Hi Guys,
Im new to the forums so i hope this is the right place for this post
I have a hardbricked oneplus one 64GB.
I have read and followed mutiple guides here and on youtube on how ot unbrick it.
But in every guide i followed mine "failed" at the same step.
When i start the "oneplus one recovery tool" or Msm8974DownloadTool this happens; (cant seem to use a link so ill try to explain it).
It starts with one green bar, when that is finished it stops an i hear the disconnected device sound.
I am currently on Win 10 but i also tried it on WinXP since mutiple posts suggested hat it would work better, but that also didnt help.
I also tried diffrent drivers (oneplus driver from the color zip), google multi driver, qualcomm driver etc.
Hope someone can help
Tiic said:
Hi Guys,
Im new to the forums so i hope this is the right place for this post
I have a hardbricked oneplus one 64GB.
I have read and followed mutiple guides here and on youtube on how ot unbrick it.
But in every guide i followed mine "failed" at the same step.
When i start the "oneplus one recovery tool" or Msm8974DownloadTool this happens; (cant seem to use a link so ill try to explain it).
It starts with one green bar, when that is finished it stops an i hear the disconnected device sound.
I am currently on Win 10 but i also tried it on WinXP since mutiple posts suggested hat it would work better, but that also didnt help.
I also tried diffrent drivers (oneplus driver from the color zip), google multi driver, qualcomm driver etc.
Hope someone can help
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How your device got bricked?
Which recovery tool you tried?
Mr.Ak said:
How your device got bricked?
Which recovery tool you tried?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't have all the info since i got the phone from a "friend" who was about to throw it out, but ill do my best to provide accurate info
According to the privious owner the flashing of a custom rom or recovery went wrong and it ended up in it's current state.
The recovery tools i tried are;
- Oneplus one recovery tool by; Zyxxeil
- Oneplus one toolkit 1.5 by Manudroid19
- Msm8974DownloadTool
Tiic said:
I don't have all the info since i got the phone from a "friend" who was about to throw it out, but ill do my best to provide accurate info
According to the privious owner the flashing of a custom rom or recovery went wrong and it ended up in it's current state.
The recovery tools i tried are;
- Oneplus one recovery tool by; Zyxxeil
- Oneplus one toolkit 1.5 by Manudroid19
- Msm8974DownloadTool
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Use the one with cm11s by Zyxxeil.Use Xp and use Qualcomm drivers,as this tool doesn't use fast boot/adb drivers and instead uses USB debugging port.
It need a few tries before device getting detected.
Make sure the device is getting recognized as "Qhs_bulk" or "Qualcomm diagnostics 9006" or some thing like that then install drivers manually.Also try different ports and refresh the toolkit. Open the toolkit with administrator rights.
Hope this helps
Mr.Ak said:
Use the one with cm11s by Zyxxeil.Use Xp and use Qualcomm drivers,as this tool doesn't use fast boot/adb drivers and instead uses USB debugging port.
It need a few tries before device getting detected.
Make sure the device is getting recognized as "Qhs_bulk" or "Qualcomm diagnostics 9006" or some thing like that then install drivers manually.Also try different ports and refresh the toolkit. Open the toolkit with administrator rights.
Hope this helps
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm on windows xp now.
Made a clean install to be sure.
Phone is connected as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008
The Zyxxeil tool recognizes it as a com port.
When i press start, it starts flashing 8974_msimage.mbn
When it finishes it just does the same. It looks like it's stuck on a loop at flashing 8974_msimage.mbn
I would post some pictures but i can't since im a new user
Edit; It is the same as this guy; youtube (dot) com/watch?v=TOw3-yX57jM
Flashing 8974_msimage.mbn nin a loop.... you're not the only one with this problem. I couldn't find a solution to this problem so far. Have tried fresh installs of Windows XP and Windows 7 and drivers installed in Test Mode without success. Please report back once you could figure out what's wrong.
Tiic said:
I'm on windows xp now.
Made a clean install to be sure.
Phone is connected as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008
The Zyxxeil tool recognizes it as a com port.
When i press start, it starts flashing 8974_msimage.mbn
When it finishes it just does the same. It looks like it's stuck on a loop at flashing 8974_msimage.mbn
I would post some pictures but i can't since im a new user
Edit; It is the same as this guy; youtube (dot) com/watch?v=TOw3-yX57jM
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Got it,it's because of a bad download or corrupt zip perhaps.Redownload the toolkit and also try with Color Os toolkit too.
If your device is recognized then there's no way you can't bring it back to life.
Mr.Ak said:
Got it,it's because of a bad download or corrupt zip perhaps.Redownload the toolkit and also try with Color Os toolkit too.
If your device is recognized then there's no way you can't bring it back to life.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just redownloaded the tools and tried again.
Still the same issue, i also tried the color os toolkit like you suggested.
I have the same issue too, keep installing 8974_msimage.mbn again and again.
I'm still open for sugestions since the issue is still there
Right click msm tool, and RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR.
Problem solved.
kthejoker20 said:
Right click msm tool, and RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR.
Problem solved.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Although it is correct that you must run it as admin, this isn't the issue at all. There are phones that appear to be broken beyond the point where you can fix it with software.
MrBrainstorm said:
Although it is correct that you must run it as admin, this isn't the issue at all..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yep, i always run tools like this as admin, the issue is something else in this case, but i wouldn't know what exactly
I may have found a solution/work-around to the problem described (in case anyone's still trying to unbrick a OPO after all this time). I must warn, however, that I really have no idea what I'm doing as I'm new to all of this, and have blundered through with no real understanding of what's going on, so pay heed at your own risk. It uses Qualcomm's QFIL program and Zyxxeil's OPO unbricking tool. I want give detail in describing the steps involved, so this will be fairly long.
***background***
My 64GB OPO has for the past couple of months almost always failed to get past the first 6-7 seconds of booting, and powered off before reaching the Cyanogen animation. It did the same when booting into fastboot and recovery, and at some point it stopped being able to access recovery at all. Very rarely it would boot, but pressing the power button while it was on would cause it to crash a few seconds later. I discovered that it would consistently boot properly if volume up were tapped while holding down the power button before it vibrates and the OnePlus logo appears, but this fix simply stopped working recently, and so it became impossible to turn the OPO on. Before giving up on it, I decided it would be worth trying the hard unbricking tool based on the ColorOS installer by Zyxxeil. However, I had the problem where the tool continually repeats the step of flashing 8974_msimage.mbn without progressing any further, to which nobody ever seemed to find a solution. I may have found a way to get around the problem, however.
Even though the procedure seems to have worked, the phone still shuts down after a few seconds as it did before (so I suspect my device has a hardware problem, possibly with the power button, and there's nothing that can be done for it). This means that I can't confirm that the fix actually works, but only that it appears to have worked. What it did was:
1) unbricked the phone - it probably wasn't even bricked before, but it definitely was after the installer hung on 8974_msimage.mbn ; it wouldn't respond to the power button at all afterwards. Applying the workaround allowed it to show signs of life again.
2) installed the COS11 fastboot. I'm not sure and can't tell whether the rest of the OS is there or intact, but the fastboot logo has changed from the newer small one to the bigger one from older versions.
***the problem***
The standard method for dealing with a hard-bricked OPO is to use the ColorOS tool as described in the "[GUIDE] [UNBRICK] Unbrick Oneplus One" thread and then flash Cyanogen, or to use Zyxxeil's tool which goes straight there. A common issue in both is that after pressing start, the tools repeat the step of flashing 8974_msimage.mbn , seemingly disconnecting the phone each time, and never progressing beyond that. This happened to me as well. This will happen if the tool is not run as an administrator, but for some people the same problem is seen even if it's run as an administrator. To the best of my knowledge, nobody has posted a solution to this problem, but some have suggested using alternative methods such as using QFIL (which I have gotten to work) or MiFlash.
***potential solution***
From what I understand, QFIL does the same thing as the unbricking tool, only not automatically. I directed it to use the files provided by Zyxxeil's tool, and it was then able to do something that unbricked the device as described above. This is what I did: (all on Windows 10, *not* using the original cable)
Required files:
1) Obtain the Qualcomm QDLoader driver. I used the the Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 2.1.0.5 x64 driver from Zyxxeil's tool's thread (page 5, #48).
2) Download Zyxxeil's tool. I used the 64GB version. Extract DRIVER.iso and run setup.exe as described. I'm not sure whether this actually did anything and presume manually installing the driver in 1) overrides this, but I'm including this for completeness.
3) Download QFIL version 1.0.0.2 . I originally used 2.0.0.5 , but this did not work (it produced the error "unable to read packet header. only read 0 bytes", to which the recommended solution was to use an older version). This can be run from the extracted folder. Open it once, and then close it again - it seems not to behave properly the first time it is run.
Preparation:
4) Create a new folder, for instance on the desktop, and give it a short name. Copy and paste (or just move) the contents of the "OnePlusRestoreTool" folder from Zyxxeil's tool into here. This step is because QFIL supposedly doesn't like long folder names or locations (I'm not sure whether this is true or not but there's no harm in making sure).
5) Install the QDloader driver: (the PC may need to be disconnected from the internet for this stage, I think Windows may try to automatically download and install incorrect drivers)
>Open device manager, then plug the OPO into the computer. It should come up after a few seconds under "Ports (COM & LPT)" as something like QHSUSB_BULK or Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008. Mine originally showed up as "Quectel QDLoader 9008". If it comes up as a malfunctioned device ("Unknown USB Device") under "Universal Serial Bus controllers", try holding the power button on the OPO down for a few seconds, or holding it down for a few seconds at the same time as volume up. If it's still not recognised, try rebooting the PC and repeating this step.
>Right click on the device as it appears in device manager, select "Uninstall device", tick the box saying "Delete the driver software for this device", and click on "Uninstall".
>The OPO will disappear from device manager. Unplug and then replug it into the PC, and after a few seconds it should be recognised again, perhaps as "Unknown USB Device" again, requiring the same procedure as above. It should now show up as QHSUSB_BULK under "Ports (COM & LPT)"
>Right click on the device and select "Update driver", then "Browse my computer for driver software". Paste in the file path for the folder containing the driver as downloaded above, which will be called "20561190_ed08f7139a2028da454a6668162f44ac311facc0" if using the driver specified above. Ensure "Include subfolders" is ticked, and click on Next. This should install the driver, and because it's signed, it shouldn't present problems often encountered in this stage. Your device should now be called "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008", with (COM#) after it.
Fix:
6) Restart the PC, leaving the phone plugged in. Open device manager again. At this point, if it is detected as a malfunctioned "Unknown USB Device", do not try to remedy it as described above - leave it as it is. This is exactly what happened in my case.
7) Run QFIL.exe as an administrator. I don't know whether this is actually necessary to run as an administrator, but seeing as problems arise in the normal methods from not doing so, it seems sensible. If the device is listed as "Unknown USB Device", then QFIL should say "No Port Available".
8) In QFIL, click on "Browse" in the "select programmer" section. Navigate to the folder where the contents of Zyxxeil's tool were copied/moved to, and open "prog_emmc_firehose_8979.mbn". Lower down, click on "Load XML", which should give you three files to choose from. As I couldn't fully boot my OPO afterwards I don't know which one is most appropriate, but I have tried the procedure with each and it worked for all of them. Perhaps start with rawprogram_unsparse.xml and if that doesn't work try the other two. Click Open, then select patch0.xml , then click Open again.
9) Paying attention to the QFIL window, hold down power+volume up until the text changes from "No Port Available" to "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM#). Incidentally, this will also cause the device to change from "Unrecognised USB Device" to "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM#)" in device manager. I believe that this step starts "Qualcomm's debugging mode" as explained in Zyxxeil's thread, and this is necessary for the process to work.
10) Click on "Download" (below "Load XML"). QFIL should do its thing, and if nothing has gone wrong the phone might be unbricked at the end of the process. Disconnect from the PC and see if it works.
In my experience, where this step did not work it gave one of two errors:
"unable to read packet header. only read 0 bytes" - this happens on the newer version of QFIL, which is why I used the older one.
"unable to download flash programmer using sahara protocol" - this was the troublesome one. I believe it means that the phone is not in Qualcomm's debugging mode. This would probably be the case if, for whatever reason, the PC recognised the phone immediately as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008, and so it wasn't necessary to hold power+volume up for the PC to recognise it properly. In my case the program ran properly the first time but was interrupted because I hadn't transferred all of the right files to the target folder. After I had done this and tried again, it gave this error. I fixed this by holding down power+volume up, while the device was recognised, until the PC made a sound indicating something had been plugged in. The next attempt to download was successful.
If the procedure doesn't work properly, it might also be worth using one of the other two XML files mentioned in step 9.
*** ***
Anyway, after hours of searching and trial and error, this unbricked the phone, with it becoming responsive once more to button presses, despite still having the original problem of powering down during boot. It seems to have the CM11 fastboot as expected, and I was able to have my PC recognise it in the short time it stays on using fastboot devices. Other than that, I'm afraid I don't know how successful this was, or how successful it would be for other people. I hope this is useful nonetheless!
hi follow this guide https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-unbrick-oneplus-one-t3013732
So i recently did some sh*t with my 7 Pro and bricked it :
- Once it has started, it successively displays the TWRP logo and a black screen
- I can only boot into fastboot mode
In order to resolve this I tried two different solutions :
- The Mega Unbrick Guide for A Hard Bricked OnePlus 7 Pro : https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/...ide-for-a-hard-bricked-oneplus-7-pro.1041896/
- The Tool all in one
For the first solution, MSM Tool doesn't work. I'm stuck in Param preload, even though I have the QC and OP drivers installed (I see Qualcomm HS USB ...... under COMs and Ports)
For the second one, the tool can see the phone when it boots indefinitely with TWRP logo but when I want to restore the phone, it goes in fastboot mode and from this moment the phone is no longer detected by the PC (the terminal displays "waiting for device") making it impossible for my computer to interact with my phone.
Anyone have a suggestion / solution ?
Lots of time there a driver conflict ,causing there peram preload error, make sure there are no other Qualcomm drivers active at this time. Also sence u can get into fastboot or TWRP, this still leave lots of flashing options. Just find a fastboot pack with a all.bat to flash. Also lots of the boot ishues are to do with the a and b slot not matching up. What works the best is a format reboot flash a reboot them flash b. To make both slot match up.
I followed this tutorial. Qualcomm drivers worked briefly for detecting my device initially. I unplugged, opened up the MSM tool and went to plug the phone back in to begin the process, no luck. Now when I check device drivers it shows this error (Device Descriptor Request Failed). Does anyone have any experience with how to fix, its driving me nuts.
lukebukowiec said:
I followed this tutorial. Qualcomm drivers worked briefly for detecting my device initially. I unplugged, opened up the MSM tool and went to plug the phone back in to begin the process, no luck. Now when I check device drivers it shows this error (Device Descriptor Request Failed). Does anyone have any experience with how to fix, its driving me nuts.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Keep at it.
I spent two days unbricking a 7T when it happened. Take 2/3 tutorials and see that every condition is met. Don't forget to look for the proper Qualcomm pilots, you might need to update them manually. (If I didn't know any better I'd say that your problem here)
The drivers you're looking for are named QDLoader something.
I know it should work because I did it on the One plus 9 if my memory serves me right, you just need to follow through and make sure that you also have the right MSM tool.
Pay attention to small details like the phone might be crashing on the start you should restart accordingly, or maybe you're not pressing the right volume button (was it up + power? I don't remember) and see what your computer sees plugged in.
Use more than one USB cable just in case but seems unlikely.
I followed this procedure since the one you referenced the google docs link would never download for me: https://www.droidwin.com/unbrick-oneplus-9-pro-msm-download-tool/
I had to use the alternate method to get to EDL mode in that tutorial since the normal one did not work. I also had to uncheck the box that said something about SHA256 before it would say Waiting.
Hello people, unfortunately, I bricked my phone and am stuck trying to unbrick it.
How the bricking happened:
I bricked my OP 8T when I tried to update my OS from Lineage OS 18.1 (Android 11) to 19.1 (Android 12) following this guide: Official Upgrade Guide, I installed the firmware according to Firmware Upgrade Guide.
I can access neither recovery mode nor fast boot mode, adb doesn't work anymore, and I can't boot into Lineage either.
So the bricking occurred at step 7 in the first guide when rebooting to recovery. Note: I was surprised that the guide does not mention also flashing the recovery image in step 6 (it is an .img file not .zip). So I didn't flash the 19.1 recovery image but only the Lineage OS. Maybe that was a mistake.
Unbricking steps I tried:
I followed this guide for the unbricking procedure and this guide for installing the Qualcomm driver.
In the device manager, my device is correctly shown under ports as Qualcomm HS-USB QLoader 9008 (COM3).
I put my phone into EDL mode and it says connected in the MSMDownload Tool. When I now press "start" it says "Open Serial Device Failed". Edit: after rebooting pressing the start button now gets me "Sahara Communication Failed, Please try again after power off phone (PBL:6)"
I tried different versions of the MSM Download tool (the Europe versions, the global versions, and even the newer one of the TMobile versions from the above link), all with the same error message "Open Serial Device Failed".
I tried many different USB ports USB 2 and 3 under Windows 10.
Now I'm out of ideas on what to try.
Can anyone help me?
Cheers,
Alex
Yeah, that happened to me too. Obviously the LOS guides are missing something.
The only way out is to abandon all the data and Msm to stock...
You don't have to try different versions of MsmTools, you can only use the one which matches your hardware.
Pick yours from these:
[OP8T][OOS KB05AA/BA/DA] Unbrick tool to restore your device to OxygenOS
Disclaimer: By attempting any of the processes listed in this thread you accept full responsibility for your actions. I will not be held responsible if your device stops working, catches fire, or turns into a hipster and claims to have been...
forum.xda-developers.com
[OP8T][OOS TMO KB09CB] Unbrick tool to restore your device to OxygenOS
Disclaimer: By attempting any of the processes listed in this thread you accept full responsibility for your actions. I will not be held responsible if your device stops working, catches fire, or turns into a hipster and claims to have been...
forum.xda-developers.com
About your Sahara error, try these steps:
1. Uninstall any driver completely you've installed manually;
2. Plug-in your device while it's under EDL mode, and ask Windows to check for update;
3. Install the driver from Windows update from "Advance Options" - "Optional Updates";
(Or from here [ https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=qualcomm hs usb 9008 ])
4. Press phone power button for over 1 minute and try to reboot it into EDL mode again;
5. Try EDL flash again.
My phone is now unbricked again. I used a friend's computer and followed some scattered hints. I used another USB cable, a USB 2 slot on a 64bit Windows with an Intel processor. There the MSM Download tool worked without a problem.
Hi everybody,
I've Oneplus 8t kb2003 updated to the last ota firmware 13.1.
I tried to downgrade it to 13 by flashing full OTA payload.bin using fastboot enhance app but unfortunately the device is bricked.
Usually when such thing happen I boot the EDL mode and use msm tool to unbrick it which worked for me couple years before but for some reason the device is not detected at all on EDL mode!
The device manager not showing any thing called qualcomm even the msm tool not detecting any thing.
I tried to redownload the qualcomm driver and followed all instructions in this link , used 3rd party cables and the original cable and changed ports but nothing happens
It's like the phone is completely dead
any ideas how to get out of this mess ?
Reo0o said:
Hi everybody,
I've Oneplus 8t kb2003 updated to the last ota firmware 13.1.
I tried to downgrade it to 13 by flashing full OTA payload.bin using fastboot enhance app but unfortunately the device is bricked.
Usually when such thing happen I boot the EDL mode and use msm tool to unbrick it which worked for me couple years before but for some reason the device is not detected at all on EDL mode!
The device manager not showing any thing called qualcomm even the msm tool not detecting any thing.
I tried to redownload the qualcomm driver and followed all instructions in this link , used 3rd party cables and the original cable and changed ports but nothing happens
It's like the phone is completely dead
any ideas how to get out of this mess ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Install all the necessary drivers and use MSM tool to restore your phone.
[OP8T][OOS KB05AA/BA/DA] Unbrick tool to restore your device to OxygenOS
Disclaimer: By attempting any of the processes listed in this thread you accept full responsibility for your actions. I will not be held responsible if your device stops working, catches fire, or turns into a hipster and claims to have been...
forum.xda-developers.com
P.S: Don't use fastboot enhance app, as it wasn't updated for quite some time and was reason of bricking several phones after flashing.
If you used Fastboot Enhance it could have flashed the wrong xbl file for your RAM type. If is it so, the only thing you can try is a deep flash cable or shorting the test pins on the motherboard.