So, there's a lot of people sending me PM, most asking how to unbrick the GT2Pro. To make things easy I'll try to explain the basics here...
The good news is that the GT2Pro is pretty much unbrickble, unless you mod the hardware you can always bring the phone back to normal thanks to the EDL mode. The EDL mode connect direct to the chipset, even if the battery runs out completely.
The bad news is that you'll probably have to spend some money.
There's two ways to flash the phone via EDL mode, with QFIL or MSM Download Tool.
The QFIL is free, but it is very buggy, you can try it, but it probably won't work. I don't remember very much how to use QFIL, but I do remember that you'll need to extract the files of .ofp, select the right ones in the QFIL, change some settings and try to flash... And you'll probably get some error... Mine most of the time was "Firehose error" and "Sahara error"... I tried diferent versions of QFIL, diferent configs, tons of tweaking.. Didn't work.
The MSM Download Tool is flawless, but you have to login to access the software and only developers, official repair or resellers have access, luckly there are a lot of people who sell the login. Well, you'll need to get the login at leat untill the realme release a patched version of MSM for GT2Pro.
To login into MSM there's two ways, the login itself or using a Loader, most of the time you'll get the code to use the Loader, you can use the code only once.
So...
-Get the Realme Login Tool 2.0, MSM Download Tool 2.0.67 and the .ofp of your phone region and put all in the same folder..
-Turn off your antivirus or allow the MSM to transpassing it..
-Run the Login Tool as a admin, put the OTP code..
-In the MSM select the .otp file..
-Connect the phone to the PC and turn on the EDL mode..
-To enter the EDL mode Hold Volume Up + Down at same time, if the phone battery is completely dried out connect the phone to PC, hold the Power button for a long time and wait about 4 or 5 minutes to get a minimum charge to enter EDL mode..
-Then just click Start, if you get some error select the option in the top right corner "Standard something" or "Default something" I think... I don't remember..
Don't forget that for the PC to recognize the phone in EDL mode you'll need the right Windows driver, the Windows recognize as "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008" most of the time. You find the driver easily on the internet.
I have all the files needed, but it's not here right now with me.. When I get it I'll upload here.
If the Admin allows (so you guys ask him) I'll put here the number of the cheapest guy to get the OTP code, I got the code for $2 and he accepts PayPal. There's people who do all the job via TeamViewer too, but generally it's more expensive and you can't get access to MSM. If you are messing up with the GT2Pro, flashing, tweaking, changing configs, etc, just get access to MSM and don't close the app, then if you brick the phone just flash again... And again... And again...
You guys can also pressure realme to release a patched version of MSM Download Tool for GT2Pro...
Good luck
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So these are the files... I think that's all... If I remember others I'll upload them...
Maybe it's a silly question, but have you tried loading prog_firehose_ddr.elf in QFIL?
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Maybe it's a silly question, but have you tried loading prog_firehose_ddr.elf in QFIL?
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Yeah.. The .elf and .mbn ... It didn't work.
Though trading is not permitted on XDA, but OP wants to help Realme GT 2 Pro users, as many users are even paying upto 10 USD for fixing their device due to absence of official download tool . So He should be permitted to share contact info of cheap code provider.
I had to pay $25 a couple weeks ago to get mine fixed, it would be much better if we can have a cheaper or free alternative.
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I had to pay $25 a couple weeks ago to get mine fixed, it would be much better if we can have a cheaper or free alternative.
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Yeah... The best shot is to pressure realme to release a patched version of MSM like they have for other phones or pressure them to update their Flash Tool for GT2Pro.
When using the MSM tool to flash will it recognize the nv-id of my phone and automatically pull and merge the correct super images from the firmware ofp or does that need to be done manually before flashing?
Ok idk what I am doing wrong here. Everytime I try to flash with MSM Tool I get an error that says "Failed to get NV Code:"
Could this be because the realme server is offline?
What will happen if I select the "Use Default NV" box?
When I click it a popup comes up and says "Default NV (MEA) will be used if this tool cannot get NV from server. Continue?"
How did you get access to MSM tool?
By using the realme login tool and an OTP
edit: Yeah alright I don't get it. I flashed the phone with the MSM tool back to A.17 and the bootloader is still unlocked and still will not boot and I am not getting the A18 update either. Is this just impossible to fix?
can you please elaborate regarding "By using the realme login tool and an OTP"
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can you please elaborate regarding "By using the realme login tool and an OTP"
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The OP posted the realme login tool that can be used to gain access to the MSM tool. Download your firmware and extract the zip file and move the realme login tool into the folder containing the MSM and ofp files then open the tool and type the OTP/one-time password (there are plenty of people who sell them but XDA only allows sharing free and open source solutions). This will open the MSM tool and allow you to flash.
I was in total shock, I didn't find a solution, even the support didn't help me, they ignored my emails.......
Until I found a guy who helped me on Telegram @Fixteambd for a nominal sum of only $10 I'll confirm he deserves the money!!
managed to get out of the RMX3300 brick in less than 20 minutes
My 3300 bricked flashing global rom, it does not respond to any buttons or USB. Nothing happens at all. Any ideas on how to revive it?
Hello, so you say you can use MSM Download Tool even with a dead battery but even when you open the program it says to ensure you have enough battery. Now, I have paid a guy to try and fix my soft bricked GT 2 pro with this program but cmd is not letting him do anything due to the battery levels and MSM keeps getting an error and I'm assuming it's also because of battery levels.. is there hope for me? Would anyone be able to help please?? I'm getting desperate at this point
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Hello, so you say you can use MSM Download Tool even with a dead battery but even when you open the program it says to ensure you have enough battery. Now, I have paid a guy to try and fix my soft bricked GT 2 pro with this program but cmd is not letting him do anything due to the battery levels and MSM keeps getting an error and I'm assuming it's also because of battery levels.. is there hope for me? Would anyone be able to help please?? I'm getting desperate at this point
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I believe you gonna have to open the device and unplug the battery for it to work, not 100% sure if it's the only way to do it but if you left if changing for an hour or 2 and still can't flash with MSM I'm guessing the only way is to open the device and unplug the battery, were you able to put it in EDL mode without opening it?
I left it charging overnight the problem is that it doesn't recognise it as being plugged so it's actually not charging at all. I was thinking of opening it up and "manually" charging the battery and I've seen a charging board on eBay to charge batteries connecting the flex directly to it but 1) I wasn't sure if that would make it work and 2) I wanted to make sure there were no other options before opening the phone up. I've seen you can potentially charge if you're able to boot twrp and using that recovery but I can't find anywhere how to do that with a GT 2 pro so I don't even know if that's an option... Thank you for your reply by the way
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I left it charging overnight the problem is that it doesn't recognise it as being plugged so it's actually not charging at all. I was thinking of opening it up and "manually" charging the battery and I've seen a charging board on eBay to charge batteries connecting the flex directly to it but 1) I wasn't sure if that would make it work and 2) I wanted to make sure there were no other options before opening the phone up. I've seen you can potentially charge if you're able to boot twrp and using that recovery but I can't find anywhere how to do that with a GT 2 pro so I don't even know if that's an option... Thank you for your reply by the way
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dude, it's hard brick, you have to short test Point to access EDL Mode, after that MSM Flash
Yep, that's what I had to do in the end, but the good news is that it worked and I have a working phone again, the bad news is that I damaged the power flex cable opening it up so next project is to replace it, although I'm still using it every day and I don't seem to miss the button. I can lock it with double tap and take screen shots with the three fingers gesture. Wish me luck with the replacement when it finally arrives from AliExpress!
Somebody let me know where I can get cheap OTP code for Realme Login Tool 2.0 (RLT2) for flash Realme GT2 Pro RMX3300, RMX3301.
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Hi Folks
I just bought my girlfriend a Redmi Note 3 SE (Kate) quick back story, she received it turned it on added a pin to it got called away, when she got back to it she couldn't remember the pin, bad news is she hadn't yet turned on Developer Mode or USB Debugging.
Original SW - MIUI 7.5 android 6.0.1, at least that's what the Ali product page says (Sorry it seems I can't post a link to the actual product)
This began last Friday, since then she has tried the following:-
Installed MI Suite and registered a gmail account - so far "device not recognised"
Applied for an Unlock code.
Unlocked the boot loader which seems to have been successful.
Flashed two different (stock) ROM's which completed successfully but both stuck while booting the phone.
One was:-
"kate_global_images_6.12.29_20161228.0000.00_6.0_global" not sure what the other was.
On trying a different ROM today she's now getting the following error:-
"Can't Flash in miflash. Not enough storage is available to process this command"
Tried different versions of the Flash tool including the Beta version but still getting the same error on each of them.
Ticked the "Clear Data" box in the Mi Flash tool but that doesn't help.
A bit stuck on what to try from here and any help would be greatly appreciated if you need any more info please let me know.
I had the same bootloop problem with the stock firmware and miflash and driver was a pain to get sorted out.
What versions of miflash have you tried and which firmware did you download from xiaomi?
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I had the same bootloop problem with the stock firmware and miflash and driver was a pain to get sorted out.
What versions of miflash have you tried and which firmware did you download from xiaomi?
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Hi thanks for the reply, unfortunately I need to wait for an answer on that as she's not around at the moment, but from what I can gather she has tried miuiflash 1, 2 and beta and i know she tried this which I'm assuming is a firmware - kate_global_images_6.12.29_20161228.0000.00_6.0_global (if it's not please let me know what we should be using) *edit, mind you that's one of the files that got stuck showing the out of space error.
I also forgot to mention the PC is a win 10 64bit..
Soon as I can get you a better answer on the above I'll post it.
I would have them try this version http://bigota.d.miui.com/V8.1.1.0.M...DI_20161202.0000.00_6.0_global_ac46ea44bd.tgz it's the latest fastboot ROM.
Make sure when you install miflash you are running in test mode so the drivers install properly and accept any prompts about driver signatures. That is important. I believe MiFLash_v20160401 worked for me. Also you know when you're in EDL when the front LED flashes red now and then.
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I would have them try this version http://bigota.d.miui.com/V8.1.1.0.M...DI_20161202.0000.00_6.0_global_ac46ea44bd.tgz it's the latest fastboot ROM.
Make sure when you install miflash you are running in test mode so the drivers install properly and accept any prompts about driver signatures. That is important. I believe MiFLash_v20160401 worked for me. Also you know when you're in EDL when the front LED flashes red now and then.
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Ah so it wasn't a firmware, alright I've passed this on as soon as I hear back I'll post here, many thanks.
I just checked the link for the 8.1.1.0 Firmware but it gives a 404 error on the page, I'll look on their site for an alternative, but if you do know of an alternative please let me know.
**edit Never mind a right click and copy link location got it.
So the issue looks to be solved, so firstly many thanks "theoneofgod" for your input.
Unfortunately due to a rather dodgy internet connection I haven't managed to get further into it, but here is what I received:-
"I used the same Kate and used miflash beta version.. i did the same as i did on first attempt.. after succesfully flashing it, i turned it on (result:same stuck on booting)
i switch it back to fastboot mode.
flash it.
result error.
i then press power on for about 5 seconds or till the mi logo appeared.
unplugged the USB cable and plugged it in again.
then phone booted.
and
When miflash beta version recognized my phone as just a device not com port. i flashed it. (it was just flashing endlessly)
So i tried to refresh the page, it then showed my device with an id as com10 (I have a feeling this might be the important part)
i flashed that too, and then it worked didn't get that error " no storage" anymore.
I'm not sure though if that helped
Basically I'm saying that i was flashing 1 device with two different id.
So I'm thinking simply the device refresh actually did the trick, anyway it looks to be solved, that was 3 days of no fun, and that whole thing about hey submit an application for a bootloader unlock and then wait 2 or 3 weeks and we might even refuse it lol.
Thanks again for your help "theoneofgod" thanks meter pressed.
Hi All. I'm afraid my Honor 10 is permanently dead but I'm looking for a solution to "exhume" it.
I had latest firmware installed, 9.0.0.219 (C636), but after I installed it, I observed some ghost touches and application lags so I wanted to install the Pixel Experience custom rom. To install this rom it needs not to be on Emui 9, so I used beta-downy_04 to rollback to latest oreo 8.1 fimware (COL-L29C636B153 8.1.0.153). All good until an error appears while flashing the firmware, "Software fimware failed"..Then a message appeared that suggested me to reboot or select eRecovery. I chose eRecovery but nothing. It won't to turn on. I tried to force reboot with Vol-Up and powe for more than 30 seconds, no responses. I tried to use Multi-tool because if I connect Honor 10 to pc it is recognised as fastboot device, so I tried to unbrick it flashing system, cust, kernel and recovery_ramdisk images, but nothing. So Am I finished? Can someone help me? Thanks :crying:
Sorry to hear that man. I noticed that after .219 update HiSuite doesn't get rollback firmwares from HiCloud anymore. Is that the reason why you tried the method above?
I tested rollback request with .212 in HiSuite and it successfully sent me the rollback data which is 219870 ID (not 206629 or 186881). Since Huawei device names change it's kinda tricky to force stuff into the phone.
{"status":"0","versionPackageCheckResults":[{"status":"0","autoPollingCycle":"1","components":[{"componentID":1,"createTime":"2019-04-25T07:08:45+0000","description":"219 - 153 fullback","name":"COL-L29 8.1.0.153(C636)","pointVersion":"1","reserveUrl":"updatessl.dbankcdn.com","ruleAttr":"","url":"http://update.dbankcdn.com/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G3015/g1642/v219870/f1/","version":"COL-L29 8.1.0.153(C636)","versionID":"219870"}],"versionPackageType":1,"checkEnd":"1"}]}
If you didn't try the id 219870, can you try to flash it?
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Sorry to hear that man. I noticed that after .219 update HiSuite doesn't get rollback firmwares from HiCloud anymore. Is that the reason why you tried the method above?
I tested rollback request with .212 in HiSuite and it successfully sent me the rollback data which is 219870 ID (not 206629 or 186881). Since Huawei device names change it's kinda tricky to force stuff into the phone.
{"status":"0","versionPackageCheckResults":[{"status":"0","autoPollingCycle":"1","components":[{"componentID":1,"createTime":"2019-04-25T07:08:45+0000","description":"219 - 153 fullback","name":"COL-L29 8.1.0.153(C636)","pointVersion":"1","reserveUrl":"updatessl.dbankcdn.com","ruleAttr":"","url":"http://update.dbankcdn.com/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G3015/g1642/v219870/f1/","version":"COL-L29 8.1.0.153(C636)","versionID":"219870"}],"versionPackageType":1,"checkEnd":"1"}]}
If you didn't try the id 219870, can you try to flash it?
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Hi. Thanks for your answer. Yes, I tried to rollback with beta-downy program because I wanted to flash a custom rom and I needed android 8.1 to do that.
Unfortunately I flashed a firmware COL-L29 8.1.0.153(C636) with ID 186881 because it has three files and beta-downy program works only if update.zip, update_all_hw.zip and update_data_public.zip files are present in ZIP-HERE folder and firmware with ID 219870 has only two files...
At this moment Honor 10 is fully dead. I can't access to bootloader mode but if I connect it to pc and I use adb, I seem to be able to use fastboot but I don't know if It really flashed something. So I can only use fastboot ( and I flashed all needed files of latest firmware installed, version .219) but it is useless at this time because Honor 10 appears dead, it won't charge. Sometimes seven red blinding appear when I try to force reboot pressing and holding power on and Vol-up buttons.... I tried to remove battery also, then to plugin the charge and holding power button for 30 seconds and then to insert the battery again but nothing. No charge and no power on... I have no idea what I must to do...
Someone alive???
Why you can't access bootloader?
Did you try to plug in charger while pressing vol down button?
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Hi All. I'm afraid my Honor 10 is permanently dead but I'm looking for a solution to "exhume" it.
I had latest firmware installed, 9.0.0.219 (C636), but after I installed it, I observed some ghost touches and application lags so I wanted to install the Pixel Experience custom rom. To install this rom it needs not to be on Emui 9, so I used beta-downy_04 to rollback to latest oreo 8.1 fimware (COL-L29C636B153 8.1.0.153). All good until an error appears while flashing the firmware, "Software fimware failed"..Then a message appeared that suggested me to reboot or select eRecovery. I chose eRecovery but nothing. It won't to turn on. I tried to force reboot with Vol-Up and powe for more than 30 seconds, no responses. I tried to use Multi-tool because if I connect Honor 10 to pc it is recognised as fastboot device, so I tried to unbrick it flashing system, cust, kernel and recovery_ramdisk images, but nothing. So Am I finished? Can someone help me? Thanks :crying:
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Same happened to me so i bought new phone, luuckly i bought phone that broke with "found" money. Go to nearest repair center and say you left phone plugged overnight to update, tomorrow you came and it was dead. They will repair it for free if it had guarantee.
bestenderowner said:
Same happened to me so i bought new phone, luuckly i bought phone that broke with "found" money. Go to nearest repair center and say you left phone plugged overnight to update, tomorrow you came and it was dead. They will repair it for free if it had guarantee.
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Same problem here...but i don't know if DC-Unlocker is compatible with this device. My concern is pay for service and not works. My device is in testpoint mode, but i can't find flash tool and board firmware for this version (COL-L29), variant C636 (spcseas) and bootloader lock for more help...
I appreciated any helps....
Thanks a lot
For all of you if you are willing to open back panel of your phone I can help you.
miststudent2011 said:
For all of you if you are willing to open back panel of your phone I can help you.
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Panel back open....and now??
darks0ldier said:
Panel back open....and now??
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There is a method known as test point method where you short two ports and flash service firmware. And later you flash full firmware.
Search Huawei p20 forums for details. Try to find them and share the links you got then I will guide you what next.
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Same problem here...but i don't know if DC-Unlocker is compatible with this device. My concern is pay for service and not works. My device is in testpoint mode, but i can't find flash tool and board firmware for this version (COL-L29), variant C636 (spcseas) and bootloader lock for more help...
I appreciated any helps....
Thanks a lot
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I bought Chinese ****, i tried everything, i paid 30 bucks for code from one asshole, than i thought i hardbricked my device, i went to service, they said the motherboard was burnt, i lied that i left device update overnight xD, because bricking voids warranty. They said they dont support chineese guarante because we are Eu, so i sent my **** back to bang**** banggood. Com scammers. Than year i waited and they sent me refund 100 dolars, i paid 450 bucks, luckly i bought it with my grampa credit card so lol i got 100 bucks free xD ans i bought iFix it kit. So i recommend you to buy unlock code, and if you know what you are doing, you can successfully rebrand it, il send you one link, that helped me a lot. But it was t9o late, and i was stupid. I was curious and i flashed my phone with upgrade file, i didnt flash it with full ota., so basically idfk what did i do xD. So i probably wiped end to end and it removed power supply unit settings and full power from battery destroyed my cpu. Sooooo good luck and find something cheap or just try to get free code from funky huawei, they can help you rebrand, better pay 50bucks than loose 400 bucks
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darks0ldier said:
Same problem here...but i don't know if DC-Unlocker is compatible with this device. My concern is pay for service and not works. My device is in testpoint mode, but i can't find flash tool and board firmware for this version (COL-L29), variant C636 (spcseas) and bootloader lock for more help...
I appreciated any helps....
Thanks a lot
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-10/how-to/successfully-rebranding-chinese-col-t3823782
And i just noticed your device is dead. Okay idk are u familiar with those processes.
Extract boot.img file from firmware, (firmware extractor) by huawei. Than open adb, and do flash boot boot. Img, flash recovery recovery.img and thst
Stupid excuse, but I was under the influence and decided to flash PE on my phone and messed the A/B slot choice, so got stuck in fastboot and it didn't boot into recovery anymore no matter how much I erased and flashed it to any of both slots. More stupid decisions kept coming, and I erased EVERYTHING, system, vendor, modem, etc... pushed recovery via fastboot again but now it won't even go to fastboot, screen shows nothing, and Windows detects the device as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008. Did some research and apparently phone is in Qualcomm Emergency Download Mode. Found this https://forum.hovatek.com/thread-19721.html and apparently it's possible to extract mmcblk0.img file from a similar device. Does anybody know if this will work ? Also MiFlash keeps showing " cannot receive hello packet " and then times out in like 19 seconds and device is unresponsive to everything and anything... Help please :')
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Stupid excuse, but I was under the influence and decided to flash PE on my phone and messed the A/B slot choice, so got stuck in fastboot and it didn't boot into recovery anymore no matter how much I erased and flashed it to any of both slots. More stupid decisions kept coming, and I erased EVERYTHING, system, vendor, modem, etc... pushed recovery via fastboot again but now it won't even go to fastboot, screen shows nothing, and Windows detects the device as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008. Did some research and apparently phone is in Qualcomm Emergency Download Mode. Found this and apparently it's possible to extract mmcblk0.img file from a similar device. Does anybody know if this will work ? Also MiFlash keeps showing " cannot receive hello packet " and then times out in like 19 seconds and device is unresponsive to everything and anything... Help please :')
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Maybe you will need do the EDL mode with an authorized account, and reflash system.
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Maybe you will need do the EDL mode with an authorized account, and reflash system.
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Saw that around quite often but have no idea how to get said " authorized account " and from my understanding phone is in Qualcomm Emergency DL mode...
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Saw that around quite often but have no idea how to get said " authorized account " and from my understanding phone is in Qualcomm Emergency DL mode...
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Visit a service center or use some online service. EDL stands for Emergeny DownLoad mode..
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Saw that around quite often but have no idea how to get said " authorized account " and from my understanding phone is in Qualcomm Emergency DL mode...
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You are going to have to look for any user who has such an account. I know of some that have them, but I don't know if they are trustworthy (it remains in you).
- @Android_Servis on Telegram
- +7 967 777 15 98 Telegram and (I guees Whatsapp to)
- +880 1771989858 Whatsapp only
Write to them, hopefully they can solve your problem.
If you solve it, let me know with whom and how you did it...
I have an A3 with SoftBrick and I also need to solve it.
Apparently it's quite hard to get an authorized account to be able to flash in EDL mode indeed, trying to authorize mine, guess all that I can do is wait or go to s-unlock.com, reports of it working all around, really appreciate the help guys...
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Visit a service center or use some online service. EDL stands for Emergeny DownLoad mode..
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Appreciate the tip but I hate that EDL is locked and kinda want to go headstrong against it and get this done without paying a dime, phone is my property after I bought it, I don't see why any part of it should be locked and inaccessible to me as its owner ... just hate the way this has been handled by Xiaomi, feels greedy and wrong to me... Really appreciate the heads-up though, maybe it'll code to that eventually
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Appreciate the tip but I hate that EDL is locked and kinda want to go headstrong against it and get this done without paying a dime, phone is my property after I bought it, I don't see why any part of it should be locked and inaccessible to me as its owner ... just hate the way this has been handled by Xiaomi, feels greedy and wrong to me... Really appreciate the heads-up though, maybe it'll code to that eventually
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Well, we are lucky that we can unlock the bootloader without any hassle, unlike many other Android phones out there. Xiaomi "locked" EDL mode probably because of some sellers, who bought cheaper phones (be it MIUI or Android One), swapped the ROM and re-sold them at higher price. Ordinary folks do not need to use EDL, if service center needs to use it, it will be free of charge. If someone's willing to unlock the bootloader and mess up with the phone, he should face the consequences if something goes wrong. It's not manufacturer's fault. Personally I'm glad that Xiaomi did not take the route of Nokia or Huawei, where you can't unlock the bootloader at all (at least not without a paid service).
- download and register MI FLASH PRO https://miflashpro.com/
- download Fastboot ROM https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/laurel/
- download (Mi A3) prog_firehose_ddr_unbrick.elf https://www.leakite.com/xiaomi-programmer-firehose-files/
- check device manager - ports: qualcomm hs-usb qdloader 9008 (com3) - device is in EDL mode
- replace ROM/images/prog_firehose_ddr.elf with downloaded prog_firehose_ddr_unbrick.elf - fix for "Your Account is Unauthorized for this operation"
- open Mi Flash Pro/Mi Flash
- select path to ROM (can not have any space)
- select clean all
- select flash
if you are getting "cannot receive hello packet" or "cannot read from port com" it's probably EDL timeout or driver issue.
- unplug usb from phone, push power button for 40 sec, plug usb back to phone, refresh and flash
just pushing power button and waiting for disconnect/reconnect wasn't working..
just unplug/plug usb wasn't working..
I was using my phone like normal when it froze on me. I shut down my phone as I usually do when it freezes using the Power off + Vol Down. After turning the phone off, it refused to turn back on again, the light indicator for charging also does not work anymore when plugging in the charger. I did a bit of research and found out that it is possibly bricked. The way they suggested to fix this issue is to flash the phone with the stock rom. So here are the things I've tried:
1. Using SP Flash Tool (not really sure how this one is supposed to work, it is asking me for a "Scatter Loading File" which to my knowledge, isn't part of the ROM file I downloaded from xiaomi.)
2. Booting into EDL mode by shorting the pins and Using the official Mi Flash Tool (This one barely worked for me, it got into the process of flashing but asked me for an authorized Mi Account, after a few hours of research I found out that you can't get one.)
3. Changing the original firehose file with the modified version to bypass the authentication (Still asked me to authenticate)
4. Other Flash Tools (Qualtek, MiracleBox, Qualcomm Flash tool, etc. All failed)
Not really sure what to do at this point, I am unable to launch into fastboot or recovery, phone is completely unresponsive. The only thing that is giving me hope is that the phone is detected in the device manager of my pc as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM3). Is the phone dead or is it just bricked, all answers will be highly appreciated, Thanks in Advance
Take phone to authorized service center and let them try to fix it.
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Take phone to authorized service center and let them try to fix it.
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Well it is kind of the only possible way because Xiaomi locked down the EDL mode and render a phone truly as useful as a brick, when bricked, unless you sign in with a authorized mi account. Also 99 percent of time the people online claiming that they can fix the device, it is a scam.
However Xiaomi store will probably not fix the phone (it is 3 years old) for the OP (original poster) and try to convince him to move on to new Xiaomi phones because, Xiaomi will earn more...
LR7875 said:
Well it is kind of the only possible way because Xiaomi locked down the EDL mode and render a phone truly as useful as a brick, when bricked, unless you sign in with a authorized mi account. Also 99 percent of time the people online claiming that they can fix the device, it is a scam.
However Xiaomi store will probably not fix the phone (it is 3 years old) for the OP (original poster) and try to convince him to move on to new Xiaomi phones because, Xiaomi will earn more...
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would a motherboard replacement work?
vaizardsparagon said:
would a motherboard replacement work?
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1000000 percent this will work because by replacing the motherboard, your corrupt data and chips (fried EMMC flash storage) (and snapped snapdragon) will be replaced.
Exactly same thing happened with my Poco F1 on 20th Aug. It comes up as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM3) when connecting to my laptop.
What would be the cost for getting motherboard replaced? I want to be able to use my phone with minimal effect to its state before the issue happened. Want to avoid any resets.
chmohit25 said:
Exactly same thing happened with my Poco F1 on 20th Aug. It comes up as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM3) when connecting to my laptop.
What would be the cost for getting motherboard replaced? I want to be able to use my phone with minimal effect to its state before the issue happened. Want to avoid any resets.
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I'm afraid to say this but i think that your phone was stuck in EDL mode. here in my country the technicians offer remote EDL flash.. no success no payment transaction..
Not sure how to proceed here. I had a very recent twrp installed, flashed a new ota firmware update as I have successfully a couple of times, phone restarted to twrp, I decrypted, it flashed the firmware fine then went to restart.
And that's it, completely dead, battery was at least 50% charged.
I can't enter recovery, power button held for one minute does nothing, vol+ and power, nothing, vol- and power, nothing, vol+ and vol- nothing.
Plugging in my charger, nothing, plugging into a laptop and pc, nothing. Took the back off and disconnected the battery and left it over night, nothing.
Bootloader was unlocked and usb debugging enabled.
Anyone have any other ideas what I can try here?
Also tried bridging the contacts for edl mode with battery disconnected and plugged it into USB but nothing.
Very tricky to do this though as you need 4 hands and it's possible I'm not making contact on both pins, purchased a cheap edl/deep flash cable as a last resort, if that doesn't work then I think it is toast.
Does your device have a file you’d an flash in edl (Eg. Firehose)?
Arealhooman said:
Does your device have a file you’d an flash in edl (Eg. Firehose)?
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I may have found a couple of resources but I'm unsure of the procedure, is there any chance you could provide me with some information, I'm stumped on how to proceed.
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I may have found a couple of resources but I'm unsure of the procedure, is there any chance you could provide me with some information, I'm stumped on how to proceed.
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From what I gathered you need to find a special “firehose” or like file that allows yout o flash it in edl. You seem to have gotten very very lucky because from a simple Google search, I found firehose files. They may or may not work.
https://support.hiunlock.com/index.php?a=downloads&b=file&id=1133 I found this, but I think it may cost money (I don’t want to make a acc, but from browsing the website, it seems it costs 20 dollars, which is a barbain for a device). You are lucky it exists at all though. I do not vouch for the file or site though. You should o research on how trusted it is.
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https://support.hiunlock.com/index.php?a=downloads&b=file&id=1133 I found this, but I think it may cost money (I don’t want to make a acc, but from browsing the website, it seems it costs 20 dollars, which is a barbain for a device). You are lucky it exists at all though. I do not vouch for the file or site though. You should o research on how trusted it is.
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Thank you, I will have a good read and look at other sources.
I'd love to know how the hell this happened, had the device for years now and flashing with zero issues.
Johnnio said:
Thank you, I will have a good read and look at other sources.
I'd love to know how the hell this happened, had the device for years now and flashing with zero issues.
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Yeah, must have amde a small mistake, or ahd a corrupt file
“EDL is an interface of Qualcomm chipsets, used to flash fastboot ROMs. It is used for unbricking purposes so it is allowed on many phones but it's been locked down on most recent Android models.
The screen will appear black and it will appear that the device is turned off, but to verify that this is not the case, we need the tools in EDL mode. The most famous is QFIL (Qualcomm Flash Image Loader), a proprietary software, but on GitHub there are many alternative open source projects.”
https://www.thecustomdroid.com/qualcomm-edl-mode-guide/ the beginning of this article explains edl mode very well
Arealhooman said:
https://www.thecustomdroid.com/qualcomm-edl-mode-guide/ the beginning of this article explains edl mode very well
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Excellent, thanks again for your input.
Johnnio said:
Excellent, thanks again for your input.
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Yep, reach out if you have more questions, and keep me updated with if you managed to save your device.
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Yep, reach out if you have more questions, and keep me updated with if you managed to save your device.
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Will do
I am late here, but just want to add i also had same issue
And edl can be fix with xiaomi third party tools with little fee to provide you authorized rom flash to boot phone from edl