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[Q] Galaxy Ace 2 does not boot at all after firmware flash

Hi, I am new at this forum and i would like to ask you the following question.
recently i bought a samsung galaxy ace 2 phone and today i decided to try a custom ROM with, being a Linux geek for years...
So i chose Kyrillos Rom for my phone and after several failures i got to understand that before i try to load the custom ROM i had to upgrade my firmware and kernel as described here :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1955679
So i used Odin tool , and tried to flash the new firmware as described here :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2118119,before proceeding to kernel flash.
Everything went smooth , Odin showed 'pass' indication and my phone after the procedure tried to reboot...and never woke up...
From then i cannot boot my phone at all, i mean neither in usual mode by pressing the power button nor in recovery or download mode. It does not respond to any of those, the screen and the buttons are completely black no matter how many seconds i press them
When i started the procedure my battery level was at 70% and just to be sure i connected it to USB port so as not to empty the battery during the procedure..Now that i connected it to its' charger it does not show the charging indicator
Any ideas as to what happened and how i can fix my problem?
Thank you in advance and keep up the good job!!!

seems motherboard is dead u need to get it replaced anyway did u follow the odin guide carefully cause it seems not

Blackwolf10 said:
seems motherboard is dead u need to get it replaced anyway did u follow the odin guide carefully cause it seems not
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It seems that i followed the exact directions in the posts mentioned, but my phone is I8160P and not I8160 something that i had not noticed up until tonight,so i think that it has something to do with this, even though i cannot understand how my motherboard died because of the firmware upgrade even thw firmware is made for another model...

VisagenNoir said:
It seems that i followed the exact directions in the posts mentioned, but my phone is I8160P and not I8160 something that i had not noticed up until tonight,so i think that it has something to do with this, even though i cannot understand how my motherboard died because of the firmware upgrade even thw firmware is made for another model...
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it does have everything to do with that but it seems more like a hardbrick to me so does the phone charge or have u tried a lot of times to boot it or maybe pull the battery out for 5 min then put it back in and try to go to recovery or download if none of these stuff work then i think its dead

Blackwolf10 said:
it does have everything to do with that but it seems more like a hardbrick to me so does the phone charge or have u tried a lot of times to boot it or maybe pull the battery out for 5 min then put it back in and try to go to recovery or download if none of these stuff work then i think its dead
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Yes i tried both normal boot pressing the power button and recovery - download modes and it did not power on in any of those cases. Also i tried pulling out the battery for 5 - 10 minutes and it did not power on afterwards either.Is this something that happens often because it seems really strange to me. If it has nothing to do with the firmware upgrade and it is a hardware issue then ok, i can sent it to repair it but if i have already lost the warranty due to root and firmware - custom recovery etc.. then what exactly do i have to do..

VisagenNoir said:
Yes i tried both normal boot pressing the power button and recovery - download modes and it did not power on in any of those cases. Also i tried pulling out the battery for 5 - 10 minutes and it did not power on afterwards either.Is this something that happens often because it seems really strange to me. If it has nothing to do with the firmware upgrade and it is a hardware issue then ok, i can sent it to repair it but if i have already lost the warranty due to root and firmware - custom recovery etc.. them what exactly to i have to do..
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i don't think they will know since the phone won't boot up at all they know by going to download so give it a try and take it to a service and if ur in europe rooting does not affect ur warranty hope this helps

6x BLN-L21 stuck in "your device is botting now..."

Good morning.
I have this honor 6x BLN-L21.
I did unlock with Multi-tool.
the procedure was successful but then the phone was stuck in
"your device is botting now..."
I tried the dload method.
then try to download the whole battery and try to go fastboot.
but nothing done ...
the pc does not recognize anything.
I also tried the low audio button method and plug the usb cable into the pc ... nothing.
I do not know what to do.
Help !!!

Hi !
Did you try to install recovery with mutli tool ? If yes, wich TWRP version did you try to install ?
For me the only one correct recovery version was the twrp-3.1.0-2-berlin.img !
My phone stay stuck with every others versions !
This page saved me --> https://www.******.com/root-huawei-gr5-2017-emui-5-0-install-twrp/
but I had to go back to stock rom first with the dload method by pasting the dlload update.app files on my SD card directly from the pc and putting my card back into the phone.

Flash elite twrp

siddhrsh said:
Flash elite twrp
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how ?
Telephone not charge.
any combination not work ...
i have no idea how revive this telephone ...
please help !

Dexther said:
how ?
Telephone not charge.
any combination not work ...
i have no idea how revive this telephone ...
please help !
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Hold volume down and plug usb cable to boot in bootloader
Or
Download full firmware using firmware finder and place update.app in dload folder on sd card boot phone holding volume up,down & power button simultaneously

i put device in test mode end recovery work.
But ... system not write.
why ?

I finaly found a solution.
But use a not conventional metod.
for the other people TEST POINT !
The only way !

Dexther said:
I finaly found a solution.
But use a not conventional metod.
for the other people TEST POINT !
The only way !
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what is that solution??and test point??...got the same problem...phone stuck at your device is booting and nothing works...no recovery...no fastboot....phone discharged....

I've got anorher solution:
Wait until battery is down, then charge it only enough it boot( then you get the battery empty faste if you have to do it twice) now do a normal boot. Dont try any combinations or keys! Now you should boot into emui. If it worked download the official rollback package, put it on your sdcard into /dload folder. Fully charge your phone (or at least 30% otherwise it wont install because it says battery level is to low... )shutdown your phone. Now hold power button, volume up and volume down your phone will boot to the your phone got unlocked screen then it will reboot, keep the buttons pressed for a second then release, now it should flash the rollback package and reboot, after that you can flash emui 4. After that you can perform the emui 5 update. Now it should be safe to reboot to fastboot and relock the bootloader again if the system hasent done it automaticaly.
Now you should be able to reunlock bootloader!

My problem is that battery doesn't charge as it always boot on your device is booting... I left it charge all night but same problem... Your device is booting screen and no charging so I can't do anything

yannick66150 said:
My problem is that battery doesn't charge as it always boot on your device is booting... I left it charge all night but same problem... Your device is booting screen and no charging so I can't do anything
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pm me

Dexther said:
pm me
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Done...

How do you Know its not charging? Does it shows the charching screen? Cause i had this problem too, and at least in my case this problem caused enough battery consumption to empty the Battery in a night. So mabye something is wrong with the sensor? Or does it even shows the charching screen, because sometimes it has to boot some things (wich means it gets stuck at your device is booting) before it can show you the charching screen...

XelaaleX1234 said:
How do you Know its not charging? Does it shows the charching screen? Cause i had this problem too, and at least in my case this problem caused enough battery consumption to empty the Battery in a night. So mabye something is wrong with the sensor? Or does it even shows the charching screen, because sometimes it has to boot some things (wich means it gets stuck at your device is booting) before it can show you the charching screen...
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It shows charging screen when i plug but led is flashing all time... And it boots a few moment later directly on your device is booting screen as if u enter stock or twrp recovery but stays stuck at this screen and led still flashing so no charging

But does the phone turns black and acts like battery is completly down? Means black screen dosent react to anything No Led? Because mavye you tust got an error with the led or something like this, because this freeze is consuming really much energy if you already have this problem since two days whitout charging and it freezes on this screen battery would be completely empty! If it shows device is booting ALL the time it has to charge. If it turns black after showing the screen then its mabye really not charging...

XelaaleX1234 said:
But does the phone turns black and acts like battery is completly down? Means black screen dosent react to anything No Led? Because mavye you tust got an error with the led or something like this, because this freeze is consuming really much energy if you already have this problem since two days whitout charging and it freezes on this screen battery would be completely empty! If it shows device is booting ALL the time it has to charge. If it turns black after showing the screen then its mabye really not charging...
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Left it charging all night and still the same... Same screen showing your device is booting... And led still flashing... When i unplug phone shutdown a few seconds later

So... all telephone are a dark way to revive...
Testpoint end pay credit.
But pay attention i'm broke probabily a modem or not firmware modem are the same.

Dexther said:
So... all telephone are a dark way to revive...
Testpoint end pay credit.
But pay attention i'm broke probabily a modem or not firmware modem are the same.
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What is testpoint ?

yannick66150 said:
Left it charging all night and still the same... Same screen showing your device is booting... And led still flashing... When i unplug phone shutdown a few seconds later
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So then i don't know what to do. At leas t you could control if youre charging cable is working, but i dont think its gona work... I've heard they mabye replac or reflash it in service center but i luckily hadnt the chance to test it by now...

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XelaaleX1234 said:
So then i don't know what to do. At leas t you could control if youre charging cable is working, but i dont think its gona work... I've heard they mabye replac or reflash it in service center but i luckily hadnt the chance to test it by now...
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Thx for answering but nothing to do anymore... Charging cable is good as i use it with old phone i got to replace my honor 6x for the moment but i'm sure i made a mistake... Wanted to rollback to stock firmware as i was on elite rom 7.6... I always knew what i do with flashing roms etc and rollback but this time i made a mistake so....my entirely fault !!!

OnePlus one only showing OnePlus logo and turning off

My OnePlus one is only showing OnePlus logo screen and turning off, I flashed stock ROM through my computer as I thought it got soft bricked, nothing worked, when I connect it to the battery charger it shows battery charging, I guess there's some hardware problem, any suggestions will be helpful, thank you

Samruddhi123 said:
My OnePlus one is only showing OnePlus logo screen and turning off, I flashed stock ROM through my computer as I thought it got soft bricked, nothing worked, when I connect it to the battery charger it shows battery charging, I guess there's some hardware problem, any suggestions will be helpful, thank you
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option 1 : Do a complete wipe in TWRP (system,data,cache,dalvik) and then flash the stock rom again.
option 2: use the "back to stock/restore soft bricked device" option on bacon root toolkit using your pc
If this dosen't work only then it could be a possible hardware issue.

i have the same problem, but it survived with a simple things.
Fully charged your phone,try installing twrp (i think the newest one) and try to full wipe data,and installing new rom.
I installed lineage os 14.1 everything work.
And if it still bootloop,try to replacement the battery, and fully charged. Then try flash twrp and new rom.
good luck

malcolmm21 said:
option 1 : Do a complete wipe in TWRP (system,data,cache,dalvik) and then flash the stock rom again.
option 2: use the "back to stock/restore soft bricked device" option on bacon root toolkit using your pc
If this dosen't work only then it could be a possible hardware issue.
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I tried installing ROM through TWRP but when I used to start the installation the process used to suddenly stop and the device used to boot for no reason, and now it is not showing any recovery, I flashed stock recovery still nothing

bedgja said:
i have the same problem, but it survived with a simple things.
Fully charged your phone,try installing twrp (i think the newest one) and try to full wipe data,and installing new rom.
I installed lineage os 14.1 everything work.
And if it still bootloop,try to replacement the battery, and fully charged. Then try flash twrp and new rom.
good luck
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Tried everything what you said except replacing the battery, it still shows OnePlus logo and turns off, guess the problem is with the hardware (battery or motherboard)

Samruddhi123 said:
Tried everything what you said except replacing the battery, it still shows OnePlus logo and turns off, guess the problem is with the hardware (battery or motherboard)
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try to replacing the battery, cause many thread said the oneplus one always bootloop and back to normal when it charged or in power bank. i have tried and yup...replacement the battery is simple ways to check there is no problem with the board.
good luck

Custom roms, recovery, magisk

I'd like to generate a thread with tried and tested ROMs, recovery, and root methods like magisk for the Moto G6
I'd especially like to see a working TWRP (official or unofficial), magisk boot img, and any known working custom ROMs

It's all in Guides, News, and Discussions already.
edit: and there's fairly obviously a thread with a working TWRP build in this section. I don't understand what you're asking?

TheDevl said:
It's all in Guides, News, and Discussions already.
edit: and there's fairly obviously a thread with a working TWRP build in this section. I don't understand what you're asking?
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Do these work on the pie update?
I was want to see any and all available ROMs for this device

clcombs262 said:
Do these work on the pie update?
I was want to see any and all available ROMs for this device
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Check out the treble-enabled device forums. For a while, this is more or less what you're going to have to pick through.

TheDevl said:
Check out the treble-enabled device forums. For a while, this is more or less what you're going to have to pick through.
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Thx
About magisk on pie?

clcombs262 said:
Thx
About magisk on pie?
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To my knowledge it works the same as it does on oreo.

TheDevl said:
To my knowledge it works the same as it does on oreo.
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'to your knowledge'?
I haven't actually got the update yet, but I just wanted to check to see if I'd need to wait to root until the update, or do it now and Skip the update
Sent from my Moto G6 using XDA Labs

clcombs262 said:
'to your knowledge'?
I haven't actually got the update yet, but I just wanted to check to see if I'd need to wait to root until the update, or do it now and Skip the update
Sent from my Moto G6 using XDA Labs
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I'm on Brazilian Pie, was on soak Pie and GSI pie and all rooted fine with Magisk 18.1 :good:

Moto g6 fastboot rom
HueyT said:
I'm on Brazilian Pie, was on soak Pie and GSI pie and all rooted fine with Magisk 18.1 :good:
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i have a hardbricked G6 and i found the two testpoints inside which i connect and reach QDloader modus...now i want to flash it with Milfashtool but i didnt found a fastboot rom!?

mimi77 said:
i have a hardbricked G6 and i found the two testpoints inside which i connect and reach QDloader modus...now i want to flash it with Milfashtool but i didnt found a fastboot rom!?
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Mine got brickes too..., can u point me where is these testpoints exactly? And what is milfashtool?

72k said:
Mine got brickes too..., can u point me where is these testpoints exactly? And what is milfashtool?
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How do you mean bricked? Where is the phone hanging? I assume you already had unlocked your bootloader before attempting rooting/magisk?

theseeker2654 said:
How do you mean bricked? Where is the phone hanging? I assume you already had unlocked your bootloader before attempting rooting/magisk?
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Yes i had bootloader unlocked but it still unrooted and its got bricked before i even try for rooting. First of all let me tell u the chronologies. I had this phone from someone in US as a gift but i cant use it on my country(because of network) so i give it a try by unlock the bootlooder, it was succeeded and one day comes update which is april 2018 patch. After the update my phone was unstable, self reboot and bootloops and i found that the screen is flickering sometimes. Then at one night it suddenly turned off when i was sleeping. I tried all method combination button but no luck, it is caused by a bad battery or firmware fail? Please help me!!!
Note: i only got led blinking if i press power plus plugged in charger, the led blinking faster after +20 sec

One single blink every 5 sec and then blinking goes faster after +20 sec for about 5 blinks and repeat to state one single blink. Seems like battery related but i have already open the backcase to see, if i unplugged its battery then push the buttons combination the led is blinking faster like the final state -sorry for bad english

theseeker2654 said:
How do you mean bricked? Where is the phone hanging? I assume you already had unlocked your bootloader before attempting rooting/magisk?
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Hello do u have solution for me? I managed to buy new battery because of this problem, please read all my walkthrough and give me and advice

72k said:
Hello do u have solution for me? I managed to buy new battery because of this problem, please read all my walkthrough and give me and advice
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what have you done? Did the new battery resolve your issue? Do you know how to install it? Have you tried plugging it into power and then pressing and holding vol down and power for 2minutes?

theseeker2654 said:
what have you done? Did the new battery resolve your issue? Do you know how to install it? Have you tried plugging it into power and then pressing and holding vol down and power for 2minutes?
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I did nothing except my bootloader is unlocked and do an OTA update (april 2018 if i remember) and its suddenly turn off when i was sleep with state of bootloop days before that. I havent buy any batteries yet because i need to know what is the problem. Yes i've done all of power combination for even 5mnts. It strange because the LED show me different if i press power combination button
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theseeker2654 said:
what have you done? Did the new battery resolve your issue? Do you know how to install it? Have you tried plugging it into power and then pressing and holding vol down and power for 2minutes?
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For ex : it wont blinking at all if the battery completely empty. Then if i charge for awhile it would blink if i pressed power with vol down (after 20 sec) as i described above. Untill the final state of LED i release power and vol down and immediatly pressed vol up then its LED will keep blinking fast forever as long as the charger is plugged in

My moto g6 also appears to be bricked
I don't want to hijack this thread, but since I'm a new member I can't start a forum thread. Now on to the issue with my g6...
When I plug in my g6 the only thing that happens is a small white led flashes at the top right part of the unit. After about 20 mins or so it stops flashing. Holding down the vol+power buttons to go into recover just cycles the power off and on, with the white led flashing just like before. No recovery screen appears, no android robot; only the blinking white led--the display is otherwise entirely blank & black (meaning not lit at all).
When I connect the g6 to my PC I hear the usual "USB beep" indicating that it's recognized the phone being connected, but it does not show any drive or device either in Device Manager or in Explorer. I'm using Win10, with all the Motorola drivers+software installed.
I rooted the phone some time ago, and the bootloader was unlocked before the phone went dead. The last thing I did with the phone was to flash an Android 9 image from the forum here while the phone was connected to my PC.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...android-aosp-9-0-pie-android-9-0-0r1-t3847354
I had flashed others images with no problems up to that point, even the one linked above. But I re-flashed that image since I wanted to "reset" the image to it's stock point (I had made some settings and added apps I wanted to remove, start clean again). The ONLY thing I did different was that the battery was about 50% so I left the phone charge on one of my PC's USB ports while the image was installing. When I checked the phone the next morning it was dead. Afterwards I let it charge for a week but nothing.
Last but not certainly least, I have also tried two different batteries I ordered from Amazon. No change with either one (blinking white led), despite charging each with the original charger for one week.
Sorry for being so long-winded, but I wanted to give as much detail as possible to see if someone here may have a solution. My guess is that I made an incredibly stupid mistake by letting the phone charge from my PC while flashing/installing the A9 image; I really should have left it on my moto g6 charger.

Cant flash magisk 20.1 or even any other always stuck on bootloop any suggestions
Device.= Moto g6 4gb ram
Rom= stock rom
Bootloader =unlocked
Recovery=TWRP 3.2/3.3
Can't flash no encryption either always show error 1

rohit1363 said:
Cant flash magisk 20.1 or even any other always stuck on bootloop any suggestions
Device.= Moto g6 4gb ram
Rom= stock rom
Bootloader =unlocked
Recovery=TWRP 3.2/3.3
Can't flash no encryption either always show error 1
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Don't use anything higher than Magisk 19.3, for some reason higher versions bootloop the phone. After you install Magisk 19.3, you can upgrade normally via Magisk Manager

AgentICS said:
Don't use anything higher than Magisk 19.3, for some reason higher versions bootloop the phone. After you install Magisk 19.3, you can upgrade normally via Magisk Manager
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Yeah that's works fine just taking longer boot time but that's ok i am giving it to my father so i don't need to root or anything .
Anyway thank you for help it really works...

A51 stuck in TWRP bootloop

Today, I flashed the latest firmware onto my phone, it had a few boot issues but I managed to finish.
Then I noticed that (I KNOW I AM DUMB) forgot to backup the data in my internal storage as well...
Now I tried flashing TWRP because I noticed the internal storage shows up as ~4GB, which is about as much as I had free space left before flashing.
Problem: my phone is now stuck in a TWRP splash screen bootloop and doesn't want to reboot anywhere else.
I used the exact same TWRP ROM I had previously used on Android 11 and it worked perfectly fine (ROM: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...-sm-a515f-one-ui-3-0-dub1-android-11.4231543/)
Now I can't get out of TWRP anymore (not even into download mode or anything) and all my hope is pretty much lost.
Do I need to wait for the battery to fully drain? Would it still be possible to recover the data from the internal storage (since it wasn't encrypted and appears to still be there?)
Thank you in advance to anyone willing to help!

For the record; I got it out. Still pretty stuck fixing the OS, I gave up on the data since it wasnt too important anyways

The same issue

rooot_ said:
For the record; I got it out. Still pretty stuck fixing the OS, I gave up on the data since it wasnt too important anyways
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how did you remove the bootloop?

kabelknabbelaar said:
how did you remove the bootloop?
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Drain the battery than go to download mode with pc. Than flash it with firmware. You can find firmware on galaxyfirmware.com

kabelknabbelaar said:
how did you remove the bootloop?
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The battery, let it drain or force restart to download mode and flash the whole firmware.

aljustiet said:
Drain the battery than go to download mode with pc. Than flash it with firmware. You can find firmware on galaxyfirmware.com
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Yes, I let the battery fully drain - my trick to get into Download Mode was to hold Power + Volume Up once the battery drained and then connecting the charging cable connected to a computer while holding down the buttons
Then flash stock FW