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Hard Brick? Maybe my exp could help!!

Few Days Back While updating to Android M, My zenfone 2 551 2gb(Rooted-was on Russian Bear Rom) got Hard Bricked due to wrong flashing procedure.
Symptoms : 1.Getting only Asus Screen(rebooting after 5min)
2. No fastboot, No recovery, None keys Combination Worked.
The only thing was left to follow xFSTK tutorial : http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/guide-brick-soft-hard-bricked-zenfone-2-t3284256
Problems Faced : 1. Moorefield was showing only few second.---After installing intelSoc Driver. To install/detect moorefield--connect phone via cable, pess power button for 10 sec(it vl get switched off completely) and then press power button for 4-5 sec--and let moorefield driver to get install.
2.Continue to OS problem : To solve this , use ifwi.bin from the mm zip , then it vl not show error.
After that fastboot interface would be seen with serial number 01234....
download raw firmware load it with asus flash tool, it vl execute some command and vl keep flashing , close it after 15-20min.
Restart ur bootloader , the actual serial key would be displayed.
After that flash these via adb(these files should be from mm zip)
fastboot flash splashimage splashimage.img
fastboot fastboot flash droidboot.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
then restart to recovery and flash mm via adb sideload.
hope this helps.
I was able to fix my phone by this.

ROOT Elephone S7 4gb on Windows 10x64 at last!

For those that, like me, could not get driver recognition on the latest Win 10 x64 no matter what you tried. And ,yes, using every tutorial I could find on this and two "other Forums". Odin failed to see my device (still can't) Cydia impactor allows rebooting into fastboot and D/L but doesn't connect in either alt. mode. Yes, drivers all removed and replaced in varying states (usbdeview, etc.).
But ADB/Fastboot works!
Make sure you have your adb/fastboot drivers installed universally (Check this Fabulous Forum)
Download device-specific TWRP - I used this one for the 4gb version - https://www.dropbox.com/s/b7u3k1mgpppxlyx/recovery.img?dl=0
L.Shift-R. click in the folder you downloaded to (Open Command Window Here) - "adb devices" (to make sure device registers) then - "adb reboot bootloader" gets you into fastboot. - "fastoot boot {your-recovery-name}.img"
I got a fully functional TOUCH CAPABLE TWRP. Which I proceeded to load this - https://www.dropbox.com/s/j1owqv7mjkdpo75/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip?dl=0 - and, VOILA! ROOT!!

I had similar issues with my laptop and drivers. Used a friend laptop in the end to "see" the phone and install twrp.
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When I try to boot the recovery.img with fastboot it says that my OEM is locked. I check OEM unlock in developer options, then I do: adb reboot bootloader, then fastboot oem unlock. A warning appears saying to press VOLUME UP button to continue, voiding the warranty or VOLUME DOWN to go back. I try to press VOLUME UP and nothing happens... how did you do it?

vaskovass said:
When I try to boot the recovery.img with fastboot it says that my OEM is locked. I check OEM unlock in developer options, then I do: adb reboot bootloader, then fastboot oem unlock. A warning appears saying to press VOLUME UP button to continue, voiding the warranty or VOLUME DOWN to go back. I try to press VOLUME UP and nothing happens... how did you do it?
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Hi there, I have the same issue. No success

I found a way, instead of volume up, use the home button this worked for me.. however after I unlocked the OEM and flashed TWRP the phone didn't want to boot anymore. It was stuck on Elephone logo with warning: "Orange State: The phone has been unlocked and can't be trusted. Your device will boot in 5s", however it didn't boot and stayed like that for almost an hour. Had to flash back the stock firmware to boot. Tried 1 more time the procedure to root but again the same. Maybe I do something wrong?

stock fw flash back
Hi, please can you help me with how you flashed back the stock firmware?
I get an error message with twrp : invalid zip file format.
Thank you in advance!

dnsgtr said:
Hi, please can you help me with how you flashed back the stock firmware?
I get an error message with twrp : invalid zip file format.
Thank you in advance!
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I read somewhere the is a zip inside the update.zip & is that one that is flash able with twrp.
Have a look

During the main time I managed to flash the 0218 stock rom.
I still got the orange message but the phone finally boot. Then I just called the twrp recovery img via atb. I did nothing only touch the reboot in the twrp screen and since then "Orange status...." again.
May be the twrp recovery img is not the right one...

Bad command "fastoot boot {your-recovery-name}.img"
after OEM alow (informacion phone/compilacion number touch fast 9 times/access/alow oem)
fastboot oem unlock
"fastboot boot {your-recovery-name}.img" for me is fastboot boot recovery.img and all OK
bat still not working (phone not thrust unlocked bootloader cleaning data in 5..4..3..2..1.. and rebot)

Mixed Nougat/Oreo partitions

My Honor 7x (BND-L21) is totally bricked for the moment. I think there is Nougat and Oreo partitions at the same time because of Huawei Multi-Tool. Now I can't boot into recovery/eRecovery and the device stucks in the splash screen (bootloader unlocked). I think I have to rewrite all the partitions but I don't know how to do it... If anybody has a solution it will be greatly appreciated, I tried for 1 week!

If your device has a locked bootloader or frp follow these steps
First of charge your device for 1 hour in whatever mode it is..
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=11050483647474828964
Then download the service rom from the above link
Extract the contents of the downloaded file. Copy the dload folder from the extracted files to a sdcard.. (Directly to it not on any directory)
Insert the sd card..
Press all the buttons until the emui logo comes.
After the flashing reaches 100 percent.. Reboot the device unlock the oem in developer option..
Step-2 (Computer)
Download adb drivers and fastboot and install them.
Download complete ota package for your device (make sure you have the correct build number because service rom has a different build number ) (download size will be above 2gb)
Extract all downloaded zip files. Then using huawei firmware extractor extract all contents of the update. app files.. (one update. App file in each zip files)
Copy
kernel. Img
Ramdisk. Img
System. Img
Cust. Img
Version. Img
Vendor. Img
And version. Img to the folder having adb files. And version and vendor files to sd card
//Make sure that the complete ota package you downloaded matches the os before the software brick(noughat or oreo) //
Open the adb folder and do shift plus right click to open command window there and connect your device in fastboot mode to pc
Use the below commands one by one each after completion
Fastboot devices(show your device if its connected)
Fastboot oem unlock (code obtained from huawei unlock page)
#factory rest occur
After tha enter fastboot mode again
Step-3
Fastboot flash ramdisk ramdisk.img
Fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery_ramdisk. Img
Fastboot flash system system. Img
Fastboot flash cust cust.img
Flash twrp using
Fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk twrp. img
Boot your device to recovery mode.( Volume up plus power)
Flash version. Img to version partition and vendor. Img to vendor partition
If you want stock recovery back
Boot into fastboot mode
Enter the command
fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery_ramdisk. Img
And do a reboot
Relock bootloader upto your wish..
Better keep oem unlocked in developer options
If you have both unlocked bootloader and frp follow from step 2
I heard huawei discontinued the unlock page
In that case use dc unlocker to find the code
It will cost some money
All credits to @mrmazak

Thank you I will try this but the dload method didn't worked when I tried 4 days ago...

I can't go into dload update mode (when I hold all the physical buttons the phone restarts and this appears (picture 1) and got stuck on this screen).
Also I don't know why but the phone doesn't charge, when I unplug it after 1h of charge, it shows the critical battery screen (picture 2) and it goes off...
Any help is reaaly appreciated!

Any other ideas?

gabrce said:
Any other ideas?
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Though situation, if not charging. Bit to verify, try different cable and charging brick to make sure.

I changed twice the cable and nothing change...
Is there a method to factory reset the device in fastboot mode?

Maybe I should try HWOTA8?

gabrce said:
Maybe I should try HWOTA8?
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Will need to de able to boot twrp for hwota to work.

So what should I do? Is there a method to flash twrp without fail? Because I can't boot into it...

gabrce said:
So what should I do? Is there a method to flash twrp without fail? Because I can't boot into it...
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If battery is not charging, then it will not take a flash.
You can maybe try remove back cover and unplug battery, then reconnect see if it will take a charge.
As for your question about resetting with fastboot. You can wipe data, and maybe format system also. But I don't think that will help you.

My friend is asking help. His situation is similar. The phone is honor 6x.
My opinion is that something wrong with boot partition. you can ask some body extract the boot image from another phone. Then run "fastboot flash boot_ramdisk boot.img".
Hope it helps

Thank you for your answer.
This command didn’t work.
My phone got stuck for one month now...I’m desesperate...

gabrce said:
Thank you for your answer.
This command didn’t work.
My phone got stuck for one month now...I’m desesperate...
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I try to help again.
Describe problem please
As I recall it is as follows
** Phone working,
** Attempts some backup or restore using multi-tool
** This made phone no longer boot
**Possible that nougat images flashes to Oreo partition tanle (or visa- versa)
**Now no recovery or erecovery will even boot.
**Also phone shuts off with low battery as soon as cable unplugged.
If this is the case, I see no way forward. Because the battery needs to hold something in order for flashing to complete

Zenfone 3 deluxe bootloop problem after update

Hello,
I searched for this problem but i dont see any posts that is related to this. So i got my deluxe, its ZS750kl 2.15 6gb ram unit with nougat OS and it was working well. Last february 2018, it got its automatic system update for Taiwan CHT VoLTE support and battery optimization. A day after the update, it suddenly went into bootloop. My unit is not rooted, running with stock nougat OS with locked bootloader. It was never modified in any form. I do some observations and i noticed that sometimes it boots normally so i successfully done a factory reset but the same problem existed. I cant do a hard reset via vol. down+power since i have a locked bootloader. I am new with fastboot method and i dont know if it will help me solve the problem so i left it untouched from March until this week. Same problem still exist even the battery is totally drained over time.
Is there someone here with the same problem? Is there a possibility of system rollback before the february update?can i flash nougat stock rom hoping it will revert back to the previous OS without VoLTE support? I think the bootloop issue is with that update, since i saw some posts with the same problem but it was after the oreo update, not the same as mine so i concluded that the problem lies somewhere in between the feb. update and the oreo update.
I hope some will look into this and help me or guide me to step by step flashing of nougat stockrom using fastboot. Sorry, im new with the method, i usually flash through twrp but i cant because of locked bootloader.
Thank you in advance,hope you can help me with my problem.
Model: ZS750KL
Ram: 6gb
Frequency: 2.15
Firmware: WW_5.17.44.87_20180222
Location: Philippines

Hi there,
I hope I can post this here.
I don't have an answer but I have a similar problem. The Phone will not start anymore. I ran into bootloop and only fastboot is working.
Any thing i can do?

Hello,
Im looking for a solution too, my phone got bootloop only fastboot is working, partition protected, phone is locked i cannot put even in recovery mode. Any help would be really appricated.
Cheers.

Hey all,
These instructions are assuming you have a 2.15ghz 570KL. I'm not responsible if your phone gets bricked any further.
Grab the standalone adb/fastboot tools
https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
Grab recovery.img from 15.0210.1808.70, grab twrp-3.2.3-0-Z016-20181014.img
https://mega.nz/#F!EkFF1CJD!C8o2wXMARW3YJFOipDttbA
Grab the latest official update, make sure it's the right frequency (2.15ghz in this case)
https://www.asus.com/us/Phone/ZenFone-3-Deluxe-ZS570KL/HelpDesk_Download/
Move everything into an accessible folder
Copy the internals of the adb/fastboot such that twrp-3.2.3-0-Z016-20181014.img and fastboot.exe are in the same folder
Copy recovery.img to an sd card
Copy the official update to the same sd card
Put it in the phone
Open command prompt
Navigate to the folder using cd [filepath]
Example:
cd c:/users/MyUser/Desktop/Folder
run the following command
fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3-0-Z016-20181014.img
Boot phone to fastboot mode
Plug it in and pray.
It should boot into TWRP. Go to install, click the checkmark to switch from zip to images, then find Recovery.img. It should be located in the external_sd. Flash that to the recovery partition.
Reboot back into recovery (Power+Vol Down)
If it boots into a screen that says No Command! it means it was flashed successfully
Spam volume up, volume down, and power until the screen recovery loads
If it doesn't load after a few presses, do a hard reset (Power + Vol Down)
Try again until it works
Install the official update
Reboot and your phone should work again.
Good luck.

asianflipboy said:
Hey all,
These instructions are assuming you have a 2.15ghz 570KL. I'm not responsible if your phone gets bricked any further.
Move everything into an accessible folder
Copy the internals of the adb/fastboot such that twrp-3.2.3-0-Z016-20181014.img and fastboot.exe are in the same folder
Copy recovery.img to an sd card
Copy the official update to the same sd card
Put it in the phone
Open command prompt
Navigate to the folder using cd [filepath]
Example:
cd c:/users/MyUser/Desktop/Folder
run the following command
fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3-0-Z016-20181014.img
Boot phone to fastboot mode
Plug it in and pray.
It should boot into TWRP. Go to install, click the checkmark to switch from zip to images, then find Recovery.img. It should be located in the external_sd. Flash that to the recovery partition.
Reboot back into recovery (Power+Vol Down)
If it boots into a screen that says No Command! it means it was flashed successfully
Spam volume up, volume down, and power until the screen recovery loads
If it doesn't load after a few presses, do a hard reset (Power + Vol Down)
Try again until it works
Install the official update
Reboot and your phone should work again.
Good luck.
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Hello There,
Thank you for tut*, do you have or know any method about i have exact same phone model but its stuck on boot and keep restarting, no recovery mode available only i can put in fastboot mode when i try to flash or anything it said partition protected... any help would be really appricated.
Cheers.

same problem, I have also opened a new thread but I have not received a reply.
In all cases following this mini-guide I am stopped at the boot twrp command. I'm getting unsigned file error.
I tried the original recovery (taken from the user link above) and the phone gets stuck on the android logo with a red triangle of danger.
ideas?

How did you unlock your bootloader? i cant follow the instructions given because my bootloader is not yet unlocked.

has anyone gotten the steps above to work without unlocking the bootloader?

[HELP] magisk_patched 10.3.3 (Indian version) needed

Hello every body
i cant find the magisk_patched 10.3.3 (Indian version), i searched every were but unfortunately i couldn't find it, i also try to extracted the boot.img from the update zip through payload dumper and then batch it on old nexus 6 device which is retired as workaround solution then try to flash the file via fastboot but it keeps looping at fastboot screen
please help guy i need the magisk_patched 10.3.3 (Indian version) file so my phone work back to normal
any help is highly appreciated
God bless you all

suhb20 said:
Hello every body
i cant find the magisk_patched 10.3.3 (Indian version), i searched every were but unfortunately i couldn't find it, i also try to extracted the boot.img from the update zip through payload dumper and then batch it on old nexus 6 device which is retired as workaround solution then try to flash the file via fastboot but it keeps looping at fastboot screen
please help guy i need the magisk_patched 10.3.3 (Indian version) file so my phone work back to normal
any help is highly appreciated
God bless you all
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from Next time do this,
Don't ever flash some random Boot image from Internet, just boot it -
In short -
Get a recently magisk patched boot image (either recent beta or recent stable build patched boot image)
Connect your phone to PC
now reboot to bootloader and run this command,
fastboot boot magisk_patched.img
Don't flash boot image
Install Magisk manager and from it select Install > Direct install
Reboot
But since you have already flashed the wrong one. Here , flash the magisk_patched boot img of 10.3.3 Indian Build -
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=8889791610682876433
Note : I am not responsible if anything goes wrong, Flash it at your own risk.

Aswin08 said:
from Next time do this,
Don't ever flash some random Boot image from Internet, just boot it -
In short -
Get a recently magisk patched boot image (either recent beta or recent stable build patched boot image)
Connect your phone to PC
now reboot to bootloader and run this command,
fastboot boot magisk_patched.img
Don't flash boot image
Install Magisk manager and from it select Install > Direct install
Reboot
But since you have already flashed the wrong one. Here , flash the magisk_patched boot img of 10.3.3 Indian Build -
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=8889791610682876433
Note : I am not responsible if anything goes wrong, Flash it at your own risk.
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Thank you very much for your reply, allow me to explain what happened before i proceed to your solution
- After updating from 10.3.2 to 10.3.3 i was able to flash magisk_patched file but the problem is no WIFI & SIM
- after many attempts by flashing magisk_patched the device keeps looping to either fastboot mode or unlocked boot screen.
- I extracted the boot.img file from original full update file by using using Payload Dumper then i moved that boot.img file to an old NEXUS phone which is rooted so i can patched it by using magisk which i then flash it back to my OnePlus 7T but it keeps looping to fastboot mode
- By some how i was able to work after downloading from (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MCfCPci7F7FGl5ZHVTNRKVq9j8RBCUih)
- when i reached home i wanted to update magisk (i select to inactive OTA slot) everything is missed up , but unfortunately the device keeps looping even though i used this file (https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7t/how-to/oos-10-0-11-magisk-patched-boot-img-t4106435)
- Suddenly the device shows "Qualcomm crash dump mode" which is a bad sign but after pressing Power + Vol UP + Vol DOWN i was able to get back the fastboot screen (which i think its a good sign)
- i flashed magisk_patched.img 10.0.11 but the device keeps looping to unlocked boot screen.
How can i find the correct magisk_patched.img for 10.3.3 ? i am using Titanium Back, is there a way that i can connect the phone to my PC and copy all my files before i flash a new Stock OS if this is the last solution !!
Question : If i use another solution by using "TOOL ALL IN ONE" then flash factory image ? will this fix the problem and keep my data
Note : i am very optimistic that my data is safe but its an issue of booting...... I hope so
Wating for your reply and thank you very much

suhb20 said:
Thank you very much for your reply, allow me to explain what happened before i proceed to your solution
- After updating from 10.3.2 to 10.3.3 i was able to flash magisk_patched file but the problem is no WIFI & SIM
- after many attempts by flashing magisk_patched the device keeps looping to either fastboot mode or unlocked boot screen.
- I extracted the boot.img file from original full update file by using using Payload Dumper then i moved that boot.img file to an old NEXUS phone which is rooted so i can patched it by using magisk which i then flash it back to my OnePlus 7T but it keeps looping to fastboot mode
- By some how i was able to work after downloading from (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MCfCPci7F7FGl5ZHVTNRKVq9j8RBCUih)
- when i reached home i wanted to update magisk (i select to inactive OTA slot) everything is missed up , but unfortunately the device keeps looping even though i used this file (https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7t/how-to/oos-10-0-11-magisk-patched-boot-img-t4106435)
- Suddenly the device shows "Qualcomm crash dump mode" which is a bad sign but after pressing Power + Vol UP + Vol DOWN i was able to get back the fastboot screen (which i think its a good sign)
- i flashed magisk_patched.img 10.0.11 but the device keeps looping to unlocked boot screen.
How can i find the correct magisk_patched.img for 10.3.3 ? i am using Titanium Back, is there a way that i can connect the phone to my PC and copy all my files before i flash a new Stock OS if this is the last solution !!
Question : If i use another solution by using "TOOL ALL IN ONE" then flash factory image ? will this fix the problem and keep my data
Note : i am very optimistic that my data is safe but its an issue of booting...... I hope so
Wating for your reply and thank you very much
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Did you try flashing the 10.3.3 boot image i have provided above?
And btw you can't get out the data in any other way without booting because of encryption.

Aswin08 said:
Did you try flashing the 10.3.3 boot image i have provided above?
And btw you can't get out the data in any other way without booting because of encryption.
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Hello,
You know what today afternoon i was just getting the USB cable so i can connect my OnePlus 7T to my laptop when i just picked up my phone i noticed that its not on the Unlocked boot loader screen" its was just normal as before (every is was working fine...every thing) i was really astonished what happened when i checked the OS its 10.3.3 and every thing is working fine even root is working, what i need to do is update magisk (direct install) as you told me
I really don't know what happened but i am very happy for that
i really appreciate your prompt help and assistance even thought i didn't do any thing.
one question please ..what is the difference between :
- fastboot boot magisk_patched.img
- fastboot flash boot magisk_patched.img
Best regards and wishes

suhb20 said:
Hello,
You know what today afternoon i was just getting the USB cable so i can connect my OnePlus 7T to my laptop when i just picked up my phone i noticed that its not on the Unlocked boot loader screen" its was just normal as before (every is was working fine...every thing) i was really astonished what happened when i checked the OS its 10.3.3 and every thing is working fine even root is working, what i need to do is update magisk (direct install) as you told me
I really don't know what happened but i am very happy for that
i really appreciate your prompt help and assistance even thought i didn't do any thing.
one question please ..what is the difference between :
- fastboot boot magisk_patched.img
- fastboot flash boot magisk_patched.img
Best regards and wishes
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boot command just boots that img temporarily, when you restart the phone 2nd time, your original img will be retained . If anything goes wrong you won't get into trouble.
flash is.. usual permanently flashing the boot image into your system.