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[Q] Tipo Dual Questions (relock, copy fw from another phone)

Hello everyone,
I have learned a lot from these forums and am thankful for everyone's hard work here. I have a Tipo Dual that was originally with firmware 11.0.A.6.5 (ST21a2, not i2). I installed GIMLO, which is generally good, but I have some issues with it (LED doesn't light for E-mail or charge, play store and games crashing, little things like that). The phone is rooted and boot loader is unlocked (all with tools from here!). I did not make a backup of my original system before I flashed (I thought I had, but it is not there, not sure how I failed at that).
I have two questions: I have tried a lot of times to relock my boot loader so I could use SUS or PC Companion to reload the firmware. It won't relock with any of the methods I have found here. Is there a reason for that? I have reloaded a stock firmware, and even then I could not relock boot loader. Anything I should look for to allow this?
I would like to put the a2 firmware back on but the firmware I find here is always the i2 version; I understand the difference is little tweaks in how the phone deals with the GSM network, and as phone connectivity is important to me, I'd like the original a2 version again. My wife has the identical phone (with ST21a2 & 11.0.A.6.5 -- or maybe 11.0.A.8), and she has not done anything to hers. Can I root, make a nandroid backup of her phone, and somehow import/flash that to my phone? I have my contacts backed up, so I'm not worried about that, and I have all my apps, so a clean install would be fine with me. If I can do this, how do I get the backup off of her phone and onto mine? Am I right in assuming that if I manage to do this, it will replace the kernel, too (I currently have the gimlo kernel)?
Do the experts here have any advice for a noob on these two questions?
Thanks, and thanks again for all your hard work here!
Fred

RealFred2 said:
Hello everyone,
I have learned a lot from these forums and am thankful for everyone's hard work here. I have a Tipo Dual that was originally with firmware 11.0.A.6.5 (ST21a2, not i2). I installed GIMLO, which is generally good, but I have some issues with it (LED doesn't light for E-mail or charge, play store and games crashing, little things like that). The phone is rooted and boot loader is unlocked (all with tools from here!). I did not make a backup of my original system before I flashed (I thought I had, but it is not there, not sure how I failed at that).
I have two questions: I have tried a lot of times to relock my boot loader so I could use SUS or PC Companion to reload the firmware. It won't relock with any of the methods I have found here. Is there a reason for that? I have reloaded a stock firmware, and even then I could not relock boot loader. Anything I should look for to allow this?
I would like to put the a2 firmware back on but the firmware I find here is always the i2 version; I understand the difference is little tweaks in how the phone deals with the GSM network, and as phone connectivity is important to me, I'd like the original a2 version again. My wife has the identical phone (with ST21a2 & 11.0.A.6.5 -- or maybe 11.0.A.8), and she has not done anything to hers. Can I root, make a nandroid backup of her phone, and somehow import/flash that to my phone? I have my contacts backed up, so I'm not worried about that, and I have all my apps, so a clean install would be fine with me. If I can do this, how do I get the backup off of her phone and onto mine? Am I right in assuming that if I manage to do this, it will replace the kernel, too (I currently have the gimlo kernel)?
Do the experts here have any advice for a noob on these two questions?
Thanks, and thanks again for all your hard work here!
Fred
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Yes the nandroid backup would be fine but you will need to reflash the stock kernel with flashtool i don't no if theres any difference between the kernels of i/a. plus even if you relock your bootloader you still might brick your device flashing with Seus & pcc.

gavster26 said:
Yes the nandroid backup would be fine but you will need to reflash the stock kernel with flashtool i don't no if theres any difference between the kernels of i/a. plus even if you relock your bootloader you still might brick your device flashing with Seus & pcc.
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Thanks for responding to my question, I appreciate your help.
Do you think it's better then to just do something like flash this if I want to go back to stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2270976&highlight=+tipo+dual+
and just forget trying to make it retail again? As long as Sony doesn't change and bring out an OTA/PCC update to JB, I guess there's no reason to worry about anything else in being bootloader locked, right? Especially if I can brick the thing by trying.
This is all very new to me (if I'd realized the limitations of the Tipo Dual and cm10, I would have bought the Tipo single!), but I hope to be able to play more with Android and with roms because of this excellent forum.
Thanks again,
Fred (no, not really)

RealFred2 said:
Thanks for responding to my question, I appreciate your help.
Do you think it's better then to just do something like flash this if I want to go back to stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2270976&highlight=+tipo+dual+
and just forget trying to make it retail again? As long as Sony doesn't change and bring out an OTA/PCC update to JB, I guess there's no reason to worry about anything else in being bootloader locked, right? Especially if I can brick the thing by trying.
This is all very new to me (if I'd realized the limitations of the Tipo Dual and cm10, I would have bought the Tipo single!), but I hope to be able to play more with Android and with roms because of this excellent forum.
Thanks again,
Fred (no, not really)
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If thats the firmware you want then by all means flash that bro. The nandroid backup from your wifes phone will be just the same. the backup will be on her sdcard in the file /clockworkmod/backups/ just copy it and paste it to your sdcard. restore it then flash the kernel.

There's an ftf file available im the forum to relock the bootloader.
Flash it in fastboot mode.
I myself have flashed it to relock the bootloader on my st21i2.
After that use pc companion to get your firmware.
I have relocked and then used pc companion without any problems using this method.
Should work for you too.
All the best.
Sent from my ST23i

c4cyro said:
There's an ftf file available im the forum to relock the bootloader.
Flash it in fastboot mode.
I myself have flashed it to relock the bootloader on my st21i2.
After that use pc companion to get your firmware.
I have relocked and then used pc companion without any problems using this method.
Should work for you too.
All the best.
Sent from my ST23i
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Thanks, c4cyro; I managed to relock with flashtool (it had not worked when I had tried before, but suddenly it did); even so, I can't load from pc companion. Did you also unroot your phone? I've seen elsewhere that that can have something to do with it. I'd like to do this just because so far I haven't been able to (and I hate not being able to do stuff, even when I'm a noob).
Thanks again,
Fred

no i did not unroot. if sony pcc does not recognise your phone, you should try doing that on another system maybe.
to unroot you can use "unlockroot" program.
also, did you check this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2001567

c4cyro said:
no i did not unroot. if sony pcc does not recognise your phone, you should try doing that on another system maybe.
to unroot you can use "unlockroot" program.
also, did you check this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2001567
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I wonder if it's because it's a Tipo Dual, and the firmware that Gimlo is based on for the Dual is the latest (11.0.A.6.8); even when it's locked and unrooted, pc companion just says it doesn't have any software for my phone. Really strange (and annoying). I might try loading an older firmware, locking everything up, and trying again. Or maybe I'll just reinstall Gimlo and see if I can get it to work the way I want it to!
Thanks again for your help, c4cyro,
Fred

RealFred2 said:
I wonder if it's because it's a Tipo Dual, and the firmware that Gimlo is based on for the Dual is the latest (11.0.A.6.8); even when it's locked and unrooted, pc companion just says it doesn't have any software for my phone. Really strange (and annoying). I might try loading an older firmware, locking everything up, and trying again. Or maybe I'll just reinstall Gimlo and see if I can get it to work the way I want it to!
Thanks again for your help, c4cyro,
Fred
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maybe. does it recognise that it's a tipo or it just says that there's no software available?

c4cyro said:
maybe. does it recognise that it's a tipo or it just says that there's no software available?
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It picks it up as Tipo Dual (listed as St21i2 instead of St21a2 bc the Gimlo .3 firmware -- which is the right one for the dual -- is the "i" version).
I've just found this firmware, which seems to be stock, so I'm going to try this:
1) try out this firmware (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044944; 11.0.A.6.5 stock) and see what it is and how it works;
2) then install the base stock for the Tipo Dual for Gimlo (which for the dual is );
3) then install the Gimlo firmware and ROM, and see if I can get it to work the way I want (going mostly stock except for the loader, which I really like the one I'm using on Gimlo);
Will report back on how things turn out and what I end up sticking with!
Thanks again for your help, it's good to feel like I'm not hopping about on one foot on my own.
Fred

All the best!!

Help me to fix a Hard Brick!

Hello everyone. I'm here to ask you one thing. Premise: I have a Samsung S3 Mini GT-I8190N
Last week I flashed a kernel that my phone is not supported and then it went in hard brick (I know I'm a sucker ).
Then I searched on the internet various guides on how to fix this brick and I saw guide on the JIG and JTAG.
By JIG I bought one but was not compatible with my phone's model and now another that I'm waiting for it to arrive (it should be compatible). Instead of JTAG I saw the various components that serve and the total price close to 130-140 € then I don't want to talk.
In the meantime I get the second JIG I found by chance a guide on how to fix the hard brick without JTAG.
The problem is that there are only three/ our similar guide to another model i.e. on a S3.
An example is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369125
An another example is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581166
I'm coming to the point. In these guides are listed several things which are necessary and the only thing I miss is the debrick image.
I tried getting on google a debrick image for s3 mini i8190/N and there is nothing.
Exasperated, I always find by chance a guide on how to make this debrick. image.
This guide is here: http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f60...samsung-debrick-files-only-bootloader-1885507.
I do everything it says and the program tells me that there isn't ATF box which would be similiar a Riff Box for JTAG and this also costs about 110 €. I leave it alone.
After all this I ask: is there another way to create this damn debrick image? Or has anyone found a link to download it?
Or someone know how to fix this damn brick without SEND IT IN ASSISTANCE?
Meanwhile thank you!
P.s. sorry for bad english. I'm a italian guy that know very little english

Up!
Please help me!

MarDom96 said:
Up!
Please help me!
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Try asking in your device specific help forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-mini/help

MarDom96 said:
Hello everyone. I'm here to ask you one thing. Premise: I have a Samsung S3 Mini GT-I8190N
Last week I flashed a kernel that my phone is not supported and then it went in hard brick (I know I'm a sucker ).
Then I searched on the internet various guides on how to fix this brick and I saw guide on the JIG and JTAG.
By JIG I bought one but was not compatible with my phone's model and now another that I'm waiting for it to arrive (it should be compatible). Instead of JTAG I saw the various components that serve and the total price close to 130-140 € then I don't want to talk.
In the meantime I get the second JIG I found by chance a guide on how to fix the hard brick without JTAG.
The problem is that there are only three/ our similar guide to another model i.e. on a S3.
An example is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369125
An another example is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581166
I'm coming to the point. In these guides are listed several things which are necessary and the only thing I miss is the debrick image.
I tried getting on google a debrick image for s3 mini i8190/N and there is nothing.
Exasperated, I always find by chance a guide on how to make this debrick. image.
This guide is here: http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f60...samsung-debrick-files-only-bootloader-1885507.
I do everything it says and the program tells me that there isn't ATF box which would be similiar a Riff Box for JTAG and this also costs about 110 €. I leave it alone.
After all this I ask: is there another way to create this damn debrick image? Or has anyone found a link to download it?
Or someone know how to fix this damn brick without SEND IT IN ASSISTANCE?
Meanwhile thank you!
P.s. sorry for bad english. I'm a italian guy that know very little english
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Hello. First of all. Are you sure you can't boot to download mode or recovery mode? Your phone does not even turn on?
But i can't understand if you used the usb jig. If you insert this jig to your phone the phone should boot to donwload mode. From there you can flash stock rom.
As far as the debrick image is concerned you usually make this debrick image before you brick your phone!
But I'm sure a usb jig will work. It is just a 301k resistor.
Good luck!

root-expert said:
Hello. First of all. Are you sure you can't boot to download mode or recovery mode? Your phone does not even turn on?
But i can't understand if you used the usb jig. If you insert this jig to your phone the phone should boot to donwload mode. From there you can flash stock rom.
As far as the debrick image is concerned you usually make this debrick image before you brick your phone!
But I'm sure a usb jig will work. It is just a 301k resistor.
Good luck!
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Hello! Thank you for your response.
Well... my phone doesn't go in downlaod and in recovery mode and it doesn't turn on.
The second Jig is arrived and I put it in my phone. But the Jig is not working and the phone doesn't turn on into download mode. Now I bought a 3rd Jig which should arrive in a few days.
But I have one thing to say: before Flash the kernel I did a Nandroid Backup. Could it serve for something as a substitute for debrick image?

MarDom96 said:
Hello! Thank you for your response.
Well... my phone doesn't go in downlaod and in recovery mode and it doesn't turn on.
The second Jig is arrived and I put it in my phone. But the Jig is not working and the phone doesn't turn on into download mode. Now I bought a 3rd Jig which should arrive in a few days.
But I have one thing to say: before Flash the kernel I did a Nandroid Backup. Could it serve for something as a substitute for debrick image?
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If your phone doesn't turn then your bootloader is corrupted(don't know how??) The only way to unbrick your phone is via jtag. In order for the unbrick image to work your phone shoul at least showing Galaxy logo.

root-expert said:
If your phone doesn't turn then your bootloader is corrupted(don't know how??) The only way to unbrick your phone is via jtag. In order for the unbrick image to work your phone shoul at least showing Galaxy logo.
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Thank you so much for your reply.
Well I'll buy a new phone because the cost of JTAG is similar.
Thanks!

Phone Locked with Pattern... Forgot the Pattern.

Hello!
Well, I changed my pattern today. It was so complicated that I ended up forgetting how it was.
So, the thing is, I looked everywhere, but I couldn't find a solution to this. I am very upset because itlooks like doing a Hard Reset is more complicated than it should. Samsung phones you just need to press some keys and that's it. You have your recovery mode all set and ready to factory reset. But Sony? Of course not. I couldn't find any simple solution. I saw stuff like, unlocking the bootloader, this and that, but guess what? I don't have the USB Debbugging ON. All the tutorials I read said that I should have. And I'm not that expert on Android stuff either.
I'm sorry for dragging this too much, but this is such a nuisance. It shouldn't be this hard to factory reset my phone.
I hope someone out there can help me. I just want to reset my phone. I don't want special roms or anything. Just my phone bacon.
I'm sorry for my English.
Thank you for your time!
Edit: Forgot to tell which version my phone is.
Sony Xperia Z5 Dual (E6683)
Marshmallow (fully updated)

You can use flashtool/xperifirm to download and flash a new firmware (remember to wipe userdata and all other partitions)
Once this is done your phone should act as if new
Sent from my E6653 using XDA-Developers mobile app

or u can use sony companion to repair ur device .
it will reset ur phone

I m sorry but you mentioned it like what Sony is doing wrong or either worse than what Samsung's solution is.
What if you are thief and trying to open up a phone that you have stolen.
What if you are a psycho who are trying to force control your little girl/wife's life by spying on her phone
Or maybe it is your phone that got stolen, would you want it to be accessed that easy by anyone?
It is good that, a secured phone stays secured irreversibly nowadays..

Can't you recover it by using your Google account login?

Charzieful said:
Hello!
Well, I changed my pattern today. It was so complicated that I ended up forgetting how it was.
So, the thing is, I looked everywhere, but I couldn't find a solution to this. I am very upset because itlooks like doing a Hard Reset is more complicated than it should. Samsung phones you just need to press some keys and that's it. You have your recovery mode all set and ready to factory reset. But Sony? Of course not. I couldn't find any simple solution. I saw stuff like, unlocking the bootloader, this and that, but guess what? I don't have the USB Debbugging ON. All the tutorials I read said that I should have. And I'm not that expert on Android stuff either.
I'm sorry for dragging this too much, but this is such a nuisance. It shouldn't be this hard to factory reset my phone.
I hope someone out there can help me. I just want to reset my phone. I don't want special roms or anything. Just my phone bacon.
I'm sorry for my English.
Thank you for your time!
Edit: Forgot to tell which version my phone is.
Sony Xperia Z5 Dual (E6683)
Marshmallow (fully updated)
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You can enter fastboot and clear cache and userdata... If You wasn't fix problem, please be free to let Us know if problem is there. Cheers

just recover it with google account simple as that, to do so just spam wrong pattern for 5-6 times and it will show you how to recover it.

The Fastboot didn't work. The phone is not rooted or have any recovery.
What I did to fix my problem was Flashing it with a software called XperFirm. It just installed a new firmware and that's it! Thanks!

Thoughts about soft and hard brick ?!

HI there.
i read this :
Soft Brick
Soft brick is the state of android device due to some software problems like bootloops or device freezing at some point during boot. This may occur if some software problem occurred in the device mainly during OS upgrade or flashing something such as a custom ROM, camera mod or app in your custom recovery mode. A soft-bricked device is only half-dead. Because of this, your device is not booting anymore or is constantly crashing but can be recognised by a computer.
When your phone is soft brick, don't be panic. You can revive your Android device as long as it is only soft-bricked. The basic solution for this issue is flashing a clean and working version of Android to your device. While, during this process, you may need to restore a backup, flash a custom ROM or stock images to your device.
Hard Brick
Hard brick is the state of android device that occurs when your device is unbootable without a bootloop. A hard Brick device generally show little to no signs of life. If this happens, you had better to buy a new device since your device is showing you a black or grey screen at this point.
A phone get hard-bricked due to trying install ROM not made for the device or use ROM Manager incorrectly. Hard brick is more difficult to resolve and you may require an expert to give you professional advice. However you can recover from hard brick by using JTAG or send your Phone to JTAG service center to get it fixed, which means you no longer need to buy a new one.
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Is it true that even hard bricked device can be high percent recoverable?
I own service and want to know the things good and be normally good. If i have to i will take loan to buy nessesary stuff to be successful.
Is that with JTAG true for tablets too? I have buyd from AliExpress Phone Box 2017 version but still havent used it.
If i have to be more specific. Have one client`s tablet here. It is recognised by Windows as MTK something and gone after seconds from device manager then recognised again and that...
history : it was virused and install OS to it was really needed. I shot in the dark and install it some OS for these parameters:
mt6582 1G+16G and flashed it successfull with SP Flash Tool but now the device does not boot and is half recogniseable in Device Manager. I did that because the device/'beauty' chinese tablet/ has no ID on the back side of it.
I hope this time someone to tell something good and usefull.
Thanks

diretouch said:
HI there.
i read this :
Is it true that even hard bricked device can be high percent recoverable?
I own service and want to know the things good and be normally good. If i have to i will take loan to buy nessesary stuff to be successful.
Is that with JTAG true for tablets too? I have buyd from AliExpress Phone Box 2017 version but still havent used it.
If i have to be more specific. Have one client`s tablet here. It is recognised by Windows as MTK something and gone after seconds from device manager then recognised again and that...
history : it was virused and install OS to it was really needed. I shot in the dark and install it some OS for these parameters:
mt6582 1G+16G and flashed it successfull with SP Flash Tool but now the device does not boot and is half recogniseable in Device Manager. I did that because the device/'beauty' chinese tablet/ has no ID on the back side of it.
I hope this time someone to tell something good and usefull.
Thanks
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Yes, it is "possible" to recover hard bricked devices with a JTAG but there are no guarantees it will work and no way to guarantee each customer that there device will be fixed.
As for the MTK device you are trying to repair, you can't just flash a firmware from another mt6582 device, there is quite a bit more involved than just the same CPU. Firmware from another device must be ported to work with the other hardware on the device.
You need to identify more about the device than just it's CPU if you want to find a firmware that will work without modifications.
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Can you help me identify the device ? Please...
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bxome1ZSCRIaSW5fNTZrY3NsU2s?usp=sharing

diretouch said:
Can you help me identify the device ? Please...
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bxome1ZSCRIaSW5fNTZrY3NsU2s?usp=sharing
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If that's the device after you flashed it, it seems to be booting fine. Is it having issues where some features and functions aren't working correctly?
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Unfortunately this is the device before flash.
It`s labeled as pc703 in the seller site/bulgarian not China/
The back cover of the device is
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxome1ZSCRIaOGpIWjcxaGg5ek0/view?usp=sharing

diretouch said:
Unfortunately this is the device before flash.
It`s labeled as pc703 in the seller site/bulgarian not China/
The back cover of the device is
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxome1ZSCRIaOGpIWjcxaGg5ek0/view?usp=sharing
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Can you give me a link to the seller site?
Usually these cheap off branded Chinese tablets are almost impossible to identify properly because the hardware varies so much even among separate devices with the same model number. It is like this because there is no actual "manufacturer", these devices are pieced together with cheap discounted components that were bought in bulk and they use whatever they can get to work, even if it involves using completely different components. This makes it virtually impossible to say exactly which firmware you need.
When a device is bricked and the device is one of these cheap devices that can't be identified properly and has no available stock firmware or stock source code and has no support from the manufacturer, typically, the only solution is to just try different firmwares and hope one works or piece together your own firmware with pieces of others that might compatible.
You'd have to have a lot of time and android development skills to make your own firmware.
You've got a difficult road ahead, I'd suggest they replace the device because the cost of repair will be more than the device costs.
When you flashed the device with SP Flashtool, did you happen to pull anything important from the device or did you by chance make a backup of some sort before you flashed it?
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Man usually understand his mistakes after he did it.
Maybe I will never take again unknown tablet for service. The problem is that the customers are waiting and I am tired of buy customers devices either second hand or new.
The site should be 4sales.BG
That said the woman.
The 'cool' is that I find there version not with 1g+16g
Good night.

In simple words, Soft brick is messing a little with your Android from which you can recover easily.
Hard Brick is like screwing up your device completely, yes, you can recover, but it needs lots of technical process.
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In simple words, Soft brick is messing a little with your Android from which you can recover easily.
Hard Brick is like screwing up your device completely, yes, you can recover, but it needs lots of technical process.

Technical or not that`s not bad. Just want to have the nessesary tools if they are not too expensive. I just wont desolder very very small smd resistances and transistors
If someone can help in my chinese tablet case i will be a little more not unhappy.

Phone is dead after flashing

Hello
I've just flashed my Philips Xenium v787 and installed an official ROM here mediafire.com/file/o91r1zl8nuvsy7u/Philips_V787_MT6753.zip but after flashing is successfully completed, i tried to turn on my mobile but it won't load up and i tried to charge it but no sign!!
Please help.

Caboz said:
Hello
I've just flashed my Philips Xenium v787 and installed an official ROM here mediafire.com/file/o91r1zl8nuvsy7u/Philips_V787_MT6753.zip but after flashing is successfully completed, i tried to turn on my mobile but it won't load up and i tried to charge it but no sign!!
Please help.
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When you say official ROM, do you mean a stock ROM ripped and put on the internet, or a custom ROM used for customization? Does anything pop-up on the screen when you press the power button (i.e. battery indicator)?

CrafterJG said:
When you say official ROM, do you mean a stock ROM ripped and put on the internet, or a custom ROM used for customization? Does anything pop-up on the screen when you press the power button (i.e. battery indicator)?
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I meant a stock ROM on the internet. Nothing shows up at all, tried to charge the phone and there's no sign, and then tried to get into the recovery mode using power off and volume up + down buttons and nothing happens at all. I'm afraid that my phone could be completely damaged :crying:

Caboz said:
I meant a stock ROM on the internet. Nothing shows up at all, tried to charge the phone and there's no sign, and then tried to get into the recovery mode using power off and volume up + down buttons and nothing happens at all. I'm afraid that my phone could be completely damaged :crying:
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It sounds like your phone may be "bricked". This happens when you load a faulty recovery image onto your device, whether it's incompatible with your device, or a bad recovery. Don't fret, though, as this is sometimes fixable. A simple google search for how to unbrick an Android device delivers a wealth of results, but sometimes a device-specific search may be more relevant to your situation. Best of luck! :good:
- CrafterJG

CrafterJG said:
It sounds like your phone may be "bricked". This happens when you load a faulty recovery image onto your device, whether it's incompatible with your device, or a bad recovery. Don't fret, though, as this is sometimes fixable. A simple google search for how to unbrick an Android device delivers a wealth of results, but sometimes a device-specific search may be more relevant to your situation. Best of luck! :good:
- CrafterJG
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Well i searched in Google and unfortunately it seems like my phone is hard bricked. However, I'm going to send it to a repair center and see what's going to happen but i feel like i most likely will end up needing to buy a new phone. Thanks anyways!

Caboz said:
Well i searched in Google and unfortunately it seems like my phone is hard bricked. However, I'm going to send it to a repair center and see what's going to happen but i feel like i most likely will end up needing to buy a new phone. Thanks anyways!
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Somehow, what you flashed must not have been for your specific device. Flashing stuff that wasn't made for your specific device is the fastest way to hard-brick a device.
From what you posted in your first post, the file that you downloaded and flashed looks like it should be the correct firmware for your device. But, since you didn't download it from the official site for your device, the file that you downloaded may have been modified before it was posted at the place that you downloaded it from or maybe your downloaded file got corrupted or didn't download completely. A corrupted/incomplete file could result in a hard-brick.
Another thing that could have gone wrong is a faulty connection between your device and PC during the flashing process. Or maybe the battery died during flashing or during first boot. This can also cause a brick.
You might be able to repair the device yourself by replacing the motherboard. It could be cheaper than buying a new device or cheaper than the cost of repairs at a shop. Try finding a YouTube video that demonstrates how to disassemble your device to replace the motherboard. You will have to be certain that you are buying the correct motherboard for your specific device model number. After replacing the motherboard, you will have to make certain that you have the correct official firmware file and then flash that firmware onto the new motherboard.
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Droidriven said:
Somehow, what you flashed must not have been for your specific device. Flashing stuff that wasn't made for your specific device is the fastest way to hard-brick a device.
From what you posted in your first post, the file that you downloaded and flashed looks like it should be the correct firmware for your device. But, since you didn't download it from the official site for your device, the file that you downloaded may have been modified before it was posted at the place that you downloaded it from or maybe your downloaded file got corrupted or didn't download completely. A corrupted/incomplete file could result in a hard-brick.
Another thing that could have gone wrong is a faulty connection between your device and PC during the flashing process. Or maybe the battery died during flashing or during first boot. This can also cause a brick.
You might be able to repair the device yourself by replacing the motherboard. It could be cheaper than buying a new device or cheaper than the cost of repairs at a shop. Try finding a YouTube video that demonstrates how to disassemble your device to replace the motherboard. You will have to be certain that you are buying the correct motherboard for your specific device model number. After replacing the motherboard, you will have to make certain that you have the correct official firmware file and then flash that firmware onto the new motherboard.
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Thanks for you reply.
Yesterday i went to a few local repair shops and one of technicians connected my phone to a charger where you get a light if your device is connected and working properly, then he told me that it's getting enough amps(ampere) to work well but it's probably going to need a software, unfortunately, they couldn't help me, as they don't have the required software for my device (Philips) and they advised me to visit the manufacturer's service center in order to solve this issue.
What I've noticed is that when i connect my phone to my laptop, i can still hear a sound like the one you get when you connect a USB to your laptop, so maybe it's not a hardware issue?
I've called my manufacturer's repair center and they mentioned that for any repair-related issues, it's going to take 3 working days to fix any issue (due to their policy). However, I'm afraid of having my data spied on/accessed if i left my phone over there and I'm really confused whether to buy a new one or just leave it to get fixed.
P.S To everyone who is trying to help me, i do really appreciate it