I bricked my phone very, very hard - General Questions and Answers

Hi there. The phone is Honor 8 Pro. No one can help in the phone specific threads, so my hope is there is someone smarter here
So long story short I tried to relock the bootloader with twrp installed. The result is the phone is in constant bootloop mode. I can't go to bootloader nor to recovery mode. The phone boots, passes the bluish honor logo and gets stuck on some EMUI logo on a black screen. Fastboot mode is not acccesible, the PC can't detect the phone at all. No combination of buttons pressed works. I also tried the dload method to no avail.
I also waited for the battery to fully drain and tried to hold the volume up button while inserting the USB cable. It doesn't work.
Anybody been in this situation before? Any solution or any ideas, guys?

Hi did you already found a solution for this? I'm experiencing the same problem...

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[Q] Asus TF300T bricked. Black screen and APX mode only. I'm desperate!

Hello to everyone. I beg your help, please. I bought this amazing second hand tablet last friday. At the first attemp, and because I didn't want to read all the threads, I bricked the tablet. Yes, stupid thought, I know.
Because I wasn't happy with the result, I wiped all and delete bootloader, system, data... Everything. I know something with Microsoft issues and brave me (and silly) I thought It was similar, that I could start from outside of the tablet even if it was blank.
Anyway, the facts are:
The tablet is allways on, in APX mode. When I press down the power boton, it reboot. I know because when it's conected to my laptop, I can see the USB interface conected and the APX mode on it.
The screen is allways in black. ALLWAYS. No matter if I try to start in recovery in bootloader or any other way to start the system. Black, nice black.
Of course, no result in Power + Vol up, Power + Vol -, pressing power during 3 hours and 23 minutes... (I'm joking), but for long.
The only signal by which I know that it's not dead at all its when I conect the charger. I can see the small orange light in the power buton saying: "I'm alive"
Ok, I don't know what to do. I've read during the weekend as much as I could, tried evrything and nothing fixed. If it helps, before playing to be God, I had Android 4.0.1, I unlocked the bootloader with the apk, I installed the TWRP recovery and everything were right until I wanted to update the rom. Some mystakes that I don't remember and this is what I can tell you. Any holy soul which can help me, please? If not, can anyone help me? Thank you and I'll be looking forward your help.
evoin said:
Hello to everyone. I beg your help, please. I bought this amazing second hand tablet last friday. At the first attemp, and because I didn't want to read all the threads, I bricked the tablet. Yes, stupid thought, I know.
Because I wasn't happy with the result, I wiped all and delete bootloader, system, data... Everything. I know something with Microsoft issues and brave me (and silly) I thought It was similar, that I could start from outside of the tablet even if it was blank.
Anyway, the facts are:
The tablet is allways on, in APX mode. When I press down the power boton, it reboot. I know because when it's conected to my laptop, I can see the USB interface conected and the APX mode on it.
The screen is allways in black. ALLWAYS. No matter if I try to start in recovery in bootloader or any other way to start the system. Black, nice black.
Of course, no result in Power + Vol up, Power + Vol -, pressing power during 3 hours and 23 minutes... (I'm joking), but for long.
The only signal by which I know that it's not dead at all its when I conect the charger. I can see the small orange light in the power buton saying: "I'm alive"
Ok, I don't know what to do. I've read during the weekend as much as I could, tried evrything and nothing fixed. If it helps, before playing to be God, I had Android 4.0.1, I unlocked the bootloader with the apk, I installed the TWRP recovery and everything were right until I wanted to update the rom. Some mystakes that I don't remember and this is what I can tell you. Any holy soul which can help me, please? If not, can anyone help me? Thank you and I'll be looking forward your help.
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Are you able to access fastboot? If so, flash the STOCK ASUS 4.0.1 Rom again. The mistake I think you made was flashing a ROM not compatible with the bootloader you have. You first have to update the bootloader to 4.1.1 or 4.2.1 to flash any of the current ROMS.
No fastboot, no bootloader update.
cmendonc2 said:
Are you able to access fastboot? If so, flash the STOCK ASUS 4.0.1 Rom again. The mistake I think you made was flashing a ROM not compatible with the bootloader you have. You first have to update the bootloader to 4.1.1 or 4.2.1 to flash any of the current ROMS.
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Thanks for the reply:
I can't access fastboot. The tablet does nothing, just allways on in APX, so I can't update the bootloader. Neither I can't switch it off. I've read smething about run out the battery and start a process with ODIN?
I haven't tried it before, but maybe there's a way to create a bootable SD that will automatically install one of the stock ROMs so you can start over again?
If you can't get to the bootloader/fastboot/recovery and only have APX and no back upped NVFlash files then I think you are bricked unfortunately
hi is there any solution to solve this problem, or tablet dead
I'm in the same situation! :crying:
no solution???
Same story
Same here -- black screen, PC recognizes it as an APX device, but neither fastboot nor adb seem to work.
I didn't even try to mod mine. I was just using it normally, and it crashed, and now all it does is give me a black screen. When I poke the reset button, my PC notices the device disconnection and then a minute later it re-connects, but still nothing.
Holding down volume up/down during reset does nothing. Holding down power, with or without volume buttons, for an extended period does nothing.
This looks to be like an epidemic problem for these devices. Has nobody gotten a handle on it yet?
pty
I am also in your situation.
I have a tablet with Tegra xperia 3, black screen! APX mode only!
Does not read any adb and fastboot driver!!
There are new?
Hi everyone,
for me now the same situation. Only APX aviable. no fastboot ect...
pls help me solve this issue.
Thanks a lot.
Turn on in APX-Mode. You won't see anything on the screen, the display does not turn on.
If you connect the USB cable to a Windows PC, Windows will recognize it as an APX device.
On this mode you may use nvflash tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969797.
If nothing works, you should exchange the Mainboard!

Honor 6 restarting in loop

Hi There,
I am facing problem regarding honor 6, it is restarting in loop. It just flashing honor logo and then it turns off. After I plugged in charging, it keep restarting phone (honor logo displayed for 2-3 mins and then it restarts the phone)
Here are the steps tried
Soft reset - Tried soft resetting phone, however no luck
Hard reset - Tried hard resetting phone, however no luck
Tried to use vol+, vol- and power, however phone is not responding it is keep restarting.
Tried connecting to laptop, however it goes into charging mode and keep restarting.
I have purchased this phone in last Oct, hence its out of warranty. Please help.
kalpesh1610 said:
Hi There,
I am facing problem regarding honor 6, it is restarting in loop. It just flashing honor logo and then it turns off. After I plugged in charging, it keep restarting phone (honor logo displayed for 2-3 mins and then it restarts the phone)
Here are the steps tried
Soft reset - Tried soft resetting phone, however no luck
Hard reset - Tried hard resetting phone, however no luck
Tried to use vol+, vol- and power, however phone is not responding it is keep restarting.
Tried connecting to laptop, however it goes into charging mode and keep restarting.
I have purchased this phone in last Oct, hence its out of warranty. Please help.
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Hi Kalpesh,
Did you try to root the phone?Can you mention what were your actions before your phone got stuck in a bootloop?Did you upgrade your firmware or did you try to flash a custom ROM?Or was the bootloop sudden without any probable reason?
Kushalmehta said:
Hi Kalpesh,
Did you try to root the phone?Can you mention what were your actions before your phone got stuck in a bootloop?Did you upgrade your firmware or did you try to flash a custom ROM?Or was the bootloop sudden without any probable reason?
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Thanks for your response, It was sudden bootloop without any reason and currently I am unable to perform any transaction and it seems HW problem to me.
Fastboot can rescue you
kalpesh1610 said:
Thanks for your response, It was sudden bootloop without any reason and currently I am unable to perform any transaction and it seems HW problem to me.
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Hi kalpesh,
You have 2 options now,the first one is going to an authorized honor service center and getting your phone repaired at an expense.
Second is using the trial and error method by the remaining possible ways you can use to unbrick your phone,the most probable one being the use of fastboot,I will try and prepare the step by step method for you till tomorrow,it is very late right now hence signing off,g'night.
Kushalmehta said:
Hi kalpesh,
You have 2 options now,the first one is going to an authorized honor service center and getting your phone repaired at an expense.
Second is using the trial and error method by the remaining possible ways you can use to unbrick your phone,the most probable one being the use of fastboot,I will try and prepare the step by step method for you till tomorrow,it is very late right now hence signing off,g'night.
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Thanking you in advance, I will pick this documentation tomorrow evening.
Good night
probable things to try
kalpesh1610 said:
Thanking you in advance, I will pick this documentation tomorrow evening.
Good night
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Hi I am active now,first thing you need to try is to enter recovery mode,
Power off your device.
Boot in recovery mode by pressing and holding Volume Up, Volume Down and Power Button at the same time.
Release all buttons when the Huawei Honor 6 screen flickers and in a few seconds the Recovery screen will appear.
If it does revert and I will tell you steps ahead,if it doesn't..well yet revert and tell me ASAP.
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kalpesh1610 said:
Hi There,
I am facing problem regarding honor 6, it is restarting in loop. It just flashing honor logo and then it turns off. After I plugged in charging, it keep restarting phone (honor logo displayed for 2-3 mins and then it restarts the phone)
Here are the steps tried
Soft reset - Tried soft resetting phone, however no luck
Hard reset - Tried hard resetting phone, however no luck
Tried to use vol+, vol- and power, however phone is not responding it is keep restarting.
Tried connecting to laptop, however it goes into charging mode and keep restarting.
I have purchased this phone in last Oct, hence its out of warranty. Please help.
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Hi there is one more method I suggest you to use,
THE 3 BUTTON RESET
tell me here if you have any update.app file downloaded on your SD card and do mention exactly which version update have you downloaded by accessing the memory card from another phone.
Kushalmehta said:
Hi I am active now,first thing you need to try is to enter recovery mode,
Power off your device.
Boot in recovery mode by pressing and holding Volume Up, Volume Down and Power Button at the same time.
Release all buttons when the Huawei Honor 6 screen flickers and in a few seconds the Recovery screen will appear.
If it does revert and I will tell you steps ahead,if it doesn't..well yet revert and tell me ASAP.
---------- Post added at 09:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:09 PM ----------
Hi there is one more method I suggest you to use,
THE 3 BUTTON RESET
tell me here if you have any update.app file downloaded on your SD card and do mention exactly which version update have you downloaded by accessing the memory card from another phone.
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Hi I have already tried for recovery method, however when I released these 3 buttons post logos is seen my phone switched off. I was doing some troubleshooting on this and I noticed if I remove memory card my phone goes into recovery mode, however my update.app is stored on memory card this does not help either.
Let me try and change memory card to see if this helps.
Regards,
Kalpesh
Even I am facing same issue.
Even I am facing same issue.
Could anyone help me out to resolve the issue.
Even I am facing same issue but when I keep on charging it starts and is working fine. as soon as I remove the charger it switches off and constantly displays honor 6logo after 7secs interval. I tried hard ,soft reset,3button combo but all in vain. I am on emui v3 and I have not rooted my phone .pls help me
This is not any hardware issue, Its software.
3 Button method wont work unless you have dload folder in your SD card with proper update.app file.
You can enter recovery only using VOL+ then POWER key together, Hold them until you are there.
There you will get limited options like reset/cache clear etc.
You should download latest software for your model, Place dload folder in your SD using card reader or other device.
Then with 3 buttons method flash it, lollipop is most stable.
Having the same issue here, exact symptoms as Ameya103, but now it doesn't even work with the charger plugged. just keeps resetting.
I tried the 3 button method but instead it went to a screen saying (Huawei software installing, do not press powerkey or remove battery) and a loading bar. it just stopped at the very end (almost 99%) and now nothing is happening.
Oh yeah, it was connected to my pc when I pressed the 3 buttons...
Me too!
kalpesh1610 said:
Hi There,
I am facing problem regarding honor 6, it is restarting in loop. It just flashing honor logo and then it turns off. After I plugged in charging, it keep restarting phone (honor logo displayed for 2-3 mins and then it restarts the phone)
Here are the steps tried
Soft reset - Tried soft resetting phone, however no luck
Hard reset - Tried hard resetting phone, however no luck
Tried to use vol+, vol- and power, however phone is not responding it is keep restarting.
Tried connecting to laptop, however it goes into charging mode and keep restarting.
I have purchased this phone in last Oct, hence its out of warranty. Please help.
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Hi! I too had the exact same problem!
> Infinite boot loop.
> Can't boot into any rescue mode.
> Even when the battery is dry, it wouldn't charge. If I plug in the charger, it would reboot continuously.
I somehow managed to fix it. Dunno if it will work for you. But give it a try.
== Let the phone reboot until the battery dries.
== Now turn on the computer and have the Huawei multi-tool installed with Universal ADB driver ready.
== Now, while pressing the down volume key, insert the USB cable. This should boot to fast boot mode.
== Once you are here, use the multi-tool to unbrick your phone. (This step itself is lengthy step. Follow: http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-6/general/honor6-multi-tool-t2963060/post57271243)
By mostly following the same procedure, I managed to unbrick my phone. And upgraded to 5.1 EMUI 3.1!
Fixed by replacing the battery
Are you facing any problem after unbrick?
Hi,
I have the exact issue as Ameya103. The phone keeps restarting. When plugged to charger it works fine. Once, unplugged it keeps restarting again. I tried all possible methods factory reset, updating OS (through service centre). Nothing worked. But currently, it doesnt even work with charger connected, it keeps restarting and stucks at the logo.
Have a similiar problem with my PE-TL10. After I changed the speaker, it does not work on battery, completely dead. When I plug it to the charger, it goes in bootloop, but it's possible to get it in flash mode with volup/power button. With USB to PC, I can get it in Fastboot mode. Tried recovery from different firmware(my PE-TL10 is Chinese), from stock to the last Chinese dev.firmware, but it does not start up in Android after sucessfull flashing. Could I have damaged the battery when opening, and could that be the reason for these errors? I used opening tools, but I may have been a bit to harsh bending/prying the plastic part that holds the battery, loose..... As said, tried going back to B260 firmware, have extracted boot, rcovery & system img, which installs fine via Fastboot. Then I start installing Update.app from sdcard/dload...... Or am I doing things a bit wrong? The phone is not rooted, but it is unlocked(got the code by mail). Any help or input from somebody who have similiar experience would be appriciated!
By the way, have found a supplier of a replacement battery for aprx. 8 USD, but it will take some weeks to arrive if I order it...
Same issue for me:Honor 6 H60-L12
Hi ,
I am having a Honor 6 , H60-L12 which I purchased from China almost an year back.
Form the past 2 days I am facing similar issue . My phone goes to bootloop. It flashes the Honor logo and again restart.
But when the charger is connected, we can restart it.
Sometimes, even if we have sufficient charge, the battery shows 0% all of a sudden and then switch off. But when we plug the charger and restart, battery will be showing the previous charge or higher and works normally.
Is this some issue related to battery or software?
I am very new to rooting
I am facing the same problem. Boot loop and now phone shutsdown immediately when charger is unplugged. I downloaded the latest firmware for honor 6 l-04 and placed the unzipped dload folder with Update.app on sd card. Did a 3 button reset to get the phone started only with the phone plugged in / charging, battery shows 100% but shutsdown with a flash of Android & honor logo when unplugged.
Blame it on the Hardware
I too have this issue with my honor 6 h60 l04. I tried resetting but no results. I then downloaded the Firmware for my version from the Huawei official consumer site and updated my phone with the UPDATE.app technique from the sd card, this only removed the root and the boot loop still occurs (It works perfectly fine on the charger after a couple of restarts, and It will enter into the boot loop when I plug it off from the charger)
AmeerS33$ said:
I too have this issue with my honor 6 h60 l04. I tried resetting but no results. I then downloaded the Firmware for my version from the Huawei official consumer site and updated my phone with the UPDATE.app technique from the sd card, this only removed the root and the boot loop still occurs (It works perfectly fine on the charger after a couple of restarts, and It will enter into the boot loop when I plug it off from the charger)
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You should remove root, flash stock recovery.img and boot.img prior to any oficial update. Not doing so LEADS to bootloop.

OnePlus 6 won't start anymore...

Hi guys!
My OnePlus 6 phone went dead yesterday. I was using it normally and then it turned itself off and didn't come back anymore.
When I turn it on, it vibrates and the OnePlus logo appears for less than a second (just a flash) and then it goes off again. If I keep volume buttons pressed while powering on, the same thing happpens but with Fastboot logo. I can't get to fastboot mode. I can only get the phone detected in the Qualcomm mode (up key + power while USB connected) and I've already tried flashing the stock ROM with MSMDownloadTool (using the guide in this forum) and, although the process goes the way it should without any error, after completed the phone reboots and the problem remains the same.
I've tried a lot of things to revive it, since power cycles (as requested by OnePlus online support) 'til hardbrick procedures as I described above.
Is there anything else that I can do to fix my phone!?
Thanks!
Gilcio
gilcio said:
Hi guys!
My OnePlus 6 phone went dead yesterday. I was using it normally and then it turned itself off and didn't come back anymore.
When I turn it on, it vibrates and the OnePlus logo appears for less than a second (just a flash) and then it goes off again. If I keep volume buttons pressed while powering on, the same thing happpens but with Fastboot logo. I can't get to fastboot mode. I can only get the phone detected in the Qualcomm mode (up key + power while USB connected) and I've already tried flashing the stock ROM with MSMDownloadTool (using the guide in this forum) and, although the process goes the way it should without any error, after completed the phone reboots and the problem remains the same.
I've tried a lot of things to revive it, since power cycles (as requested by OnePlus online support) 'til hardbrick procedures as I described above.
Is there anything else that I can do to fix my phone!?
Thanks!
Gilcio
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when the debrick tool fails, you have a hardware failure. RMA is your friend.
:crying:
Here's a video showing the problem: https://streamable.com/q47bt
MrSteelX said:
when the debrick tool fails, you have a hardware failure. RMA is your friend.
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Have you tried the MSMDownloadTool that installs the Hydrogen ROM? See if that one will work for you. I won't hurt
jabreu203 said:
Have you tried the MSMDownloadTool that installs the Hydrogen ROM? See if that one will work for you. I won't hurt
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Yes! I've tried MSMDownloadTool with both OOS and HOS! No luck at all!
gilcio said:
Yes! I've tried MSMDownloadTool with both OOS and HOS! No luck at all!
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Hardware failure.

Honor View 10 Bricked (in a bootloop) after Official update.

Hi,
I recently tried to install the most recent update (the update was for EMUI 9 I think) on my V10 and it is now stuck in a bootloop. I cannot access recovery mode, when I enter fastboot mode, it says my FRP is locked and my PHONE is locked. I can't flash anything because my bootloader is locked. I have no idea what to do, any help is appreciated although I would rather the solution be free (ie not DC Unlocker or funky Huawei).
I had this once before and I solved it by getting into recovery mode, however, I don't know how I got into recovery mode last time it just happened randomly. I tried Vol up + power button, it does nothing just reboots my phone. I have tried vol up + vol down + power button, the same result.
I don't know what to do anymore.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT:
so I solved my problem, I let the battery die overnight and in the morning I tried plugging it in and booting into recovery mode (vol up + power button) and after trying several times (and unplugging my phone so it would die then plugging it back in to try again) I finally got it into recovery mode. From there I pressed download and recover and I got my phone back. The only problem now is that I can't update my phone through the official process as it just puts my phone back into the bricked state. Hope this helps anyone else who was in this situation.
Since the problem is caused by an official OTA, I recommend to send it to the service center
PalakMi said:
Since the problem is caused by an official OTA, I recommend to send it to the service center
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Yeah, I resorted to this last night and called them up for repairs. They were going to take it in but I now fixed my phone (look at my edit in the original post for info).
Thanks for your help though.
I'm glad that you've found a solution
Same issue but no luck for me.
No repair center because my bootloader is unlocked.
My issue :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-view-10/help/9-0-0-official-pie-update-failed-boot-t3889378
Try edl flash

Xiaomi Redmi 6A hard bricked, is it a lost cause?

Hi guys!
I own a Xiaomi redmi 6a (cactus).
I flashed the wrong TWRP recovery via fastboot. After I rebooted the phone, it showed the brand logo (miui) and then there was some error screen about encryption lost or something with only one button 'reset'. I clicked on this button and from that moment the phone was stuck if I remember correctly. So I tried to reboot the phone. But from that moment my screen was completely dark. It also kept rebooting itself. It doesn't start up anymore.
I tried in several ways to get into fastboot or the recovery mode, but I didn't succeeded. So I removed the battery, reconnected the cable of the battery. Pushed the power button + volume down. I feel a short vibration that indicates that the power buttons has been pressed. But I don't see anything on my screen. Not even the white MIUI logo. It also keeps rebooting. So it must be stuck I guess. The phone is not recognised when connecting it with a laptop.
The only thing that "works" is the vibration at the beginning of each reboot and the led notification that shows some light.
I tried to find the test points on the motherboard, but as far as I know that didn't work. I also read about an EDL, but sadly this is only for Qualcomm devices.
Is there still a way to fix my phone? If I could find a way to get in the fastboot mode so that I can flash the right recovery & rom....
Thanks for reading
Henny
You should try SPflash tool for Midiatek Helio chipset.
Yuhuu!
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