Unbricking OPO: Stuck on a step and inquiries about repair - ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello xda!
Apologies if I mess up on technical terminology, I'm still quite new to this stuff and am trying my best to communicate. If anyone could help this noob figure this problem out it would be greatly appreciated!
Long story short:
Bought OPO September 2015, hard-bricked March 2016
Ran stock (COS?) though it randomly froze and restarted before the brick (No time to investigate, just waited on update)
No damage done as far as I know- physical or water
No response to anything such as fastboot
I tried all the basic solutions such as charging, fastbooting, power cycling, etc. but the device showing as QHSUSB_BULK and no response to any stimulus told me it's completely hard bricked.
So the next logical step was to attempt unbricking through Netbuzz's guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-unbrick-oneplus-one-t3013732
I got to the point of installing the driver correctly (Qualcomm 9008) after downloading from the Qualcomm 2012 drivers (running windows 7 so the driver.iso wasn't really on par) but after trying to run Msm8974DownloadTool (as administrator of course) it would get stuck at trying to flash(?) the first image(?) 8974_msimage.mbn and disconnect each time, just looping over and doing this each time. (The line doesn't turn red and does not read "Sahara" like other's experiences, it just tries to flash(?) again and the disconnect sound is heard.)
I browsed the forum more and found this recovery tool by Zyxxeil:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/tool-oneplusrecovery-tool-v1-0-restore-t2991851
to see if it just needed an updated version of the tool, but that didn't work either.
I have tried different COM ports and different wires but the same 8974_msimage.mbn issue occurs each time. I have yet to try another computer or OS like Windows XP but I doubt it'll yield any results. I've browsed the forums and found other people experiencing this same problem but no solution to it exists as far as I know.
Reading Heisenberg's post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54561962&postcount=7
it seems to me that if the image is having trouble flashing then something is wrong with the actual hardware.
Is it that I've likely destroyed my partitions somehow? (which I understand as some kind of storage)
If so does that mean what I need is called a JTAG repair? (If someone could explain that too, that'd be great!)
Is it still possible for me to still unbrick on my own as far as anyone here knows?
I am reluctant to send to Oneplus repair in that they would simply charge me for a replacement motherboard if that is unnecessary and costly. If a JTAG repair is cheaper than that and could work for my device, then it would be optimal.
Thank you for reading, and in advance if you respond!

Anyone please?

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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

Is your Sensation bricked?

I see a lot of posts in both general and Q&A from people who state their device to be bricked. The contents of the topic are very divers, from actual bricks to a plain boot loop. I wanted to create this topic to shed some light on the whole Bricked concept. There's a lot of information the be red in this forum, a lot of different concepts with different definitions in diffirent context. The same goes for the concept Bricked.
so, what is bricked?
The term is actually derived from the baked lump of clay itself. A device is messed up in such a way, it serves no greater purpose then being a rectangle shaped object (which most electronic objects are) with mass, like a brick.
So how does a device become bricked?
This can be caused by multiple reasons, but the nr. 1 being; you probably weren't aware of all the ins and outs of the proces you were doing. In other words, you didn't read thoroughly enough.
Other, more technical reasons can be:
- a disruption during a firmware update in power or transfer,
- faulty application of a firmware version (incompatible),
- corrupted files,
- faulty command input with signature checking disabled (S-OFF),
- and probably more...
Most bricks, if not all, can be avoided by reading every line of a how-to, guide, ROM-topic etc. very thorough. Reread everything at least one more time and understand the thing you are doing. a good starting point to understanding what you are doing and the risk involved can be found here. Although not specifically related to Sensation, it's a general warning and self-test to those who just heard the concept 'rooting'.
The mother of all questions, when is my phone bricked?
There are actually two types of bricked devices, a hard brick and a soft brick.
Soft brick
This the type of brick that I encounter most in this forum. well, presumed by the owner that is. This is a state of the device where it's unable to boot the ROM, and in some cased the recovery aswell. It is however, still able to boot into the bootloader. This means that your phone is not dead. It can be saved. Since bootloader still works, fasboot will to and thus fasboot flashing.
Hard brick
this the type of brick that all people fear. The phone doesn't show any sign of life and doesn't respond to anything. It won't boot, not in recovery and not even in bootloader. Not even with a fully charged battery, replacement battery, wall charger plugged or USB plugged. When in this state, there's only one spark of hope and that's the Sensation Unbricking Project. If that doesn't work, well, let's just say you can use your phone the next time you're building a house.
Then I guess I'm soft bricked, so I'm still screwed right?
No. Considering bricked devices I like to refer only to the hard brick, meaning a soft brick isn't really a brick. You are still able to flash firmware, recovery and gain S-OFF if you're hboot 1.17 or higher. Search the forum for related issues and if you're lost, the brilliant contributers can most likely help you out.
As long as your phone starts the bootloader, you're not bricked.
I hope people will find this topic a source for better understanding of a bricked device.

[Q] Moto G bootloop

Hi,
I realize many of you will state this has been asked before but I really can't find a fix for the phone so I thought maybe it's best to ask my own question and describe the issue.
So I work in a small company dealing with recycled mobile phones. I've been there about a year and a half, I had no training as it was just me and another guy, so it was just google and a lot of help from this site, so thanks guys for all the great help as I've got most of my answers from previously asked questions. I'm not a complete noob, but still have lots to learn.
This question I will keep related to the Moto G. So in my company we managed to pick up around 20 Moto G XT-1032. However around 6 of them seem to have software issues, after a factory reset (after testing) 6 got stuck on a boot loop. So I searched around and found 'http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542219' which I followed and managed to flash the software back to 4.3, I had issues on an XP computer but after trying with a windows 7 it seemed to work and the phone booted up. The 6 which got stuck in a boot loop had previously been factory reset as I could see it was at the factory set-up when I turned them on. So I was quite confused why 6 would get stuck.
So today I actually finally figured out to move to a windows 7 laptop which allowed me to actually flash the phones. After flashing the phone back to 4.3 I tested the phone and all seemed fine, so as these are to be sold I had to factory reset them again (resetting through the standard settings, no special code). So once again they all seemed to get stuck in a bootloop, but instead of an actual bootloop it shows the Motorola logo and then the screen goes black but I can see the backlight is still on, then it just sits there as long as I leave it, over 4 hours so far.
I have attempted a second flash on one of the phones and it's done the same. I'm downloading UK firmware for the xt1032 not the dual sim version. I've held the power button for 120 seconds as someone mentioned that on some random thread. Managed to get to restart and got into the android bios thingy (not sure what it's actually called, hopefully you'll understand what I mean) and attempted a factory reset but it just gets stuck on the black screen (still can see the backlight is on).
I'm now out of ideas, I really don't know what else to try. I'd really appreciate if someone could shine some light on this and what could possibly be causing the issues. The phones look brand new and are known as '14 day returns' meaning someone has returned it from new after 14 days, they are then fully tested by the manufacturer before being sold to companies like ourselves. If it was one phone I'd suspect maybe a hardware issue but because it's 6 I'm just thinking this would be a strange coincidence.
I'd be interested to hear from anyone who could give me advice on, unlocking, flashing and anything else which could help me at my place of work. I work with Sony's, HTC's, Lumia's, Samsung's and Motorola's, and also every now and again ZTE and Huawei's. So feel free to contact me if you think you could offer me any advice, all is welcome.
Thanks for reading, and thanks in advance to any advice.
Chris
kimber015 said:
Hi,
I realize many of you will state this has been asked before but I really can't find a fix for the phone so I thought maybe it's best to ask my own question and describe the issue.
So I work in a small company dealing with recycled mobile phones. I've been there about a year and a half, I had no training as it was just me and another guy, so it was just google and a lot of help from this site, so thanks guys for all the great help as I've got most of my answers from previously asked questions. I'm not a complete noob, but still have lots to learn.
This question I will keep related to the Moto G. So in my company we managed to pick up around 20 Moto G XT-1032. However around 6 of them seem to have software issues, after a factory reset (after testing) 6 got stuck on a boot loop. So I searched around and found 'http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542219' which I followed and managed to flash the software back to 4.3, I had issues on an XP computer but after trying with a windows 7 it seemed to work and the phone booted up. The 6 which got stuck in a boot loop had previously been factory reset as I could see it was at the factory set-up when I turned them on. So I was quite confused why 6 would get stuck.
So today I actually finally figured out to move to a windows 7 laptop which allowed me to actually flash the phones. After flashing the phone back to 4.3 I tested the phone and all seemed fine, so as these are to be sold I had to factory reset them again (resetting through the standard settings, no special code). So once again they all seemed to get stuck in a bootloop, but instead of an actual bootloop it shows the Motorola logo and then the screen goes black but I can see the backlight is still on, then it just sits there as long as I leave it, over 4 hours so far.
I have attempted a second flash on one of the phones and it's done the same. I'm downloading UK firmware for the xt1032 not the dual sim version. I've held the power button for 120 seconds as someone mentioned that on some random thread. Managed to get to restart and got into the android bios thingy (not sure what it's actually called, hopefully you'll understand what I mean) and attempted a factory reset but it just gets stuck on the black screen (still can see the backlight is on).
I'm now out of ideas, I really don't know what else to try. I'd really appreciate if someone could shine some light on this and what could possibly be causing the issues. The phones look brand new and are known as '14 day returns' meaning someone has returned it from new after 14 days, they are then fully tested by the manufacturer before being sold to companies like ourselves. If it was one phone I'd suspect maybe a hardware issue but because it's 6 I'm just thinking this would be a strange coincidence.
I'd be interested to hear from anyone who could give me advice on, unlocking, flashing and anything else which could help me at my place of work. I work with Sony's, HTC's, Lumia's, Samsung's and Motorola's, and also every now and again ZTE and Huawei's. So feel free to contact me if you think you could offer me any advice, all is welcome.
Thanks for reading, and thanks in advance to any advice.
Chris
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Before I start: DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS BY FOLLOWING MY INSTRUCTIONS. YOU ARE FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS.
Now we got that out of the way...
Try upgrading to 4.4.2: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=14 (Get the firmware here)
Use the thread you mentioned: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542219

Digitizer works in TWRP recovery but not after normal boot

I'm new to this forum and this is my 2nd attempt to get help to solve my problem. I have read ALL the rules posted in the XDA New User Guide - Getting Started On XDA, as well as all of the linked pages that are suggested to read before posting. It was very informative but I'm more confused then ever about the right place to seek help. This is all very overwhelming and I'm afraid I'm going to say something to offend someone or post in the wrong place and get in trouble, or worse, ignored. I suspect I did just that in my last post because I never got a response. I apologize in advance if I have done something wrong.
Ok, I'll do my best to explain my problem. I have an LG K20 Plus (I'll refer to this as my original phone) that I bought, brand new, from T-Mobile in May. In August I cracked the screen but continued to use it because besides the crack, it worked fine. By September the crack had worsened significantly and I decided to replace the outer glass as I had successfully done that with my older LG G3.
In that process, while trying to get that dreadful glue off, I scraped off some of the black stuff under the glue on the LCD which caused a white spot, about the size of a 1/2 dollar, on my screen. Although it was bothersome, the phone itself still worked fine. I continued to use it while I searched for the easiest way to fix it within my budget. After reading posts here and realizing it would work, I bought a used LG K20 Plus (I'll refer to this as my used phone) with a bad esn. The plan was to put my original logic board into the used phone and be on my way. That didn't happen.
When the used phone arrived, I turned it on to verify everything worked. I then put my original logic board into the used phone and turned it on. I saw my orignal wallpaper and was so happy I had my phone back. Then I tried to swipe to unlock and nothing happened. I booted it up a couple more times and still nothing. I connected a mouse via an OTG cable and verified that there were no more obvious issues with the phone except the digitizer. To confirm the dispaly wasn't faulty on the used phone, I put the used logic board back into the used phone it came with and booted it up. The digitizer was back to working again. I ran through as much as I could on a locked phone and the digitizer worked like new.
I, carefully, put my original logic board back into the used phone and, again, no touch capability. Again, I researched this problem to no avail. I realized I was way over my head and I decided to ask for help instead of making things worse by trying to fix it without knowing what I was doing. So, I put the phone in a drawer and asked for help here. That was a month ago. I know you are all very busy and, like I said earlier, I'm sure it's my fault and I messed up somewhere because my post didn't receive any replies.
I can't use my original phone because I have no touch ability and I can't use the used phone because it has an esn lock. At this point I decided to try and (I'm sure I'm using the wrong terminology here) flash the used phone and root it to bypass the bad esn lock. After researching that and seeing the word "illegal" A LOT, I decided I just didn't know if it was legal or not, so I decided to not take the risk of doing something that may get me into trouble.
At this point I decided I didn't have much to lose so I backed up my original phone and, with only the display of the used phone attached, I started the process of flashing it with TWRP and rooting it via this guide https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/recovery-twrp-v3-lg-k20-plus-t3616248 So, it is now successfully rooted but it still has no touch ability. The really weird thing is, while I was in TWRP Recovery mode, the touch ability worked again. But as soon as I rebooted the phone into regular mode, the digitizer stopped working again. I'm so confused and I don't even no where to start looking because I can't define the problem or the exact thing that is failing. I don't even know if it's hardware or software related.
So, I guess my question is, does anybody have any experience with this kind of problem you could share with me. I'd settle for someone being patient enough to explain to me exactly what is going on so I could research it better myself. Asking for help was not my first step. I have been looking and looking for 6 weeks now. I'm way out of my league with this stuff. It's really difficult to find a solution to a problem you don't quite understand. It's a little bit like being told to look up a word in the dictionary to find the spelling.
*LG K20 Plus
*LG-TP260
*T-Mobile
*Rooted
Baseband: MPSS.JO.
2.0c1.2-00012-8937_GENNS_PACK-1.85468.1
I think it's my original ROM
Kernel Version 3.18.31
I flashed TWRP
USB debugging enabled
OEM Lock Off
Here is what you do. Hook it up to a pc. Take a logcat and that will tell you what is failing. It sounds like a kernel compatibility issue.
zelendel said:
Here is what you do. Hook it up to a pc. Take a logcat and that will tell you what is failing. It sounds like a kernel compatibility issue.
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I'm so sorry but I have run into a few problems .. firstly, on my phone I have to use a mouse connected via OTG cable because I have no touch ability and my usb connection is set to "charge only". Apparently you can't change that until the phone is plugged in and obviously I need the mouse so I can't connect to computer. I downloaded an app called LogCatX and made a log file but I don't know how to attach a file and when I copy/paste it into the reply it says it is too long and reduce by 30000 characters. Any advice?
HelpNeededPlz said:
I'm so sorry but I have run into a few problems .. firstly, on my phone I have to use a mouse connected via OTG cable because I have no touch ability and my usb connection is set to "charge only". Apparently you can't change that until the phone is plugged in and obviously I need the mouse so I can't connect to computer. I downloaded an app called LogCatX and made a log file but I don't know how to attach a file and when I copy/paste it into the reply it says it is too long and reduce by 30000 characters. Any advice?
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I think the new touch screen will need a calibration.
PS: i liked how you explained your problem
Sorry for my confusion but I'm not sure if you were telling me what I should do to figure out where the incompatibility issue may be or if you were asking me to upload the catlog so you could look at it and help me. I don't know what a catlog is, nor how to interpret it. At any rate, 6 hours later, I have, finally, figured out how to upload a file. :victory: I've been looking at how to fix a kernel incompatibility issue and I've read you can flash a custom kernel. If I did something like that, would that resolve my problem. Are they specific to the version of operating system your phone has (ie nougat, marshmallow etc) or do you need to use one for your specific phone model? Would flashing a custom ROM do the same thing? And is that model specific or OS specific? Where would I go to find something like that?
NOTE... In looking for differences in my phone to try and figure out where this kernel compatibility issue might be, I noticed that there are two different numbers on the midframe of my phones. I don't know if this means anything. I'm just trying to help someone help me.
zelendel said:
Here is what you do. Hook it up to a pc. Take a logcat and that will tell you what is failing. It sounds like a kernel compatibility issue.
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Hello? Was this the extent of your help? I'm not sure if you were asking me to run a catlog to upload so you could help me figure out what was wrong or if you were just telling me what to do and then moving on. Because if it was the later, all you've done is piled more stuff on my steadily growing mound of confusion. To make matters worse, my posts is showing as getting a response, so, I fear, nobody else will look at it and I will be left in the same place as before. If someone happens upon this post, could you give me advice that will actually help me solve my problem, along with instructions on how to do whatever I need to do. Thank you in advance. Until then, I'll be anxiously awaiting your reply....

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
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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?
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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

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