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This is how I unbricked my TF300T that had no rom installed and a wrong bootloader/recovery combination. (4.2 bootloader with TWRP recovery JB version). Hope it helps.:good:
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I have the same on my TF300t and A700 - but it seems i just managed to get my TF300t back
i tried all fastboot (reflashing recovery, boot, system etc) no dice - especially since writing system was done after 3 secs all the time.
Here how i restored my TF300T JB
download your appropriate lates firmware from Asus (WW, US etc.) and extract the zip twice so you have your blob file
install your device drivers if needed (i used Google SDK ones) (and as a Tip Win8 sucks for Fastboot stuff so try to get Win7 Vista XP for this)
Reset your device with a paperclip/needle (about 2 cm down of your sdcard slot) and hold vol-down to enter fastboot
(the folowing i did at least 10 times already but didn't erase misc)
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase misc
fastboot erase cache
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system c:\adb\TF300t\blob (this is my path - your's may vary depending where you stored your blob) ((also this was the first time i saw the loading bar while flashing)*
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
* it also took a lot longer as it should:
C:\>fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system c:\adb\TF300t\blob
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 1.695s]
sending 'system' (800935 KB)...
OKAY [133.121s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [153.973s]
finished. total time: 288.789s
im now setting my tab up to get back to CM (which initially caused this sh1theap due to autoupdate error, same as my A700 got bricked )
hope i could help you out!
cheers
-Buster <----(credits to him) Go to this link ---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44244313&postcount=12 because that's the guy that wrote this procedure from above (credits to him) :
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This part was me now -ozkrtech <--- (credits to me)
In addition to that, if you simply can't see your device using the command "adb devices" go check on device manager if you see a device called just "Transformer" with a yellow icon indicating it needs a driver, and manually update driver, select "browse my computer for drivers" and then select let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer" there you will see a list of like 3 different drivers, one of them says "bootloader" and one of the others says "adb" (i think they self explain) but just in case try with each one of them you can keep on switching drivers until you get your device recognized by the command "adb devices".
You should be asking yourself... whats the right moment to do an "adb devices" command? well my tablet same as -Buster's tablet had the wrong recovery menu flashed (wrong bootloader version) and it just kept booting into the corrupted recovery (in my case TWRP) with the "can't mount anything" and "what's the password" issue. When you get to password screen just hit cancel and try the "adb devices" commando and you'll see it gets recognized with your device serial number.
Once your device gets recognized by "adb devices" command you will proceed to use "adb reboot-bootloader" command and the tablet will reboot into the menu that had 4 options but now have 3 options and its missing the fastboot option (don't panic) in the last bootloader it is auto-fastboot mode when you reach that screen with just 3 options in it now (yeah is the screen with the RCK option) at this point try "fastboot devices" command to see if your device gets recognized same as "adb devices" procedure, it should get recognized with a different serial number (don't know why, maybe that number isn't a serial number), at this time you are SO LUCKY! now you will follow what I posted at the beginning from that other dude ---> (-Buster) or follow his link --- > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44244313&postcount=12
And you'll have an unbricked tf300t in no time =) (I personally used the stock but newest Asus ROM) 4.2.1 (10.6.1.27.1) and it worked flawlessly.
**NOTE** don't turn off nor reset your device once you have formatted the partitions, no need for that (don't know what happends but it might get really hard bricked) just proceed to flash the stock rom after erasing the partitions.
I'm 100% positive this will work if your device is in same state as ours. (had TWRP for JB) then updated bootloader to version 4.2 and forgot to update twrp to version 4.2 or installed twrp version JB by mistake and lost fastboot and TWRP is asking password.
Hope it helps. Let me know your status and if it worked for you.
So I am in the same boat as I flashed the wrong twrp. My device shows up under adb devices and I can boot into the bootloader using adb reboot-bootloader. However, once there, I can not get the device recognized with fastboot. I have tried messing with the drivers like you suggested but nothing will get it to show up with fastboot. Anybody have advice on where to go from here?
So extra info. The device bootloops into twrp 2.6. The only way I can boot into fastboot mode is with adb reboot-bootloader and I can get into APX. I can also boot directly into my current ROM (Slim beta 3) by selecting android in the bootloader menu. I have tried flashing proper recovery through flashify, which is says was successful, but the wrong twrp never gets overwritten. Rebooting the device will send it back to twrp.
Thanks if anyone can help
Thanks, man! It took a while to find this thread, but this was exactly my problem. The adb driver in windows was the pre-solution to help get back to the fastboot server in the bootloader. Awesome information. Thanks again!
I have tried "adb reboot-bootloader" and then adb devices and fastboot devices and neither will show the tab listed while the tab reaches that screen with just 3 options. I have uninstalled reinstalled drivers, it does show in device manager as Asus Android Composite ADB Interface but when running the command it will not list the tablet. Any suggestions?
Hello!
A few days ago I tried to root my Asus TF300T because before that, I changed the lcd and the touchscreen from FPC-1 to G01 version. So I had to root and update touchscreen's firmware to 02-3011-4820.ekt. I already updated with last firmware from asus.com. First, I installed a TRWP recovery but was useless since the touchscreen doesn't worked. So I tried to rewrite CWM recovery. I reset it and I don't remember exactly if I begun to install or not CWM but when I tried to wipe data (Vol- + Power), the tablet has freezed. After a few minutes I did a hardware reset (pin hole). Since that, the tablet freeze with "Device Unlocked", Asus logo and nVidia. The device was already unlocked. I don't have any backup from it. No fastboot, no adb. Just APX mode. Is it possible to do something with it anymore? I tried BootTools2, extracted bloobs from last version of firmware, tryed to flash them with nvflash and wheelie but vainly. What is the next step? I'm a beginner!
Remember please I cannot go in fastboot recovery menu, only apx. Thank you in advance!
I can not thank you enough!!! my tablet is now working I honestly though it was done for aha THANK YOU!!!
Howdy, folks. I recently bricked my tablet thanks to a bad install of CWM, but following the OP's guide I was successfully able to reflash stock firmware and the device runs fine now.
However, upon reflashing said firmware, it became apparent to me (from reading various threads in the development subforum), that I would need to downgrade to an older firmware version to reflash TWRP. So I did that successfully, but now I am having a problem similar, or perhaps identical, to that of Bionicbowtieguy, in that ADB appears to be broken for my tablet. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the Asus usb drivers, in addition to reinstalling/updating all of the ADB software. Fastboot still works fine, but as such I'm unable to root using Motochop's rooting kit (I know there are other methods out there), nor am I able to flash a new recovery. I have also tried repeatedly reflashing the older stock in the hopes that ADB would magically start working again to no avail.
Does anyone have any suggestions to getting ADB to work for my tablet again? I have scoured the web, particularly these forums, for days looking for an answer, but haven't turned anything up yet. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Gave back 10 years of my life that I lost once I discovered I flashed the wrong TWRP version. Can't thank you enough man.
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Gave back 10 years of my life that I lost once I discovered I flashed the wrong TWRP version. Can't thank you enough man.
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Same here!
Thank you OP for making this a topic even if you didn't come up with it you made it a thread that has saved a few people like myself money and headaches. Literally I just stumbled on this thread 10 minutes after I told my wife is be Tablet shipping Black Friday. Thank you sir.
Thank you.
I did this on a hackintosh running OSX since on Win 8.1 fastboot kept crashing.
March of this year I bricked my tablet during that 1 week period where nobody knew that TWRP was broken + fastboot freezing.
I must have tried everything, Maybe that erase misc was the key factor for success.
I was about to sell this for what I could get or send it to asus, now I can use it again!
How are you guys getting your tablet into fastboot mode? I've tried power on with volume down, the reset hole with volume down, and letting the battery die then recharge, then power on with volume down... Nothing. What am I doing wrong?
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Best thread ever!! You are a life saver !!! thank you!!
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Best thread ever!! You are a life saver !!! thank you!!
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Indeed. You are a god among men. Thank you so much
This worked! I thought I was out of luck. Thanks a lot.
I accidentally flashed an incomparable version of twrp. It would only boot straight into recovery and I couldn't get into recovery. TWRP kept asking for a password even though I never set one up and it wouldn't mount the internal storage or sd card.
I had to follow the instructions at the bottom to intall the drivers so adb and fastboot to work. After that I followed the instructions at the top.
The only thing different I did was skip the "fastboot erase boot" step. I was afraid that would really brick my device if I screwed up (Does this really erase the bootaloader leaving the device with no bootloader?).
Just wondering how long the fastboot window sits displaying < waiting for device > ? All my drivers are ok and I my pad shows up fine as a fastboot device in windows.
Cheers
Fastboot
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Just wondering how long the fastboot window sits displaying < waiting for device > ? All my drivers are ok and I my pad shows up fine as a fastboot device in windows.
Cheers
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They do not sit at all they will go right to it. You must not have the right combination yet. Keep trying.
Took me awhile to get the link.
norm883
FIXED!
BY GOD, I have no words for how incredible grateful I am right now! You not only saved my TF300T's life but also a lot of money for me and gave me another lesson of Android insight.
Thanks so much for this!
Let me know if I can return the favor somehow!
Regards,
(a very happy) philleicht
Hi. I think I'm having the same problem as some of the others in this thread.
Background: Tablet is unlocked, JB Rom (Paranoid Android) was installed since March, along with TWRP recovery. In preparation of installing CM11, I used Android Terminal Emulator to install the latest TWRP from a *.blob file, but I found that the latest TWRP is still not CM11-ready...
Setup to Issue: Last night, I decided I wanted to put CM11 on my TF300T. TWRP doesn't have a compatible recovery out for CM11 (install of CM11 rom fails every time), so I reinstalled the paranoid android ROM, and attempted to get the latest recovery from clockworkmod. On cwm's website, they only have choices for "transformer" "transformer prime" and "transformer infinity" which, when downloaded, have tf101, tf201, and tf700 in their filenames. (No tf300, that is)
So... I attempted to install the tf201 recovery (closest to mine, right?) by renaming the file cwm.blob, and using android terminal emulator to install it, the same way I did with TWRP. The first few times I tried and rebooted into recovery... TWRP was still installed... which was weird to me.
The big problem: Ultimately... when I rebooted the tablet, I just see the initial "ASUS" screen with "The Device is UnLocked." in the top-left corner. When I hold the power button to turn it off... it powers back on within a few seconds, and stays at the "ASUS" screen again. It will not stay off... and will not show anything but the "ASUS" splash screen. (With one exception, described later - "the only ray of hope...") If I hold the volume up or down buttons when powering on the device, absolutely nothing different happens. (since it doesn't STAY off... I've tried all kinds of different combinations of pushing/holding the appropriate buttons for when the tablet comes back on) IMPORTANT: I never see the "three icons" as expected when holding the volume button(s). No RCK, USB, etc... when the unit turns back on, it goes to the ASUS screen, and stays there until the battery dies. As a result... I can't get into recovery, fastboot, or APX or whatever in the traditional way.
Pressing the reset button alone, or reset + volume down has the effect of temporarily turning off the unit and then on again, the same as holding the power button to turn it off and letting it turn itself back on again.
The only ray of hope that I have is that *sometimes* if I press reset + volume up with the USB cable connected to a computer... the screen will STAY BLACK, but the "device connected" sound will play on my PC (Win 7 x64) as if I just plugged the tablet into USB on my computer, and I will get a message that it's trying to install an APX device. However, it eventually tells me that the device driver could not be installed. The screen on the tablet stays black in this case... until I reset it, hold the power button, etc.
So... I'm not opposed to (or unfamiliar with) using fastboot or any other command-line app to resurrect my tablet... I just haven't been able to get it into a condition that I can try something like that yet.
Is there any hope for my tablet? Somebody please help me. I'm open to sending a few bucks via paypal or google wallet to anyone that can lead me to a resolution. That would be cheaper than buying a new tablet... not to mention the priceless value of the progress I have in Fieldrunners 2. lol.
Thanks for your time!
~Ryan
same problem reboot back to twrp
well i may be stupid because i can't understand why i have tried a couple of commands and i still get the same problem reset volume down still goes back to twrp and ask for a password can someone please explain this in alittle more detail and what commands i also get the waiting for device in my commands is there another way to push these files into this device tf201 please help is there a way to do something in the twrp recovery like terminal command
I was a fool for flashing wrong recovery!
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Hi. I think I'm having the same problem as some of the others in this thread.
Background: Tablet is unlocked, JB Rom (Paranoid Android) was installed since March, along with TWRP recovery. In preparation of installing CM11, I used Android Terminal Emulator to install the latest TWRP from a *.blob file, but I found that the latest TWRP is still not CM11-ready...
Setup to Issue: Last night, I decided I wanted to put CM11 on my TF300T. TWRP doesn't have a compatible recovery out for CM11 (install of CM11 rom fails every time), so I reinstalled the paranoid android ROM, and attempted to get the latest recovery from clockworkmod. On cwm's website, they only have choices for "transformer" "transformer prime" and "transformer infinity" which, when downloaded, have tf101, tf201, and tf700 in their filenames. (No tf300, that is)
So... I attempted to install the tf201 recovery (closest to mine, right?) by renaming the file cwm.blob, and using android terminal emulator to install it, the same way I did with TWRP. The first few times I tried and rebooted into recovery... TWRP was still installed... which was weird to me.
The big problem: Ultimately... when I rebooted the tablet, I just see the initial "ASUS" screen with "The Device is UnLocked." in the top-left corner. When I hold the power button to turn it off... it powers back on within a few seconds, and stays at the "ASUS" screen again. It will not stay off... and will not show anything but the "ASUS" splash screen. (With one exception, described later - "the only ray of hope...") If I hold the volume up or down buttons when powering on the device, absolutely nothing different happens. (since it doesn't STAY off... I've tried all kinds of different combinations of pushing/holding the appropriate buttons for when the tablet comes back on) IMPORTANT: I never see the "three icons" as expected when holding the volume button(s). No RCK, USB, etc... when the unit turns back on, it goes to the ASUS screen, and stays there until the battery dies. As a result... I can't get into recovery, fastboot, or APX or whatever in the traditional way.
Pressing the reset button alone, or reset + volume down has the effect of temporarily turning off the unit and then on again, the same as holding the power button to turn it off and letting it turn itself back on again.
The only ray of hope that I have is that *sometimes* if I press reset + volume up with the USB cable connected to a computer... the screen will STAY BLACK, but the "device connected" sound will play on my PC (Win 7 x64) as if I just plugged the tablet into USB on my computer, and I will get a message that it's trying to install an APX device. However, it eventually tells me that the device driver could not be installed. The screen on the tablet stays black in this case... until I reset it, hold the power button, etc.
So... I'm not opposed to (or unfamiliar with) using fastboot or any other command-line app to resurrect my tablet... I just haven't been able to get it into a condition that I can try something like that yet.
Is there any hope for my tablet? Somebody please help me. I'm open to sending a few bucks via paypal or google wallet to anyone that can lead me to a resolution. That would be cheaper than buying a new tablet... not to mention the priceless value of the progress I have in Fieldrunners 2. lol.
Thanks for your time!
~Ryan
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I have exactly this! I hope someone knows the answer for this issue. Else the tablet will learn how to fly!
I tried to push the reset button as described earlier but nothing changes. Not able to go into recovery Just stuck at ASUS in the middle NVidia in the bottomright corner en upperleft corner 'this device is unlocked'
So to answer the first question, yes I followed the stickied guide up top, and yes, it successfully flashed the bootloader, wiped all data, and flashed stock ROM all to success. It appears my case is unique. I was told that it could be the battery connection, so I've done no fewer than half a dozen times of taking the back off, resetting the battery connection, and closing back up. It does not appear to be the battery.
I am stuck on the fastboot screen, the one where the android is lying down and blue squares project from an body. It shows me the controls I can make with the volume switches and the selection choice of 'Start'... but I cannot do anything. Before I went to flash I could move through the selection with Vol Up ONLY, but now I cannot even do that. Here's all the mode says:
Code:
FASTBOOT MODE
product name - grouper
variant - grouper
hw version - er3
bootloader version - 4.23
baseband version - n/a
serial number - ###############
signing - not defined yet
LOCK STATE - UNLOCKED
I've pretty spent the past twenty four hours on google searching through all the threads I've seen. They are either all dead, or most of them found the sticky fixed their problem. Has anyone heard of it coming to this?! All I can do is access fastbook VIA a DOS prompt and do fastboot commands, and if I disconnect the tablet from my PC, it'll remain in this mode with the screen on until the battery dies. Charging appears to charge the tablet, but again, no controls work. And yes, the buttons were set properly when I closed my tablet.
Anyone?
1) what is it exactly that your trying to do?
2) can u boot into the OS?
3) your recovery may be corrupt re-flash the recovery via fastboot
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1) what is it exactly that your trying to do?
2) can u boot into the OS?
3) your recovery may be corrupt re-flash the recovery via fastboot
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I'm just trying to boot up! I don't know what happened, but I haven't been able to use it for school all week!
I cannot boot into the OS. Any time I plug this device in it sends me to the fastboot screen with no controls.
OK I just flashed CWMR 6.0.4.3 and it did not fix the problem.
Any other ideas?
I just repeated all the steps again to see if any of them failed before, they have not worked. So recap:
Stuck in fastboot mode
Android will not boot
Loose battery connection is not the problem
I am able to access fastboot on my computer
I have followed everything from the sticky (wipe everything, flash bootloader, flash image)
I have flashed a new recovery
I am still stuck in fastboot
I cannot control options in fastboot with the volume and power buttons
I can only access fastboot by charging my tablet
The only way the tablet will power down is when it completely depletes it's battery
As far as I can tell, nothing was wrong with the tablet when it was functioning
This happened when I went to charge my tablet, presumably when the battery ran flat running android
If I charge too long the tablet gets fairly hot.
That's about all the information I can provide. Is there anything else I can try? Please, I need a tablet for school and I cannot afford a new one!
Hello,
before I get into detail with my current problem at hand, I want to say that I'm extremely new to flashing/rooting my tablet and in most cases am very dependent on guides and how-tos. That being said, I've search through this forum among others in order to get my problem solved but had no success so far. So your expertise is basically my last resort and hope.
I have a Lenovo Yoga 2 1050L, as stated above, and tried to root it yesterday using this guide. Unfortunately, I messed up when it came to the system's image from the custom ROM because I downloaded the original firmware for the 10'' version L instead of the further below mentioned recovery firmware in step 3 (though that link was dead anyway). Moreover, I also included the recovery.img in the custom flash process and not only the system.img and I think the error occurred while flashing the recovery partition.
Long story short, the flashing process failed and I was left with a non-booting tablet.
The status-quo is I can boot into the bootloader mode (power button + volume down) where it'll say "normal boot", "recovery mode" etc. at the top with the android figure lying on the ground with an open stomach.
With the help of the Fastboot Tethered Recovery Launcher I can use the T3 option to change the device status to "fastboot-online". From what I understood I can then enter recovery mode if pressing volume up (so I can do a data/cache wipe) but it says
"could not open sys/devices/virtual/backlight" and I couldn't figure out what that's supposed to mean or how I can solve it.
I also tried to flash it again with the stock rom downloaded from here with the Intel Phone Flash Tool 4.4.4.
But that always failed at the "fastboot -s <device> oem wipe ESP" operation. It failed to execute that command resulting in a timeout only to try it once again. After that second attempt ended in a timeout too, it went on to the next step "fastboot -s <device> oem start_partitioning" but that also failed, ultimately making the whole flash process fail.
The curious thing (for me, anyway) was that I could flash the boot.img, system.img and recovery.img individually (by going to "Custom Flash" in the Phone Flash Tool and then selecting only one of those images) and all three processes succeeded. However, I only got the success message on the Phone Flash Tool, the tablet itself got stuck during the first reboot during or after the flash process.
In fact, every boot/reboot results in the tablet being stuck at the display of the Lenovo Logo. Nothing happens after that, it just stays there.
This happens whenever I try to boot normally or boot straight into recovery mode (Power + Volume Up). The only way I can boot my tablet and actually do something with it is the bootloader mode (Power + Volume Down) but as stated above, from there I didn't manage to get anywhere else so far.
Another thing I have tried is to enter fastboot mode because I read that I can also recover from there. But whenever trying to enter fastboot mode the tablet's display goes black, then a small text says "Fastboot starting..." and that's it. Nothing happens after that, no additional text or new screen.
What I also noticed is that whenever the tablet reboots itself or if I try to boot/reboot it, the tablet is not in the list of available devices anymore if I enter "adb devices" or "fastboot devices" in my command line (with connected tablet). Only when I redo the process with the Fastboot Tethered Recovery Launcher (option T3), can I access the device with those commands again (at first I could access it with "adb devices", later on only with "fastboot devices" and to be honest, I don't know why that is).
I actually just want to wipe the data of the tablet and install the stock ROM again because I think there's just some corrupt data that keeps my tablet from booting normally. But right now I don't even know how to do that because everything I've tried so far didn't work. Not even starting the tablet with the so-called "hard reset" (Power + Volume Down + Volume Up) worked, I only got a black screen in that case.
Because I tried to solve this problem myself all day yesterday, my tablet is now also down to about 20% of battery and I don't know if I can charge it up without a proper ROM installed (probably not). So that's another factor that's hindering me from trying out other steps.
I know this is a lot of text but I still hope there's someone out there who can help me with my problem. I am at my wit's end and would highly appreciate anyone who has knowlegde about this situation with this tablet helping me.
Best regards and thank you in advance
XShunyaX
My 6T is currently a paperweight (bricked, screen won't turn on, no fastboot, no nothing) and here's the succession of events that led to it:
I live in the US and bought the unlocked 6T.
1) A few weeks ago I rooted it with same steps described in this post --> https://www.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t-unlock-bootloader-root/. Everything seemed to go well, I had Magisk and my phone worked just fine.
2) About a week later I got a notification that my phone had a software update ready. I idiotically obliged and installed it. After the install, I still got the bootloader unlocked screen at start up so I thought my phone might still be rooted. However, I couldn't download any mods on Magisk and my root checker said I was no longer rooted. So basically, my phone appeared rooted (apps like Google Pay wouldn't work, I got the warning about the Bootloader at start-up, etc.) but I no longer had the benefit of being able to install mods through Magisk.
3) A few weeks later (yesterday) I decided I would explore options for un-rooting, mainly so I could use Google Pay again. Remember, my phone wasn't actually rooted anymore, since the update. So I thought locking the bootloader should fix my problems. I did that with fastboot oem lock and then my phone was stuck in a fastboot loop. I tried every option in fastboot and would just end up right back there. I started looking for fixes and came across the MSMDownload Tool --> http://https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/tool-msmdownloadtool-v4-0-international-t3798892. I downloaded the driver, it recognized my device, I downloaded the tool, then ran it. At 16 seconds, the download stopped and I got an error saying "Sahara communication failed." After looking up a fix that involved holding down the volume+ button, I decided I'd try again. This is where I f*cked up. I unplugged my phone without stopping the download, and that leads us to this very moment. My phone does not turn on at all. I have no access to fastboot or anything. My computer does recognize it when I plug it back in (I'm on Windows).
If you read this it's probably obvious that I only know enough to be dangerous and bricking my phone was inevitable. Feel free to call me an idiot, I only ask that you provide some useful information, preferably on the subject of getting my phone working again. Thank you all in advance. I hope this post isn't redundant. I didn't find anything on here that was a fix for my situation. I'm also open to contacting OnePlus if anyone thinks I should do that first. I genuinely thank anyone that takes the time to read/help! xd
Use the msm tool...doesn't use fastboot
Edit...nevermind
You need to get your phone to show up as "US8_BULK" like in the MSM thread you linked. You can do this even if your phone wont boot properly. I have done it multiple times before. When in the Qualcom flashing mode the screen will not light up at all.
Hold all the buttons until it resets. This could take up to 30 seconds of holding the buttons. The just follow the steps in the MSM thread starting with this one:
Power off the phone, then hold for 5 seconds vol up and plug the usb to computer. Now you have to see US8_BULK as new device connected and you can also see in device manager; if you can't notice it, repeat the process until you see it (power on, power off, hold...) there is a full youtube guide for op5 and it's the same process - (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpLvmID1wdI)
Edit: It can take some practice to get the timing down, especially if your screen is not coming on at all. Just keep trying as you will be able to get into that Qualcom flashing mode unless there is physical hardware damage to your phone.
Jager said:
You need to get your phone to show up as "US8_BULK" like in the MSM thread you linked. You can do this even if your phone wont boot properly. I have done it multiple times before. When in the Qualcom flashing mode the screen will not light up at all.
Hold all the buttons until it resets. This could take up to 30 seconds of holding the buttons. The just follow the steps in the MSM thread starting with this one:
Power off the phone, then hold for 5 seconds vol up and plug the usb to computer. Now you have to see US8_BULK as new device connected and you can also see in device manager; if you can't notice it, repeat the process until you see it (power on, power off, hold...) there is a full youtube guide for op5 and it's the same process -
Edit: It can take some practice to get the timing down, especially if your screen is not coming on at all. Just keep trying as you will be able to get into that Qualcom flashing mode unless there is physical hardware damage to your phone.
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Awesome, that worked! I kept seeing I needed to hold volume+ and power but holding both and power is what actually worked for me. Thanks a lot my friend
@lapitman, glad to see that you finally got it to work!
Hi, just bought a phone for my son secondhand, it's going to be sold again if I can't fix this! The phone was sold cheap as it had software issues (of course) so I figured I could fix these and get it going (install custom recovery, ROM etc). I'm slightly stumped at the moment, so maybe you can help me.
The phone's defaulting to the bootloader screen, lots of info on this but the key thing I noticed was that it says 'the device is locked status code: 2'.
Clicking 'start' takes me a 'warning unlocked bootloader screen' then it runs through the 'hello moto' startup screen and back to bootloader
Clicking 'recovery' - there is definitely no working recovery on it, I just a get the dead robot with 'no command' underneath.
Clicking 'Factory Mode' allows me so far through the startup (after the bootloader unlocked warning), and you can get so far through setting it up, but because the battery is so low (it's permanently on with the bootloader when plugged in) it never seems to charge up enough, and either way the screen freezes at or around the final setup steps and then it reverts back to bootloader. I thought if I got into developer options and security, I could enable the USB debugging, OEM unlock etc, but no go there.
I've installed Motorola USB drivers but it doesn't seem to be registering on the PC (Windows 10).
There is some suggestion on other forums (less reputable!) that the locked status code may mean the bootloader has been relocked, but this seems contrary to what the phone is telling me.
Any ideas welcome, thanks - it's a lovely phone, just not much use at the moment.
GitManMatt said:
Hi, just bought a phone for my son secondhand, it's going to be sold again if I can't fix this! The phone was sold cheap as it had software issues (of course) so I figured I could fix these and get it going (install custom recovery, ROM etc). I'm slightly stumped at the moment, so maybe you can help me.
The phone's defaulting to the bootloader screen, lots of info on this but the key thing I noticed was that it says 'the device is locked status code: 2'.
Clicking 'start' takes me a 'warning unlocked bootloader screen' then it runs through the 'hello moto' startup screen and back to bootloader
Clicking 'recovery' - there is definitely no working recovery on it, I just a get the dead robot with 'no command' underneath.
Clicking 'Factory Mode' allows me so far through the startup (after the bootloader unlocked warning), and you can get so far through setting it up, but because the battery is so low (it's permanently on with the bootloader when plugged in) it never seems to charge up enough, and either way the screen freezes at or around the final setup steps and then it reverts back to bootloader. I thought if I got into developer options and security, I could enable the USB debugging, OEM unlock etc, but no go there.
I've installed Motorola USB drivers but it doesn't seem to be registering on the PC (Windows 10).
There is some suggestion on other forums (less reputable!) that the locked status code may mean the bootloader has been relocked, but this seems contrary to what the phone is telling me.
Any ideas welcome, thanks - it's a lovely phone, just not much use at the moment.
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OK, some progress, I have now unlocked the bootloader, so have the UNLOCKED Status Code:3 which is good, unfortunately has not yet helped with my issues. I can't use ADB, but MFastboot tool is working, so can run commands from that (hence me getting to that stage). Tried reinstalling firmware, may try and do this again now bootloader unlocked....
slightly further along...
GitManMatt said:
OK, some progress, I have now unlocked the bootloader, so have the UNLOCKED Status Code:3 which is good, unfortunately has not yet helped with my issues. I can't use ADB, but MFastboot tool is working, so can run commands from that (hence me getting to that stage). Tried reinstalling firmware, may try and do this again now bootloader unlocked....
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I have now managed to flash stock firmwares using Mfastboot tool, but hasn't unfortunately fixed the boot up issues. However, I have now worked out how to access the recovery, by reading other posts on different Motorola phones:
boot to bootloader, power+vol down
in bootloader select recovery using the volume up/down buttons, press power button to select
phone boots into 'recovery,' showing the dead android with no command
at this point hold down the power and volume up, then release volume up but keep power held down
phones boots, by magic, into android recovery, where you can factory reset, wipe cache adb sideload and install from SD card
I now need to try and get a flashable recovery to sideload, as the attempts to flash it don't work for me. The OS I seem to be on is reteu 7.1.1, so I will try and go for a lower version, and see if that allows me to flash the custom recovery I desperately need.
But....things are improving slowly....:laugh:
GitManMatt said:
I have now managed to flash stock firmwares using Mfastboot tool, but hasn't unfortunately fixed the boot up issues. However, I have now worked out how to access the recovery, by reading other posts on different Motorola phones:
boot to bootloader, power+vol down
in bootloader select recovery using the volume up/down buttons, press power button to select
phone boots into 'recovery,' showing the dead android with no command
at this point hold down the power and volume up, then release volume up but keep power held down
phones boots, by magic, into android recovery, where you can factory reset, wipe cache adb sideload and install from SD card
I now need to try and get a flashable recovery to sideload, as the attempts to flash it don't work for me. The OS I seem to be on is reteu 7.1.1, so I will try and go for a lower version, and see if that allows me to flash the custom recovery I desperately need.
But....things are improving slowly....:laugh:
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Never try to downgrade using stock firmware.
tyamamoto said:
Never try to downgrade using stock firmware.
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OK thanks, I read that, but didn't realise it was a thing....should I be able to sideload a custom rom using ADB?