[Q] My N5 isnt being detected by my computer AT ALL. - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So here's the problem,I've soft bricked my Nexus by messing with the build.prop (like an idiot) and so i thought i could just flash my ROM again and all would be well. Well, i don't have a copy on my internal storage, and for some reason, when i connect my phone to any of my PC's it doesnt do anything. When i say anything, I mean it doesn't look for drivers it doesnt appear in device manager it doesnt come up on explorer, its invisible to my computer and id like to know how to fix it because i dont fancy a 250£ paperweight, all because i didnt like how my proximity sensor worked.

phone isn't detected even in bootloader mode ?

First link of my signature.
15 second adb/fastboot installer

Yeah not in bootloader mode,not in adb,not in mtp and it's really quite annoying

Did you do what Lethargy wrote? Most of the time someone comes up with this issue, it's a phone-computer communication/driver problem...

Windows 8.1?

Ben36 said:
Windows 8.1?
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It works just fine on Win 8.1.

I would say, in last case, try to get (or install a small partition) a PC with linux installed and try with it. You don't need to install any additional drivers and it´s very easy to use android tools (adb and fastboot).

nunojsa said:
I would say, in last case, try to get (or install a small partition) a PC with linux installed and try with it. You don't need to install any additional drivers and it´s very easy to use android tools (adb and fastboot).
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Don't even need to install, just boot from a flash drive

I've tried on three different computers, one windows 7 one windows 8 and one widnows 8.1 all of them dont detect the device. I've just tried booting from flash and my phone isnt making my flash drive run, as in usually, you plug it in and it blinks green, none of that with my phone. It just sits there. I'm going to try the driver thing, but as I said, the phone doesnt show up at all in my PC , not as an unrecognized device or anything

cannuks76 said:
So here's the problem,I've soft bricked my Nexus by messing with the build.prop (like an idiot) and so i thought i could just flash my ROM again and all would be well. Well, i don't have a copy on my internal storage, and for some reason, when i connect my phone to any of my PC's it doesnt do anything. When i say anything, I mean it doesn't look for drivers it doesnt appear in device manager it doesnt come up on explorer, its invisible to my computer and id like to know how to fix it because i dont fancy a 250£ paperweight, all because i didnt like how my proximity sensor worked.
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What did you use to edit the build.prop? If you used root explorer or something similar, a backup of the original build.prop was likely made. It's in /system, and will be called build.prop.bak. Use the file manager in TWRP to find it, rename it to build.prop (and add .bak to the original one you edited), reboot and you should be up and running again.
Edit: Make sure you mount /system in TWRP first otherwise you won't see any files.

cannuks76 said:
I've tried on three different computers, one windows 7 one windows 8 and one widnows 8.1 all of them dont detect the device. I've just tried booting from flash and my phone isnt making my flash drive run, as in usually, you plug it in and it blinks green, none of that with my phone. It just sits there. I'm going to try the driver thing, but as I said, the phone doesnt show up at all in my PC , not as an unrecognized device or anything
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Its probably the usb cord, try different cords, and different usb ports. The only cord of the 5 i have that detects mine is a cord i have from my old galaxy s2, no idea why.

@cannuks76- Any luck? Did you try my suggestion?

Metal Head, I realise that I could have done that and thanks for the idea because now I know, but the thing is i wiped my system partition to see if the USB problems would be fixed, so i really f'd up there, what I've done is tried everything you lovely people have suggested, but nothing is working, i even tried putting my old screen back in to see if it had something to do with that, but alas, nothing. I've Ordered a new charging port off of ebay to try and fix it on the hardware side of things, it was only 9£,but if this doesn't work I might have to purchase a new phone
I'm currently using an iPhone 4S as a replacement, and I really, really dislike it. I want my N5 back

cannuks76 said:
Metal Head, I realise that I could have done that and thanks for the idea because now I know, but the thing is i wiped my system partition to see if the USB problems would be fixed, so i really f'd up there, what I've done is tried everything you lovely people have suggested, but nothing is working, i even tried putting my old screen back in to see if it had something to do with that, but alas, nothing. I've Ordered a new charging port off of ebay to try and fix it on the hardware side of things, it was only 9£,but if this doesn't work I might have to purchase a new phone
I'm currently using an iPhone 4S as a replacement, and I really, really dislike it. I want my N5 back
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Yeah wiping the OS was a bad move, especially since you had no way of loading a new one. Sorry I didn't chime in earlier, I'm 99% sure my idea would have at least gotten you running again, save for the USB issues. Good luck with the repair, and enjoy that 4s in the meantime

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Yeah wiping the OS was a bad move, especially since you had no way of loading a new one. Sorry I didn't chime in earlier, I'm 99% sure my idea would have at least gotten you running again, save for the USB issues. Good luck with the repair, and enjoy that 4s in the meantime
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Well, just to keep you guys up to date, i received the part yesterday (damn chinese postal serivce) put the port into my phone and it was back to blooping away on connection to the PC. thanks for all your guys's help, and if anyone has the same problem, its probably the hardware, and if you have any tech repair skills its a 15 minute, 9£ job

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[Q] Nexus S bricked. Now what?

Hi,
I wanted to update my Nexus S from SlimBean 4.2.1 1.0 to 1.1 this morning.
I didn't do a full wipe which basically ruined my OS so I wanted to back it all up, full wipe and start all over again.
I had big problems with backing up as Titanium Backup either crashed or was stuck at it's initializing SQLite stage.
The phone process and System UI were crashing all the time if that matters.
So I tried to back it up through CWM which first failed while backing up the data partition, but it worked the second time.
I turned the phone off and since then it's not doing anything anymore.
Won't turn on, doesn't show the charging animation when plugging it in.
I tried to recover it several times.
It doesn't show up in Windows' Device Manager and UnBrickableRessurrectorR40 doesn't see it.
Is there anything I can do?
Thanks a lot.
land.apfel
why don't you try to get it to download mode and flash via odin ?
I would do it that way if it was possible. The Nexus won't do anything. Neither fastboot, nor Download nor recovery nor anything else.
The only thing it does is getting hot when being connected to AC.
But I'll try to do the UnbrickableMod and see if it helps.
land.apfel
Did you make the hardware modification? I have to do it with mine to be recognized.
samcortez said:
Did you make the hardware modification? I have to do it with mine to be recognized.
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hardware modification is so difficult so as to be impossible for most people. it seems to be the only solution though. i only just bought my nexus s (for $150) second hand .. flashed cwm 10 on it and it bricked a few days later when i swapped a battery. i have disassembled the phone but the modification required needs minute tools and expertise beyond my ability. any suggestions? sending it in to experts in the USA will cost me nearly $100 and I'm afraid the diagnosis might mean I will lose that as well.
Without the hardware modification you can trash your Nexus S right now, as the chance that you recover it for some reason is probably 0.01%.
For doing the hardware modification you really need to know what you're doing. If you don't, look out for someone you know and who would do it for you.
After you did the UnbrickableMod, the chance that you can recover your phone is about 60% (maybe).
If you can't recover the phone, you need to exchange the eMMC chip as well.
I found eMMC chips in China for $19, but you still need to assemble it.
This is where I'm stuck at the moment.
my phone is in same condition please someone solve this and share with us
If you haven't already applied the UnBrickableMod you should try that first.
If you have, I have no idea what to do.
land.apfel

Nexus 5 Screen will not light up

Hey guys I've had my N5 for almost a year now but it seems to have gone kaput on me recently...
On Monday I was on a skype call, (just audio) when my phone suddenly restarted, I didn't pay much mind to it as that happened before and it would usually just cut back on, but this time, it restarted, and restarted and just didn't stop. That lead me to think its the power button being stuck so i checked it out and made sure its not being depressed and well yeah it wasn't. And soon after that the phones screen was sometimes on during the reboots and sometimes off. I knew it was rebooting because the N5 vibrates a bit when Google pops up on the loading screen in a certain way, but yeah now the screen doesn't light up at all, there's still vibrations and sounds like when I call or when I say Okay Google a few times, the LED will even light up during a call. I know the phone is "on and working" in the background but the screen doesn't light up and as such I can't touch it, any ideas and or advice friends?
bump de bump?
Possibly your backlight burnt out? Water damage?
if you are running cyanogenmod, you could be experiencing sod "sleep of death". thats when you know the phone is on and working, but the screen doesnt turn on. ive been reading lots of complaints about cm and the sod.
TheROMGuy said:
Possibly your backlight burnt out? Water damage?
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As the phone kept rebooting it went from seeing everything, to seeing nothing but the back light to dark, so maybe? It was just by me on my desk too so I was doubtful about the water damage but I put it in the sealed rice bag for about 24 hours just in case but still no luck.
I actually am running cyanogenmod and whenever I do have a problem I always feel that its related to CM as the phone doesn't have any physical damage...maybe I should look into that, any other ideas friends?
P.S I am using the ElementalX Kernel and UNFORTUNATELY I turned on the FAST CHARGE USB option and that makes the phone play funny with the computer, if you guys have any advice as to how I could turn off that option please do let me know
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...l-06-03-14-one-click-factory-restore-t2513937
I used this tool to try and remove anything that could be bothering my phone, software wise, and I'm not sure if it wiped away Kernels and Roms but thought you guys should know, my computer now recognizes the phone and I can see folders and such, which are now empty.
dynamo147 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...l-06-03-14-one-click-factory-restore-t2513937
I used this tool to try and remove anything that could be bothering my phone, software wise, and I'm not sure if it wiped away Kernels and Roms but thought you guys should know, my computer now recognizes the phone and I can see folders and such, which are now empty.
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all it does is completely wipe your phone and install an older android version. flashing the factory img will do the same, except youll get the newest android version. don't use these tools, doing things the right way will be more beneficial to you. anyways, since cm is having issues, try a different rom, or just go stock.
simms22 said:
all it does is completely wipe your phone and install an older android version. flashing the factory img will do the same, except youll get the newest android version. don't use these tools, doing things the right way will be more beneficial to you. anyways, since cm is having issues, try a different rom, or just go stock.
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Thats my problem though my screen is still untouchable or see able and it makes it hard to flash stuff since I can't properly use TWRP, and having the fast charge hack on my computer doesnt really sense im in USB Debug but I guesssss its off now though, but still no screen loving
dynamo147 said:
Thats my problem though my screen is still untouchable or see able and it makes it hard to flash stuff since I can't properly use TWRP, and having the fast charge hack on my computer doesnt really sense im in USB Debug but I guesssss its off now though, but still no screen loving
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if still no screen, its probably physically damaged(hit or factory damage). is an exchange possible?
simms22 said:
if still no screen, its probably physically damaged(hit or factory damage). is an exchange possible?
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Well i got mine through the Play Store and I did think about an RMA, I know there was that free screen replacement thing going on but the customer rep sounded like he had no idea what I was talking about. and I'm thinking its a flex cable issue as my phone hasn't incurred any damage from drops or bumps or anything since i make it a point to be stationary while using phone, but....where the sim card tray is, that "bridge" or thin piece on the bottom side toward the phone has split as a result of my bad sim card ejecting, but that was when i first obtained the phone, also there is another split, inside the phone there is a canopy above the charging port that is split but i still know that occurred long before this, and its not even an electrical piece along with the sim card bridge thing.
BUTTT yeah im afraid if I RMA they will use that as an excuse to charge me $400, even though I know it's not playing any sort of factor in my screen acting up....Is there a policy on that?
dynamo147 said:
Well i got mine through the Play Store and I did think about an RMA, I know there was that free screen replacement thing going on but the customer rep sounded like he had no idea what I was talking about. and I'm thinking its a flex cable issue as my phone hasn't incurred any damage from drops or bumps or anything since i make it a point to be stationary while using phone, but....where the sim card tray is, that "bridge" or thin piece on the bottom side toward the phone has split as a result of my bad sim card ejecting, but that was when i first obtained the phone, also there is another split, inside the phone there is a canopy above the charging port that is split but i still know that occurred long before this, and its not even an electrical piece along with the sim card bridge thing.
BUTTT yeah im afraid if I RMA they will use that as an excuse to charge me $400, even though I know it's not playing any sort of factor in my screen acting up....Is there a policy on that?
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ive rma'ed before, google is really good about it. i sent my nexus 7 back with a custom recovery, rom, kernel.. and the thing going on with google and exchanging the n5 once without question, isnt about the screen, its for anything.
simms22 said:
ive rma'ed before, google is really good about it. i sent my nexus 7 back with a custom recovery, rom, kernel.. and the thing going on with google and exchanging the n5 once without question, isnt about the screen, its for anything.
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I suppose I might as well shoot for it? Is there a way to decline paying for the device if they decide that I should pay?
dynamo147 said:
I suppose I might as well shoot for it? Is there a way to decline paying for the device if they decide that I should pay?
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send back the rma? honestly, i dont know. i dont know anyone thats ever had to pay. unless its obvious that you did something, youll be fine.
So when you hold down the power button and the vol - for about 15 seconds the bootloader screen doesn't show up? If so, yeah try to RMA.
I will chat it up with one of the customer service peeps and see what they think then, and maybe even hopefully one will know about the replace anything deal
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So when you hold down the power button and the vol - for about 15 seconds the bootloader screen doesn't show up? If so, yeah try to RMA.
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and yup Ik its in bootloader mode though because the computer beeps and tries installing drivers and what not and also because it does that single vibrate, but yeah the screen is still dark so I can't see my selections, I believe I can still actually make a selection though, just unable to see them
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and yup Ik its in bootloader mode though because the computer beeps and tries installing drivers and what not and also because it does that single vibrate, but yeah the screen is still dark so I can't see my selections, I believe I can still actually make a selection though, just unable to see them
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Check to make sure you have the newest drivers (there's a sticky in the general section with all the useful info). If you bought it from the play store see if you can get an RMA - Google seems to have a good rep with this. It wouldn't hurt to flash a factory image to erase everything either before sending it off (privacy and whatnot). If you have the newest TWRP (2.8.0.1) if you boot into recovery and you should be able to access the internal storage without having to select anything (in case there's anything there not backed up). Boot to recovery is volume down twice and power I think.
anactoraaron said:
Check to make sure you have the newest drivers (there's a sticky in the general section with all the useful info). If you bought it from the play store see if you can get an RMA - Google seems to have a good rep with this. It wouldn't hurt to flash a factory image to erase everything either before sending it off (privacy and whatnot). If you have the newest TWRP (2.8.0.1) if you boot into recovery and you should be able to access the internal storage without having to select anything (in case there's anything there not backed up). Boot to recovery is volume down twice and power I think.
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Well now that I used that tool I'm not sure if my recovery is still TWRP or if it's stock, it flashed a stock factory image I'm told, but that doesn't remove the Kernel and Recovery too does it? I wanna get it as stock as possible before I sent it out. At this point I believe it has a factory image but I can't say for sure about anything else
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Well now that I used that tool I'm not sure if my recovery is still TWRP or if it's stock, it flashed a stock factory image I'm told, but that doesn't remove the Kernel and Recovery too does it? I wanna get it as stock as possible before I sent it out. At this point I believe it has a factory image but I can't say for sure about anything else
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See here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701.

Major Messup - Can TWRP download files through a MicroUSB adapter or command line?

Weird question, but I royally goofed. I was trying to flash a new ROM to my Nexus 7 2012 and ended up deleting everything besides the bootloader.
To add to this mess, my Nexus 7 cannot be accessed through a PC. The port can charge, but no PC can recognize it. I have gone through every option imaginable, but no PC even acknowledges that a device is connected, even through device manager.
So now I'm stuck looking for a way to upload some sort .img or .zip file to the storage drive of my Nexus 7 when I can't connect to a computer and there's no OS to boot from.
Between the command line, and a possible microUSB adapter, is this a possibility, or is this going to be my new, fancy paper weight?
I've had dabbled a bit with the command prompt, but it seems very bare bones. No wget commands, apt-get, etc.
Still nada. I think I got myself a nice paper weight that says google on the screen!
Last bump to see if there's any suggestions.
Living Lejuhnd said:
Last bump to see if there's any suggestions.
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Sucks to see that you're having no luck so far bud! :/
If it gives you hope, I messed up the same way before with my Nexus 5 and all I could do was go to the bootloader and the PC would also not detect my device. I can't remember what i exactly did to fix this but I know its possible!
I think what I may have done and what you should try is using different usb cables and even a different PC if possible. You may be able to use the bootloader cmds from cmd prompt and see if the device is in the list of attached devices.
Really not sure what else I may have done but I'm pretty sure it detected with different cables on another PC. May be worth looking into to get your device back!
Good luck man. Keep trying, I'm sure you'll get it sooner or later!

Completely and utterly bricked T95Z Plus - can it be saved?

His folks. Here's what happened...
Bought new T95Z Plus. The 3GB/32GB version. Looks funky.
Tried it, very nice, but wanted to install custom firmware.
Tried AMLogic Burning Tool. Not happening - disconnects device at 2% every time. Found about 50 different variations of how to connect, none work. Always stop at 2%.
Reads tutorial on other site about using Flashify to flash TWRP. Of course! Revelation! Installed Flashify from Google Play on stock ROM. It works!
Reboots to TWRP, standard wipe as directed, and installs Poison ROM from SD Card on device.
Success! Reboots into Poison ROM!
Very nice. But what's this? Wi-Fi doesn't work. Posts problem. No replies about Wi-Fi.
Searches around net for answer. Nothing, just a few people in same boat. Really needs Wi-Fi...
Decides to flash back to stock for Wi-Fi. OF COURSE NOT TAKEN ANY BACKUPS BECAUSE DAMN FOOL!
Gets file from post here in the Poison ROM thread. Gets both stock and the modified one just in case.
Tries Burning Tool again. Nope, still crap.
Watches tutorial on SD Card Maker. Decides hey why not?
Sticks SD card in, watches as box bricks. Poison logo flashes on screen, quickly followed by extremely brief Droid logo "updating". Then blackness...
Panics. Curses self for not being more careful I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME!
Cannot connect box to either PC or TV now. Computer says no device, and black screen on TV.
Holds paper down with it while crying.
That's my story. Hope it at least gave you a lol for the money! Yes it's my fault, you don't have to tell me. I didn't back anything up (what can possibly go wrong right?), but is there anything left for me to do here? I did also see a tutorial about shorting the NAND chip to get it started, and I have opened the box and attempted this with a little screwdriver but nothing happened beyond a slight buzzing noise on one of the strips and the LED briefly going out.
Any help, advice, well-wishing and general tomfoolery welcomed at this difficult time! Ta folks!
if the pc is not finding the device last chance is to short the pins from nand chip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsyS3p5asZs
you can use the pc or sd card, search for it
K-Project said:
His folks. Here's what happened...
Bought new T95Z Plus. The 3GB/32GB version. Looks funky.
Tried it, very nice, but wanted to install custom firmware.
Tried AMLogic Burning Tool. Not happening - disconnects device at 2% every time. Found about 50 different variations of how to connect, none work. Always stop at 2%.
Reads tutorial on other site about using Flashify to flash TWRP. Of course! Revelation! Installed Flashify from Google Play on stock ROM. It works!
Reboots to TWRP, standard wipe as directed, and installs Poison ROM from SD Card on device.
Success! Reboots into Poison ROM!
Very nice. But what's this? Wi-Fi doesn't work. Posts problem. No replies about Wi-Fi.
Searches around net for answer. Nothing, just a few people in same boat. Really needs Wi-Fi...
Decides to flash back to stock for Wi-Fi. OF COURSE NOT TAKEN ANY BACKUPS BECAUSE DAMN FOOL!
Gets file from post here in the Poison ROM thread. Gets both stock and the modified one just in case.
Tries Burning Tool again. Nope, still crap.
Watches tutorial on SD Card Maker. Decides hey why not?
Sticks SD card in, watches as box bricks. Poison logo flashes on screen, quickly followed by extremely brief Droid logo "updating". Then blackness...
Panics. Curses self for not being more careful I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME!
Cannot connect box to either PC or TV now. Computer says no device, and black screen on TV.
Holds paper down with it while crying.
That's my story. Hope it at least gave you a lol for the money! Yes it's my fault, you don't have to tell me. I didn't back anything up (what can possibly go wrong right?), but is there anything left for me to do here? I did also see a tutorial about shorting the NAND chip to get it started, and I have opened the box and attempted this with a little screwdriver but nothing happened beyond a slight buzzing noise on one of the strips and the LED briefly going out.
Any help, advice, well-wishing and general tomfoolery welcomed at this difficult time! Ta folks!
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I bricked my device as well a few weeks ago. Here's how to fix it -
Open the device and locate the NAND chip. On either side of it, there will be either pins or pads.
Grab a paperclip and bend it into a U shape.
Plug the device in to the PC as well as power and then slide the ends of the paperclip along the pins/pads (touching different ones) until the PC recognizes it.
The nice thing about the the T95z, is that it's very easy to short out the NAND and reset it.
Good luck!
Thanks for your replies and support people. Very much appreciated.
I have somehow magically managed to short the pins and reset the device. The laptop has now installed the device drivers and it sees the box no problem now, whereas before it was completely invisible to the computer. However, there doesn't appear to be any working firmware out there for this device. When I use the AMLogic Flash Tool it fails at 2% with one or two I downloaded, or at 4% with another one. I'm guessing this means there's no working firmware, nothing I can find anyway. I've taken a shot of the box inside while I had it open. Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction. It's attached below. I notice it's a recent board - 31st March 2018. On the Wi-Fi Strip it says IT6335.
Does anyone know which firmware I should try next? Thanks all.
Highly doubt its a complete brick, sounds more like a USB or USB port error, change ports or USB cords
If its detected by the PC its far from a brick, just for reference ive flashed completely incompatible firmware on a H96 Pro H3 and still couldnt brick it..
S912/S905w firmware on an S905x device and still could recovery it
Yes I agree now. I think before shorting the pins it was a goner, but now what with the PC at least recognising it I might have a chance of saving it!
Tried two different laptops with no success though. Maybe it is the cable but it is a new one. Hmmm. Think I'll buy another to be sure. Thanks for replying everyone!
I had the same problem with my T95z and I think it's the same as yours. I contacted the seller and he gave me the following link and I was able to retrieve it.
http://en.mail.qq.com/cgi-bin/ftnEx...514a315e1563&t=exs_ftn_download&code=a4d4081c
THANKS YOU SO MUCH! This flashed first time, same cable and everything. I suspect the AMLogic Flash Tool knows when the ROM is incorrect for the device...? Perhaps. Anyway, this flashed, and didn't show any errors.
However, I'm now stuck on the boot up "T95Z" logo. I figured on first boot up it may take some time to get itself ready, but I left it half an hour and it was still sitting there on the logo. I unplugged it and tried the toothpick solution to get to recovery but that doesn't seem to want to respond either. It just goes straight to the logo and sits there.
Anyone have any ideas at this stage? I'm amazed I got it this far tbh. Thanks to everyone, and particularly Narcoticx for the firmware.
K-Project said:
THANKS YOU SO MUCH! This flashed first time, same cable and everything. I suspect the AMLogic Flash Tool knows when the ROM is incorrect for the device...? Perhaps. Anyway, this flashed, and didn't show any errors.
However, I'm now stuck on the boot up "T95Z" logo. I figured on first boot up it may take some time to get itself ready, but I left it half an hour and it was still sitting there on the logo. I unplugged it and tried the toothpick solution to get to recovery but that doesn't seem to want to respond either. It just goes straight to the logo and sits there.
Anyone have any ideas at this stage? I'm amazed I got it this far tbh. Thanks to everyone, and particularly Narcoticx for the firmware.
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flash a new stock firmwar, should boot after that
Thanks for replying. So, I can now flash this with a different stock firmware, yes? I'll give it a go. You have one linked in your Poison ROM thread so I'll try that.
Thanks again to all for your help.
K-Project said:
THANKS YOU SO MUCH! This flashed first time, same cable and everything. I suspect the AMLogic Flash Tool knows when the ROM is incorrect for the device...? Perhaps. Anyway, this flashed, and didn't show any errors.
However, I'm now stuck on the boot up "T95Z" logo. I figured on first boot up it may take some time to get itself ready, but I left it half an hour and it was still sitting there on the logo. I unplugged it and tried the toothpick solution to get to recovery but that doesn't seem to want to respond either. It just goes straight to the logo and sits there.
Anyone have any ideas at this stage? I'm amazed I got it this far tbh. Thanks to everyone, and particularly Narcoticx for the firmware.
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Great, glad I could help Our T95Z looks like a new version. Try reflash again.
The developers can make an adaptation Poison rom with the firmware our original?
K-Project said:
Thanks for replying. So, I can now flash this with a different stock firmware, yes? I'll give it a go. You have one linked in your Poison ROM thread so I'll try that.
Thanks again to all for your help.
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Yep or your can flash infected rom as its the most recent build specifically for the T95Z plus, but its based on ATV UI so either way whatever you feel is best
Infected rom does not work in our box, it gives an error when trying to flash amlogic usb.
Hi to you all this Sunday morning! Back again in desperation...
Unfortunately since flashing the ROM in this thread (which completed successfully with no errors), I have had no joy at all getting this box working. It boots up, you get the "T95Z PLUS" logo onscreen, and it just sits there. I have tried:
Reflashing with the same ROM and also other ROMS but it makes no difference. The PC now only recognises the box intermittently and the godawful AMLogic Burn Tool always spits errors (erase bootloader/identify/error). Can't even get it to the 2% I enjoyed before. It doesn't matter how you connect the box to it. Toothpick, no toothpick. Load image first, don't load image first. None of the various permutations of connecting this box seem to make a blind bit of difference.
SD Card Tool - but the box won't boot to it. Tried shorting the pins, nada.
I've shorted out those pins so many times I've probably fried the chip by now.
Ricky I looked at your own tools and would have liked to try them. Surely they MUST be better than the AMLogic crap! But it needs an IP address to continue (unless I'm reading it wrong). I don't have this as the box is bricked. Is there anything else I can do here?
Many thanks again for all your help.
K-Project said:
Hi to you all this Sunday morning! Back again in desperation...
Unfortunately since flashing the ROM in this thread (which completed successfully with no errors), I have had no joy at all getting this box working. It boots up, you get the "T95Z PLUS" logo onscreen, and it just sits there. I have tried:
Reflashing with the same ROM and also other ROMS but it makes no difference. The PC now only recognises the box intermittently and the godawful AMLogic Burn Tool always spits errors (erase bootloader/identify/error). Can't even get it to the 2% I enjoyed before. It doesn't matter how you connect the box to it. Toothpick, no toothpick. Load image first, don't load image first. None of the various permutations of connecting this box seem to make a blind bit of difference.
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did you try another good power supply? maybe this is the problem?
drakulaboy said:
did you try another good power supply? maybe this is the problem?
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Yes I bought a new one from MyVolts which has been the main PSU since receiving the item. I haven't used the one in the box hardly at all. I also bought two different USB cables - one is 1m and the other is 30cm. Tried three different Windows computers - same result. Also tried different versions of the Burning tool. The one that did the job initially is version 2.16, but like I say even now that isn't working either.
I'm now assuming the box is dead.
looking for this firmware.
any chance this file could be rehosted. i have the same device with same issue.
Narcoticx said:
I had the same problem with my T95z and I think it's the same as yours. I contacted the seller and he gave me the following link and I was able to retrieve it.
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demiser said:
any chance this file could be rehosted. i have the same device with same issue.
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https://drive.google.com/open?id=1IE1wW8ny9EBlAGf-aB1i7sOSyGNA_lnQ
thankz
has anyone else had any luck with finding a working firmware for these devices. mine has the same issue were it gets stuck at the boot logo with this firmware and wont burn any other firmware. errors out at ddr

Galaxy S6 - hard bricked, can't boot up+go into DL-mode anymore - how do I save data?

Hello! So 6-7 months ago my phone dropped without a case on the ground and since then it couldn't boot up anymore. It didn't showed up the Samsung logo, the only thing that came was this little blue light that showed up if you wanna boot it up - that's it!
My PC doesn't recognize my phone and the DL-mode isn't working either. Plus the homebutton is broken.
Is there anyway possible to access the data and safe it somehow? There are really important pictures for me that I'd really love to save and see again
Thanks in advance!
ObamaObamaObama said:
Hello! So 6-7 months ago my phone dropped without a case on the ground and since then it couldn't boot up anymore. It didn't showed up the Samsung logo, the only thing that came was this little blue light that showed up if you wanna boot it up - that's it!
My PC doesn't recognize my phone and the DL-mode isn't working either. Plus the homebutton is broken.
Is there anyway possible to access the data and safe it somehow? There are really important pictures for me that I'd really love to save and see again
Thanks in advance!
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you need a recovery boot image. Theyre sparse but they exist. you need someone with the same model S6 that is functioning to do a dump of its ISO. mount that ISO to a SD card, pop it in the phone and itll likely boot. I recovered a "hard bricked" S3 that way, and that method of recovery does indeed live on. @TheMadScientist you got anyone in your list who has this ISO he heeds? Ill also cal lin @AthieN but he isnt on here too much these days.
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you need a recovery boot image. Theyre sparse but they exist. you need someone with the same model S6 that is functioning to do a dump of its ISO. mount that ISO to a SD card, pop it in the phone and itll likely boot. I recovered a "hard bricked" S3 that way, and that method of recovery does indeed live on. @TheMadScientist you got anyone in your list who has this ISO he heeds? Ill also cal lin @AthieN but he isnt on here too much these days.
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If you are only getting a blue light, your EEPROM is most likely damaged and the only way to recover would be to have it serviced by a repair shop. Unless you feel like delving in to EEPROM recovery tools, which is not for the faint hearted...
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youdoofus said:
you need a recovery boot image. Theyre sparse but they exist. you need someone with the same model S6 that is functioning to do a dump of its ISO. mount that ISO to a SD card, pop it in the phone and itll likely boot. I recovered a "hard bricked" S3 that way, and that method of recovery does indeed live on. @TheMadScientist you got anyone in your list who has this ISO he heeds? Ill also cal lin @AthieN but he isnt on here too much these days.
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IMo if it was dropped and not booting the issue lies elsewhere ive seen a load of them break and a no boot after dropping is normally a hardware issue i would check to make sure the battery is connected inside first making sure the device is getting power is key here since no connection on pc
AthieN said:
If you are only getting a blue light, your EEPROM is most likely damaged and the only way to recover would be to have it serviced by a repair shop. Unless you feel like delving in to EEPROM recovery tools, which is not for the faint hearted...
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TheMadScientist said:
IMo if it was dropped and not booting the issue lies elsewhere ive seen a load of them break and a no boot after dropping is normally a hardware issue i would check to make sure the battery is connected inside first making sure the device is getting power is key here since no connection on pc
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And this is exactly why I call you guys in from time to time, and you both did not fail me. Thanks dudes

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