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[Q] Proper F*$#@ED Device?

hey guys need a hand to work out if this device can be fixed at all.
the phone is a mates and it wont boot into android at all. can get into the boot loader and thats it. can someone help to give me a place to start?

If it boots to bootloader it is OK.
Can you get into FASTBOOT or Recovery?

yeah but does nothing

What does it mean nothing?
You can try flashing a RUU for your phone. Find them here.
By Fastboot I mean boot into the bootloader (pwr + vol down), navigate to fastboot (If you can't see it, once in boot loader, wait about 15secs then press the pwr button and you should be in fastboot), then you should be able to install the correct RUU.
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Before you do anything, try to take off the SD card, and see if it boots. This happened to me just few days ago, and tbh my SD card got f***ed for some reason, so it didnt allow my phone to boot, I had access to Recovery, there I tried to clear dalvik cache, cache and restore factory settings, where it was freezing on formating EXT2 part... then I took the SD out and phone booted charmingly... so try this one out to see if its not the SD problem

how do i know which one to flash?

you need to supply details of the rom that was on the phone.
is it rooted?
what was the original rom?
is it branded etc?
theres not much help to be given unless you give us these details...

hboot 0.93
RADIO 5.11.05.27
dunno anything else :S

what country is it from?
any branding on it? eg, Orange apps / Tmobile apps..??
rooted? you should know this!!!
has the rom been changed since new?
EDIT - is it still under warranty?

its from Australia. i've got no info on it other then its not locked so yeah
plus that website i can't download the hole file gets part then falls through

[Q] htc wildfire s boot loop problem

So i was trying to root my phone and now i won't start, can't even go to bootloader menu or so. when i'm pressing the power up button its just flashes and then shuts down. It loops so frequently that even my pc won't recognize it. What i did to the phone is this:
//androidforums.com/wildfire-s-all-things-root/502772-guide-how-update-htc-wildfire-s-marvel-a510e-gsm-software-version-2-3-5-a.html
i tried to flash a new 2.3.5 to it but now it wont do anything.
Is there any ways to fix this or should i just send this to graveyard :good:

a bit more info plz
alemale said:
So i was trying to root my phone and now i won't start, can't even go to bootloader menu or so. when i'm pressing the power up button its just flashes and then shuts down. It loops so frequently that even my pc won't recognize it. What i did to the phone is this:
//androidforums.com/wildfire-s-all-things-root/502772-guide-how-update-htc-wildfire-s-marvel-a510e-gsm-software-version-2-3-5-a.html
i tried to flash a new 2.3.5 to it but now it wont do anything.
Is there any ways to fix this or should i just send this to graveyard :good:
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I think you might have soft bricked your phone. Search the forum how to unbrick a soft-bricked phone. That might help
Are you positive that your WFS is GSM -marvel-a510e ?
Also ,Could you be a bit more specific about what happens when you try to go to boot-loader mode or when you try to boot it.
As in the provided link, did you have to perform procedure 3 or did you perform procedure 2 and was it working? A bit more info about what you did could help others analyze the issue

rishr4 said:
I think you might have soft bricked your phone. Search the forum how to unbrick a soft-bricked phone. That might help
Are you positive that your WFS is GSM -marvel-a510e ?
Also ,Could you be a bit more specific about what happens when you try to go to boot-loader mode or when you try to boot it.
As in the provided link, did you have to perform procedure 3 or did you perform procedure 2 and was it working? A bit more info about what you did could help others analyze the issue
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At the link i did the procedure 1 because my phone couldn't update to 2.3.5 so i tried to update it that way.
when i start the phone it just flashes it's screen and then goes off. it doesn't show htc logo or anything it just flashes some pixels. the loop is so frequent that it happens in 3 sec. Even if i try to start the phone by pressing "volume -" key and "power" key it does same thing, just loops every 3 sec.
I have tried to find a way to fix this but it seem that there is nothing to do because i can't boot to recovery. Is there a way to put the phone to recovery in other way or is here a way to make factory install?
It's really hard to do anything to this phone because my pc won't recognize it in any possible ways and it won't boot to recovery mode.
Do anyone know if i split the phone in to pieces and then manage to boot it or find the system memory and change files in there.

alemale said:
At the link i did the procedure 1 because my phone couldn't update to 2.3.5 so i tried to update it that way.
when i start the phone it just flashes it's screen and then goes off. it doesn't show htc logo or anything it just flashes some pixels. the loop is so frequent that it happens in 3 sec. Even if i try to start the phone by pressing "volume -" key and "power" key it does same thing, just loops every 3 sec.
I have tried to find a way to fix this but it seem that there is nothing to do because i can't boot to recovery. Is there a way to put the phone to recovery in other way or is here a way to make factory install?
It's really hard to do anything to this phone because my pc won't recognize it in any possible ways and it won't boot to recovery mode.
Do anyone know if i split the phone in to pieces and then manage to boot it or find the system memory and change files in there.
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Even if you want to unbrick the device using back-toback tool , you need to enter the boot-loader mode.
Even for other ways, still it needs to be detected by the PC so that we can pass commands using ADB.
Sorry Dude, I can't help much either I am new to this myself. But i hope somebody here will definitely help you
2. There is a possibility that you could "brick" or bootloop your phone. There are two types of brick: soft (recoverable) and hard (non-recoverable). With a soft brick, the phone will not boot or keeps rebooting ("bootloop"), but it can be started in bootloader mode which allows repair of the ROM. With a hard brick, the phone won't even boot into bootloader after holding the power button for 10 seconds and the phone must be returned to HTC for service.
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Have you unlocked your Boot-Loader from HTC Dev? Also, you need to install a recovery tool in order to boot into recovery. If you have done only the steps mentioned in the
PROCEDURE 1
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then you haven't unlocked the boot loader and no recovery is also installed (I believe) . In this case, I think this is a hard-brick(Correct me if am wrong) which is impossible to recover . Anyways, we shall await other replies from DEVs here in the Forum.

rishr4 said:
Even if you want to unbrick the device using back-toback tool , you need to enter the boot-loader mode.
Even for other ways, still it needs to be detected by the PC so that we can pass commands using ADB.
Sorry Dude, I can't help much either I am new to this myself. But i hope somebody here will definitely help you
Have you unlocked your Boot-Loader from HTC Dev? Also, you need to install a recovery tool in order to boot into recovery. If you have done only the steps mentioned in the then you haven't unlocked the boot loader and no recovery is also installed (I believe) . In this case, I think this is a hard-brick(Correct me if am wrong) which is impossible to recover . Anyways, we shall await other replies from DEVs here in the Forum.
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I tried to unlock the bootloader but it wanted 2.3.5 so i tried to install the new version. now it can't do anything. Well this didn't broke my heart because the phone is pretty worthless . now i have to buy new phone sooner than i planned but still all help is still accepted.

Hi, exactly the same for me : I bought the phone 2 years ago and immediately unbranded it with a goldcard, but never tried to unlock it because it was my wife's and I didn't want to risk anything.
Now she got a new phone, I wanted to play a little with the Wildfire S ^^.
In order to unlock the phone on htcdev I had to update it from 2.13.401.2 to 2.13.401.3, with RUU because can't update with OTA (different CID), with goldcard inside.
After the RUU finished, it says "congratulations everything went well", but actually the phone does not boot, stocked in a loop "quick flash / turns off", can't access bootloader, no USB detection for ADB.
Can't send it to HTC because the 2 years warranty is expired, how ironic ! :laugh:
So... if anyone does know or see any trick that could help to boot anything on this "seems to be hard-bricked" kid... huge thanks to you

Return to stock and supersu help

Hi guys,
i need to send my M8 to service and I needed to turn back it to stock. I had stock fw, twrp, supercid and s-off.
Following several guide here I have done all the steps but something went wrong during the final deleting of supersu app from inside the app with full unrooting menu.
Once rebooted the boot say " status: modified" ( but it was status: official ) and supersu app is still there!!!
What can I do now to return to status official and delete supersu FOREVER???
I have flashed stock rom, stock recovery, set european cid, unroot, back to s-on and finally lock and it was official.
Thank you
Ciao

Well, I'm going to reunlock, reroot and re-s-off once again with sunshine.
Then I think to manually delete the supersu.apk from system folder then, once again, stock recovery, relock and at last s-on then factory reset.
is there something that i am missing or can you tell me the exact order of the operations to turn back to stock and finally get "official"?
Thank you
Have a nice day
Fausto

fcasini said:
Well, I'm going to reunlock, reroot and re-s-off once again with sunshine.
Then I think to manually delete the supersu.apk from system folder then, once again, stock recovery, relock and at last s-on then factory reset.
is there something that i am missing or can you tell me the exact order of the operations to turn back to stock and finally get "official"?
Thank you
Have a nice day
Fausto
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62126243&postcount=2
Do you have an RUU?
if yes, the general way is:
1- remove TAMPERED
2- set LOCKED
3- run full RUU
4- bootup make sure all is OK
5- set S-ON if absolutely necessary (S-ON should be the last thing you do, do NOT go S-ON unless you are sure everything is OK)
also, as a side note, scotty's commands can be run while in TWRP (custom recovery will give you a "rooted" adb shell), on the M8 you can even "fastboot boot <name of recovery>.img" (which boots the custom recovery without flashing it)... provided bootloader is unlocked of course.
(on the M7 this was only possible on hboot 1.44, and on the M9 it's not possible at all)
EDIT: also setting S-ON (fastboot oem writesecureflag 3), has nothing to do with locked/relocked/unlocked bootloader

Thank you dear Nkk71,
Last time I went back to stock I did everything right and software was official and bootloader locked. Unluckly supersu was still there and once unrooted it sayed "software modified"...
Now I have to start againg from the beginning...
yes, I have the Ruu and his recovery but do I have to run the Ruu again?
And in which step I can delete the supersu app and apk?
Thanks again, I will keep you informed.
Ciao

fcasini said:
Thank you dear Nkk71,
Last time I went back to stock I did everything right and software was official and bootloader locked. Unluckly supersu was still there and once unrooted it sayed "software modified"...
Now I have to start againg from the beginning...
yes, I have the Ruu and his recovery but do I have to run the Ruu again?
And in which step I can delete the supersu app and apk?
Thanks again, I will keep you informed.
Ciao
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with RUU it's very easy:
remove TAMPERED and set LOCKED (you can either do that within TWRP or a rooted ROM); TWRP basically has an adb shell with root
.
run full RUU (this gets rid of everything, it gets rid of twrp, supersu, custom rom, etc, and will wipe your phone), that's what RUUs do
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bootup, just to make sure all is OK
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set S-ON if absolutely necessary (S-ON should be the last thing you do, do NOT go S-ON unless you are sure everything is OK)
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Nkk71 thank you once again, your help is very appreciated. Tomorrow I'll give it a try, I hope that this time everithing will go fine.
The problem I experienced was that once s-on at the end of the process and rebooted I have found supersu again in the menu and after a "full unrooting" software status was "modified".
Have a nice sunday nkk71.
Ciao

fcasini said:
Nkk71 thank you once again, your help is very appreciated. Tomorrow I'll give it a try, I hope that this time everithing will go fine.
The problem I experienced was that once s-on at the end of the process and rebooted I have found supersu again in the menu and after a "full unrooting" software status was "modified".
Have a nice sunday nkk71.
Ciao
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you too, enjoy the rest of the evening.
follow the 4 steps above and you'll be done in about 15 minutes

hi nkk71, something has gone wrong.
I started with Hasoon toolkit unlocking again and ok. Flashed Twrp and OK. But after flashing the supersu zip the phone went off and now the screen is blank and it don't goes on. Even pressing vol- and pwr nothing happen.
Pressing vol+ and pwr the phone vibrates, the screen show the Htc logo for some seconds but it turn back to off again.
I think that my phone has gone...
any idea?
thanks you
ciao
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fcasini said:
hi nkk71, something has gone wrong.
I started with Hasoon toolkit unlocking again and ok. Flashed Twrp and OK. But after flashing the supersu zip the phone went off and now the screen is blank and it don't goes on. Even pressing vol- and pwr nothing happen.
Pressing vol+ and pwr the phone vibrates, the screen show the Htc logo for some seconds but it turn back to off again.
I think that my phone has gone...
any idea?
thanks you
ciao
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i personally dont like toolkits, those "one-click-does-it-all" tools are a bad idea, in my humble opinion, so many things can go wrong... no offense intended to the dev
try force rebooting, i believe on the M8 it's POWER+VOLUP (or POWER + VOLDOWN + VOLUP), when it reboots, let go of POWER and VOLUP, but keep holding VOLDOWN to get to bootloader

nkk71 said:
i personally dont like toolkits, those "one-click-does-it-all" tools are a bad idea, in my humble opinion, so many things can go wrong... no offense intended to the dev
try force rebooting, i believe on the M8 it's POWER+VOLUP (or POWER + VOLDOWN + VOLUP), when it reboots, let go of POWER and VOLUP, but keep holding VOLDOWN to get to bootloader
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thanks nkk71,
I tried several time to force rebooting but without luck. Pwr+VolDown+VolUp show the Htc Logo but nothing happen. The strange thing is that even after more than one hour the phone is still hot!!! It seems like to be on but there is no way to "wake" it...
I think that I "had" an Htc One M8.... (
ciao ciao

fcasini said:
thanks nkk71,
I tried several time to force rebooting but without luck. Pwr+VolDown+VolUp show the Htc Logo but nothing happen. The strange thing is that even after more than one hour the phone is still hot!!! It seems like to be on but there is no way to "wake" it...
I think that I "had" an Htc One M8.... (
ciao ciao
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sounds weird, if you can see the logo, then you should be able to get to bootloader at least
well
you could keep trying until you get to bootloader
check Windows Device Manager, what shows
you were sending it to repair anyway, so guess you can do that now

fcasini said:
thanks nkk71,
I tried several time to force rebooting but without luck. Pwr+VolDown+VolUp show the Htc Logo but nothing happen. The strange thing is that even after more than one hour the phone is still hot!!! It seems like to be on but there is no way to "wake" it...
I think that I "had" an Htc One M8.... (
ciao ciao
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Try again. Hold down power + vol up to force a reboot (it can take up to 20 seconds). AS SOON AS THE SCREEN GOES BLACK slide your finger from vol up to vol down and hold it till it boots. That should take you to bootloader.

xunholyx said:
Try again. Hold down power + vol up to force a reboot (it can take up to 20 seconds). AS SOON AS THE SCREEN GOES BLACK slide your finger from vol up to vol down and hold it till it boots. That should take you to bootloader.
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GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT!!!
XUNHOLYX and NKK71 you are both great!.
the secret is in the timing. As xunholy says, you have to slide from VolUp to VolDown when screen goes off, then keeping it pressed, the phone will enter in recovery!!! You have to "carpe diem" as a big actor used to say.
Being at home, with a little less light than in the office, I have seen that the phone was not off but was on and the screen quite dark, now I understand whi it was so hot.
Ok, now I am can enter in Twrp recovery but It still doesn't start at all.
I did a factory reset and wipe but nothing change.
Should I try to reflash the stock rom via Fastboot?
What do you suggest?
thank you again so much, I was just selling the phone as spare...
ciao

fcasini said:
GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT!!!
XUNHOLYX and NKK71 you are both great!.
the secret is in the timing. As xunholy says, you have to slide from VolUp to VolDown when screen goes off, then keeping it pressed, the phone will enter in recovery!!! You have to "carpe diem" as a big actor used to say.
Being at home, with a little less light than in the office, I have seen that the phone was not off but was on and the screen quite dark, now I understand whi it was so hot.
Ok, now I am can enter in Twrp recovery but It still doesn't start at all.
I did a factory reset and wipe but nothing change.
Should I try to reflash the stock rom via Fastboot?
What do you suggest?
thank you again so much, I was just selling the phone as spare...
ciao
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run the full RUU, you can deal with the rest later
EDIT: but select reboot to bootloader if you are in twrp

nkk71 said:
run the full RUU, you can deal with the rest later
EDIT: but select reboot to bootloader if you are in twrp
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this seems to be the neverending sories...
I have flashed the RUU and the twrp but it still doesn't work...
The only way to enter the bootloader mode is still the "carpe diem" above, then select recovery, the screen goes blank and keeping pressed pwr after a couple of seconds the twrp recovery menu appears.
pressing reboot menu the phone shown the htc logo and the screen become again blank (or dark grey).
If I try to reflash the stock rom I get the error FAILED (remote: not allowed).
Tomorrow I will try to flash from sd. Thank you for the help. I hope to be more lucku tomorrow
ciao

fcasini said:
this seems to be the neverending sories...
I have flashed the RUU and the twrp but it still doesn't work...
The only way to enter the bootloader mode is still the "carpe diem" above, then select recovery, the screen goes blank and keeping pressed pwr after a couple of seconds the twrp recovery menu appears.
pressing reboot menu the phone shown the htc logo and the screen become again blank (or dark grey).
If I try to reflash the stock rom I get the error FAILED (remote: not allowed).
Tomorrow I will try to flash from sd. Thank you for the help. I hope to be more lucku tomorrow
ciao
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I really don't know what i is happen...
Now I'm Unlocked and when I try to flash the RUU file I get this error.
And the combination of pwr+VolDown don't open the fastboot menu...
It is really frustrating...
Also, I don't know why, even if I have flashed more than one time the stock recovery, I still have the TWRP!!!
I feel like I'm loosing this war...
ciao
Edit: the picture errore.jpg is what I get today when trying to flash the RUU... if can help to solve...

fcasini said:
I really don't know what i is happen...
Now I'm Unlocked and when I try to flash the RUU file I get this error.
And the combination of pwr+VolDown don't open the fastboot menu...
It is really frustrating...
Also, I don't know why, even if I have flashed more than one time the stock recovery, I still have the TWRP!!!
I feel like I'm loosing this war...
ciao
Edit: the picture errore.jpg is what I get today when trying to flash the RUU... if can help to solve...
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You went S-ON :crying: :crying:
get S-OFF again, then follow the instructions I posted earlier:
as mentioned before: with RUU it's very easy:
remove TAMPERED and set LOCKED (you can either do that within TWRP or a rooted ROM); TWRP basically has an adb shell with root,
..you can do this in one of three methods (at least):
Flash TWRP ("fastboot flash recovery <name of twrp>.img"), use adb shell while booted in TWRP
.
Boot TWRP ("fastboot boot <name of twrp>.img"), use adb shell while booted in TWRP
.
Using a rooted ROM... In my opinion, options 1 or 2 should be the easiest
.
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run full RUU (this gets rid of everything, it gets rid of twrp, supersu, custom rom, etc, and will wipe your phone), that's what RUUs do
.
bootup, just to make sure all is OK
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set S-ON if absolutely necessary (S-ON should be the last thing you do, do NOT go S-ON unless you are sure everything is OK)
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nkk71 said:
You went S-ON :crying: :crying:
get S-OFF again, then follow the instructions I posted earlier:
as mentioned before: with RUU it's very easy:
remove TAMPERED and set LOCKED (you can either do that within TWRP or a rooted ROM); TWRP basically has an adb shell with root,
..you can do this in one of three methods (at least):
Flash TWRP ("fastboot flash recovery <name of twrp>.img"), use adb shell while booted in TWRP
.
Boot TWRP ("fastboot boot <name of twrp>.img"), use adb shell while booted in TWRP
.
Using a rooted ROM... In my opinion, options 1 or 2 should be the easiest
.
.
run full RUU (this gets rid of everything, it gets rid of twrp, supersu, custom rom, etc, and will wipe your phone), that's what RUUs do
.
bootup, just to make sure all is OK
.
set S-ON if absolutely necessary (S-ON should be the last thing you do, do NOT go S-ON unless you are sure everything is OK)
.
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hi nkk71, I'm very happy to read you
I have used sunshine to gain s-off. Is it possible to use it even if the phone doesn't start?
The phone goes in recovery mode only.
I will try to reflash the twrp and then relock the boot but I have already done that (or I remember to have done...)
For the moment I have a Nexus 5, but I miss my M8 (
ciao

fcasini said:
hi nkk71, I'm very happy to read you
I have used sunshine to gain s-off. Is it possible to use it even if the phone doesn't start?
The phone goes in recovery mode only.
I will try to reflash the twrp and then relock the boot but I have already done that (or I remember to have done...)
For the moment I have a Nexus 5, but I miss my M8 (
ciao
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no sunshine needs a working ROM, and if it's Android 5.x then it also has to be rooted
judging by the date (Jan 15 2015,22:51:08) of your bootloader (since version-main is missing), you should be on 4.16.401.10
try this ruu: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934518148
if normal fastboot cant flash, I recommend you use "htc_fastboot.exe"
and stop rushing things, you're just making your situation worse, this could have been done in 15 minutes not 2 days, and counting

Easiest way for me has always been to simply put the RUU on the sd card and let the bootloader do the rest. No messing with cables and pc's.

Stuck on "Google" screen

I was using my phone like I usually do, and then it suddenly froze. So I held down the power button, forcing it to restart. Ever since, the screen only shows "Google" for a while, then becomes blank; no booting animation. It would restart itself occasionally.
I tried booting into recovery mode by holding Power+VolDown, and selecting "recovery mode". For the first few tries, it would go back to the Google screen, the turn blank. After giving it a break and trying again, I finally got to the "no command" screen, and I wiped the cache partition. Sadly, I'm still having the same problem.
Is this a bootloop? How can I fix this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

This happened to me and Google sent a replacement phone. However the replacement phone is a refurbished phone that suffers from ghost touches Now trying to get a replacement for the replacement.

Ocelot584 said:
I was using my phone like I usually do, and then it suddenly froze. So I held down the power button, forcing it to restart. Ever since, the screen only shows "Google" for a while, then becomes blank; no booting animation. It would restart itself occasionally.
I tried booting into recovery mode by holding Power+VolDown, and selecting "recovery mode". For the first few tries, it would go back to the Google screen, the turn blank. After giving it a break and trying again, I finally got to the "no command" screen, and I wiped the cache partition. Sadly, I'm still having the same problem.
Is this a bootloop? How can I fix this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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can u boot into bootloader mode?

dominoeflux said:
can u boot into bootloader mode?
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What's that? Is it the screen that comes up when you hold down Power+VolumeDown and gives you the option to select Start, Power Off, Restart Bootloader, or Recovery?

Ocelot584 said:
What's that? Is it the screen that comes up when you hold down Power+VolumeDown and gives you the option to select Start, Power Off, Restart Bootloader, or Recovery?
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Yes that's the one. If u can get back to that screen you should be able to flash it back stock and re root the phone with out any problems

dominoeflux said:
Yes that's the one. If u can get back to that screen you should be able to flash it back stock and re root the phone with out any problems
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So are you saying that I should factory reset my phone from the recovery menu, or do I have to use the method that requires the factory image?
My phone wasn't rooted btw, so I can't re-root it.

Ocelot584 said:
So are you saying that I should factory reset my phone from the recovery menu, or do I have to use the method that requires the factory image?
My phone wasn't rooted btw, so I can't re-root it.
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Oh ok I thought it was sorry if I wasn't of any help

dominoeflux said:
Oh ok I thought it was sorry if I wasn't of any help
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haha it's ok you tried to.
Rooted or not, do you think factory resetting it will fix the problem as long as I can get to the bootloader menu?

Ocelot584 said:
haha it's ok you tried to.
Rooted or not, do you think factory resetting it will fix the problem as long as I can get to the bootloader menu?
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In pretty positive that it will, make sure u unlock the Bootloader first before you do anything. Do you know how to unlock it?

dominoeflux said:
In pretty positive that it will, make sure u unlock the Bootloader first before you do anything. Do you know how to unlock it?
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nope...what's a bootloader anyway?

Ocelot584 said:
nope...what's a bootloader anyway?
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The bootloader allows the phone to be unlocked to flash custom ROMs on it, without it unlocked you'll brick your phone. Read up about rooting your phone first so you can get the idea of what goes into it before attempting it. Once you get the general idea of unlocking the phone and flashing things on it, it becomes relatively easy. There's even a nexus root toolkit on this forum that you can download on your computer for free as well as "how-to's" for doing it

dominoeflux said:
The bootloader allows the phone to be unlocked to flash custom ROMs on it, without it unlocked you'll brick your phone. Read up about rooting your phone first so you can get the idea of what goes into it before attempting it. Once you get the general idea of unlocking the phone and flashing things on it, it becomes relatively easy. There's even a nexus root toolkit on this forum that you can download on your computer for free as well as "how-to's" for doing it
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Wait...what?? So if I choose to factory reset my phone now without unlocking the bootloader, it might become completely useless? Is rooting necessary?

Ocelot584 said:
Wait...what?? So if I choose to factory reset my phone now without unlocking the bootloader, it might become completely useless? Is rooting necessary?
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No is not necessary, but in order to re flash the factory image to fix the problem the bootloader must be unlocked. You never have to root your device but having a unlocked bootloader is essential to flashing anything on your device other wise like I said, you'll brick your phone. You can even lock it back to full stock once you've re flashed the image.
Edit: there's another way of flashing the factory image but it requires some searching. You might not be able to do it the way I'm explaining to you Because you would have to give it permission to be unlocked in the developers option while the phone is booted up and operative

dominoeflux said:
No is not necessary, but in order to re flash the factory image to fix the problem the bootloader must be unlocked. You never have to root your device but having a unlocked bootloader is essential to flashing anything on your device other wise like I said, you'll brick your phone. You can even lock it back to full stock once you've re flashed the image.
Edit: there's another way of flashing the factory image but it requires some searching. You might not be able to do it the way I'm explaining to you Because you would have to give it permission to be unlocked in the developers option while the phone is booted up and operative
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Oh...I see. So what about the factory reset option in the recovery menu? Would you expect that to fix it too?

Ocelot584 said:
Oh...I see. So what about the factory reset option in the recovery menu? Would you expect that to fix it too?
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Of course
Edit: have you tried resetting it in the factory recovery?

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Of course
Edit: have you tried resetting it in the factory recovery?
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Nope...I was waiting to see if I could find a way to recover my data first

Ocelot584 said:
Nope...I was waiting to see if I could find a way to recover my data first
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When u first bought your phone and it takes you through the set up window, when it asked you to put in your email, that right there backs up all your apps that you previously had in the phone so when you go through the setup again, it's going to ask you if you want to start as a new phone or recover your previous apps. You won't be able to recover all of your data but you should be able to recover all of your apps.

dominoeflux said:
When u first bought your phone and it takes you through the set up window, when it asked you to put in your email, that right there backs up all your apps that you previously had in the phone so when you go through the setup again, it's going to ask you if you want to start as a new phone or recover your previous apps. You won't be able to recover all of your data but you should be able to recover all of your apps.
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Alright, but since all my data won't be recovered, is there a way to get access to files on my phone before I factory reset it?

Ocelot584 said:
Alright, but is there a way to get access to files on my phone before I factory reset it?
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Sorry bro but I wish there was.... There actually is away, but you would have have to have been rooted with a custom recovery on your phone and since you had neither, there's my other way
Edit: I meant no other way

dominoeflux said:
Sorry bro but I wish there was.... There actually is away, but you would have have to have been rooted with a custom recovery on your phone and since you had neither, there's my other way
Edit: I meant no other way
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oh... wow.
I'll just suck it up and reset it then. I'll let u know how it goes.

Xiaomi Stuck in MI logo data backup needed

Hi all;
I writing to ask if I can get support from you in order to recover data from my phone. This is the situation I have a Xiaomi 10T 5G device that 4 days ago suddenly reboot and get stuck on MI logo screen. I have try entering in Recovery mode and test Reboot, Safe Mode and Repair Mode with no luck. I have try also to connect it to MIPC suit but the phone get not detected, only if I put it in fastboot mode I got a message from PC suite telling that I should change to Normal mode and reconnect.
I have installed ADB drivers and my usb drivers of my device.
The issue and before sending it back for reparation I want to backup the photos, all the other data is not relevant. The phone is with the fabric ROM. Is there any way that I can recover the data??
Thanks in advance for your support.

locked bootloader? unlocked?

GizmoTheGreen said:
locked bootloader? unlocked?
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I assume is blocked as nothing g has been done to it since the purchase.

That happened to me twice. I was pushing it to recovery, fastboot, safemode for over and hour untill it turned on. It was after update last spring. Never happened again. I cant remember what happened (i know i realized it than, but i was on a business trip and pissed, just remember that prior to that it was a problem with unlocking it/power button/sensor, maybe not the same thing as you have, since it was looping),i think it was some bug

Hi thanks for the reply but I assume is not the same case as I have try to fastboot, safe mode and repair mode a lot of times and nothing happened.
Hope to find a way to get the data from the device.

zepo88 said:
Hi thanks for the reply but I assume is not the same case as I have try to fastboot, safe mode and repair mode a lot of times and nothing happened.
Hope to find a way to get the data from the device.
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it may be stuck in some kind of recovery loop because it crashed and think it couldn't boot. like windows does.
try turn it completely off then start it.
I'm sorry if you did not unlock before hand, there is nothing you can do.
flashing rom requires unlocked bootloader. running TWRP requires unlocked bootloader.
flashing stock rom/ recovery rom from SD will I think wipe your data
unlock bootloader will wipe your data.
if you can't get it to boot you are SoL for the data friend :/

Thanks Sir. Seen that there is no option I have wipe all the data and the phone has come back again to normal operation. Now I will try to root to use some data recovery tool to see what I can get. Any recomendations??