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A bit harder than a soft brick

Hello everyone! So... I rooted my ZE551ML when I got it about a month ago and today an update pop-up from Asus shows up. So I said "what could go wrong?" .... How about everything?? Basically, I tried a bunch of different things because I could access via ADB, so I tried to unroot it with a bat file I found with a guide for that, but nothing. Now, I passed from black boot screen with white logo to white boot screen with black logo and I can't connect it with adb nor recovery mode. Is there something I can do to enter recovery? With the normal "volumeUP+power" I get nowhere. Can anybody help?

mikla90 said:
Hello everyone! So... I rooted my ZE551ML when I got it about a month ago and today an update pop-up from Asus shows up. So I said "what could go wrong?" .... How about everything?? Basically, I tried a bunch of different things because I could access via ADB, so I tried to unroot it with a bat file I found with a guide for that, but nothing. Now, I passed from black boot screen with white logo to white boot screen with black logo and I can't connect it with adb nor recovery mode. Is there something I can do to enter recovery? With the normal "volumeUP+power" I get nowhere. Can anybody help?
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hope you can access fastboot. if yes you can install recovery and ifwi files from fastboot

How do I start fastboot mode? I let it charge all night and my pc does the "device connected/disconnected" sound all of the time, but adb says no device (the drivers are ok, I tried before). I have to say that I tried to flash boot.img, droidboot.img, recovery.img and system.img. Problem is, while I was downloading those files I found 2 other methods for recover it, one was to unroot it and the other to unlock the bootloader.... And I tried. Now, I'm unable to enter recovery.
Edit: I tried this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/guide-brick-soft-hard-bricked-zenfone-2-t3284256 and for a short period of time (about a second or 2) I can see another device under the "Intel SOC" in device manager, but xFTSK cannot see the phone, even when it shows up for just a second on device manager.
Edit2: holding power down and plugging in the usb cable allows xFSTK to see my device, I put in the files and begin downloading, everything is going good but then it says
07:24:01 - XFSTK-LOG--Windriver Error: 0xC0000011, HC status: The host controller has set the Transaction Error (XactErr) bit in the transfer descriptor's status field
And from there it just starts all over again until it fails definetly.
Edit3: I'm trying the hell out of this software. I attach 2 logs to this post with relatives configurations. Still waiting for help.

Using xfstk tool
mikla90 said:
How do I start fastboot mode? I let it charge all night and my pc does the "device connected/disconnected" sound all of the time, but adb says no device (the drivers are ok, I tried before). I have to say that I tried to flash boot.img, droidboot.img, recovery.img and system.img. Problem is, while I was downloading those files I found 2 other methods for recover it, one was to unroot it and the other to unlock the bootloader.... And I tried. Now, I'm unable to enter recovery.
Edit: I tried this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/guide-brick-soft-hard-bricked-zenfone-2-t3284256 and for a short period of time (about a second or 2) I can see another device under the "Intel SOC" in device manager, but xFTSK cannot see the phone, even when it shows up for just a second on device manager.
Edit2: holding power down and plugging in the usb cable allows xFSTK to see my device, I put in the files and begin downloading, everything is going good but then it says
07:24:01 - XFSTK-LOG--Windriver Error: 0xC0000011, HC status: The host controller has set the Transaction Error (XactErr) bit in the transfer descriptor's status field
And from there it just starts all over again until it fails definetly.
Edit3: I'm trying the hell out of this software. I attach 2 logs to this post with relatives configurations. Still waiting for help.
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open Xfstk Tool and click Tab -MRD/AO/BO +MOOR Ao+CRC then go to settings under option menu - enable GP Flag Override Option and Enter value - 0x80000807 and save (OK), then choose files -
FW Dnx - dnx_fwr.bin
IFWI - ifwi.bin
OS IMAGE - droidboot_dnx.img.POS_sign.bin
AND connect phone, press begin and Xfstk tool detect the phone and install the required files and you will able to get Normal Fastboot mode and install the firmware by fastboot / Asus Flash tool / or -SDUPDATE Zip file.
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In the end, after about 20 times, XFSTK did flash what should have. Now, I'm back in business. I changed nothing, just kept trying.

Softbricked, boot loop

I'm working with a friend's LG K10. OEM unlock isn't turned on in settings, neither is USB debug, as far as I can tell. The phone shuts down before booting fully, so there's no chance I can get into settings to change those. Everything on the phone is stock - recovery, bootloader, Android version, etc.
I can get it into fastboot mode and download mode. In fastboot, it talks to my computer, but refuses to run any command I send it. I can't get it to connect to my computer in download mode. This might be a driver issue on my computer - I'm still working on fixing this.
We're not concerned with saving his data (although it would be nice, if possible). We care a lot more about getting the phone functional again.
What are the options from here? I haven't been able to find any root exploits for this phone that work without at least having adb. I'm happy to root the phone if that's the only way to get it working again.
Thanks in advance.

yes, i do this:
- phone without batery
- press up button ( all moment)
- connect usb cable
- put the battery
-wait
- and this all, firmware update mode you need, "Lg UP "

[help] ZE551ML crashes, TWRP freezes, no connection in xfstk downloader

Hello all,
I'm stuck in different guides on what to do next.
Problem: Zenfone2 doesn't boot most of the times (either looping after the white ASUS screen) or rebooting during loading of CM13.
Also had charging problem, so I unplugged the battery from the back and put it back. This seemed to solve the charging problem. But problems above still persist. Thinking it may have corrupted some memory.
Tried:
- Factory reset in TWRP -> didn't work (the occasion I did get into CM13 it showed the setup again, so the reset actually went through, but loops still exist).
- When in CM13, after letting the phone sleep for a bit (2 mins roughly) - it doesn't wake up from power button. Have to press long and boot again.
- When in TWRP, after pressing randomly some buttons and go back to mainscreen, the touchscreen stops responding too and reboots
- Since TWRP seems so unstable, I wanted to reflash everything using the Unbrick guide via PC.
-> Problem: Cannot get XFSTK to detect the device (Windows says: USB device not recognized or something like that).
- Another problem: When the USB cable is inserted into the device, it sometimes looks like the power+vol up combination doesn't do anything when booting (either the screen stays black or it tries to boot into CM13 and fail.
So now im a bit stuck on what to try next to solve everything and get myself back into CM13. CM13 has ran since Feb '16 and have been a happy user since then until now.
Thanks for reading!

The simplest solution may be to flash back to stock and start over. If the phone doesn't behave properly on a stock ROM, there could be a hardware problem.

Hi there , in TWRP select reboot then power off .
Enter bootloader via buttons after 10 seconds being off !
Enter bootloader - power and vol + , when in bootloader if on LP -- flash raw with AFT (asus flash tool )
If any probs with above , you might have to fastboot flash stock recovery and boot to recovery if/and a , try raw if on LP with AFT or b, sideload stock firmware you flashed stock recovery for.

audit13 said:
The simplest solution may be to flash back to stock and start over. If the phone doesn't behave properly on a stock ROM, there could be a hardware problem.
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timbernot said:
Hi there , in TWRP select reboot then power off .
Enter bootloader via buttons after 10 seconds being off !
Enter bootloader - power and vol + , when in bootloader if on LP -- flash raw with AFT (asus flash tool )
If any probs with above , you might have to fastboot flash stock recovery and boot to recovery if/and a , try raw if on LP with AFT or b, sideload stock firmware you flashed stock recovery for.
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Thank you for your answers! Last hours been trying to flash the stock ROM back. However, when getting into bootloader, adb devices and fastboot devices don't show the device. Or it even freezes and gets into reboot loops again. So this is why I'm stuck, nothing seems to be working from all the guides and things I'm reading.
So precisely:
- Power off bootlooping device by holding power button
- Power on by holding PWR + VOL UP
- When vibrating: release PWR keep holding VOL UP
- Now i'm in bootloader?
- Connect USB cable to computer
- type adb devices, shows nothing.
So what can I try to make connection?

- Now i'm in bootloader?
- Connect USB cable to computer
- type adb devices, shows nothing.
@j4y_ha .................in bootloader
Type >
................................................. fastboot devices
What ifwi version number in bootloader ?

timbernot said:
- Now i'm in bootloader?
- Connect USB cable to computer
- type adb devices, shows nothing.
@j4y_ha .................in bootloader
Type >
................................................. fastboot devices
What ifwi version number in bootloader ?
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The bootloader in shows the following:
IFWI version: 0094.0173
SERIAL_NUMBER = F8AZFG0152** (couldn't read the last 2 digits as the device rebooted again). Also sometimes the SN shows 012345689ABCDEF.
I've much trouble keeping the device in bootloader. Last tryings it keeps shutting down after couple of seconds in the menu.
EDIT:
So far the device seems to stay in bootloader mode now. I can cycle through the options normal boot, recovery etc. Below the screen it shows Continue the fastboot process in blue text. I've inserted the USB cable but have been unable to get "fastboot devices" to show any device. ASUS Flashtool also doesn't do anything.
I'm going to try to find a micro SD adapter so I can try flashing stock rom in TWRP from the phone itself (would that be something that could work or is this phone fubar?)

@j4y_ha
Do not attempt to flash stock rom in TWRP ! You will brick !
Flash a custom rom in TWRP only- not one with a mm bl version
You have LP
PLEASE
Follow my first reply to you

timbernot said:
@j4y_ha
Do not attempt to flash stock rom in TWRP ! You will brick !
Flash a custom rom in TWRP only- not one with a mm bl version
You have LP
PLEASE
Follow my first reply to you
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Thank you for your support! Will try again.
I have MM not LP.
I don't understand your reply correctly I think so here is what I think you say?:
I should obtain LP rom for ZE551ML
Next, enter bootloader via buttons PWR & VOL UP after 10 seconds being off !
When in the bootloader, - power and vol + (short press or long?) , when in bootloader ->
I connect USB to computer, flash the file using AFT if I make connection. -- flash raw (raw = LP ROM from ASUS) with AFT (asus flash tool )
Thanks again for your help

j4y_ha said:
Thank you for your support! Will try again.
I have MM not LP.
Thanks again for your help
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IFWI version: 0094.0173 is LP, NOT M
follow my first reply:good:
---------- Post added at 06:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:37 PM ----------
No1
Hi there , in TWRP select reboot then power off .
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no2
Enter bootloader via buttons after 10 seconds being off !
no3
When in bootloader you are on LP -- flash raw with AFT (asus flash tool )

@timbernot I'm unable to make connection. Fastboot also most of the times freezes and goes to black screen. What could I possibly try now?
Sorry I thought CM13 was MM but then I'm on LP still haha :good:

j4y_ha said:
@timbernot I'm unable to make connection. Fastboot also most of the times freezes and goes to black screen. What could I possibly try now?
Sorry I thought CM13 was MM but then I'm on LP still haha :good:
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I'm taking wild guess here that you got wrong TWRP recovery installed somehow or something from M causing all these problems , when you get into bootloader again..Scroll to and select reboot bootloader and fastboot flash stock recovery for LP version you was on .
Then , I guess your problems will be over , where you will be able to flash raw in bootloader or in stock recovery , adb side load the firmware

Thanks for your quick anwer. Will try to get through it haha :good:

DUDEE
that's not a problem.. THAT's like 20 different problems... I bricked the living crap out of my zen the day I bought it (because me = smartypants did not know that the MM boot unlocker is nonexistent so I just tried to root and update from my head using older techniques) and... the XTS tool thingy fixed it..
Don't get me wrong, i want to help but this is the problem that I feel little frustrated with..
Zenfone2 doesn't boot most of the times (either looping after the white ASUS screen) or rebooting during loading of CM13. ## (but it boots sometimes and goes into TWRP, so you have an easy fix to just revert to stock lollipop... why haven't you done that? You sound like you know what most of this stuff does...
Charging problem, so I unplugged the battery from the back and put it back. This seemed to solve the charging problem. But problems above still persist. Thinking it may have corrupted some memory.
## how do you connect this battery issue to your occasional bootloop? Check hardware or firmware and definitely use different threads.. there's no way these are all part of the "same problem"...
When in TWRP, after pressing randomly some buttons and go back to mainscreen, the touchscreen stops responding too and reboots
## Same answer as above - this is unrelated to #2 and unrelated to #1 - is your TWRP the correct one? I mean... did you just maybe flash TWRP version 4000 Modified Alpha for Google Glass??? LOL
When in CM13, after letting the phone sleep for a bit (2 mins roughly) - it doesn't wake up from power button. Have to press long and boot again.
## Is D2W there? "DoubleTap2Wake" ? Are you sure you have a good touch? (this maybe 20% sounds related to your TWRP touch going crazy..)
Cannot get XFSTK to detect the device (Windows says: USB device not recognized or something like that).
## There's this awesome invention called DRIVERS... and we're lucky in this case (cuz I bricked an hour after I bought it) because Intel PC + Intel Phone = Yay... There is even.... a very specific "INTEL ASUS WINDOWS DRIVER" file... from the INTEL AND ASUS WEBSITE... or maybe your USB CABLE is f**? My point is... another unrelated issue where it sounds like you've not even tried it properly before complaining.. I like helping people. I don't like when people refuse to try or they skip the actual study-notes to do it... I used the EXACT same guide to unbrick and it worked in 2 mins... I'm on a 2007 Laptop which overheats if I use 4 tabs... how am I able to follow the exact same guide on a brand new "FULLY BRICKED" phone... it literally would vibrate after trying power button for 5 mins and be stuck in a "blank black screen" for hours and hours... No twrp no nothing.. and I did it - why didn't you? Same guide man...
When the USB cable is inserted into the device, it sometimes looks like the power+vol up combination doesn't do anything when booting (either the screen stays black or it tries to boot into CM13 and fail.)
## Try again. Sometimes people accidentally hit power to early.. or whatever.. It's not a MK2 Fatality.. don't force yourself to get it exact.. Let the menu pop up... just wait a second and scroll up/down just to see if that works... then scroll to Boot-Recov and gently hit power+vUp.. should be fine.. otherwise just .. literally try 10 times.. it WILL work.
Since TWRP seems so unstable, I wanted to reflash everything using the Unbrick guide via PC
## Nope.. TWRP is like Bret Hart. It isn't unstable. Not for LP not MM not for N. Not for Stock Not for CM Not for AOSP. You *wanted* to do what you should have done right at the beginning but you didn't get that done properly (see below)
Essentially you have 8 different unrelated issues (and the biggest one is not reading guides, not trying hard enough and just thinking that people like me sit around and get paid for this)... and want ans in one place w/o just doing the simple thing of going back to everything stock...?? *it's just annoying cuz people who want to help will feel like.... others don't even try simply because we exist and have desire to help...* - I am not trying to offend you but I hope you get my pov.
Do This EXACTLY
#Buy a cable. Borrow a cable. Whatever you do be 1000000% sure the USB Cable is fine
#Install Intel Asus Android drivers from official EXE (google it... don't add new post for that link)
AND THEN
Follow the same Unbrick guide word for word *but* just pay close attention to these:-
IntelSeC Driver + device detected even if OFF (start>devman>showall>intelsec
In the official unbrick utility make sure you're on the second tab at the bottom
In settings check that your device flag is 0x08..... whatever instead of the default 0x000
Back in the *second tab at the bottom* (i don't remember exact name but it's in the guide) -- put the right files (mentioned in guide) in the right boxes.. (mentioned in guide) and remember you ONLY need the DVFWthingy... + TOKENthingy + IFWthingy
Plug the Zen in... hear the "da-dumm" sound... keep looking at the Unbrick tool.. and the moment you see Device Detected = 1 you hit install/start...
AFTER that is fully done *(and if you fail don't post just repeat from scratch)... I don't personally recommend Asus Flash tool it was acting dodgy for me but instead grab the RAW Stock... Rename it to zip.. open it and grab the img files and fastboot flash the fastboot droidboot.img + splashscreen splash.img + boot boot.img + recovery recovery.img
If you've followed all that from the guide and double checked what I've put up there.. you should be fine if you just fastboot reboot bootloader... and go into stock recovery... install zip/update and put your stock OS in there..
Done.
Just please take my advice and don't skim through guides, don't think you don't need to read something, don't click stuff without double checking every line from guide, print it out on PAPER if you need to.... but please don't post like this... and don't use different guides or you will be stuck (as your heading stated..)
Forget everything you knew. Close all other tabs and use this guide thoroughly for Reference:-
https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/guide-fix-bricked-ze550ml-ze551ml-usb-t3405840
j4y_ha said:
Hello all,
I'm stuck in different guides on what to do next.
Problem: Zenfone2 doesn't boot most of the times (either looping after the white ASUS screen) or rebooting during loading of CM13.
Also had charging problem, so I unplugged the battery from the back and put it back. This seemed to solve the charging problem. But problems above still persist. Thinking it may have corrupted some memory.
Tried:
- Factory reset in TWRP -> didn't work (the occasion I did get into CM13 it showed the setup again, so the reset actually went through, but loops still exist).
- When in CM13, after letting the phone sleep for a bit (2 mins roughly) - it doesn't wake up from power button. Have to press long and boot again.
- When in TWRP, after pressing randomly some buttons and go back to mainscreen, the touchscreen stops responding too and reboots
- Since TWRP seems so unstable, I wanted to reflash everything using the Unbrick guide via PC.
-> Problem: Cannot get XFSTK to detect the device (Windows says: USB device not recognized or something like that).
- Another problem: When the USB cable is inserted into the device, it sometimes looks like the power+vol up combination doesn't do anything when booting (either the screen stays black or it tries to boot into CM13 and fail.
So now im a bit stuck on what to try next to solve everything and get myself back into CM13. CM13 has ran since Feb '16 and have been a happy user since then until now.
Thanks for reading!
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Wow @ryankabir
one step at a time hey
xFSTK is used to bring temp bootloader to hard bricked devices .
He has stock LP bootloader and all avenues to repair should be explored first
If anyone needs to unbrick , there is a thread in my signature below ,shows how to go from complete brick , to restoring serial number and into system within 15mins

Thank you for your thourough answer Ryankabir! Much appreciated. My answers are below. I will try your suggestions soon.
ryankabir said:
DUDEE
that's not a problem.. THAT's like 20 different problems... I bricked the living crap out of my zen the day I bought it (because me = smartypants did not know that the MM boot unlocker is nonexistent so I just tried to root and update from my head using older techniques) and... the XTS tool thingy fixed it..
Don't get me wrong, i want to help but this is the problem that I feel little frustrated with..
Zenfone2 doesn't boot most of the times (either looping after the white ASUS screen) or rebooting during loading of CM13. ## (but it boots sometimes and goes into TWRP, so you have an easy fix to just revert to stock lollipop... why haven't you done that? You sound like you know what most of this stuff does...
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Yes I do know what I can do with it, but it just so complicating as there are different factors like the loops, not being able to get connections with USB. I mean, it is not totally bricked since sometimes I can get into TWRP or bootloader.
ryankabir said:
Charging problem, so I unplugged the battery from the back and put it back. This seemed to solve the charging problem. But problems above still persist. Thinking it may have corrupted some memory.
## how do you connect this battery issue to your occasional bootloop? Check hardware or firmware and definitely use different threads.. there's no way these are all part of the "same problem"...
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Well, since the phone worked fine before the battery issue, there is some sort of link between the issues I would think. Maybe I've broken some hardware during the battery removal or did the booting into charging mode and on/off continously corrupt some memory leaving me with weird crashes & loops.
ryankabir said:
When in TWRP, after pressing randomly some buttons and go back to mainscreen, the touchscreen stops responding too and reboots
## Same answer as above - this is unrelated to #2 and unrelated to #1 - is your TWRP the correct one? I mean... did you just maybe flash TWRP version 4000 Modified Alpha for Google Glass??? LOL
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Although I'm not sure if I have the correct TWRP, it did flash CM13 correctly back in FEB 2016 and haven't found a need to update it ever since as it worked fine during the occasional update...
ryankabir said:
When in CM13, after letting the phone sleep for a bit (2 mins roughly) - it doesn't wake up from power button. Have to press long and boot again.
## Is D2W there? "DoubleTap2Wake" ? Are you sure you have a good touch? (this maybe 20% sounds related to your TWRP touch going crazy..)
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No, D2W is not there. The phone is totally unresponsive to the power button as well as D2W. When in TWRP the touchscreen functions fine until it freezes at some random moment.
ryankabir said:
Cannot get XFSTK to detect the device (Windows says: USB device not recognized or something like that).
## There's this awesome invention called DRIVERS... and we're lucky in this case (cuz I bricked an hour after I bought it) because Intel PC + Intel Phone = Yay... There is even.... a very specific "INTEL ASUS WINDOWS DRIVER" file... from the INTEL AND ASUS WEBSITE... or maybe your USB CABLE is f**? My point is... another unrelated issue where it sounds like you've not even tried it properly before complaining.. I like helping people. I don't like when people refuse to try or they skip the actual study-notes to do it... I used the EXACT same guide to unbrick and it worked in 2 mins... I'm on a 2007 Laptop which overheats if I use 4 tabs... how am I able to follow the exact same guide on a brand new "FULLY BRICKED" phone... it literally would vibrate after trying power button for 5 mins and be stuck in a "blank black screen" for hours and hours... No twrp no nothing.. and I did it - why didn't you? Same guide man...
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Yes I know what drivers are :good: - I've tried IntelSoc, Intel ASUS etc... all drivers that are somewhere mentioned I have installed. Before the charging problem I was able to connect the phone and access files fine as well.
ryankabir said:
When the USB cable is inserted into the device, it sometimes looks like the power+vol up combination doesn't do anything when booting (either the screen stays black or it tries to boot into CM13 and fail.)
## Try again. Sometimes people accidentally hit power to early.. or whatever.. It's not a MK2 Fatality.. don't force yourself to get it exact.. Let the menu pop up... just wait a second and scroll up/down just to see if that works... then scroll to Boot-Recov and gently hit power+vUp.. should be fine.. otherwise just .. literally try 10 times.. it WILL work.
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Thanks, will try more!
ryankabir said:
Since TWRP seems so unstable, I wanted to reflash everything using the Unbrick guide via PC
## Nope.. TWRP is like Bret Hart. It isn't unstable. Not for LP not MM not for N. Not for Stock Not for CM Not for AOSP. You *wanted* to do what you should have done right at the beginning but you didn't get that done properly (see below)
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TWRP is indeed fine and stable! However, it freezes and reboots my phone so in my particular situation it is currently not stable. Therefore the need to completely wipe the phone and start from fresh.
ryankabir said:
Essentially you have 8 different unrelated issues (and the biggest one is not reading guides, not trying hard enough and just thinking that people like me sit around and get paid for this)... and want ans in one place w/o just doing the simple thing of going back to everything stock...?? *it's just annoying cuz people who want to help will feel like.... others don't even try simply because we exist and have desire to help...* - I am not trying to offend you but I hope you get my pov.
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Appreciate your POV. I know how it feels like if people ask for help for something they could have read easily somewhere. I'm thankfull for all the guides that people have written on here! I'm asking for help because in my situation the guides are not working and would like to have a full clean wipe of my phone and fix all possible software issues before trowing away the phone because of hardware fault.
ryankabir said:
Do This EXACTLY
#Buy a cable. Borrow a cable. Whatever you do be 1000000% sure the USB Cable is fine
#Install Intel Asus Android drivers from official EXE (google it... don't add new post for that link)
AND THEN
Follow the same Unbrick guide word for word *but* just pay close attention to these:-
IntelSeC Driver + device detected even if OFF (start>devman>showall>intelsec
In the official unbrick utility make sure you're on the second tab at the bottom
In settings check that your device flag is 0x08..... whatever instead of the default 0x000
Back in the *second tab at the bottom* (i don't remember exact name but it's in the guide) -- put the right files (mentioned in guide) in the right boxes.. (mentioned in guide) and remember you ONLY need the DVFWthingy... + TOKENthingy + IFWthingy
Plug the Zen in... hear the "da-dumm" sound... keep looking at the Unbrick tool.. and the moment you see Device Detected = 1 you hit install/start...
AFTER that is fully done *(and if you fail don't post just repeat from scratch)... I don't personally recommend Asus Flash tool it was acting dodgy for me but instead grab the RAW Stock... Rename it to zip.. open it and grab the img files and fastboot flash the fastboot droidboot.img + splashscreen splash.img + boot boot.img + recovery recovery.img
If you've followed all that from the guide and double checked what I've put up there.. you should be fine if you just fastboot reboot bootloader... and go into stock recovery... install zip/update and put your stock OS in there..
Done.
Just please take my advice and don't skim through guides, don't think you don't need to read something, don't click stuff without double checking every line from guide, print it out on PAPER if you need to.... but please don't post like this... and don't use different guides or you will be stuck (as your heading stated..)
Forget everything you knew. Close all other tabs and use this guide thoroughly for Reference:-
https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/guide-fix-bricked-ze550ml-ze551ml-usb-t3405840
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Thanks for the suggestion and will try this!
timbernot said:
Wow @ryankabir
one step at a time hey
xFSTK is used to bring temp bootloader to hard bricked devices .
He has stock LP bootloader and all avenues to repair should be explored first
If anyone needs to unbrick , there is a thread in my signature below ,shows how to go from complete brick , to restoring serial number and into system within 15mins
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I've tried your guide but I still have been unable to get a connection with ASUS Flashtool. The phone does keep itself relatively stable in bootloader (don't know what fixed it) - I am able to cycle through normalboot, recovery options etc without it crashing. The bootloader shows "Continue the fastboot process". I have tried different drivers, while rebooting between install/uninstall of drivers.
Thanks again all for the help

@j4y_ha
Goodluck

timbernot said:
@j4y_ha
Goodluck
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Right m8 , we gonna fix your phone .
Do not stray from this guide.
Stick to it and you will be more the wiser when you have finished .
1 boot to boot loader ...scroll to 'power off ' and select it.
2 Connect your phone to wall charger ...let it charge till full.
When that's done , we ready for next step

timbernot said:
Wow @ryankabir
one step at a time hey
xFSTK is used to bring temp bootloader to hard bricked devices .
He has stock LP bootloader and all avenues to repair should be explored first
If anyone needs to unbrick , there is a thread in my signature below ,shows how to go from complete brick , to restoring serial number and into system within 15mins
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Just a bit curious what the smileys in line 1 and 2 actually meant.. any hidden snarkasm these?
As for the LP stock BL he has.. after reading through the various (and really insane bugs)... I do not agree with your suggestion to explore all avenues to repair... - and my reasoning for that is... because he got stuck and paralleled different guides... i can understand the urge to have one full fix instead of going all from empty... but i'm basically thinking that if he has put in CM13 then that guide has one Unblock BL (via MMBL) - we can't be sure which one he used (downgrade to LP, unlock then upgrade etc)... + tinkering with TWRP again was it the same twrp thats with CM13.. no way to be certain
So essentially he could be fixing it al but we often totally overlook TX " RR... becausee his type has ben Mania
Cons:
Cant really tell what v BL he has.. and maybe you can try all fixes menrion
£ not a nassuve breakast
I'll try a pros/cons thing...
Pro
Th XT tool as we both said phenoenal (including prerequisites), I am assuming your footer contains the same line I pasted?
Also with his touch screen and semi-sleep state etc - could cause someone to get a permanent bootloop
There could be other mods / zips which simply outwrite each other ldurng etcs.. Now the way you're suggesting... lets say I do that.. how which one touches which sys etc would just
Con
There is defin

Mmbl came about around July 16, he run cm 13 Feb 16.
.173 or .177 is unlocked or locked LP Boot loader.
xFSTK is to gain temp Boot loader.
He gets recognised in fastboot.
He can flash stock recovery .
He can sideload .
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But
Can he ?
That's not sn ide btw

Well I'm not gonna dig too deep into the twrp touch issues (there could be conflicting drivers or even something weird i noticed in twrp302 anything below 20% batt (or if batstats corrupt) then the touch goes craycray.. so lets ignore that..
this thread is getting too heavy i won't have time - so - you can always backup ur data partition so no worries there.. nothing to lose..
one problem at a time.. as I said in first post my phone was bricked much worse i had mismatched fastdroidboot and bootimg and after pressing power on maybe 4-5 times.. it would only turn on once.. sometimes on and immediately off... sometimes on stuck on logo.. sometimes on and no logo but screen is black (corrupt splash)..
so lets just try to go baaaaaack to the futureeeeeee ... Ok I found the script I made (after 8 hours of trying EVERY combination from different guides I just took individual components and made my own.. ) -
I'm writing this in a hurry so please use my first reply to get the XFTS Ubrick Guide for the Files + get the LOLLIPOP One Click BL Unlock + Lollipop Raw image... Their Guide wants you to use Asus Flash but that program failed me every time... so I have got a differnt way to do it..
I'm copying this directly from my own script (so you can change if any paths/names different)... but do not change the order or sequence
Using OneClick (keep the unlock1234 files saved separately for later use)...
If you have these unlocked I just say do it again anyway - no harm...
Unlock Bootloader for LP Stock (even if you have MM you must downgrade by this same method)
Code:
#flash old droidboot for LP stock Bootloader
fastboot flash fastboot droidboot_2_20_40_197.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
# must run reboot bootloader once with this droidboot before continuing - dn't skip this
# unlock bootloader (use files provided inside oneclick tool but instead of using their script, manually do it - more reliable)
fastboot oem start_partitioning
fastboot flash /tmp/start.sh tools/unlock1
fastboot flash /tmp/recovery.launcher tools/unlock2
fastboot flash /system/bin/logcat tools/unlock3
fastboot flash /tmp/unlock tools/unlock4
fastboot oem stop_partitioning
#if you get failed/error at oem stop - reboot to Bootloader (VOLUP+Power long press -
Release power at Asus Logo or long vibration) and re-do the last step
#if all done so far
fastboot reboot-bootloader
#white Asus logo means unlocked loader
fastboot flash recovery twrp3.img
reboot-bootloader
#toggle Up to choose Recovery - quick tap VOLUP+Power
#twrp will start
install Custom_MM_Rom.zip
#likely it will fail giving IFW 7 error - (intentionally did NOT put MM BL here), so
install Asus_MM_WW_420_184.zip (stock on stock only)
#let it be fully done, verify working MM stock OS
#check if it works - *sign* test your touch screen quickly and in dev tools Keep Debugging ENabled
#then power off - or if you have more options directly choose reboot
#during reboot vibration hit VOLUP+P to Fastboot
####RE-DO Entire first half again
fastboot flash fastboot droidboot_2_20_40_184.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
# must run once with this droidboot before continuing
# unlock bootloader
fastboot oem start_partitioning
fastboot flash /tmp/start.sh tools/unlock1
fastboot flash /tmp/recovery.launcher tools/unlock2
fastboot flash /system/bin/logcat tools/unlock3
fastboot flash /tmp/unlock tools/unlock4
fastboot oem stop_partitioning
fastboot reboot-bootloader
#now only flash certain MM files (the rest should already be there from stock upgrade) - if you have different MM Img (if they release new one in future - all readers just need to ensure the TOKEN DNX IfW matching)
${FASTBOOTBINARY} flash splashscreen tools/splashscreen_551.img
fastboot flash token tools/bom-token_ze551ml_4_21_40_134.bin
fastboot flash dnx dnx_ze551ml_4_21_40_134.bin
fastboot flash ifwi ifwi_ze551ml_4_21_40_134.bin
fastboot flash fastboot droidboot_4_21_40_134.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
#should now see black splashscreen + little red error msg for 2 seconds
#entering twrp again by toggling Recovery-> VOLUP+P
install superuser.zip
wipe cache + data
install yourcustomROM.zip
ryankabir said:
Just a bit curious what the smileys in line 1 and 2 actually meant.. any hidden snarkasm these?
As for the LP stock BL he has.. after reading through the various (and really insane bugs)... I do not agree with your suggestion to explore all avenues to repair... - and my reasoning for that is... because he got stuck and paralleled different guides... i can understand the urge to have one full fix instead of going all from empty... but i'm basically thinking that if he has put in CM13 then that guide has one Unblock BL (via MMBL) - we can't be sure which one he used (downgrade to LP, unlock then upgrade etc)... + tinkering with TWRP again was it the same twrp thats with CM13.. no way to be certain
So essentially he could be fixing it al but we often totally overlook TX " RR... becausee his type has ben Mania
Cons:
Cant really tell what v BL he has.. and maybe you can try all fixes menrion
£ not a nassuve breakast
I'll try a pros/cons thing...
Pro
Th XT tool as we both said phenoenal (including prerequisites), I am assuming your footer contains the same line I pasted?
Also with his touch screen and semi-sleep state etc - could cause someone to get a permanent bootloop
There could be other mods / zips which simply outwrite each other ldurng etcs.. Now the way you're suggesting... lets say I do that.. how which one touches which sys etc would just
Con
There is defin
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Soft Bricked Fix needed (stuck on app optimisation)

Hi guys,
my wiley fox swift gets stuck in a continual optimising apps cycle. I can't enter recovery mode, when i press power+volume up it enters fastboot
(only see the black fastboot screen can't do anything). I did not change anything on my phone (not rooted) it worked fine yesterday and today i can't get it to work.
It's always optimising apps, if it's finished then i see the cyanogen logo and it starts optimising again shortly after.
I removed the battery and did wait about 15 minutes before putting it back in, i tried waiting (after 2 hours+ of it optimising i gave up),
i does not get recognised when i connect it to the pc (although i only used it to put stuff on the sd-card before) maybe a driver would fix this but i'm not sure which one.
I'm pretty clueless right now and i would be happy if someone can help me.

Saw the same thing on a friend's device today, used fastboot to factory reset the device. Insert USB in a powered-off device while holding vol+ then using fastboot do a "fastboot -w" to factory reset and recreate the (probably corrupted) data partitions.

i installed the minimal adb and fastboot connected my phone with my pc started it and tried it.
it doesn't recognize my phone and is stuck "waiting for any devices".
what can i do now? i'm not very experienced with android phones and fastboot.

dajohre said:
i installed the minimal adb and fastboot connected my phone with my pc started it and tried it.
it doesn't recognize my phone and is stuck "waiting for any devices".
what can i do now? i'm not very experienced with android phones and fastboot.
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ADB needs debugging to be enabled in developer options
FASTBOOT will only work if the phone is in bootloader mode

I already said in my first post:
dajohre said:
I can't enter recovery mode, when i press power+volume up it enters fastboot
(only see the black fastboot screen can't do anything). I did not change anything on my phone (not rooted)
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since i never changed anything in my phone I haven't enabled debugging in developer options, if I could access the bootloader mode I could reset my phone but like i said,
it enters fastboot and not the bootloader from which i could enter recovery mode
under these circumstances, can i do anything?

see here https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/crackling/
Note they call bootloader mode Download

Ok i can access recovery mode now (it was explained wrong here)
i tried to factory reset but the problem still persits.
in recovery mode i did go to ->Wipe data/factory reset then i had the options (No/No/Yes -- delete all User data/No)
i choose the third option and it did load a short while. after a reboot it still wants to optimise apps.
what's the best option now? i can choose (Apply update\ Wipe data/factory reset\Wipe cache partition\wipe media\reboot to bootloader\View recovery logs)

Fix
Hi,
I had the same issue and wrote the Wileyfox customer support.
They provided me the following instructions to fix the issue:
Download:
* 1 - ZNH0EAS2NH
* 2 - ZNH2KAS7EB
* 3 - TOS111B
Repeat for File X in [1, 2,3] :
* Goto Recovery
* Update your phone using File X
Since this is my first post I am not allowed to post links.
Find the full document including file links here: h t t p s : / / we . tl / B1IpUP6wtB
Already after running the first update my phone booted again.
Only thing I noticed is that the UI feels a little laggy / slower than before.
Regards

[HELP] Bricked Begonia [SOLVED]

My Redmi Note 8 Pro has bricked after flashing Magisk, confused which method can fix my device
- No Recovery (bootloop even holding volume+)
- Can boot to Fastboot but after connect to PC it's rebooting instead connected on fastboot
can somebody help me ASAP

crazyfox21 said:
My Redmi Note 8 Pro has bricked after flashing Magisk, confused which method can fix my device
- No Recovery (bootloop even holding volume+)
- Can boot to Fastboot but after connect to PC it's rebooting instead connected on fastboot
can somebody help me ASAP
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Can you get it to stop at fastboot, and stop rebooting over and over? Like, when it first powers down (black screen), before it starts to come back up, hold power and volume down, and boot to the fastboot screen. It should stick. From there you can flash stock ROM.
You might need to only flash stock boot.img, but when that's happened to me, I flashed the whole thing

beachfl said:
Can you get it to stop at fastboot, and stop rebooting over and over? Like, when it first powers down (black screen), before it starts to come back up, hold power and volume down, and boot to the fastboot screen. It should stick. From there you can flash stock ROM.
You might need to only flash stock boot.img, but when that's happened to me, I flashed the whole thing
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Get some info from youtube it seems this laptop fail to detect/install adb/fastboot driver,, then my Device go to charging mode and ended up bootloop instead of charging. (because if i let the phone itself, without connecting to Laptop. . .it's rock solid on Fastboot mode)
Still try to get other PC/Laptop, seems current available one has a messy Windows. . .
When i execute "fastboot devices" on cmd,, pop-out error api-crt-. . . .- l1.1.0.dll missing
Try installing vc_redist failed to execute MSU

crazyfox21 said:
My Redmi Note 8 Pro has bricked after flashing Magisk, confused which method can fix my device
- No Recovery (bootloop even holding volume+)
- Can boot to Fastboot but after connect to PC it's rebooting instead connected on fastboot
can somebody help me ASAP
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So Sad, was stuck in the same situation tried 100 of methods but all in vain, in the end had to send my device to customer care center & received after 15 days without charges

I use to flash rom`s when i was younger phones and tablets and never had a brick, I am glad it`s out of my system, Anyway the 8pro works fine for me as a non-gamer as it seem to be very risky to flash.
Good luck getting your problem solved.

crazyfox21 said:
My Redmi Note 8 Pro has bricked after flashing Magisk, confused which method can fix my device
- No Recovery (bootloop even holding volume+)
- Can boot to Fastboot but after connect to PC it's rebooting instead connected on fastboot
can somebody help me ASAP
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crazyfox21 said:
Get some info from youtube it seems this laptop fail to detect/install adb/fastboot driver,, then my Device go to charging mode and ended up bootloop instead of charging. (because if i let the phone itself, without connecting to Laptop. . .it's rock solid on Fastboot mode)
Still try to get other PC/Laptop, seems current available one has a messy Windows. . .
When i execute "fastboot devices" on cmd,, pop-out error api-crt-. . . .- l1.1.0.dll missing
Try installing vc_redist failed to execute MSU
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Greetings,
First thing I would do is grab the latest version of ADB/Fastboot, uninstall previous version and reinstall it on your Laptop as Admin, turn off your Anti-virus anti-spyware, optimization program or whatever app you may have running on your Laptop and which could prevent system modification, then run it as Admin. If during installation you are poped with installing more things like MS or google's libraries and such, install them.
You may also try to reboot your phone to fastboot while already being connected to computer which may prevent it to boot to the charging page.
If you manage to get fastboot stable enough when connected and if you have no done already, you may want to proceed with reading the [GUIDE][INFO][PSA] Redmi Note 8 Pro - Megathread + CFW and applying the anti-brick solution before flashing anything else like a recovery again.
Assuming you have not damaged anything else, to recovery from a Magisk installation failure you may only need to flash the boot.img from your exact same Stock image you were on.
If that does not suffice, flashing additionally system and userdata (all data will be lost) should fix it.
Hope this helps,
Good Luck!
PS: I am assuming your bootloader is unlocked right?

[SOLVED]
Sorry for late update. . .
Just like i mention above, cause of laptop that i borrowed so messy. . .its anti-core thing won't allow adb/fastboot connection (that's why, my device suddenly disconected and going to charging mode)
*as soon as i go to nearest net-cafe, i can do fastboot thing (Re-flash stock boot.img and TWRP) and my phone booted up normally ??
Edit : my false because i'm forget to close AVB before flashing Magisk

crazyfox21 said:
[SOLVED]
Sorry for late update. . .
Just like i mention above, cause of laptop that i borrowed so messy. . .its anti-core thing won't allow adb/fastboot connection (that's why, my device suddenly disconected and going to charging mode)
*as soon as i go to nearest net-cafe, i can do fastboot thing (Re-flash stock boot.img and TWRP) and my phone booted up normally ?
Edit : my false because i'm forget to close AVB before flashing Magisk
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So glad you could fix it and make it work in the end! That's all what matters!
You can now mark your thread as "[SOLVED]" by editing original message tittle
Cheers!