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[Q] Soft bricked my phone, what can I do?

Hi all. Earlier I installed what I thought was a Rom suited for my device, but I believe it was the wrong rom. Now the device wont get past the splash screen, TWRP recovery is hit or miss and the only thing that opens without issue is download mode. Here is what I have already tried to do
installing stock rom via odin (application stops responding as soon as I pick the file under PDA)
install a backup (failed)
installing a new rom via recovery
fix permissions
factory reset
Is there anything else I can try? ODIN doesn't have an issue recognizing my phone, but it freezes up as soon as I try to install the stock rom. Somehow I managed to get a message in the recovery saying I don't have root (???) and when I try installing it, it reboots and get stuck at the splash screen. Also, I don't remember what it said exactly, but it was something about an md5 failure? There is an option to check md5 but it just fails. Whenever I try to install a rom via recovery it fails also. I can install kernels without a problem, however. Is there anything I can do at this point or am I out of a phone?

Be patient with ODIN, after selecting the file for the PDA slot it may seem to stop responding, just give it a minute or 2 and it should come back to life. :good:

Happens every time until it freezes up my computer or it force closes itself. pic

Drumrocker said:
Be patient with ODIN, after selecting the file for the PDA slot it may seem to stop responding, just give it a minute or 2 and it should come back to life. :good:
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Actually you are right. It's making progress. I'l let you know what happens when its done doing its thing.

fro453 said:
Actually you are right. It's making progress. I'l let you know what happens when its done doing its thing.
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After seeing the pic make sure only auto reboot is checked nothing else no F. Reset Time.
Sent from my SPH-L720

right after you flash with ODIN (GREEN PASS), immediately pull your battery, then pull your plug. then start up in recovery mode. sometimes the phone turns on automatically once you put the battery in but keep holding the 3 buttons until you see the blue text on the top left.

I prefer to let it do a full auto-reboot over the battery pull as previously suggested. Let it do it's full reboot before anything, then do a proper shut down, go into recovery & so on.

[q] lg g2 major problem help

HI ALL
MY phone has a major problem. I rooted the phone and also installed twrp 2.6.3.3 onit and installed custom rom, Now everything has gone after reboot.
I ONLY CAN TURN ON PHONE AND GOES STRAIGHT INTO BLACK FASTBOOT SCREEN , THERE IS NO TWRP RECOVERY AND CAN GET INTO FIRMWARE UPDTAE BY USB PLUS VOL +. BUT WILL NOT INSTALL ANYTHING , ON FIRMWARE SCREEN STATES ROOTED, BUT I ONLY HAVE FASTBOOT SCREEN OR FIRMWARE UPDATE,
ANYIDEA HOW I CAN FIX THIS ISSUE .

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Lord Kelly said:
HI ALL
MY phone has a major problem. I rooted the phone and also installed twrp 2.6.3.3 onit and installed custom rom, Now everything has gone after reboot.
I ONLY CAN TURN ON PHONE AND GOES STRAIGHT INTO BLACK FASTBOOT SCREEN , THERE IS NO TWRP RECOVERY AND CAN GET INTO FIRMWARE UPDTAE BY USB PLUS VOL +. BUT WILL NOT INSTALL ANYTHING , ON FIRMWARE SCREEN STATES ROOTED, BUT I ONLY HAVE FASTBOOT SCREEN OR FIRMWARE UPDATE,
ANYIDEA HOW I CAN FIX THIS ISSUE .
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I had the same issue. I believe it was a bad MD5. Although I know you can adb command from a PC, I had just recently deleted all of my drivers to get into a couple of nexus 7's.keep trying the volume down and power key the correlation seems to be if you can hit it right as it boots. I made it back to the factory data reset screen hit power through and dropped into TWRP.
I'm not sure how much you know or if you've ever had to boot through the factory reset screen but it does NOT actually reset your device rather is the push to your recovery.
Good luck,

Mikkey81 said:
I had the same issue. I believe it was a bad MD5. Although I know you can adb command from a PC, I had just recently deleted all of my drivers to get into a couple of nexus 7's.keep trying the volume down and power key the correlation seems to be if you can hit it right as it boots. I made it back to the factory data reset screen hit power through and dropped into TWRP.
I'm not sure how much you know or if you've ever had to boot through the factory reset screen but it does NOT actually reset your device rather is the push to your recovery.
Good luck,
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I have done that sevral times now before it did go into that recovery twrp but not when I do it it goes into fastboot everytime , its like it has wiped twrp off the phone and no recovery , even used fastboot on pc to boot into it and it wont just goes back to fast bootscreen

you should be able to still get recovery -switch off phone,press vol down and power button at the same time as soon as you see the lg logo press the same combination again and hopefully it will go to a white screen with factory reset press the button I think 3 times and it will take you thru to twrp it may take a few tries but if u get the combo right it will work -if not you may have to go to the thread in xda g2 forum and im afraid learn how to restore your phone to factory state again which is a pain in the a**e but make sure you have all the necessary drivers installed as that will not work properly either-hopefully you can get back into recovery and restore your back up-good luck!

[Q] unable to factory reset SM N900

HELP.
I flashed Custom Rom TR ROM T21 to my note 3 and all was going well till this morning when the phone would not boot up. It just froze or Stuttered/skipped best way to describe it is like a dj scratching a record back and forth. I powered off tried to boot to recovery and TWRP screen flashed up then disappeared. After numerous attempts at everything I made this mistake.... I used Odin 3.07 and flashed CF-Auto-Root-ha3g-ha3gxx-smn900 BEFORE doing a factory reset and data and cache wipe( so the T21 was still installed).......now I cant boot to recovery to do a factory reset, TWRP does not work, the android icon does not appear and if i try press home + key +power and volume up buttons, the phone turns on, the samsung logo comes up, then screen goes black and few seconds later logo comes back then black then logo......you get the drift...HELP!!!!! Im stuck in hospital I have no phone, no contact numbers and freaking out because usually I have fixed much worse problems.....I would be really greatful if someone could help me out

alessandro77889900 said:
HELP.
I flashed Custom Rom TR ROM T21 to my note 3 and all was going well till this morning when the phone would not boot up. It just froze or Stuttered/skipped best way to describe it is like a dj scratching a record back and forth. I powered off tried to boot to recovery and TWRP screen flashed up then disappeared. After numerous attempts at everything I made this mistake.... I used Odin 3.07 and flashed CF-Auto-Root-ha3g-ha3gxx-smn900 BEFORE doing a factory reset and data and cache wipe( so the T21 was still installed).......now I cant boot to recovery to do a factory reset, TWRP does not work, the android icon does not appear and if i try press home + key +power and volume up buttons, the phone turns on, the samsung logo comes up, then screen goes black and few seconds later logo comes back then black then logo......you get the drift...HELP!!!!! Im stuck in hospital I have no phone, no contact numbers and freaking out because usually I have fixed much worse problems.....I would be really greatful if someone could help me out
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Flash recovery of choice via odin(preferably one that has a compatible rom backup)then restore previous/new rom of you choice

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Flash recovery of choice via odin(preferably one that has a compatible rom backup)then restore previous/new rom of you choice[/QU
Thank you. Would openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.7-ha3g.img work?
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alessandro77889900 said:
Spitwista said:
Flash recovery of choice via odin(preferably one that has a compatible rom backup)then restore previous/new rom of you choice[/QU
Thank you. Would openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.7-ha3g.img work?
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I don't use TWRP and don't know which version works perfectly on our device...
Flash the last one you used
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Thank you
Thank You. It worked. Appreciate your help.

[Help needed] Phone will not boot after getting pop-up message

Update: *SOLVED*
I got a strange message that popped up on my phone this morning. It stated "It's gonna rain. Take a umbrella with you". It stayed on top everything else and wouldn't go away. I thought that it could possibly be one of my weather apps and got stuck, so I rebooted. After that point, it gets to the Google loading screen animation and never passes. After subsequent reboots, it does the same thing. I am able to get into TWRP recovery though.
Does anyone know what be causing this and/or how to remedy it? Might it be some type of malware? I have attached a screenshot of it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidQue...onna_raintake_a_umbrella_with_you_can_anyone/

mr.dj26 said:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidQue...onna_raintake_a_umbrella_with_you_can_anyone/
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Thanks for the link! I do have GO Weather installed, and I have no issue with getting rid of it. Although, I'm unsure how to do that since I can't boot. Any recommendations?

Gamer_Josh said:
Thanks for the link! I do have GO Weather installed, and I have no issue with getting rid of it. Although, I'm unsure how to do that since I can't boot. Any recommendations?
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well, since you can boot in twrp you can do a factory reset.
safe mode is a better idea but i dont think you can boot into safe mode without starting the phone.
here are the steps but i dont think it will work so try to delete dalvik and cache from recovery, if that didnt work I think factory reset is the only option unless someone has a better idea
Make sure your device's screen is on, then press & hold the Power button.
In the box that opens, touch & hold Power off.
You’ll see a “Reboot to safe mode” box. Touch OK.
Your device will start up in safe mode. Try using your device normally. Remember, you won’t be able to use any installed apps

mr.dj26 said:
well, since you can boot in twrp you can do a factory reset.
safe mode is a better idea but i dont think you can boot into safe mode without starting the phone.
here are the steps but i dont think it will work so try to delete dalvik and cache from recovery, if that didnt work I think factory reset is the only option unless someone has a better idea
Make sure your device's screen is on, then press & hold the Power button.
In the box that opens, touch & hold Power off.
You’ll see a “Reboot to safe mode” box. Touch OK.
Your device will start up in safe mode. Try using your device normally. Remember, you won’t be able to use any installed apps
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I tried clearing the cache and dalvik earlier, along with deleting the GO Weather app files, but that didn't help. I thought about safe mode, but I don't see a way to do it without already being booted to Android.
What if I dirty flash the same stock 6.0 ROM I'm using? I'd like to keep files and apps intact, so I'd prefer to not perform a factory reset, but will if I exhaust other options.

I just realized that I never came back here to update on what happened. I wound up booting into TWRP recovery, connecting to my PC via USB, backing up any data that I needed, then factory reset. That took care of it. Luckily, that also cleared up some other minor, but annoying, issues I was having. Needless to say, I haven't been and won't be using GO Weather EX any longer.

HELP!!! Phone not booting and vibrating continuously after short intervals

I was trying to flash a custom ROM in my Lenovo A6000. I rooted the phone with KingRoot. Then using Rashr I flashed the twrp img. I went to recovery and then I made a backup using TWRP's Backup option. I rebooted the phone and again went to recovery Then tapping the Wipe option I went toAdvanced Wipe where I checked the boxes next to Data, System, Cache, Dalvik. After that I went to the Install option where I chose the ROM.zip file from the sd card. The installation failed, I tried to install again but it failed again ( I must have had a bad copy of the file ). Since I had already wiped the system I went to the Restore option, chose the backed up file to restore. The restore was successful. But when I tapped the Reboot button after a couple of seconds the device screen went off and the phone kept on vibrating continuously after short intervals. I tried pressing the POWER button for a long time--> keeps on vibrating. I tried going to recovery by pressing the hardware keys--> still keeps on vibrating. I tried connecting to the computer after taking out the battery and replacing it. NOthing seems to work. It keeps showing the same problem. Please Help...

Abhishek Hamal said:
I was trying to flash a custom ROM in my Lenovo A6000. I rooted the phone with KingRoot. Then using Rashr I flashed the twrp img. I went to recovery and then I made a backup using TWRP's Backup option. I rebooted the phone and again went to recovery Then tapping the Wipe option I went toAdvanced Wipe where I checked the boxes next to Data, System, Cache, Dalvik. After that I went to the Install option where I chose the ROM.zip file from the sd card. The installation failed, I tried to install again but it failed again ( I must have had a bad copy of the file ). Since I had already wiped the system I went to the Restore option, chose the backed up file to restore. The restore was successful. But when I tapped the Reboot button after a couple of seconds the device screen went off and the phone kept on vibrating continuously after short intervals. I tried pressing the POWER button for a long time--> keeps on vibrating. I tried going to recovery by pressing the hardware keys--> still keeps on vibrating. I tried connecting to the computer after taking out the battery and replacing it. NOthing seems to work. It keeps showing the same problem. Please Help...
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First of all " don't panic ", its nothing. First remove your battery and then insert it. Now press "VOL UP + VOL DOWN + POWER KEY" together and leave the " POWER KEY " once the lenovo logo shows up. You'll enter into recovery. Now, wipe the cache, dalvik and reboot. If still doesn't boot, then wipe data, android secure too (not system). This will surely do.
And, mention the error you faced while installing the new ROM, like Error 6 or anything. If you were on stock kk earlier, then to flash Lollipop ROMs, you'll have to flash stock LP ROM first.

sasukay said:
First of all " don't panic ", its nothing. First remove your battery and then insert it. Now press "VOL UP + VOL DOWN + POWER KEY" together and leave the " POWER KEY " once the lenovo logo shows up. You'll enter into recovery. Now, wipe the cache, dalvik and reboot. If still doesn't boot, then wipe data, android secure too (not system). This will surely do.
And, mention the error you faced while installing the new ROM, like Error 6 or anything. If you were on stock kk earlier, then to flash Lollipop ROMs, you'll have to flash stock LP ROM first.
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I had tried that too. But the only response I get are those continuous vibrations. The screen does not light up at all. No, its not a display problem. I can't do anything with the phone, can't enter recovery. The only response to whatever I do plug in power supply, press the power key, press the key combination to go into recovery, plug into laptop and such are those vibrations.

Abhishek Hamal said:
I had tried that too. But the only response I get are those continuous vibrations. The screen does not light up at all. No, its not a display problem. I can't do anything with the phone, can't enter recovery. The only response to whatever I do plug in power supply, press the power key, press the key combination to go into recovery, plug into laptop and such are those vibrations.
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Can you enter fastboot by pressing vol down + power key..?

No. I can't. As I said, the only response I get from the phone is those vibrations. No matter what I do.
Sent from my Micromax Q380 using XDA-Developers mobile app

Abhishek Hamal said:
No. I can't. As I said, the only response I get from the phone is those vibrations. No matter what I do.
Sent from my Micromax Q380 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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Follow THIS TUTORIAL and first try the third method. If that doesn't work then try the second one.

sasukay said:
Follow THIS TUTORIAL and first try the third method. If that doesn't work then try the second one.
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after vol down + Power connect with usb cable
dowload https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8jgOvQH8xoaSDJ5RTQ2Qi1Ib0U
and run "fix brock device And Partations And every thing.bat"

Same problem with me, I was browsing facebook and suddenly my phone's screen blacks out. I can access recovery ,my device is detected by PC normally and can access all files, but display blacks out and I cannot see anything.
If I boot phone normally, It starts vibrating periodically. Maybe, because of Bootloops.
(Funny thing is, I can feel everything but cannot see anything on my phone)

Which version of Android was before?

sasukay said:
Follow THIS TUTORIAL and first try the third method. If that doesn't work then try the second one.
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I am telling you, it's not working. Thanks for your help though.
Sent from my Micromax Q380 using XDA-Developers mobile app

Abhishek Hamal said:
I am telling you, it's not working. Thanks for your help though.
Sent from my Micromax Q380 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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Did you installed the Qualcomm drivers mentioned in that post..? And was your device listed in Device Manager on pc, as "Qualcomm Predloader stuff..."... ??

I've experienced the same problem. I simply headed to the service centre ang got my display changed for free.(as under warranty)
Sent from my Lenovo A6000 Plus

in my experience, if your PC can recognize the device as qualcom.. you should go with the file.
if your device still vibrating countinuosly.. you should do test point
if test point not working. please go to lennove service center.

I also faced that problem when doing an ota update of MiUi and the I had to change the motherboard . Since it was under warranty I got it replaced for free.

did you got any solution
Abhishek Hamal said:
I was trying to flash a custom ROM in my Lenovo A6000. I rooted the phone with KingRoot. Then using Rashr I flashed the twrp img. I went to recovery and then I made a backup using TWRP's Backup option. I rebooted the phone and again went to recovery Then tapping the Wipe option I went toAdvanced Wipe where I checked the boxes next to Data, System, Cache, Dalvik. After that I went to the Install option where I chose the ROM.zip file from the sd card. The installation failed, I tried to install again but it failed again ( I must have had a bad copy of the file ). Since I had already wiped the system I went to the Restore option, chose the backed up file to restore. The restore was successful. But when I tapped the Reboot button after a couple of seconds the device screen went off and the phone kept on vibrating continuously after short intervals. I tried pressing the POWER button for a long time--> keeps on vibrating. I tried going to recovery by pressing the hardware keys--> still keeps on vibrating. I tried connecting to the computer after taking out the battery and replacing it. NOthing seems to work. It keeps showing the same problem. Please Help...
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i am also facing same problem , after installing nought rom successfully , i rebooted but it doesnot boot nor going to recovery or download mode , earlier i have unbricked using qcom downloader 2 times succesfully. but this time it won't go to download or recovery mode, not dectecting on pc . Now is there any solution

I am facing exact same problem.... but no one does help .Did you find any solution?
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aravindmj said:
I also faced that problem when doing an ota update of MiUi and the I had to change the motherboard . Since it was under warranty I got it replaced for free.
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O MY GOD DONE EXACT SAME THING. How dumb I am. But there is no solution out there?, I don't want to pay the cost of the phone again for motherboard replacement

XTutorials said:
I am facing exact same problem.... but no one does help .Did you find any solution?
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O MY GOD DONE EXACT SAME THING. How dumb I am. But there is no solution out there?, I don't want to pay the cost of the phone again for motherboard replacement
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Don't know any other way bro!

aravindmj said:
Don't know any other way bro!
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FIX!
I have found a way to unbrick the phone with these simptoms! Check my guide in the guides section!
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aravindmj said:
I also faced that problem when doing an ota update of MiUi and the I had to change the motherboard . Since it was under warranty I got it replaced for free.
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I HAVE FOUND A WAY TO UNBRICK THE PHONE WITH THESE SIMPTOMS! CHECK MY GUIDE IN THE GUIDES SECTION!
Too bad you replaced it. At least was in warranty

same problem
Abhishek Hamal said:
I was trying to flash a custom ROM in my Lenovo A6000. I rooted the phone with KingRoot. Then using Rashr I flashed the twrp img. I went to recovery and then I made a backup using TWRP's Backup option. I rebooted the phone and again went to recovery Then tapping the Wipe option I went toAdvanced Wipe where I checked the boxes next to Data, System, Cache, Dalvik. After that I went to the Install option where I chose the ROM.zip file from the sd card. The installation failed, I tried to install again but it failed again ( I must have had a bad copy of the file ). Since I had already wiped the system I went to the Restore option, chose the backed up file to restore. The restore was successful. But when I tapped the Reboot button after a couple of seconds the device screen went off and the phone kept on vibrating continuously after short intervals. I tried pressing the POWER button for a long time--> keeps on vibrating. I tried going to recovery by pressing the hardware keys--> still keeps on vibrating. I tried connecting to the computer after taking out the battery and replacing it. NOthing seems to work. It keeps showing the same problem. Please Help...
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i'm also dealing with the same problem whether you fixed it or not if you did please tell me what to do????? plzzz help me....