Oneplus 7 Pro sensor problems - OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers

Hi, I'm desperate need of some help guys. :crying:
I had been flashing my device between a couple roms like the android Q beta to check them out but afterwards I noticed none of my sensors were being detected. Gyro, Magnetic, Proximity etc.
Aida64 shows no sensors at all under the sensors tab. The front camera doesn't retract under free fall. *#808# reveals no readings from the Gsensor and some others.
Everything else about the device seems fine, wifi, bt, cell reception.
I've flashed some stock roms like 9.5.3 and 9.5.10 and the android Q beta but the problem still carries on in any rom I try.
I've tried using the all in one tool to flash a stock fastboot rom and I tried the MsmDownloadTool as well.
I can't seem to get the sensors to work and they were fine days ago, any advice?

Woah! flashatitis...I think your phone is overcooked Here's a suggestion, did you fastboot flash your phone back to stock? This will be the last resort..if this doesn't work, then you can use your phone as a nice paperweight or head to the nearest repair centre...

Flash back to stock os,Relock bootloader & take it to service centre

amirage said:
Woah! flashatitis...I think your phone is overcooked Here's a suggestion, did you fastboot flash your phone back to stock? This will be the last resort..if this doesn't work, then you can use your phone as a nice paperweight or head to the nearest repair centre...
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Overcooked? Like how?
I can lock the bootloader and send it back, what will gearbest do?

pdscoelho said:
Overcooked? Like how?
I can lock the bootloader and send it back, what will gearbest do?
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Before sending to the repair centre..try to fastboot flash to complete stock and lock the bootloader...if the sensors work then it could be a bootloader issue...if the issues still persist, you can send it back to the repair centre...oh btw, they will know how many times you have unlocked the bootloader and how many times have you flashed your device simply by plugging your device to their software....Oneplus really doesn't care if you have unlocked the device or if you have played around with your phone...but most repair centres try to scare customers using this tactic...keep a straight poker face...

amirage said:
Before sending to the repair centre..try to fastboot flash to complete stock and lock the bootloader...if the sensors work then it could be a bootloader issue...if the issues still persist, you can send it back to the repair centre...oh btw, they will know how many times you have unlocked the bootloader and how many times have you flashed your device simply by plugging your device to their software....Oneplus really doesn't care if you have unlocked the device or if you have played around with your phone...but most repair centres try to scare customers using this tactic...keep a straight poker face...
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Thanks for the reply. Mauronofrio advised me to flash a persist.img file and it sorted it out. My phone use to take 20-30 seconds to boot up every time, now it does it in less than half that time and all the sensors are working.
The only weird thing I've noticed today is if I power down the device and plug it into the charger the phone starts booting then freezes at the bootloader unlocked warning screen.
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pdscoelho said:
Thanks for the reply. Mauronofrio advised me to flash a persist.img file and it sorted it out. My phone use to take 20-30 seconds to boot up every time, now it does it in less than half that time and all the sensors are working.
The only weird thing I've noticed today is if I power down the device and plug it into the charger the phone starts booting then freezes at the bootloader unlocked warning screen.
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Can you try to do a fastboot flash back to stock rom? See if the issue persists..

amirage said:
Can you try to do a fastboot flash back to stock rom? See if the issue persists..
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If I go back to stock and lock the rom I don't think it will happen. I did find another thread here where someone mentioned this happens to them as well. What scares me is what happens if you're battery dies? Will the phone be able to charge? I guess if you can reach recovery/flashboot you can always charge?
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Same problem
pdscoelho said:
Thanks for the reply. Mauronofrio advised me to flash a persist.img file and it sorted it out. My phone use to take 20-30 seconds to boot up every time, now it does it in less than half that time and all the sensors are working.
The only weird thing I've noticed today is if I power down the device and plug it into the charger the phone starts booting then freezes at the bootloader unlocked warning screen.
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Where can I find or obtain that persist.img file, I find myself in the same situation as my sensors don't work and would really like it sorted out.

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What rom should I flash to get extra Languages?

I've got the Canadian Virgin Mobile Moto G, and I recently unlocked the carrier. I am going to unlock to bootloader to flash a rom with more languages, specifically Portuguese.. What rom should I use, I'm looking for the original Moto G software.
Zehmistah said:
I've got the Canadian Virgin Mobile Moto G, and I recently unlocked the carrier. I am going to unlock to bootloader to flash a rom with more languages, specifically Portuguese.. What rom should I use, I'm looking for the original Moto G software.
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I'm running CM11 and a quick look the phone tells me that it have Portuguese for brazil and portugal, alternatively try any latin american stock rom: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=14
Z-WolF said:
I'm running CM11 and a quick look the phone tells me that it have Portuguese for brazil and portugal, alternatively try any latin american stock rom: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=14
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Oh man, thank you for the link, I just might use that. Just a refresher, to flash It I would first unlock the bootloader, flash a new recovery, wipe, and then flash the new rom?
Zehmistah said:
Oh man, thank you for the link, I just might use that. Just a refresher, to flash It I would first unlock the bootloader, flash a new recovery, wipe, and then flash the new rom?
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yep, but you don't need to flash a custom recovery for a Stock ROM.
Z-WolF said:
yep, but you don't need to flash a custom recovery for a Stock ROM.
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Thank you!!! and one more question, the new rom should still be capable of getting OTA updates from whatever carrier's rom I flashed, correct?
Zehmistah said:
Thank you!!! and one more question, the new rom should still be capable of getting OTA updates from whatever carrier's rom I flashed, correct?
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****. I think I ****ed up. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2727965
Zehmistah said:
****. I think I ****ed up. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2727965
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Zehmistah said:
Okay so I unlocked my bootloader for my Moto G, and when It rebooted it said android was updating apps and then all the processes stopped working. It booted into the android startup but I couldn't get any processes running so it wouldnt work. I tried to reboot and now android doesn't even boot up. Should I flash a custom recovery right now and then wipe??? I haven't done anything to the phone other than carrier unlock and bootloader unlock. please help
Should I try this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542219 , or is it too risky right now? I'm planning to restore it to another stock firmware anyways.
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First, don't panic.
Second, explain how do you unlock the bootloader, did you use this?
Third, what does the bootloader screen (Power+VolDown) says in the second to last line before the first break (LOCKED/UNLOCKED).
Fourth, if it says UNLOCKED, try to flash the ROM using this, otherwise try to unlock the bootloader again with the link i posted in the second point.
And don't worry as long as you can enter fastboot mode (bootloader) you can fix everything, and nothing of the things you are doing affects fastboot mode.
They all want money.
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They all want money.
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Can you elaborate?
You can add more languages without a custom ROM using MoreLocale 2.
Z-WolF said:
First, don't panic.
Second, explain how do you unlock the bootloader, did you use this?
Third, what does the bootloader screen (Power+VolDown) says in the second to last line before the first break (LOCKED/UNLOCKED).
Fourth, if it says UNLOCKED, try to flash the ROM using this, otherwise try to unlock the bootloader again with the link i posted in the second point.
And don't worry as long as you can enter fastboot mode (bootloader) you can fix everything, and nothing of the things you are doing affects fastboot mode.
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I used that webstie to unlock the bootloader, and when I went to fastboot it did say UNLOCKED status code: 3.
I left it plugged into my PC last night because It wouldn't turn off, and I think it wasn't charging because now it's off and won't turn on. I'm going to plug it into a wall charger and wait a few to check if it's on.
After that, I'll try the method you said.
EDIT: Seems like charging doesn't work either, weird... because it said it was connecting to my PC last night in Fastboot
Zehmistah said:
I used that webstie to unlock the bootloader, and when I went to fastboot it did say UNLOCKED status code: 3.
I left it plugged into my PC last night because It wouldn't turn off, and I think it wasn't charging because now it's off and won't turn on. I'm going to plug it into a wall charger and wait a few to check if it's on.
After that, I'll try the method you said.
EDIT: Seems like charging doesn't work either, weird... because it said it was connecting to my PC last night in Fastboot
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That's weird, doing the steps in that page don't make changes big enough in the phone to make something like that happen.
What does it says in the line below UNLOCKED, USB CONNECTED or CONNECT USB DATA CABLE while you had it connected to your pc/wall?
Why don't you try to use another cable?
Z-WolF said:
That's weird, doing the steps in that page don't make changes big enough in the phone to make something like that happen.
What does it says in the line below UNLOCKED, USB CONNECTED or CONNECT USB DATA CABLE while you had it connected to your pc/wall?
Why don't you try to use another cable?
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I don't remember what it said.
I've tried a few different wall chargers and cables. They seem to charge my other phones but not this one. I'm going to wait an hour and then maybe put it in the freezer for a few minutes
Zehmistah said:
I don't remember what it said.
I've tried a few different wall chargers and cables. They seem to charge my other phones but not this one. I'm going to wait an hour and then maybe put it in the freezer for a few minutes
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That's a... unorthodox approach, but reading around it just might work.
I can only recommend you to put it in a sealed container and having a rice bag at hand afterwards, just in case.
Now if you can get it to fastboot mode, try to restore a backup (if you did one) or flash a ROM, im assuming that if you can connect a cable and send commands to fastboot it is charging the phone. BTW at this point if you can send commands and are tired trying to fix it, you can execute
Code:
fastboot oem lock
and you can claim the warranty, that behaviour is not normal, maybe something in the hardware side broke but until we test it more we can't be sure.
Now while we wait in for the phone to become a popsicle, can you detail how you unlocked it?
Z-WolF said:
That's a... unorthodox approach, but reading around it just might work.
I can only recommend you to put it in a sealed container and having a rice bag at hand afterwards, just in case.
Now if you can get it to fastboot mode, try to restore a backup (if you did one) or flash a ROM, im assuming that if you can connect a cable and send commands to fastboot it is charging the phone. BTW at this point if you can send commands and are tired trying to fix it, you can execute
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fastboot oem lock
and you can claim the warranty, that behaviour is not normal, maybe something in the hardware side broke but until we test it more we can't be sure.
Now while we wait in for the phone to become a popsicle, can you detail how you unlocked it?
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Ok, so I bought the phone and got it carrier unlocked, then yesterday I decided to flash a new rom to get the languages so I went to https://motorola-global-portal.cust...e/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a/action/auth. Unlocked the bootloader and when the phone was about to restart from cmd it said "FAILED" but rebooted anyways. It went into fastboot again and ti said it was Unlocked, when I selected Normal Reboot, it started up with the bootloader logo and continued on normally. It was then that it displayed the android startup page (Where you select language, sign into google, connect to wifi etc.) like I haven't used the phone before. Shortly after a popup came and said " Android is updating # of apps out of 137", once that was over every single process on the phone crashed.
Now I'm where I am now.
One more thing, I booted it into recovery before I unlocked the bootloader, accidently. Do you think it maybe could've wiped the original OS on the device?
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Ok, so I bought the phone and got it carrier unlocked, then yesterday I decided to flash a new rom to get the languages so I went to https://motorola-global-portal.cust...e/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a/action/auth. Unlocked the bootloader and when the phone was about to restart from cmd it said "FAILED" but rebooted anyways. It went into fastboot again and ti said it was Unlocked, when I selected Normal Reboot, it started up with the bootloader logo and continued on normally. It was then that it displayed the android startup page (Where you select language, sign into google, connect to wifi etc.) like I haven't used the phone before. Shortly after a popup came and said " Android is updating # of apps out of 137", once that was over every single process on the phone crashed.
Now I'm where I am now.
One more thing, I booted it into recovery before I unlocked the bootloader, accidently. Do you think it maybe could've wiped the original OS on the device?
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As far as i know, you can't wipe the system with a stock recovery and with a "blank" OS your phone still connects to PC.
i forgotted this existed, at this point you can't lose anything in trying it. i dont recomend the bootloader bricker part for your case.
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As far as i know, you can't wipe the system with a stock recovery and with a "blank" OS your phone still connects to PC.
i forgotted this existed, at this point you can't lose anything in trying it. i dont recomend the bootloader bricker part for your case.
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The phone isnt't being detected when I plug it in.
I've read that leaving the phone 24 hours untouched could also help the battery. I'm going to try that\
EDIT: GOT IT TO TURN ON!!!
Ok, so I got it working. The thread you told me first helped!! It works fine now with the Brazilian software. Thank you very much, you're a life saver.
Now... I've got another moto G to do the same to
Zehmistah said:
Ok, so I got it working. The thread you told me first helped!! It works fine now with the Brazilian software. Thank you very much, you're a life saver.
Now... I've got another moto G to do the same to
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You had me worried there, i though it was a goner. in the end everything turned out okay.
Happy to be of service.

oneplus one stuck at bootloop when not charging

HI I have 1+1 and its 2 years 3 month old. Presently its on CM13 MM(oxygen OS I guess) and rooted and have a recovery also. I did root and recovery around 8 months back.
2 days back when mobile was in pocket and 35% battery it went in to bootloop. after lot of stuffs like clearing cache and dalvik cache nothing worked.
Later at night i found out that mobile is working fine when its connected to charging (either by lapi or Mob charger). Hence I didn't go back to old recovery.
yesterday fully drained my battery and later charged to full and found same issue.
I am not able to make out whats the issue and how to move forward if I don't want to loose my resent data state. PLs guys help me to solve this issue.
will do whatever needed to restore my mobile. TIA
Wait I didn't understand what u said ,ur saying that your phone gets stuck in boot loop when its not charging ,what happens when you are changing and then u plug it off ? Does it like reset ?
Hunting_Party10 said:
Wait I didn't understand what u said ,ur saying that your phone gets stuck in boot loop when its not charging ,what happens when you are changing and then u plug it off ? Does it like reset ?
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see it sounds weird but its true. when i connect charging it boots in normally and normal operation will start as usual. Even after full starting, once I remove charging connection it goes off to boot loop. I didn't do any modification in software also. just did normal downloading off apps.
I saw slimier 2 complaints in Oneplus forum but no one relied for that. even originator has not updated what he did finally. I have asked for reply from them too.
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see it sounds weird but its true. when i connect charging it boots in normally and normal operation will start as usual. Even after full starting, once I remove charging connection it goes off to boot loop. I didn't do any modification in software also. just did normal downloading off apps.
I saw slimier 2 complaints in Oneplus forum but no one relied for that. even originator has not updated what he did finally. I have asked for reply from them too.
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Try a factory reset?
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Try a factory reset?
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not tried but red reviews of same case who said factory reset did not help.
I was looking if anyone who faced slimier issue before can help me.
is it related to battery?
praveen4u13 said:
not tried but red reviews of same case who said factory reset did not help.
I was looking if anyone who faced slimier issue before can help me.
is it related to battery?
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Seems to me like a hardware issue.
Can you be on recovery/fastboot without the need of a charger?
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Seems to me like a hardware issue.
Can you be on recovery/fastboot without the need of a charger?
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yes, along as i want. No issue to be on recovery/fastboot without charging connected. Only normal boot is having issue.
praveen4u13 said:
yes, along as i want. No issue to be on recovery/fastboot without charging connected. Only normal boot is having issue.
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Then no issues with hardware....seems like a bad/corrupt frimware.
You need to unlock your bootloader and flash latest Cos13 through fastboot.
How to- https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/...oader-install-custom-recovery-and-root.64487/
To flash Cos13- https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-return-opo-to-100-stock-t2826541
Hope this helps.
Edit:After reading your first post seems like you're already rooted and have Twrp installed,with a unlocked bootloader,obviously.Though I don't able to understand if you're using cm13 or cos13 or oxygen os...
If you don't want to loose your internal storage,you can skip the userdata flash command while flashing Cos13 through fastboot,though,it is recommended to do that command.
You can always go to Twrp and take the backup of your internal storage in pc through MTP or a full backup using ADB.
Mr.Ak said:
Then no issues with hardware....seems like a bad/corrupt frimware.
You need to unlock your bootloader and flash latest Cos13 through fastboot.
How to- https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/...oader-install-custom-recovery-and-root.64487/
To flash Cos13- https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-return-opo-to-100-stock-t2826541
Hope this helps.
Edit:After reading your first post seems like you're already rooted and have Twrp installed,with a unlocked bootloader,obviously.Though I don't able to understand if you're using cm13 or cos13 or oxygen os...
If you don't want to loose your internal storage,you can skip the userdata flash command while flashing Cos13 through fastboot,though,it is recommended to do that command.
You can always go to Twrp and take the backup of your internal storage in pc through MTP or a full backup using ADB.
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thanks pal. yes bootloader and all is unlocked. will see about this in coming weekend.
can't this problem be fixed if i just move back to old backup?
meanwhile is there any shortcut that reduce the time frame for doing all this on existing data. If anyone knows pls share. If this is the only go then do comment will ask to close the thread.
praveen4u13 said:
thanks pal. yes bootloader and all is unlocked. will see about this in coming weekend.
can't this problem be fixed if i just move back to old backup?
meanwhile is there any shortcut that reduce the time frame for doing all this on existing data. If anyone knows pls share. If this is the only go then do comment will ask to close the thread.
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Nandroid backup?
Yes if you've one then you can definitely restore it to fix the issues.
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Nandroid backup?
Yes if you've one then you can definitely restore it to fix the issues.
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bro one more issue started yesterday. I thought to making battery full nil and charge to 100% may help.
Before without charging connected I was able to go in twrp but not now. if i remove charging its going to restart even recovery mode also. When I went to restore old backup in TWRP mobile is auto starting even when charger is connected. but if i dont do anything its staying fine in TWRP lock screen.
without charging connected i can go into fastboot n stay for as long as i want but comp is not detecting mobile even though developer option is ON.
Yesterday thought of restoring old backup which interrupted half within 1min and now if i start mobile while charging its getting struk at 1+1 welcome screen.
I am fully confused like anything..
is it not strange that so many people (including) have started facing this issue suddenly in the past two months?
I too am facing this issue. Has anyone managed to find a fix for the issue?
praveen4u13 said:
thanks pal. yes bootloader and all is unlocked. will see about this in coming weekend.
can't this problem be fixed if i just move back to old backup?
meanwhile is there any shortcut that reduce the time frame for doing all this on existing data. If anyone knows pls share. If this is the only go then do comment will ask to close the thread.
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Did flashing cos13 fixed the issue? I'm also facing the same issue
piez97 said:
Did flashing cos13 fixed the issue? I'm also facing the same issue
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flashing and all is time waste. If u r facing similar issue as quoted by me then its a battery problem. if your battery is not changed till now and old one around 2 years or more pls change it.
I wasted lot of time in flashing and lost all my data. I wish someone would have helped me with battery change suggestion. all the best..
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flashing and all is time waste. If u r facing similar issue as quoted by me then its a battery problem. if your battery is not changed till now and old one around 2 years or more pls change it.
I wasted lot of time in flashing and lost all my data. I wish someone would have helped me with battery change suggestion. all the best..
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But the sad truth is we can't get any original / as good as original replacement. Oneplus stopped production 2years ago. I did a quick google search and found out most of the batteries are ****. As you're name suggests, I think you're from India. Can you please inform me if you find any decent batteries? I will inform you if I find anything good.
Thx
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Did flashing cos13 fixed the issue? I'm also facing the same issue
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piez97 said:
But the sad truth is we can't get any original / as good as original replacement. Oneplus stopped production 2years ago. I did a quick google search and found out most of the batteries are ****. As you're name suggests, I think you're from India. Can you please inform me if you find any decent batteries? I will inform you if I find anything good.
Thx
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yes I am from India. I would suggest you first try with replacement battery as everyone sell replacement battery. you can find any of these in ebay. In India Oneplus is ready to arrange a original one costing Rs 1800. They asked me for a week time to arrange original battery. So its upto u to decide to take new one or replacement.
praveen4u13 said:
yes I am from India. I would suggest you first try with replacement battery as everyone sell replacement battery. you can find any of these in ebay. In India Oneplus is ready to arrange a original one costing Rs 1800. They asked me for a week time to arrange original battery. So its upto u to decide to take new one or replacement.
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I contacted my nearest customer care. They said that they have to analyze the phone and it would take almost 15 days. Did you get a new battery?
praveen4u13 said:
bro one more issue started yesterday. I thought to making battery full nil and charge to 100% may help.
Before without charging connected I was able to go in twrp but not now. if i remove charging its going to restart even recovery mode also. When I went to restore old backup in TWRP mobile is auto starting even when charger is connected. but if i dont do anything its staying fine in TWRP lock screen.
without charging connected i can go into fastboot n stay for as long as i want but comp is not detecting mobile even though developer option is ON.
Yesterday thought of restoring old backup which interrupted half within 1min and now if i start mobile while charging its getting struk at 1+1 welcome screen.
I am fully confused like anything..
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Same issue, start from 3 days ago...
Without charger or power bank i can't use phone [emoji19]
My phone is old around 2.5+ year
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Me too having the same issue. Seems like OnePlus one devices have some kind of kill switch to ruin it after 2.5 years. Quite a few number of people seems to have this issue all of a sudden.

Bootloop of Death (BLOD) Pixel

after update experienced problem with BLOD.
after freezing I've managed to boot but for short time.
is there any fix that available like for nexus6p and nexus5x?
Can you get to fastboot/bootloader?
yes, except bootloader locked. can't get enough time to unlock it in settings
Tried to boot recovery from bootloader? I believe it's possible to flash a full ota image with lock bootloader, but someone correct me if i am wrong.
Cheers
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thanks for suggesting, but it wouldn't fix the phone. in order to get to recovery i still have to heat up phone to start appropriately
guotti said:
thanks for suggesting, but it wouldn't fix the phone. in order to get to recovery i still have to heat up phone to start appropriately
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Have you uhhhhhhhh /tried it/
KittyRgnarok said:
Have you uhhhhhhhh /tried it/
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yes, the phone reboots before finish
So, it is heating when you try booting bootloader and then recovery?
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yep, it won't start without heating
So it's heating itself even when booted to only bootloader?
That's very weird, never heard of that before.
When that's the case, maybe it's time for a replacement
Any warranty left maybe?
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Sgace said:
Tried to boot recovery from bootloader? I believe it's possible to flash a full ota image with lock bootloader, but someone correct me if i am wrong.
Cheers
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Bro, i also have the same problem as OP. I am able to reach recovery and i also did a OTA flash but the device is still bootlooping. Presently, I am trying to flash a factory image but my device's bootloader is locked and i cant turn on OEM unlock from developer options as its greyed out and unpressable.
Please help me in flashing the factory image, the phone has no passwords or google account signed in atm.
Thanks in advance, I will be waiting anxiously for ur reply.
Cosmic Radiation said:
Bro, i also have the same problem as OP. I am able to reach recovery and i also did a OTA flash but the device is still bootlooping. Presently, I am trying to flash a factory image but my device's bootloader is locked and i cant turn on OEM unlock from developer options as its greyed out and unpressable.
Please help me in flashing the factory image, the phone has no passwords or google account signed in atm.
Thanks in advance, I will be waiting anxiously for ur reply.
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If it's bootlooping, how did you see OEM unlock is greyed out?
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Cosmic Radiation said:
Bro, i also have the same problem as OP. I am able to reach recovery and i also did a OTA flash but the device is still bootlooping. Presently, I am trying to flash a factory image but my device's bootloader is locked and i cant turn on OEM unlock from developer options as its greyed out and unpressable.
Please help me in flashing the factory image, the phone has no passwords or google account signed in atm.
Thanks in advance, I will be waiting anxiously for ur reply.
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I have 2 Pixels that both have the same symptom. I was lucky enough to get them to boot so I could unlock the bootloader, but flashing the factory image didn't make any difference. Based on what I've seen on the Google forums, it appears some of theses devices have faulty memory which is most likely the cause of the bootloop. Both of mine have Samsung memory. I'd be curious if your device does as well.
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If it's bootlooping, how did you see OEM unlock is greyed out?
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It boots up sometimes for 2-3 mins, reaches the lockscreen etc, i can get to the settings and turn on dev tools and then i see thats its greyed out. Within 2-3mins, the device restarts again
jman315 said:
I have 2 Pixels that both have the same symptom. I was lucky enough to get them to boot so I could unlock the bootloader, but flashing the factory image didn't make any difference. Based on what I've seen on the Google forums, it appears some of theses devices have faulty memory which is most likely the cause of the bootloop. Both of mine have Samsung memory. I'd be curious if your device does as well.
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Yes, in the bootloader its written that mine also has samsung memory. Is this repairable? have you gotten yours working?
Cosmic Radiation said:
It boots up sometimes for 2-3 mins, reaches the lockscreen etc, i can get to the settings and turn on dev tools and then i see thats its greyed out. Within 2-3mins, the device restarts again
Yes, in the bootloader its written that mine also has samsung memory. Is this repairable? have you gotten yours working?
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Do you have a Verizon pixel maybe? Cause OEM unlock should not be grayed out, even with locked bootloader.
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Cosmic Radiation said:
It boots up sometimes for 2-3 mins, reaches the lockscreen etc, i can get to the settings and turn on dev tools and then i see thats its greyed out. Within 2-3mins, the device restarts again
Yes, in the bootloader its written that mine also has samsung memory. Is this repairable? have you gotten yours working?
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No, neither device is reliable or usable. Sometimes after it's been off for a while, it will power on and be functional for a short period of time. If the memory is faulty, then I believe the motherboard has to be replaced which isn't worth the cost of the repair. I may contact google support and see if they may give me a trade in credit for a pixel 2 or 3.
my pixel turned out to be verizon, i was able to unlock bootloader and flash a factory image.. The problem still exists. Bootloops are still happening:crying:
Cosmic Radiation said:
my pixel turned out to be verizon, i was able to unlock bootloader and flash a factory image.. The problem still exists. Bootloops are still happening:crying:
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Yep. Same issue here. Our devices are likely paperweights I'm afraid.
Can confirm, I woke up to an infinite bootloop this morning after applying the December security patch. Seems to be a hardware issue that just kills the phone.
Have you guys have tried to cool the phone down like putting it on top of an ice bag with saltwater, like a zip lock bag, give it a minute on top of the brine and then try? Should give you some time until you can get into the rom and tap the unlock button?

Defective ONnePlus 7 ? Help me out pls

Ok so i will try to go straight to the point.
I got OnePlus 7 that i bought from Aliexpress (8gb and 256gb) the thing is that im almost 90% sure this phone is defective.
You can use teh phone correctly for about 2 days then all of a sudden it will freeze completely and then you CANT do absolutely anything else, not even turn it off by holding power button ..
So i just left it there until it ran out of battery.
Then i charge while inside the fastboot and when i try to boot it is in a boot loop , doesnt even go into the boot animation
and to make things even more interesting i tried to wipe data guess what? The phone screen suddendly started blinking until again it ran out of battery. (you could see for a split of a second every time the screen blinks the progress bar of the wipe but it never moved from initial point).
So yea at this point is pretty obvious that something is wrong so i bought a Mi9T Pro meanwhile but i dont want this phone to go to waste.
Anyone out there has a clue of what could be? I wanna attempt to fix it myself if possible.
Aliexpress just gave a bit of the money back and the company Hongkong Goldway didnt give a f and they even go as far as to pretend they don't know what i'm saying ( the language barrier when it beneficial for them ).
This was gonna be a short explanation but i guess it was neccesary to be this long to explain correctly whats going on.
BTW: the only way yo make the phone work again for 2 days mayebe 3 is by using the MSM tool , any other method doesnt work.
also when it was working i filled the whole 256gb to kinda check the internal memory for corruption but it actually filled up without any problem so idk .
The problem isn't the phone, the problem is you. Clearly you stuffed the phone up yourself by trying to mod/root it and now you have ruined it further by flashing incorrect images to the device.
You shouldn't be coming to XDA when the fault is entirely on you, I've seen it all before.
@PriPhaze is your device stock(bootloader locked) or modified in any way?
aaycce said:
The problem isn't the phone, the problem is you. Clearly you stuffed the phone up yourself by trying to mod/root it and now you have ruined it further by flashing incorrect images to the device.
You shouldn't be coming to XDA when the fault is entirely on you, I've seen it all before.
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Really? Lol it's that the best you could say? Trying to sound smart eh ? lmao
Clearly you don't know what you saying so you are not the person I'm looking for but "thanks" for such "helpful" respond.
strongst said:
@PriPhaze is your device stock(bootloader locked) or modified in any way?
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Hi, the device is unlocked right now. I didn't install any other ROM other than OOS.
PriPhaze said:
Really? Lol it's that the best you could say? Trying to sound smart eh ? lmao
Clearly you don't know what you saying so you are not the person I'm looking for but "thanks" for such "helpful" respond.
Hi, the device is unlocked right now. I didn't install any other ROM other than OOS.
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Thank you for the reply. Is the bootloader just unlocked or do you have installed anything like twrp, magisk or others?
Which version of OxygenOS do you have?
strongst said:
Thank you for the reply. Is the bootloader just unlocked or do you have installed anything like twrp, magisk or others?
Which version of OxygenOS do you have?
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Thanks to you
Ahh yes twrp was installed but now it's inaccessible .
After the phone freezed I can no longer use twrp.
Also yes magisk was installed to restore my apps using swift backup.
OOS version is the last one available.
PriPhaze said:
Thanks to you
Ahh yes twrp was installed but now it's inaccessible .
After the phone freezed I can no longer use twrp.
Also yes magisk was installed to restore my apps using swift backup.
OOS version is the last one available.
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It might be a good idea to use unbrick tool and clean flash the stock OxygenOS, recovery and remove root to see if it behaves better.
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It might be a good idea to use unbrick tool and clean flash the stock OxygenOS, recovery and remove root to see if it behaves better.
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I did, same behaivor ; in 2 days more less it will freeze and reboot and then system will be gone.
And so i need to use MSM tool again to get it back running. The only thing i have not tried is to use a custom ROM insetad of OOS
PriPhaze said:
I did, same behaivor ; in 2 days more less it will freeze and reboot and then system will be gone.
And so i need to use MSM tool again to get it back running. The only thing i have not tried is to use a custom ROM insetad of OOS
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Maybe I did not understand correctly: Did you tried the stock rom without unlocking the bootloader and magisk? Or did you immediately unlock and install magisk immediately and then test?
The stock rom is stable and should work, otherwise a hardware issue can be the problem why you have those issues.
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Maybe I did not understand correctly: Did you tried the stock rom without unlocking the bootloader and magisk? Or did you immediately unlock and install magisk immediately and then test?
The stock rom is stable and should work, otherwise a hardware issue can be the problem why you have those issues.
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Yea tried with locked bootloader and then unlocked .
So yea maybe i wasn't clear enough but what i meant with the first post is that im 90% sure that here is a hardware issue but i dont really know what could be and there is not repair service in my country.
Thats why the only option i have left is to figure out what is wrong and change that part.
Iwas hoping someone could guide me to figure out which part i need to change.
PriPhaze said:
Yea tried with locked bootloader and then unlocked .
So yea maybe i wasn't clear enough but what i meant with the first post is that im 90% sure that here is a hardware issue but i dont really know what could be and there is not repair service in my country.
Thats why the only option i have left is to figure out what is wrong and change that part.
Iwas hoping someone could guide me to figure out which part i need to change.
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Hmm, I can't tell you which part to exchange cause it can be the processor, flash for example which you cannot exchange. Battery might be an option, but that's not really the culprit imo...
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Hmm, I can't tell you which part to exchange cause it can be the processor, flash for example which you cannot exchange. Battery might be an option, but that's not really the culprit imo...
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Well in any case the cpu and internal memory are in the same board no? so that probably means i would need to change the whole board wich is 250US
PriPhaze said:
Well in any case the cpu and internal memory are in the same board no? so that probably means i would need to change the whole board wich is 250US
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Yes, everything is on board. It's the worst case for, sadly...
Or you buy a device with broken screen and exchange the board /display. Depends how much you have to spent for this at all.
PriPhaze said:
Ok so i will try to go straight to the point.
I got OnePlus 7 that i bought from Aliexpress (8gb and 256gb) the thing is that im almost 90% sure this phone is defective.
You can use teh phone correctly for about 2 days then all of a sudden it will freeze completely and then you CANT do absolutely anything else, not even turn it off by holding power button ..
So i just left it there until it ran out of battery.
Then i charge while inside the fastboot and when i try to boot it is in a boot loop , doesnt even go into the boot animation
and to make things even more interesting i tried to wipe data guess what? The phone screen suddendly started blinking until again it ran out of battery. (you could see for a split of a second every time the screen blinks the progress bar of the wipe but it never moved from initial point).
So yea at this point is pretty obvious that something is wrong so i bought a Mi9T Pro meanwhile but i dont want this phone to go to waste.
Anyone out there has a clue of what could be? I wanna attempt to fix it myself if possible.
Aliexpress just gave a bit of the money back and the company Hongkong Goldway didnt give a f and they even go as far as to pretend they don't know what i'm saying ( the language barrier when it beneficial for them ).
This was gonna be a short explanation but i guess it was neccesary to be this long to explain correctly whats going on.
BTW: the only way yo make the phone work again for 2 days mayebe 3 is by using the MSM tool , any other method doesnt work.
also when it was working i filled the whole 256gb to kinda check the internal memory for corruption but it actually filled up without any problem so idk .
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Ah yes, the common misconception that power shuts it off. Nope, not this phone. You have to hold power and volume up together to power off the phone when it crashes. Make sure you're using the latest platform tools (adb/fasboot) to unlock your phone. Make sure oem unlocking is enabled in developer settings after you've unlocked, having it disabled for some reason does screwy things. Mine was disabled once when I downgraded to Android 9 using the all in one tool available on xda, I thought I bricked the phone because it wouldn't boot after a reboot. Flash the latest oos twice through the system local upgrade feature, this will put the current oos on all partitions. Use the correct twrp, the unified versions found on xda 3.3.1-75 and 3.3.1-76 work well for me. The installer zip for those can be used in magisk to flash twrp after an OTA update before reboot. So, local upgrade 100% -> magisk modules "+" twrp 3.3.1-75 unified installer zip -> reboot to recovery -> flash magisk 20.3 at least (20.4 is available now). Do this twice so that everything is the same version on all the partitions. Lastly restore apps with swift backup without data, I know it's not ideal but may be necessary because some app's data may be corrupt and causing this. Good luck. Of course at any time you have it running you can reboot in safe mode (touch and hold restart until the dialogue pops up) and see how long you can use it without any third party apps to confirm that it is an app you installed.
Man I had the exact same problem as you and I got it fixed this morning after nights of fastboot commands trial and error found this thread forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7/how-to/rom-stock-fastboot-roms-oneplus-7-t3937478
Tried a few times before it worked but saved my phone all I had was fastboot mode and no recovery make sure to manually flash all fastboot commands you will then get stock recovery back wipe using all 3 options go 1st 2nd 3rd and then 1st wipe again after reboot phone might hang just force reboot and fixed
I really appreciate all the replies really but hmm im guessing there's a misunderstanding on what im saying.
I do know how to flash and recover one plus devices using MSM tool if neccesary, also to flash the fastboot rom .
The thing here is that everytime i recover the phone and all seems stable and working good , after a2 days more less it will random freeze of death and you cant even reboot holding power button NOTHING! is completely freezed.
So yea, thats pretty much it, i have tried already all that you said so far :c.

Pixel 5 Bricked

Hello all,
I did a big mistake, I wanted to go back from DP 3 to Android 11 and once I was going to do the CMD steps, I downloaded the wrong Firmware for the Pixel 5
I didnt see that mistake until I started the steps and the phone turned off and did not turn on anymore.
I know I made a big mistake, but can I do to revert this? I try to restart the phone but nothing, not via power button for 10 or 20 or 30 sec.
Please help
vlc_marcos said:
Hello all,
I did a big mistake, I wanted to go back from DP 3 to Android 11 and once I was going to do the CMD steps, I downloaded the wrong Firmware for the Pixel 5
I didnt see that mistake until I started the steps and the phone turned off and did not turn on anymore.
I know I made a big mistake, but can I do to revert this? I try to restart the phone but nothing, not via power button for 10 or 20 or 30 sec.
Please help
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vlc_marcos said:
I downloaded the wrong Firmware for the Pixel 5
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So you used a firmware that was older or one that was for a different device?
Is the bootloader unlocked?
What exactly did you download?
Does the phone charge?
l7777 said:
So you used a firmware that was older or one that was for a different device?
Is the bootloader unlocked?
What exactly did you download?
Does the phone charge?
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I used the firmware of pixel 4a 5g and I wanted to go from DP3 to android 11.
I cannot see the phone charging . I try long press in any of the buttons and different combinations and nothing. Zero signs of life
vlc_marcos said:
I used the firmware of pixel 4a 5g and I wanted to go from DP3 to android 11.
I cannot see the phone charging . I try long press in any of the buttons and different combinations and nothing. Zero signs of life
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when its plugged into a computer does the computer see it at all?
thewraith420 said:
when its plugged into a computer does the computer see it at all?
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not at all is there some kind of hard unbrick??
vlc_marcos said:
not at all is there some kind of hard unbrick??
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Unfortunately i think your only option will be to send it in to google at this point.. wish you luck though maybe someone has an idea.
thewraith420 said:
Unfortunately i think your only option will be to send it in to google at this point.. wish you luck though maybe someone has an idea.
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Mine bricked about a month ago and Google suggested uBreakiFix. They tried to do a force flash on it but it didn't work. They ended up replacing the motherboard which fixed it, but now my proximity sensor is always on. I don't know if they can fix that or if it will require another motherboard.
I have same problem, but i can go to bootloader. The problem my phone is locked bootloader and i don't have recovery mode. And when i try to flash it because of locked bootloader i can't do anything. Is there any solution for unbrick locked bootloader?
p_a_r_s_a7 said:
I have same problem, but i can go to bootloader. The problem my phone is locked bootloader and i don't have recovery mode. And when i try to flash it because of locked bootloader i can't do anything. Is there any solution for unbrick locked bootloader?
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Did you use any special way to even turn on the phone or reach the bootloader?
vlc_marcos said:
Did you use any special way to even turn on the phone or reach the bootloader?
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I did everything, unfortunately my bootloader is locked and that's problem. With locked bootloader i can't do anything. I had same problems with other phones before and i could unbrick. But for pixel devices i can't find some tool to unbrick.
p_a_r_s_a7 said:
I did everything, unfortunately my bootloader is locked and that's problem. With locked bootloader i can't do anything. I had same problems with other phones before and i could unbrick. But for pixel devices i can't find some tool to unbrick.
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how did you end up with it like that with bootloader locked? what caused it?
I have the same issue like p_a_r_s_a7 with my Pixel 5.
Only fastboot mode: can't find valid operating system
After flashing the 'right' OTA image for Android 12 DP3 the device cannot be restored anymore.
The image was successfully flashed by 'adb sideload' as recommended.
Seems that a locked bootloader is not 100% save from 'flashed to death'
600 EURO paperwight.
I had this same issue on my 4a 5g and after many hours I managed to fix it. I don't recall exactly but I went through every option of flashing stock via fastboot and android flash tool it eventually worked this was 2 months ago
Cj719 said:
I had this same issue on my 4a 5g and after many hours I managed to fix it. I don't recall exactly but I went through every option of flashing stock via fastboot and android flash tool it eventually worked this was 2 months ago
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But you could reach fastboot right?
Cj719 said:
I had this same issue on my 4a 5g and after many hours I managed to fix it. I don't recall exactly but I went through every option of flashing stock via fastboot and android flash tool it eventually worked this was 2 months ago
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Android flash tool immediately detect the locked bootloader and stopped without flashing.
I've tried to check/uncheck every option but no luck. I've used Windows 10.
Did you used the common USB driver requested by Android flash tool ?
Anything else that could be special, eg Linux environment ( what distro, version .. )
Any detail could help..
speo said:
Android flash tool immediately detect the locked bootloader and stopped without flashing.
I've tried to check/uncheck every option but no luck. I've used Windows 10.
Did you used the common USB driver requested by Android flash tool ?
Anything else that could be special, eg Linux environment ( what distro, version .. )
Any detail could help..
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Windows 10 laptop, adb minimal drivers, made sure device was detected, attempted through fastboot and android flash tool, that's the only things I remember my apologies.
speo said:
I have the same issue like p_a_r_s_a7 with my Pixel 5.
Only fastboot mode: can't find valid operating system
After flashing the 'right' OTA image for Android 12 DP3 the device cannot be restored anymore.
The image was successfully flashed by 'adb sideload' as recommended.
Seems that a locked bootloader is not 100% save from 'flashed to death'
600 EURO paperwight.
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I send back to Google, i couldn't fix it
Cj719 said:
Windows 10 laptop, adb minimal drivers, made sure device was detected, attempted through fastboot and android flash tool, that's the only things I remember my apologies.
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thank you anyway, it was a little light on the horizon at least ;-)
p_a_r_s_a7 said:
I send back to Google, i couldn't fix it
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have you been charged ?
Mine is from another dealer, will see..

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