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A2017G bricked with Lineage OS and Twrp

Hullo,
I succesfully installed Lineage with no problems in the OS, but was unable to access TWRP as it asked for a decryption pattern that didn't seem to match the pattern I set on my phone. I then tried a password in the OS but this also didn't work in TWRP.
After checking the thread again, I found Unjustified had recommended the TWRP found in his bootloader, which I then downloaded and proceeded to install via fastboot. The installation appeared to go smoothly but after that I was unable to turn on my phone.
After pressing the power button I am presented with either the battery icon or the ZTE logo, which disspears after a few seconds followed by three flashing red lights. The last flashing light seems to be cut off part way.
I thought this might be a dead battery but even after charging for an extended period of time the result is the same.
Any help would be very much appreciated!

mvortex3710 said:
Hullo,
I succesfully installed Lineage with no problems in the OS, but was unable to access TWRP as it asked for a decryption pattern that didn't seem to match the pattern I set on my phone. I then tried a password in the OS but this also didn't work in TWRP.
After checking the thread again, I found Unjustified had recommended the TWRP found in his bootloader, which I then downloaded and proceeded to install via fastboot. The installation appeared to go smoothly but after that I was unable to turn on my phone.
After pressing the power button I am presented with either the battery icon or the Axon logo, which disspears after a few seconds followed by three flashing red lights. The last flashing light seems to be cut off part way.
I thought this might be a dead battery but even after charging for an extended period of time the result is the same.
Any help would be very much appreciated!
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Your phone doesn't seem to be bricked at all.
That was a known issue many G users encountered...
Just boot into TWRP by pressing Power and volume + or choosing it from the bootloader warning screen and reflash the universal B15 N bootloader.
Reboot your phone and from now on it should boot every N rom just fine :fingers-crossed:
Good luck,
Martin

mischa_martin said:
Your phone doesn't seem to be bricked at all.
That was a known issue many G users encountered...
Just boot into TWRP by pressing Power and volume + or choosing it from the bootloader warning screen and reflash the universal B15 N bootloader.
Reboot your phone and from now on it should boot every N rom just fine :fingers-crossed:
Good luck,
Martin
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I'm glad to hear it is quite common, but I should mention that the three lights persist when I try to load TWRP... I can only get as far as the ZTE logo.
The bootloader warning also hasn't shown since I attempted to flash TWRP as the phone appears to cut off after showing ZTE.
I will try an overnight charge in case the battery is completely empty and somehow slow charging. But any other suggestions are most welcome.
Kind regards,
James

mvortex3710 said:
I'm glad to hear it is quite common, but I should mention that the three lights persist when I try to load TWRP... I can only get as far as the ZTE logo.
The bootloader warning also hasn't shown since I attempted to flash TWRP as the phone appears to cut off after showing ZTE.
I will try an overnight charge in case the battery is completely empty and somehow slow charging. But any other suggestions are most welcome.
Kind regards,
James
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You should try some button combinations like
Power + volume down
Power + volume down + volume up
And see how the device reacts
It helps connecting the device to a PC to look up in device manager to determine the mode its booted in

mischa_martin said:
You should try some button combinations like
Power + volume down
Power + volume down + volume up
And see how the device reacts
It helps connecting the device to a PC to look up in device manager to determine the mode its booted in
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Thanks for the continued help.
I was just trying to connect it to the PC and appear to have made some headway, it started off showing up as qusb_bulk, but after repeatedly deleting that driver I returned to Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM6).
As I understand axon7root *should be able to write to the device at this point.
Does this device name give any indication as to the problem?
I wonder if miflash could be used on a G model to unbrick it. I'm happy to restart from stock files.

mvortex3710 said:
Thanks for the continued help.
I was just trying to connect it to the PC and appear to have made some headway, it started off showing up as qusb_bulk, but after repeatedly deleting that driver I returned to Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM6).
As I understand axon7root *should be able to write to the device at this point.
Does this device name give any indication as to the problem?
I wonder if miflash could be used on a G model to unbrick it. I'm happy to restart from stock files.
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As you are in EDL now you have some options.
First I would try to flash a recovery and boot image that is proven to be working fine e.g official twrp https://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/development/recovery-official-twrp-zte-axon-7-t3515715 or some A2017G stock boot.img
If that doesn't help you could get in contact with @jcadduono to be a tester for that miflash method. (As your device is already pretty badly bricked)
I don't exactly know how EDL flashing works if it depends on a exact GPT table or not.
But I can say that I flashed every single part of the A2017U bootloader except for NON-HLOS (modem) on my A2017G for each B29 and B15 and it worked just fine. So maybe we just have to exchange the modem file in the EDL package :silly:
If you don't want to take that risk you also could try sending it back to ZTE and hope they don't check the bootloader :fingers-crossed:
(Just a thought: Maybe if the EDL package won't work on your device it will be so heavily damaged ZTE can't check for bootloader unlock and accept it as a warranty case, but don't take that too seriously )
Regards,
Martin

mvortex3710 said:
Thanks for the continued help.
I was just trying to connect it to the PC and appear to have made some headway, it started off showing up as qusb_bulk, but after repeatedly deleting that driver I returned to Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM6).
As I understand axon7root *should be able to write to the device at this point.
Does this device name give any indication as to the problem?
I wonder if miflash could be used on a G model to unbrick it. I'm happy to restart from stock files.
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If you are not afraid then try to use my package for A2017G with MiFlash: https://mega.nz/#!88BjXKhA!TnVSobBw5PkmShSqZ-Ni8MCCbnhJP2SWRNvvXqYHSjc

I really appreciate all this advice!
Looks like the MiFlash is promising. I was able to load the phone into MiFlash from the [EDL] thread. I have just tried the A2017G package provided by djkuz and will report back with any updates.
Just got to the mifavor screen, charging the battery from empty, although quickcharge appears to be functional again.
The charging battery logo is different from before so appears that this bootstack has done the trick.
The flashing red light has gone now, appears to be loading Lineage as before! I'm so grateful for all this help
However, now the unlock pattern is coming up as 'wrong pattern'. Is there anything that can be done? My settings appear to be saved as before (wallpaper and quick settings are the same).
I will attempt to reinstall twrp recovery and fix the lockscreen over adb. Thanks very much for the help. The brick has gone!!

I can' get it to boot properly. Help me please!

A friend of mine gave me this phone after unexpected self shutdown. The phone was in a boot loop. At this point where I am right now I think I tried everything I can. I have read various guides and tutorials how to bring this phone back to life and nothing works for me. I suppose that there is some damage on mainboard but till I losse this phone I want to be sure. So the situation looks like this. Since the bootloader in locked and there is no working OS I am not able to unlock the bootloader. (If I am wrong here tell me please because I can't find a solution "how to unlock bootloader without having working OS"). The only metode to flash this phone in this state is to use QFIL. Flashing through fastboot fails everytime - booloader locked -> no *.img flashing. So I have 4 various versions of stock ROM for this phone and after flashing via QFIL the phone doesn't boot. It end with 3 possible ways. 1'st way - clasic bootloop. 2'nd way - frozen on loading screen. 3'rd way - black screen with blue LED, USB diagnostics state, 9006 port opened, no chance to flash because of closed QD port 9008. After this I have to erase every single one of the partitions made through flashing. Then I am able again to flash with QFIL.
I have no idea where is the problem here or what am I doing wrong. I tested the internal memory with a partitioning program in search of bad sectors -> 100% OK. Filled the whole memory with zero's and then formated it. It didn't help. Are every of my stock ROMs broken or is this phone realy damaged? Dear XDA community help me please! I have no clue what can I still try.

Tried ZUI QPST image or CM one?

ankurpandeyvns said:
Tried ZUI QPST image or CM one?
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CM through QFIL already tried. Doesn't boot. I've got .zip ROM images but without TWRP no chance to use it. I have got also an image in .qsb file but no idea how to push it into the phone. Will it work through fastboot to put the file into the phone and than flash through diagnostic mode ?

kotex said:
CM through QFIL already tried. Doesn't boot. I've got .zip ROM images but without TWRP no chance to use it. I have got also an image in .qsb file but no idea how to push it into the phone. Will it work through fastboot to put the file into the phone and than flash through diagnostic mode ?
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I just recommend you downloading this https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7zm16vLHfdBVi1lWlMwelBBdXc . It's ZUI 2.0.49 for qfil, hope it works for you.

kotex said:
CM through QFIL already tried. Doesn't boot. I've got .zip ROM images but without TWRP no chance to use it. I have got also an image in .qsb file but no idea how to push it into the phone. Will it work through fastboot to put the file into the phone and than flash through diagnostic mode ?
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Download the CM QFIL image from my video. It should work.

ankurpandeyvns said:
Download the CM QFIL image from my video. It should work.
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Already tried your copy. To be honest tried it many times in every way I could. The phone is now sitting for over 3h frozen on loading screen. It is never going to boot or tell me that this is normal... Ereased the whole internal memory by delting every existing partition and then flashed it via QFIL. Also tried to format the whole memory in ext4. Same result. Like I said the phone is laying right now for over 3h on the same CYANOGEN screen with some graphical artifacts.
Borja Viera said:
I just recommend you downloading this https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7zm16vLHfdBVi1lWlMwelBBdXc . It's ZUI 2.0.49 for qfil, hope it works for you.
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OMG This room booted normaly. Thank you some much my friend! You made my day. It is a step forward. However all connections aren't working. I can't find "OEM unlocking" under Developer Options. I want to unlock the Bootloader as soon as possible so I will be able to put TWRP recovery and then flash it with any available CustomROM

kotex said:
Already tried your copy. To be honest tried it many times in every way I could. The phone is now sitting for over 3h frozen on loading screen. It is never going to boot or tell me that this is normal... Ereased the whole internal memory by delting every existing partition and then flashed it via QFIL. Also tried to format the whole memory in ext4. Same result. Like I said the phone is laying right now for over 3h on the same CYANOGEN screen with some graphical artifacts.
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What's the result after flashing ZUI 2.5.330 image?

ankurpandeyvns said:
What's the result after flashing ZUI 2.5.330 image?
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Many hours frozen on black screen with blue led. 9008 QD port blocked. 9006 USB Diagnostics port opened. No chance to flash until all partitions are erased and the port is reset. Otherwise I need to try getting to the 9008 port by puting the USB cable while holding the "Vol Up" button and then flash it agin with QFIL.

kotex said:
Many hours frozen on black screen with blue led. 9008 QD port blocked. 9006 USB Diagnostics port opened. No chance to flash until all partitions are erased and the port is reset. Otherwise I need to try getting to the 9008 port by puting the USB cable while holding the "Vol Up" button and then flash it agin with QFIL.
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Got successful in flashing?

ankurpandeyvns said:
Got successful in flashing?
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Yes
Right now thanks to Borja Viera I used the working OS to make a "sdfuse" folder on the internal memory, put the .qsb image file into the folder and flash the phone through diagnostic mode. I have got right now android 5.1.1 on it and it booted normaly However the connections still aren;t working. I managed to enable "OEM unlocking" then got to the fastboot mode with a bit of help from AIO tool (because turning the phone with pressed "Vol Up" and "Vol Down" buttons at the same time makes the menu but no "go to bootloader" shortcut over there). Unlocked the bootloader manualy with minimal ADB. Then I wasn't able to put TWRP as the recovery because of some weird error comming every time I tried the command. So I flashed the phone once again back to CM 12.1 soft only to get other "the better one - with many options" bootloader. Tried flashig TWRP once again and voila! TWRP working!! Bootloader unlocked! In a while I will be downloading some CustomROM and turn this phone back to life... I hope so
[UPDATE]
Tried 5 different ROMs:
Two Cyanogen:
1'st - black screen blue led usb diagnostics state with port 9006 opened
2'nd - frozen on loading screen
Three CustomROMs:
1'st Official Lineage
2'nd Unofficial Lineage
3'rd AICP-12.1
All three are not booting. Phone resets itself on loading screen -> boot loop. Do you have any sugestion right now? In TWRP everything wiped and ROM installed on clean phone. Gapps installed too from Open Gapps website. Eveything done right with the instructions.
Is this phone really damaged?

kotex said:
Yes
Right now thanks to Borja Viera I used the working OS to make a "sdfuse" folder on the internal memory, put the .qsb image file into the folder and flash the phone through diagnostic mode. I have got right now android 5.1.1 on it and it booted normaly However the connections still aren;t working. I managed to enable "OEM unlocking" then got to the fastboot mode with a bit of help from AIO tool (because turning the phone with pressed "Vol Up" and "Vol Down" buttons at the same time makes the menu but no "go to bootloader" shortcut over there). Unlocked the bootloader manualy with minimal ADB. Then I wasn't able to put TWRP as the recovery because of some weird error comming every time I tried the command. So I flashed the phone once again back to CM 12.1 soft only to get other "the better one - with many options" bootloader. Tried flashig TWRP once again and voila! TWRP working!! Bootloader unlocked! In a while I will be downloading some CustomROM and turn this phone back to life... I hope so
[UPDATE]
Tried 5 different ROMs:
Two Cyanogen:
1'st - black screen blue led usb diagnostics state with port 9006 opened
2'nd - frozen on loading screen
Three CustomROMs:
1'st Official Lineage
2'nd Unofficial Lineage
3'rd AICP-12.1
All three are not booting. Phone resets itself on loading screen -> boot loop. Do you have any sugestion right now? In TWRP everything wiped and ROM installed on clean phone. Gapps installed too from Open Gapps website. Eveything done right with the instructions.
Is this phone really damaged?
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If you're still in warranty, the best bet will be to get it replaced. Because it seems like a serious issue in the hardware.

kotex said:
Yes
Right now thanks to Borja Viera I used the working OS to make a "sdfuse" folder on the internal memory, put the .qsb image file into the folder and flash the phone through diagnostic mode. I have got right now android 5.1.1 on it and it booted normaly However the connections still aren;t working. I managed to enable "OEM unlocking" then got to the fastboot mode with a bit of help from AIO tool (because turning the phone with pressed "Vol Up" and "Vol Down" buttons at the same time makes the menu but no "go to bootloader" shortcut over there). Unlocked the bootloader manualy with minimal ADB. Then I wasn't able to put TWRP as the recovery because of some weird error comming every time I tried the command. So I flashed the phone once again back to CM 12.1 soft only to get other "the better one - with many options" bootloader. Tried flashig TWRP once again and voila! TWRP working!! Bootloader unlocked! In a while I will be downloading some CustomROM and turn this phone back to life... I hope so
[UPDATE]
Tried 5 different ROMs:
Two Cyanogen:
1'st - black screen blue led usb diagnostics state with port 9006 opened
2'nd - frozen on loading screen
Three CustomROMs:
1'st Official Lineage
2'nd Unofficial Lineage
3'rd AICP-12.1
All three are not booting. Phone resets itself on loading screen -> boot loop. Do you have any sugestion right now? In TWRP everything wiped and ROM installed on clean phone. Gapps installed too from Open Gapps website. Eveything done right with the instructions.
Is this phone really damaged?
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Do you have any telegram account, we could make things faster if we communicate that way.

ankurpandeyvns said:
If you're still in warranty, the best bet will be to get it replaced. Because it seems like a serious issue in the hardware.
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Asked my firend about it. The phone is like 1 month old. He was making some pictures and the phone suddenly died and got to boot loop. He bought it new on ebay. Shipped from China. He already made some research about the warranty before he gave it to me. He made some calls and emails to customer service here in Germany and they told him that he has to send the phone back to China. No warranty in Germany. It is not worth to send it back to China because of duty tax on the way to China. They send him this phone on some special shipping method to avoid this taxes and stay with profitable shipping price. But if you need to send it back they won;t help you at all. And the dispatch price is a no-go.
Since I have decent experience with electronics and flashing various smartphones he gave it to me with a though that I will be able to bring it back to life.
I already said when I started this topic that I suppose that this phone has some damage on the mainboard because of the weird behaviour. I just want to be sure about that and try everything I can before I tell him that he wasted his money by buying this phone.
I want to thank you for your support! If you have some ideas what could I still try I will gladly listen.

kotex said:
Asked my firend about it. The phone is like 1 month old. He was making some pictures and the phone suddenly died and got to boot loop. He bought it new on ebay. Shipped from China. He already made some research about the warranty before he gave it to me. He made some calls and emails to customer service here in Germany and they told him that he has to send the phone back to China. No warranty in Germany. It is not worth to send it back to China because of duty tax on the way to China. They send him this phone on some special shipping method to avoid this taxes and stay with profitable shipping price. But if you need to send it back they won;t help you at all. And the dispatch price is a no-go.
Since I have decent experience with electronics and flashing various smartphones he gave it to me with a though that I will be able to bring it back to life.
I already said when I started this topic that I suppose that this phone has some damage on the mainboard because of the weird behaviour. I just want to be sure about that and try everything I can before I tell him that he wasted his money by buying this phone.
I want to thank you for your support! If you have some ideas what could I still try I will gladly listen.
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If you have telegram, drop a message @ankurpandeyvns

Redmi 4 Prime stuck at EDL

Hi all.
I'm having a hard time with this phone, right in this moment I have it dismantled on my desk and only boots only on EDL mode.
I think I made a mistake and screwed the bootloader up.
I can get the phone properly in HS-USB 9008(EDL) mode and flash whatever ROM I want. So There is no problem to access the phone to flash ROMs.
The problem I have is that after I flash anything and I remove the battery the phone boots directly in EDL mode.
What are the options I had at hand?
1.-Through it away (last resort)
2.-I have another Redmi 4 Prime at hand. Is it possible to back the Bootloader up in other cell phone and flash it in the broken one?
3.-Can someone point some other option (Take it to service is not an option).
See ya guys and thanks in advance.
Best regards.

juisjuis said:
Hi all.
I'm having a hard time with this phone, right in this moment I have it dismantled on my desk and only boots only on EDL mode.
I think I made a mistake and screwed the bootloader up.
I can get the phone properly in HS-USB 9008(EDL) mode and flash whatever ROM I want. So There is no problem to access the phone to flash ROMs.
The problem I have is that after I flash anything and I remove the battery the phone boots directly in EDL mode.
What are the options I had at hand?
1.-Through it away (last resort)
2.-I have another Redmi 4 Prime at hand. Is it possible to back the Bootloader up in other cell phone and flash it in the broken one?
3.-Can someone point some other option (Take it to service is not an option).
See ya guys and thanks in advance.
Best regards.
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Try to press the both volume buttons and power on the device. Or just hold the volume down button and power on the device.

juisjuis said:
Hi all.
I'm having a hard time with this phone, right in this moment I have it dismantled on my desk and only boots only on EDL mode.
I think I made a mistake and screwed the bootloader up.
I can get the phone properly in HS-USB 9008(EDL) mode and flash whatever ROM I want. So There is no problem to access the phone to flash ROMs.
The problem I have is that after I flash anything and I remove the battery the phone boots directly in EDL mode.
What are the options I had at hand?
1.-Through it away (last resort)
2.-I have another Redmi 4 Prime at hand. Is it possible to back the Bootloader up in other cell phone and flash it in the broken one?
3.-Can someone point some other option (Take it to service is not an option).
See ya guys and thanks in advance.
Best regards.
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If u have unlocked bootloader try to reboot to Fastboot mode, Press Power and vol- and wait, 10~20 seconds max

N1ck474 said:
If u have unlocked bootloader try to reboot to Fastboot mode, Press Power and vol- and wait, 10~20 seconds max
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The problem is that I cannot take any action on the phone. It just goes directly to EDL in the moment I connect the battery connector to the phone board.
Thanks anyway.

SAFI_AFRIDI said:
Try to press the both volume buttons and power on the device. Or just hold the volume down button and power on the device.
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I kept pressing Power + Vol+ for more than 3 minutes... no luck.
Right in this moment I'm draining the battery out, just to see if it makes any difference when it guests completely discharged.
I think the Error I made was patching the Bootloader. If the Bootloader got corrupted perhaps the phone goes directly to EDL HS-USB 9008 mode automatically. The problem is that I don't know how I can flash a Bootloader from another phone (I still have the second Redmi4 Prime new/untouched )
Does anyone know if flashing the Bootloader form another phone unit is possible?
Thanks anyway.

Update:
I gained some knowledge about the cell phone and the boot process...
This is more or less my findings....
1.- I think the problem is really the bootimage. Not the bootloader itself but the piece that starts with the boot process at the very beginning.
2.-I could flash roms with Flashtool from Xiaomi and with the QFIL tool from Qualcomm and both of them finish properly.
3.-I know that there is an mbn file called 8953_msimage.mbs that I would need to restate that part of the boot process (8953 is the SOC code for the Snapdragon 625 that this phone has).
4.-The 8953_msimage.mbn should be standar to the best of my knowledge so it would be OK using that file from a ROM from a different vendor that integrates the same SOC (8953) from Qualcomm.
The problem now... I see that usually the "Service roms" a.k.a. "Fastboot ROMs" on Xiaomi language usually don't come with this msimage file. I checked the Moto Z Play and the Huawai G9 models that integrate the same SOC (8953) from Qualcomm but so far no luck getting the 8953_msimage.mbn.
Does anyone know how can I find that file?
...learning a lot with this problem...

juisjuis said:
Update:
I gained some knowledge about the cell phone and the boot process...
This is more or less my findings....
1.- I think the problem is really the bootimage. Not the bootloader itself but the piece that starts with the boot process at the very beginning.
2.-I could flash roms with Flashtool from Xiaomi and with the QFIL tool from Qualcomm and both of them finish properly.
3.-I know that there is an mbn file called 8953_msimage.mbs that I would need to restate that part of the boot process (8953 is the SOC code for the Snapdragon 625 that this phone has).
4.-The 8953_msimage.mbn should be standar to the best of my knowledge so it would be OK using that file from a ROM from a different vendor that integrates the same SOC (8953) from Qualcomm.
The problem now... I see that usually the "Service roms" a.k.a. "Fastboot ROMs" on Xiaomi language usually don't come with this msimage file. I checked the Moto Z Play and the Huawai G9 models that integrate the same SOC (8953) from Qualcomm but so far no luck getting the 8953_msimage.mbn.
Does anyone know how can I find that file?
...learning a lot with this problem...
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take this.

SAFI_AFRIDI said:
take this.
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Hi.
Thanks, that one is the flasher... that is not the file. that come in every Fastboot ROM.
The one I need is the the "BootImage" for 8953_msimage.mbn
Thanks for sharing anyway.

Dead Xiaomi A1

I have tried to upgrade my Xiaomi to Android 8.1 through flashing. I rebooted the device after fastboot. Now every time i hold the power button it vibrates like a heartbeat and stops when i let go of power button. When it is plugged in with the cable it doesn't stop vibrating (like a heartbeat). I don't know what is going on, hard bricked?? Is there a way I can fix this. Thank you...

I have the same problem after a flash with Miflash Plug in USB in phone keeps the phone vibrating but don't start up. Put the phone in EDL mode by test point method stops vibration.

daveve said:
I have the same problem after a flash with Miflash Plug in USB in phone keeps the phone vibrating but don't start up. Put the phone in EDL mode by test point method stops vibration.
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If I can get the phone taken apart I could something but the thing is a pain to take apart. It is very difficult for me.

Check my posts

kendziorix said:
Check my posts
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That don't solve it for me. The vibrating stopped but phone don't boot up. Only what I got is white blinking led.

daveve said:
That don't solve it for me. The vibrating stopped but phone don't boot up. Only what I got is white blinking led.
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Actually got the phone booted up to TWRP recovery and fast boot but cant get a ROM that actually works for it. Would be nice if anyone made a backup of their rom and sent it to me then i can save my Xiaomi

daveve said:
That don't solve it for me. The vibrating stopped but phone don't boot up. Only what I got is white blinking led.
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White blinking LED = EDL mode. You can flash in MiFlash in this, with the right driver.
Check my thread, something called "Mi A1 Low-Level Backup Tool" or similar (i'm on phone) for details about EDL mode.
Just flash stock ROM in EDL mode, if it doesn't fix it then you have some serious issues (like damaged hardware).

CosmicDan said:
White blinking LED = EDL mode. You can flash in MiFlash in this, with the right driver.
Check my thread, something called "Mi A1 Low-Level Backup Tool" or similar (i'm on phone) for details about EDL mode.
Just flash stock ROM in EDL mode, if it doesn't fix it then you have some serious issues (like damaged hardware).
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Tried multiple roms and all of them didn't work. Always got system has been destoryed after every flash

CosmicDan said:
White blinking LED = EDL mode. You can flash in MiFlash in this, with the right driver.
Check my thread, something called "Mi A1 Low-Level Backup Tool" or similar (i'm on phone) for details about EDL mode.
Just flash stock ROM in EDL mode, if it doesn't fix it then you have some serious issues (like damaged hardware).
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@CosmicDan I know that white blinking led is EDL mode but for me it is something different.
I put my phone in EDL mode by test point method and the phone got recognized as USB 9008 or something like that. Than I open Miflash and my phone got successful flashed with stock rom. but after that it don't start up but only thing I see is white blinking led when I connect it to a charger.

daveve said:
@CosmicDan I know that white blinking led is EDL mode but for me it is something different.
I put my phone in EDL mode by test point method and the phone got recognized as USB 9008 or something like that. Than I open Miflash and my phone got successful flashed with stock rom. but after that it don't start up but only thing I see is white blinking led when I connect it to a charger.
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So something else is broken then, something the stock firmware doesn't flash. Dunno sorry, could be hardware issue for all I know.

CosmicDan said:
So something else is broken then, something the stock firmware doesn't flash. Dunno sorry, could be hardware issue for all I know.
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Oké thx I think I have to send him to a service center

Can anyone backup a rom of mi a1 using twrp? Then I could fix my Xiaomi

device bricked by itself..? unable to boot or charge

i shut down my device by tapping power off. then removed sim card and sd card after screen went black. but when i tried to power on, it doesnt respond.. i tried holding the power button for 10s, it gives me a black screen and vibrates and instantly closes again.. so i cant boot into recovery, i cant boot to fastboot, and its unreadable on pc, it doesnt charge, no bootlogo, nothing. just bricked..
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i dont know why, but it just bricked by itself.. i've been using mokee 9 date of 1/1/2020 thats the last update i installed, with add on su and everything was working perfectly and even if i reboot multiple times..
bootloader was unlocked so xiaomi centers wont help me..
how is it possible to make it boot again? i mean like wtf even happened? i did nothing.. i didnt flash anything and system was READ ONLY before powering off.. all i did was remove sim and sd cards... even after flashing mokee updates yesterday, it booted normally and idk what's going on..
any help?
EDIT: the phone's hard disk IC was damaged. I went to a tech guy and he changed it but then the motherboard broke entirely after flashing the qcn file for imei. Device out of warranty of course because of the damn bootloader. Thank you xiaomi for the great phone that only lasted one month before dying completely.

attempt 2
in attempt 1 i tried force reboot as mentioned, didnt work
attempt 2 : i tried force reboot while plugged to pc, this showed up

attempt 3
i tried to flash a new firmware, but device unreadable. must be on fastboot mode for mi flasher to be able to read it. im starting to lose hope.. the device is new though it makes me sad

on some topic of a bricked phone online, someone mentioned that he should try EDL mode, by cmd command FASTBOOT OEM EDL
so i tried it many times until it said successful. but still didnt fix anything, because it didnt actually boot into EDL mode, had to open my device physically and use test points. so attempt 4 failed

does this mean fastboot works?
after attempt 4, it said successful so if fastboot works like that then i can flash stock boot.img or something.. right? which image should i start with

forum
boody shaban said:
on some topic of a bricked phone online, someone mentioned that he should try EDL mode, by cmd command FASTBOOT OEM EDL
so i tried it many times until it said successful. but still didnt fix anything. so attempt 4 failed
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this is the forum of the bricked phone similar to mine, except that i didnt try any flash like him it just happened randomly
https://c.mi.com/thread-2334646-1-0.html

attempt 5
attempt 5 failed, i tried flashing whole firmware one by one, i started with vbmeta, then recovery but it failed. idk what to do

notice
i have noticed that it only flashes small img files, if its 100kb or more it will fail. maybe due to device restart because the only way to make it read in fastboot mode is to force restart multiple times until it flashes. what to do now?

attempt 6
so according to this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJoIiLE_w3w
he installed a driver (name in attachment) then refreshed on mi flash so his device became readable on mi flasher
i tried that but it didnt work.

final attempt.. out of hope
found the possible solution. its called a deep flash cable, i will just go to any tech guy and ask him for help.
see attachment for info.

boody shaban said:
found the possible solution. its called a deep flash cable, i will just go to any tech guy and ask him for help.
see attachment for info.
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In order to enter test point / EDL / 9008 mode, you have to physically open your device and connect two points on the phone's board. Search on YouTube for Redmi 7a EDL. If you get to EDL mode, you can flash original stock firmware via MiFlash.

Reason for brick
cg730620 said:
In order to enter test point / EDL / 9008 mode, you have to physically open your device and connect two points on the phone's board. Search on YouTube for Redmi 7a EDL. If you get to EDL mode, you can flash original stock firmware via MiFlash.
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Yes, I hate tearing up my device so I took it to a professional. He failed to open ADL but he did the 9008. Now he waits some kind of credit. Not sure if for the app to work or for the bootloader to unlock, although it was already unlocked but maybe somehow got locked..
Any way, expected reason for brick is either latest magisk module, or kernel tweaks..

I gave the device to a professional, but he also failed to flash it even with test point. He said he was searching for a file.. I dont remember its name, something like IMOH..

Now I need to know any possible reason that might brick my phone again to avoid it
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The app he used was called ultimate multi tools

test point attempt failed
i did the test point, booted to 9008 mode but still nothing.

i think i know why the phone got bricked by itself, it got ARB stands for AUTOROLLBACK
read more about it here https://mi-globe.com/unbrick-your-xiaomi-phone-without-authorized-mi-account/
bootloader got automatically locked again.

Never lock the bootloader if:
- your phone was delivered Chinese version and you flashed Global firmware
- your phone was delivered Global version and you flashed Chinese firmware
- you changed system, vendor, boot or recovery partition
- you installed a custom or modified stock rom
ARB isn't an issue with this phone I suppose. Because I was on 11.0.5 and rolled back to 10.2.5 without problems.
Have you tried MiFlash Pro?
See here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-7a/how-to/miflash-pro-t4030809
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i did the test point, booted to 9008 mode but still nothing.
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It seems that error is related to your computer. Reinstall drivers and MiFlash.
QDLoader Drivers:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/0jfq2r7adylnltu/QDLoader_HS-USB_Driver.zip/file
ADB driver:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/qskct06xyx1iivs/ADB%2Bdriver%2Bv1.17%2Blite.zip/file
MiFlash:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/bdjugf3zx7037yl/MiFlash2018-5-28-0.zip/file
Read about a similar problem here:
https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/mi5-bricked-i-bricked-my-new-mi5-with-miui8.32439/

cg730620 said:
Never lock the bootloader if:
- your phone was delivered Chinese version and you flashed Global firmware
- your phone was delivered Global version and you flashed Chinese firmware
- you changed system, vendor, boot or recovery partition
- you installed a custom or modified stock rom
ARB isn't an issue with this phone I suppose. Because I was on 11.0.5 and rolled back to 10.2.5 without problems.
Have you tried MiFlash Pro?
See here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-7a/how-to/miflash-pro-t4030809
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It seems that error is related to your computer. Reinstall drivers and MiFlash.
QDLoader Drivers:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/0jfq2r7adylnltu/QDLoader_HS-USB_Driver.zip/file
ADB driver:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/qskct06xyx1iivs/ADB%2Bdriver%2Bv1.17%2Blite.zip/file
MiFlash:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/bdjugf3zx7037yl/MiFlash2018-5-28-0.zip/file
Read about a similar problem here:
https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/mi5-bricked-i-bricked-my-new-mi5-with-miui8.32439/
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but im sure i have all drivers installed in fact i used mi flash more than once and it worked perfectly fine, and i swear i didnt try to lock it or anything, what happened is, mokee auto updates installed add on magisk and it was the latest version so i think this might have bricked it. idk..

ok i downloed all the drivers and reinstalled them, same error : "library not registered"