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Hey guys, lately I've been flashing roms to find out the best one for me - obviously with "SmartFlash" enabled because it's S-ON - but after flashing a new ROM (though I can't remember what), after the HTC logo, it just restarts to a black screen with the notification on (it's plugged in).
Even restoring to my old working backup, it still does it. Is there something I am doing wrong? Please respond quickly, I have to use my phone for business regularly and being inactive is not so good.

Harryalexander991 said:
Hey guys, lately I've been flashing roms to find out the best one for me - obviously with "SmartFlash" enabled because it's S-ON - but after flashing a new ROM (though I can't remember what), after the HTC logo, it just restarts to a black screen with the notification on (it's plugged in).
Even restoring to my old working backup, it still does it. Is there something I am doing wrong? Please respond quickly, I have to use my phone for business regularly and being inactive is not so good.
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Hi,
Look HERE
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malybru said:
Hi,
Look HERE
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Hello,
I thought that was what smart flash did? Oh well, I'll give this a try tomorrow when I've got the time, many thanks.

Harryalexander991 said:
Hello,
I thought that was what smart flash did? Oh well, I'll give this a try tomorrow when I've got the time, many thanks.
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Hi,
You are right.
But recently ,I have seen many smartflash fails.
This is just an alternative way.

malybru said:
Hi,
You are right.
But recently ,I have seen many smartflash fails.
This is just an alternative way.
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Oh my god! Thank you! It finally boots I may reinstall 4EXT as this one is getting dusty and obviously isn't doing it's job. Many thanks!

Un-intentional brick??

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Hello there!
I have a really serious problem with my TF300T. I had the newest bootloader installed with 4.4 enabled TWRP recovery. I had the 2014.01.07. CM 11 nightly installed and was running fine. I have seen, that there are some never releases so decided to update. I downloaded the newest nightly yesterday and pressed power button. Selected reboot and then selected Recovery.
And here comes the problem!
The tablet bricked himself! It did restart but got into a bootloop I cannot get through the Asus splashscreen. I tried POWER+VOLD DOWN, I cannot get into fastboot or recovery. The tablet keep rebooting, no boot to android either. I tried power off, no success. I tried the reset button. I removed battery, still the same.
As I have never done anything to the bootloader, I did not consider making NVFLASH backup, as it is a risky operation. Shame on me...
How could it happen????? Does cyanogenmod alter Bootloader partition to reboot into recovery??? What the hell??
Please help me somehow! I dont know what to do, I tried all I could! Maybe APX? or only Asus RMA??
yours,

dpeti said:
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Hello there!
I have a really serious problem with my TF300T. I had the newest bootloader installed with 4.4 enabled TWRP recovery. I had the 2014.01.07. CM 11 nightly installed and was running fine. I have seen, that there are some never releases so decided to update. I downloaded the newest nightly yesterday and pressed power button. Selected reboot and then selected Recovery.
And here comes the problem!
The tablet bricked himself! It did restart but got into a bootloop I cannot get through the Asus splashscreen. I tried POWER+VOLD DOWN, I cannot get into fastboot or recovery. The tablet keep rebooting, no boot to android either. I tried power off, no success. I tried the reset button. I removed battery, still the same.
As I have never done anything to the bootloader, I did not consider making NVFLASH backup, as it is a risky operation. Shame on me...
How could it happen????? Does cyanogenmod alter Bootloader partition to reboot into recovery??? What the hell??
Please help me somehow! I dont know what to do, I tried all I could! Maybe APX? or only Asus RMA??
yours,
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No, sorry, you won't be able to use APX mode without have making the NvFlash backups beforehand.

is this possible? I'm now afraid to update to newer cm11 versions...

aplopeanu said:
is this possible? I'm now afraid to update to newer cm11 versions...
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Yeah, Ive seen it happen to multiple people across the forums idk what the actual bug is though.

cmendonc2 said:
Yeah, Ive seen it happen to multiple people across the forums idk what the actual bug is though.
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so basically ... don't update CM11 until this is fixed right?

aplopeanu said:
so basically ... don't update CM11 until this is fixed right?
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Im not sure It only happened to a few people in addition to OP of this thread. Im not upgrading to be safe, but maybe the dev should look into it.

cmendonc2 said:
Im not sure It only happened to a few people in addition to OP of this thread. Im not upgrading to be safe, but maybe the dev should look into it.
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Yea I'm doing the same thing...btw if you birck it...changing the motherboard will unbrick it?

aplopeanu said:
Yea I'm doing the same thing...btw if you birck it...changing the motherboard will unbrick it?
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In theory, yes. But many people consider it easier to RMA it.

cmendonc2 said:
In theory, yes. But many people consider it easier to RMA it.
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RMA?

aplopeanu said:
RMA?
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Send it back to Asus and pay the repair costs.

[Q] Phone hard bricked after unlocking bootloader

So it seems I've really put myself into a bad spot, here.
I recently rooted my phone (Verizon S3) using towelroot, which seemed to work exceedingly well, so I decided to try to make a NANDroid backup using ClockworkMod. I installed ROM Manager, set that up, and chose the "restart in Clockwork recovery mode option", which didn't work. I soon realized I forgot to unlock my bootloader so, at the recommendation of a few sites, used EZ-Unlock to try to do that. The app reported that it was successful, so I tried restarting my phone in Clockwork recovery mode again. To my utter horror, my phone did not turn on, and has not turned on since.
When I say that it doesn't turn on, I mean that it gives me no audio, vibrational, or visual feedback, almost like there's no battery in the phone. I've pulled the battery and also attempted to do the fix outlined in a video, but to no avail. (I would post the link if the forum allowed me to. The title of the video is "Unbrick hard bricked Verizon Galaxy S3 running 4.3 Jelly Bean")
Feel free to scold me all you like for my irresponsibility and stupidity, it's probably deserved. Any help will be hugely appreciated, though! Thank you so much!
Edit: I guess I should mention that this is my first time doing this sort of thing to an Android device. However, I do like to think I "know my way around", as they say. (although I guess not enough to avoid messing things up!)

Velovix said:
So it seems I've really put myself into a bad spot, here.
I recently rooted my phone (Verizon S3) using towelroot, which seemed to work exceedingly well, so I decided to try to make a NANDroid backup using ClockworkMod. I installed ROM Manager, set that up, and chose the "restart in Clockwork recovery mode option", which didn't work. I soon realized I forgot to unlock my bootloader so, at the recommendation of a few sites, used EZ-Unlock to try to do that. The app reported that it was successful, so I tried restarting my phone in Clockwork recovery mode again. To my utter horror, my phone did not turn on, and has not turned on since.
When I say that it doesn't turn on, I mean that it gives me no audio, vibrational, or visual feedback, almost like there's no battery in the phone. I've pulled the battery and also attempted to do the fix outlined in a video, but to no avail. (I would post the link if the forum allowed me to. The title of the video is "Unbrick hard bricked Verizon Galaxy S3 running 4.3 Jelly Bean")
Feel free to scold me all you like for my irresponsibility and stupidity, it's probably deserved. Any help will be hugely appreciated, though! Thank you so much!
Edit: I guess I should mention that this is my first time doing this sort of thing to an Android device. However, I do like to think I "know my way around", as they say. (although I guess not enough to avoid messing things up!)
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You need to report your post so it can be moved to the Verizon s3 forums where you can get help for your problem.

Darke5tShad0w said:
You need to report your post so it can be moved to the Verizon s3 forums where you can get help for your problem.
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Oh, my mistake. I'll do that right away. Thank you!

Velovix said:
Oh, my mistake. I'll do that right away. Thank you!
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No problems. This is the forum for the International version and we don't have locked bootloaders so you will have more chance in there than you will here.

can you get the phone to go in to download mode? that power+home+vol down

Timothy08 said:
can you get the phone to go in to download mode? that power+home+vol down
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No, unfortunately, I cannot. I hope I'm not already out of luck.

Velovix said:
No, unfortunately, I cannot. I hope I'm not already out of luck.
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Was your phone on android 4.3 before you tried to unlock bootloader? If so, that isn't good.

sjpritch25 said:
Was your phone on android 4.3 before you tried to unlock bootloader? If so, that isn't good.
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Uhh, yes, it was.. Any suggestions?

Velovix said:
Uhh, yes, it was.. Any suggestions?
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Maybe try looking at the unbrick thread in the q&a?

Velovix said:
Uhh, yes, it was.. Any suggestions?
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Do what the guy above suggested. Oh just so you know when you are on 4.3 you can not unlock your bootloader. Only root. Also once on 4.3 you can not downgrade to any earlier firmware versions. You can thank Verizon for that.
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YevOmega said:
Maybe try looking at the unbrick thread in the q&a?
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If you're referring to "[GUIDE] Debrick your bricked SCH-I535! [BOOTLOADER/HARDBRICK]", I have tried that a few times. I guess I could give it a few more shots if that's my only option.

Sandman-007 said:
Do what the guy above suggested. Oh just so you know when you are on 4.3 you can not unlock your bootloader. Only root. Also once on 4.3 you can not downgrade to any earlier firmware versions. You can thank Verizon for that.
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That's awful. I guess I was looking at a guide for a non-Verzion phone. Thank you for the information, though.

So, if I understand my situation, I guess the question now is: How can I lock my bootloader back up while it's hardbricked, correct?

Velovix said:
So, if I understand my situation, I guess the question now is: How can I lock my bootloader back up while it's hardbricked, correct?
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No. Your only focus is on getting the phone to boot back up. The only method that we have to do so is the bootloader/hardbrick thread by SpryroDazee posted at the top of our Q/A section.

SlimSnoopOS said:
No. Your only focus is on getting the phone to boot back up. The only method that we have to do so is the bootloader/hardbrick thread by SpryroDazee posted at the top of our Q/A section.
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Alright, I'll see what I can do. Thanks for the help!

Velovix said:
Alright, I'll see what I can do. Thanks for the help!
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http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-s3-bootloader-downgrade-service/
This might help. Try mobile tech videos. they can Jtag and downgrade for you.

Question Is this legit ?? https://samfw.com/firmware/SM-A125U1/USC/A125U1UES1AUF2

trying to find the firmware for my sm-a125u1, need help?

yes.

cldkrs said:
yes.
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Any possible guidance on how to root using this firmware?

ghostthegod1 said:
Any possible guidance on how to root using this firmware?
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Unlock Bootloader
Root

If it seems like a bad idea... it probably is.

blackhawk said:
If it seems like a bad idea... it probably is.
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I was thinking the same thing

blackhawk said:
If it seems like a bad idea... it probably is.
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ghostthegod1 said:
I was thinking the same thing
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You'll never get anywhere in life if you get scared off from trying new things.
If you can backup your important data, there's no foul if you take harm.

SumaBear said:
You'll never get anywhere in life if you get scared off from trying new things.
If you can backup your important data, there's no foul if you take harm.
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I wuv videos of people that test your theory in real time, with real blood
Firmware controls hardware... it can damage and destroy it. This is the highest risk level endeavor you can engage in with an Android for multiple reasons.
Limited usage means limited testing and peer review. No reviews mean...
The phase wantonly reckless comes to mind.

Dont do it... I used it and it does not work. Phone is currently in boot loop.

shauni420 said:
Dont do it... I used it and it does not work. Phone is currently in boot loop.
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I've unlocked my bootloader and installed custom roms and custom kernels multiple times and I'm using stock rooted right now...so I've rooted my phone multiple times too after I'm done with testing a certain custom ROM. Bootloop doesn't even scare me. As long as the issue is software for me I'm confident It can be fixed

Allehandro said:
I've unlocked my bootloader and installed custom roms and custom kernels multiple times and I'm using stock rooted right now...so I've rooted my phone multiple times too after I'm done with testing a certain custom ROM. Bootloop doesn't even scare me. As long as the issue is software for me I'm confident It can be fixed
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can you walk me through it? I cant get it off boot loop. Ive rooted other phone but cant seem to get this one

shauni420 said:
can you walk me through it? I cant get it off boot loop. Ive rooted other phone but cant seem to get this one
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Which one did you root and what is the model number of your device

sm-a125u

shauni420 said:
sm-a125u
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which process did you use before to root your device?

Allehandro said:
which process did you use before to root your device?
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odin

Question Hard brick

Hello good to all,
It turns out that I have the device with a hard brick and I can't find a solution to repair it, I've been looking for a similar thread, but nothing. It won't let me in, it's not fastboot, not in recovery or anything, and if I turn it on normally I get: The current image have been destroyed...
How I got to this situation, was after rooting the device with a tutorial here, which worked perfectly for me. It was later when I had the great idea of closing the bootloader with the rooted device, and since then it gives me this error.

Suishida22 said:
when I had the great idea of closing the bootloader with the rooted device
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And you want us to do what. You ruined your own device and now you have to live with it.

cykalala said:
And you want us to do what. You ruined your own device and now you have to live with it.
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I don't want you to do anything, just let you know if there is any way to recover it, because on my own I can't find anything

Suishida22 said:
I don't want you to do anything, just let you know if there is any way to recover it, because on my own I can't find anything
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you need to use msmtool, it is paid, remote service cost 8-10 usd

SrCDA said:
you need to use msmtool, it is paid, remote service cost 8-10 usd
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Thanks mate, could you explain me a little how it works and how to get this program? I don't mind paying if it gets fixed.

Suishida22 said:
Thanks mate, could you explain me a little how it works and how to get this program? I don't mind paying if it gets fixed.
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1)Just go to service center , if phone is in warranty , they will just flash the device with STOCK ROM using msm tool (best )
2)however they might even replace motherboard for no reason but that will also fix the device (time taking)
3) last option is to use paid msm flashing services costs from 5to 10$ USD , you can find them by Google search (risky)

I had about the same problems, my GT Neo 2 does not load fastboot further. The cyclical startup process is repeated.
Stupidly, I understand now, I decided to wipe data in TWRP recovery
This is what it looks like - youtube
I tried to install custom recovery from this topic, all stages passed without problems, but at the end after rebooting fastboot loops
Have you solved this problem, if so, in what way?

udp
installing this method
but root I couldn't get here
I tried to unlock twrp using the magic installation, but the problem described above appeared

I think I have the same problem as others. Realme appears and restarts continuously. It does not go into fastboot because the boot loader is blocked. What can I do?

SrCDA said:
you need to use msmtool, it is paid, remote service cost 8-10 usd
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Do you run that service?

My phone bootloops and is able to boot into stock recovery, any chance to revive?

S1611 said:
My phone bootloops and is able to boot into stock recovery, any chance to revive?
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yes

SrCDA said:
yes
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How?

S1611 said:
How?
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do you have telegram?

SrCDA said:
do you have telegram?
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yes