Alright. just to get this out of the way, I used to do tech support for HTC many moons ago. like back when they were *the* name in originating new tech to smart phones. I worked my ass off to get into the R&D team that handled all the new products that got released and to our product recovery team(the idiots that try to put a good light on a bad decision made by corporate). I have rooted and installed custom ROMS and recovery software on several phones from them as well as since then with the latest being my old galaxy S7 loaded up with TWRP and lineagoe OS(although i do not remember which version now)
But i did not do literally *ANY* of that with my Xiaomi MiA1. the phone functioned how i wanted it to out of the box and with the stock ROM, i had no need or desire to do anything with the ROM.
I have all but completely given up on doing this on my own now. I have gone over every guide on the MI forums for xiaomi and i think i may have even exhausted the ones that are available here now too. I am not sure WTH the problem at this point even is but here is the lowdown:
:fingers-crossed:
got the update near the end of December/beginning of January to update my MI A1 to the new android pie version that just came out OTA(i actually have two of these phones, one i have not updated since the first update to oreo, and this one that is hardbricked from after the PIE update)
At first when i got the OTA update, my phone started to act sluggish. simple apps like messenger, or google drive that had always worked flawlessly suddenly were taking ages to load. So like any sensible person, i pulled my info to my SD card, took it out, and then did a system recovery to restore factory defaults and start with a fresh OS again, just like when windows starts behaving poorly.
only this did not fix the problem. It persisted with poor performance after the factory data reset and upon my next reboot, my phone just stopped loading when it got to the MI logo on the screen. i literally let the phone sit on this screen overnight thinking just maybe it was being slow to boot after the reset. No luck and in the morning it remained at this screen.
just to make a note:
-phone was purchased off of amazon, i have reached out to the seller(it was a business)
-phone is in CANADA, so there are no service centers
-i CANNOT enter recovery mode(pwr + volup + voldn), it just freezes at the mi screen
-i CAN enter fastboot, but cannot flash room
-bootloader is locked and i have not yet found a method that will successfully unlock it
-the miflash tool does not work(on any version what-so-ever)
-the mi unlock tool gets to 50% and then fails, cannot unlock
-i have installed minimal adb for fastboot, none of the related commands succeed(yes system sees the phone:
c:\adb>fastboot devices
91c0963c0804 fastboot)
-i cannot unlock bootloader here and cannot install twrp or any other recovery image and it will not allow it even temporarily
I've gotten desperate enough to have even gone to the extreme and tried EDL mode by using test point to enter, computer recognizes the device even as the qualcom 9008, still no luck with any of the tools or ROMs provided on Xiaomi's website.
So be real with me here ladies and gents.... should i take this thing on my next trip up a telecomm tower and biff it as hard as i can at the ground(obviously in a snowless area for the most satisfaction) or can you saintly people actually offer me some support on this to turn my brick paperweight back into a phone again?
it is also worth mentioning that this is my first post here because i have never before had a problem with following any of he guides on here to accomplish any task i've ever set out to do with an android device, but this beastly lil mother is seriously making me consider becoming an iphone person(not really but do you get the frustration here?)
I'm writing this at 5:30 in the morning after being up all night working on this task so if my info is missing somewhere along the line just poke me with stick and i will fill in the blanks as needed.
I couldn't be bothered to get and load screenshots tonight but i will get some up tomorrow after sleep, for now i am going to the graveyard to rest.
Thanks for any responses in advance here.
What error show miflash when you try to flash in edl mode?
balannaer said:
Alright. just to get this out of the way, I used to do tech support for HTC many moons ago. like back when they were *the* name in originating new tech to smart phones. I worked my ass off to get into the R&D team that handled all the new products that got released and to our product recovery team(the idiots that try to put a good light on a bad decision made by corporate). I have rooted and installed custom ROMS and recovery software on several phones from them as well as since then with the latest being my old galaxy S7 loaded up with TWRP and lineagoe OS(although i do not remember which version now)
But i did not do literally *ANY* of that with my Xiaomi MiA1. the phone functioned how i wanted it to out of the box and with the stock ROM, i had no need or desire to do anything with the ROM.
I have all but completely given up on doing this on my own now. I have gone over every guide on the MI forums for xiaomi and i think i may have even exhausted the ones that are available here now too. I am not sure WTH the problem at this point even is but here is the lowdown:
:fingers-crossed:
got the update near the end of December/beginning of January to update my MI A1 to the new android pie version that just came out OTA(i actually have two of these phones, one i have not updated since the first update to oreo, and this one that is hardbricked from after the PIE update)
At first when i got the OTA update, my phone started to act sluggish. simple apps like messenger, or google drive that had always worked flawlessly suddenly were taking ages to load. So like any sensible person, i pulled my info to my SD card, took it out, and then did a system recovery to restore factory defaults and start with a fresh OS again, just like when windows starts behaving poorly.
only this did not fix the problem. It persisted with poor performance after the factory data reset and upon my next reboot, my phone just stopped loading when it got to the MI logo on the screen. i literally let the phone sit on this screen overnight thinking just maybe it was being slow to boot after the reset. No luck and in the morning it remained at this screen.
just to make a note:
-phone was purchased off of amazon, i have reached out to the seller(it was a business)
-phone is in CANADA, so there are no service centers
-i CANNOT enter recovery mode(pwr + volup + voldn), it just freezes at the mi screen
-i CAN enter fastboot, but cannot flash room
-bootloader is locked and i have not yet found a method that will successfully unlock it
-the miflash tool does not work(on any version what-so-ever)
-the mi unlock tool gets to 50% and then fails, cannot unlock
-i have installed minimal adb for fastboot, none of the related commands succeed(yes system sees the phone:
c:\adb>fastboot devices
91c0963c0804 fastboot)
-i cannot unlock bootloader here and cannot install twrp or any other recovery image and it will not allow it even temporarily
I've gotten desperate enough to have even gone to the extreme and tried EDL mode by using test point to enter, computer recognizes the device even as the qualcom 9008, still no luck with any of the tools or ROMs provided on Xiaomi's website.
So be real with me here ladies and gents.... should i take this thing on my next trip up a telecomm tower and biff it as hard as i can at the ground(obviously in a snowless area for the most satisfaction) or can you saintly people actually offer me some support on this to turn my brick paperweight back into a phone again?
it is also worth mentioning that this is my first post here because i have never before had a problem with following any of he guides on here to accomplish any task i've ever set out to do with an android device, but this beastly lil mother is seriously making me consider becoming an iphone person(not really but do you get the frustration here?)
I'm writing this at 5:30 in the morning after being up all night working on this task so if my info is missing somewhere along the line just poke me with stick and i will fill in the blanks as needed.
I couldn't be bothered to get and load screenshots tonight but i will get some up tomorrow after sleep, for now i am going to the graveyard to rest.
Thanks for any responses in advance here.
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take your sd card off your phone i had similar issues and fixed them that way
ccalixtro said:
What error show miflash when you try to flash in edl mode?
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it depends on which version of the flash tool is used. the beta version of the flash tool claims that it is successful, but the phone will not load to the Android OS after that is completed and it still will not load into the recovery mode to attempt to factory reset or anything else.
other versions have given errors:
miflash 2017.7.20.0 gives the response after attempting for about 10 seconds of "ACK count don't match!"
miflash 2018.11.15.0 gives the error response of "cannot receive hello packet"
and as stated before the miflash beta goes through the complete flash process with the result stating a "success" response, but the phone will not load to OS, just remains stuck on the MI logo screen when the phone is booting up
i have some screen grabs of all this but i am not yet worthy through XDA to be permitted to share them
thanks for the reply
kuartito said:
take your sd card off your phone i had similar issues and fixed them that way
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i dismantled the phone manually bro, when you use EDL mode this way the SIM/SD tray is removed you then remove the entire backplate and then disconnect the battery cable from the circuit board and you use the test point method to short two pins that force the system to start in EDL mode when you connect the usb-C cable, so unfortunately that is not the issue :crying:
it never seems to be the simple solutions
Thanks for the reply!
Still dead in the water on this one.
Going to look into getting a replacement, that is a disappointing end to the Xiaomi experience
Facing similar issue. Am able to flash however still stuck when device is rebooted with this message;
Supported API: 3
E: Failed to clear BCB message: failed to FSync/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/miscperation not permitted.
Related
Hello,
I am writing this thread for a friend of mine. He owns a Z1 - stock ROM, locked bootloader.
Today it started looping and I tried to fix it (telling him over a chat what to do). It goes through the bootanimation and then dies or while optimizing apps, or while starting them.
What we tried:
1) Wipe cache
2) Factory reset
3) adb sideload the current official CM onto it
Nothing helped, the error stays the same. We also tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64458076&postcount=4 but it never really recognised the phone (despite using the correct drivers and following the procedure) - it did not appear under ports (Windows 10?).
Is there any other way to unlock this goddamn phone? My Androids so far had an easily unlockable bootloader via fastboot. This would have, too, but in order to unlock the bootloader via fastboot you first have to allow this in the developer settings - which we can not reach due to the loop.
If you know some way to get a working ROM onto it, we would be very happy. In the end we will end up unlocking the bootloader and flashing another Recovery and ROM anyway. We only need some way to achieve this. I expect the way to do this will be the QPST thingy. Any ideas why it did not recognise the phone? He does not own a PC with another OS than Win10...
Thanks in advance for your help,
Moritz
EDIT: Looks like the sideload did work - after tens of reboots it finally succeeded and bootet straight into the ROM.
Took a lot of attempts, strangely.
Proceeding to unlock it
Mine does the same boot loop on CM13. After tons of different tries to fix it, i think it could have something to do with my fingerprint sensor which is not working anymore.
Maybe there is some kind of hardware malfunction and android crashes while initializing that piece of hardware.
Hello,
i have a problem with my 1 week old yotaphone and hope you guys can help me to solve.
Let me say, this is my first android device. After a long time using iphones i saw this 2-displays concept and wanted to give it a try.
But now my problem and the way to:
The phone was brand new and first of all i charged it for a wohle night.
After that i put in the sim-card and started the phone and walked through the start-procedure with WLAN, Googleaccount etc.
Then the phone told me about an update and i started it over WLAN.
The phone was downloading, rebooting and shows me a white window "updating x of 127(?) Apps".
Somewhere in the middel the phone rebooted again and now its in a bootloop.
What is possible with the phone right now.
I can start the phone wit the bootloop (powerred byAndroid, then restart)
I can use "Power + Vol-" to bring it into downloading mode
When i use "Power + Vol+" nothing happend.
When i use "Vol+ + Vol-" nothing happend.
The akku of the phone is empty now and it only works with usb or power unit connected.
In bootloop or downloading mode it is not charging.
What i tried.
What i try:
I read many topics with bricked / bootlooped yotphones and how to flash or cache whipping.
i connected the phone to my pc and used yotoflasher with many different firmwares.
I used fastboot:
- flashed the system.ing with differnet sizes.
- tried different custom recovery.img from different threads here and from other sites.
Even a complete new image, moddified RU img doesn`t help.
The phone stays in bootloop.
Yes, it`s a warranty case, but before i start to strech my nerves by handling with the dealer and shipping
this phone back to china i will try everything else and hope you can help me out of this situation.
Thanks a lot
easyxx said:
Hello,
i have a problem with my 1 week old yotaphone and hope you guys can help me to solve.
Let me say, this is my first android device. After a long time using iphones i saw this 2-displays concept and wanted to give it a try.
But now my problem and the way to:
The phone was brand new and first of all i charged it for a wohle night.
After that i put in the sim-card and started the phone and walked through the start-procedure with WLAN, Googleaccount etc.
Then the phone told me about an update and i started it over WLAN.
The phone was downloading, rebooting and shows me a white window "updating x of 127(?) Apps".
Somewhere in the middel the phone rebooted again and now its in a bootloop.
What is possible with the phone right now.
I can start the phone wit the bootloop (powerred byAndroid, then restart)
I can use "Power + Vol-" to bring it into downloading mode
When i use "Power + Vol+" nothing happend.
When i use "Vol+ + Vol-" nothing happend.
The akku of the phone is empty now and it only works with usb or power unit connected.
In bootloop or downloading mode it is not charging.
What i tried.
What i try:
I read many topics with bricked / bootlooped yotphones and how to flash or cache whipping.
i connected the phone to my pc and used yotoflasher with many different firmwares.
I used fastboot:
- flashed the system.ing with differnet sizes.
- tried different custom recovery.img from different threads here and from other sites.
Even a complete new image, moddified RU img doesn`t help.
The phone stays in bootloop.
Yes, it`s a warranty case, but before i start to strech my nerves by handling with the dealer and shipping
this phone back to china i will try everything else and hope you can help me out of this situation.
Thanks a lot
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Mine too,stuck in bootloop. I also tried the fastboot and it said waiting device.
kophyo07 said:
Mine too,stuck in bootloop. I also tried the fastboot and it said waiting device.
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If your phone displays Downloading... and fastboot keeps saying waiting for device then there is something wrong with the installed ADB driver. Check some of the posts in this forum like this one on how to fix this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/yotaphone-one/help/yotaphone-2-yd-206-china-flash-firmware-t3306797/post69311402#post69311402
Strange that you had an OTA (Over The Air update). You didn't do anything between the SIM/Google registration and OTA ?
Normally there are no OTAs allowed on yd206 phones bought from China/HK , where did you buy it ? Chinese retailers have their own firmware that they put on phones , for me , maybe you had bad firmware installed.
The warranty of your phone is voided if you flash yotaphones bought from China and HK .
When you use yotaflasher do you get error message or "waiting for device" ?
To flash the Yotaphone , it should be in developer mode , but you couldn't put it in this mode because it first did the OTA that started your bootloop. Android apps are updated like that ("installing x of 127") when it gets updated to lollipop. Normally the OTA should have worked OK. Did you allow enough time at the Yotaphone logo after the first reboot ? It stays on this logo for 5 minutes before starting. I made this mistake.
The OTA started just after you set up Google etc ?
If so, normal yotaflashing will never work, but at least you havent broken the warranty . The thing we need to know is what exactly happened when you tried to flash , what errors messages appeared ?
If you did not put the phone in developer mode, then you cannot easily flash the phone, so your best possibility is to return the phone. Normally you can contact the seller by chat or email . Some are very good in exchanging.
It IS possible to flash your phone using fastboot, but I would not personally attempt it and you would lose your warranty . You need rootkits, SDK toolkits, universal drivers and images. Google "bootloop without USB debugging".
When I flashed my yd206 , (after many attempts) I flashed my yd206 to yd201 Russian KitKat ROM first and then did an OTA to lollipop.
Let me describe my issue in detail. In running call, suddenly device hang up and not starting up. So I tried below options to get it working but didn’t get luck.
So obviously, boot loader is locked as it done suddenly. So I cannot access developer menu options.
From the boot loader menu, I tried to wipe up data but it didn’t worked as it shows an error message like “…Failed to load bcb message and fsync error. …”. Tried an wait for almost one day but not worked.
After spending lots of time on web, I get to know the if boot loader is locked then only EDL mode will work to flash.
So I opened my phone and switched to EDL mode and tried to flash.
In a first iteration, I got many errors like ACK error, Hello packed not found error. But In some of the threads I got it like install M Flash Beta version to do that. (disconnect from internet just before flash)
I tried couple of firmware like ,
tissot_images_V10.0.24.0.PDHMIXM_9.0
tissot_images_7.8.23_7.1
With the both firmware, I get success message in flash after 7-8 minutes.
But phone remain in same condition.
Please read complete situation and please suggest if other than this can work. I appreciate your time and comment. Thanks.
Same situation here.
From my experience MiFlash Beta doesn't do anything, it shows a progress but it is probably not actually writing data to phone memory.
While I've seen some contradictory claims that you can flash through EDL without an authorized Xiaomi account on Mi A1, I don't think those claims are valid.
Please keep updating this thread, whether you find a solution or not. At least we can filter out non working suggestions.
I am also interested in this problem, I have the same situation
Hi All,
I'm new to this as I'm not an Android developer but a good Android user. Requesting moderator to update anything required.
I've Xiaomi mi A1 and it was working for the last 3 years. Last Sunday, it just got hanged while kids were playing with it(maybe multiple apps/videos/some ad clicked) and it got hanged.
I restarted and it stuck on "Android One" screen till now even after multiple attempts.
What I tried:
1. I tried to wipe/factory reset from the Android recovery option(power off + volume up) then it stuck there saying "Formatting data" and I've restarted it to come back to Android One screen after hours.
2. I tried using MiFlash tool and it continues throwing the error "remote device is locked. cannot erase".
Then I got to know bootloader must be unlocked. and for that:
1. I tried fast boot oem unlock but it just says OK and device reboots. When I check status back, it's again locked .
2.I tried to unlock it using MiFlashUnlock tool but it says not able to find account details as I may have logged in once but probably I may not have used Xiaomi as cloud instead I prefer Google cloud.
You can assume I'v already searched possibly all threads on the internet and added here all possible information.
Attached getvar-all.txt output
Is there anyone on the platform who knows on this issue?
Or it's just a platform of Ads?
oooooof, sounds like a harsh brick from some sort of malware downloaded into the device or your kids diddled with some kernel settings somehow
is your device running on qualcomm snapdragon? i have the fix for it in this site
but first try the update option on the recovery, might fix something
arshad4u said:
Hi All,
I'm new to this as I'm not an Android developer but a good Android user. Requesting moderator to update anything required.
I've Xiaomi mi A1 and it was working for the last 3 years. Last Sunday, it just got hanged while kids were playing with it(maybe multiple apps/videos/some ad clicked) and it got hanged.
I restarted and it stuck on "Android One" screen till now even after multiple attempts.
What I tried:
1. I tried to wipe/factory reset from the Android recovery option(power off + volume up) then it stuck there saying "Formatting data" and I've restarted it to come back to Android One screen after hours.
2. I tried using MiFlash tool and it continues throwing the error "remote device is locked. cannot erase".
Then I got to know bootloader must be unlocked. and for that:
1. I tried fast boot oem unlock but it just says OK and device reboots. When I check status back, it's again locked .
2.I tried to unlock it using MiFlashUnlock tool but it says not able to find account details as I may have logged in once but probably I may not have used Xiaomi as cloud instead I prefer Google cloud.
You can assume I'v already searched possibly all threads on the internet and added here all possible information.
Attached getvar-all.txt output
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found some fix on a russian website, gonna translate it:
im gonna make a warning there off-script of the russian website, this is NOT guaranteed to work. if it doesnt, send it off for repairs.
what do you need to do this:
1 - fully charge the phone
2 - a working usb cable
3 - a computer with wifi on it (i can tell you have it since you likely posted it on the computer)
4 -you should have Mi flash pro
5 - a recovery image on chinese (WARNING: 1.9 GB, BE PATIENT)
6 - actually working braincells and hands ( you guaranteedly have em)
THE STEPS:
1 - Load in mi flash pro and register in it under your name (not always under your name)
2 - press recovery
3 - you should see a lightning bolt icon along with the IMEI of your device
4 - type in the path of the firmware
even if your device shows your system has been destroyed you can still boot into recovery.
5 - in your device boot into recovery
6 - you see connect with mi assistant? choose that option and confirm it
your device should direct you to connect the usb from your computer to your device
7 - After you setup everything you should see your device, if not, press refresh device, then you should see the flash button, press it
8 - and there begins the magic - wait 5-10 mins for the firmware to initialise, DO NOT DISCONNECT THE USB FROM YOUR DEVICE AT THIS POINT, IF YOU DO, YOU WILL SCREW IT UP AND HAVE TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN!
if you dont screw up and your device actually boots congratualtions! the power of xi jing ping has restored your phone to normal with a small drawback - its all in chinese
worry not, it doesnt end here:
9 - Unlock the bootloader AKA Unlock OEM (This is important, because otherwise you will brick yourself again and will have to do it all over again)
10 - boot your device into fast boot and flash the global firmware onto your device (the global firmware can be found on the same xiaomiui website you got the chinese firmware from)
i hope this lengthy guide helps
arshad4u said:
Hi All,
I'm new to this as I'm not an Android developer but a good Android user. Requesting moderator to update anything required.
I've Xiaomi mi A1 and it was working for the last 3 years. Last Sunday, it just got hanged while kids were playing with it(maybe multiple apps/videos/some ad clicked) and it got hanged.
I restarted and it stuck on "Android One" screen till now even after multiple attempts.
What I tried:
1. I tried to wipe/factory reset from the Android recovery option(power off + volume up) then it stuck there saying "Formatting data" and I've restarted it to come back to Android One screen after hours.
2. I tried using MiFlash tool and it continues throwing the error "remote device is locked. cannot erase".
Then I got to know bootloader must be unlocked. and for that:
1. I tried fast boot oem unlock but it just says OK and device reboots. When I check status back, it's again locked .
2.I tried to unlock it using MiFlashUnlock tool but it says not able to find account details as I may have logged in once but probably I may not have used Xiaomi as cloud instead I prefer Google cloud.
You can assume I'v already searched possibly all threads on the internet and added here all possible information.
Attached getvar-all.txt output
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crud, i forgot the critical part:
it doesnt boot you to the average xiaomi screen, its the A1 model
at this point you need to use the ADB to flash the chinese firmware and unlock the bootloader on the chinese firmware, then flash the global one
though you can still use the same method i typed above
How's the progress so far?
Lamntox said:
oooooof, sounds like a harsh brick from some sort of malware downloaded into the device or your kids diddled with some kernel settings somehow
is your device running on qualcomm snapdragon? i have the fix for it in this site
but first try the update option on the recovery, might fix something
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I tried recovery also try to format the disc with recovery mode(power on + Volume up ) but then it stuck on the formatting disc... line
arshad4u said:
I tried recovery also try to format the disc with recovery mode(power on + Volume up ) but then it stuck on the formatting disc... line
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Yup, the device is probs bricked
Have you tried the other methods i described?
arshad4u said:
Hi All,
I'm new to this as I'm not an Android developer but a good Android user. Requesting moderator to update anything required.
I've Xiaomi mi A1 and it was working for the last 3 years. Last Sunday, it just got hanged while kids were playing with it(maybe multiple apps/videos/some ad clicked) and it got hanged.
I restarted and it stuck on "Android One" screen till now even after multiple attempts.
What I tried:
1. I tried to wipe/factory reset from the Android recovery option(power off + volume up) then it stuck there saying "Formatting data" and I've restarted it to come back to Android One screen after hours.
2. I tried using MiFlash tool and it continues throwing the error "remote device is locked. cannot erase".
Then I got to know bootloader must be unlocked. and for that:
1. I tried fast boot oem unlock but it just says OK and device reboots. When I check status back, it's again locked .
2.I tried to unlock it using MiFlashUnlock tool but it says not able to find account details as I may have logged in once but probably I may not have used Xiaomi as cloud instead I prefer Google cloud.
You can assume I'v already searched possibly all threads on the internet and added here all possible information.
Attached getvar-all.txt output
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Hi i dont have that kind of a problem!
my problem is when i try to do oem unlock it says error 0x1002 and idk what to do (i have same phone btw) i tried anything but nothing works!
So im gonna start off by saying that im just some dumb 18 year old and have never actually posted to ask for help, only reading other peoples situations to try to figure out my own.
but introductions aside im just gonna jump in to everything wrong with my oneplus 8 pro (global)
I was on the OOS 12 beta for a while, ive been way too lazy to change it back since ive been occupied by other stuff.
I was using magisk and decided to do some fun shenanigans with it.
I get into bootloop after flying to close to the sun with modules - a common occurrence.
so I try to switch to a custom rom since I was gonna reset anyway.
I download CR droid's recovery and main rom, went into fastboot and flashed the recovery.
I notced that whenever my phone was plugged into the computer, the options would rapidly switch on fastboot's end
when I tried to boot to recovery after flashing, it would only return to fastboot
confused I thought that maybe the recovery was bad and try another rom, no dice
i submit defeat and go to msm tool to fix the issues
I get that "Sahara communication failed" error so I hold down the volume up + power for 13 seconds before trying again.
it flashed smoothly
after getting sad at all the bloatware that was on oxygen OS after a full reset, I get the motivation to try using a custom rom again, this time using a different rom.
same weird fastboot behavior
I was unable to go into recovery
I then tried downloading stock firmware to flash it manually
fixed nothing
I delete the boot and recovery partitions and flash them again, still no dice
I even make a partion called fart, before remembering that I do not know the partition structure of android so i Ctrl+C out before it makes the partition
I go back to msm tool again in shame
"Unknown Target Device"
I reinstalled drivers
switched computers and cables
changed the source of my drivers
nothing fixed this error
and every time I would try to do anything it would go directly back to fastboot.
I try reflashing partitions in this broken fastboot mode and it would only flash if I unplugged, selected reboot bootloader, and plugged it back in
I would then try to fastboot boot into TWRP or other recoveries i downloaded
they would shut off the phone
I remember a/b partitions exist so I switch over between them and try to flash stock OOS again
after more fiddling and nothing working, I noticed some more weird traits of fastboot
twrp did boot directly after switching my main slot, not specific which one just if the slot was changed.
the "this device has an unlooked bootloader" message did not appear
only on slot a would the oneplus logo show up on boot
again every option I would click would take me right back to fastboot.
I wait a day for the phone to die so I could use EDL that way, at this point the twrp method randomly stopped working so I couldn't go into edl that way.
"Unknown Target Device Param Preload"
and like I know Param Preload is a common error but nowhere could I find information on the unknown target device part.
the phone still vibrates if I hold the power and vol+
it just vibrates in a loop as if it keeps rebooting, probably fastboot just selecting the start key over and over when I hold it down.
vol- and power do nothing, and did nothing for the entirety of this story.
is there any chance of saving my poor instantnoodle professional?
## edit for people googling this
the problem I was having was that I didn't set the "target" button on the MSM tool correctly, so make sure its set to O2 or your appropriate reigon
1. Stop fastboot flashing with A12 or if you are on A12.
2. Read this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...ro-8t-9r-with-oxygenos-12-coloros-12.4426167/
3. Rescue your phone using this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...l-to-restore-your-device-to-oxygenos.4084953/
4. Stay on OOS11 (Most custom roms INCLUDING A12 custom roms require OOS11 anyway.)
5. There is not much bloat on a OOS11 rom IMO but you can always use a debloater.
xtcislove said:
1. Stop fastboot flashing with A12 or if you are on A12.
2. Read this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...ro-8t-9r-with-oxygenos-12-coloros-12.4426167/
3. Rescue your phone using this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...l-to-restore-your-device-to-oxygenos.4084953/
4. Stay on OOS11 (Most custom roms INCLUDING A12 custom roms require OOS11 anyway.)
5. There is not much bloat on a OOS11 rom IMO but you can always use a debloater.
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Maybe I should clear on what i have tried. since I have read both articles before I made this post (i scanned through them again once you sent them tho)
Ive tried...
The unbricking Msm qualcomm 9008 tool
ive used it a ton in the past
ive switched copmputers, cables, and the qualcomm driver, as well as reset the phone several times
also yeah im not touching oos12 after this with a 9 foot pole, but is there a way of knowing wether I can save it or if its too late and the motherboard has been fried.
NatunaSushi said:
Maybe I should clear on what i have tried. since I have read both articles before I made this post (i scanned through them again once you sent them tho)
Ive tried...
The unbricking Msm qualcomm 9008 tool
ive used it a ton in the past
ive switched copmputers, cables, and the qualcomm driver, as well as reset the phone several times
also yeah im not touching oos12 after this with a 9 foot pole, but is there a way of knowing wether I can save it or if its too late and the motherboard has been fried.
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Okay i guess this is another situation here. You are not bricked like the other peoplke as far as i can see because there devices are completly bricked. No connection to pc or vibrating at all.
Since you used MSM tool before it should work IMO. Does your pc regonize the phone? Did you tried to switch usb ports? Did you tried other versions of msm tool(eu, older verions, etc)?
Please make sure to follow all MSM instructions closely.
xtcislove said:
Okay i guess this is another situation here. You are not bricked like the other peoplke as far as i can see because there devices are completly bricked. No connection to pc or vibrating at all.
Since you used MSM tool before it should work IMO. Does your pc regonize the phone? Did you tried to switch usb ports? Did you tried other versions of msm tool(eu, older verions, etc)?
Please make sure to follow all MSM instructions closely.
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after a week of fiddling I DID figure out the issue
unsupported Target unknown was refering to the fact that I had the MSM tool set to Target mode, which I assume tries to set the region according to what the current device has. After selecting that to O2 for the global models, the flash worked fine. I ended up coming across some C stock of a google pixel 3a and will try messing with that so I dont have to go a while without calls or texts. Glad to know I learned some bit of responsibility from this excursion.