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my phone bricked while trying to go back to stock rom

hello,
as the title says, my phone bricked while trying to go back to stock rom. this is what i did: i had a well working meticulus custom rom + the meticulus twrp recovery on my phone. thing is i need the google apps and they are not supported on meticulus roms. so i tried to go back to rom, downloaded a stock rom and tried to flash it with dragging it onto my sdcard and installing it from there. so this is when it bricked, the huawei logo appears at the start but it stays and nothing will install.
i tried to reinstall the adb drivers, no success. i can only use the bootloader but i can only flash a recovery, after trying to boot into the recovery via fastboot boot recovery.img it won´t do a thing. also the recovery is stock recovery all of a sudden (erecovery). and there i only have the option to "download latest version and recovery" but that gives an error aswell.
i´ve tried to reinstall drivers, no luck. when i do a fastboot devices it shows my device but when i do adb devices it doesn´t show up anything. so the usb driver is somewhat corrupted. my computer detects the phone when in fastboot only.
i´ve tried to reinstall the drivers a hundred times, i can´t get the phone to work anymore.
i would really appreciate it if someone helps me out.

Why nobody reads the INSTRUCTIONS?!?
Anyway, you need somebody to send you a dump of the stock rom. You can't fix it without a dump :/
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If you can't install the recovery, all you can do is to send it to the warranty or...throw it to the trash can.

thanks for your help. so is there anybody who could help me out with the issue?

el copey said:
thanks for your help. so is there anybody who could help me out with the issue?
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Sadly, if you can't flash the recovery, try to unlock the bootloader again and flash the TWRP recovery.
If you can't, then consider buying a new motherboard or send it to the warranty. Sadly, warranty gets void.

that sounds bad. really bad. so i´m gonna try to unlock the bootloader then flash the twrp recovery. if thats gonna fail i can just throw the smartphone into the trash can ^^

Full bricked my P9 Lite

Hello XDA'ers,
the Story in short if that's anyway possible:
I'm using a HUAWEI P9 Lite VNS-L31 (3GB RAM, Single-Sim, Austrian Stock ROM)
Long time ago after i've got in use with my Phone i flashed the European (Unbranded) VNS-L31C432B161.
Everything went fine and it was really stable, fast and what not.
But then i was just getting bored and was looking for other ROM's and found the "EliteROM V5".
Long talk short, i've flashed the modified TWRP (to Backup/Restore/Wipe Vendor, Product and Version paritions) and made a FULL TWRP Backup with every Partition (Boot,Data,Internal Storage,System,Vendor,Product and Version) and installed EliteROM v5 as described in their Guide and it was a full success.
But then i realized that there was some Bug's which got me really mad (like no Spotify Lockscreen Notifications).
So i've decided to go to TWRP and made a FULL WIPE of everything (Boot,Data,Internal Storage,System,Vendor,Product and Version) , formatted Data to ext4 (which was my original FileSystem before EliteROM) and used my Backup to restore every partiton, TWRP was showing that everything went fine.
From there everything went wrong, i've rebooted and it was still showing that the Bootloader was unlocked and booted with the default animated Android Logo (like the ones you see on Emulators).
Of course it had a Bootloop, i've wait about 30 minutes and the animated Android Logo was still present.
I've tried the Restore method so many times, i've also tried just a few partitions (like Vendor,Product,Version and System) but none of them was a success.
However, i've tried to flash the Stock ROM with the dload Method which didn't work (i did get a message something like the Installation Package isn't compatible with my current System).
I've tried to use fastboot to flash my stock rom manually (with fastboot flash boot/cust/system/recovery) which wasn't also a success but once i entered TWRP (after flashing TWRP back with fastboot) i've noticed that the console of TWRP was displaying "failed to mount /vendor (invalid argument), failed to mount /product (invalid argument).
After this long painful Hours i've decided to flash oeminfo from the original VNS-L31 for Single Sim over TWRP which was a success but after this my Bootloader got locked.
I've than Unlocked the bootloader once again but it was still the same. (invalid /vendor and /product).
Then i tried that one thing which i think got my Phoen bricked now, i've flashed the stock boot,cust,system via fastboot and tried to lock my Bootloader with fastboot oem relock XXX which ws a success.
Now after reboot i can't enter Recovery nor Fastboot, i've just the HUAWEI Logo with the powered by android symbol.
That's it.
As you can see it the Problem here was the failure of Restoring partitions.
So my Question now: Is it still possible to "Unbrick" my Phone or not?
Thanks for reading and maybe sharing my expierence with Backups and Restores and for every reply which may help.
best regards,
MarkusP87

Hi,
Follow steps HERE

Hello,
thanks for the link but as stated above i can't access Recovery nor Fastboot.
No matter which Buttons i press on Power i'm getting always HUAWEI Logo with "powered by android".
No USB Connection, i can just wait for the Battery to get low so that the Phone will turn off by itself.
best regards,
MarkusP87

Plug your phone on pc and just after the warning screen tip "fastboot reboot bootloader" (or juste before view a "charging screen" if warning screen don't appear).
You able to view bootloader screen now?

Hello,
no luck.
I just recognized that if my Battery is completely discharged it won't boot up the Phone unless i Press Vol Down Button (it will instantly Boot with Vol down) but still no PC nor fastboot connection.
In Attachment yo can see what i get when trying to boot up with VOL Down or VOL UP or VOL UP + DOWN + POWER.
Thanks for trying.
best regards,
MarkusP87

I've opened my Phone and removed the Battery and could boot into Bootloader , unlocked it and flashed TWRP.
Flashed Boot,Recovery,Recovery2 and System via Fastboot from VNS-L31C432B161 Stock Firmware without success.
Phone hangs still at "Your device is booting now..."
Also eRecovery (VOL UP + Down and Power) doesn't work.
And Console of TWRP shows:
Failed to mount /vendor (invalid argument)
Failed to mount /product (invalid argument)
Wiping or Change Filesystem of them don't work.
What else could i try to get my Phone working again?
I just want a Stock Firmware on it.
Thanks in advance!
best regards,
MarkusP87

Try this flash twrp wipe everything except sd maybe even format data and make sure data is on ext4 theb put the stock rom of your phone to /sdcard/dload the file name should be UPDATE.APP
(if you do this in twrp sdcard will be called external_sd then flash your stock oeminfo and shut the phone down then use dload 3 button method if theres no hardware problems your phone should boot up if its stays on huawei logo after flashing reboot stock recocery and factory reset and wipe cache this should fix it! Wish best luck for you

Hello,
tried your suggestions but they didn't work.
but nevermind, this thread can be closed, i've tried to flash every image from stock firmware over twrp and after reboot the Phone is completely death, doesn't even charge anymore.
thanks anyways for your replies!
best regards,
MarkusP87

Hey the same thing happened to me.. What you need to do now and I'm sure this will work just do everything
*Install the same TWRP from the Elite rom v5
*Reboot to recovery and go to "Mount"
*Enable everything (Cache, Data, System, Vendor, Product)
*Go back and then go to wipe > Advanced Wipe and wipe everything (Cache, Dalvik Cache, Data, System, Vendor, Product) Follow next step if wiping doesn't work now .
*Download region Patch for Elite ROMs (if you come from another region other than "C432") and put it in your sdCard https://goo.gl/JeQxdm
*Flash region patch before flashing Elite ROM and then (reboot) before flashing anything!
*Now again after you restart the phone, Reboot back to TWRP and wipe everything over again. And don't forget to change Data file system to f2fs
*Now download EliteRom v5 and Patch for VNS-l31 also download Launcher and sound fix and put them on your sdCard
EliteRom v5: https://goo.gl/AojsAf
Launcher and sound fix: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745849072291681155
Patch for VNS-L31: https://goo.gl/wXEvPD
*Now flash "EliteRom" then "Sound and launcher fix" then "Patch for VNS-L31"
*Now just reboot and tell me if you have any problems or if it didn't work because I have another way to fix it but I'm %100 sure it will work
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Another way to fix it and if you wanna go back to stock rom
*Download this C432oeminfo from here: http://www.mediafire.com/file/zr6dn2m3sd4q81i/C432OemInfo-DUALSIM-P9LITE.zip
*flash it via TWRP
*Now download this rollback package from here: http://download-c1.huawei.com/download/downloadCenter?downloadId=93645&version=371484&siteCode=np
*Extract and put files in dload folder on your sd card and flash with the 3 button method.
*Now download this stock rom from here and don't use any other rom just use that one http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G753/g104/v83116/f1/full/update.zip
*Now again extract and replace the files with the new ones on your sdCard and install via the 3 button method.
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Wait you said the phone won't even charge? But you need to get to fastboot to do everything..so idk but you can try this
Connect to pc and just before the screen turns on.. press and hold the volume down button maybe that will get you to fastboot
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anyway if you manage to get to fastboot.. just do the things I said and it will work

Hello,
yesterday everything adb,twrp and fastboot was working.
I've tried to flash boot,recovery,recover2 and system via TWRP update.zip (opened UPDATE.APP in Huaweiextractor and clicked create flashable zip) after reboot i did get an "ERROR MODE" , Please Update System now.
With ERR FUNC (hifi image).
Then i tried to Flash the complete update.zip (extracted everything from UPDATE.APP) from a VNS-L31C432B161 Firmware.
After reboot my Phone was Death, it doesn't turn on anymore nor does it regonoize any usb cable.
I think it's done now.
Thanks anyways for your reply!
best regards,
MarkusP87

MarkusP87 said:
Hello,
yesterday everything adb,twrp and fastboot was working.
I've tried to flash boot,recovery,recover2 and system via TWRP update.zip (opened UPDATE.APP in Huaweiextractor and clicked create flashable zip) after reboot i did get an "ERROR MODE" , Please Update System now.
With ERR FUNC (hifi image).
Then i tried to Flash the complete update.zip (extracted everything from UPDATE.APP) from a VNS-L31C432B161 Firmware.
After reboot my Phone was Death, it doesn't turn on anymore nor does it regonoize any usb cable.
I think it's done now.
Thanks anyways for your reply!
best regards,
MarkusP87
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Mine is the same. I casnt loose this phone, I just got it a day.

harryhcs said:
Mine is the same. I casnt loose this phone, I just got it a day.
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Hello,
i've found the Merchant where i bought it from and send it back to HUAWEI over Warranty.
We will see if i do get a working Phone back.
I'll post when i get or don't get a working Phone back.
greeTz,
MarkusP87

MarkusP87 said:
Hello,
i've found the Merchant where i bought it from and send it back to HUAWEI over Warranty.
We will see if i do get a working Phone back.
I'll post when i get or don't get a working Phone back.
greeTz,
MarkusP87
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same happened to me, totally bricked (after upgrade to nougat) sent it to huawei service center and they replace it with new one, same model , just have to wait 3 weeks

Just a quick Update.
I've got my Phone back from a Service Center (not HUAWEI) off my Merchant.
They replaced the Mainboard so i have a new IMEI and Serialnumber.
So the Phone works now
best regards,
Markus

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MarkusP87 said:
Hello,
thanks for the link but as stated above i can't access Recovery nor Fastboot.
No matter which Buttons i press on Power i'm getting always HUAWEI Logo with "powered by android".
No USB Connection, i can just wait for the Battery to get low so that the Phone will turn off by itself.
best regards,
MarkusP87
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DID you find a solution because i am in the same boat as you

I had the same problem so I ˇˇ shorted the test points got fastboot and unlocked the bootloader then flashed twrp and installed custom rom Elemental V3 installation procedure is at the instructions then my phone started and i finally upload the firmware:Ó

Adam7777777 said:
I had the same problem so I ˇˇ shorted the test points got fastboot and unlocked the bootloader then flashed twrp and installed custom rom Elemental V3 installation procedure is at the instructions then my phone started and i finally upload the firmware:Ó
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hey how did you got fastboot with testpoint? process?

5pd said:
hey how did you got fastboot with testpoint? process?
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Hi I opened the phone cover I used a steel paperclip I touched the test point at the same time and connected the phone to the pc and pressed the power button and volume down button and became a miracle phone ran into a fastboot I immediately downloaded elemental V3 and installed over twrp

Adam7777777 said:
Hi I opened the phone cover I used a steel paperclip I touched the test point at the same time and connected the phone to the pc and pressed the power button and fade button and became a miracle phone ran into a fastboot I immediately downloaded elemental V3 and installed over twrp
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Tvl ...

[help] my phone is hard bricked !!!

I was running B618 on my phone (rooted and tweaked a little bit), A few days ago I realized that I am running an outdated version so I decided to update to B630. I downloaded the update extracted it with HUAWEI UPDATE EXTRACTOR and while extracting I saw there was an option to make flashable zip so I decided to try to flash it through TWRP (my biggest mistake). I restarted phone into recovery mode, wiped everything and flashed the zip and restarted the phone, at restarting TWRP warned me about NO OS INSTALLED but I ignored and restarted and boom.... I was holding a bricked phone, Nothing on screen not a single sign of phone being alive, just notification light blinking red and green when power button is pressed. Googled it on internet and found that it can be fixed through jtag box.
I took my phone to a repairer and he promised me that he can take my phone to fastboot mode by JTAG BOX and further software flashing I will do it myself. After 2 days he called me that your phone is successfully in fastboot mode you can take it. I took the phone from him paid him his fee and came back home, Now my phone was running a very basic version of EMUI 2.0 which was looking like EMUI 3.1 with no apps in it just some testing apps shortcuts and gallery and other basic apps. In about phone section it was showing android version 4.3 and EMUI 2.0 and internal storage was just 450mb.
I restarted into fastboot mode flashed the boot, cust, recovery, system and rebooted the phone and boom..... Once again a bricked phone with just total red screen. I googled and again found nothing, then I saw fastboot log on cmd and the issue was that the phone's eMMC is partitioned at just 450mbs and the 2.26GB system.img file is not able be saved into phone.
Is there a way I can fix this now, Its also not booting into recovery I've tried all the commands, and when I try to format through fastboot it gives an error saying that formatting is not allowed on file system type 0.5
PLEASE IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO FIX THIS PLEASE TELL ME
I WILL BE VERY THANKFUL TO YOU GUYS.

hbilalshah said:
I was running B618 on my phone (rooted and tweaked a little bit), A few days ago I realized that I am running an outdated version so I decided to update to B630. I downloaded the update extracted it with HUAWEI UPDATE EXTRACTOR and while extracting I saw there was an option to make flashable zip so I decided to try to flash it through TWRP (my biggest mistake). I restarted phone into recovery mode, wiped everything and flashed the zip and restarted the phone, at restarting TWRP warned me about NO OS INSTALLED but I ignored and restarted and boom.... I was holding a bricked phone, Nothing on screen not a single sign of phone being alive, just notification light blinking red and green when power button is pressed. Googled it on internet and found that it can be fixed through jtag box.
I took my phone to a repairer and he promised me that he can take my phone to fastboot mode by JTAG BOX and further software flashing I will do it myself. After 2 days he called me that your phone is successfully in fastboot mode you can take it. I took the phone from him paid him his fee and came back home, Now my phone was running a very basic version of EMUI 2.0 which was looking like EMUI 3.1 with no apps in it just some testing apps shortcuts and gallery and other basic apps. In about phone section it was showing android version 4.3 and EMUI 2.0 and internal storage was just 450mb.
I restarted into fastboot mode flashed the boot, cust, recovery, system and rebooted the phone and boom..... Once again a bricked phone with just total red screen. I googled and again found nothing, then I saw fastboot log on cmd and the issue was that the phone's eMMC is partitioned at just 450mbs and the 2.26GB system.img file is not able be saved into phone.
Is there a way I can fix this now, Its also not booting into recovery I've tried all the commands, and when I try to format through fastboot it gives an error saying that formatting is not allowed on file system type 0.5
PLEASE IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO FIX THIS PLEASE TELL ME
I WILL BE VERY THANKFUL TO YOU GUYS.
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Did you try twrp and flashable b630 rom from hicloud?

same here need the dump file to try to unbrick my phone

Adi5 said:
Did you try twrp and flashable b630 rom from hicloud?
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TWRP isn't booting up (TRIED EVERY METHOD)

hbilalshah said:
I was running B618 on my phone (rooted and tweaked a little bit), A few days ago I realized that I am running an outdated version so I decided to update to B630. I downloaded the update extracted it with HUAWEI UPDATE EXTRACTOR and while extracting I saw there was an option to make flashable zip so I decided to try to flash it through TWRP (my biggest mistake). I restarted phone into recovery mode, wiped everything and flashed the zip and restarted the phone, at restarting TWRP warned me about NO OS INSTALLED but I ignored and restarted and boom.... I was holding a bricked phone, Nothing on screen not a single sign of phone being alive, just notification light blinking red and green when power button is pressed. Googled it on internet and found that it can be fixed through jtag box.
I took my phone to a repairer and he promised me that he can take my phone to fastboot mode by JTAG BOX and further software flashing I will do it myself. After 2 days he called me that your phone is successfully in fastboot mode you can take it. I took the phone from him paid him his fee and came back home, Now my phone was running a very basic version of EMUI 2.0 which was looking like EMUI 3.1 with no apps in it just some testing apps shortcuts and gallery and other basic apps. In about phone section it was showing android version 4.3 and EMUI 2.0 and internal storage was just 450mb.
I restarted into fastboot mode flashed the boot, cust, recovery, system and rebooted the phone and boom..... Once again a bricked phone with just total red screen. I googled and again found nothing, then I saw fastboot log on cmd and the issue was that the phone's eMMC is partitioned at just 450mbs and the 2.26GB system.img file is not able be saved into phone.
Is there a way I can fix this now, Its also not booting into recovery I've tried all the commands, and when I try to format through fastboot it gives an error saying that formatting is not allowed on file system type 0.5
PLEASE IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO FIX THIS PLEASE TELL ME
I WILL BE VERY THANKFUL TO YOU GUYS.
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If You are able to get TWRP or stock recovery WIPE ALL DATA FAST I had same problem, and after that it solves your issue! If not Open fastboot and Flash Userdata.img then boot, go in recovery and Wipe all data again! Keep me updated!
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Mehdi008 said:
same here need the dump file to try to unbrick my phone
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For Your issue, I recommend dc phoenix tool! It is ULTIMATE TOOL! BEWARE OF MEGA BRICK! If You will do all right. Your phone if boot in no time! Keep me updated!

RootingPro-18 said:
If You are able to get TWRP or stock recovery WIPE ALL DATA FAST I had same problem, and after that it solves your issue! If not Open fastboot and Flash Userdata.img then boot, go in recovery and Wipe all data again! Keep me updated!
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For Your issue, I recommend dc phoenix tool! It is ULTIMATE TOOL! BEWARE OF MEGA BRICK! If You will do all right. Your phone if boot in no time! Keep me updated!
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WHERE DO I GET USERDATA.img ???

hbilalshah said:
WHERE DO I GET USERDATA.img ???
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From update.app extract and flash

Stuck in a boot loop and can't access recovery mode

So I flashed a custom rom and it required a specific TWRP recovery. But after installing the custom rom I had to install another TWRP recovery otherwise it wouldn't boot into OS (this recovery was probably unsupported and thus my phone was forced to boot into OS)
So every time I wanted to boot into recovery mode I had to use an app like flashify and flash the first recovery to boot into recovery mode. And after finishing I had to flash the "unsupported" recovery again in order to boot into OS.
Now with the "unsupported" recovery, I installed Xposed and some modules and then restarted the device. And..........boom! The phone is stuck in a boot loop! And I can't even boot into recovery mode.
Now here's the other nightmares I'm getting:
1. Cant use ADB to flash a new recovery because my device is "unauthorized" and in order to fix that I need to go to developers option which is not possible (because of boot loop)
2. Uninstall Xposed: button combinations aren't working and I cant go to recovery mode to flash the uninstaller zip
3. vol up + vol down + power button doesn't open recovery because the recovery is "unsupported"
4. Can't even boot to fastboot mode by holding vol down + power. It tries to boot into OS and starts boot looping
5. Can't use sp flash tool to flash stock rom or recovery because whenever I connect the phone to PC, the phone tries to boot into OS and....you guessed it starts boot looping.
Now I'm out of ideas and really depressed. If anyone can help me out with this I'll be grateful forever.
My device is: Lenovo k4 note
Chipset: MediaTek MT6753
Currently on this recovery: https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=673368273298981920
Got this recovery from here (recovery2): https://forum.xda-developers.com/k4-note/development/unofficial-resurrection-remix-5-8-2-t3570195
Thanks!

Update: The problem is solved after flashing stock rom via sp flash tool

Can you please help me im havifng the same problem
scarecow47 said:
Update: The problem is solved after flashing stock rom via sp flash tool
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I think the pc cant dtect my device same problem bro after installing new rom it keeps on rebooting after the lenovo logo. Cant also access the recovery mode. Please help me

Bro I'm not an expert. Someone from XDA discord server helped me with this. And I actually forgot the exact thing I did to be honest. I downloaded the sp flash tool on pc and downloaded the stock rom. Then flashed it to the phone. You have to connect your device via USB before. For a detailed guide you can search on YouTube with something like "how to flash stock rom via sp flash tool"
Or ask in the discord server. They will surely help you.

How did you flash that? Can you please explain step by step

Check this link: https://firmwarefile.com/lenovo-k4-note-a7010a48
You can download the stock rom from here. And there is also a tutorial on how to flash it. I followed it. Hope that helps!

scarecow47 said:
Check this link: https://firmwarefile.com/lenovo-k4-note-a7010a48
You can download the stock rom from here. And there is also a tutorial on how to flash it. I followed it. Hope that helps!
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Thanks, the problem is my phone is struck on the Lenovo logo, it's not turning off but my computer deducted it as Lenovo device

If ADB can detect your device then you can just flash a new recovery and you should be fine. But as I said I'm not an expert so I'd suggest you to ask for help on the XDA discord server. That's where I got help from.

Did anyone found the solution?
Thanks

Can any one find the solution of that problem , because my lenovo k4 note also stuck on boot looping logo... and vibrate like bootup time

Cant flash anything other than twrp on galaxy s8 and phone wont start

so i accidentally destroyed my efs partition on my Samsung and last baseband and all that in the process of trying to fix that i seem to have broken the bootloader or something so the phone just flashes on the samsung logo, when i try to flash stock firmware or anything other than twrp the flash fails and the phone shows this error: "an error has occurred while updating the device software. Use emergency function in the smart switch pc software." the phone isn't reconised in the smart switch software though so i cant try to fix it through that. im really not sure what to do at this point, does anyone have any ideas?

Update: i managed to find the latest firmware to flash (CRGB) however my phone gets stuck on the flashing samsung logo and idk what to do now. also my efs partition is broken is there a way i can fix that? (i dont have a backup)

can u boot to twrp?

khawarjaved said:
can u boot to twrp?
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yes but i tried to flash stock everything including recovery and now twrp is gone and the phone boots to the s8 powered by android screen but then goes black and fails to boot. im not sure what to do now

if u can get to download mode ......flash twrp and when successfully flash reboot directly into recovery on first time ....as phone turns off after recovery is flashed immediately press power bixby and volume up....go to recovery wipe every thing including system etc...download a custom rom and move to phone via pc flash it and there you goo....any problems pm me