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[Q] Help Un-bricking Sensation 4G?

So I checked the existing pages about bricked Sensations but I didn't
see any predicaments that were quite this bad let alone a fix. Anyways;
Was updating to newest firmware 3.24 because I was getting ready to flash a
new ICS rom. Updated fine in Hboot, and then I somehow managed to reboot before I could get into clockwork recovery mod. Got caught in a boot-loop so I
pulled the battery to try to get back into fastboot and it wouldn't even turn on.
So I pulled the battery again, held the power button to drain any power and put the battery back in and tried it again. It will not charge, the led will not turn on, and it gets a black screen with the back-light on. Can not get into anything, kinda looking like the internal memory was wiped somehow.
So are there any fixes? Or am I screwed? If so if I call tmobile will they replace it (in the event that everything was wiped)? Any help appreciated!

Wanderer_Zero said:
So I checked the existing pages about bricked Sensations but I didn't
see any predicaments that were quite this bad let alone a fix. Anyways;
Was updating to newest firmware 3.24 because I was getting ready to flash a
new ICS rom. Updated fine in Hboot, and then I somehow managed to reboot before I could get into clockwork recovery mod. Got caught in a boot-loop so I
pulled the battery to try to get back into fastboot and it wouldn't even turn on.
So I pulled the battery again, held the power button to drain any power and put the battery back in and tried it again. It will not charge, the led will not turn on, and it gets a black screen with the back-light on. Can not get into anything, kinda looking like the internal memory was wiped somehow.
So are there any fixes? Or am I screwed? If so if I call tmobile will they replace it (in the event that everything was wiped)? Any help appreciated!
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Do you have ADB installed? Plug in the phone and power on, then see of your PC can see the phone by going to a command prompt and running
Code:
adb devices

tried it, doesnt show up

Wanderer_Zero said:
tried it, doesnt show up
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I'm just looking at some stuff about QPST, which might help you - I'll post back once I understand it
Have you tried downloading a stock RUU and running that?

wmoore said:
I'm just looking at some stuff about QPST, which might help you - I'll post back once I understand it
Have you tried downloading a stock RUU and running that?
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Hi wmoore,
i am currently in a position of figured out the information about this program, see my other post...
I am just trying to find someone who might help me with the project
GreetZ

Have a look at this. Follow steps 3 and 4 and tell me if you can see your device.
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Da_Loony said:
Hi wmoore,
i am currently in a position of figured out the information about this program, see my other post...
I am just trying to find someone who might help me with the project
GreetZ
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Not sure how much help I would be I'm just trying to read up on QPST now. I have heard of it but never looked into any detail.

cant do that; when i try to boot my phone, all that happens is the backlight turns on and im stuck with a black screen. cant boot, cant get into fastboot/bootloader/cwm or anything

Wanderer_Zero said:
cant do that; when i try to boot my phone, all that happens is the backlight turns on and im stuck with a black screen. cant boot, cant get into fastboot/bootloader/cwm or anything
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Well, i am in the same situation with my sensation, it doesn't power on and when connected to the pc it shows up as QHSUSB_DLOAD and the driver was not found auto by windows
i'm going to provide the links to the program and the driver in the thread i started to get the QCN File...
The standard answer provided here in that situation is that your phone is bricked and you need to send it to HTC for warranty reparation...I am going to try to get a DIY method to reflash your phone from scratch (as now it's waiting for a ROM to be download (Qualcomm High Speed USB DownLOAD mode)
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wmoore said:
Have a look at this. Follow steps 3 and 4 and tell me if you can see your device.
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Not sure how much help I would be I'm just trying to read up on QPST now. I have heard of it but never looked into any detail.
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Well...
Everything is explained in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1468791
How much help can you be? simple, i need a dump of the rom which runs on your Sensation, but not an .img file, but a .qcn file, QPST provides that feature, but it hardcodes you EMEI and serial into it, therefor i need to get all the info about your phone, all numbers you can provide that are listed on the box in order to get searching for those variables in that file which is dumped...
When found i can change them into my vars, to try and flash the phone back to life... i geuss it'll be a work off about a week to get everything found in a 400MB file or so

Da_Loony said:
Well, i am in the same situation with my sensation, it doesn't power on and when connected to the pc it shows up as QHSUSB_DLOAD and the driver was not found auto by windows
i'm going to provide the links to the program and the driver in the thread i started to get the QCN File...
The standard answer provided here in that situation is that your phone is bricked and you need to send it to HTC for warranty reparation...I am going to try to get a DIY method to reflash your phone from scratch (as now it's waiting for a ROM to be download (Qualcomm High Speed USB DownLOAD mode)
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Well...
Everything is explained in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1468791
How much help can you be? simple, i need a dump of the rom which runs on your Sensation, but not an .img file, but a .qcn file, QPST provides that feature, but it hardcodes you EMEI and serial into it, therefor i need to get all the info about your phone, all numbers you can provide that are listed on the box in order to get searching for those variables in that file which is dumped...
When found i can change them into my vars, to try and flash the phone back to life... i geuss it'll be a work off about a week to get everything found in a 400MB file or so
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OK well I already have QPST and the QHSUSB drivers downloaded but QPST cannot see my phone. I found something on an LG forum explaining how to get the COM port number from Device Manager but my phone doesn't show up the same way.
Can you tell me how to find my COM port?

wmoore said:
OK well I already have QPST and the QHSUSB drivers downloaded but QPST cannot see my phone. I found something on an LG forum explaining how to get the COM port number from Device Manager but my phone doesn't show up the same way.
Can you tell me how to find my COM port?
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Yep
Windows 7?
Open your Control Panel from your start menu and put it on classic view, in order to see the device manager link, open this.
There you will see Ports (COM & LPT)
Unfold this and you will see your device there with a (COMx) behind it
in the QPST configurator you will have a tab with the name: Ports
click this
on the right bottom there is a button: Add New Port
click this, a dialog will open where you can see your ports, click the port which is of your phone, if not seen, just type COMx (x being the number stated in the device manager)
And press OK
As from now you will be able to see your phone on the first tab normally seen
now go to the menu "Start Clients"
SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD
If you see that the port is not correct on top, click the Browse next to it in order to choose the correct port, you'll see it will detect your phone then...
Goto the Backup tab and click browse, give the file a place and name, press start...
Then wait i guess, i am not in the possition to know how long it would take...
Now you have the QCN file made as i need in my post
This is a hexadecimal dump of your phone in Quallcomm Bundle Numeric format, with that we can start figuring out, how to get your serial number, emei etc out, to infuse our own to get our phone back up and running by using the restore function of the QPST program
Clear enough? :s
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It might also be that due to the fact that your phone is actually a still working exemplar that you need to follow the guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1180211 in order to get your phone connected in QPST

Da_Loony said:
Yep
Windows 7?
Open your Control Panel from your start menu and put it on classic view, in order to see the device manager link, open this.
There you will see Ports (COM & LPT) <SNIP>
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This is where I come unstuck. I don't have Ports in my Device Manager. I'm on a laptop that doesn't have serial or parallel ports, so that is probably why.

wmoore said:
This is where I come unstuck. I don't have Ports in my Device Manager. I'm on a laptop that doesn't have serial or parallel ports, so that is probably why.
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Perhaps they are hidden?
Which windows are you using?

Da_Loony said:
Perhaps they are hidden?
Which windows are you using?
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Win7 Ultimate x64. I checked hidden devices but they are not there either.

wmoore said:
Win7 Ultimate x64. I checked hidden devices but they are not there either.
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Try to follow the manual i've placed online in my thread step by step: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1468791
guess your phone is not in diagnostics mode and therefor making not the right type of connection via USB

Da_Loony said:
Try to follow the manual i've placed online in my thread step by step: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1468791
guess your phone is not in diagnostics mode and therefor making not the right type of connection via USB
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I've just realised why this isn't working for me. I'm using an AOSP ROM, so no HTC diags

wmoore said:
I've just realised why this isn't working for me. I'm using an AOSP ROM, so no HTC diags
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No prob it was nice to know you would have helped me out if possible... up to the next one hehe

Da_Loony said:
No prob it was nice to know you would have helped me out if possible... up to the next one hehe
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I've just taken a backup and am flashing ARHD 6.0.2 (because I had it downloaded already)
Gimme 20 minutes.

wmoore said:
I've just taken a backup and am flashing ARHD 6.0.2 (because I had it downloaded already)
Gimme 20 minutes.
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Many thanks, i'm gonna PM you with my info (as promissed in my thread)

So I've gone back to ENG HBOOT 1.17 and Telstra stock ROM, Clockwork Recovery 5.0.0.8 and rooted. I have USB debugging on and am in diagnostic mode but I still don't get HTC Diag device or anything like it in Device Manager. I've shown hidden devices in there too.
The only phone related item I have is Portable Device, when expanded it says D:\ (which is my SD card drive in the phone). I tried changing USB mode from charge to disk to sync and every other option but still don't see the device in Device Manager.
Not sure what else I can do here .... Plus it's pretty late and I want to restore my phone before bed. If you can think if anything I've done wrong or anything I can try differently, please let me know and I'll try tomorrow.

No problem man, i know there is a time difference between Belgium and Australia
Have you checked that the phone is in charge mode and not in disk drive mode?
GreetZ
wmoore said:
So I've gone back to ENG HBOOT 1.17 and Telstra stock ROM, Clockwork Recovery 5.0.0.8 and rooted. I have USB debugging on and am in diagnostic mode but I still don't get HTC Diag device or anything like it in Device Manager. I've shown hidden devices in there too.
The only phone related item I have is Portable Device, when expanded it says D:\ (which is my SD card drive in the phone). I tried changing USB mode from charge to disk to sync and every other option but still don't see the device in Device Manager.
Not sure what else I can do here .... Plus it's pretty late and I want to restore my phone before bed. If you can think if anything I've done wrong or anything I can try differently, please let me know and I'll try tomorrow.
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[Q] AT&T LG G3 D850 Bootlooping/Bricked Issue?

Hello. So I woke up two days ago to my AT&T LG G3 continuously boot-looping. With further investigation (and many attempts to factory reset), I come to the conclusion it might definitely be bricked. It does let me go to the factory reset screen and download mode, so I'm assuming it's soft-bricked.:crying:
I've been through many forums and many sites, accumulating all sorts of downloads which include LG Flash Tool 2014, LG United Mobile Driver, the stock firmware for the D850, the .dll file, LG PC suite (which will not connect to my phone[in download mode]), and a couple others. On all these tutorials, there was always a stopping point because I either could not find the correct file it was telling me to find (so I tried different downloads and zilch), or was not connecting to my phone.
Wondering why anything I tried was not connecting to the phone, I went to the device manager to look at the ports, and it showed me QHSUSB_BULK under the "Other Devices" List. (Note: There was no option for the ports. Not sure why.)
I tried to find the driver online and install it and I tried a couple different files and they all had the same message of encountering an error.
My phone is in download mode, ready and physically connected. I am now not sure what move to make at this point.
HELP!
Also, the driver site I used showed all the driver downloads to fix the QHSUSB_BULK issue, and they all said Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader9008. I'm not sure what that means, or if knowing more about that can help me fix this problem. I would like to know more about that as well.. Thank you!
{UPDATE} {6/2}
So I found a way for the computer to read my phone (well, a little bit). I needed to get it to read it as "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008". It's more of a step in the right direction. I still need it to eventually read it as LGE whatever it is. So I got it to QD loader mode by downloading the correct driver file after many sad attempts and many computer restarts later. Unfortunately, I still am having trouble finding the correct DL's to get it to read it as my phone. I'm also told I can flash it through BoardDiag. I've been attempting to do so but again having no luck. It keeps saying there's either a file it doesn't want in there (after extracting .mbn files [which I have no idea what i'm supposed to do with them]), or it says "There is no partition file(rawprogram0.xml). Mainly the latter. This is currently where I'm stuck at.

Follow the directions here on this site http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785089
But you'll have to google to find the stock kitkat .tot file . I'll explain in depth more later when I get home from work if you haven't figured it out by then .

Phalanx7621 said:
Follow the directions here on this site http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785089
But you'll have to google to find the stock kitkat .tot file . I'll explain in depth more later when I get home from work if you haven't figured it out by then .
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What i'm wondering is about the KDZ files. I ended up with a few different ones. I'm not sure where those are supposed to be located

That's why I said you'll need the .TOT, I couldn't find any .kdz files . follow the instructions that use the .tot file I think it's the second post I'm not sure .

Phalanx7621 said:
That's why I said you'll need the .TOT, I couldn't find any .kdz files . follow the instructions that use the .tot file I think it's the second post I'm not sure .
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Found what you meant, didn't realize there was another set of instructions underneath the KDZ post. But Step #5 tells me to copy the the Megalock.dll into the C:\LG\LGFlashtool file. I have the dll extracted and ready to go, now I cannot find the the Flashtool file. I enabled hidden files and it's still non-existent. I used the file that was given to me.

spoonish said:
Found what you meant, didn't realize there was another set of instructions underneath the KDZ post. But Step #5 tells me to copy the the Megalock.dll into the C:\LG\LGFlashtool file. I have the dll extracted and ready to go, now I cannot find the the Flashtool file. I enabled hidden files and it's still non-existent. I used the file that was given to me.
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Yup I know. I'm home from work now. Go to this site and download the LG Flash Tool https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B34qnFE3O_HbcHM5LWFKcU84WjA/edit
It will install, and that's the proper flash tool so you can put the megalock.dll file there.
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I assume you can follow instructions, but since I've done this about 5 times now lol I'll just walk you through it. Make SURE the right drivers are installed on the PC for the phone. Plug the device in to the computer. Open Device Manger on the computer. Go to the Ports section in device manager, double click your device, go to Port Settings tab, click Advanced, and change the port com number to 41. Hit OK, then OK again. Then open the Flash Tool. The screen should pop up eventually, click manual in the upper left corner, click the little ... dots to the right of the blank box that says DLL and find the DLL file you already downloaded. Then under that, where it says S/W, click the Add button to the right and find the .TOT file. Leave all other selections the way they are. click ok. On the next screen, click the little yellow arrow in the upper left hand corner. It will start doing things for a second and then stop. Now unplug your phone from the computer, leave it out a second, then plug it back in. Bam, everything should start working. When it's COMPLETELY done you will see a number 3 on the screen. Pull the battery, put it back in, you're done.

Phalanx7621 said:
Yup I know. I'm home from work now. Go to this site and download the LG Flash Tool
It will install, and that's the proper flash tool so you can put the megalock.dll file there.
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I assume you can follow instructions, but since I've done this about 5 times now lol I'll just walk you through it. Make SURE the right drivers are installed on the PC for the phone. Plug the device in to the computer. Open Device Manger on the computer. Go to the Ports section in device manager, double click your device, go to Port Settings tab, click Advanced, and change the port com number to 41. Hit OK, then OK again. Then open the Flash Tool. The screen should pop up eventually, click manual in the upper left corner, click the little ... dots to the right of the blank box that says DLL and find the DLL file you already downloaded. Then under that, where it says S/W, click the Add button to the right and find the .TOT file. Leave all other selections the way they are. click ok. On the next screen, click the little yellow arrow in the upper left hand corner. It will start doing things for a second and then stop. Now unplug your phone from the computer, leave it out a second, then plug it back in. Bam, everything should start working. When it's COMPLETELY done you will see a number 3 on the screen. Pull the battery, put it back in, you're done.
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That's where my problem is.. It isn't giving me the port option. It says QHSUSB_BULK under neath the tab "other devices" there is literally no Ports and Com LPT option. When I click view > devices by connections, the QHSUSB_BULK shows up under a tab called "Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Root Hub". Not sure if that means anything in any way. I downloaded and installed the LG Drivers and they were successful. But nothing is showing up. I would send a picture but i started this account today just for this issue so it won't let me send any external links.

spoonish said:
That's where my problem is.. It isn't giving me the port option. It says QHSUSB_BULK under neath the tab "other devices" there is literally no Ports and Com LPT option. When I click view > devices by connections, the QHSUSB_BULK shows up under a tab called "Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Root Hub". Not sure if that means anything in any way. I downloaded and installed the LG Drivers and they were successful. But nothing is showing up. I would send a picture but i started this account today just for this issue so it won't let me send any external links.
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Well that's interesting. I've never come across that issue before. I did some googling and I'm thinking Renesas is the manufacturer of an important component inside our phones, I didn't get too deep into it. I did also find this , but i wouldn't try it unless you're absolutely sure there's no other way you can fix your device. It sounds kinda risky. http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/fix-unbrick-lg-g3-stuck-qualcomm-hs-usb-t2933853

Hey man, did you get this issue resolved?

Phalanx7621 said:
Hey man, did you get this issue resolved?
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Not quite. Been meaning to give an update! Sorry. Anyways, update. So I found a way for the computer to read my phone (well, a little bit). I needed to get it to read it as "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008". It's more of a step in the right direction. I still need it to eventually read it as LGE whatever it is. So I got it to QD loader mode by downloading the correct driver file after many sad attempts and many computer restarts later. Unfortunately, I still am having trouble finding the correct DL's to get it to read it as my phone. I'm also told I can flash it through BoardDiag. I've been attempting to do so but again having no luck. It keeps saying there's either a file it doesn't want in there (after extracting .mbn files [which I have no idea what i'm supposed to do with them]), or it says "There is no partition file(rawprogram0.xml). Mainly the latter. This is currently where I'm stuck at.

Phalanx7621 said:
Follow the directions here on this site http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785089
But you'll have to google to find the stock kitkat .tot file . I'll explain in depth more later when I get home from work if you haven't figured it out by then .
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Phalanx7621 said:
That's why I said you'll need the .TOT, I couldn't find any .kdz files . follow the instructions that use the .tot file I think it's the second post I'm not sure .
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Yes The AT&T D850 is TOT method only so no kdz. All tot files that are avliable for the D850 are in the thread/My Guide
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spoonish said:
That's where my problem is.. It isn't giving me the port option. It says QHSUSB_BULK under neath the tab "other devices" there is literally no Ports and Com LPT option. When I click view > devices by connections, the QHSUSB_BULK shows up under a tab called "Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Root Hub". Not sure if that means anything in any way. I downloaded and installed the LG Drivers and they were successful. But nothing is showing up. I would send a picture but i started this account today just for this issue so it won't let me send any external links.
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1 problem with that, Are you using a USB 3.0 port and or a USB hub? That can be your problem, It needs to be plugged directly into the computer AND it WONT work with a USB 3.0 port. USB 2.0 port only.
About the com port not showing up, Are you running Windows 8? That might be the cause.
spoonish said:
Not quite. Been meaning to give an update! Sorry. Anyways, update. So I found a way for the computer to read my phone (well, a little bit). I needed to get it to read it as "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008". It's more of a step in the right direction. I still need it to eventually read it as LGE whatever it is. So I got it to QD loader mode by downloading the correct driver file after many sad attempts and many computer restarts later. Unfortunately, I still am having trouble finding the correct DL's to get it to read it as my phone. I'm also told I can flash it through BoardDiag. I've been attempting to do so but again having no luck. It keeps saying there's either a file it doesn't want in there (after extracting .mbn files [which I have no idea what i'm supposed to do with them]), or it says "There is no partition file(rawprogram0.xml). Mainly the latter. This is currently where I'm stuck at.
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Im a little confused as to whats going on here, having trouble finding the correct DLL? Theres only 1 DLL file for the D850 which is in my guide.
You should just plug in your phone while holding volup and it will go into download mode, You change the LGE com port to com41 and your good to go to use flashtool.

hyelton said:
Yes The AT&T D850 is TOT method only so no kdz. All tot files that are avliable for the D850 are in the thread/My Guide
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Not all of your downloads are working.

spoonish said:
Not all of your downloads are working.
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What downloads are not? Link? I have 1,000s of files. And there's no problems with any of the files in my guide currently.
It was down for about 1min this morning and down about 5 min earlier due to upgrades and reboots but other wise they have been working.
EDIT: Just tested in several locations links are all working fine.
And please reread the post above your post above ^^ I edited it and added more right at the time you posted

hyelton said:
What downloads are not? Link? I have 1,000s of files. And there's no problems with any of the files in my guide currently.
It was down for about 1min this morning and down about 5 min earlier due to upgrades and reboots but other wise they have been working.
EDIT: Just tested in several locations links are all working fine.
And please reread the post above your post above ^^ I edited it and added more right at the time you posted
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I followed your original guide letter by letter and it worked just fine....but only after I uninstalled all android related drivers and only installed LGs. I had Motorola drivers for my previous 3 android phones already installed and something between the Moto and LG drivers didn't quite jive.
And a big tip I highly recommend is to only use a USB 2 port that's directly connected to the motherboard. Simply changing from the front panel to the back port fixed all the flashing errors my Atrix HD was having. I've always used a back port since and every bad flash after that has been either user error or a bad download (md5 ftw).
You said a lot of that, but Bears Bears Bears Bears Bears Bears and all.

Samsung galaxy note edge (sm-n915f) super bricked - need help urgent

Hi Guys,
For unknown reasons my fone went DEAD (BLACK SCREEN... NOT A SINGLE SIGN ON CHARGING OR USB).. Need advice what to do ??? is it dead or can be brought back to life by FLASHING ???
Any senior member or someone please help me ...

If you connect to pc how will it be?try charge it first.then connect to pc.if detect, flash stock rom.if cant,try find spare battery just in case.

FOne is not showing any charge sign or anything... just QD LOADER 9008 in Device Manager

Do you see charging light when you plug in the charger?
As long as the phone receiving power you can fix it.
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Do you see charging light when you plug in the charger?
As long as the phone receiving power you can fix it.

Try connect to kies.does it detect or not? if you able to flash. try flash it to 5.0.1

What was the battery level (approx.)when the phone died?
You might want to try cleaning the battery and internal phone contacts with some Isopropyl Alcohol and a Qtip.
See if that helps.
Sent from my SM-N915W8 using XDA-Developers mobile app

Tried Everything... NEW BATTERY... But fone is not showing Charge on Adaptive not even on USB on LAPTOP... Just Qualcom Loader 9008 in Device Manager...

Asheque said:
Do you see charging light when you plug in the charger?
As long as the phone receiving power you can fix it.
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Do you see charging light when you plug in the charger?
As long as the phone receiving power you can fix it.
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Around 76%

As u can seee ONly Qualcom device in Device Manager.....

basirbilal said:
Hi Guys,
For unknown reasons my fone went DEAD (BLACK SCREEN... NOT A SINGLE SIGN ON CHARGING OR USB).. Need advice what to do ??? is it dead or can be brought back to life by FLASHING ???
Any senior member or someone please help me ...
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Hello, did you find a solution? I helped the image of the zero block recorded on the sd-card with the program "win32 disk imager" 915F

asmixo said:
Hello, did you find a solution? I helped the image of the zero block recorded on the sd-card with the program "win32 disk imager" 915F
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No Sir still no solution of this problem

I helped a good man, he sent an image of the device. I recorded this image of the sdcard and the device will start with "Download" mode. Next, it is necessary to firmware flashing.
915F - sorry - region "SER". But the main thing - is to run the device, further will flashing firmware what you need.
Site do not give insert a link to a file. Write me in the mail - "[email protected]" I'll send a link to file/
Write the file need with program "win32 disk imager". If this method does not help is probably a problem with the hardware.
Good luck.

As per the screen shot posted it seems your pc picked up the correct driver. Now all you need to install is Odin. Then go to samobile.com and search your phone under Firmware. Make sure you got the exact model (pull out the battery and look for exact model #). Once downloaded go to Odin and check AP and select the file you downloaded. Then put your phone on Download Mode by pressing Vol Up + PWR at same time. Follow the instructions on your phone screen.
Once you connect your phone to pc it will show up as Port 3 or 4 or wherever the driver is connected to.
** As long as on Odin your phone gets picked up you will be able to push the firmware. Once you can do that you pretty much fixed it. If it's wtong fw then you will get a notice right away, if it's correct then you see the progress bar changing.

BL is corrupted, need to repair it,
Since this is a Qualcomm based device, you can flash only BL files to an SD Card then boot your device from that card until you get into Download mode,
then reflash the device with Odin,
Follow this guide:
1. Download debrick (BL) file from HERE,
2. Download Win32DiskImager from HERE,
3. Get an 32GB SD Card and connect it to PC,
4. Setup Win32 and Run it then do as the following picture,
5. Just let it finish, Then disconnect the SD Card,
6. Make sure the device's battery is well charged,
7. Put the SD Card into the phone,
8. Now you need to boot device into Download mode either by using USB JIG or by holding (Vol-, Home and Power),
9. Once device boot into Download, Pull out the SD,
10. Now just flash the phone with Latest FW (either Factory or One-Package will do the job),
11. There is no 11, we're done ..
##NOTE: Solution is TESTED and it works.

@mirosaw2 Will this also work with the SM-N915FY? Will this keep my data (contacts, SMS, photos etc) on the internal storage? I have my SM-N915FY in a state where it wouldn't recognize any commands, but it makes a connect / disconnect sound on my Windows computer when I just connect it via USB...
My original question is here.... https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-edge/help/note-edge-sm-n915fy-bricked-dreadful-t3754559
Edit: I just tried it and it worked!!! Thank you very much, now I'm able to restore my data and then I'll try to make the error gone with this tutorial: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66879466&postcount=10

My N915F stuck at Nand write start and the guide does not work.What else to do?

similar Problem
I have a note edge too, device flashed with stock firmware first but no luck, tried repair firmware and odin froze, talked
to experts and they said the partition is corrupted, device is stuck in "problem encountered while upgrading firmware . connect to kies and try again." how to fix ?????

[ROM][GUIDE] LG Optimus Zone 3 (LG VS425PP) Stock 5.1.1 Firmware & Restoration

LG OPTIMUS ZONE 3 - UNBRICKING GUIDE AND 5.1.1 FACTORY FIRMWARE
This guide has two main objectives: (1) for those with a bricked device who want to restore to the latest factory firmware image; and (2) those who need .kdz Stock 5.1.1 Factory Firmware files.
1. UNBRICKING THE LGVS425PP:
The Verizon LGVS425PP comes, pre-installed on the device, a Windows compatible LG Software Upgrade and Repair utility. When connected via micro USB cable, your device will connect to your PC as an installer and, if you look in your PC directory, you will see an installation directory for the Verizon LG utility. Inside that directory is an .exe file that will install the upgrade/repair utility on your PC. When launched, the utility will auto detect your device, determine if a firmware update is available, and give you an option to repair your device. The repair option will backup your existing userdata (depending on the level of damage to the firmware), download the most recent firmware build for your device, and flash your device to complete stock condition.
Of course, there are those who bricked their devices before being able to install the Verizon LG Upgrade/Repair utility on their PCs. And this utility appears difficult to locate for download on the internet. So, below is a download link for the utility:
DOWNLOAD LINK
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1Sfod4HWfk2elpGQ3JEbzF4Q0E?usp=sharing
The Verizon LG utility should install the correct USB mobile drivers on your PC. But just in case any driver issues arise, download and install the following LG United Mobile Driver package:
DOWNLOAD LINK
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Sfod4HWfk2RHY2c29mTWg1Rkk/view?usp=sharing
Once the utility is launched, make sure your PC is connected to the internet, put your device in download mode by holding +Volume while connecting your micro USB cable for your PC connection. The utility will then detect your device. Select the REPAIR option and follow the on-screen instructions.
2. STOCK 5.1.1 FACTORY FIRMWARE
The following link is for four software versions of stock 5.1.1 Factory Firmware .kdz files for the Optimus Zone 3: VS425PP2, VS425PP4, VS425PP7 & VS425PP8. Also in the link is the LG United Mobile Driver, the LG-UP flashing tool, and the LG-UP .DLL for the VS425PP. Use these tools at your own risk. I am not responsible for bricked or inoperable devices. I want to thank each and every member in this thread who has tested and reported their findings and issues. That narrows it down greatly. And thanks guys for your patience.
As to rooting the Zone 3, several recent advancements have been achieved and full root access is now possible. Thanks to @Astr4y4L, a comprehensive root package is available for download. http://astrayalslanding.dynu.net:88/Android_Development/ Click on this link and scroll down the the bottom and click the projects link. His package includes precise instructions and alI the files you will need to root this phone. I am currently drafting a concise tutorial for downgrading this phone. Instructions for downgrading can be found within this thread, albeit somewhat scattered. I will update the OP accordingly as further progress is made. Guys, please be sure to thank @Astr4y4L for his unceasing hard work and development on this device. If you like his work and benefit from it, donations are always nice, even if just a couple bucks.
DOWNLOAD LINK
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1Sfod4HWfk2MUwxNk1oeXJCZEE?usp=sharing

I was attempting to test this on a phone i purchased just yesterday. The about phone section identifies this phone as a vs425pp but under the battery it's identified as a VS425LPP.
The drivers install successfully. The LGUP and LGUP .dll install fine. But when i start LGUP i get an error saying that it can't load the model. looks like i can't attach a picture probably because i'm new but i do have screencaps. I've tried it on my laptop where i do most of my android stuff and on my desktop, same problem on both. According to the LG Mobile Support Tool this one has VS245PP5 installed.
LGUP will start without the phone connected telling me there is no compatible handset attached and then show me a com window. But when i connect the phone it throws the same error and exits.

I must be the biggest idiot, because I cannot figure out how to get into download mode - I power off the device, then while holding the power and volume up key I plug in the usb cord from the Computer. I get the buzzing on the phone, the Verizon logo comes up, and i'm on the home screen. What am I doing wrong?
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never mind, I got it - it's the volume down and power, not volume up -
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ok, apparently, that's the restore function, not the download mode - I can't seem to figure out the combo of buttons for the download mode - as above, I go volume up and power then when it vibrates I plug it in?? any suggestions??

wperdigon said:
I must be the biggest idiot, because I cannot figure out how to get into download mode - I power off the device, then while holding the power and volume up key I plug in the usb cord from the Computer. I get the buzzing on the phone, the Verizon logo comes up, and i'm on the home screen. What am I doing wrong?
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never mind, I got it - it's the volume down and power, not volume up -
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ok, apparently, that's the restore function, not the download mode - I can't seem to figure out the combo of buttons for the download mode - as above, I go volume up and power then when it vibrates I plug it in?? any suggestions??
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I just hold volume up and keep it help while connecting the micro USB

Metalchic said:
I was attempting to test this on a phone i purchased just yesterday. The about phone section identifies this phone as a vs425pp but under the battery it's identified as a VS425LPP.
The drivers install successfully. The LGUP and LGUP .dll install fine. But when i start LGUP i get an error saying that it can't load the model. looks like i can't attach a picture probably because i'm new but i do have screencaps. I've tried it on my laptop where i do most of my android stuff and on my desktop, same problem on both. According to the LG Mobile Support Tool this one has VS245PP5 installed.
LGUP will start without the phone connected telling me there is no compatible handset attached and then show me a com window. But when i connect the phone it throws the same error and exits.
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With your device connected go to Device Manager. Look under Portable Devices, Ports and Com's, etc and look for LGE notations of your device. If you see a yellow question mark by any of the LGE notations, your issue is drivers.

MotoJunkie01 said:
With your device connected go to Device Manager. Look under Portable Devices, Ports and Com's, etc and look for LGE notations of your device. If you see a yellow question mark by any of the LGE notations, your issue is drivers.
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i have a
Modems > LGE Mobile for VZW USB Modem - Operational
Ports (COM & LPT )> LGE Mobile for VZW USB Serial Port (COM4) - Operational
Portable Devices > LGE Android MTP Device - Code 10 device cannot start
I initially had the 4.1.1 drivers installed from the LG Mobile Support Tool. After uninstalling those and installing the 4.0.4 version from this thread i still have Code 10 error on LGE Android MTP Device.

Metalchic said:
i have a
Modems > LGE Mobile for VZW USB Modem - Operational
Ports (COM & LPT )> LGE Mobile for VZW USB Serial Port (COM4) - Operational
Portable Devices > LGE Android MTP Device - Code 10 device cannot start
I initially had the 4.1.1 drivers installed from the LG Mobile Support Tool. After uninstalling those and installing the 4.0.4 version from this thread i still have Code 10 error on LGE Android MTP Device.
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Ok I have seen that MTP Device error before. It is not uncommon. Search the forums for a driver resolution. Off top of my head I cannot recall, but I do know there are threads on it.

MotoJunkie01 said:
Ok I have seen that MTP Device error before. It is not uncommon. Search the forums for a driver resolution. Off top of my head I cannot recall, but I do know there are threads on it.
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The initial solution was to reinstall the drivers, did not work.
Second solution discovered in reference to samsung devices was to delete a registry key called UpperFilters from the WPD section. Did not work.
The third solution i've found involves downloading the Android SDK and installing it.
This last one seems sort of like a nuclear option. But i'm running out of ideas. the MTP and PTP transfer modes install and start correctly when the device is booted normally but when booted into download mode it just goes code 10. I'm working on the third option now but it will take a while to download.

Metalchic said:
The initial solution was to reinstall the drivers, did not work.
Second solution discovered in reference to samsung devices was to delete a registry key called UpperFilters from the WPD section. Did not work.
The third solution i've found involves downloading the Android SDK and installing it.
This last one seems sort of like a nuclear option. But i'm running out of ideas. the MTP and PTP transfer modes install and start correctly when the device is booted normally but when booted into download mode it just goes code 10. I'm working on the third option now but it will take a while to download.
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Yes that SDK is a bulk of a download and installation. But may be your fix. Very odd I agree

MotoJunkie01 said:
Yes that SDK is a bulk of a download and installation. But may be your fix. Very odd I agree
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It didn't work. Still code 10. I tried on a third computer, an old Dell laptop running Windows XP. It gave a strange error Code 28 saying something about an invalid service section of the INF. But i think this may be a red herring and actually be caused by Windows Media Player 11 not being installed. I'll have to setup an installation of Windows 7 to try that.
Edit: looks like i'm going to have to give up trying to fix the code 10 error because NONE of the information from google is relevant to this. All the information is for the phone being started normally and being unable to access the MTP file transfer through normal working operation. None of it relates to this "download mode" that LG has implemented. I wish this were easy like my Galaxy Nexus was back in the day.

Metalchic said:
It didn't work. Still code 10. I tried on a third computer, an old Dell laptop running Windows XP. It gave a strange error Code 28 saying something about an invalid service section of the INF. But i think this may be a red herring and actually be caused by Windows Media Player 11 not being installed. I'll have to setup an installation of Windows 7 to try that.
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OK. Let me know..

Metalchic said:
It didn't work. Still code 10. I tried on a third computer, an old Dell laptop running Windows XP. It gave a strange error Code 28 saying something about an invalid service section of the INF. But i think this may be a red herring and actually be caused by Windows Media Player 11 not being installed. I'll have to setup an installation of Windows 7 to try that.
Edit: looks like i'm going to have to give up trying to fix the code 10 error because NONE of the information from google is relevant to this. All the information is for the phone being started normally and being unable to access the MTP file transfer through normal working operation. None of it relates to this "download mode" that LG has implemented. I wish this were easy like my Galaxy Nexus was back in the day.
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Yeah tell me about it. The good ol' Nexus days were much simpler. I'm like you....I think its a Red Herring of some sort you are dealing with. Something so obvious and so simple that it is hiding behind a thin wall.
I'm searching right now trying to help too.

Hi MotoJunkie01,
I appreciate you putting together this guide but I have to say that I no further along than everyone else here. Similar to Metalchic I received the "can't load model" error from LGUP. Googling around i found that I was missing the LGUP_common.dll file. Found that and LGUP opened fine and found my device. Tried to flash VS425PP2 kdz got to about 9% and received "Secure device, But Unsecure image" error. And that's as far as i got.
As far as the LG Android MTP driver goes i also receive the code 10 cannot start error but only when the phone is in download mode. Otherwise the driver loads fine when the phone is "booted". I dont know jack about rooting phones and have never done it before. I had this one lying around and thought I'd try it. Hopefully all this helps to narrow down the issue.

roscoemctavish said:
Hi MotoJunkie01,
I appreciate you putting together this guide but I have to say that I no further along than everyone else here. Similar to Metalchic I received the "can't load model" error from LGUP. Googling around i found that I was missing the LGUP_common.dll file. Found that and LGUP opened fine and found my device. Tried to flash VS425PP2 kdz got to about 9% and received "Secure device, But Unsecure image" error. And that's as far as i got.
As far as the LG Android MTP driver goes i also receive the code 10 cannot start error but only when the phone is in download mode. Otherwise the driver loads fine when the phone is "booted". I dont know jack about rooting phones and have never done it before. I had this one lying around and thought I'd try it. Hopefully all this helps to narrow down the issue.
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Thanks for pointing out the common .dll file. I will edit that in my thread for download. I am not sure on the MTP error. I have two of these Zone 3s lying around and neither gives any type of error on MTP. Almost certainly sounds like a driver related issue though. Im going to uninstall drivers and everything on my end, do factory resets, and reinstall everything and walk back through the process from scratch. See if I can pinpoint the issue.

MotoJunkie01 said:
Thanks for pointing out the common .dll file. I will edit that in my thread for download. I am not sure on the MTP error. I have two of these Zone 3s lying around and neither gives any type of error on MTP. Almost certainly sounds like a driver related issue though. Im going to uninstall drivers and everything on my end, do factory resets, and reinstall everything and walk back through the process from scratch. See if I can pinpoint the issue.
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like roscoemctavish i was able to grab the LGUP_common.dll file and put it into ..\LG Electronics\LGUP\model\common and then LGUP started detecting my phone. It only takes the kdz file type under the Upgrade selection. But like roscoemctavish i ran into the 'unsecured image secured device' error. Still code 10 on the MTP driver but i don't think it's related to this. Maybe though.

Metalchic said:
like roscoemctavish i was able to grab the LGUP_common.dll file and put it into ..\LG Electronics\LGUP\model\common and then LGUP started detecting my phone. It only takes the kdz file type under the Upgrade selection. But like roscoemctavish i ran into the 'unsecured image secured device' error. Still code 10 on the MTP driver but i don't think it's related to this. Maybe though.
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So in your instance, did the .kdz file flash for you with no issue or did it stop at some point?

MotoJunkie01 said:
So in your instance, did the .kdz file flash for you with no issue or did it stop at some point?
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stopped at 9% with the "Secure device, But Unsecure image" error the other guy was having.

Metalchic said:
stopped at 9% with the "Secure device, But Unsecure image" error the other guy was having.
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OK. So both you guys having the stop at 9% please try this. Rename the VS425PP2 file to the filename VS425PP6. Then flash the .kdz.

For now I'm editing the thread down to unbricking via the Verizon LG utility and I'll give links to the .kdz files. It's back to the drawing board guys. I'm very sorry. Please know that I am working hard on it.

MotoJunkie01 said:
For now I'm editing the thread down to unbricking via the Verizon LG utility and I'll give links to the .kdz files. It's back to the drawing board guys. I'm very sorry. Please know that I am working hard on it.
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No worries man and I appreciate just having this as a potential option. If it matters I have tried to root my phone with Kingoroot. Of course it fails but the software status has changed to "modified". Current software version is VS425PP5.
I did try changing the filename "VS425PP2_02_ARB00.kdz" to "VS425PP6.kdz" and flashing with the same result (Stops at 9% with unsecure image error). There is a log file in the "\LGUP\model\common\LOG" folder which when opened in notepad produces unreadable text. Let me know if I can provide anything else.
Thanks!

my zu680kl hard brick!!! hlp pls

i install twrp after unlock bootloader , i flashed stock rom but i forgot to wipe system , data before flashed
My device's No Fastboot, No recovery, No Display, hard bricked
i's only vibrate when i press power button
red blink when connect usb cable
anyone has same problem? help me pls..

Same here. But i have yet to find anyone to get it past the black screen.
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when you try to boot into recovery.. try to. hold the vol up button for a sec after it it should have loaded.. that whats mine was doing.. black screening

Any news? My device also bricked.

Me to, I got stuck in updating firmware process or corrupted firmware file. I'm also stuck with black screen no recovery, Fastboot mode, computer won't recognize device, phone just blinks red notification light when cable plugged in, power button vibration, also looking for fix. The phones only week old, had to buy another one. I'm now stuck with the new device can't get into twrp just presented a black screen when booting into twrp, only way to get into twrp is with adb, fastboot/boot/twrp.Img which sucks really like the device

Same problem, I can't acces to bootloader, fastboot, recovery
it's only vibrate when i press power button and the red led blink when I connect the usb cable
Someone found a solution ?

Roxy34 said:
Same problem, I can't acces to bootloader, fastboot, recovery
it's only vibrate when i press power button and the red led blink when I connect the usb cable
Someone found a solution ?
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I've been working on a similiar issue on a ZU680KL for a friend of mine for a few months now. I ended up buying a USB-C type of an EDL cable. I am able to get some software's to better recognize the phone now including Xiaomi's MiFlash, and have found variations of the files that QPST wants when trying it as a solution, but the raw flash programmer file's I have found, though for right chipset, or probably intended for other devices are the partition tables for example would all be different. This whole project to me as I just recently described it, feels like trying to glue a shattered light bulb back together using liquid glue like the kind they use to have us use in Elementary school on paper projects, and to make it more fun, every time you look away, someone's throwing away more and more of the puzzle pieces on us. lol. Frustrating as all hell. It's as if Asus never wanted or intended for us to restore these phones from an EDL or low level NVRAM status. Wish I had the exact answer. Plan to waste a few hours of today on it again though, being how I found this thread researching it some more. Good luck to all.

solved? I have easy way to fix
regards

grean said:
solved? I have easy way to fix
regards
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what's easy way to fix? thanks^_^

If you watch YouTube videos, you find virtually nothing. There is one Portugese video, but they never show the phone in a completely dead state of black screen with a couple vibrations & an occasional blinking light. This state is truly bricked. There are a couple fake videos also, wanting you to just look at stuff, but it's just a stupid ad. We have one working Zenfone 3 ultra, & one seriously did one. I've offered 100's of $$ to anyone to bring it back to life, & have received ZERO takers. Anybody who's not insane can understand what that means. In other words, so far, forget it. No one has been able to unbrick this model. Only the other Asus models. This Asus model has relatively few purchasers - & has even fewer people willing to mess with it. What a shame.
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Hello, if someone has a working zu680kl device we could extract the necessary image and fix it using this tutorial:
https://www.droidsavvy.com/unbrick-qualcomm-mobiles/
I think it looks very promising.
I also have a bricked zu680kl device and I don't think about to give it up !!!!

We have a working one, but my better ½ is not about to give it up for an experiment.
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hillg001 said:
We have a working one, but my better ½ is not about to give it up for an experiment.
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I think there is no risk to brick the device because there will be no installation of any kind of firmware at all. The only thing is to make a backup of all app data because a fresh clean device (factory reset) is necessary. If you like to have a look at the whole procedure search for
Guide, if you are NEW “Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008” MODE
on the mentioned page
https://www.droidsavvy.com/unbrick-qualcomm-mobiles/
If it would be possible to get the eMMC image I would try to go through the rest of the process. Maybe this brings back our dead devices to life.
Buy your better 1/2 some flowers before you ask

I managed to get it fixed tonight
I did the following steps:
1) Enable Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 mode with help of an diy EDL cable.
2) Download the zu680kl raw firmware from here - was not easy to find : http://vietmobile.vn/threads/file-raw-asus-zu680kl-asus-zenfone-3-ultra-zu680kl.46825.html
3) Flash the raw firmware with QFIL
4) Reinstall the stock firmware with fastboot and adb sideload
5) Thank God for help !!!

luckychild said:
I managed to get it fixed tonight
I did the following steps:
1) Enable Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 mode with help of an diy EDL cable.
2) Download the zu680kl raw firmware from here - was not easy to find : http://vietmobile.vn/threads/file-raw-asus-zu680kl-asus-zenfone-3-ultra-zu680kl.46825.html
3) Flash the raw firmware with QFIL
4) Reinstall the stock firmware with fastboot and adb sideload
5) Thank God for help !!!
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Hey what files do you use with the qfil out that raw firmware package or do you just flash the whole raw zip

gubbilo144 said:
Hey what files do you use with the qfil out that raw firmware package or do you just flash the whole raw zip
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I am not sure - but I think Qfil needs to be set as a Flat Build - not Meta - using files:
Code:
Programmer Path = prog_emmc_firehose_8976_lite.mbn
Download Raw Program = rawprogram0.xml
Download Patch = patch0.xml
Now -- When I try this - I still get an error:
Code:
Download Fail:Sahara Fail:QSaharaServer Fail:The Directory name is invalid
Does anyone get past this at all???
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deadmatrix said:
Now -- When I try this - I still get an error:
Code:
Download Fail:Sahara Fail:QSaharaServer Fail:The Directory name is invalid
Does anyone get past this at all???
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Success!
Just solved my own issue - must use a much newer version of Qfil! I was successful with version 2.0.1.7 - I had to install it as opposed to downloading a zipped exe and running from an extraction point.
I downloaded my copy from https://www.androidbrick.com/downloads/
Just scroll down a little and watch for it manually.
Will update as I get further!
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I can confirm luckychild's success. After six months of nothing but a black screen and a flashing red led and some occasional vibrations - I have restored my friend's ZU680KL that she mailed to me half a year ago. And I have made it to a stock Android desktop.
After you flashing using qfil per my prior post - you will still have a black screen - reboot to see Asus - In search of Incredible come up - rejoice - It'll go straight to the bootloader - from there - you want to run "ftm-flashall.cmd" from the zip you downloaded from the Portuguese website luckychild linked too already. Once it runs, your good to go. Continue on with his instructions. All credit to luckychild for putting the pieces together.

deadmatrix said:
I am not sure - but I think Qfil needs to be set as a Flat Build - not Meta - using files:
Code:
Programmer Path = prog_emmc_firehose_8976_lite.mbn
Download Raw Program = rawprogram0.xml
Download Patch = patch0.xml
Now -- When I try this - I still get an error:
Code:
Download Fail:Sahara Fail:QSaharaServer Fail:The Directory name is invalid
Does anyone get past this at all???
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Success!
Just solved my own issue - must use a much newer version of Qfil! I was successful with version 2.0.1.7 - I had to install it as opposed to downloading a zipped exe and running from an extraction point.
I downloaded my copy from https://www.androidbrick.com/downloads/
Just scroll down a little and watch for it manually.
Will update as I get further!
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I can confirm luckychild's success. After six months of nothing but a black screen and a flashing red led and some occasional vibrations - I have restored my friend's ZU680KL that she mailed to me half a year ago. And I have made it to a stock Android desktop.
After you flashing using qfil per my prior post - you will still have a black screen - reboot to see Asus - In search of Incredible come up - rejoice - It'll go straight to the bootloader - from there - you want to run "ftm-flashall.cmd" from the zip you downloaded from the Portuguese website luckychild linked too already. Once it runs, your good to go. Continue on with his instructions. All credit to luckychild for putting the pieces together.
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Good just got my edl cable in the mail, going try to fix my Asus zenfone 3 ultra that's been in my dresser for 6 months bricked.
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deadmatrix said:
I am not sure - but I think Qfil needs to be set as a Flat Build - not Meta - using files:
Code:
Programmer Path = prog_emmc_firehose_8976_lite.mbn
Download Raw Program = rawprogram0.xml
Download Patch = patch0.xml
Now -- When I try this - I still get an error:
Code:
Download Fail:Sahara Fail:QSaharaServer Fail:The Directory name is invalid
Does anyone get past this at all???
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Success!
Just solved my own issue - must use a much newer version of Qfil! I was successful with version 2.0.1.7 - I had to install it as opposed to downloading a zipped exe and running from an extraction point.
I downloaded my copy from https://www.androidbrick.com/downloads/
Just scroll down a little and watch for it manually.
Will update as I get further!
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I can confirm luckychild's success. After six months of nothing but a black screen and a flashing red led and some occasional vibrations - I have restored my friend's ZU680KL that she mailed to me half a year ago. And I have made it to a stock Android desktop.
After you flashing using qfil per my prior post - you will still have a black screen - reboot to see Asus - In search of Incredible come up - rejoice - It'll go straight to the bootloader - from there - you want to run "ftm-flashall.cmd" from the zip you downloaded from the Portuguese website luckychild linked too already. Once it runs, your good to go. Continue on with his instructions. All credit to luckychild for putting the pieces together.
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Were do run the ftm-flashall.cmd in qfil or adb

gubbilo144 said:
Good just got my edl cable in the mail, going try to fix my Asus zenfone 3 ultra that's been in my dresser for 6 months bricked.
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Were do run the ftm-flashall.cmd in qfil or adb
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Run it from a command prompt window. So like at a DOS Prompt. Nothing to do with ADB.
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After running the command - it'll boot up to a custom Qualcomm rom - it will have no Gapps of any kind on it. That's why we still need to sideload the rom from Asus's website that you can download from them. I have trouble sideloading over here - not sure why. I have to put it onto a microSD card to flash it from the phone's recovery. Also - Don't forget to wipe data and factory reset it before booting up post of the sideloading. Otherwise it'll possibly get stuck trying to optimize apps - it froze on 'Android is Starting' for me and when I power cycled manually - it corrupted the UI. Had to go back and run the ftm-flashall.bat again.
Just realized the ftm-flashall.cmd that i listed earlier - is a typo - the propper file name should end in a .bat I believe. Sorry for the mistake. Not enough Coffee.

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Run it from a command prompt window. So like at a DOS Prompt. Nothing to do with ADB.
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After running the command - it'll boot up to a custom Qualcomm rom - it will have no Gapps of any kind on it. That's why we still need to sideload the rom from Asus's website that you can download from them. I have trouble sideloading over here - not sure why. I have to put it onto a microSD card to flash it from the phone's recovery. Also - Don't forget to wipe data and factory reset it before booting up post of the sideloading. Otherwise it'll possibly get stuck trying to optimize apps - it froze on 'Android is Starting' for me and when I power cycled manually - it corrupted the UI. Had to go back and run the ftm-flashall.bat again.
Just realized the ftm-flashall.cmd that i listed earlier - is a typo - the propper file name should end in a .bat I believe. Sorry for the mistake. Not enough Coffee.
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i got it thanks so much guys im updating in recovery now,my asus zenfone 3 ultra paperweight is back alive

gubbilo144 said:
i got it thanks so much guys im updating in recovery now,my asus zenfone 3 ultra paperweight is back alive
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Glad to hear it! So we have a now reproducable cure after years of nothing in the pipe really. I am thinking of writing a start to finish post of how to deal with it for beginners that can be pinned by a mod. If someone else wants to beat me to this, feel free - especially since I don't actually even own this model of phone.. Might maybe pick it up though.