Wondering if any of you guys can advise me - having strange problems with fastboot (windows 8.1 and Zenfone 2 ze550ml). Wanted to flash the pre-rooted image to my device so downloaded it and extracted to the flashtools folder and renamed system.img then hooked up my phone. Checked adb drivers were installed and adb devices command returns a code string, so assumed all was good to go with flashing. However, on entering any fastboot command it just sits at "waiting for device". Tried manually starting the phone in fastboot and then connecting it, and this did enable me to execute fastboot commands (reboot or reboot-bootloader work). However, fastboot flash system system.img just results in a message about file size and then "failed to load system.img"
kanagawaben said:
Wondering if any of you guys can advise me - having strange problems with fastboot (windows 8.1 and Zenfone 2 ze550ml). Wanted to flash the pre-rooted image to my device so downloaded it and extracted to the flashtools folder and renamed system.img then hooked up my phone. Checked adb drivers were installed and adb devices command returns a code string, so assumed all was good to go with flashing. However, on entering any fastboot command it just sits at "waiting for device". Tried manually starting the phone in fastboot and then connecting it, and this did enable me to execute fastboot commands (reboot or reboot-bootloader work). However, fastboot flash system system.img just results in a message about file size and then "failed to load system.img"
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You need to rename the system image to system.img and put it where the fastboot file is. It's looking for it but can't find it.
No, don't think that is my problem - as I said I extracted it to the flashtools folder, so it is already where the fastboot file is. And anyway, though I'd like to solve the problem of flashing the system.img, I am kind of more interested in why I can't get past "waiting for device" without first manually entering the fastboot mode.
Cause Windows sucks. I'm on Linux and no issues. Maybe someone on Windows can chip in?
I can easily do a quick ubuntu install and try it that way if you think it might work better. At the weekend maybe. Could you give me some pointers on how to do it in linux if I do? Would be much appreciated!
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No, don't think that is my problem - as I said I extracted it to the flashtools folder, so it is already where the fastboot file is. And anyway, though I'd like to solve the problem of flashing the system.img, I am kind of more interested in why I can't get past "waiting for device" without first manually entering the fastboot mode.
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I have encountered that problem with the "waiting for device" while I was flashing pre root rom.
Try the cmd adb devices
Then it will list the device connected to the computer...if it says not authorized, then you need to check the phone which is turned on and a pop up window with the RSA key and tap on trust this computer or something..
Then repeat adb devices and it should say allow or something..then it will allow you to flash.
(double check the commands online, I might missed something)
Nah, don't blame Windows... I flashed mine with Windows 10 and worked wonders.
Also... could it be that PC isn't USB 3.0? Perhaps system.img transfer is stopped somewhere during the copying phase?
Thanks, but actually the first time I tried it I did the adb devices command and authorised my pc on the phone. When I connect and do adb devices now it shows the string of numbers code for the device. However, still can't get past "waiting for device"
My pc has both usb 3 and usb 2 ports. Tried on all of them and with various different cables including the asus issued ones, all to no avail.
Can u post a pic of your flashtool folder?
Sent from my Nexus 7
Here is a snap of my platform-tools folder and cmd window
Did you manage to find a solution to this?
I updated the zenfone 2 via OTA to the latest system update.
Ive read and downloaded all relevant files to install the pre root img from the correct sources.
Now when I hold power + vol up. I can see the droid on its back. I choose the RECOVERY option and press power button to select.
When phone reboots it goes to droid icon and says installing system upgrade.................then error appears! No recovery mode!
All the correct drivers are installed into Windows 7, the phone asks me to allow RSA key connection to laptop.
Ive tried the flash tool installer 1.0.7 with phone connected and system img (renamed) and still nothing.
Anyone got any ideas?
Ive factory reset twice in a row and allowed debugging.
Ive placed the (renamed) system.img into the fastboot folder and tried the open command with line ' fastboot flash system system.img' and the reply is usually unable to read system.img or device waiting.
Ive installed the latest android sdk develppment kit and still unable to root using this pre root image.
Im familiar with android and how to follow instructions on rooting, but this zenfone 2 is mind boggling.
Thanks for reading. I know its someone else post. I didnt want to start a fresh post with the same dilemma.
Any advice on whats going wrong would be appreciated.
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When phone reboots it goes to droid icon and says installing system upgrade.................then error appears! No recovery mode!
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Hit power and vol up again, just really quickly. Don't hold it, just press and let go. Sometimes it takes several attempts.
hkdmjack, yes your right managed to do it at last.
Cheers
Hi guys, I am facing quite a difficult problem at the moment.
My friend has "accidentally" attempted to use an Asus Zenfone 5 rooting method to root his zenfone 2 550ML.
When I received it to take a look at it, I instantly noticed that I could not get into fast boot (or droidboot). I expected to see usual droid with text on the left side and also expected to be able to select from a number of options using the volume keys (i have some past experience), but instead am met with this solid usb logo. One like this: h ttp://zenfo ne-blog-forum.2 8820.n7.nabble.c om/file/n4 5/P_20140728_051139 .jpg (remove spaces)
I did some research, and found that there were many "bricked" zenfone 5's which were stuck on this usb logo, however this zenfone 2 can start up normally and be used throughout the day normally. Only when I try to enter fast boot, by either ADB commands or by power + volume up, I cannot get past the usb logo.
I have linked up the ZenFone to my computer, and confirmed that ADB devices correctly lists the device (I have usb debugging enabled), however, when I try to go to fast boot and am met with the usb logo, my computer does register and detect the phone, however, under device manager it has a yellow triangle with the device named "" MOOREFIELD". When the ZenFone 2 is in this usb logo state, I cannot access any fast boot commands. I am quite stumped at the moment.
Any help please? By the way, I use a windows 8.1 computer with usb 3 ports. However, I have tested using different cables, and on a windows 7 laptop with usb 2 ports, still to no avail. Should I try and update the firmware using Asus' software? Or is there a better solution?
Thanks
Edit: My friend claims that he did not see at any point in time, the flashing on the zenfone 2 start. He was faced with a "<waiting for devices>" or something similar message, telling me that the phone was not fully in fast boot yet. If I can get it into fast boot, I am sure I can reflash the custom stock onto the phone, and most issues will be resolved.
same error
i have the same error by my zenfone2 after update
please help
amohammadiazar said:
i have the same error by my zenfone2 after update
please help
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Could you specify which update you did? From your computer? Or via Asus update on ur phone?
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Could you specify which update you did? From your computer? Or via Asus update on ur phone?
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my orginal firmware is CN and i wanted to change to WW mode i tried by pc .... now when i conect phone t pc it want moorefeild driver for conection and i dont have those ,,
Whenever I try to flash system.img it gets stuck on "writing 'system'..." and just hangs there. I have left it for over half an hour and it still didn't work. Does anyone know a solution to this problem?
Hey guys,
So after a while without any responses, I headed over to Asus customer service to receive a very unhelpful reply.
I gave up hope of finding an answer online and so I decided to take a leap of faith by updating the firmware via the Asus Update app on the phone.
I upgraded from 2.14 to 2.15 and miraculously fastboot seemed to have restored itself. I am not sure whether or not every single update restores fastboot, or whether the update to 2.15 does, but I'm glad that it has been fixed.
My previous problems of being unable to detect fast boot devices has been resolved. Hopefully others who have experienced the same issue can find this post helpful.
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I have a Nexus 7 2013 that wont boot. USB Debugging was not enabled. At this point, I am just trying to wipe the machine with a stock image, but I am having trouble.
I have installed the sdk and drivers (so many drivers!)
Recovery mode fastboot does not recognize the device.
ADB recognizes the Nexus, but I cant seem to get it to do anything with it.
e: failed to mount anything.
I have read through so many forum threads that I'm just overwhelmed, and they all seem to require the machine being in USB debugging mode before any changes can be made.
Please help or tell me what pertinent information I have omitted.
Thank you
I think USB debugging only matters in ADB, which is when the device is actually booted into Android OS. You probably want fastboot, which is a different "application" and set of commands in a command prompt.
Code:
fastboot devices
Does that give you anything when the tablet is in fastboot mode? It should list the serial number of the device, similar to "adb devices" does. If not, it could be drivers, or another issue with the device.
Have you tried unlocking the bootloader? This will induce a factory reset of the current firmware version, which may allow you at least boot normally and take any available OTA updates.
Hello,
fastboot devices lists nothing, while adb does show the serial number.
I have used so many tutorials and a couple of toolkits that now I have no idea what is happening with my drivers.
Unlocking the bootloader to force a factory reset sounds amazing, but all the information I can find says I need to have USB debugging enabled to do so. I can not boot into the system to enable it.
Is there a way to force a reset without USB debugging?
Thank you
Usb debugging is irrelevant. Forget about it, it's only used when the system is booted.
You need to get fastboot devices to recognize the tablet.
Uninstall any and all toolkits and drivers. Redownload the sdk. Boot to the bootloader and plug it in, the drivers should install automatically. If not install the google usb drivers from the sdk manager in the sdk.
Try fastboot devices again. If it doesn't work try a different usb cord/port/computer.
You are in the bootloader when running this command right? Not the recovery? I think with the tablet off it's volume down and power. The screen that says start in big green letters at the top and has device info in the bottom left is what you want.
Edit: Did you boot to recovery and select the options to wipe data and cache? Sometimes thats all thats needed.
Also booting to recovery and performing a factory reset may be sufficient.
ADB will indeed function in recovery. I don't think you have to enable USB debugging to get this to work though.
Are you typing fastboot devices while booted in recovery? Typing fastboot devices while in recovery or booted into Android will do nothing.
hello, thank you for your advice. I now get the nexus seen by fastboot (and win 7) but have hit a wall. The last time I had my computer and the nexus together was weeks ago, when I my computer BSOD during what I thought was a simple flashing of the the stock image, but turned out to be hours of the nexus saying it was erasing personal data ... and then crash. I have replaced and added fans so my cpu wont overheat again, so please offer ideas why "fastboot flashall" or "fastboot flash image-razor-kot49h" wont work.
I appreciate all responses, and believe the answer is either very simple or a catastrophic hardware failure. I base this belief on what is left in my head after smashing it into the wall so many times over the last month when my wife asks me, "have you fixed my nexus yet, or do I need to figure out a way to buy a new one next month?"
I am stuck at unlocking the bootloader. I have highlighted "yes" on the nexus and pressed power and my command window says "erasing user data." It has said this for the last 18 hours. This is the second computer I have tried this on, using 3 different usb cables. What am I missing?
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hello, thank you for your advice. I now get the nexus seen by fastboot (and win 7) but have hit a wall. The last time I had my computer and the nexus together was weeks ago, when I my computer BSOD during what I thought was a simple flashing of the the stock image, but turned out to be hours of the nexus saying it was erasing personal data ... and then crash. I have replaced and added fans so my cpu wont overheat again, so please offer ideas why "fastboot flashall" or "fastboot flash image-razor-kot49h" wont work.
I appreciate all responses, and believe the answer is either very simple or a catastrophic hardware failure. I base this belief on what is left in my head after smashing it into the wall so many times over the last month when my wife asks me, "have you fixed my nexus yet, or do I need to figure out a way to buy a new one next month?"
I am stuck at unlocking the bootloader. I have highlighted "yes" on the nexus and pressed power and my command window says "erasing user data." It has said this for the last 18 hours. This is the second computer I have tried this on, using 3 different usb cables. What am I missing?
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I have the same problem .. Have You reslove it?
bikicviki said:
I have the same problem .. Have You reslove it?
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This may help...it may not. But I was having issues getting my bootloader unlocked also when I started on mine. My remedy was to
1 plug in the nexus into the usb
2 I run Linux so it gives me choices on what to do with newly plugged in usb device. I noticed two identical choices to mount device. Choosing one just mounted the camera for some strange reason. I closed that window, then chose the other choice to mount device, the window opened and my full internals were there in the window
3 from a terminal I just wrote a prompt: fastboot oem unlock
and for some reason, it unlocked.
To sum it up I'm convinced it has something to do with how the device gets mounted. At least on mine anyway.
As for activating developer from a terminal I read it could be done but never tried it myself, if you want here's the link for the info, read the second answer down.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47510232/is-there-any-adb-command-to-enable-developer-options
Also check out the fastboot manual for some other things to try, you never know some may work in your situation at a terminal prompt
man fastboot
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Troops42 said:
This may help...it may not. But I was having issues getting my bootloader unlocked also when I started on mine. My remedy was to
1 plug in the nexus into the usb
2 I run Linux so it gives me choices on what to do with newly plugged in usb device. I noticed two identical choices to mount device. Choosing one just mounted the camera for some strange reason. I closed that window, then chose the other choice to mount device, the window opened and my full internals were there in the window
3 from a terminal I just wrote a prompt: fastboot oem unlock
and for some reason, it unlocked.
To sum it up I'm convinced it has something to do with how the device gets mounted. At least on mine anyway.
As for activating developer from a terminal I read it could be done but never tried it myself, if you want here's the link for the info, read the second answer down.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47510232/is-there-any-adb-command-to-enable-developer-options
Also check out the fastboot manual for some other things to try, you never know some may work in your situation at a terminal prompt
man fastboot
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Tried to edit but anyway:
After re..re, rereading your post, and responces. Have you tried the old fashioned way
Hold down the (down volume) button at the same time the (power) key.."Together" If you get anything that pops on your screen let go of the keys, one tap at a time tap the volume up or down key ONLY, until it says (START), its in green type. if you get there you should be ok, to move along
So this morning i thought it would be a great idea to revert back to stock.
i was following the KDZ lg flash tool however while it was flashing (got to about 2%) i stupidly knocked the phone and the usb cable came out....
so now when i turn my phone on it goes to a black screen with
Fastboot mode started
---reset---
---port charge--
i have tried going into download mode again but it still goes into this fastboot mode.
i found a lot of threads on this such as
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/tutorial-fixing-fastboot-mode-started-t2995854
this got me to install adb/fastboot which i did via
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
however when i try and run through fastboot it just comes up as waiting for device
i have attempted to install lg drivers for this but still nothing.
inside device manager it comes up as
other devices - android?
so clearly the computer is recongnising it, i just need a better driver.
I have the ldf ready to go, if only i could get it to recognise the fastboot command...
anyone able to help, i realise there is a lot of information on the web for this, after extensive research everyone seems to suddenly get into download mode each time. which is something i cannot go. and no recovery doesnt work either.
other things to note, just to save questions..
i am running LG D855 16gb.
when i attempt to go into recovery it comes up with the option to wipe device, but when i follow through menu comes back to fastboot mode started.
i attempted to install lg pc suite in hope that it would suddenly pick up the device and go through the fix upgrade errors (to no luck)
so to clarify, i cannot get into recovery, or download mode. my screen is sat on fastboot mode started.
i am running windows 8.1 although i have attempted to plug into a laptop with ubuntu but same story.
any suggestions? i have also seen a through about jtag...but i dont have any screwdrivers at this point so trying to avoid that.
thank you for reading, kind regards
Anyone out there that has any idea on how to fix?
im convinced i just need to turn the "other device - android" into something that can be recognised by adb, but other then the stock lg drivers i dont have anything else.
help?
FIXED - figured it out, i plugged it into ubuntu again and noticed that when it was connected it came up under fastboot with "accepting commands"
i then put my laf.img file into my home folder and
opened terminal
sudo su <enter>
fastboot boot laf.img
phone then went into download mode
as i didnt have any tools installed on ubuntu i then unplugged and plugged into my windows laptop and ran LG Flash tool 2014 and flashed my kdz.
hope this helps anyone who has the problem in future
Hello my dear xda community,
today my zenfone 2 ze551ml 2,3ghz 4gb WW just died.
heres the story:
i plugged it in to charge, then i unplugged it for about 10 minutes and plugged it in again but it didnt charge.
so i tried to reboot and then strange bootloops occured. after a few tries i managed to boot again. after the next reboot it got stuck in bootloop completely.
next i tried to boot into fastboot. sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt. when i want to boot into recovery a dead blinking bot appears and i cannot enter the options.
also sometimes my fastboot shows the serialnumber "0123456789abcdef" and sometimes it shows it correct. another thing is that when im in fastboot mode my pc does not recognize my phone.. no connection sound nothing. not on windows (yes drivers are installed) and not on linux.
only thing i managed was to establish a connection when i restored my bootloader with xfstk downloader. (did not change a thing)
so now when i boot there are 3 things that can happen:
1. dead bot blinking
2. asus boot screen (stuck)
3. bootloop
im having this problem for about 6 hours now and i have no further ideas how to possibly reflash stock firmware without being able to use fastboot (i can enter it but pc wont recognize) and without being able to properly start recovery mode (dead bot BLINKING)
yes my phone was rooted
and no i did not do any updates it just happened
EDIT: forgot to tell you.. when all this started i was able to boot a few times into my os (stock os just debloated) but was not able to charge or connect to pc. also when my phone is turned off and i connect it via usb to the charger or pc, the phone all of a sudden tries to boot
thanks in advance
cheers
Dulu93 said:
Hello my dear xda community,
today my zenfone 2 ze551ml 2,3ghz 4gb WW just died.
heres the story:
i plugged it in to charge, then i unplugged it for about 10 minutes and plugged it in again but it didnt charge.
so i tried to reboot and then strange bootloops occured. after a few tries i managed to boot again. after the next reboot it got stuck in bootloop completely.
next i tried to boot into fastboot. sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt. when i want to boot into recovery a dead blinking bot appears and i cannot enter the options.
also sometimes my fastboot shows the serialnumber "0123456789abcdef" and sometimes it shows it correct. another thing is that when im in fastboot mode my pc does not recognize my phone.. no connection sound nothing. not on windows (yes drivers are installed) and not on linux.
only thing i managed was to establish a connection when i restored my bootloader with xfstk downloader. (did not change a thing)
so now when i boot there are 3 things that can happen:
1. dead bot blinking
2. asus boot screen (stuck)
3. bootloop
im having this problem for about 6 hours now and i have no further ideas how to possibly reflash stock firmware without being able to use fastboot (i can enter it but pc wont recognize) and without being able to properly start recovery mode (dead bot BLINKING)
yes my phone was rooted
and no i did not do any updates it just happened
EDIT: forgot to tell you.. when all this started i was able to boot a few times into my os (stock os just debloated) but was not able to charge or connect to pc. also when my phone is turned off and i connect it via usb to the charger or pc, the phone all of a sudden tries to boot
thanks in advance
cheers
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hard bricked my phone recently and have the same 123456etc serial. This happened when I flashed boot.img without doing Androidboot.img first. It was a long recovery process,but I did get it recovered; however, I don't think I can fast boot from the bootloader anymore. If you want details for that route I can give them. Basically just search for hard brick. I wouldn't recommend it unless you're desperate. My phone is up and rooted again tho, so I'm happy.
k0rax said:
hard bricked my phone recently and have the same 123456etc serial. This happened when I flashed boot.img without doing Androidboot.img first. It was a long recovery process,but I did get it recovered; however, I don't think I can fast boot from the bootloader anymore. If you want details for that route I can give them. Basically just search for hard brick. I wouldn't recommend it unless you're desperate. My phone is up and rooted again tho, so I'm happy.
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yeah would be nice if you would guide me how to "recover" my phone again.
i tried flashing an os image via xfstk downloader but it failed probably due to the lack of proper files.
Sounds like you might need a new cable too
Sent from my ASUS_Z00A using Tapatalk
kenbo111 said:
Sounds like you might need a new cable too
Sent from my ASUS_Z00A using Tapatalk
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i dont think so.. tried a few different cables
Dulu93 said:
yeah would be nice if you would guide me how to "recover" my phone again.
i tried flashing an os image via xfstk downloader but it failed probably due to the lack of proper files.
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What I did was found a raw image that was supposed to flash the whole phone. With Asus flash tool. You need the x.14 version. I couldn't get it to flash my phone but I could see it repartitioning . I pulled the cable after that. Don't reboot. Then flash all the .IMG files from the temp folder. After that, it was stock and took some work getting it unlocked then rooted. After that and having twrp I just reloaded my last saved image.
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What I did was found a raw image that was supposed to flash the whole phone. With Asus flash tool. You need the x.14 version. I couldn't get it to flash my phone but I could see it repartitioning . I pulled the cable after that. Don't reboot. Then flash all the .IMG files from the temp folder. After that, it was stock and took some work getting it unlocked then rooted. After that and having twrp I just reloaded my last saved image.
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i can only find die x.15 version but i think it should be enough. the problem is that ze2 is not reacting to pc commands when in bootloader.. so i can not operate in with fastboot commands and asus flash tool requires fastboot mode
maybe my last option is to flash my phone via intel phone flash tool which operates via the soc. but i dont have the necessary files. as i remember i would need some flash.xml and image
maybe there is someone who is able to provide files i would need for the intel phone flash tool. i searched but i only could find the flash.xml file for other zenfone models then zenfone 2
Dulu93 said:
maybe there is someone who is able to provide files i would need for the intel phone flash tool. i searched but i only could find the flash.xml file for other zenfone models then zenfone 2
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tried to flash a raw file via intel phone flash tool but it says that automatic reboot is not supported on this devices and failed to reboot.
any solutions?
Dulu93 said:
tried to flash a raw file via intel phone flash tool but it says that automatic reboot is not supported on this devices and failed to reboot.
any solutions?
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When using xfstk did it confirm it was able to write the bootloader? Also, what version of Windows? I have 10 and it took booting the Os into a recovery mode and accepting the drivers even though they weren't signed. In the offset or write settings in xfstk I had five zeroes. I heard someone use 4, but the majority said 5. I used 5. Are you able to see the boot screen as a 4 color box?
Dulu93 said:
tried to flash a raw file via intel phone flash tool but it says that automatic reboot is not supported on this devices and failed to reboot.
any solutions?
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OK, I think I've figured it out. Realized my phone was crashing when I went to make a call. RessurectionRemix formatted my SD card and wasn't readable anymore, so frustrated I said f**k it, let's start over.
1) it's 4 zeros, not 5.
You'll notice when you're flashing with xFSTK Downloader it attempts to flash twice. It appears the first flash is for the bootloader, and the second is for OS. It needs to flash both. I could not get it to flash both until I updated the GP Flag Override Value to 0x80000807. Then it went without a hitch.
2) install fastboot and adb with the driver package.
It's on the site here. Once I did that the ASUS Flash tool did its thing. For those wondering if it's doing something or not - the answer is, if the phone looks like it's not doing anything - it's not doing anything. After I installed adb and fastboot, along with the drivers, it took about 5 minutes to flash end to end without a hitch.
So the takeaway is - if it's flashing the first portion, you have connectivity to the phone - but that does NOT mean adb/fastboot will have connectivity like it should. That takes the special google drivers. Also, it needs to flash TWICE for xFSTK. If it doesn't do both, things will be broken.
I found a raw image that was quite old 2.15.40.13 on asus-zenfone.com. password for zip is asus-zenfone.com. I've flashed that, and about to update to 2.19.40.20 to do the unlock. Rooting with one click root worked fine, but unlock I don't know did. So I'm getting the specific version it says it works for. I'll post an update when that's done.
Cheers
Unfortunately that didn't resolve my phone dialing, crashing the phone problem. :L
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Unfortunately that didn't resolve my phone dialing, crashing the phone problem. :L
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This did:
Make sure you go to settings-->apps-->default apps and select the dialer as your default application to make calls.
k0rax said:
OK, I think I've figured it out. Realized my phone was crashing when I went to make a call. RessurectionRemix formatted my SD card and wasn't readable anymore, so frustrated I said f**k it, let's start over.
1) it's 4 zeros, not 5.
You'll notice when you're flashing with xFSTK Downloader it attempts to flash twice. It appears the first flash is for the bootloader, and the second is for OS. It needs to flash both. I could not get it to flash both until I updated the GP Flag Override Value to 0x80000807. Then it went without a hitch.
2) install fastboot and adb with the driver package.
It's on the site here. Once I did that the ASUS Flash tool did its thing. For those wondering if it's doing something or not - the answer is, if the phone looks like it's not doing anything - it's not doing anything. After I installed adb and fastboot, along with the drivers, it took about 5 minutes to flash end to end without a hitch.
So the takeaway is - if it's flashing the first portion, you have connectivity to the phone - but that does NOT mean adb/fastboot will have connectivity like it should. That takes the special google drivers. Also, it needs to flash TWICE for xFSTK. If it doesn't do both, things will be broken.
I found a raw image that was quite old 2.15.40.13 on asus-zenfone.com. password for zip is asus-zenfone.com. I've flashed that, and about to update to 2.19.40.20 to do the unlock. Rooting with one click root worked fine, but unlock I don't know did. So I'm getting the specific version it says it works for. I'll post an update when that's done.
Cheers
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thank you very much for your help.
the first point chaning it to 4 zeros did the trick. i was able to reinstall the bootloader.
but i still dont have connectivity via fastboot. im sure all drivers are installed and even on linux i cant see my phone. what is that special google driver?
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When using xfstk did it confirm it was able to write the bootloader? Also, what version of Windows? I have 10 and it took booting the Os into a recovery mode and accepting the drivers even though they weren't signed. In the offset or write settings in xfstk I had five zeroes. I heard someone use 4, but the majority said 5. I used 5. Are you able to see the boot screen as a 4 color box?
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with 5 zeros it only loaded the firmware but skipped the os. with 4 zeros it loaded both. and yes i was able to see the colorbox.
im using windows 10 and what drivers do you mean? i installed the 15s driver package from xda
Dulu93 said:
with 5 zeros it only loaded the firmware but skipped the os. with 4 zeros it loaded both. and yes i was able to see the colorbox.
im using windows 10 and what drivers do you mean? i installed the 15s driver package from xda
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This did it for me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48915118
After installing that, Asus flash tool worked for me
Also I found it will sometimes stall during flash. After partition and before flashing. If it doesn't show anything changing on the phone for 2-3 minutes, (except when it's flashing system), cose the app, make sure fastboot, fastboot2, and adb are all closed, and try again. Make sure to launch AFT as administrator.
Don't forget to catch the first boot before it loads the OS - AFT reboots once complete - and run unlock tool right then. if you miss it you have to start over.
k0rax said:
This did it for me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48915118
After installing that, Asus flash tool worked for me
Also I found it will sometimes stall during flash. After partition and before flashing. If it doesn't show anything changing on the phone for 2-3 minutes, (except when it's flashing system), cose the app, make sure fastboot, fastboot2, and adb are all closed, and try again. Make sure to launch AFT as administrator.
Don't forget to catch the first boot before it loads the OS - AFT reboots once complete - and run unlock tool right then. if you miss it you have to start over.
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installed this package but still no luck.. even tried with freshly installed win7 but no luck. my fastboot mode is not being recognized
Dulu93 said:
installed this package but still no luck.. even tried with freshly installed win7 but no luck. my fastboot mode is not being recognized
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Try a different USB port. On the back of the computer. For whatever reason that made a difference for me. I couldn't use the front ones.
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Dulu93 said:
installed this package but still no luck.. even tried with freshly installed win7 but no luck. my fastboot mode is not being recognized
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/guide-brick-soft-hard-bricked-zenfone-2-t3284256
1.1 - Install IntelSocUSB
-First, Please disconnect the machine Zenfone your 2.
-Download Driver IntelSocUSB here:
http://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2oM...ew?usp=sharing
If you're using Windows 7:
Right-click the file -Click iSocUSB-Driver-Setup-1.2.0 choose "Run as Administrator".
-Make The installation steps as usual until you see a small window "Windows Security" requires authentication settings then click on the "install this driver software anyway"
-After This step, the driver installation is finished, continue to section 1.2 for connecting IntelSoc regime
Also iV you're using a virtualized environment I've heard people have had trouble. Try native if you can. The second part of the flash is fastboot. I don't remember the version I used. I'll check when I get home
k0rax said:
Try a different USB port. On the back of the computer. For whatever reason that made a difference for me. I couldn't use the front ones.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/guide-brick-soft-hard-bricked-zenfone-2-t3284256
1.1 - Install IntelSocUSB
-First, Please disconnect the machine Zenfone your 2.
-Download Driver IntelSocUSB here:
http://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2oM...ew?usp=sharing
If you're using Windows 7:
Right-click the file -Click iSocUSB-Driver-Setup-1.2.0 choose "Run as Administrator".
-Make The installation steps as usual until you see a small window "Windows Security" requires authentication settings then click on the "install this driver software anyway"
-After This step, the driver installation is finished, continue to section 1.2 for connecting IntelSoc regime
Also iV you're using a virtualized environment I've heard people have had trouble. Try native if you can. The second part of the flash is fastboot. I don't remember the version I used. I'll check when I get home
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ok.. lets summarize what i did:
1. installed adb/fastboot driver package
2. installed intel dnx driver (with isocusbdriver iwasnt able to open xfstk)
3. installed asus flash tool
4. installed xfstk downloader
5. loaded fw + os with xfstk downloader (successful)
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6. while in bootloader i connected my phone to the pc and tried to use asus flash tool (as admin) - not listing devices
i tried every usb port i have and several different cables, nothing helps
im slowly giving up... in the attachments you have snapshots how it looks like when im connected and in fastboot mode. to make sure no dead drivers are in my way im on a freshly installed win10
EDIT: now something happened. i flashed bootloader via xfstk, then i powered off my phone and connected it again. then for a second AFT showed my serial number, but the state was a red X
after i restore my bootloader via xfstk. what do i have to do so AFT can see my phone? what you can see in the attachments is all i get from AFT.. but i dont know how to stay connected
Dulu93 said:
ok.. lets summarize what i did:
1. installed adb/fastboot driver package
2. installed intel dnx driver (with isocusbdriver iwasnt able to open xfstk)
3. installed asus flash tool
4. installed xfstk downloader
5. loaded fw + os with xfstk downloader (successful)
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6. while in bootloader i connected my phone to the pc and tried to use asus flash tool (as admin) - not listing devices
i tried every usb port i have and several different cables, nothing helps
im slowly giving up... in the attachments you have snapshots how it looks like when im connected and in fastboot mode. to make sure no dead drivers are in my way im on a freshly installed win10
EDIT: now something happened. i flashed bootloader via xfstk, then i powered off my phone and connected it again. then for a second AFT showed my serial number, but the state was a red X
after i restore my bootloader via xfstk. what do i have to do so AFT can see my phone? what you can see in the attachments is all i get from AFT.. but i dont know how to stay connected
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You can leave flash tool and xfstk open same time. I flashed with xfstk, waited some time and moves between the bootloader options. Make sure no residual adb or fastboot exes are running. Then unplug the phone and plug it back in. Then it will show up. Select the option you have and click start. See if the bootloader shows any life or incoming partitioning happening . If that doesn't work reboot to bootloader scroll around in it to make sure it's loaded , it brings in the correct serial intermittently. But I don't think it's necessary.
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So xfstk reboots
Xfstk round two no reboot scroll around
AFT
Unplug USB from phone and reconnect
Should show up .
Then click start. Did it give an error with that X?
Look at processes and see if it's launched adb or fastboot
Dulu93 said:
ok.. lets summarize what i did:
1. installed adb/fastboot driver package
2. installed intel dnx driver (with isocusbdriver iwasnt able to open xfstk)
3. installed asus flash tool
4. installed xfstk downloader
5. loaded fw + os with xfstk downloader (successful)
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6. while in bootloader i connected my phone to the pc and tried to use asus flash tool (as admin) - not listing devices
i tried every usb port i have and several different cables, nothing helps
im slowly giving up... in the attachments you have snapshots how it looks like when im connected and in fastboot mode. to make sure no dead drivers are in my way im on a freshly installed win10
EDIT: now something happened. i flashed bootloader via xfstk, then i powered off my phone and connected it again. then for a second AFT showed my serial number, but the state was a red X
after i restore my bootloader via xfstk. what do i have to do so AFT can see my phone? what you can see in the attachments is all i get from AFT.. but i dont know how to stay connected
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I think you're close - it's flashing what's needed, and recognized the phone, although it did for me also but fastboot didn't work until the drivers with adb and fastboot. The last things I would think is reinstall the Google adb fastboot drivers with the phone connected to the USB port that got you this far, and if there is some serial no verification, look for .14 version of AFT.
Basically, I installed Havoc OS, tried flashing a couple kernels, kept getting systemui crashes, so I decided to dirty flash HavocOS again, and forgot to flash TWRP again before I exited TWRP.
Next, I boot back into my phone, opened Magisk Manager to find that Magisk is not installed, just the manager. I can't install Magisk as I have no TWRP...Which leads me to my next point, trying to boot into recovery brings me no avail as I forgot to flash TWRP. I have zero recovery right now.
Thirdly, HavocOS Suffers from the whole issue of needing SELinux set to permissive, for ADB to work...I can't do that, because I don't have Magisk/root.
Please tell me that someone has an idea here? I'd like to get TWRP back, or back to 100% stock and I can start over, or something other than a custom rom with serious SystemUI crashes and no root...
SOS!
This is not even close to a softbrick. Just boot TWRP using Fastboot and flash the zip from inside TWRP to install it. Also, there are various other solutions to fix your problem. Another one would be to simply use Deuces Recovery Script and go back to Stock.
As d-m-x stated boot twrp with fastboot boot not fastboot flash. Twrp will load into the phone then you can flash twrp and magisk.
I'd tried Fastboot already, will try again momentarily though.
D-m-x said:
This is not even close to a softbrick. Just boot TWRP using Fastboot and flash the zip from inside TWRP to install it. Also, there are various other solutions to fix your problem. Another one would be to simply use Deuces Recovery Script and go back to Stock.
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Fastboot hasn't worked either. Unless I'm doing something wrong, but I just get "waiting for any device" despite having adb on/off, being in bootloader/fastboot mode or being booted into android, etc.
For Fastboot to work you have to be in the Bootloader Menu. How did you unlock and root your Phone in the first place? That should have taken you through those steps.
Anyways, it's likely that the computer just doesn't recognize the phone. Connect it and go into your Device Manager and see if it's properly recognized. If not install the correct USB Drivers and try again. If everything is set up correctly you can type "fastboot devices" while in the bootloader and you should see your Devices address which means it is connected and ready. Then boot TWRP as stated and install the zip from within.
D-m-x said:
For Fastboot to work you have to be in the Bootloader Menu. How did you unlock and root your Phone in the first place? That should have taken you through those steps.
Anyways, it's likely that the computer just doesn't recognize the phone. Connect it and go into your Device Manager and see if it's properly recognized. If not install the correct USB Drivers and try again. If everything is set up correctly you can type "fastboot devices" while in the bootloader and you should see your Devices address which means it is connected and ready. Then boot TWRP as stated and install the zip from within.
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Bootloader is unlocked etc. I initially did everything using the P2XLToolskit 2.0
You're correct, I think its simply a case of the PC not recognizing the device. I've already checked device manager, and it's not properly installing the device. I've multiple times tried reinstalling the universal driver, and various other fixes. I think it relates to the whole issue of HavocOS being screwy about USB. Many people have reported issues with USB recognition issues when ADB is turned on. The consensus from how I understand it, is that ADB ON = Phone won't be recognized. ADB OFF = Device should be recognized for file/data transfer...However even with ADB off my PC is still not installing drivers properly / recognizing the device.
The Device Manager lists my device as "Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed)"
Also tried:
1. Go to C:\Windows\INF
2. Find the file "wpdmtp.inf"
3. Right click the file and click 'Install'
4. Once that is done, simply plug your phone and it should work.
^ did not work.
Dragostini said:
Bootloader is unlocked etc. I initially did everything using the P2XLToolskit 2.0
You're correct, I think its simply a case of the PC not recognizing the device. I've already checked device manager, and it's not properly installing the device. I've multiple times tried reinstalling the universal driver, and various other fixes. I think it relates to the whole issue of HavocOS being screwy about USB. Many people have reported issues with USB recognition issues when ADB is turned on. The consensus from how I understand it, is that ADB ON = Phone won't be recognized. ADB OFF = Device should be recognized for file/data transfer...However even with ADB off my PC is still not installing drivers properly / recognizing the device.
The Device Manager lists my device as "Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed)"
Also tried:
1. Go to C:\Windows\INF
2. Find the file "wpdmtp.inf"
3. Right click the file and click 'Install'
4. Once that is done, simply plug your phone and it should work.
^ did not work.
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Have you tried different USB A to USB C cables and ports?
Dragostini said:
Bootloader is unlocked etc. I initially did everything using the P2XLToolskit 2.0
You're correct, I think its simply a case of the PC not recognizing the device. I've already checked device manager, and it's not properly installing the device. I've multiple times tried reinstalling the universal driver, and various other fixes. I think it relates to the whole issue of HavocOS being screwy about USB. Many people have reported issues with USB recognition issues when ADB is turned on. The consensus from how I understand it, is that ADB ON = Phone won't be recognized. ADB OFF = Device should be recognized for file/data transfer...However even with ADB off my PC is still not installing drivers properly / recognizing the device.
The Device Manager lists my device as "Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed)"
Also tried:
1. Go to C:\Windows\INF
2. Find the file "wpdmtp.inf"
3. Right click the file and click 'Install'
4. Once that is done, simply plug your phone and it should work.
^ did not work.
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Try these troubleshooting steps:
- make sure you're running the LATEST SDK Tools
- Try diff USB cables (switch from 2.0 to 3.0, or vice versa)
- Try a diff USB port
- Make sure you're in the proper fastboot folder with the fastboot application
- Boot into bootloader type fastboot devices see if you get a serial number
In my sig is a link for troubleshooting, and step by step that includes links to get latest SDK Tools.
If all else fails, I'd reco a fresh factory image install and get back to your cust Rom from there, rather than spend a day or two chasing ghosts.
Good luck!
Az Biker said:
Try these troubleshooting steps:
- make sure you're running the LATEST SDK Tools
- Try diff USB cables (switch from 2.0 to 3.0, or vice versa)
- Try a diff USB port
- Make sure you're in the proper fastboot folder with the fastboot application
- Boot into bootloader type fastboot devices see if you get a serial number
In my sig is a link for troubleshooting, and step by step that includes links to get latest SDK Tools.
If all else fails, I'd reco a fresh factory image install and get back to your cust Rom from there, rather than spend a day or two chasing ghosts.
Good luck!
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Spoke with Google; getting the phone RMA. Blatantly told the guy it was rooted previously, bootloader unlocked, and running a custom ROM. He said it didn't matter. I will report back on this thread once I have new phone in hand, just to confirm all went well.
Reporting back.
Brought phone to virgin mobile, obviously still heavily modified.
Was given a loaner phone. Signed a paper saying I'd pay 150 for the loaner if it broke. Broke loaner screen same day.
Just picked up a brand new pixel 2 xl they shipped (phone only) because mine was considered unrepairable. I was charged 169 for the loaner phone, to my account with virgin. No cash transaction.
All in all, they honoured googles view of not minding the modifications so long as it's an issue they don't feel is related.
Cheers.
I hadn't tried rooting my phone until recently since I didn't trust myself, should have gone with my gut and waited longer since this is the only half decent phone I've got. I tried flashing mauronofrio's magisk patched boot image for 10.0.3 without realizing my phone had updated to 10.0.5. I didn't think to fastboot boot because it's been so long since I've rooted a phone. Afterwards, all of my network protocols such as wifi and mobile data no longer worked and although I could text, I could not call or receive calls. So, in an attempt to fix the issue, I used the experimental TWRP via fastboot boot in order to flash 10.0.3 since I could not find a boot image for 10.0.5 which didn't work. Then, I stumbled upon this post and downloaded the pre-compiled files with which to flash the stock fastboot roms. Obviously, I was very upset with myself for failing to read and process this information thoroughly enough and for that very reason I ended up making a far more rash decision in order to repair this issue. I ran the flash-all bat once with no difference, and a second time to get stuck in a bootloop. I have access to fastboot and the stock recovery, I can fastboot flash still, but I haven't been able to come up with a solution. If I did, I wouldn't trust myself to carry it out without confirmation from someone else. Anyone feeling generous enough to help?
Raeffion said:
I hadn't tried rooting my phone until recently since I didn't trust myself, should have gone with my gut and waited longer since this is the only half decent phone I've got. I tried flashing mauronofrio's magisk patched boot image for 10.0.3 without realizing my phone had updated to 10.0.5. I didn't think to fastboot boot because it's been so long since I've rooted a phone. Afterwards, all of my network protocols such as wifi and mobile data no longer worked and although I could text, I could not call or receive calls. So, in an attempt to fix the issue, I used the experimental TWRP via fastboot boot in order to flash 10.0.3 since I could not find a boot image for 10.0.5 which didn't work. Then, I stumbled upon this post and downloaded the pre-compiled files with which to flash the stock fastboot roms. Obviously, I was very upset with myself for failing to read and process this information thoroughly enough and for that very reason I ended up making a far more rash decision in order to repair this issue. I ran the flash-all bat once with no difference, and a second time to get stuck in a bootloop. I have access to fastboot and the stock recovery, I can fastboot flash still, but I haven't been able to come up with a solution. If I did, I wouldn't trust myself to carry it out without confirmation from someone else. Anyone feeling generous enough to help?
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First of all, TWRP doesn't work.
This link would help you to restore your device
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7t/how-to/op7t-unbrick-tool-to-restore-device-to-t3994835
Raeffion said:
I hadn't tried rooting my phone until recently since I didn't trust myself, should have gone with my gut and waited longer since this is the only half decent phone I've got. I tried flashing mauronofrio's magisk patched boot image for 10.0.3 without realizing my phone had updated to 10.0.5. I didn't think to fastboot boot because it's been so long since I've rooted a phone. Afterwards, all of my network protocols such as wifi and mobile data no longer worked and although I could text, I could not call or receive calls. So, in an attempt to fix the issue, I used the experimental TWRP via fastboot boot in order to flash 10.0.3 since I could not find a boot image for 10.0.5 which didn't work. Then, I stumbled upon this post and downloaded the pre-compiled files with which to flash the stock fastboot roms. Obviously, I was very upset with myself for failing to read and process this information thoroughly enough and for that very reason I ended up making a far more rash decision in order to repair this issue. I ran the flash-all bat once with no difference, and a second time to get stuck in a bootloop. I have access to fastboot and the stock recovery, I can fastboot flash still, but I haven't been able to come up with a solution. If I did, I wouldn't trust myself to carry it out without confirmation from someone else. Anyone feeling generous enough to help?
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I had a similar, but not as terrible experience when first attempting to get root on the 7T using the patched boot images that you used. I tried several other patched boot images, but none of them would allow the device to boot. I downloaded the full update of 10.0.5, then extracted the boot.img and it allowed me to boot the device again. Then I patched it in Magisk Manager, and everything went fine and I have root. If you have fastboot access, you can try booting your device using these images with the command fastboot boot boot.img or fastboot boot magisk_patched.img to see if your device even boots up from the images. I got stuck booting from partition b at one point, and used the command fastboot getvar current-slot to see the active partition, then I used the command fastboot --set-active=a to set partition a instead. If those commands fail then you need to update to the latest adb and fastboot and the commands will work.
This is the stock boot.img for the H1905 7T update version 10.0.5:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/887ibs0yorxgs2v/boot.img?dl=0
This is the Magisk patched version of the same boot.img:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/sxrayyjn562susu/magisk_patched.img?dl=0
SkippRunning said:
If you have fastboot access, you can try booting your device using these images with the command fastboot boot boot.img or fastboot boot magisk_patched.img to see if your device even boots up from the images.
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I've attempted both, I was still in a bootloop sadly.
SkippRunning said:
I got stuck booting from partition b at one point, and used the command fastboot getvar current-slot to see the active partition, then I used the command fastboot --set-active=a to set partition a instead. If those commands fail then you need to update to the latest adb and fastboot and the commands will work.
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My current partition was still in partition A.
Aswin08 said:
This link would help you to restore your device.
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My first try with the unbrick tool didn't even sense my phone. I saw the FAQ and then tried to find the Qualcomm drivers in my device manager to no avail, although I did find Kedacom drivers which I could not even attempt to flash over since Windows told me that the driver I was trying to push was out of date. Here is my original post on that thread:
Raeffion said:
I see neither QDLOADER 9008 nor QHUSB_BULK in my device manager and my device is not detected by the MSMDownloadTool. I do see, however, a Kedacom USB device in my device manager titled "Android Bootloader Interface". I just want to be sure that I should download the driver you provided onto my phone before I brick it any further.
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As you can see, I did not yet mention that I still tried pushing the driver since I haven't had a reply yet. I don't want to double-post there but I'm getting no luck elsewhere. I really want this tool to work, is there some way to force push these drivers or is that a bad idea? If it is, any other ideas?
EDIT: Nevermind. I think it's bricked pretty good, I'll probably have to give up on this. When I plug it in, it only goes to bootloader, doesn't boot into recovery, system, or even show the battery percentage when charging. Bootloader hasn't been giving me many options either since the commands I've tried aren't going through. Updating ADB right now, don't know if it's likely that it's causing issues right after I already updated it.
Raeffion said:
I've attempted both, I was still in a bootloop sadly.
My current partition was still in partition A.
My first try with the unbrick tool didn't even sense my phone. I saw the FAQ and then tried to find the Qualcomm drivers in my device manager to no avail, although I did find Kedacom drivers which I could not even attempt to flash over since Windows told me that the driver I was trying to push was out of date. Here is my original post on that thread:
As you can see, I did not yet mention that I still tried pushing the driver since I haven't had a reply yet. I don't want to double-post there but I'm getting no luck elsewhere. I really want this tool to work, is there some way to force push these drivers or is that a bad idea? If it is, any other ideas?
EDIT: Nevermind. I think it's bricked pretty good, I'll probably have to give up on this. When I plug it in, it only goes to bootloader, doesn't boot into recovery, system, or even show the battery percentage when charging. Bootloader hasn't been giving me many options either since the commands I've tried aren't going through. Updating ADB right now, don't know if it's likely that it's causing issues right after I already updated it.
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Are you starting the programs as an Administrator?
SkippRunning said:
Are you starting the programs as an Administrator?
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Yeah, tried it again for good measure. Is there any chance I could get this issue resolved spending less than $100 by sending it to a OnePlus repair center or elsewhere? I'm not sure they do software repairs such as this, I didn't purchase a warranty since I figured I'd root this phone and I no longer know my IMEI since I can't access the phone to check.
Raeffion said:
Yeah, tried it again for good measure. Is there any chance I could get this issue resolved spending less than $100 by sending it to a OnePlus repair center or elsewhere? I'm not sure they do software repairs such as this, I didn't purchase a warranty since I figured I'd root this phone and I no longer know my IMEI since I can't access the phone to check.
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Ive never sent my devices in for service so Im not sure about that. The fact that you have access to fastboot still though makes me think that you arent totally screwed yet. When I had stuff go wrong and I went to use to MSM tool, I didnt have the proper drivers installed, and my device never showed up in device manager. After installing a different set of drivers and rebooting my pc, the device showed up in device manager under the Ports section. I was able to get back into my device without the unbrick tool by switching the active partition. Did you say you already checked your active partition with command fastboot getvar current-slot? If you are on slot a, have you tried setting slot b as the active and seeing what happens? This is the command fastboot --set-active=b.
Here is a driver for the unbrick tool to recognize your device that might work for you. https://www.dropbox.com/s/lgt1qanfqs8pvbe/QDLoader HS-USB Driver_64bit_Setup.zip?dl=0
SkippRunning said:
Did you say you already checked your active partition with command fastboot getvar current-slot? If you are on slot a, have you tried setting slot b as the active and seeing what happens? This is the command fastboot --set-active=b.
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I did try setting the active partition to slot b as well, I was getting pretty much the same errors as attempting to boot from an image file. Although, I just now tried setting the partition to b and it worked. I'll try rebooting the phone to partition b now as well.
EDIT: Thankfully, setting the partition to slot b worked! My phone now has access to system and recovery once again and boots as normal. I am still in a bootloop though, so I'm attempting to install the drivers now.
SkippRunning said:
After installing a different set of drivers and rebooting my pc, the device showed up in device manager under the Ports section. I was able to get back into my device without the unbrick tool by switching the active partition.
Here is a driver for the unbrick tool to recognize your device that might work for you.
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Awesome, installing those drivers right now. The link provided in the beginning of the thread for the MSM Tool just wouldn't work for me since my device was detected as something that wasn't mentioned in the entirety of the thread so I couldn't install it directly via device manager as directed. This should hopefully get me up and running on the tool, I'll update this post once the drivers are installed hopefully.
EDIT: I installed the driver but nothing has changed from before. The MSM tool still doesn't detect my phone, I made sure it was run as Administrator. My device drivers are still Kedacom which I attempted to update the driver using a file on my computer once again and Windows wouldn't allow it. Am I simply looking in the wrong place to manually install this driver? My device manager is set to view devices by type and plugging in my phone causes only the Kedacom USB device to appear, so I assume I don't have QDLOADER 9008 or QHUSB_BULK devices listed there. I can provide screenshots of my device manager window if it helps.
Raeffion said:
Awesome, installing those drivers right now. The link provided in the beginning of the thread for the MSM Tool just wouldn't work for me since my device was detected as something that wasn't mentioned in the entirety of the thread so I couldn't install it directly via device manager as directed. This should hopefully get me up and running on the tool, I'll update this post once the drivers are installed hopefully.
I did try setting the active partition to slot b as well, I was getting pretty much the same errors as attempting to boot from an image file. Although, I just now tried setting the partition to b and it worked. I'll try rebooting the phone to partition b now as well.
EDIT: Thankfully, setting the partition to slot b worked! My phone now has access to system and recovery once again and boots as normal. I am still in a bootloop though, so I'm attempting to install the drivers now.
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Hooray! Almost haha! It is the worst feeling when you mess up your brand new device, but as long as I have fastboot I dont stop trying to fix my mistakes. You should be able to fix it for sure.
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Raeffion said:
I did try setting the active partition to slot b as well, I was getting pretty much the same errors as attempting to boot from an image file. Although, I just now tried setting the partition to b and it worked. I'll try rebooting the phone to partition b now as well.
EDIT: Thankfully, setting the partition to slot b worked! My phone now has access to system and recovery once again and boots as normal. I am still in a bootloop though, so I'm attempting to install the drivers now.
Awesome, installing those drivers right now. The link provided in the beginning of the thread for the MSM Tool just wouldn't work for me since my device was detected as something that wasn't mentioned in the entirety of the thread so I couldn't install it directly via device manager as directed. This should hopefully get me up and running on the tool, I'll update this post once the drivers are installed hopefully.
EDIT: I installed the driver but nothing has changed from before. The MSM tool still doesn't detect my phone, I made sure it was run as Administrator. My device drivers are still Kedacom which I attempted to update the driver using a file on my computer once again and Windows wouldn't allow it. Am I simply looking in the wrong place to manually install this driver? My device manager is set to view devices by type and plugging in my phone causes only the Kedacom USB device to appear, so I assume I don't have QDLOADER 9008 or QHUSB_BULK devices listed there. I can provide screenshots of my device manager window if it helps.
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On my pc, I didnt have any issues with the drivers, but when I was helping a friend over TeamViewer trying to do the same thing you are trying to do, the drivers just didnt help no matter what and it wasnt listed in the device manager. I was able to make it show properly on his pc by using the steps explained in this article. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...boot-configuration-option?redirectedfrom=MSDN After restarting his pc, the device showed up properly in device manager with test mode enabled.
Are you able to access adb now, or still only fastboot?
SkippRunning said:
Are you able to access adb now, or still only fastboot?
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I embarrassingly don't even really remember all the specifics about how ADB works, although I don't think I have access since I'm in a bootloop when I launch Android. Unless I have access to ADB via fastboot or recovery, I don't think I do.
SkippRunning said:
On my pc, I didnt have any issues with the drivers, but when I was helping a friend over TeamViewer trying to do the same thing you are trying to do, the drivers just didnt help no matter what and it wasnt listed in the device manager. I was able to make it show properly on his pc by using the steps explained in this article. After restarting his pc, the device showed up properly in device manager with test mode enabled.
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Yeah I had no idea what Windows test mode was. Before I rebooted just now to install the drivers you provided, I actually launched into Windows test mode with no command from me telling Windows to. I thought Windows invalidated my license yet again tbh, glad to know it didn't. I don't think I'm in test mode now, so I'm giving that a go right now. My computer takes a while to warm up so I'll let you know the results in a bit.
Raeffion said:
I embarrassingly don't even really remember all the specifics about how ADB works, although I don't think I have access since I'm in a bootloop when I launch Android. Unless I have access to ADB via fastboot or recovery, I don't think I do.
Yeah I had no idea what Windows test mode was. Before I rebooted just now to install the drivers you provided, I actually launched into Windows test mode with no command from me telling Windows to. I thought Windows invalidated my license yet again tbh, glad to know it didn't. I don't think I'm in test mode now, so I'm giving that a go right now. My computer takes a while to warm up so I'll let you know the results in a bit.
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It will just make driver installing issues less likely. When you boot your phone, what happens on the screen? Does it get stuck on a certain screen or just restart over and over? You can see if adb can see your device with the command adb devices, and it should list your device. If not, try fastboot devices and it should be listed. You need to put the device into EDL mode for the unbrick tool to work, and for it to be shown in device manager. My friends device manager listed Kedacom just like yours, and I didnt do anything to that at all. I just used test mode, installed the Qualcomm drivers, put the phone into EDL mode and the unbrick tool should recognize it. If your phone is listed when you type adb devices, you can use command adb reboot edl to enter that mode needed for the unbrick tool.
Raeffion said:
I don't think I'm in test mode now, so I'm giving that a go right now. My computer takes a while to warm up so I'll let you know the results in a bit.
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Sadly my drivers haven't changed. I uninstalled and reinstalled the installation file you gave me since I first installed it via WWAN-DHCP instead of ETHERNET_DHCP. I use a VPN so I figured that may have affected the installation, although for some reason I didn't think to just turn off the VPN when I reinstalled. Regardless, I don't think my VPN or the way I installed the driver is the cause of the drivers mentioned not being found in my device manager, so I'm likely not going to bother.
Raeffion said:
Sadly my drivers haven't changed. I uninstalled and reinstalled the installation file you gave me since I first installed it via WWAN-DHCP instead of ETHERNET_DHCP. I use a VPN so I figured that may have affected the installation, although for some reason I didn't think to just turn off the VPN when I reinstalled. Regardless, I don't think my VPN or the way I installed the driver is the cause of the drivers mentioned not being found in my device manager, so I'm likely not going to bother.
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Another problem that can cause your phone to not show up in device manager is the usb port you are using. Have you tried any other ports? Are you able to shut your phone all the way off by holding power until it turns off? If you can unplug the phone and turn it off, then hold the volume up and volume down buttons together, then plug the cable back into the phone and it should put it into EDL mode.
SkippRunning said:
When you boot your phone, what happens on the screen? Does it get stuck on a certain screen or just restart over and over?
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It just shows the boot animation, it doesn't restart.
SkippRunning said:
You can see if adb can see your device with the command adb devices, and it should list your device. If not, try fastboot devices and it should be listed.
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ADB shows no devices attached, fastboot shows my device.
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You need to put the device into EDL mode for the unbrick tool to work, and for it to be shown in device manager. My friends device manager listed Kedacom just like yours, and I didnt do anything to that at all. I just used test mode, installed the Qualcomm drivers, put the phone into EDL mode and the unbrick tool should recognize it. If your phone is listed when you type adb devices, you can use command adb reboot edl to enter that mode needed for the unbrick tool.
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I seem to have been missing a vital part of information. I don't know why the term "EDL" just went over my head, I probably just associated it was fastboot mode when I looked it up. How do I get into EDL mode? Is it safe to assume the method listed here works for the OnePlus 7T?
Raeffion said:
It just shows the boot animation, it doesn't restart.
ADB shows no devices attached, fastboot shows my device.
I seem to have been missing a vital part of information. I don't know why the term "EDL" just went over my head, I probably just associated it was fastboot mode when I looked it up. How do I get into EDL mode? Is it safe to assume the method listed here works for the OnePlus 7T?
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Fastboot mode and EDL mode are two different things. I have never used the fastboot to EDL method, but I have read about it and I assume it should work atleast on some devices. Unplugging from pc and turning the phone off, then holding both volume buttons and then plugging the cord into the device should enter EDL mode without commands.
SkippRunning said:
Fastboot mode and EDL mode are two different things. I have never used the fastboot to EDL method, but I have read about it and I assume it should work atleast on some devices. Unplugging from pc and turning the phone off, then holding both volume buttons and then plugging the cord into the device should enter EDL mode without commands.
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I must have assumed that it was fastboot mode since when I held those buttons and plugged it in, I'd always launch into fastboot mode. Perhaps it's different with the US version? That's the version I have.
Raeffion said:
I must have assumed that it was fastboot mode since when I held those buttons and plugged it in, I'd always launch into fastboot mode. Perhaps it's different with the US version? That's the version I have.
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The only version I have used at all is the US one. You could try holding both volume buttons for a few seconds before plugging the cable into the phone, but if that doesnt work you can try the fastboot to edl method. I have no experience with it at all though so I dont know if it works with this device or not, but you would just open the edl.cmd file and it should put the phone into edl mode.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/951fm98u5rd2kjr/FASTBOOT-EDL-MODE.zip?dl=0
SkippRunning said:
The only version I have used at all is the US one. You could try holding both volume buttons for a few seconds before plugging the cable into the phone, but if that doesnt work you can try the fastboot to edl method. I have no experience with it at all though so I dont know if it works with this device or not, but you would just open the edl.cmd file and it should put the phone into edl mode.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/951fm98u5rd2kjr/FASTBOOT-EDL-MODE.zip?dl=0
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It just boots me into Android sadly. I don't know that there's any way to get into EDL mode for me. Possibly due to my use of the experimental TWRP and mauronofrio's Stock Fastboot ROM tool.
Raeffion said:
It just boots me into Android sadly. I don't know that there's any way to get into EDL mode for me. Possibly due to my use of the experimental TWRP and mauronofrio's Stock Fastboot ROM tool.
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What happens if you use command fastboot boot boot_stock_10.0.5_US.img using this file?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cl9l662xkyey5oq/boot_stock_10.0.5_US.img?dl=0
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What happens if you use command fastboot boot boot_stock_10.0.5_US.img using this file?
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No dice.