "FAILED (remote: 'unknown command'). I don't know how to get it into EDL mode from fastboot. I've tried every button combo possible, and the only one that does anything different is power + volume up, which changes it to a bright white screen. At this point I just want to do a hard reset so I can take another go at the rooting process, but the phone doesn't seem to want to allow me to. I would appreciate any help with this; I don't have a working phone at the moment because of these issues.
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Here is the full firmware for the U683CL. Be sure to wipe the userdata and cache because I dumped the firmware from the same phone from a guy for $5 and it still has the guy's data and it contains pretty weird things...
BE SURE TO USE EDL CLIENT!
EDL CLIENT IS ONLY SUPPORTED ON LINUX SO MAKE A VIRTUAL MACHINE!
EDL CLIENT DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY RAWPROGRAM0.XML OR PATCH0.XML FILE!!
Link (I will make sure this link is never taken down and if it is, I'm reuploading the link no matter what): https://www.mediafire.com/file/js8ynkg8uum9ql0/u683cl_february_patch.zip/file