Hello, guys! It's now my 2nd post asking the exact same help. I'm very desperate to fix my phone : Asus Zenfone 5.
I have been looking for solutions for a long time, I'm not easily quit on googling. So far, this problem is one that haven't been fixed and very unlikely to be fixed
I have contacted many people including that Taiwan guy who is an expert on Zenfone 5 (forgot the name) and I'm EXTREMELY DESPERATE
I know this problem might be similiar with other case, but this one seems to be rare, because I have not found the solution.
Here is the timeline before my device got soft-bricked :
1. I upgraded to Lolipop with a different version of it's recovery, but still worked.
2. One day, ANR Keeps reporting that SystemUI has stopped. Rebooted and the phone went bootloop.
3. (probably the problem) I flashed wrong version of recovery (I think it was kitkat's recovery) and after then, I'm not able to get into DROIDBOOT.
I have tried several ways :
1. Sending package to my phone over ADB Sideload (It says something like error mounting blabla)
2. Flashing with xFSTK (It says something about driver, and I googled it. Found everyone with the same problem, endless solutions)
3. Downloaded about 1 gig of files (DEBRICK Files) and still, gets stuck somewhere.
So anyone have a solution for me, please?? I'm totally desperate right now, I lost hope. Never had this kind of problem, the thing is that so far, I never had such never-solved case in my life, I will always
find a solution from Google even that would take a long time. I have been searching passively for about 8 months, and I got none of those works
I will be very thankful if anyone would try to help this problem, I will bring detailed information you want, because I don't have solutions left.
Sorry for bad English
Thank You so much!
Christ, I was sure that I ticked it as a Q/A.
how to help? you are just telling about softbrick.
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I was in the process of taking my Nexus 7 back to stock yesterday it started giving errors from fastboot. My device is completely wiped clean. Can't boot into recovery since there isnt one, there is no system to boot into, etc. I tried to install 4.2.2 via the toolkit and manually from fastboot and I keep getting errors. The most recent one is no such device or address found. The only the only thing that I have been successful in doing this entire time is oem lock and unlock. I read somewhere else that someone had a similar issue and that fixed it. I have tried every different port on my laptop and every different cable I can find. I haven't used the OEM ASUS cable since i cant find it, but I think it is at work so that the last one I can think of.
Can anyone offer any help or solutions? I've had the worst luck int he last three days with my devices. I've never had a potential bricking issue since my G1 and now i can't seem to avoid them. Any help is greatly appreciated. I can provide screenshots of the errors if that would help as well.
EDIT
Turns out it wasn't a bad device or any of the million cables. It was a bad laptop. I was finally able to get the drivers to install on my win8 desktop and it all went as it should.
Hi to all
I hope one or more of the very knowledgeable people out there can help me. Have a qualcomm SM-N9005 32gb European SIM model which was in a constant boot loop. Ocassionally, it would get to the the set-up screen but always go back into its loop boot once a few key presses had been made. It was on one of the 4.3 roms at the time - don't know which one.
So I put in it into download mode, flashed the stock 4.4.2 N9005XXUENB7_N9005OXAENB1_BTU rom via odin and this has solved (most of) the boot loop issues.
However, the phone is now showing as having:-
no IMEI
no baseband
no sim (despite there being a working sim in there).
If I go back into download mode, it seems an additional line has been added to the several that show at the top after flashing the stock Kitkat rom - this is "UDC START".
I don't have an EFS backup so can't restore that to get the IMEI/baseband back.
I am at a loss. I have tried a hard/factory reset - no joy. I know this kind of problem has been reported in the past and I have looked at many threads but no-one seems to have exactly the same problem and not many successful outcomes.
Can someone please give me a 'dummies walk through' of what to do - my phone expertise isn't the best, as you can see!
Many many thanks to anyone and everyone who can help.
Cheers :good:
largeruk said:
Hi to all
I hope one or more of the very knowledgeable people out there can help me. Have a qualcomm SM-N9005 32gb European SIM model which was in a constant boot loop. Ocassionally, it would get to the the set-up screen but always go back into its loop boot once a few key presses had been made. It was on one of the 4.3 roms at the time - don't know which one.
So I put in it into download mode, flashed the stock 4.4.2 N9005XXUENB7_N9005OXAENB1_BTU rom via odin and this has solved (most of) the boot loop issues.
However, the phone is now showing as having:-
no IMEI
no baseband
no sim (despite there being a working sim in there).
If I go back into download mode, it seems an additional line has been added to the several that show at the top after flashing the stock Kitkat rom - this is "UDC START".
I don't have an EFS backup so can't restore that to get the IMEI/baseband back.
I am at a loss. I have tried a hard/factory reset - no joy. I know this kind of problem has been reported in the past and I have looked at many threads but no-one seems to have exactly the same problem and not many successful outcomes.
Can someone please give me a 'dummies walk through' of what to do - my phone expertise isn't the best, as you can see!
Many many thanks to anyone and everyone who can help.
Cheers :good:
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Have you try to look at this >>http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2567133, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2627291, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pai4BH3AWq8, http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/imei-baseband-guide-t1596842, http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/guide-recover-imei-9-steps-t1264021
please make some research first before attempting to follow the guide. I know some of them are not for our phone and im not sure it will work for you, but if you can do more research and keep on trying, maybe there is a way
Alright, Wow a lot has changed here since I got the Note 4!! I no longer use it since I got the A9 from HTC after this one went kaput. Heres the sitch'.....I am super frustrated since the issue I have is a lot like many others ive read all over the internet with just one difference...the USB is not being recognized so I can't use Odin....yes I have tried many different computers, cables etc....the thing was and is still new bout 6 months old before i messed it up so I cant believe that something would or could have easily fried the USB port already. Nothing I have done comes to mind where that could have occurred and could be bad luck getting bad port from the start but unlikely...SO....making it worse is I can boot to stock recovery and the weirdest thing happens when I try to pick any option other than wipe cache or factory reset....it comes up and says dm verity failed, whatever option i chose is disabled!! WTH??? I have been in this awhile so this isnt my first rodeo by far and I have yet to see this.
My question is....HOW can this be fixed...counting out replacing the USB port(that may not be the major cause), I am not sure JTAG will work....most other options all require some sort of PC to Mobile connection to be working and I can't ever get QPST through QXDM to see it( i may be doing it wrong or missing a step....possible since Ive found most instructions to be missing vital information, especially for some of us who may be more green), AND Ive tried creating bootable sd card to use in download mode. The latter option is also very hard to find complete information on process and files needed to properly do so pertaining to this specific variant. The stock recovery i think woukld be the best bet but HOW CAN I ENABLE the options in recovery that are now disable???
I apologize to anyone annoyed if I am asking a question that is often asked.....bear in mind I have another handset I am working on that is completely different that takes up way more time lol, I have searched for weeks on this issue and nothing substantial can be found thanks to to much incomplete information given out AND no one seems to know how to fixed the recovery issue or even had it. Any help will be totally appreciated.....Thanks
Hey guys,
I've bought my MX4 Pro almost a year ago, but decided only now to ask for your help. Hope you'll be able to guide me to fixing the several problems i have.
First of all, phone came with Flyme 4.5.7I and right from the start there were some features not working. Most important, the fingerprint screen unlock isnt working. After capturing my fingerprint, when i try to enable it to unlock screen it just takes me back to the home screen.
Another issue is getting sometimes (it happens randomly) a no sim error. Sometimes restarting is enough, sometimes i need to take out the sim card and insert it back.
Ever since i've tried to update firmware, hoping it would solve my problems. Nothing has worked.
Dowloaded the update.zip (no matter which version) and placed it in root directory. When i try to open it with the document app i get two options, view and extract. Can't update. Also starting the phone using volume+ and power button (update screen) has always produced the same results: Firmware corrupt. Tried doing it with clearing data, without that, no difference. Tried with a .bin file, same thing.
As far as i know the bootloader is locked, and i remember checking if the device is properly rooted and IT IS NOT.
So, the more android savvy people here can help? I'm lost and i really enjoyed the phone so far, but i dont really know what to do from now on. Is it a faulty device? (This would be the worse, since the phone was bought from China).
I can provide any additional details if needed.
Thanks in advance
P.S. I remember trying every tutorial/solution out there, nothing has seemed to work. I also may be dumb, not sure.
Hello everyone,
I've flashed my phones for quite a few years, messed things up from time to time, but always found solutions. This time however, i don't really know where to start.
I kept my Zenfone Max Pro M1 in its original state for the time of warranty and only unlocked and flashed it a few months ago. I first got into problems with the storage (couldn't install apps) and in my attempt to fix it i kinda bricked my phone... i don't remember all the steps i took, but what ended up working was Qualcomm Flash Image Loader (QFIL) with an Image i found online.
After that i flashed Spark OS and later Superior OS (both clean flashes), but with both i'm having problems with the internet connection. I only get EDGE which is really slow (WiFi, phone calls and everything else works fine). Tried out all possibly APNs and swapped SIM-cards with a friend to rule that out.
I'm suspecting some file needed for UMTS and up (specifically for european networks?) has been overwritten, but i haven't been able to find anything (great job by Microsoft renaming their browser also to Edge, doesn't make the search easier).
I recall having similar problems back then and flashing a certain radio.img fixed it, but i don't find anything about that either. Maybe something else baseband related? Do you think Asus could help me out? What to ask for?
Grateful for any input
Update: realized my serialnumber is displayed as C4ATAS000000 which is not that uncommon and might be the culprit. haven't found a working solution yet, but working on it