Star 9500 soft bricked problem - General Questions and Answers

Greetings all,
This is probably in the wrong section, so apologies for that.
I had a working Star 9500 china clone phone mtk 6589 1.2 with a gig of ram and with a 1280 x 720 5'' display it was a totally usable jelly bean phone.
However I rooted it and put CMW recovery on it, and I was using an old sd card that had previously been used in a tablet which also had a clockwork mod folder and I have inadvertently recovered that tablet image to my phone, no big deal, but I can not get to recovery with any button pushing sequence. (probably as the tablets recovery wiped over my CWM).
The phones boots to a silly android man which normally the eyes light up and he takes off, but then the phones displays a red screen bar down the middle of the display and then powers off and back to the red display, I have the scatter file and flash exe but the phone will not hold at any boot level to get a win 7 driver to recognize it, so I guess a lesson learned, new phone - always format your sd card. Will probably see if any smashed screen units appear on eBay and swop out the mobo. This was really if any one had a miracle cure and would a usb jig work on this to hold some kind of bootloader state. Great site been reading since buying a magic in 2008.

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Is My VZW S3 Dead? (Symptoms in Text)

About three days ago, in the middle of the day, I tried to unlock my Verizon S3 using the power button, but it remained on a black screen. I pulled the battery, replaced it, and tried again. It came on.
Over the next day, it performed this behavior three more times; this time, however, the "black screen, unresponsive" happened while I was using the device (e.g., reading reddit in Reddit Sync when the screen darkens and the device becomes unresponsive and silent). The first two times, a battery pull let me restart the device.
The third time, however, nothing would restart the S3. A different, fully charged (and tested working) S3 battery would not start it. Plugging it into multiple chargers and multiple computers--both with and without a battery--would not start it. Plugging it into a PC fails to install drivers, and the S3 is identified as a "QHSUSB_DLOAD" device by Windows.
Plugging it in sans battery will sometimes briefly illuminate the red charging light, but it eventually turns off on its own, or goes off if I hold the Power button or put a battery in. I cannot access Recovery or Download Mode using the standard button combinations; there is no vibration, no flash on the screen, no change on the LED, and no sound. No input I give the phone appears to have any effect at all.
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The phone was running an unlocked, rooted version of 4.1.2, but had no other modifications, and had not had any major system changes in the months prior to this starting. I haven't recently messed with the bootloader, taken the 4.3 update, unrooted, rerooted, or anything else aside from letting apps update naturally and using the phone as always (reading reddit, using Hangouts to chat, listening to music with PowerAmp).
I read about the "Sudden Death Syndrome," but that supposedly applies only to International S3s. I read about hardbricking via screwing up your bootloader or triggering the eFUSE protections, but since I wasn't messing around with any of that for months now and also since I did not take the 4.3 update, I suspect it wasn't the cause.
Reps at the store weren't able to resuscitate the device, but told me I was ineligible for warranty service (I have extended) due to a hairline fracture on the case an inch below the power button (this crack has been there for months).
The device hasn't suffered any water damage or recent drops and was otherwise fully functional before the first blackscreen a few days back. I can't afford an Insurance swap right now, so self-repair is my only hope of having a working phone before my next paycheck hits in a few weeks
Armando Penblade said:
About three days ago, in the middle of the day, I tried to unlock my Verizon S3 using the power button, but it remained on a black screen. I pulled the battery, replaced it, and tried again. It came on.
Over the next day, it performed this behavior three more times; this time, however, the "black screen, unresponsive" happened while I was using the device (e.g., reading reddit in Reddit Sync when the screen darkens and the device becomes unresponsive and silent). The first two times, a battery pull let me restart the device.
The third time, however, nothing would restart the S3. A different, fully charged (and tested working) S3 battery would not start it. Plugging it into multiple chargers and multiple computers--both with and without a battery--would not start it. Plugging it into a PC fails to install drivers, and the S3 is identified as a "QHSUSB_DLOAD" device by Windows.
Plugging it in sans battery will sometimes briefly illuminate the red charging light, but it eventually turns off on its own, or goes off if I hold the Power button or put a battery in. I cannot access Recovery or Download Mode using the standard button combinations; there is no vibration, no flash on the screen, no change on the LED, and no sound. No input I give the phone appears to have any effect at all.
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The phone was running an unlocked, rooted version of 4.1.2, but had no other modifications, and had not had any major system changes in the months prior to this starting. I haven't recently messed with the bootloader, taken the 4.3 update, unrooted, rerooted, or anything else aside from letting apps update naturally and using the phone as always (reading reddit, using Hangouts to chat, listening to music with PowerAmp).
I read about the "Sudden Death Syndrome," but that supposedly applies only to International S3s. I read about hardbricking via screwing up your bootloader or triggering the eFUSE protections, but since I wasn't messing around with any of that for months now and also since I did not take the 4.3 update, I suspect it wasn't the cause.
Reps at the store weren't able to resuscitate the device, but told me I was ineligible for warranty service (I have extended) due to a hairline fracture on the case an inch below the power button (this crack has been there for months).
The device hasn't suffered any water damage or recent drops and was otherwise fully functional before the first blackscreen a few days back. I can't afford an Insurance swap right now, so self-repair is my only hope of having a working phone before my next paycheck hits in a few weeks
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Quite a story, somehow you hard bricked it, This happens sometimes and I can't really explain why, but here's your fix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581166
Make sure you have all the necessary equipment and use the 4.1 debrick image in the thread, you should be able to get it working again without a jtag repair.
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BadUsername said:
Quite a story, somehow you hard bricked it, This happens sometimes and I can't really explain why, but here's your fix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581166
Make sure you have all the necessary equipment and use the 4.1 debrick image in the thread, you should be able to get it working again without a jtag repair.
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This doesn't seem to have any effect on the proceedings.
I created the recovery IMG SD Card, but after putting it into the S3, pressing the power button on the phone (or plugging it into a PC) still has zero effect. It's like it's not even trying to boot and failing (or failing over to SD Card). Basically, pressing the power button/plugging in has zero effect at all, not just an unsuccessful effect.
Armando Penblade said:
This doesn't seem to have any effect on the proceedings.
I created the recovery IMG SD Card, but after putting it into the S3, pressing the power button on the phone (or plugging it into a PC) still has zero effect. It's like it's not even trying to boot and failing (or failing over to SD Card). Basically, pressing the power button/plugging in has zero effect at all, not just an unsuccessful effect.
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But that's what it's supposed to look like when it's hard bricked, keep trying to write it then boot with it. Eventually it's going to work, unless you somehow fried your motherboard.
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Is it possible that writing to the SD card via another smartphone (my old Droid 1) would cause the write operation to fail? I don't have any other method of getting the PC to communicate with a microSD card except via cellphones, since I don't have a USB adapter or even a microSD to SD adapter.
Edit: The D1/PC do recognize that something has happened to the SD card after Win32diskimager is done with it, because the D1 reports that it's now a "blank SD card (unsupported file system)" and Windows can't properly mount it anymore in that state. So, W32DI is definitely doing something to it. Tried 3 times now; is there some upper bound on how many to go for before assuming the motherboard died?
Armando Penblade said:
Is it possible that writing to the SD card via another smartphone (my old Droid 1) would cause the write operation to fail? I don't have any other method of getting the PC to communicate with a microSD card except via cellphones, since I don't have a USB adapter or even a microSD to SD adapter.
Edit: The D1/PC do recognize that something has happened to the SD card after Win32diskimager is done with it, because the D1 reports that it's now a "blank SD card (unsupported file system)" and Windows can't properly mount it anymore in that state. So, W32DI is definitely doing something to it. Tried 3 times now; is there some upper bound on how many to go for before assuming the motherboard died?
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Not really, if you're getting that error message I'm assuming this should work. At the very least you could get a jtag repair and that'll definitely fix it. You could always try the other debrick file available from that thread also.
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[Q] My new Lenovo A850+ Andro 4.4 Octa does not start :(

Hi guys,
1:
2 weeks ago I ordered this:
Original Lenovo A850+ s MTK6592 Octa Core 1.9Ghz 2GB RAM 5.5'' 1920x1080px 13MP dual SIM Android 4.4 mobile phone free shipping
aliexpress/snapshot/6095479197.html
My happiness was short.
After I connected the phone to USB and noticed battery at 78% I tried to start my phone.
So I pressed Power on, wait, wait...wait..nothing. Nothing for 4 hours of frustration.
I connected it to my PC and for a few seconds MT65xx preloader appeared. I managed to install USB drivers, hoping to
get my hands on this phone other way than by powering it on by a button.
Unfortunately nothing works beside short battery status on the screen of this phone after I connect it to PC or a charger.
The battery is at 100% but the phone never starts.
Has anyone seen something like this?
Is it possible to bring this phone to life or should I forget about it and throw it to the trash bin?
2:
When I connected my phone to charge it and it showed the percentage for a moment, it never reacted to any button to turn on the LCD again
and show battery status. Looks somehow to me like power on button is damaged/not connected internally or whatever.
3:
I also wonder if it is really 1080p ips screen. From battery status its hard to tell. They claim its 1080p. Possible?
Cheers
AroPL said:
Hi guys,
1:
2 weeks ago I ordered this:
Original Lenovo A850+ s MTK6592 Octa Core 1.9Ghz 2GB RAM 5.5'' 1920x1080px 13MP dual SIM Android 4.4 mobile phone free shipping
aliexpress/snapshot/6095479197.html
My happiness was short.
After I connected the phone to USB and noticed battery at 78% I tried to start my phone.
So I pressed Power on, wait, wait...wait..nothing. Nothing for 4 hours of frustration.
I connected it to my PC and for a few seconds MT65xx preloader appeared. I managed to install USB drivers, hoping to
get my hands on this phone other way than by powering it on by a button.
Unfortunately nothing works beside short battery status on the screen of this phone after I connect it to PC or a charger.
The battery is at 100% but the phone never starts.
Has anyone seen something like this?
Is it possible to bring this phone to life or should I forget about it and throw it to the trash bin?
2:
When I connected my phone to charge it and it showed the percentage for a moment, it never reacted to any button to turn on the LCD again
and show battery status. Looks somehow to me like power on button is damaged/not connected internally or whatever.
3:
I also wonder if it is really 1080p ips screen. From battery status its hard to tell. They claim its 1080p. Possible?
Cheers
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your phone is original phone or clone phone? A850+ has only 1gb ram http://www.devicespecifications.com/en/model/e3a02b7a
@ aroPL:
If you bought it from AliExpress with those specs, it is obviously a clone.
Genuine A850+ does not have these specs, not even 4.4, only 4.2.
It is a clone with upgraded specs.
I managed to get into "factory mode" but no key works to set some chinese test or reset it.
Held power for long on each item, but still without success.
Anyone has an idea what combination of buttons works in factory mode to select
menu item? Volume up/down works as item change. Where is "enter" ?
At this moment I am convinced that Power On button is faulty. Does not work at all.
I connect this phone to PC via USB, hold Volume Up or Down, different recovery/boot menus appear.
I can navigate through them, but confirmation with Power On does not work.
It seems the reason this phone does not work is trivial - power on button.
Sorry, but your phone is a clone, not is a original Lenovo a850+, the original have android 4.2, the processor is 1.4 or 1.7 not 1.9, sorry!
AroPL said:
Hi guys,
1:
2 weeks ago I ordered this:
Original Lenovo A850+ s MTK6592 Octa Core 1.9Ghz 2GB RAM 5.5'' 1920x1080px 13MP dual SIM Android 4.4 mobile phone free shipping
aliexpress/snapshot/6095479197.html
My happiness was short.
After I connected the phone to USB and noticed battery at 78% I tried to start my phone.
So I pressed Power on, wait, wait...wait..nothing. Nothing for 4 hours of frustration.
I connected it to my PC and for a few seconds MT65xx preloader appeared. I managed to install USB drivers, hoping to
get my hands on this phone other way than by powering it on by a button.
Unfortunately nothing works beside short battery status on the screen of this phone after I connect it to PC or a charger.
The battery is at 100% but the phone never starts.
Has anyone seen something like this?
Is it possible to bring this phone to life or should I forget about it and throw it to the trash bin?
2:
When I connected my phone to charge it and it showed the percentage for a moment, it never reacted to any button to turn on the LCD again
and show battery status. Looks somehow to me like power on button is damaged/not connected internally or whatever.
3:
I also wonder if it is really 1080p ips screen. From battery status its hard to tell. They claim its 1080p. Possible?
Cheers
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I have no experience with A850+, but surely I (may) know what you are facing.
I will try solving your prob via theory. Satisfaction not guaranteed.
FIRST THING FIRST...
-You stated that you charged your phone till 100%. I assume you saw a big blue battery icon on screen. Did you press the power button while it's plugged? If no reaction, probability of ONE that your hardware buttons dead and you have to go to the phone dealer...
...oh wait, you ordered it online.....uh
Sorry to say that you are officially a victim of mobile phone fraud. And I assume that site, or vendor, or host is CHINESE, the country that's nothing original.
If that's the case even Obama can't help you. I'm very sorry and I know your feelings.
Looking forward to your reply if something works.

Broken Screen Droid Turbo - trying to get it to work

I have a droid turbo that was dropped on the street and ran over by a car. The phone was in an Otterbox case but still the screen got damaged. I should insert here that I bought the phone from someone else and I am NOT on a 2 year contract so I can't send the phone in for screen replacement. I am looking into buying a new screen for the turbo but wanted to make sure the phone is actually working before I do so. I can hit the power button and I hear the phone power up and vibrate but sometimes it appears to get stuck and starts over again (the whole screen is black so I can't see anything). I have tried to plug the phone into my computer to see if I can get my files off of it or see if its still working... however, it installs the drivers when I plug it in, but I can't see the phone folders (I should insert here that I did not have USBdebugging turned on). I have tried several recovery tools and nothing sees the phone. I also tried to use [email protected] to emulate the screen on my laptop but it didn't recognize the phone either. I went ahead and did a teardown on the phone to make sure all the internals looked good. Internally everything looks fine and nothing appears broken or smashed. I did go ahead and remove the screen because little shards of glass were getting everywhere. Does anyone have a suggestion on how I can see if the phone is working properly before I purchase a new screen (they are at minimum 160 bucks to 200 bucks)? If the phone is stuck in a bootloop, from the fall and such, is there a way (or a program) that I can use to reinstall/reset android and start from scratch to get it out of loop. Im a bit lost and I don't want to purchase a screen if the phone is damaged beyond repair. It would just be easier to get a new phone. Any help in the matter in appreciated. Thanks!

H96 Pro Plus

Hello world!
I just got this TV box and I think I broke it.
Looking for some advice please.
It comes with Android 7.1.2 and already rooted
I installed SuperSU and it asked if I wanted to update the binaries. So I did. Now the device won't boot at all.
I pressed the reset pin and wiped the system cache as well as done a factory reset. However it still won't boot.
I don't really know where to go from here as I don't know where to get the ROM from and reinstall it. Or even how for that matter.
The logo that comes up when it tries to boot is MBOX.
I would appreciate any suggestions and help.
Thank you for reading!
Any ideas anyone please?
Hi!
I did do the very same on mine MBOX H96 Pro+ 3g/32g/9377 , and
I've used the USB flash utility (you need a strange male-male usb cable) to flash this firmware:
https://androidtvbox.eu/new-firmware-h96-pro-tv-box-3gb-ram-amlogic-s912-20170602-release/
By using this utility:
https://mega.nz/#!k8hkBDxK!6RVuhh089bT_C_Bdn_LmbicenlIEFYj61OoDMsVqH8A
With these license files:
https://mega.nz/#!o8w0nKYR!J4_6kjS3j6TsgE1Ytl12OnnHnu8aCHb1AKppmh8xVD0
It is 7.1.1, I think, but it made the box boot again. For the moment I'm keeping SuperSU WITHOUT updating SU, and it works well in asking for Root rights when apps require them, but I'm searching for roms which can be rooted with Magisk, and I found this, which seems interesting BUT I haven't tested it:
http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player...6-scv4a-7-1-2-ddr3-ddr4-and-9377-wifi-chipset
Hope this helps!
Where is the reset button or i have to use toothpick and press thru the av hole then sinultaneously power on the power plug to get into recovery mode ..please help...i am also stuck at boot when updating the binaries of the supersu
The same thing happened to me, I installed Supersu and did not start again.
I burned an image on an SD card and used a toothpick but had an added problem: If I removed the toothpick, the process stopped.
I stayed the whole process by pressing the toothpick.
If I stopped pressing with the toothpick the process stops .
When finished, remove the toothpick quickly or start again.
Same to me, today installed super su and now won't boot. Thanks, tomorrow I will try this solution. I have another box, the same. It's possible to clone the box upon the broked one?
Glad I skipped installing SuperSU on my device
7.1.2 firmware
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x0rkkYRrmtKke1QiN21-0KqLsXc30v16/view?usp=drives there is no su but is rooted, do not update su
Help. I think my 4 mths old H96+ is dead. I tried updating the firmware using SD card burn method. I pressed the reset button and inserted power. The green Android robot appeared showing it was flashing and immediately I stopped pressing the button. The screen went blank and the blue light went off. Thereafter the H96 won't turn on. No blue light but there is light at the optical out connector. Is the H96 fit for the bin.
Mine is MBox too BTW Have you tried booting to recovery I managed to by pressing reset 3x then held for 10 secs around ten secs no sure which side of 10 tho soz cus one way will go update one to fastboot and one to recovery
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Here is the firmware I've been using...
Stock: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x0rkkYRrmtKke1QiN21-0KqLsXc30v16/view?usp=drivesdk
Supercelerons ATV http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player...b-scv7a-7-1-2-ddr3-ddr4-and-9377-wifi-chipset
curiou5 said:
Help. I think my 4 mths old H96+ is dead. I tried updating the firmware using SD card burn method. I pressed the reset button and inserted power. The green Android robot appeared showing it was flashing and immediately I stopped pressing the button. The screen went blank and the blue light went off. Thereafter the H96 won't turn on. No blue light but there is light at the optical out connector. Is the H96 fit for the bin.
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What a shame. It is good box but didn't last. It was having some issues before I decided to give it an upgrade.
curiou5 said:
What a shame. It is good box but didn't last. It was having some issues before I decided to give it an upgrade.
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Sorry i only seen your post today you need to get the right image for your box and then flash it it appears that you are flashing a different software and its conflicting your ram thas way it turns off aftwr flashing the boot, get the right firmware and you iwll be fine, same happend to me but know all is well sd card flashing is the safest one good luck
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PTHugo said:
Sorry i only seen your post today you need to get the right image for your box and then flash it it appears that you are flashing a different software and its conflicting your ram thas way it turns off aftwr flashing the boot, get the right firmware and you iwll be fine, same happend to me but know all is well sd card flashing is the safest one good luck
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Thanks.
I have open up the box and printed on the circuit board is 2017-02-10 which I am assumed is the date. The other info is H96-S912-TVBOX(DDR4)-VO.2. Does it mean that the RAM is DDR4 RAM and not DDR3 RAM as stated in the market place.
Update : Found firmware for DDR4 RAM and managed to flash the original H96 Pro+ firmware.
I followed the steps found here http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player...k-gt1-ultimate-scv2-atv-android-tv-ddr4/page3 post #37.
Edit :
First I tried the Super Celerons Standard Android firmware from http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-...l-android-ddr4 but my wifi could not connect. Then I download and flashed the firmware from https://mega.nz/#!74hSDb5A!nkqPR4tnp...bvCDquoJ5BJok0 and the box is back to how it was when I first bought it.
Man I wish I saw this thread before installing supersu... totally bricked my box. Tried a bunch of firmwares & sd cards, it's not going so well
pete.xda said:
Man I wish I saw this thread before installing supersu... totally bricked my box. Tried a bunch of firmwares & sd cards, it's not going so well
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You must first find out whether your RAM is DDR3 or DDR4. As I have learned there are a few versions of this H96 Pro+. Flashing DDR4 firmware on DDR3 version and vice versa will not work.
How I unbricked mine after an age!!
What worked for my Banggood H96 Pro plus box to unbrick it. First - it says on the back of the green board in the box CZ-S32-V2.2/ 3+32/9377 DDR3. I was trying to update the firmware with the burncard method connected to the TV with HDMI and reset button and power connect like I'd done many times before with one of the Tanix 8 Max roms (well it had worked before), only not this time and it bricked hard. Nothing was working to put life back into the box with either different roms with burncard method or that USB burning tool method (what disastrous software that is). My box did have the front blue light and back red one on when I plugged the power in and something I had read said that if that was the case I should be able to get the box resurrected. Then I saw this segment on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUfKNNgxb9E
So, I moved back to my TV with my sdcard done by burn card maker with this rom - aml_7.1_s912_q9377-H96PROPLUS_KDMC_mac-20171129_Shonk.img. I don't remember which pin combo tripped the wonderful pic of the android robot on screen (first time in over 2 months that I saw anything visual from my H96) with the UPGRADING below it (I had the power in, the reset button activated, and of course the HDMI plugged in when I was routing around for the the correct pin combo)(I was not looking at the screen because those tiny pins required my attention but the sound caused me to look up at the screen). As soon as I saw the little robot I pulled the paper clip from the box and let it run on it's own to completion. A check mark came on the little robot and I pulled the power and put it back in and it took off with that H96 Pro + splash screen and finished the set up. To finish - it's seems like a wonderful rom so far. Wifi works great and I have not run into any problems so far after 2 days - it is faster than my Nexbox A1 2gb/16gb s912. Did I miss anything? Just ask.
McGiles said:
What worked for my Banggood H96 Pro plus box to unbrick it. First - it says on the back of the green board in the box CZ-S32-V2.2/ 3+32/9377 DDR3. I was trying to update the firmware with the burncard method connected to the TV with HDMI and reset button and power connect like I'd done many times before with one of the Tanix 8 Max roms (well it had worked before), only not this time and it bricked hard. Nothing was working to put life back into the box with either different roms with burncard method or that USB burning tool method (what disastrous software that is). My box did have the front blue light and back red one on when I plugged the power in and something I had read said that if that was the case I should be able to get the box resurrected. Then I saw this segment on Youtube - https://ru-clip.com/video/CUfKNNgxb9...in-method.html
So, I moved back to my TV with my sdcard done by burn card maker with this rom - aml_7.1_s912_q9377-H96PROPLUS_KDMC_mac-20171129_Shonk.img. I don't remember which pin combo tripped the wonderful pic of the android robot on screen (first time in over 2 months that I saw anything visual from my H96) with the UPGRADING below it (I had the power in, the reset button activated, and of course the HDMI plugged in when I was routing around for the the correct pin combo)(I was not looking at the screen because those tiny pins required my attention but the sound caused me to look up at the screen). As soon as I saw the little robot I pulled the paper clip from the box and let it run on it's own to completion. A check mark came on the little robot and I pulled the power and put it back in and it took off with that H96 Pro + splash screen and finished the set up. To finish - it's seems like a wonderful rom so far. Wifi works great and I have not run into any problems so far after 2 days - it is faster than my Nexbox A1 2gb/16gb s912. Did I miss anything? Just ask.
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the video is not there anymor can you post a picture please
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Hey Shores,
please, provide another download link. The source from the link you provided is infected heavily.
Zoli
Hi,
For the second time no more signal from the h96 pro plus hdmi output the front blue led don't light on. I have returned the box to the Chinese supplier and after 2month the box come back with no defects found....
This time after 6 month same problem.
But I have connected the USB output from the box to the PC. (Idea was reload firmware). But suddenly the blue LED light on. Now the box is working properly by using one TV USB port without the external power supply.
Is there any other way for solve the problem?
If not I hope this message will help others h96 user's ..[emoji6]
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New Link to try
PTHugo said:
the video is not there anymor can you post a picture please
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUfKNNgxb9E

Bricked Harrrrd

Metro variant on latest OTA
OEM unlocked
flashed twrp.img
installed magisk 21.4.zip
dog got in confrontation with phone in my hand and in twrp I hit a bunch of crap.
now i have brick -- no power on, no usb trigger, no vol dn+power....nothing
adb and fastboot dont see it.
possibilities....may have restored the SELinux
May have selected the slot b
anything else in twrp advanced tab......
android and linux knowledge at beginner to intermediate levels if im honest
what are my options?
2clacaze said:
Metro variant on latest OTA
OEM unlocked
flashed twrp.img
installed magisk 21.4.zip
dog got in confrontation with phone in my hand and in twrp I hit a bunch of crap.
now i have brick -- no power on, no usb trigger, no vol dn+power....nothing
adb and fastboot dont see it.
possibilities....may have restored the SELinux
May have selected the slot b
anything else in twrp advanced tab......
android and linux knowledge at beginner to intermediate levels if im honest
what are my options?
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On the computer Under device manager does anything pop up when phone is plugged in?
JimmyJurner said:
On the computer Under device manager does anything pop up when phone is plugged in?
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nothimg
2clacaze said:
nothimg
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Not even showing this : Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008????
JimmyJurner said:
Not even showing this : Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008????
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Not a thing under devices, removable our otherwise
You said that it won't power on? Correct? "No power on".. I'm assuming that's what you meant.
If that's the case, it's obvious why nothing shows up when you connect to the computer. I mean, it sounds like you have a fried unit.
I'm not even sure how you could do that in twrp. Lol.
The only phone I've ever had that wouldn't power on, was due to water damage (sweat damage actually). Which I'm still fired up about. I had a pixel 3a. Just 6 months old. Had a case on it.. was walking and talking to my niece, and pouring sweat as I walked/hiked. We hung up, and I noticed I had phantom touches all over the screen. I wiped the phone down, powered it down, sat it in rice for 12 hours. Turned it back on, and it was worse than before. So many phantom touches that I couldnt even power it down. Then volume down and power wouldn't take me to recovery so I could power it off.
I literally just had to sit there for 2 hours as it fried itself alive from water damage. Next morning, I noticed no warming on quick charge. No screen paper. No vibe on startup. Plugged into laptop, nothing registered.
It wasn't bricked. It was gone.
I know it's not a waterproofed phone. But sweat? Destroying a $400 phone? Give me an effin break.
Luckily, I pay my verizon bill with mastercard.. and all mastercard users (even debit cards) have phone insurance built into it. I called them, submitted the paperwork. (Copy of phone bill, copy of bank statement showing I used the mastercard, and a copy of the estimate showing it was a total loss. $349). The deductible was $50.. so 4 business days later, they deposited $299.99 in my account. And I bought the g stylus with it. And when I went to Walmart to buy it, it wouldn't ring up. It was supposed to be $299.99. I found a price match of $249.99. and when he was trying to ring it u, it wouldn't show up on their system. They did a search for it on their website, and he didn't know the difference between a g stylus and a g fast. I got it for $129.99. unlocked. (Was $179.99 on the website, and I had found a 50 off price match for the 299 priced phone earlier, so they gave me the 50 off 179.99. so needless to say -- I got a heckuva deal.
The g stylus is basically a pixel 3a. Except a bigger screen, better battery, and a stylus. The 665 actually performs better on multi ore than the 670 does. Because the 665 has 4 cores at 2ghz, rather than just 2 like the pixel. And the gpu is over closed to almost 1ghz on this phone. So no complaints other than picture quality. The pixel 3a is among the best camera phones ever made to this day. But with the g stylus, running a heavily tweaked and microtuned gcam mod.. its not a huge huge difference unless you are zoomed in. Then it's obvious.
It's possible you tried to boot into a different slot. Hold power and volume down until the phone boots into recovery. Unless you deleted the recovery image, it should still boot into recovery. From recovery you can flash a fresh install of Android or attempt to boot into twrp. I.e. "fastboot boot c:/'location-of-twrp.img'" as to attempt to boot into slot a. I had the same problem and just installed Android one from lollinets site. The variant of Android 11 that works for our metro moto g pro is "11 rprs31.q4u-20-28".
Volume up and power should take you to fastbootd. If hard ware keys aren't working it's either a dead battery or hard bricked. In which case, be careful with the next one.
ok heres the deal .... i came into this thread late but i have made every mistake possiable with this device and have dang near any file to fix the mistakes most of which were on purpose ... i pulled a couple noob reinforced actions tho like flashing sofiar instead of sofiap .... if you still need help brotha hit me up we will team viewer and ill teach you how to correct your issues no prob
sings ..... one of these things is not like the others .......
Vampire Lord said:
ok heres the deal .... i came into this thread late but i have made every mistake possiable with this device and have dang near any file to fix the mistakes most of which were on purpose ... i pulled a couple noob reinforced actions tho like flashing sofiar instead of sofiap .... if you still need help brotha hit me up we will team viewer and ill teach you how to correct your issues no prob
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I have similar issue. When i connect to charger the white led flashes for exactly one minute then stops. Plug to computer i get nothing. Installed qualcomm drivers still nothing. Tried edl cord no change.
Im not sure what caused this. I was going to root so i unlocked bootloader. Flashed cwm. After flashing cwm its had errors mounting a couple partions. I powerd off and started digging here and on google, found couple options to try. When i tried to power up it was dead. No responce, no conection to computer... just one min of flashing led when i plug into wall charger. Any help would be greatly appreciated
Can you hard reset into recovery
If not does adb recognize your device
If it does you can always force boot twrp from debug
Shane8705 said:
I have similar issue. When i connect to charger the white led flashes for exactly one minute then stops. Plug to computer i get nothing. Installed qualcomm drivers still nothing. Tried edl cord no change.
Im not sure what caused this. I was going to root so i unlocked bootloader. Flashed cwm. After flashing cwm its had errors mounting a couple partions. I powerd off and started digging here and on google, found couple options to try. When i tried to power up it was dead. No responce, no conection to computer... just one min of flashing led when i plug into wall charger. Any help would be greatly appreciated
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I did exactly this. But I get no flashing LED when I plug into wall charger.
I've tried holding vol down + power for 20+ seconds, nothing.
I've tried holding vol up + power for 20+ seconds, nothing.
When I connect to my computer I no longer see the 9008 in device manager.
abense said:
I did exactly this. But I get no flashing LED when I plug into wall charger.
I've tried holding vol down + power for 20+ seconds, nothing.
I've tried holding vol up + power for 20+ seconds, nothing.
When I connect to my computer I no longer see the 9008 in device manager.
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Hardbricked mine - I have the metro G Stylus 2021. |
Switched to slot B and now I have nothing.
acrinym said:
Hardbricked mine - I have the metro G Stylus 2021. |
Switched to slot B and now I have nothing.
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