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How to reload the default software back to HTC Excalibur

Hello,
Need your guys help urgently. I have a HTC Excalibur, but recently did not power ON for about afew weeks, and now when I power ON, it will just hang at the booting green page showing "Windows Mobile Direct Push Technology", and can never goto the main screen at all, suspected that the software corrupted.
Please help, I have tried to use the Activesync but it does not detect my HTC Excalibur. Is there any way to reload back the default software/firmware image back to the device? like BlackBerry device, there's a software application and can use the Desktop Manager Application Loader to reload the software/firmware back to the device, is there such similar way for HTC Excalibur? Or any alternatives to resolve this issue?
Please HELP, any kind soul expert out there to help?
Thousand of thanks.

How to do a hard-reset. Won't reload to default but worth a try.
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hello there! Mine is the dopod c720w, do the steps for hard reset work for c720w? Merci

mosescso said:
hello there! Mine is the dopod c720w, do the steps for hard reset work for c720w? Merci
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Yes it's the same phone
Just a different brand name.

hello there! Have tried several times, but it does not work, still the same as the problem, hang and stop at bootup screen. : (
What other ways?

mosescso said:
hello there! Have tried several times, but it does not work, still the same as the problem, hang and stop at bootup screen. : (
What other ways?
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Sorry to ask a silly question did you see the onscreen promps to reset device?

Take out the sd card?

gospeed.racer said:
Take out the sd card?
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Good answer gospeed
If only they put that in the pic.

You Want The BooTLoader Screen First {Color Screen}
mosescso said:
Hello,
Need your guys help urgently. I have a HTC Excalibur, but recently did not power ON for about afew weeks, and now when I power ON, it will just hang at the booting green page showing "Windows Mobile Direct Push Technology", and can never goto the main screen at all, suspected that the software corrupted.
Please help, I have tried to use the Activesync but it does not detect my HTC Excalibur. Is there any way to reload back the default software/firmware image back to the device? like BlackBerry device, there's a software application and can use the Desktop Manager Application Loader to reload the software/firmware back to the device, is there such similar way for HTC Excalibur? Or any alternatives to resolve this issue?
Please HELP, any kind soul expert out there to help?
Thousand of thanks.
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They are 2 ways that You can get the bootloader screen back, by connecting your phone to your PC via USB, catch this {although the phone may look like it's not connected to your PC via active, but it is connected, you will not see the green Active sync icon on your PC at this time, but you phone is still connected to your PC via active sync}, understand this...!
Next, while your phone is connected to your PC via active sync, push and hold the camera button for several seconds, keep trying until the color screen appear {BootLoader screen}, should the BootLoader screen appear, You will have to install a 6.0 ROM back in your device, before you put a 6.1 ROM on your device.
If the above method should fail, this is another method, but kind of difficult, soft reset your mobile device, while your phone is coming back up, press and hold down the the 2 soft key {Home Key and Back Key} and the camera buttons at the same time, until the color screen comes up, you may have to try this several times, be patient. Should the color screen come up, install a 6.0 ROM back on your device before installing a 6.1 ROM to your device. These 2 method have worked for me and others in the past......!

unite for the zopo zp700

Hello Guys,
this i my first post.
i am pretty sure i bricked my first android phone just hours ago. When i press the power button, i am getting stuck at the zopo logo and can only exit if i remove the battery. My research says thats it only softbricked, not hard bricked, so i hope to fix it.
Here is what i did:
I received the phone and started google about rooting, cwm, rom flashing and many more, because i wanted to have stock android on my phone.
I found a page that supplied stock rom versions for every single zopo phone (including zp700) and i downloaded their .zip file which contained the flashing tool, android drivers (not working, found them manually) and the stock-rom 4.2 "for zp 700".
I also followed their step by step tutorial.
I got an "brom error 4008" while the phone was connected and now my phone is stuck at boot logo.
I also downloaded ghost45's custom rom for zp700 but i do not dare to install since i only found a tutorial on spanish youtube :laugh:
I only want to get my phone back alive and install a different version of android. Doesn't have to be original google stock, but not zopo version either.
I am not lazy, i do reserach on my own, but there is little to no information about the zopo zp700 phone out there. I ask you adroid experts to help me or at least tell my whats the next thing i can do.
ps: please dont kill me for posting in the wrong forum

beefpolice said:
Hello Guys,
this i my first post.
i am pretty sure i bricked my first android phone just hours ago. When i press the power button, i am getting stuck at the zopo logo and can only exit if i remove the battery. My research says thats it only softbricked, not hard bricked, so i hope to fix it.
Here is what i did:
I received the phone and started google about rooting, cwm, rom flashing and many more, because i wanted to have stock android on my phone.
I found a page that supplied stock rom versions for every single zopo phone (including zp700) and i downloaded their .zip file which contained the flashing tool, android drivers (not working, found them manually) and the stock-rom 4.2 "for zp 700".
I also followed their step by step tutorial.
I got an "brom error 4008" while the phone was connected and now my phone is stuck at boot logo.
I also downloaded ghost45's custom rom for zp700 but i do not dare to install since i only found a tutorial on spanish youtube :laugh:
I only want to get my phone back alive and install a different version of android. Doesn't have to be original google stock, but not zopo version either.
I am not lazy, i do reserach on my own, but there is little to no information about the zopo zp700 phone out there. I ask you adroid experts to help me or at least tell my whats the next thing i can do.
ps: please dont kill me for posting in the wrong forum
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hi man, my zp700 doenst turn on but if i conenect to pc it recognizes the phone. is it hardbrick? how can i fix it?
i try using again flash tool but it fails.I'm desperate please help me.

OpXim said:
hi man, my zp700 doenst turn on but if i conenect to pc it recognizes the phone. is it hardbrick? how can i fix it?
i try using again flash tool but it fails.I'm desperate please help me.
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Need help with hardbricked phone

Hi, something went wrong while trying to install pixelExperience on my redmi note 8 pro. It doesn't reach any screen, no fastboot, no recovery, no boot screen. The notification led light up when connected to the PC, but no charging screen.
I was installing pixelExperience 11 with no error, but it never booted up after rebooting.
I'm currently trying to flash rom downloaded from xiaomifirmwareupdater.com with SP flash tool. I'm using the version from UnbrickRN8ProNoAuth, it says it worked, but the phone won't start.
The booloader was unlocked, I tried both the global and the europe version. I don't know what to try now, any suggestion ?
What could be the problem, I was expecting that flashing the official rom would at least get me to the boot screen.
Thanks !

Hello to me, exactly the same thing happened to me when installing pixel experience, you follow all the steps of UnbrickRN8ProNoAuth
to use python, driver, libusb, bypass and finally spflashtool with the dafiles and the authfiles?
I use the version with this method is this:
https://c.mi.com/thread-3612344-1-0.html
With that I was able to start the mobile and the fastboot mode worked again, apparently it is a bug when entering pixel experience if you have firmware 12.5 that sometimes causes the brick, try that version it worked for me. a greeting
ps: especially remember to use the auth_sv5.auth in the program
and MTK_AllInOne_DA_mt6765_mt6785, if everything is correct you should get a green check, I tell you because first the program checks the rom if it is correct, do you connect it by pressing the 3 buttons at the same time?

Hey, thx, I'll try with this version then !
Yes I have the green check, and I connect the phone with only the vol+ pressed.
I need to do the bypass every time, is that the normal behaviour, and is there another step I should redo ?

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Hey, thx, I'll try with this version then !
Yes I have the green check, and I connect the phone with only the vol+ pressed.
I need to do the bypass every time, is that the normal behaviour, and is there another step I should redo ?
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Because of the preloader mode I never use volume + I always use the 3 buttons, so I added the "libusb filter" the bypass I don't know exactly what it is for, but the 2 times that I used the mediatek program and I used it, I just look at it, and according to github it is used for: "Small utility to disable bootrom protection (sla and daa)" and according to google the bootrom: "Bootrom (or Boot ROM) is a small piece of ROM mask or write-protected flash embedded inside of the processor chip. It contains the first code that the processor executes when turning on or resetting. "Enteoria, if it doesn't write you that data from version 12.0.4, it doesn't turn on, follow all the steps correctly with the rom that is shared with you. above and I should start your phone.

It's working again !!
I searched for a similar version but global, and installed it (https://c.mi.com/thread-3565279-1-0.html)
Thanks a lot.
If that can help someone, this time I had an error on the 4th step, it wasn't finding my phone whereas the step 5 could. I had to rerun step 3.
Now I have to choose between settling with this version or trying again ^^ did you manage to install pixelExperience in the end ?

Hi, I'm glad you fix it in the end, the rom that you put is the same, it only changes that mine is the europe version and yours is International, the google patch also changes,
In the end, if I could install pixel from 12.0.4 to pixel 12, from 12.5 the firmware is different and there are many bricks, I bricked myself just like you did not turn on anything, when going from 12.5 to pixel 11, from 12.0 no It opens up risks of going to pixel 11 or 12.
in the end, you can only install pixel 12, wanting to put 11 could not mount the system and the provider
The problem that the cameras do not work well in pixel, even installing gcam they go lag and not all of them work, not even the 64mpx mode, right now I am in miui stock with bootloader closed again. the cameras are important to me, greetings
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Stuck/bricked in EDL mode?! That's the solution!

This is 2 days long story..
A friend gave me his Poco M3 for changing rom.
Searched an alternative working way to bypass the 7 days wait to unlock bootloader.
After some tries the phone goes in permanent EDL stuck.
Lost 2 nights searching and tried EVERYTHING: Qfire, Miflash (bypassing login but error for "not associated to this account"), enegeering rom, test points, etc..
After the successfully flashed, the phone was yet in EDL mode.
No way to exit.
but, finally, found a solution.
Heres what you need:
- Qualcomm Drivers
- Fastboot ROM
- MiFlash
- Patched Firehose (for bypass login to MiFlash)
Procedure:
- Install the Qualcomm drivers
- extract the downloaded fastboot rom
- go into rom folder, then images folder, and overwright the Firehose with the patched one
- now disconnect the fingerprint sensor cable from mainboard
- open Miflash, select the folder and flash it
- after complete the flash, disconnect cable from pc, disconnect the battery, reconnect the fingerprint sensor cable and reconnect the battery
and, magically, NOW WORKS.
Follow the procedure exactly otherwise will not work and will be stuck in EDL.
Hope to save time and money to someone have my same problem.

Nope mine is stuck at flashing state... I hate this phone, I tried almost everything
But thanks anyway
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I'm constantly amazed how crappy all this software is.
First, there is this fixation with Com ports. That's so 1990's.
The USB interface is just a plain ol' bulk interface. Why not use that instead of some bogus virtual Com port driver?
Everything should have timeouts, there is no reason that a program should hang.
I'd almost suggest that you try my EDL client but I don't know if this flash_all is using sparse files or calculated sizes which are not things that I've implemented.

For my daughter's M3 the trick worked, but only one time.
When I switched off the phone, it returned to EDL mode.
Works only if I don't switch off the phone.
There must be a hardware fault/bug, probably triggered by the latest MIUI 12.5 update. I think that this problem will not have a definitive working solution.

flash in miflash error set patition needhelp

fastleo63 said:
For my daughter's M3 the trick worked, but only one time.
When I switched off the phone, it returned to EDL mode.
Works only if I don't switch off the phone.
There must be a hardware fault/bug, probably triggered by the latest MIUI 12.5 update. I think that this problem will not have a definitive working solution.
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I can confirm that this happens. My Poco M3 does the same thing. I can flash it in EDL mode but after a reboot (or two) or powering it off and powering it back on, it's stuck in EDL mode once more.
This phone is dreadful and it's such a shame.
I'd love to see a proper, permanent solution to this, but I don't think it's possible.
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There's probably not much you can do besides trying again. Make sure you are on the most recent version, I think it's 20220507
Personally, I just had to select the rom folder (after replacing the prog_firehose_ddr.elf file in the images subdirectory) and then flash.
This thread has the proper details: POCO M3 Stuck in EDL
You can get the most recent MiFlash here: Xiaomiflashtool.com - Xiaomi Flash Tool 20220507

Redmi 5A softbricked while the bootloader is locked after using the phone normally

Hello people of XDA
My Redmi 5A got softbricked and I'm not sure why since I wasn't (and never have) using it for rooting/installing new ROM/etc., I was using it for normal usage. (Didn't install anything that might cause the phone to just shutdown like that too)
Currently, my Redmi only shows:
-The system has been destroyed screen
-Fastboot mode
-Recovery mode
Methods I've tried:
-Mi Assistant/Mi PC Suite, which is useless because my phone cannot connect to it because the USB debugging is not turned on and I have no way of turning it on. Which made my phone unable to be recognized by the assistant, but it is recognizable by my laptop. (for extra info)
-ADB & Fastboot, which is also fruitless as of this far because after running the flash_all.bat, it says that my device is locked and cannot be erased. (exta info: I downloaded the EU-fastboot version)
-Factory reset and reboot.
I'm really not familiar with this situation, but as far as I've learned in the internet, that means my Redmi's bootloader is locked (?)
I do have the option to go to Xiaomi's service center, but I just want to know if this is fixable at home.
Thank you in advance for any help!

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Hello people of XDA
My Redmi 5A got softbricked and I'm not sure why since I wasn't (and never have) using it for rooting/installing new ROM/etc., I was using it for normal usage. (Didn't install anything that might cause the phone to just shutdown like that too)
Currently, my Redmi only shows:
-The system has been destroyed screen
-Fastboot mode
-Recovery mode
Methods I've tried:
-Mi Assistant/Mi PC Suite, which is useless because my phone cannot connect to it because the USB debugging is not turned on and I have no way of turning it on. Which made my phone unable to be recognized by the assistant, but it is recognizable by my laptop. (for extra info)
-ADB & Fastboot, which is also fruitless as of this far because after running the flash_all.bat, it says that my device is locked and cannot be erased. (exta info: I downloaded the EU-fastboot version)
I'm really not familiar with this situation, but as far as I've learned in the internet, that means my Redmi's bootloader is locked (?)
I do have the option to go to Xiaomi's service center, but I just want to know if this is fixable at home.
Thank you in advance for any help!
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I can flash your device using this tool.
You can flash the device in edl mode.
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mvikrant97 said:
I can flash your device using this tool.
You can flash the device in edl mode.
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Can you tell me more about what app do you use?

kitsunekoi said:
Can you tell me more about what app do you use?
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Its a paid software but I'll help you to flash your device for free

mvikrant97 said:
Its a paid software but I'll help you to flash your device for free
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Sorry but how do you suppose to do that when my device is with me??

kitsunekoi said:
Sorry but how do you suppose to do that when my device is with me??
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Using Remote access through anydesk.

I think I will go to the service center, thank you for the offer though.

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I think I will go to the service center, thank you for the offer though.
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I know you are not comfortable giving remote access.
I will make a tutorial on Monday to flash the device without authorisation.