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Cant Unrbick Lenovo Vibe Shot Z90A40

Hi
I have tried a lot to unbrick my Lenovo Vibe Shot. Now I am helpless and looking for some workable solution:
I used Lenovo Smart Assistant to download a proper firmware so it turned out it is:
z90a40_USR_S363_1606250500_Q202533.1_ROW.zip
I tried to use Lenovo Smart drive assistant to update ROM or Device Rescue, but both wont detect phone
The phone default Lenovo recovery can be loaded by pressing VOL+, VOL- and power button, and then releasing power button
when logo appears. I used an Update.zip in 8GB mem card and used the option: ‘install update package’ then it complete the process 100% I was happy that I was going to get my phone unbrick
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but when it asked for reboot and I rebooted it, it vibrated
2 times, first it vibrated, and showed logo of Lenovo for 1 second then it vibrated long like 2/3 seconds and turned off. I repeated many times these steps but still it behaves same.
Another thing is after brick, it showed this in My Computer:
And with each new drive letter it shows following. I tried to format but it then says Write protected error.
Then tried 3 or 4 methods from following
https://boycracked.com/2016/02/07/stock-rom-frimware-lenovo-vibe-shot-z90/
I was just simply not able to use Qualcomm Lenovo HS-USB QDLoader 9008
as on all my PCs it is detecting as some Diagnostic 9006 version instead of above.
Tried on different PCs and ROMs/Firmwares titling Lenovo Vibe Shot, Either the following error or Delete drive layout comes.
Then I followed next method for QFIL but still it cannot download it.
Please help me how can get things right, I have tried on 3 PCs (2 of them were 32 bit windows, and a Win 10 laptop)
Still no luck

I have the same problem. tried everything, QFIL MiFlash Recovery. no luck. Partition tool does not delete the partition. tried deleting all of them and creating a new 1. nothing happened. the pc no longer detected the multiple write protected drives but the partition tool still does and when I plugged it in a different PC, the multiple write protected drives appeared again. Hope we find a solution for this. I haven't been sleeping that much for the past week because of this.

babui21 said:
I have the same problem. tried everything, QFIL MiFlash Recovery. no luck. Partition tool does not delete the partition. tried deleting all of them and creating a new 1. nothing happened. the pc no longer detected the multiple write protected drives but the partition tool still does and when I plugged it in a different PC, the multiple write protected drives appeared again. Hope we find a solution for this. I haven't been sleeping that much for the past week because of this.
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I figured it out from my semi-sleepless nights. But b4 the solution that worked for me, I had to
learn a lot out of my desperation to finally get it worked on the day I decided to hand over to
some technical guy from local market
The full comment form Francisco Kadzi helped me finally do it from following youtube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmMg00Wqabc&t=1s
Besides I had to take care of many things. First here are the things I was doing wrong:
- Not taking care of a heavily charged phone, I would try to unbrick after just 1 hour
or less charging from a total uncharged device.
- I was going to a backward step whenever I failed on something (Reboot in
fastboot mode, trying with QFIL etc.). Whereas many different forums (mainly XDA),
people were saying to try again and again.
- I was using improper ROMS or flash files my device was: Z90a40_USR_S363_1606250500_Q202533.1_ROW
- When I would see 9006 mode again I would be disappointed and would try different solution.
The correct thing to try was uninstall this driver and then connect the device again with
PC in fastboot mode .
Then I used Lenovo Smart Assistant and got this proper file:
Z90a40_USR_S363_1606250500_Q202533.1_ROW
OK read my first post to know what problems I faced, but at the end the multiple
partitions were not really the problem. The actual problem was getting 9008 mode
in Device Manager of my Windows 7. I always got it as Diagnostics 9006 mode. One
I started getting 9008, things went in my way gradually. So the person posting on
above comment from youtube link helped me
Am a happy fellow at the moment and will help anyone with same problem if needed
My email id is: usman400 on G Mail

usman400 said:
I figured it out from my semi-sleepless nights. But b4 the solution that worked for me, I had to
learn a lot out of my desperation to finally get it worked on the day I decided to hand over to
some technical guy from local market
The full comment form Francisco Kadzi helped me finally do it from following youtube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmMg00Wqabc&t=1s
Besides I had to take care of many things. First here are the things I was doing wrong:
- Not taking care of a heavily charged phone, I would try to unbrick after just 1 hour
or less charging from a total uncharged device.
- I was going to a backward step whenever I failed on something (Reboot in
fastboot mode, trying with QFIL etc.). Whereas many different forums (mainly XDA),
people were saying to try again and again.
- I was using improper ROMS or flash files my device was: Z90a40_USR_S363_1606250500_Q202533.1_ROW
- When I would see 9006 mode again I would be disappointed and would try different solution.
The correct thing to try was uninstall this driver and then connect the device again with
PC in fastboot mode .
Then I used Lenovo Smart Assistant and got this proper file:
Z90a40_USR_S363_1606250500_Q202533.1_ROW
OK read my first post to know what problems I faced, but at the end the multiple
partitions were not really the problem. The actual problem was getting 9008 mode
in Device Manager of my Windows 7. I always got it as Diagnostics 9006 mode. One
I started getting 9008, things went in my way gradually. So the person posting on
above comment from youtube link helped me
Am a happy fellow at the moment and will help anyone with same problem if needed
My email id is: usman400 on G Mail
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I had problem like you, and i couldnt solve it so i sent it to repair shop and waiting now to hear from them.
I managed to get 9008 port, tryed to downgrade, upgrade, flash would complete, i tried literaly all row and china rom, no way to boot up sucessfully.
I even flashed twrp and tryed cm rom and mokee, i could boot after lenovo sign.
But i have same situation like you, many partitions and thats all. I think problem is read only partitions...
Can you tell me what drivers did you use?

I was able to fix exactly same problem this morning an hour before important meeting. All contacts and location puns were on gdrive and hadn't slept full night. You need to download correct qualcom drivers. Enter in Google: android qualcom urdu checked. Inside the zip unpack "checked" folder, right click and select install all infs. Run adb reboot bootloader while phone attempts to boot, when command succeeds run adb reboot edl, or fastboot reboot-edl whichever works. Keep miflash open and refresh. Then you see a short Comm port name. Now shoot flash with any rom that you have. If you do Chinese version then SNAPit lags badly, install correct version.
To sum up, focus on implementing correct qualcom drivers. In windows 10 run command testsign off and reboot in advance.

Actually I bricked my phone a whole lot of times even after my post thats because once I knew that it is just soft bricked and I can get it back somehow, I got the confidence and tried advanced things that bricked my phone again and again
And it was only the recent time (around 3 weeks ago), that I figured the 100% working 9008 method for my phone
actually u have to drain the battery completely out then it will get 9008 mode to do it u shall try turning your phone on again and again so that battery goes off
For example: Press Power button for a few seconds to turn it on.
Or press 3 buttons at same time (VOL+, VOL- and Power), then release only Power button when you get vibration. Then after 2 seconds release both VOL buttons as well (this is for going to recovery mode)
This way you can drain all battery of phone, and you will know when the battery is all gone when you will press the Power button and phone will not show any LED light or screen light, it will just vibrate and will be off
Now you connect ur phone to PC in following way:
If at bricking you you were on Lollipop (Android 5): Pressing VOL+ key and plug the USB cable in WITHOUT PRESSING POWER BUTTON ! 9008 will open use Qfil to flash the ROM u want
OR If at bricking you were on Marshmallow (Android 6): Plug the USB cable in phone, then connect cable to PC and exactly at the same time press power button (some times u dont need to press power button so try with both options). Then if you see 9008 mode in Qfil, then immediately press the Download button in Qfil
If you see Qfil error then repeat the above process to get 9008 mode and use miflash instead of Qfil miflash worked for me better than Qfil from such situation as Qfil often gives error in between
And when you get the flashing 100% then phone will either auto restart or you have to restart it manually Using Qfil it shows u message when it is restarting the phone, and I think using miflash it just says process 100% complete then u have to restart phone yourself
Remember at this point (after restart) connect your phone charger properly in a electricity power socket instead of PC as the battery was already drained so you need to charge the device while it shows the long booting process due to new ROM flashed.
Good luck,

I had the same problem from two days my phone is bricked and when i connect it to my pc too many partitions appears and when flashing by miflash it says (incorrect function) and i tried too many methods without any good result
But I finally unbricked my vibe shot successfully
At first i downloaded Qualcomm Lenovo HS-USB QDLoader 9008 driver definition, i searched for it by google until i get a zip file with the driver definition. i installed it manually from device manager on computer when my phone was connected to pc.
After that i downloaded an official z90a40_s240 for flashing via Qfil.
Steps:
1- disconnect your phone
2- go to recovery mode by ( holding power button with volume+ and volume- at the same time) until booting to recovery mode.
3-In recovery mode chose English then power off
4- open Qfil and get it ready to flash the official firmware
5-connect the USB to your pc then keep holding volume up and connect your phone to USB.
6- your phone screen should be turned off, also the LED light and you should see 9008 mode
7- click to download button and the flashing will start.
And congratulations your phone unbricked successfully ?

I have facing same problem on my phone. Could you help to show me hơ to unbricked it . Thanks you so much.

Hardbricked, can't get into EDL mode anymore

Hi,
soo I wanted to go from a Android 6 RR ROM to the newest Android 9 one.
Flashed new TWRP, and then the ROM using TWRP. Didn't boot, I looked it up and found that I needed to flash a 2.5 or 3.5 ZUI first.
I tried flashing a 3.5 ROM for about 5 hours using QFIL, with various errors (pretty much tried everything).
I was finally able to flash it using a 2016 MiFlash version (it reported "success").
I then plugged out the phone and tried rebooting it. Now, whatever I do (even just plugging in the cable), it vibrates once, and then over and over again every 12 seconds or so. No LED flashes.
I tried every possible key combination to get it back into EDL, unsuccessfully (while having to disconnect the battery lead each time because I can't get it to turn off).
I would greatly appreciate any help, as I'm now completely lost here. I've never seen a phone that is able to be bricked that hard before.
Kind regards

I bricked my Z2 Plus on two separate occasions whilst trying to flash ROMs. The first time I was able to get into EDL mode using the hardware buttons on the device, but it was incredibly difficult and relied on precise timing because the device was stuck in a reboot loop to the bootloader screen, hence it kept switching off whilst trying to do the button combination.
The second time I bricked this phone, I was unable to get into EDL mode using the hardware buttons. So I had to resort to making a 'deep flash' cable using the USB Type-C cable that came with the device. You have to strip the coating off the cable and then stick a pin through two of the wires to force the phone into EDL mode.
There's a guide here that I used to help:
https://zukfans.eu/community/thread...-from-hard-brick-state-9008-mode-easily.3504/
Alternatively you can purchase a proper 'deep flash' EDL cable from somewhere like eBay or AliExpress. It's just a normal USB cable with a button on it that you can press to get into EDL mode. Hope this helps.

Thanks. I managed to get the phone into EDL mode by making the cable suggested, but I still find myself unable to flash anything properly. The port shows correctly as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (using Qualcomm driver 2.1.22).
I now tried flashing a 2.5 ROM and the 3.5 one again using MiFlash (version 2016.03.30.0) and it fails with various errors (Reached EOF while receiving hello packet etc.).
Trying to flash using QFIL (version 2.0.1.1, installed using QPST) gets me this error:
Code:
14:43:15: ERROR: function: sahara_rx_data:237 Unable to read packet header. Only read 0 bytes.
14:43:15: ERROR: function: sahara_main:924 Sahara protocol error
14:43:15: ERROR: function: main:303 Uploading Image using Sahara protocol failed
Download Fail:Sahara Fail:QSaharaServer Fail:Process fail
Finish Download
I already tried many of the steps suggested to fix that (like shortening the path etc.), but even before bricking I could only get past the Sahara Fail error a few times.
Thanks a lot

I tried again using MiFlash and it got to flashing but crashed in between with
Code:
Fatal Error(0x8000ffff: Send configure command)

d0ntflash said:
I tried again using MiFlash and it got to flashing but crashed in between with
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Install latest qfil ,load rom in it
Click on download as soon as phone boots to edl

JV Spartacus said:
Install latest qfil ,load rom in it
Click on download as soon as phone boots to edl
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I installed it from QPST.2.7.460.zip, is that the latest version?

d0ntflash said:
I installed it from QPST.2.7.460.zip, is that the latest version?
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I think QPST 2.7.474 is the latest. I would also recommended you use QFIL 2.0.1.9 instead of MiFlash. As JV mentioned you must start the flash process quickly after the phone enters EDL mode. If there's a delay then that can cause errors to appear.

Ok, this is the furthest I got so far:
https://pastebin.com/EQgXDwEe
And the last (relevant) lines from the mentioned logfile:
https://pastebin.com/3ZmMiBZA
Do I have a damaged image file? I downloaded it from this thread (This file: http://cdn.zui.lenovomm.com/downloa...SER_Q00030.1_O_ZUI_3.5.389_ST_180525_qpst.zip)
Thanks

Got a little further with the 2.5 Image, but not quite there yet:
https://pastebin.com/c0xGg2qy
Is it a connection problem?

I finally managed to flash 2.5 using QFIL and get the phone to boot again. Thank you very much!

This is how you make a proper "deep flash" cable guys
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d0ntflash said:
This is how you make a proper "deep flash" cable guys
Cheers!
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That's pretty good. You even managed to fit a button!

Since 3 days I could not be able to boot my zuk z2 plus, my phone is completely bricked now. Every time I press the power button of the phone it gives a small vibration and nothing cames out in the screen. It starts when I was in aex 5.8 rom and someone in xda provided a zui 2.5 rom ( twrp). I tried to flash it and it fails. I wipe the dalvik , cache and accidentally pressed reboot system and that thing is started. When I try to flash stock rom via qfil it always show as 900E port and when I press the download button it says, "fail to switch to edl" . Please help me . I need my phone back as soon as possible.

Rit2005 said:
Since 3 days I could not be able to boot my zuk z2 plus, my phone is completely bricked now. Every time I press the power button of the phone it gives a small vibration and nothing cames out in the screen. It starts when I was in aex 5.8 rom and someone in xda provided a zui 2.5 rom ( twrp). I tried to flash it and it fails. I wipe the dalvik , cache and accidentally pressed reboot system and that thing is started. When I try to flash stock rom via qfil it always show as 900E port and when I press the download button it says, "fail to switch to edl" . Please help me . I need my phone back as soon as possible.
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Hallo,
i am in the same circle. Cable with button = created, backcover of tablet = removed, in device manager showing only iagnostic 900E (never see 9008 or something else).
Rescue and Smart Assistant cannot switch tablet to EDL, cannot rescue, cannot flash stock...
2Rit2005: your tablet is ok right now?
2ALL: can someone help me, please?
Krabat

krabat said:
Hallo,
i am in the same circle. Cable with button = created, backcover of tablet = removed, in device manager showing only iagnostic 900E (never see 9008 or something else).
Rescue and Smart Assistant cannot switch tablet to EDL, cannot rescue, cannot flash stock...
2Rit2005: your tablet is ok right now?
2ALL: can someone help me, please?
Krabat
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I am having the same EDL problem on my ZUK Z2 Pro. Always 900E.
Screen is out. Buttons method doesn't work (holding Volume+ button for 15sec, pressing Power button for 0,5sec and pressing and holding it and finally plugging in the cable into USB port).
I have made the deep flash cable (I connect black and blue wires as I am left with pink and white), but I get notifications from windows 10 that it does not recognize the device when I have the wires connected ( I assume it is ok).
When I disconnect the wires I don't get 9008 in Device Manager ports.
Need help with that pretty please whoever can

Did I brick my Redmi Note 8 Ginkgo?

My device is a Note 8 Ginkgo, but for some reason TWRP recognize it as a Willow (Note 8T), so only allows me to flash Willow stuff (if I try to flash .zip for Ginkgo it shows me an error message saying that the device is a Willow).
To install TWRP first I flash the vbmeta.img.
I was able to install LineageOS 17 for Willow on it, and work without big issues (GCam doesn't work, but any other camera app does).
But I was trying to install a GSI LineageOS 17 ROM, and following a tutorial that teach how to flash a Android 10 GSI, I may have commit a huge mistake.
This tutorial guide to wipe everything expect Internal Storage and flash the firmware before the ROM, but I was afraid to wipe the Vendor layer/partition on TWRP, so I uncheck it and wipe the rest.
After wiping, I flash the firmware for Willow using TWRP and reboot.
When the device tried to reboot, it just blink a black screen for 1,5 second without anything appearing and turn off.
Trying to hold the power button lead to the same, but the device vibrate first.
Holding the power button plus volume down shows the Fastboot image for the same 1,5 second and turn off again.
If I connect it to the power cable, its stay with this behave in a loop, blinking the screen while the cable is on.
So, I don't know if the mistake I made was by flashing the Firmware without wiping Vendor, or if was because I flash the Firmware for Willow, or both, or because I use TWRP instead doing by Fastboot.
Just to clarify my question, did it is bricked or there is a solution?
A video of this behave down bellow.
https://youtu.be/B28Np_e2APs

Rodolfo Candido said:
My device is a Note 8 Ginkgo, but for some reason TWRP recognize it as a Willow (Note 8T), so only allows me to flash Willow stuff (if I try to flash .zip for Ginkgo it shows me an error message saying that the device is a Willow).
To install TWRP first I flash the vbmeta.img.
I was able to install LineageOS 17 for Willow on it, and work without big issues (GCam doesn't work, but any other camera app does).
But I was trying to install a GSI LineageOS 17 ROM, and following a tutorial that teach how to flash a Android 10 GSI, I may have commit a huge mistake.
This tutorial guide to wipe everything expect Internal Storage and flash the firmware before the ROM, but I was afraid to wipe the Vendor layer/partition on TWRP, so I uncheck it and wipe the rest.
After wiping, I flash the firmware for Willow using TWRP and reboot.
When the device tried to reboot, it just blink a black screen for 1,5 second without anything appearing and turn off.
Trying to hold the power button lead to the same, but the device vibrate first.
Holding the power button plus volume down shows the Fastboot image for the same 1,5 second and turn off again.
If I connect it to the power cable, its stay with this behave in a loop, blinking the screen while the cable is on.
So, I don't know if the mistake I made was by flashing the Firmware without wiping Vendor, or if was because I flash the Firmware for Willow, or both, or because I use TWRP instead doing by Fastboot.
Just to clarify my question, did it is bricked or there is a solution?
A video of this behave down bellow.
https://youtu.be/B28Np_e2APs
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Maybe you do have a Willow and not a ginkgo..
Try holding power button for 10 secs or something....also what happens if you press the vol up and power button

You use the buttons to go on the fastboot, what happen if you use the commands on adb fastboot.
If you are lucky and have access to the fastboot then your phone is totally salvable.
First you need to download an official fastboot rom (you need to be sure of your phone though check your box 8= Gingko 8t= willow)
I personally used this website and it did work (I got a Willow)
Willow: https://mirom.ezbox.idv.tw/en/phone/willow/
Ginkgo: https://mirom.ezbox.idv.tw/en/phone/ginkgo/
Then proceed to flash it using miflash.
I used this tutorial and it did fix my phone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBK-duw43BQ
Hope it will work. If you have access to fastboot and it is just the screen flickering it worth a try.
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If you don’t have access to the box another way to check what fastboot Rom to get is to look at the chin of the phone on the note 8T it is slightly bigger.
Check on those photos
Redmi Note 8 (Ginkgo)
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If you are not able to access fastboot or recovery mode then I am afraid that you have bricked your phone and the only way to repair it will be by going to the official service centre .
Also, please try to access the recovery mode (only saying this because you haven't talked about it). If you are able to enter into the recovery mode then the recovery process will be easy as you only have to wipe all partitions (including vendor) and installing a new ROM.

islander29 said:
You use the buttons to go on the fastboot, what happen if you use the commands on adb fastboot.
If you are lucky and have access to the fastboot then your phone is totally salvable.
First you need to download an official fastboot rom (you need to be sure of your phone though check your box 8= Gingko 8t= willow)
I personally used this website and it did work (I got a Willow)
Willow: https://mirom.ezbox.idv.tw/en/phone/willow/
Ginkgo: https://mirom.ezbox.idv.tw/en/phone/ginkgo/
Then proceed to flash it using miflash.
I used this tutorial and it did fix my phone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBK-duw43BQ
Hope it will work. If you have access to fastboot and it is just the screen flickering it worth a try.
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If you don’t have access to the box another way to check what fastboot Rom to get is to look at the chin of the phone on the note 8T it is slightly bigger.
Check on those photos
Redmi Note 8 (Ginkgo)
Redmi Note 8T (Willow)
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Nope lol, I have a Ginko and the chin is just as big as the willow image. The picture they used to advertise the Note 8 is fake, with a much smaller chin than reality.
A better test is whether it has a notification led. Willow does not have one

One more thing try to boot into fastboot mode even if your screen is turning on/off. This behaviour is may be because you have flashed willow firmware on ginkgo.
If your MI Flash tool is recognising your device then you can save your device.
Follow these steps to flash from fastboot mode.
https://c.mi.com/thread-1712713-1-1.html

Thank you guys for the response, but as I said, it doesn't enter neither Fastboot or Recovery. It behaves exactly the same when I try to boot, blinking the screen and turning off.
Asking for help in the amazing group in Telegram, a very helpful user said that could be Kernel Panic, and I should enter EDL mode to be able to fix.
He recommended to take the phone in a Service Center, where they could solve.
I will do that and post the results later.

I have the same problem that you, twrp says my device is willow, but in fact is ginkgo, hope you can solve your problem and someone someday figure out why this stupid device have an identity crisis

Rodolfo Candido said:
Thank you guys for the response, but as I said, it doesn't enter neither Fastboot or Recovery. It behaves exactly the same when I try to boot, blinking the screen and turning off.
Asking for help in the amazing group in Telegram, a very helpful user said that could be Kernel Panic, and I should enter EDL mode to be able to fix.
He recommended to take the phone in a Service Center, where they could solve.
I will do that and post the results later.
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Jos_Hdez22 said:
I have the same problem that you, twrp says my device is willow, but in fact is ginkgo, hope you can solve your problem and someone someday figure out why this stupid device have an identity crisis
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hope both of you flashed the latest recovery..if you have the older version then flash recovery.img via recovery itself and just select recovery partition while flashing...although I do know few other guys who have the same issue. I might know a workaround though..If you are absolutely sure it's a ginkgo, and you are flashing a ginkgo rom then in the rom.zip you can go to META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script->here remove the following line:
Code:
getprop("ro.product.device") == "ginkgo" || abort("E3004: This package is for \"ginkgo\" devices; this is a \"" + getprop("ro.product.device") + "\".");
Now recovery won't verify your device and you can flash the proper rom. Although don't extract your full rom.zip. Just open(not extract) with winrar, go to the mentioned path and extract the updater-script, make changes with notepad++ and drag the new modified updater-script back in the same path.
Alternatively you can visit service center but you cannot explain them this exact issue as unlocking bootloader/flashing roms/root=no warranty.So you might have to boot device in EDL mode or brick your device somehow so it's in edl mode and then visit service center(I STRONGLY DO NOT RECOMMEND BRICKING YOUR OWN DEVICE.)
Hope it helps for now
will update you if I find any proper solution.

Weird result actually

Bro I did the same mistake Did you made it to fix it I was reading something about buy a EDL cable or you can made your own in home( you will need a micro usb cable and type c adapter look for it how to make one in YouTube but in my country we are under Quarantine I cant get the goddam usb type c adapter well with that cable you boot in EDL Mode and mi flash will recognize your phone like qualcom port 9008 you will able to bring him back to life Hope this info help you In my case I need to wait the end of quarantine and buy my usb type c adapter to fix mine tell me if it work for you
Greetings from panama city stay safe
Sorry for.my crappy english with doesnt talk english here

jean000 said:
Bro I did the same mistake Did you made it to fix it I was reading something about buy a EDL cable or you can made your own in home( you will need a micro usb cable and type c adapter look for it how to make one in YouTube but in my country we are under Quarantine I cant get the goddam usb type c adapter well with that cable you boot in EDL Mode and mi flash will recognize your phone like qualcom port 9008 you will able to bring him back to life Hope this info help you In my case I need to wait the end of quarantine and buy my usb type c adapter to fix mine tell me if it work for you
Greetings from panama city stay safe
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EDL cable and everything won't work..better visit a service center.... Xiaomi has changed it's policies and you can't flash anything if your phone is in EDL mode...it requires authorized accounts which Xiaomi provides only to service centers..

the_weird_aquarian said:
EDL cable and everything won't work..better visit a service center.... Xiaomi has changed it's policies and you can't flash anything if your phone is in EDL mode...it requires authorized accounts which Xiaomi provides only to service centers..
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Bro I dont Know about your country but here in panama we are under quarantine everything its close and its going to be for a long long time and I live in panama there´s no oficial center here not yet

jean000 said:
Bro I dont Know about your country but here in panama we are under quarantine everything its close and its going to be for a long long time and I live in panama there´s no oficial center here not yet
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Like I said...EDL mode won't help you..trust me....you will gain nothing by buying that EDL cable or anything because you won't have an authorised account to flash..

I got the same problem... Any fix yet? Did you fix it?

same here, with a willow. Any solution?

Try the xiaomitool2

Authorized account for flashing ginkgo/another device t
JohnyVole said:
I got the same problem... Any fix yet? Did you fix it?
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U can send messages if U need Authorized account for flashing ginkgo/another device t.me/tesbot99

Question Oneplus 9 pro bricked, impossible to get to EDL

Hey all,
So i've unlocked by bootloader, flashed a custom recovery to then proceed with LineageOS flashing. However it went completely wrong as on reboot i'm stuck with the bootloader unlocked warning and then a blackscreen.
I still have access to fastboot mode however it's impossible to flash a customer recovery ("No Such Partition") and also impossible to directly "fastboot boot recovery.img" as the phone simply reboots on the warning and then blackscreen.
The only solution seems to get the device to qualcomm EDL mode and reflash all with the MSM tool (which I have as well as all the drivers) however I cannot get my Oneplus 9 pro to EDL mode...
I've tried all the fastboot commands (fastboot oem EDL, fastboot reboot EDL, none of them work) as well as the combination volume UP + volume DOWN + plugging the cable (it just boots the fastboot mode.
Honestly would greatly appreciate any help as it is the first time in a decade I hard bricked a phone like this as it seems all the partitions are broken.

Make sure you have it unplugged when you do the button combos, as it will just start to boot while it's plugged in. Also, if you can reach fastboot, you can almost definitely reach EDL. Try unplugging and holding power+vol up for a bit which forces it to completely power off. Then try getting into EDL through the normal button combo/plugging. This is what I had to do since once it got into the booting/no-booting cycle I couldn't get to EDL.

1] Make sure you have it connected directly to your computer via USB port rather than via a USB Hub, I've seen that cause the device not to show up in the device manager.
2] You might have to restart your computer with driver signing disabled, check here for instructions for that
3] I've uploaded the Qualcomm drivers here
4] Make sure you use POWER + VOL DOWN + VOL UP and watch your device manager to see if the device is there
5] Make sure you choose the correct MSM tool from here for your region/provider
6] Remember to use MsmDownloadTool V4.0.exe, choose "User type : Others" and choose the correct device/region under the top "Target" dropdown.
7] If you don't see any COM device showing connected then try changing USB port or rebooting the device back into EDL mode.

Good advice above.
Last time I couldn't reach EDL with my previous phone, it turned out to be an issue with the drivers I had installed. I uninstalled all Android-related drivers including some generic thing that showed up in device manager when plugging in the phone, then reinstalled the latest Qualcomm drivers.
Also possibly try a different USB cable if you have one. My OP9P didn't show up when the cable it came with was plugged into my USB-C port for some reason, but it worked fine with a generic Type-A to C cable I had sitting around.

Thanks a lot for the different guidelines !
i'm 100% sure the drivers are working. I have another oneplus 9 pro that is detected when booted on EDL mode on the PC. The faulty one however cannot reach it. Also it cannot get any charge as whenever I plug it on it just goes on a boot loop. Tried to leave it to charge for a full night but still shows the "out of battery logo" with the red cable.
When plugged to the PC while pressing VOLUME UP + VOLUME DOWN I keep getting the windows sound of device plugged/unpluged, etc etc...
To be honest I think the flashing messed up the partitions as it is now hard to do anything with this device...

Tornadeur said:
Thanks a lot for the different guidelines !
i'm 100% sure the drivers are working. I have another oneplus 9 pro that is detected when booted on EDL mode on the PC. The faulty one however cannot reach it. Also it cannot get any charge as whenever I plug it on it just goes on a boot loop. Tried to leave it to charge for a full night but still shows the "out of battery logo" with the red cable.
When plugged to the PC while pressing VOLUME UP + VOLUME DOWN I keep getting the windows sound of device plugged/unpluged, etc etc...
To be honest I think the flashing messed up the partitions as it is now hard to do anything with this device...
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I can fix it bro pm me telegram .. @Hunar71

Hunar999 said:
I can fix it bro pm me telegram .. @Hunar71
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Can you help me too, I have exactly the same problem…

If you use Windows, you need to see "QDLOADER 9008" in Device Manager > Portable Devices.
When you got this it will work, 100% .
It worked for me a few days ago. My laptop runs on Windows 11 x64. And only have usb 3.0. NO usb 2.0.

was having the hardest time as well, it's not that the device wasn't going to EDL mode, it was but it had the wrong driver installed, thus making MSM tool not detect it in time, it is a very small window that you have where the device goes into EDL mode and the MSM tool detects it, makes a handshake with it and starts the process, but if you have the wrong driver, MSM tool will not detect the device and the device will just turn back into fastboot mode, I'm attaching a picture of the device manager where the said driver is under "Ports" ( COM & LTP ) make sure you download the above mentioned drivers, if there is any other driver under Ports, uninstall it and whenever you plug in your phone with the VOL + VOL - combo, you will see the device appear under PORTS, upgrade the currently installed driver for the one called qcmdm.inf which you'll find after you extract the .cab file that you downloaded previously, after that open MSM Tool and hit start, the port number should match the one on the device manager, now unplug the cable from your phone, power it off and do the button combination and then plug in the cable, MSM should instantly recognize the device and start the restoration.

Alberhasky said:
was having the hardest time as well, it's not that the device wasn't going to EDL mode, it was but it had the wrong driver installed, thus making MSM tool not detect it in time, it is a very small window that you have where the device goes into EDL mode and the MSM tool detects it, makes a handshake with it and starts the process, but if you have the wrong driver, MSM tool will not detect the device and the device will just turn back into fastboot mode, I'm attaching a picture of the device manager where the said driver is under "Ports" ( COM & LTP ) make sure you download the above mentioned drivers, if there is any other driver under Ports, uninstall it and whenever you plug in your phone with the VOL + VOL - combo, you will see the device appear under PORTS, upgrade the currently installed driver for the one called qcmdm.inf which you'll find after you extract the .cab file that you downloaded previously, after that open MSM Tool and hit start, the port number should match the one on the device manager, now unplug the cable from your phone, power it off and do the button combination and then plug in the cable, MSM should instantly recognize the device and start the restoration.
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Yeah make sure it's exactly the same name of that driver - worked for me on oneplus 9

If you have access to fastboot still. Try switching slots. Then going into EDL

For anyone looking for help, please DM me.

djsubterrain said:
1] Make sure you have it connected directly to your computer via USB port rather than via a USB Hub, I've seen that cause the device not to show up in the device manager.
2] You might have to restart your computer with driver signing disabled, check here for instructions for that
3] I've uploaded the Qualcomm drivers here
4] Make sure you use POWER + VOL DOWN + VOL UP and watch your device manager to see if the device is there
5] Make sure you choose the correct MSM tool from here for your region/provider
6] Remember to use MsmDownloadTool V4.0.exe, choose "User type : Others" and choose the correct device/region under the top "Target" dropdown.
7] If you don't see any COM device showing connected then try changing USB port or rebooting the device back into EDL mode.
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Thanks a lot man. Saved my Day. First 9Pro successfully restored ;-) Thank you and merry Christmas to all.

Guys I do not need to use the MSM Tool Anywhere until I reach the step where my device is being successfully detected as "QDLOADER 9008" in my windows device manager correct?
Or does the MSM Application need to be running when I reboot to EDL mode?
I am following this guide.
Please help

I always have phone powered off, and while holding both volume keys I plug it into USB cord(that is already plugged to pc) and then click on enum(button in msm screen) until it says connected then hurry and click start. Once it starts I can let go of volume keys.. Also more than likely u will need to click the box to "use lite firehose" or "Sahara communicaion" will keep failing.

make sure you have oneplus 9 pro drivers and " qaulcomm incorporated - Ports" Driver) and ("qaulcomm communications inc-Net" Driver) so your phone in edl which will be already most likely be running before you plug it in. just hold down both volume buttons and plug in to the usb port to your pc and release once plugged in and start the msm tool and hit enum it should say connect provided that you have all the necessary drivers above so the pc usb port will be able to communicate/recognize you device. its never usually A 1 and done type of thing. everytime i brick my phone its always the 100th try before i get a com port connected and the software communicating successfully, so just be patient and take your time. you will get it back up and running,

Hey, I wanted to ask in here instead of starting a new thread.
Right now I have an OP9p that wont boot to EDL (Only fastboot or Corrupt page)
I tried the fastboot commands but it won't work and it won't shut down, I have fixed multiple phones using MSM and know all the small issues and how to get around them but it's the first time finding a device that won't shut down and will keep rebooting tried volume up + Power for several seconds tried holding only power or the three.
Nothing it keeps rebooting and won't shut down for me to get into EDL.
Any ideas?
Thanks

awsan said:
Hey, I wanted to ask in here instead of starting a new thread.
Right now I have an OP9p that wont boot to EDL (Only fastboot or Corrupt page)
I tried the fastboot commands but it won't work and it won't shut down, I have fixed multiple phones using MSM and know all the small issues and how to get around them but it's the first time finding a device that won't shut down and will keep rebooting tried volume up + Power for several seconds tried holding only power or the three.
Nothing it keeps rebooting and won't shut down for me to get into EDL.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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how can I get oneplus 9 pro into edl mode while it's refusing to turn off? keep in mind that I can't use adb. but was able get fastboot devices command to work and I did not use any third party roms, didn't unlock the bootloader, and do not have...
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awsan said:
Hey, I wanted to ask in here instead of starting a new thread.
Right now I have an OP9p that wont boot to EDL (Only fastboot or Corrupt page)
I tried the fastboot commands but it won't work and it won't shut down, I have fixed multiple phones using MSM and know all the small issues and how to get around them but it's the first time finding a device that won't shut down and will keep rebooting tried volume up + Power for several seconds tried holding only power or the three.
Nothing it keeps rebooting and won't shut down for me to get into EDL.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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Well you have a corrupted boot.img or you would not be trying to edl. Also you probably are holding down multiple buttons to power off to your phone and your either not remembering or forgot that these combination of buttons are booting you into other modes fastboot, recovery or system.

Question Need help unbricking -> EDL not accessible for MSM

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Hi all,
Just bricked my Phone and can't access MSM. Hope you can help me. I will try to be very clear on the steps I took to get to this point.
Device: EU OnePlus 9 Pro
What is was trying to do: Go from rooted C.47 to Pixel Entended ROM
What I did:
Code:
Unrooted using Magisk uninstall option
Updated to c.48 through OTA
Go to lineageOS page on how to ensure all firmware partitions are consistent
very stupidly did not flash dtbo and vendor boot partition
did adb reboot fastboot in stead of abd reboot bootloader
Download the "lineage-19.1-20220701-recovery-lemonadep.img" and tried to temporaryly flash it by
fastboot flash boot <recovery_filename>.img
This resulted in the device getting stuck on the 1+ boot logo.
I can still force turn it off by holding Volume Up + Power.
When I try to access EDL by turned off and Vol UP + Vol Down + Plug and release, My PC makes a connection sound and the screen stay black for a while. After +- 10 seconds, the PC makes a disconnection sound and the phone boots up and gets stuck again on the 1+ bootup icon.
Also my phone won't stay turned off when plugged in the charger or pc

Yes, but what is it presenting as (i.e. EDL, fastboot, ADB, UMS...) when it connects?
If this is Windows, UsbLog.exe is handy to identify things popping up (as long as they have drivers installed).
For a list of devices that have ever tried to connect, try "enumusb.exe /l".
Both available here: https://www.temblast.com/windows.htm

Renate said:
Yes, but what is it presenting as (i.e. EDL, fastboot, ADB, UMS...) when it connects?
If this is Windows, UsbLog.exe is handy to identify things popping up (as long as they have drivers installed).
For a list of devices that have ever tried to connect, try "enumusb.exe /l".
Both available here: https://www.temblast.com/windows.htm
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I will try this

I found the issue:
> EDL exits after 10 seconds if it is not captured by the MSM tool.
> The MSM tool only monitored 4 of my 10 USB ports
> So it was not captured because I was plugged in to an unmonitored USB port and rebooted after 10 seconds
> I have successfully used the MSM tool now

Oh! A bit off-topic, but I have never understood why EDL is commonly used over a "serial" port.
The interface that EDL presents is a generic USB bulk interface with two endpoints. You can use it just like that.
But no. They have to use a Qualcomm driver that makes it look like a "serial" port and then you can connect to that.
Me? I use a generic "WinUSB" Zadig driver. I have an EDL client that just connects to that fine.
So does the Python client implementation.
Also, I've never run into that 10 second timeout.

TraktorHenk said:
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Hi all,
Just bricked my Phone and can't access MSM. Hope you can help me. I will try to be very clear on the steps I took to get to this point.
Device: EU OnePlus 9 Pro
What is was trying to do: Go from rooted C.47 to Pixel Entended ROM
What I did:
Code:
Unrooted using Magisk uninstall option
Updated to c.48 through OTA
Go to lineageOS page on how to ensure all firmware partitions are consistent
very stupidly did not flash dtbo and vendor boot partition
did adb reboot fastboot in stead of abd reboot bootloader
Download the "lineage-19.1-20220701-recovery-lemonadep.img" and tried to temporaryly flash it by
fastboot flash boot <recovery_filename>.img
This resulted in the device getting stuck on the 1+ boot logo.
I can still force turn it off by holding Volume Up + Power.
When I try to access EDL by turned off and Vol UP + Vol Down + Plug and release, My PC makes a connection sound and the screen stay black for a while. After +- 10 seconds, the PC makes a disconnection sound and the phone boots up and gets stuck again on the 1+ bootup icon.
Also my phone won't stay turned off when plugged in the charger or pc
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Your phone needs to be in OFF state mode when you're using EDL.
So, very simple:
Enter bootloader mode by holding both volume buttons with the power button together till your phone restarts and enters the bootloader.
From the bootloader screen you can use the volume buttons to navigate through the choices and you can select "Switch off".
When you complete this, you need to hold both volume buttons, and while holding them connect the cable (PC).
If you don't have or you don't have the correct Qualcomm EDL drivers installed, your phone will reboot or start to boot, it won't stay in EDL mode for longer than 10 seconds.
I also got the correct drivers for you, but you need to install the drivers manually while your device is in "EDL" mode, so, you need to be a bit "fast".
I have even a video for you, but need to upload it to YouTube so you can watch it.
I'll share you here the drivers just in case if you're familiar with a manual installation of the drivers.

ekin_strops said:
Your phone needs to be in OFF state mode when you're using EDL.
So, very simple:
Enter bootloader mode by holding both volume buttons with the power button together till your phone restarts and enters the bootloader.
From the bootloader screen you can use the volume buttons to navigate through the choices and you can select "Switch off".
When you complete this, you need to hold both volume buttons, and while holding them connect the cable (PC).
If you don't have or you don't have the correct Qualcomm EDL drivers installed, your phone will reboot or start to boot, it won't stay in EDL mode for longer than 10 seconds.
I also got the correct drivers for you, but you need to install the drivers manually while your device is in "EDL" mode, so, you need to be a bit "fast".
I have even a video for you, but need to upload it to YouTube so you can watch it.
I'll share you here the drivers just in case if you're familiar with a manual installation of the drivers.
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Thanks for the help. The problem ended up to be a bit different than this for me, but this is a good post for anyone to find in the future!