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I was trying to do a full wipe and coming from the Atrix I did the following:
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reboot to recovery
wipe dalvik
wipe cache
reboot to fastboot
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
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I know, I know; what the heck was I thinking...
Any good ideas, please?
If you still have fastboot access then flash the original Google packages to get it back to stock. And then NEVER do it again!
EddyOS said:
If you still have fastboot access then flash the original Google packages to get it back to stock. And then NEVER do it again!
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Cheers mate, that is exactly what I am looking for right now (the original google packages). Luckily I'm still connecting through fastboot..
(Pool or Toffee..?)
EDIT: Solved. For future reference & any one stuck at the same:
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Originally Posted by Matterhorn
I found a forum that posted a link to a German Samsung site. It lists the files needed to change the GNex to the Google build YAKJU - ITL4F, radio 19250XXKK1, PrimeKJ10 bootloader, Google branded.
The instructions are in German but it is pretty simple. Go here http://samsung.de/de/Privatkunden/M...d722dbc-9813-4d08-b5b7-5772e168e9e4&dl=manual to get the two files needed to run the update. It is totally automatic, no other setup is required and it is stock as far as I can see. It worked great for me. One file is the install USB app the other is the ROM installer.
Install USB drivers
Run the ROM installer
Phone off (start with volume down/Power button)
Plug-in the USB cable LAST
Hit start button in ROM installer app
Wait and don't turn off the phone
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YOU, mate, didn't fck up a thing. This is 100% an issue with the dam file system implementation on the GN as designed by Samsung.
They alone specifically removed the SD card slot because he did not understand the SW layers to support EXT3/4 across multiple volumes. The restraint was that the 13yr old kids to never have to think about the concept of a FILE. So instead, he removed the slot (notice there's an empty hole there) so we wouldn't hurt ourselves. Now the entire filesystem is one big cludge, with no partitions, with no safeguards, and all shared by RAM, applications and user space (like music, which are really those 4-letter words "FILE"s)
To get around the awful design, then he put in LOFS on a separate FUSE file system (mounted under /sdcard), along with separate permissions and security. This required yet another set of file system drivers at the kernel level. If the drivers don't start just perfectly, or the config's get mangled, then this post is what you get.
This same mangled approach is also the same reason why the GN is not mountable on a Mac, nor on the PC without special PC drivers. <-- if you Mac users are wondering why you don't see the GN under "devices", well there ya go. IMHO, they should be tied up in the back room until this can be sorted out, then we can release him in time to muff up the Nexus 3 or something lol
buckwheat.phd said:
YOU, mate, didn't fck up a thing. This is 100% an issue with the dam file system implementation on the GN as designed by Dan Morrell at Samsung.
He alone specifically removed the SD card slot because he did not understand the SW layers to support EXT3/4 across multiple volumes. He wanted the 13yr old kids to never have to think about the concept of a FILE. So instead, he removed the slot (notice there's an empty hole there) so we wouldn't hurt ourselves. Now the entire filesystem is one big cludge, with no partitions, with no safeguards, and all shared by RAM, applications and user space (like music, which are really those 4-letter words "FILE"s)
To get around the awful design, then he put in LOFS on a separate FUSE file system (mounted under /sdcard), along with separate permissions and security. This required yet another set of file system drivers at the kernel level. If the drivers don't start just perfectly, or the config's get mangled, then this post is what you get.
This same mangled approach is also the same reason why the GN is not mountable on a Mac, nor on the PC without special PC drivers. <-- if you Mac users are wondering why you don't see the GN under "devices", well there ya go. IMHO, Dan should be tied up in the back room until this can be sorted out, then we can release him in time to muff up the Nexus 3 or something lol
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Wow, that was far more an explanation than I'd bargained for..!
Since my post I've been actually trying to figure out why the hell I would have done damage by applying the above wipe method to the GN when it functions perfectly well on the Atrix!
Oh well. It's a good phone. Almost..
Vangelis13 said:
Wow, that was far more an explanation than I'd bargained for..!
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Its also very wrong.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App
matt2053 said:
Its also very wrong.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App
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Well, please explain then..?
Vangelis13 said:
Well, please explain then..?
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What he's trying to say is what Samsung's engineering dept did was wrong, he just doesn't know what. All that crowd would have had to do is ask a seasoned Unix virtual storage architect for a solution to multi-homed virtual RW file systems across hardware volumes. There are indeed a few good solutions, then it could have been done right. It'll be fixed by the time 4.1 gets into the wild anyway, but politically they've got to remove a few people first.
Look, for all their enthusiasm for these little cell phones, you can't expect college kids to know this stuff and that's all Samsung is hiring. Worse, new hires are often closed, embarrassed, and too proud to ask someone that reminds them of Ronald Reagan how to design something lol
Hello all, I have been a lurker for quite a while here. I own an Xperia M (Rooted, Unlocked BL running CM11). I was feeling adventurous and started messing with the partition table hoping to resize the system and data partitions using parted. I was unaware that the bootloader detects such modifications and ended up with a brick.
Just to clarify, this is a hard brick, since the Flashtool and fastboot modes do not work. I do not see the blue LED while trying to start the device in the fastboot mode using the volume rockers. My PC only detects a "QHSUSB_DLOAD" device for which I've installed the drivers and it is now "Qualcomm HS-UDB QDLoader 9008".
However, before I started to work with the partition table, I took a raw backup of the emmc i.e. mmcblk0. This should include the correct partition table and all the partitions (TA, userdata, system etc.). Theoretically (I believe so), if this is reflashed onto the device, an unbrick could be possible. However, so far, I haven't been able to figure out a way to push this image back to the device. I came across QPST and some linux bash scripts but haven't been able to use them successfully.
Has anyone come across such a scenario before? I looked for solutions in other threads but didn't find anything conclusive for Xperia devices. Can someone help me with this? thanks.
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I was feeling adventurous and started messing with the partition table
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Hi,
On other forum one user followed suggested by me same theory of remapping paritions as described here to shrink so large /system and increase /userdata
He gotta same brick because deleted 3 partitions and then they was cannot created by any commands, so seems this method not applicable to our phone.
Next he very early quited from recovery without restoring partition table from backup.
Surprisingly, in un-offical service center phone was quickly fixed, seems with JTAG-device.
QHSUSB_DLOAD – this is fall-back low-level mode of CPU that allow access to all partitions just like fastboot
Needed to repair / writing stock ROM at factory.
Can be enabled manually by connecting to PC with holding both volume buttons. How to exit – don't know.
QPST utility not useful because we not have dump in it's proper format. So only Linux our hope.
That user tried to manage with Ubuntu but phone was not recognized. Very likely he went into something wrong.
That's very great that you created backup of whole NAND.
Maybe will be enough restore GPT (partition table), I have one and own per-partitions dump too.
So plan very easy: connecting phone to PC with Ubuntu and restore dump via dd utility.
Partially follow this instruction with modifications because you have full dump.
Connect phone, find where it "attached" (whole nand, not partitions), restore file there.
Be careful with disk naming, you can damage data on HDD.
Bonoboo said:
So plan very easy: connecting phone to PC with Ubuntu and restore dump via dd utility.
Partially follow this instruction with modifications because you have full dump.
Connect phone, find where it "attached" (whole nand, not partitions), restore file there.
Be careful with disk naming, you can damage data on HDD.
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Hi Bonoboo, thank you for replying.
Unfortunately, Ubuntu isn't able to detect the emmc and therefore, I'm unable to find the "/dev/sdX" node for the device. The phone is being detected only as "Qualcomm, Inc. Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode)".
I've seen some threads wherein QPST is first used to enable the partitions detection of emmc. However, as you mentioned, we do not have the necessary MSM8227 HEX file for this.
A windows app called "s1tool.exe" can be used to flash the bootloader files from the FTF, Link to thread. However, a testpoint combination is needed to access the emergency mode. I was unable to find a testpoint for Xperia M.
Is JTAG the only way forward here? Thanks again for the help.
EDIT: Looks like the s1tool I mentioned is device specific, may not work with XM.
randallstevens said:
I'm unable to find the "/dev/sdX" node for the device.
The phone is being detected only as "Qualcomm, Inc. Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode)".
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Yeah, this is not good, same as was with that guy. 1, 2
But here under spoiler I found Perl-script that may open access to eMMC.
Here more info.
Maybe it device-specific too, but anyway try.
UPD: post
just connect your phone to PC (at this time your /var/log/kern.log should update and ttyUSB0 should be added), in terminal, cd to your download folder and run './qd.pl --check', or run 'perl ./qd.pl --check'.
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Bonoboo said:
Yeah, this is not good, same as was with that guy. 1, 2
But here under spoiler I found Perl-script that may open access to eMMC.
Here more info.
Maybe it device-specific too, but anyway try.
UPD: post
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Hello Bonoboo,
I've tried using the qd.pl script but I'm not sure which file needs to be sent to the device when using the "qd.pl --pfile X" and the other parameters. The script detects the Qualcomm modem. I've tried uploading the first 256 kilobytes of the dump which should include the partition table but this results in an "Invalid Response" error from the script. Tried uploading the TA and some other partitions, but received the same error. No eMMC access yet. What file do you think the script requires?
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What file do you think the script requires?
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Was mentioned some *.hex, that maybe relates with same from QPST.
In threads more info.
Very likely script just not compatible with M.
UPD: it's sounds weird, but try to connect phone in fastboot / flashmode with long holding volume key.
In some cases this really helpful due second "bootloader" (alt_s1sbl2 partition and other).
Bonoboo said:
UPD: it's sounds weird, but try to connect phone in fastboot / flashmode with long holding volume key.
In some cases this really helpful due second "bootloader" (alt_s1sbl2 partition and other).
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Hi, I tried long-pressing the volume key, it does not seem to work. Thanks for the confirmation about the hex file. It looks like I'll need the right files for the handset, as using hex files of similar chipsets did not help. I'll keep working on it and write back with an update if I'm able to fix it.
I've got the same problem., but unfortunately I didn't make a dump of mmcblk0. There is a way I can get yours? Or a part of it with the interesting data with which I can try figuring out how the qdload.pl script works (maybe leave out userdata cause of its size and the private data).
fakier said:
I've got the same problem., but unfortunately I didn't make a dump of mmcblk0. There is a way I can get yours? Or a part of it with the interesting data with which I can try figuring out how the qdload.pl script works (maybe leave out userdata cause of its size and the private data).
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Hi fakier, sorry to know you have the same problem. I've sent you a PM with a link to a compressed copy of the first 140 MBs of the raw eMMC dump I made earlier. This should contain all the important partitions besides system and userdata. Note that this also includes my TA partition which probably shouldn't be written to your device.
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Hi fakier, sorry to know you have the same problem. I've sent you a PM with a link to a compressed copy of the first 140 MBs of the raw eMMC dump I made earlier. This should contain all the important partitions besides system and userdata. Note that this also includes my TA partition which probably shouldn't be written to your device.
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Thanks, a backup of my TA partition I do have...
Update
Hello folks, after spending a lot of time trying to fix my device with qdloader and QPST, I gave up. Before getting it JTAGed, I wanted to try my luck (again) and approached Sony to claim warranty, since there was a month remaining before its expiry.
My warranty claim was accepted and they replaced the mainboard, though the bootloader was unlocked!! My Xperia is alive and kicking again! Will unlock it soon.
Trying to fix the phone was not a pleasant experience, but I think I learned much along the way. Hope nobody else screws-up the way I did.
Thanks XDA, see ya around! :good:
randallstevens said:
Hello folks, after spending a lot of time trying to fix my device with qdloader and QPST, I gave up. Before getting it JTAGed, I wanted to try my luck (again) and approached Sony to claim warranty, since there was a month remaining before its expiry.
My warranty claim was accepted and they replaced the mainboard, though the bootloader was unlocked!! My Xperia is alive and kicking again! Will unlock it soon.
Trying to fix the phone was not a pleasant experience, but I think I learned much along the way. Hope nobody else screws-up the way I did.
Thanks XDA, see ya around! :good:
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Dude what was the point of this thread and when you tried to fix your phone did you re flash stock ROM?
Reply to Piravinthb's comment
Piravinthb said:
Dude what was the point of this thread..
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The point of this thread, dude, was to see if the device could somehow be taken out of the "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008" mode, a (very) low-level interface meant for vendors to flash bootloaders and system images on their devices.
..and when you tried to fix your phone did you re flash stock ROM?
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Had you googled this, you'd know that this mode isn't the same as the Flashtool flash mode or fastboot. No rom, stock or CM, can be flashed before fixing the bootloader itself, which is needed to start the device.
Not much progress could be made here since the bootloader hex files for Qualcomm's OEM tools (QPST) would be needed to fix such a hard brick. Also, the QDloader scripts mentioned earlier were written for a different chipset from the one used in Xperia M.
Cheers, RS.
randallstevens said:
Hello all, I have been a lurker for quite a while here. I own an Xperia M (Rooted, Unlocked BL running CM11). I was feeling adventurous and started messing with the partition table hoping to resize the system and data partitions using parted. I was unaware that the bootloader detects such modifications and ended up with a brick.
Just to clarify, this is a hard brick, since the Flashtool and fastboot modes do not work. I do not see the blue LED while trying to start the device in the fastboot mode using the volume rockers. My PC only detects a "QHSUSB_DLOAD" device for which I've installed the drivers and it is now "Qualcomm HS-UDB QDLoader 9008".
However, before I started to work with the partition table, I took a raw backup of the emmc i.e. mmcblk0. This should include the correct partition table and all the partitions (TA, userdata, system etc.). Theoretically (I believe so), if this is reflashed onto the device, an unbrick could be possible. However, so far, I haven't been able to figure out a way to push this image back to the device. I came across QPST and some linux bash scripts but haven't been able to use them successfully.
Has anyone come across such a scenario before? I looked for solutions in other threads but didn't find anything conclusive for Xperia devices. Can someone help me with this? thanks.
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hi i have same problem with same adventure , but i was using stock rom with customized kernel with cwm.
i think the solutions are 2
repair hard brick with JTAG or test point and s1tool what is not implemented for xperia m
see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2646405 for Z1
my handset will be in trash no free or paid solution or sony service . i'll buy another one
thx
rafik23 said:
my handset will be in trash no free or paid solution or sony service . i'll buy another one
thx
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Buy a nexus 4 off amazon for 140€
It only takes 2 taps to thank somebody here.
HTC One M9
Android 6
Bootloader Locked
S=On
USB debugging disable
today I found my phone stock on decryption screen! I did not enable encryption mode. now my phone says: your phone is encrypted. to decrypt your phone, enter your Screen lock password.
it does not matter what number I enter! every number I enter, it says: Decryption unsuccessful. the password you entered is correct, but unfortunately, your data is corrupt. to resume using your phone, you need to perform a factory reset. When you set up your phone after the reset, you'll have an opportunity to restore any data that was backed up to your Google Account.
But nothing happened when I press the "reset phone" button. I waited 4 hours but it remains on a window named "Factory data reset, Rebooting..." but it can not proceed to reboot.
when I power off and go to bootloader, I can not go to recovery mode. on recovery mode, there is only a triangle with a red exclamation mark.
I download a stock ROM so I can flash it to my phone from download mode, but at the beginning of flashing process it comes with this error
12 RU_ZIP_ERROR
please help me
sjmahmoudi said:
HTC One M9
Android 6
Bootloader Locked
S=On
USB debugging disable
today I found my phone stock on decryption screen! I did not enable encryption mode. now my phone says: your phone is encrypted. to decrypt your phone, enter your Screen lock password.
it does not matter what number I enter! every number I enter, it says: Decryption unsuccessful. the password you entered is correct, but unfortunately, your data is corrupt. to resume using your phone, you need to perform a factory reset. When you set up your phone after the reset, you'll have an opportunity to restore any data that was backed up to your Google Account.
But nothing happened when I press the "reset phone" button. I waited 4 hours but it remains on a window named "Factory data reset, Rebooting..." but it can not proceed to reboot.
when I power off and go to bootloader, I can not go to recovery mode. on recovery mode, there is only a triangle with a red exclamation mark.
I download a stock ROM so I can flash it to my phone from download mode, but at the beginning of flashing process it comes with this error
12 RU_ZIP_ERROR
please help me
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This problem has been posted from time to time by other users - it often indicates a corrupt chip in the motherboard.
Depending on your SKU and whether or not there really is a hardware issue or not, it may be possible to apply a RUU, which would effectively restore your phone to factory state (though it will wipe your internal memory).
Please post your OS version, which will help us determine your phone's SKU.
If you put the phone in download mode and plug it into a pc then run fastboot.exe with the cli command 'fastboot getvar all' you will get a lot of important information.
If you are absolutely sure your phone has never been modified and it shows on the fastboot output "status modified" then you can assume your phone has hardbricked from a faulty nand. Only HTC can fix it in the case.
Beamed in by telepathy.
computerslayer said:
this problem has been posted from time to time by other users - it often indicates a corrupt chip in the motherboard.
Depending on your sku and whether or not there really is a hardware issue or not, it may be possible to apply a ruu, which would effectively restore your phone to factory state (though it will wipe your internal memory).
Please post your os version, which will help us determine your phone's sku.
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os: 3.35.401.32
shivadow said:
If you put the phone in download mode and plug it into a pc then run fastboot.exe with the cli command 'fastboot getvar all' you will get a lot of important information.
If you are absolutely sure your phone has never been modified and it shows on the fastboot output "status modified" then you can assume your phone has hardbricked from a faulty nand. Only HTC can fix it in the case.
Beamed in by telepathy.
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I rooted this phone when I first bought it. but 4 months ago I unroot it so I could update it's android to marshmallow. after unrooting, i receive the android update and everything was as normal as a fresh unrooted phone.
I was able to go to download mode when first my phone faced this problem. but now the download mode is not available
it says: failed to boot to download mode
press volume up or down to back to menu
this build is for
development purposes only
do not distribute outside of HTC
without HTC's written permission.
Failure to comply may
lead to legal action.
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This problem has been posted from time to time by other users - it often indicates a corrupt chip in the motherboard.
Depending on your SKU and whether or not there really is a hardware issue or not, it may be possible to apply an RUU, which would effectively restore your phone to factory state (though it will wipe your internal memory).
Please post your OS version, which will help us determine your phone's SKU.
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I took my m9 to HTC service center. he said that main chip must be replaced. after replacing the chip, he said that I need a dump.bin file and I do not have it. now after 3 months, my dear m9 is still on the service center . I search all over the net for the dump.bin file but there is nothing at all.
I do not even know what the hell is the dump.bin file. he said that your phone can boot but it will not have antenna without relevant dump file. I'm confused please help me
my phone model ID: 0PJA100
Did you give your phone to an official HTC service center? HTC should have the needed file so the fact that you should provide it to the service center confuses me a bit.
It's impossible to get that file (from a working phone) without a JTAG device and I doubt that many M9 owners have one since they're quite expensive. Sorry for the bad news.
Dear All,
I tried to restore from CM11 and did a sideload of latest amazon bin and that corrupted boot and device wont boot and to complicate the i some deleted the partitions with latest bin so the phone is stuck in Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 mode. Please can some one upload image of 32GB version US phone so i can boot this phone. There is no mode adb or fastboot mode as we corrupt. Only way is to use Qualcomm tools to restore partition table and image.
Please someone help with this.
Any help is much appreciated.
Regards
Sudhakar J
@ggow can you help him? @pipataki
I think that is the same problem I had with my first fire phone broken... but I didn't know how to restore it and finally, I left to use as restore any broken component of new one...
If I could do something, tell me... I don't have 32GB to share in Google Drive, but in pipataki.com I can use what I need... the problem is that is a local web server, so the internet speed is the same I have at home... about 1 mega of upload speed (100 kB/second)
http://www.androidbrick.com/unbrick...-have-the-right-kind-of-rom-qhsusb_dload_edl/
Is this what ar you trying to do? ...
Amazon Firephone Stuck in Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008
Dear Pipataki,
Yes that is what i am trying to do.
1. Is there a possibility of posting partition table and boot only
2. I can arrange for google drive if that will make it easy for you.
I checked in local stores no one has the same phone.
Regards
Sudhakar J
jsudhams said:
Dear Pipataki,
Yes that is what i am trying to do.
1. Is there a possibility of posting partition table and boot only
2. I can arrange for google drive if that will make it easy for you.
I checked in local stores no one has the same phone.
Regards
Sudhakar J
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I think that if I do a Factory Reset and try to copy and paste the the / dir, maybe you could have it... but the problem is how to copy.
With the shell beeing root user would be possible, I supose...
jsudhams said:
Dear All,
I tried to restore from CM11 and did a sideload of latest amazon bin and that corrupted boot and device wont boot and to complicate the i some deleted the partitions with latest bin so the phone is stuck in Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 mode. Please can some one upload image of 32GB version US phone so i can boot this phone. There is no mode adb or fastboot mode as we corrupt. Only way is to use Qualcomm tools to restore partition table and image.
Please someone help with this.
Any help is much appreciated.
Regards
Sudhakar J
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Do you need only /boot partition or all partittion tree?... I ask you because in my last ROMs, there is no boot.img , all is in a folder... so if you need the boot partition only unzip the rom and you have it, I supose...
I tried this morning to copy all the partition tree... but was inpossible, i have no idea how it could be done... but maybe using the folders of my ROM like partittion items would solve it... (I don't know another way to restore)... if you solve it, let me know... for try to repair the other fire phone broken I have...
Same Here
pipataki said:
I tried this morning to copy all the partition tree... but was inpossible, i have no idea how it could be done... but maybe using the folders of my ROM like partittion items would solve it... (I don't know another way to restore)... if you solve it, let me know... for try to repair the other fire phone broken I have...
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I have the same problem, trying to change the rom with ADB, never woke up again.
I thing the solution may be with something like this...
http://www.androidbrick.com/ultimat...s-are-unbrickable-qhsusb_dload_qpst_qfil_edl/
http://www.androidbrick.com/unbrick...-have-the-right-kind-of-rom-qhsusb_dload_edl/
I am not an expert, but there seems to be some programs from Qualcomm to flash the entire system. I guess that there must be some program also to extract the system from a working phone...
I will post any news.
gastonfama said:
I have the same problem, trying to change the rom with ADB, never woke up again.
I thing the solution may be with something like this...
http://www.androidbrick.com/ultimat...s-are-unbrickable-qhsusb_dload_qpst_qfil_edl/
http://www.androidbrick.com/unbrick...-have-the-right-kind-of-rom-qhsusb_dload_edl/
I am not an expert, but there seems to be some programs from Qualcomm to flash the entire system. I guess that there must be some program also to extract the system from a working phone...
I will post any news.
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The problem is that doesn't work sahara protocol to recover... I just try, but sahara fails...
it would work changing the battery and/or screen?...
I had the same thing
I have bricked two phones now trying to get out of this situation.
Under Linux all the Partitions are available for viewing and some are even RW enabled like system and boot etc etc
Pushing via dd a stock system.img and boot.img does not seem to get you out of this "emergency mode" for want of better wording
Sadly the sdcard is NOT RW but is RO and forcing RW only cause the phone to bootloop back to this "emergency mode" so I could not push the the stock update.bin thinking maybe it would automatically install it then reboot.
Since I did have a backup of most partitions using dd I flashed what I could and that blow the fuse so now I get nothing at all from the phone totally dead, not even seen or detected by the PC.....
So the score is 2 - 0 to Amazon so far.
Maybe everyone who's phone is warranted should brick them and send em back to Amazon for repair and keep doing it over and over so they will eventually release the proper tools, firmware and just maybe unlock the bootloader when they are sick of spending $10000's on repairs and shipping. :fingers-crossed:
bigrammy said:
I have bricked two phones now trying to get out of this situation.
Under Linux all the Partitions are available for viewing and some are even RW enabled like system and boot etc etc
Pushing via dd a stock system.img and boot.img does not seem to get you out of this "emergency mode" for want of better wording
Sadly the sdcard is NOT RW but is RO and forcing RW only cause the phone to bootloop back to this "emergency mode" so I could not push the the stock update.bin thinking maybe it would automatically install it then reboot.
Since I did have a backup of most partitions using dd I flashed what I could and that blow the fuse so now I get nothing at all from the phone totally dead, not even seen or detected by the PC.....
So the score is 2 - 0 to Amazon so far.
Maybe everyone who's phone is warranted should brick them and send em back to Amazon for repair and keep doing it over and over so they will eventually release the proper tools, firmware and just maybe unlock the bootloader when they are sick of spending $10000's on repairs and shipping. :fingers-crossed:
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If i was millionaire, i will buy all amazon fire phone's for 100$, but just who are in warranty. to brick them and send in warranty to [email protected] amazon company budget
ozan2 said:
If i was millionaire, i will buy all amazon fire phone's for 100$, but just who are in warranty. to brick them and send in warranty to [email protected] amazon company budget
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Ok... That's the problem, you are saying the pure true... If we had the bootloader unlocked at least we could repair by ourselves...
In my case, as not having support of Amazon in my country, I don't have another way that only buy pieces and pray... Because the shipment to send and return to reseller cost the same...
My amazon fire phone is left in the amazon logo
My amazon fire phone is left in the amazon logo, it does nothing more, than there will be a solution. Thank you. Greetings from Venezuela
rafael_79 said:
My amazon fire phone is left in the amazon logo, it does nothing more, than there will be a solution. Thank you. Greetings from Venezuela
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I have to replace motherboard, (and lower sensors, but these ones is because in the dissasembly broke)... so i think the only solution if is this type of brick is to buy a new moterboard, I hope to receive on monday the sensors, and fire again... but I will not spend more money with this phone...
(the motherboard is about 25$ more or less)
pipataki said:
I have to replace motherboard, (and lower sensors, but these ones is because in the dissasembly broke)... so i think the only solution if is this type of brick is to buy a new moterboard, I hope to receive on monday the sensors, and fire again... but I will not spend more money with this phone...
(the motherboard is about 25$ more or less)
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I currently have 2 Firephones 32GB unlocked, and I would like to just change the motherboard to get 64GB, so I would like to know where you bought this motherboard at such a cheap price of $ 25.00?
Also I would like to know if it is very complicated or difficult to change the motherboard of the Amazon Firephone?
ulises.rodriguez said:
I currently have 2 Firephones 32GB unlocked, and I would like to just change the motherboard to get 64GB, so I would like to know where you bought this motherboard at such a cheap price of $ 25.00?
Also I would like to know if it is very complicated or difficult to change the motherboard of the Amazon Firephone?
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in ebay, shipmentt not included... I only say the price without additional suplements like shipment or others (my motherboard is 32 GB)
seller:fine-part-gallery fire phone motherboard
put this in ebay app or via browser, and you have it... now is about 15$+11$(shipment)...
I think the fire is only in 16 or 32 GB, there isn't 64GB
about replacing it will do my cousin, who is the expert in electronik things of my family...
but is a bit complicated, openning first time, the lower sensors crash..
pipataki said:
in ebay, shipmentt not included... I only say the price without additional suplements like shipment or others (my motherboard is 32 GB)
seller:fine-part-gallery fire phone motherboard
put this in ebay app or via browser, and you have it... now is about 15$+11$(shipment)...
I think the fire is only in 16 or 32 GB, there isn't 64GB
about replacing it will do my cousin, who is the expert in electronik things of my family...
but is a bit complicated, openning first time, the lower sensors crash..
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Fire Phone is avaible in 32gb and 64gb only. Dynamic perspective sensors are problem because are sticked
Phone M8 Europe, OS 6.12.401.4
problem:
phone is unaccessible - Error: com.android.systemui stopped working
This happens after he (is not sure tho...) had his phone updating. It was not reacting, so he restarted several times. Finaly he got "preparing apps" (not sure about the english term for it, its appears after you update before you) what amde he think there were an update.
Now after you start the phone the message "com.android.systemui stopped working" appears over the lockscreen. The lockscreen is still visible, clock shows and is not frozen also i can see the statusbar, Volume keys are working too. When i click ok on that message the lockscreen disappears, i sometimes get some screen flickering seeing a background picture (my friend does not know this). Touch inputs not accepted or nothing happens, same for volume keys but i can push power and choose to restart, airplane mode, shutdown and touch-choose this. If i understand that problem right, its related to the homescreen, so if i somehow can bypass this the apps and menus and stetting will work fine.
Now there can be 2 reasons for that. First something went wrong while updating and restarting and second a problem with the launcher (Smart Launcher) he installed on the phone because he had trouble accessing the statusbar.
Now i want to access the phone without factory reset because of all the important apps/data stored and not backed up...
I cannot access via adb - no device shown, i think because of usb debugging not enabled.
Delete the cache did not solve it. I cannot clear Dalvik, HTC Recovery does not show that option. Also installing TWRP is not possible because i cant unlock the phone.
When i install a stock rom its the same like factory reset, right?
HTC Sync Manager will not find the device either.
I am out of options, maybe you have some ideas? Is it possible to fix this without losing all the data? Are there other ways to access the phone like plug in a keyboard and use key combination to try to get into a menu?
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I am out of options, maybe you have some ideas? Is it possible to fix this without losing all the data?
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Probably not. If the OS is not accessible, and the phone was not previously bootloader unlocked & TWRP, there is no way to retrieve the data.
You can run the RUU, which will probably repair whatever is wrong with the OS. But the RUU will wipe all data on the phone.
Either follow the instructions here, to run the RUU by htc_fastboot: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64926626&postcount=6
Or if you have an SD card, it may be easier to rename the RUU zip to 0P6BIMG.zip , put it on the SD card, insert in phone. Then restart to bootloader, and it should auto detect the zip and install it.
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maerzhase said:
Also installing TWRP is not possible because i cant unlock the phone.
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Don't know what you mean by "can't unlock the phone"
Does that mean you tried, but were not successful? If so, describe the exact steps you took, commands, and specific outputs, error messages, phone status that resulted, etc.
Probably bootloader unlock is perfectly possible, and you just aren't doing it 100% correct. Although the process to RUU is probably easier. Unless you also want to root, custom ROM, etc.
Also, unlocking the bootloader will wipe all data on the phone.
Thanks for your help redpoint73.
Apparently i did not properly read the "how to unlock/twrp", looks like i dont need to put the phone into usb debugging.... Nevertheless does the disclaimer on htcdev warn me about getting all user data deleted in the process :/
Biggest problem is to get the user data, but all solutions i found to get access to the phone involve clearing it. A factory reset will do the trick and she can use the phone again i guess, since the phone is not exactly bricked...more like softlocked. Everything seems to be running fine but the home/lock-screen. If that wont help i will run that RUU.
I will do some more research maybe i find some other solution to bypass it, if not i will we reset.
Also i dont understand how data can be so important that its a tragedy if its gone, but not important enough to backup. but thats not my problem.
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Also i dont understand how data can be so important that its a tragedy if its gone, but not important enough to backup.
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There is no such thing. If the data is important to you (your friend, etc.), back it up. It's that simple.
There is a variety of ways to backup, and a number of tools were preinstalled on the phone. So there was really no reason for your friend to not be backing up.
Searching for ways to retrieve the data after something goes wrong, is not good plan. The likely result is going to be regret. But I guess some folks need to learn the hard way!
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Apparently i did not properly read the "how to unlock/twrp", looks like i dont need to put the phone into usb debugging....
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You don't need debugging for fastboot commands; you only need it for adb commands. While adb and fastboot are related, there are important differences. Fastboot (not adb) is what is needed to unlock the bootloader or RUU.
You were right, i was not able to save any data. The problem itself was solved with a reset - phone working again, top of the screen still not accessible, prob. broken.