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[Q] Have I bricked my phone?Please

Please, help me!
I was in my mobile in download mode and I was flashing InDroid 4 rom. But still the phone was doing nothing. Still the line which symbolize how much is flashed was short(long wasn´t changing) so I restarted my phone but my phone has switched down and nothin else. I was trying to switch on it again for many times but still nothing. Please help me!!!!!!

Can't get into download mode or recovery?

kozusnik said:
Please, help me!
I was in my mobile in download mode and I was flashing InDroid 4 rom. But still the phone was doing nothing. Still the line which symbolize how much is flashed was short(long wasn´t changing) so I restarted my phone but my phone has switched down and nothin else. I was trying to switch on it again for many times but still nothing. Please help me!!!!!!
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if indroid is a tar file, open and verify whether there is bootlader and sbl.bin. You can use 7zip, winrar to open it. If they are not there, its good
Remove the battery
Reinsert the battery
Press volume down key + Press Home Key + press power button. This will take you to download mode. Reflash the ROM
During reflash leave the system idle till the time you dont see reset in ODIN. ensure that during idle process system doesnt go to standby. This usually happens with factoryfs.rfs file

To download mod I can not go. How can I get to recovery mod? I am not sure. Is any way how to go to root of mobile if mobile is switched down?

Please, help me....

recovery is vol up+vol down+home+power. but is the boot.bin and sbl.bin included in the tar of indroid?

NO, there are only: cache.rfs, factoryfs.rfs, datafs.rfs, zImage
To recovery mod I can not get too

So, what do you think about my problem? Can I repair it?

Please, do you have any ideas how to repair it?

Hmm if there weren't any boot loader files then maybe you might have ran out of battery. Try charging your phone and check if the charger animation appears also is the phone completely turned off or does it start then stop?
Sent from my GT-I5800 using XDA App

It doesn´t do anything. The display is still only black. Mobile doesn´t react. But I have mobile conected to charge cable and battery is quite hot so mobile is probably charging.

Disconnect the charger wait till it cools down then try turning it on and remove the battery while its cooling down and what happens when you hold the power button down.
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If you can reach recovery that means you can reach download mode. You are somehow pressing volume up + Vol down.... Try specifically pressing vol down key
If that fails, and your phone had usb debugging enabled....boot the phone, it will be stuck in the middle....Connect usb cable and use adb, command "adb reboot download" . I am not sure it will work but its worth to try

He can't boot the phone or go into recovery mode. Something tells me It is his battery
Sent from my GT-I5800 using XDA App

wait for some time...remove battery wait for 15 mins...plug it again n go into recovery mode or download mode! tell me and try!
And the rom is already flashed...indroid doesnt come with a bootloader...no custom ROMs these days come! :/

Thank you for your ideas. I have tried this one with adb but nothing. Now I a trying to remove battery and give it again after 15 minutes. I hope to it will be good.
Please what it means that rom doesn't have bootloader?
EDIT: This rom is with kernel but I didn't install this kernel on my mobile. Could it be the problem?

kozusnik said:
Thank you for your ideas. I have tried this one with adb but nothing. Now I a trying to remove battery and give it again after 15 minutes. I hope to it will be good.
Please what it means that rom doesn't have bootloader?
EDIT: This rom is with kernel but I didn't install this kernel on my mobile. Could it be the problem?
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Hmm, basically bootloader is when you start your phone it says GT-i5800 samsung and if it's not there you can't start your phone. Also I need to know can you turn on your phone or not.

Oh I thought something like this.... I can not turn my phone on

So nothing happens when you hold down the power button?

nothing

[Q] Phone keeps on turning OFF during ODIN MODE!!

Hi everyone!
My friends phone got bricked ( i dont really know what happened coz he didn't explain it very well). I can go to recovery mode and odin mode but after a few seconds it keeps on turning off i can't even flash stock rom coz whenever i go to odin mode ang plug it in my pc it just turned off. can someone help me????

edward143 said:
Hi everyone!
My friends phone got bricked ( i dont really know what happened coz he didn't explain it very well). I can go to recovery mode and odin mode but after a few seconds it keeps on turning off i can't even flash stock rom coz whenever i go to odin mode ang plug it in my pc it just turned off. can someone help me????
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Have u charged the phone??? First charge it for some time then try!!
Sent from my GT-S5360 using Tapatalk 2

Bidyadhar said:
Have u charged the phone??? First charge it for some time then try!!
Sent from my GT-S5360 using Tapatalk 2
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i had the same problem sir,, i get a battery from a fully charged galaxy y.. then the problem is still there..... it keeps turning off...... i cannot flash it through odin... can anyone help us? thanks

Urzu07 said:
i had the same problem sir,, i get a battery from a fully charged galaxy y.. then the problem is still there..... it keeps turning off...... i cannot flash it through odin... can anyone help us? thanks
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I also have this problem

k-mille said:
I also have this problem
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check your power button isnt stuck or faulty - try pulling it out or you might have to get a new power button if phone keeps turning itself off

marcussmith2626 said:
check your power button isnt stuck or faulty - try pulling it out or you might have to get a new power button if phone keeps turning itself off
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power button is ok, but.. after flash my phone turn only recovery mode (and also unexpectedly turned off)

Try This method
remove battery from phone and connect to pc
(when battery removed your phone got power through data cable connected to pc)
than press three button together VOLUME DOWN BUTTON+POWER BUTTON+MENU BUTTON
when you see odin mode, insert the battery and flash stock firmware and complete the whole processs
you must have your phone driver installed so pc recognized you phone
:good::good:
:laugh::laugh:

Its a hardware prob....fault in mother board re.....
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[Q] the phone entered bootloop

a few days ago i was transfering a song from my pc to the phone and after a tranfered it the phone entered boot loop
usualy I know how to exit from boot loop but i cant reach the recovery mode and when I'm trying to enter download mode
i enter the selecting screen and the phone restarts before i can do something.
I've tried to drain the battery and I've tried to replace the battery. and nothing happed.
there is something i could do to save my phone please help me

Flash STOCK rom :highfive:

Joku1981 said:
Flash STOCK rom :highfive:
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how exectly?
i can't reach recovery i cant reach download mode
all the phone is doing is boot loop

Of course you can. i think that you should shutdown the device and just hold the three buttons, it should work if you on bootloop

liorbal said:
Of course you can. i think that you should shutdown the device and just hold the three buttons, it should work if you on bootloop
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a bit of a problam
when i press the power button nothing happen, the only why to shutdown is let the battery drain
from the bootlooping but in the moment I plug the phone to charge so I can do something he is bootlooping

eyalmazuz said:
a bit of a problam
when i press the power button nothing happen, the only why to shutdown is let the battery drain
from the bootlooping but in the moment I plug the phone to charge so I can do something he is bootlooping
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I think you can get the battery out of the device and put it in. im not sure so you should check it. i think that this is the thing i did..

eyalmazuz said:
a bit of a problam
when i press the power button nothing happen, the only why to shutdown is let the battery drain
from the bootlooping but in the moment I plug the phone to charge so I can do something he is bootlooping
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Pull the battery. Put it back in. Hold power button and volume down until you're in download mode.

Skipjacks said:
Pull the battery. Put it back in. Hold power button and volume down until you're in download mode.
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when I'm download mode there is the screen to choose between volume up and down
in that screen I cant press anything and after 3 seconds +- the phone restart
that mean i can't reach download mode :crying:

eyalmazuz said:
when I'm download mode there is the screen to choose between volume up and down
in that screen I cant press anything and after 3 seconds +- the phone restart
that mean i can't reach download mode :crying:
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Well that's deffinately weird.
Is it under warrenty? Because if you can't get to download mode I'm thinking that's a next step.
How about recovery? Can you get to recovery? Power plus volume up?

Skipjacks said:
Well that's deffinately weird.
Is it under warrenty? Because if you can't get to download mode I'm thinking that's a next step.
How about recovery? Can you get to recovery? Power plus volume up?
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if I could get in to recovery , this thread was not exist because in "basic" bootloops
I know how to fix.
warrenty it's a bit of a problam because my phone is rooted and rooted phones disable the warrenty
but it's dont boot up so how can know he is rooted LOL, I think I'll go to the store i bought it from
and ask to fix this, but I prefer to fix it in my home so if threre is a solution I'll take it

[GUIDE] Qhsusb Dload Workaround [unbrick]

If your Moto G is connecting in qhsusb dload and you assume it is bricked then you can try this and see if this work for you as much worked for me.
1- Take apart the phone
2- Unplug the battery from the board
3- Connect to your usb charger
4- You will see a image like on attachment
5- Without disconnect the charger plug the battery to your board and let it charge for a few minutes
6- Flash your phone in order to update your bootloader
Good Luck

Are you saying this is a solution for lollipop hardbricked devices?

sebastiandg7 said:
Are you saying this is a solution for lollipop hardbricked devices?
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I'm saying that if you have a moto g that is connecting on Qhsusb Dload then you have a new option to try

Connecting trough usb without battery does not give any life on the screen... Just black..

dwensch said:
Connecting trough usb without battery does not give any life on the screen... Just black..
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does your phone connect on qhsusb?, how your phone get on that mode?

Any workaround for enter to bootloader (fastboot) with the volume button (-) broken?
I had a bootloop and I can't turn it off, keep rebooting when I keep the power off pressed... I like to enter to fastboot, and then launch a custom recovery

abeloman said:
Any workaround for enter to bootloader (fastboot) with the volume button (-) broken?
I had a bootloop and I can't turn it off, keep rebooting when I keep the power off pressed... I like to enter to fastboot, and then launch a custom recovery
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With twrp you can reboot to bootloader!
Sent from my XT1032 using Tapatalk

Xup8 said:
With twrp you can reboot to bootloader!
Sent from my XT1032 using Tapatalk
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Yeah, but how access to twrp when my phone is turned off? If I press the power button, it goes to bootloop and then, I can't do anything because the broken button... I have to remove the battery to get out the bootloop (otherwise I have to wait battery discharge)

abeloman said:
Yeah, but how access to twrp when my phone is turned off? If I press the power button, it goes to bootloop and then, I can't do anything because the broken button... I have to remove the battery to get out the bootloop (otherwise I have to wait battery discharge)
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using adb on your pc
adb reboot-recovery

Before i even attempt to do it, how did you end up with QHS-USB mode in phone?
Was it because of bad OTA or something else?

does this work? can anyone confirm?

sebastiandg7 said:
Are you saying this is a solution for lollipop hardbricked devices?
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Im pretty sure, this is no help for hardbricked phones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZhAabwi24M
In this video, he did the same, but it wont help, when you have a hardbrick

dwensch said:
Connecting trough usb without battery does not give any life on the screen... Just black..
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just connect your mobile to wall charger...
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juancollado2003 said:
If your Moto G is connecting in qhsusb dload and you assume it is bricked then you can try this and see if this work for you as much worked for me.
1- Take apart the phone
2- Unplug the battery from the board
3- Connect to your usb charger
4- You will see a image like on attachment
5- Without disconnect the charger plug the battery to your board and let it charge for a few minutes
6- Flash your phone in order to update your bootloader
Good Luck
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you are telling us that we can't flash blank because of this?
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what is the bootloader version of your MOTO G aka Falcon ?

A1 Suddenly Dead

Hi
i bought before 2 weeks Xiaomi a1
it wored very good.
Today while I wanted to turn on the screen it did not respond.
The phone is not responding to any type of pressing.
I must say that the phone is new, did not get any kind of hit , and 5 min before this problem it used to work really good.
I think that the phone is in brick mode, and i can't enter to fastboot option because the phone is not responding....
Pls help my solve this problem.
Thanks

Try holding the pwoer button for more then 10 seconds, that should reset it... once you start it up aghain turn of ambient screen... Gave me troubles too... Hope that helps.

Has that still not been fixed with November update? I turned my ambient screen back on to see. So far, 2 days since update and no black screen after notification.

I'm guessing it's not dead. I have the same problem before as well. It was the buggy Ambient Display. Force restart your phone by pressing power button and holding it more than 10 second. First thing on boot up complete, go to Settings > Display and turn off Ambient Display.

micleftic said:
Try holding the pwoer button for more then 10 seconds, that should reset it... once you start it up aghain turn of ambient screen... Gave me troubles too... Hope that helps.
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I cant even turn on the screen...
It's not showing any thing on the screen.
I tried to push the power but there is no respond

myself379 said:
I'm guessing it's not dead. I have the same problem before as well. It was the buggy Ambient Display. Force restart your phone by pressing power button and holding it more than 10 second. First thing on boot up complete, go to Settings > Display and turn off Ambient Display.
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I tried forcing it. But it is still show black screen.
I think it is in brick mode

roy123456 said:
I tried forcing it. But it is still show black screen.
I think it is in brick mode
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Just go in fastboot mode and reflash the firmware from MIUI.con

jack_21 said:
Just go in fastboot mode and reflash the firmware from MIUI.con
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How can I enter the fastboot mode?
I cant even turn it on.
It is not respoding.
I tried to put it on this mode but the screen is still black.

roy123456 said:
How can I enter the fastboot mode?
I cant even turn it on.
It is not respoding.
I tried to put it on this mode but the screen is still black.
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You must keep pressed vol down + power until the phone does show "FASTBOOT"

jack_21 said:
You must keep pressed vol down + power until the phone does show "FASTBOOT"
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How long?
I tried it for 3 min ...
Is it enough?

roy123456 said:
How long?
I tried it for 3 min ...
Is it enough?
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Well there is something strange.
Leave the phone discharge
Then let it charge
Then power on with vol down + power

Try these 2 things
1) charge your phone for 2-3 hours. if didnt switch on try this 2
2) Connect your data cable with pc. In mobile Press volume up + volume down and plug in the other end of usb cable to your mobile. you need to hold the keys. this will boot your phone into fastboot.
If boot steps didnt work then it might be a hardware problem or hard brick.

selvarajrajkanna said:
Try these 2 things
1) charge your phone for 2-3 hours. if didnt switch on try this 2
2) Connect your data cable with pc. In mobile Press volume up + volume down and plug in the other end of usb cable to your mobile. you need to hold the keys. this will boot your phone into fastboot.
If boot steps didnt work then it might be a hardware problem or hard brick.
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What can I do if it is a hard brick?

roy123456 said:
What can I do if it is a hard brick?
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Visit customer care(they will probably say motherboard problem as always) or try qfil method which is quite complex if this flashing things are new to you.

roy123456 said:
How long?
I tried it for 3 min ...
Is it enough?
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you should press the power key while charging cable connected.If it doesn't work , unplug the charging usb and plug again reverse(type c's reversibility).If it can't, try with another AC source,another person,another location.
My A1 reborn by my gf's charging adaptor,hand and location.(she know nothing about android hard key combination)
Just thinking,don't know exactly.Sorry for my english.

My was hang.. so I restarted it.. but aftr tht.. phone is not turning on.. its just showing anroid one.. and nothhing else

ruhi maallivk said:
My was hang.. so I restarted it.. but aftr tht.. phone is not turning on.. its just showing anroid one.. and nothhing else
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reflash phone with stock firmware in fastboot mode on MI FLASH TOOL

selvarajrajkanna said:
Try these 2 things
1) charge your phone for 2-3 hours. if didnt switch on try this 2
2) Connect your data cable with pc. In mobile Press volume up + volume down and plug in the other end of usb cable to your mobile. you need to hold the keys. this will boot your phone into fastboot.
If boot steps didnt work then it might be a hardware problem or hard brick.
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I need help on urgent basis
I'm using Mi A1 rooted with custom kernel, My phone automatically received august update and it's installed automatically then i try to go in download mode to flash my phone with stock rom but i didn't press volume button properly and it's get restart and automatically start installing august update and i by mistake press power button and now my phone is not turning on even not responding
when i try to connect my phone with pc i can hear the connect sound but it's not going in fast boot

Shivam.S said:
I need help on urgent basis
I'm using Mi A1 rooted with custom kernel, My phone automatically received august update and it's installed automatically then i try to go in download mode to flash my phone with stock rom but i didn't press volume button properly and it's get restart and automatically start installing august update and i by mistake press power button and now my phone is not turning on even not responding
when i try to connect my phone with pc i can hear the connect sound but it's not going in fast boot
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You switched off the phone in middle of installing ota, best bet is take it to the take it to the service center and tell them phone not switching back on after installing August ota update.
Or if not in warranty then try to install stock rom using qfil.

Unfortunately you have bricked your Mi A1
Shivam.S said:
I need help on urgent basis
I'm using Mi A1 rooted with custom kernel, My phone automatically received august update and it's installed automatically then i try to go in download mode to flash my phone with stock rom but i didn't press volume button properly and it's get restart and automatically start installing august update and i by mistake press power button and now my phone is not turning on even not responding
when i try to connect my phone with pc i can hear the connect sound but it's not going in fast boot
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You have bricked your Mi A1, when you turned it off while installing/flashing the August update. Basically you should never turn a smartphone off, or disconnect the USB cable (if it is connected), while flashing its ROM.
There are various methods to unbrick it, I suggest you try this one since it's apparently not going into fast boot:
[Experimental]Recover Hard Bricked Xiaomi A1 Using SD Card