moms zenfone 5 lte decided to brick itself during an update, it will just stay on the asus logo loading forever.
I tried re-flashing the boot and reovery images worked but didn't do anything towards fixing the boot process.
it will still boot into fastboot flash mode and sd card recovery modes.
attempting todo anything in sd recovery mode spits out multiple errors about not being able to mount the /cache partition (wiping cache, flashing from external card etc)
can't really do much in fastboot mode because the device is not "unlocked" (need to boot OS enable usb debugging and pair with the PC to do anything for "security" hate whoever came up with that)
seems unlocking the bootloader for TWRP and wipe/format the cache via comamnds are not options because of above?
found an unbrick thread but says it dosn't work un zenfone 5 LTE
been trying a few hours kind of stuck and looking for solutions.
any suggestions please ?
Thanks
ps:sorry meant to post this thread in the help section
seems it may be fixable using asus flash tool and flashing a raw image but I am unable to find a raw image for the A500KL model
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User claims to have not attempted to root, but cleared the cache via recovery mode previous to it bricking.
Device does not power on nor has any indication of start-up.
Android 5.0 installed, but not sure which of the VZW FWs it has installed.
No download mode (Pwr+Vol-Down+Home) nor Recovery mode
Again, the only indication is when I connect it to my PC via usb, a "QHSUSB_BULK" appears but cannot install.
Have tried this solution,
Flashing an Unbrick.img w/ Win32DiskImager:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-note-3/general/howto-recover-hard-brick-t2834419
*For Note 3, not S5, but didn't quite understand the instructions fully, but tried various settings accordingly.
-Should the SD be a specific format? (ExFat/Fat32)
-Upon running the unbrick creator in recovery on another VZW S5, errors reported were "footer is wrong" and "signature verification failed".
-Specific firmware compatibility?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
From what I understand, you must use a class 10 MicroSD card, and the unbrick image must be from the same model and firmware version as the one you're trying to restore.
Use this Unbrick creator script, if you can't find one for download
If you're not getting ANY display, though, it could be that the phone has truly died, or that the display has died. Keep this possibility in mind.
There is something missing. Wiping cache WILL NOT hardbrick ANY S5.
Alright here you go this is my unbrick image made from my G900V:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24545065934258334
Hey everyone!
While trying to update LineageOS on my G6 I somewhat messed up and now am out of ideas. I tried to install an OTA update, which sent me into a TWRP-bootloop. I tried to fix this by using the dd-commands described here before seeing the next post, which advised against it and recommended a different one. Unfortunately too late. I did back up both partitions on my external SD card, though.
Since then the phone is in a boot loop continuously displaying this screen (the author of this thread seemed to have a similar problem - but it wasn't resolved there). I can get into fastboot and download mode with the volume buttons. Getting into the reset-menu and trying to open TWRP from there doesn't work, it just goes back to boot-looping.
Do you have any ideas how to recover from this situation? Ideally without a factory reset... although I have most of my data backed up the storage is encrypted and It would be awesome to recover into the old system. I still have a little hope left that I haven't messed up quite that bad. :/
Thank you!
your data is lost because you can not do anything anymore
make full wipe with fastboot because LGUP currently update supports
fastboot format userdata
fastboot format cache
fastboot format system
go into download mode and flash stock with uppercut and LGUP do you get errors check drivers or take another stock rom. !!! you can not flash a US Stock rom to a EU Model (this was an example !) !!! watching exact your model [H870/H872/US997] and rom
For me it has worked successfully H870 with 20c open EU
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.
I successfully rooted my Zenfone 3 Max (ZC520TL) using Magisk, but wanted to restore the phone back to its factory firmware. I used the uninstall option in Magisk but this reported that it could not find the backup boot image. Unfortunately I then made the mistake of following unroot steps on other sites rather than this excellent resource. Long story short I somehow managed to lock the bootloader again so when I try to use fastboot to flash any image I get the error "FAILED (remote: not allowed in locked state)".
When I turn on the phone, on the ASUS splash screen it says...
Red State
Your device has failed verification and may not work properly
Your device will boot in 5 seconds
… ie boot loop.
Q) What can I do to get my phone usable again? I searched this site and found lots of info on how to unlock the bootloader and how to root, but nothing about how to stop the boot loop.
I do have access to the Recovery mode and see options such as "Apply update from ADB" and "Apply update from SD card" but I am unsure if these will help?
Thanks again for any help and/or links to solutions on this site that I missed.
I was caught in similar situation, due to unsuccessful flashing using asus flashtool, I ended up flashing stock firmware (not the raw firmware) via recovery and everything was back to normal.
Thank you... but...
sanctitude888 said:
I was caught in similar situation, due to unsuccessful flashing using asus flashtool, I ended up flashing stock firmware (not the raw firmware) via recovery and everything was back to normal.
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Thank you @sanctitude888 so much for your help. I'm new to rooting but keen to learn. What's the difference between "stock" firmware and "raw" firmware? For example I can download the device firmware from ASUS and extract the boot.img file (ASUS no longer provides the recovery.img file) but is this considered "stock" firmware or "raw" firmware?
You also mentioned you flashed via recovery. In Recovery mode I see multiple options such as "Apply update from ADB", "Apply update from SD card", "Mount /system", etc. Could you please be more specific on how you did the recovery please?
Thank you for your help.
Kind Regards
Sorry for very late reply. Despite useful guides are there, they are pretty much scattered. Few posts or threads I could suggest as follows :
1. https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone-3/how-to/updated-unlock-relock-bootloader-t3749456
2. https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone-3/how-to/zenfone-3-ze520kl-ze552kl-unofficial-t3738811
3. https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone-3/help/help-ze552kl-bootloop-flashing-t3820371
4. https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone-3/how-to/guide-how-to-root-zenfone-3-official-t3745650
Okay, Let me explain exactly what I did here... I first flashed Twrp using SP flash tool which worked without too much problem. Then I attempted to install the latest super su zip which told me the boot.img was already patched and it could not find a ramdisk... So I moved on and flashed the latest Magisk zip which flashed no problem. Rebooted the device and it came up with a red boot state telling me it would boot in 5 sec. It did not boot at all. Turned off the tablet and rebooted into twrp again. I then flashed the OTA update system.img, boot.img, and re-flashed twrp from twrp itself instead of the SP flash tool. It booted into twrp no problem, however now it said it could not mount the system partition. I did a full data wipe, factory reset, rebooted into twrp again. Same issue. So I attempted to re-flash the firmware with SP flash tool. Did not notice i had it set to format and download and not only download. It said formatting for maybe 2 sec and gave me an error. Now the device will not turn on at all... no screen whatsoever, no recovery, etc... I have had no luck getting the asus flash tool to even recognize a com port however SP flash tool seems to be able to flash the device no problem. I extracted the .raw firmware file I have for the latest firmware, modified the scatter file to allow flashing all partitions, and I did a full firmware flash of the device using SP flash tool. However it still does not turn on... it does nothing... So I'm assuming that I accidentally formatted over the bootloader... And I cannot find a bootloader flash file for this device anywhere... So I'm stuck with an Asus ZenBrick... Does anyone know a way to fix this issue? When I plug the device into my computer and open device manager it switches between the preloader and mtk serial port very quickly not staying on either one very long. I'm assuming this is why I cant get the asus flash tool to work and SP flash tool works off just the initial preloader. I just bought this tablet from someone and managed to hard brick it in less than a days time... Any help at all with a way to revive this device will be greatly appreciated. Thank You in advance to anyone who tries to help me fix my mess up.
I was using Lineage OS on my Asus Zenfone 3 (ZE552KL). When my battery was empty it's stucks on fastboot mode. Got stuck unlocking my bootloader via adb. Phone is detecting in ADB. The phone is getting stuck at ASUS logo and I cant boot to recovery either. It does get detected by fastboot but nothing more. I have tried :-
(1) It only seems unlocked boot screen and the choices is start volume up countinue boot but isn't any happening.
(2) I used Asus flashtool (various versions- 1.0.45). The latest one says battery is -1% while the earlier version returns various errors including "ftp request server log access is denied" and "failed to write partition".
(3) I have (seemingly) couldn't recovery and boot images.
(4) I flash factory RAW rom, and then Stock Rom but It's stuck on Fastboot Mode.
Read a lot of threads but not much seems to be working.
Help please !
Thanks
1st Try to Flash with latest RAW,
If fail, Try with CSC
If still fail try with EDL File (Unbrick) - ZE552KL Libra_QFIL_8953_01020_20170714_Aboot.7z
eemmiirr said:
I was using Lineage OS on my Asus Zenfone 3 (ZE552KL). When my battery was empty it's stucks on fastboot mode. Got stuck unlocking my bootloader via adb. Phone is detecting in ADB. The phone is getting stuck at ASUS logo and I cant boot to recovery either. It does get detected by fastboot but nothing more. I have tried :-
(1) It only seems unlocked boot screen and the choices is start volume up countinue boot but isn't any happening.
(2) I used Asus flashtool (various versions- 1.0.45). The latest one says battery is -1% while the earlier version returns various errors including "ftp request server log access is denied" and "failed to write partition".
(3) I have (seemingly) couldn't recovery and boot images.
(4) I flash factory RAW rom, and then Stock Rom but It's stuck on Fastboot Mode.
Read a lot of threads but not much seems to be working.
Help please !
Thanks
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I have this problem too. How did you fix it ?