Brick - No fastboot - EDL only - Set active slot? - ZTE Axon 10 Pro Questions & Answers

I have not one, but two bricks. I bought one to unbrick the other, but the reverse happened. Using the EDL tool from this forum, I made a full and then an all backup and tried to use it to unbrick the other. No success. Now I cannot enter fastboot on either device, but both will enter EDL. I think at least one will fastboot if I can switch the active a/b slot.
Can the active a/b slot be switched via a command in the edl mode? Or is there another way to switch the active slot on a brick without fastboot access? Thank you

I already had that you have to put in the edl tool Then unlock bootloader and then you can go back to fastboot mode, it is because the files abl.elf have to be flashed to have fastboot
but to avoid the brick you have to flash all then boot the mobile phone and best an official Rom flash then back ...in edl Tool .... if you have an A2020G the 1.6 edl firmware helps you continue flashing and then you can lineage OS and then everything else flash what you want
Here ist the Link of 1.6 A2020Gpro Firmware: yadi.sk/d/0d8uKQ1nEd8ZVA

noobstyle1337 said:
I already had that you have to put in the edl tool Then unlock bootloader and then you can go back to fastboot mode, it is because the files abl.elf have to be flashed to have fastboot
but to avoid the brick you have to flash all then boot the mobile phone and best an official Rom flash then back ...in edl Tool .... if you have an A2020G the 1.6 edl firmware helps you continue flashing and then you can lineage OS and then everything else flash what you want
Here ist the Link of 1.6 A2020Gpro Firmware: yadi.sk/d/0d8uKQ1nEd8ZVA
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Thank you for your answer.
I have tried flashing both phones with the following:
1) Full edl from newly purshased phone with v1.1
2) All edl from newly purchased phone with v1.1
3) A2020G v1.6 pro firmware
4) Several other firmwares which the edl would not accept as valid.
None of these worked. Actually, they made things worse. I cannot not even get to fastboot anymore. They both used to give a splash screen that quickly looped. Even that is now gone. Pressing any combination of buttons results in absolutely nothing or edl mode.
The only conclusion that I can make is one of two things:
1) Bricked both all hope
2) edl flashes that I am using are set up for A slot, when the phone is trying to use B slot. I thought when one slot was unbootable it would automatically switch to the other but that doesn't seem to be happening.
Does anyone know of a way to force the phone to boot to the other slot from edl mode? OR some flag that I can edit to switch the slots? OR some command that I can issue to switch slots using fh_loader.exe or emmcdl.exe or another edl tool?

There's no command to switch active slots that I know of and I've gone into the source on fh_loader.
What phone version do you have? Is there some reason you didn't download the EDL tools I uploaded recently instead? The original EDL tool has a few bugs. Read the newer EDL tool thread for some helpful information related to unbricking.
The fact that you aren't getting a ZTE logo at all indicates that you do not have a mixed up slot a/b situation anyway. It probably means you need to fix your AOP files. Of course the original EDL tool doesn't really let you do that. If you have the US version you can use the tools I uploaded to target just the AOP files and try restoring them from your original backup... either the a or b slot one should work.
Make sure you keep your original ALL/FULL backups (both) from the EDL tool, they're probably 99% good and you'll be doing yourself a favor not to delete or modify them.
groundslug said:
Thank you for your answer.
I have tried flashing both phones with the following:
1) Full edl from newly purshased phone with v1.1
2) All edl from newly purchased phone with v1.1
3) A2020G v1.6 pro firmware
4) Several other firmwares which the edl would not accept as valid.
None of these worked. Actually, they made things worse. I cannot not even get to fastboot anymore. They both used to give a splash screen that quickly looped. Even that is now gone. Pressing any combination of buttons results in absolutely nothing or edl mode.
The only conclusion that I can make is one of two things:
1) Bricked both all hope
2) edl flashes that I am using are set up for A slot, when the phone is trying to use B slot. I thought when one slot was unbootable it would automatically switch to the other but that doesn't seem to be happening.
Does anyone know of a way to force the phone to boot to the other slot from edl mode? OR some flag that I can edit to switch the slots? OR some command that I can issue to switch slots using fh_loader.exe or emmcdl.exe or another edl tool?
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You can only change the slots if you are in Fastboot. You have doing it wrong ... if you have an A2020G you can flash the firmware ... if you have the A2020u version then you should ... flash the correct one
so in itself quite simple .... flash edl firmware and then unlock .. then you boot into the fastboot mode and then you have to use these lines
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
Then
fastboot --set-active=a
in any case you have to unlock to access the fastboot menu
then you should be able to boot
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remember to flash Android 9 edl firmware because otherwise the unlock won't work
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also remember that some firmwares have to be in the flash folder or in the backup folder if it doesn't work

bobthenormal said:
What phone version do you have? Is there some reason you didn't download the EDL tools I uploaded recently instead? The original EDL tool has a few bugs. Read the newer EDL tool thread for some helpful information related to unbricking.
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A2020U on both.
Many thanks for your edl tools! The problem was at least very close to what I thought. Active slot a. Fix bootable partition on your edl tools brought both back to their previous state. (This a/b slot scheme is intentionally over complicated and for modders makes bricks instead of preventing them.) The newly purchased phone is now unlocked and bootable into v1.1. I will proceed with lineage next. The old phone is still a brick with a locked bootloader, but it has fastboot now. I keep you posted. Other life duties call at the moment. Thanks!

groundslug said:
A2020U on both.
Many thanks for your edl tools! The problem was at least very close to what I thought. Active slot a. Fix bootable partition on your edl tools brought both back to their previous state. (This a/b slot scheme is intentionally over complicated and for modders makes bricks instead of preventing them.) The newly purchased phone is now unlocked and bootable into v1.1. I will proceed with lineage next. The old phone is still a brick with a locked bootloader, but it has fastboot now. I keep you posted. Other life duties call at the moment. Thanks!
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It's great to hear I was able to help save from that terrible bricked feeling!
For the 2nd phone - you can try this to unlock it manually without getting it to boot... First do a full backup using my EDL tool. Then use the "FRP" tool I included to write an "unlocked" version of the FRP partition. Then go into fastboot and do the unlock manually - I think it's "fastboot flashing unlock".. but just search to make sure that's right.
Otherwise.. I'm slow but I'll eventually upload the locked stock ROMs.

bobthenormal said:
It's great to hear I was able to help save from that terrible bricked feeling!
For the 2nd phone - you can try this to unlock it manually without getting it to boot... First do a full backup using my EDL tool. Then use the "FRP" tool I included to write an "unlocked" version of the FRP partition. Then go into fastboot and do the unlock manually - I think it's "fastboot flashing unlock".. but just search to make sure that's right.
Otherwise.. I'm slow but I'll eventually upload the locked stock ROMs.
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Both are unlocked now, thank you!
I am still having trouble getting lineage OS to go though. Here's the steps I follow:
1) Fashboot flash twrp from here. https://www.mediafire.com/folder/ha8j5crsdmbmx/ZTE_Axon_10_pro_stuff
2) Fastboot flash vbmeta from here. https://www.mediafire.com/folder/ha8j5crsdmbmx/ZTE_Axon_10_pro_stuff
3) Boot to twrp.
4) Twrp flash lineage 16 OS. Tried both from here. http://samson.nwwn.net/~unjust/Axon 10 Pro/LineageOS/
5) Twrp flash lineage 16 OS root addon arm64 from here. https://download.lineageos.org/extras
6) Wipe data and cache.
This results in the previous state in which only edl, no fastboot is available. So I flash my all backup using the edl tools and I am back to the beginning. I must be missing a step???
EDIT: I also tried restoring aop and uefisecapp files via edl after above steps as suggested in your readme. Same with vbmeta. Again, edl only, no fastboot.

groundslug said:
Both are unlocked now, thank you!
I am still having trouble getting lineage OS to go though. Here's the steps I follow:
1) Fashboot flash twrp from here. https://www.mediafire.com/folder/ha8j5crsdmbmx/ZTE_Axon_10_pro_stuff
2) Fastboot flash vbmeta from here. https://www.mediafire.com/folder/ha8j5crsdmbmx/ZTE_Axon_10_pro_stuff
3) Boot to twrp.
4) Twrp flash lineage 16 OS. Tried both from here. http://samson.nwwn.net/~unjust/Axon 10 Pro/LineageOS/
5) Twrp flash lineage 16 OS root addon arm64 from here. https://download.lineageos.org/extras
6) Wipe data and cache.
This results in the previous state in which only edl, no fastboot is available. So I flash my all backup using the edl tools and I am back to the beginning. I must be missing a step???
EDIT: I also tried restoring aop and uefisecapp files via edl after above steps as suggested in your readme. Same with vbmeta. Again, edl only, no fastboot.
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Just replying real quick since I have a min and I saw a few things you can try... 1. make sure you're installing twrp itself with the zip after you boot into it with fastboot, 2. use the two flags when you write vbmeta just in case (I forget them but one is dm verify and the other is no verity, should be in the original LOS16 thread) and 3. try the fix bootable partition tool from my tools after you install. the LOS16 image has a similar problem as all other images that it has a specific slot it works on (B I think) so if you end up installing and trying to boot it from the other slot it locks into a fast bootloop. Don't bother installing the addons until LOS is booting, so just do a reboot to system after you flash it, fix bootable. If it doesn't boot then it has to be something I'm not thinking of. Goodluck!

It's been a while, but I wanted to follow up.
I did finally get lineage working. The two things that I was missing:
1) Fastboot to flash boot partition with los-twrp-magisked-boot.img
There is another file named twrp-magisked-los-boot.img that did NOT work for.
A third file named Magisk20.3-twrp.img would appear to be yet a third option for flashing boot. I did not try it because I had a working boot.
All three files can be found at link already given: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/ha8j5crsdmbmx/ZTE_Axon_10_pro_stuff
2) Fastboot to flash system partition with system.img
I used python and a python module called payload dumper (use google to find tutorial) to extract the .img files from the lineage 16 zip file.
This gave me 5 files.
boot.img - Did not use. See #1
dtbo.img - Flashing it led to a brick, if I remember right. Do not use.
system.img - Yes!
vendor.img - I flashed it too, but I do not think it is necessary.
vbmeta.img - Did not use. Use vbmeta disabled as noted above.
I use the lineage 16 dated 20191029 that used to be available at the following link. It appears to be dead as of today. Maybe will return.
http://samson.nwwn.net/~unjust/Axon%2010%20Pro/
Other versions of lineage will probably work with this method, but I can not say for sure.
In summary, use fashboot to flash los-twrp-magisked-boot.img and system.img. Obtain boot from link above. Obtain system from python module payload dumper from lineage 16 zip file. See other threads on this forum for details regarding unlocking bootloader with EDL tools and how to make vbmeta disabled. Hope this helps someone avoid the headaches I had!

groundslug said:
It's been a while, but I wanted to follow up.
I did finally get lineage working. The two things that I was missing:
1) Fastboot to flash boot partition with los-twrp-magisked-boot.img
There is another file named twrp-magisked-los-boot.img that did NOT work for.
A third file named Magisk20.3-twrp.img would appear to be yet a third option for flashing boot. I did not try it because I had a working boot.
All three files can be found at link already given: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/ha8j5crsdmbmx/ZTE_Axon_10_pro_stuff
2) Fastboot to flash system partition with system.img
I used python and a python module called payload dumper (use google to find tutorial) to extract the .img files from the lineage 16 zip file.
This gave me 5 files.
boot.img - Did not use. See #1
dtbo.img - Flashing it led to a brick, if I remember right. Do not use.
system.img - Yes!
vendor.img - I flashed it too, but I do not think it is necessary.
vbmeta.img - Did not use. Use vbmeta disabled as noted above.
I use the lineage 16 dated 20191029 that used to be available at the following link. It appears to be dead as of today. Maybe will return.
http://samson.nwwn.net/~unjust/Axon%2010%20Pro/
Other versions of lineage will probably work with this method, but I can not say for sure.
In summary, use fashboot to flash los-twrp-magisked-boot.img and system.img. Obtain boot from link above. Obtain system from python module payload dumper from lineage 16 zip file. See other threads on this forum for details regarding unlocking bootloader with EDL tools and how to make vbmeta disabled. Hope this helps someone avoid the headaches I had!
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Thanks a lot! I'm stuck in the same spot, I have the solutions but I can't connect fully with sahara or qpst? Is this why you went with the payload dumper? Sorry I'm unfamiliar but I'm up to use it.

Rise55Chrom said:
Thanks a lot! I'm stuck in the same spot, I have the solutions but I can't connect fully with sahara or qpst? Is this why you went with the payload dumper? Sorry I'm unfamiliar but I'm up to use it.
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By sahara, you mean the EDL protocol, yes? (I am not familar with qpst.) Are you using the EDL tools published by unjustified and bobthenormal on this forum? I had problems with the sahara protocol too when adding the firehose. I initially fixed it by opening the back case and disconnecting and reconnecting the battery connector. That's a big headache, especially if you don't already have the back case open. (I had it open because I had previously replaced the screen.) I found that to be unnecessary. If you press all three buttons to enter EDL mode, just press them again and again until the sahara works and the firehose goes in.
Regarding payload dumper, I used it simply because nothing else gave me a bootable phone. I did use the EDL tools to unlock the bootloader and to set the active slot (only bobthenormal's EDL tools will set the active slot).
Here's the payload dumper tutorial that worked for me.
Extract Android OTA Payload.bin File using Payload Dumper Tool
Learn how to dump and extract Android OTA Payload.bin file to get the boot.img (for rooting with Magisk), vendor.img, and other other partition images.
www.thecustomdroid.com
Don't forget to flash los-twrp-magisked-boot.img and vbmeta disabled as noted above. Also, if you use this method, let me know if it was necessary for you to flash vendor.img. Above all, do a complete backup via the EDL tools before making any other changes!

groundslug said:
By sahara, you mean the EDL protocol, yes? (I am not familar with qpst.) Are you using the EDL tools published by unjustified and bobthenormal on this forum? I had problems with the sahara protocol too when adding the firehose. I initially fixed it by opening the back case and disconnecting and reconnecting the battery connector. That's a big headache, especially if you don't already have the back case open. (I had it open because I had previously replaced the screen.) I found that to be unnecessary. If you press all three buttons to enter EDL mode, just press them again and again until the sahara works and the firehose goes in.
Regarding payload dumper, I used it simply because nothing else gave me a bootable phone. I did use the EDL tools to unlock the bootloader and to set the active slot (only bobthenormal's EDL tools will set the active slot).
Here's the payload dumper tutorial that worked for me.
Extract Android OTA Payload.bin File using Payload Dumper Tool
Learn how to dump and extract Android OTA Payload.bin file to get the boot.img (for rooting with Magisk), vendor.img, and other other partition images.
www.thecustomdroid.com
Don't forget to flash los-twrp-magisked-boot.img and vbmeta disabled as noted above. Also, if you use this method, let me know if it was necessary for you to flash vendor.img. Above all, do a complete backup via the EDL tools before making any other changes!
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Phenomenal! Best advice, I have received... Thank you so very much. You hit it right on the head. I'll be sure to fill ya in asap when I have the time to get after it. Appreciate you.

bobthenormal said:
EDL tool
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Hello, where can I find this program? EDL tool

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Bootloop, only fastboot and EDL mode no system boot please help Axon 10 Pro

hi Guys
I'm in the forum for a very long time as an assistant helper now it has got me hard I have an Axon 10 Pro with curly boot loader and trying to flash a TWRP I have somehow the device or SotA and SlotB have shrunk. The Axon Bootet permanently in 0.5 second cycle and also a FULL Restot or FULL Flash with EDL Tool has not changed anything. Likewise, a new flash about fastboot with the command (fastboot flash boot_a boot.img) the same for boot_b then try with fastboot command (fastboot boot twrp.img) Recovery to start without success fastboot erase boot_a and boot_b has also flashing new but it does not start. Always bootloop:crying::crying::crying::crying:
the Axon 10 pro is back because he had no backup of all we had from my Axon 10 pro made a backup with the edl tool (Backup all) and have then copied his efs backup purely and then this with then on the Axon 10 flashed the Axon 10 pro is now back
Where did you get the twrp from?
From udev
On his donload page
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=80156866&postcount=3
I had a bootloop issue as well and even though I reflashed using the EDL tool, it doesn't erase and the errors remained, but when I entered EDL mode and reflashed using the Xiaomi Flash Tool, storage was completely erased and the device was flashed cleanly and booted correctly.
I've encountered a similar issue with my Axon (2020U version). I can boot into EDL but nothing else (no fastboot, recovery, etc.). I previously had TWRP up and running successfully, not sure what happened.
Is there a full EDL zip or similar that I can flash to return everything to stock? I tried restoring with the EDL tool but with no success
jbeaulieu said:
I've encountered a similar issue with my Axon (2020U version). I can boot into EDL but nothing else (no fastboot, recovery, etc.). I previously had TWRP up and running successfully, not sure what happened.
Is there a full EDL zip or similar that I can flash to return everything to stock? I tried restoring with the EDL tool but with no success
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The reason the EDL tool may not work is that is doesn't have the capability to erase. The boot loop that occurs is usually due a corrupt bootfile. Use the MiFlash fastboot recovery tool. Make sure to select the clean all button at the bottom. Place your phone in EDL mode. Hit refresh to make sure your phone is detected. Select the EDL file and then hit flash.
jim262 said:
The reason the EDL tool may not work is that is doesn't have the capability to erase. The boot loop that occurs is usually due a corrupt bootfile. Use the MiFlash fastboot recovery tool. Make sure to select the clean all button at the bottom. Place your phone in EDL mode. Hit refresh to make sure your phone is detected. Select the EDL file and then hit flash.
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Apologies for my ignorance - what exactly am I flashing? I see the "clean all" radio button, but I'm not sure what EDL package to flash after selecting that option - is there a 2020U package floating around that I'm not seeing?
jbeaulieu said:
Apologies for my ignorance - what exactly am I flashing? I see the "clean all" radio button, but I'm not sure what EDL package to flash after selecting that option - is there a 2020U package floating around that I'm not seeing?
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The EDL package, use the same EDL package that you used with the EDL tool. Just select the "clean all" radio button. Select the path to the EDL , hit refresh once phone, in EDL mode, is detected, hit flash.
jim262 said:
The EDL package, use the same EDL package that you used with the EDL tool. Just select the "clean all" radio button. Select the path to the EDL , hit refresh once phone, in EDL mode, is detected, hit flash.
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Okay, I'm trying to use MiFlash to restore the backup I took through the original EDL tool. The MiFLash tool is only timing out with a "cannot receive hello packet" - was this something you encountered as well?
jbeaulieu said:
Okay, I'm trying to use MiFlash to restore the backup I took through the original EDL tool. The MiFLash tool is only timing out with a "cannot receive hello packet" - was this something you encountered as well?
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I did attempt to flash the wrong EDL file (They are region and device specific) and received that error. I have the Chinese version and once I downloaded the correct EDL file, I had no issues I have even maintained an unlocked boot loader, flashed Magisk and taken OTAs.
jim262 said:
I did attempt to flash the wrong EDL file (They are region and device specific) and received that error. I have the Chinese version and once I downloaded the correct EDL file, I had no issues I have even maintained an unlocked boot loader, flashed Magisk and taken OTAs.
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Ah, okay. I have the US version - A2020U. Unless I'm mistaken, it looks like there isn't a full EDL zip file available for my version yet, so I might be stuck
There were EDL files up, but apparently they were taken down for some reason.
in the russians there are the 1.6 of the g model as edl (which one can use in a brick) but I do not know if this is synonymous with the u model as you would have to ask @Unjustified Dev or something
@MOD
I hope that the links are allowed here else delete please
1.6 g model edl
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=965431&st=0#entry88768840
And the lonk too the forum
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=965431
Chris axon 7 said:
in the russians there are the 1.6 of the g model as edl (which one can use in a brick) but I do not know if this is synonymous with the u model as you would have to ask @Unjustified Dev or something
@MOD
I hope that the links are allowed here else delete please
1.6 g model edl
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=965431&st=0#entry88768840
And the lonk too the forum
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=965431
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Thanks for sharing these. @Unjustified Dev do you happen to know if the 1.6 2020G EDL would be able to be flashed to a 2020U model to recover from a brick? Or if not, is there a place to obtain the proper files, either here on the forums or via PM?
jim262 said:
I did attempt to flash the wrong EDL file (They are region and device specific) and received that error. I have the Chinese version and once I downloaded the correct EDL file, I had no issues I have even maintained an unlocked boot loader, flashed Magisk and taken OTAs.
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Please share us the EDL file for the Chinese version.
has anyone found the US EDL file yet?
Futility's Forgotten Soldier said:
has anyone found the US EDL file yet?
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Still waiting. I'm stuck on the EU version.

Is there a root for the ulefone Armor 9?

I have been looking for some sort of root for the ulefone armor 9, and I can't seem to find anything apart from sketchy websites. Can anyone help?
I found the scatterfile, but i still need to find the authentication file, and a download agent? I don't recall ever having to do any of this to root a phone before. Where do I get these files for a ulefone armor 9?
Look inside here:
Systemless Rooting with MagiskSU - Download APK
MagiskSU is an all-in-one Android rooting solution that is developed by topjohnwu. With Magisk Manager, users can easily root Android smartphones in a fastest and effective way. You can download MagiskSU, Magisk Root, Magisk Manager latest versions here.
magisksu.com
jwoegerbauer said:
Look inside here:
Systemless Rooting with MagiskSU - Download APK
MagiskSU is an all-in-one Android rooting solution that is developed by topjohnwu. With Magisk Manager, users can easily root Android smartphones in a fastest and effective way. You can download MagiskSU, Magisk Root, Magisk Manager latest versions here.
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there isn't a twrp for this phone.
M8E1 said:
there isn't a twrp for this phone.
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TWRP isn't needed at all. Look inside here:
[Guide][Root] Magisk without TWRP on Android P
Via Magisk Manager: This method does not need root, and also does not require a custom recovery. However, you MUST have a stock boot image dump beforehand, and you also have to be able to flash the patched boot image, either through fastboot mode...
forum.xda-developers.com
jwoegerbauer said:
TWRP isn't needed at all. Look inside here:
[Guide][Root] Magisk without TWRP on Android P
Via Magisk Manager: This method does not need root, and also does not require a custom recovery. However, you MUST have a stock boot image dump beforehand, and you also have to be able to flash the patched boot image, either through fastboot mode...
forum.xda-developers.com
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I did this, and I got a "red state" boot loop
M8E1 said:
I did this, and I got a "red state" boot loop
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Am I missing something? The phone is apparently locked in fastboot mode, and will not accept downloads.
M8E1 said:
I did this, and I got a "red state" boot loop
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Then report this issue in the related XDA-thread.
jwoegerbauer said:
Then report this issue in the related XDA-thread.
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What thread would that be? This is for support and questions, isn't it?
M8E1 said:
What thread would that be? This is for support and questions, isn't it?
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Of course this one:
[Guide][Root] Magisk without TWRP on Android P
Via Magisk Manager: This method does not need root, and also does not require a custom recovery. However, you MUST have a stock boot image dump beforehand, and you also have to be able to flash the patched boot image, either through fastboot mode...
forum.xda-developers.com
Is there anyone who can help? Fastboot does not respond to commands, and patching the boot.img and vbmeta.img via sp flash tool only puts my phone in a "red state". I have tried so many methods for rooting this phone, i'm starting to become convinced that it doesn't exist.
M8E1 said:
Is there anyone who can help? Fastboot does not respond to commands, and patching the boot.img and vbmeta.img via sp flash tool only puts my phone in a "red state". I have tried so many methods for rooting this phone, i'm starting to become convinced that it doesn't exist.
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i rooted this phone on the first day i got,, i now trying to get proper working twrp so,, search on the google this,, ulefone armor 9 root hovatek and follow the guide there, thats how i did it.
kanadali said:
i rooted this phone on the first day i got,, i now trying to get proper working twrp so,, search on the google this,, ulefone armor 9 root hovatek and follow the guide there, thats how i did it.
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Hello,
I tried to root my Armor 9E using Magisk but I ended with a bootloop. after a moment of stress (I'm a noob) I was able to put the original boot.img thanks to Fastboot,
I found your thread on Hovatek, how do you patch vbmeta.img ? in my case it's a Armor 9E
About TWRP, do you have any update ? will it be compatible with 9E also ?
Thanks
EDIT : I had to flash the vbmeta.img , I took it from hovatek here https://forum.hovatek.com/thread-36629.html
Totem95d said:
Hello,
I tried to root my Armor 9E using Magisk but I ended with a bootloop. after a moment of stress (I'm a noob) I was able to put the original boot.img thanks to Fastboot,
I found your thread on Hovatek, how do you patch vbmeta.img ? in my case it's a Armor 9E
About TWRP, do you have any update ? will it be compatible with 9E also ?
Thanks
EDIT : I had to flash the vbmeta.img , I took it from hovatek here https://forum.hovatek.com/thread-36629.html
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Ok guys, don't stress out. I've been dealing with Ulefone for awhile now. I have about 20 of their phones and I have the Armor 9. I just rooted the Armor x7. To start with, Ulefone has the stock system files for download right there on their website for every model they sell.
You are going to need the SP flash tool. I think they even include it in their mega download page.
3086 Armor 9 - Google Drive
drive.google.com
Now these are Mediatek so they do things differently. You turn the phone off and start the flash on SP Flash tool and plug it in. You use the All-in-one authorization for it that's included. Find the special empty vbmeta file on hovatek and use it in place of the other one. Remove the checksum.ini file.
But before all this when you got the boot off of there put it on your sdcard and install Majisk manager. Tell it to install magisk and to patch your boot. Pick the boot file. Then adb pull that file onto your computer and name it boot.img
put all of them back together in place of the old ones with all the stuff you downloaded from the ulefone link and run the checksum generator that it comes with which will produce a checksum.ini file. And if you have that empty vbmeta also you can use SP flash to flash it to your phone and it'll take it. You'll be left with a yellow or orange state then relock your bootloader and you'll be back to normal with magisk installed and root. So...you know, Friggin Mediatek
The reason for your bootloop was because you didn't put the empty vbmeta file in the mix.
MurdochPizgatti said:
Ok guys, don't stress out. I've been dealing with Ulefone for awhile now. I have about 20 of their phones and I have the Armor 9. I just rooted the Armor x7. To start with, Ulefone has the stock system files for download right there on their website for every model they sell.
You are going to need the SP flash tool. I think they even include it in their mega download page.
3086 Armor 9 - Google Drive
drive.google.com
Now these are Mediatek so they do things differently. You turn the phone off and start the flash on SP Flash tool and plug it in. You use the All-in-one authorization for it that's included. Find the special empty vbmeta file on hovatek and use it in place of the other one. Remove the checksum.ini file.
But before all this when you got the boot off of there put it on your sdcard and install Majisk manager. Tell it to install magisk and to patch your boot. Pick the boot file. Then adb pull that file onto your computer and name it boot.img
put all of them back together in place of the old ones with all the stuff you downloaded from the ulefone link and run the checksum generator that it comes with which will produce a checksum.ini file. And if you have that empty vbmeta also you can use SP flash to flash it to your phone and it'll take it. You'll be left with a yellow or orange state then relock your bootloader and you'll be back to normal with magisk installed and root. So...you know, Friggin Mediatek
The reason for your bootloop was because you didn't put the empty vbmeta file in the mix.
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Trying this method works fine for me until I try to relock the bootloader. Once I do that, I end up with a red state again.
Any advice? I am relocking the bootloader via fastboot flashing lock - is that correct?
MurdochPizgatti said:
Ok guys, don't stress out. I've been dealing with Ulefone for awhile now. I have about 20 of their phones and I have the Armor 9. I just rooted the Armor x7. To start with, Ulefone has the stock system files for download right there on their website for every model they sell.
You are going to need the SP flash tool. I think they even include it in their mega download page.
3086 Armor 9 - Google Drive
drive.google.com
Now these are Mediatek so they do things differently. You turn the phone off and start the flash on SP Flash tool and plug it in. You use the All-in-one authorization for it that's included. Find the special empty vbmeta file on hovatek and use it in place of the other one. Remove the checksum.ini file.
But before all this when you got the boot off of there put it on your sdcard and install Majisk manager. Tell it to install magisk and to patch your boot. Pick the boot file. Then adb pull that file onto your computer and name it boot.img
put all of them back together in place of the old ones with all the stuff you downloaded from the ulefone link and run the checksum generator that it comes with which will produce a checksum.ini file. And if you have that empty vbmeta also you can use SP flash to flash it to your phone and it'll take it. You'll be left with a yellow or orange state then relock your bootloader and you'll be back to normal with magisk installed and root. So...you know, Friggin Mediatek
The reason for your bootloop was because you didn't put the empty vbmeta file in the mix.
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Hi!
I'm having the same issue as MulBe039.
Device: UleFone Armor 9E (Android 10)
My steps so far:
0.0 Get boot.img, scatter file, checksum generator (from ulefone), magisk.apk (from github), vbmeta.img, drivers, SP Tool (from Hovatek)
0.1 Install magisk on my phone and patch boot.img.
0.2 Enable developer options on my phone
0.3 Enable OEM unlocking and USB debugging on my phone.
0.4 Install drivers on my PC
0.5 Copy scatterfile, boot.img, vbmeta.img into checksum generator's folder and get checksum.ini.
1.0 Connect phone
> adb devices
> adb reboot bootloader
> fastboot devices
> fastboot oem unlock
> fastboot reboot
Phone boots in orange state.
2.0 Re-enable dev opts, (phone shows as already unlocked), USB debugging and turn off the phone.
2.1 Start SP Flashtool
2.2 Select scatter file
2.3 Check only vbmeta.img
2.4 Start download
2.5 Connect phone
2.6 Download completes successfully.
2.7
> fastboot devices
> fastboot reboot
Orange state.
2.8 Factory reset from phone
3. Repeat 2., except at 2.3 check only the patched boot.img
Still orange state.
Magisk app is installed.
4.0 Turn the phone on, enable dev opts and USB debugging, connect to PC
> adb devices
> adb reboot bootloader
> fastboot devices
> fastboot oem lock
> fastboot reboot
Red state - boot loop.
5.0 Hold power button until it turns off abruptly
5.1 Hold volume up until load some sort of boot selector menu.
5.2 Select fastboot mode with vol up button.
5.3 Vol down to boot selected mode
5.4
> fastboot devices
> fastboot oem unlock
> fastboot reboot
Orange state - everything else is working.
What am I missing / doing wrong? How do I re-lock the bootloader?
Thanks in advance!
I have been able to root my Ulefone armor 9 using the method described here https://github.com/bkerler/mtkclient
1 - download boot partition from your device using mtkclient
2 - patch it with magisk manager
3 - flash it again with mtkclient
4 - flash an empty vbmeta (not really sure if this is necessary)
5 - boot your device
I'm not really sure if it is needed to have the bootloader unlocked, but I had it
0xf331dead said:
I have been able to root my Ulefone armor 9 using the method described here https://github.com/bkerler/mtkclient
1 - download boot partition from your device using mtkclient
2 - patch it with magisk manager
3 - flash it again with mtkclient
4 - flash an empty vbmeta (not really sure if this is necessary)
5 - boot your device
I'm not really sure if it is needed to have the bootloader unlocked, but I had it
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And remember that you cannot lock your bootloader after modifying stuff because signatures will not match and so on
I had to press volume up + volume down while connecting the usb to get mtkclient working

Question Noob who bricked phone trying to root here. Need help.

I didn't know what I was doing and now I'm paying the price (tbf the guides I found weren't very beginner friendly).
I tried installing Magisk on my device. The guides online told me to use a .img file patched by the app and flash it. I did that and now I'm stuck in fastboot mode.
Sorry if I need stuff explained. A lot of this goes over my head and evidence shows that I'm dumb, so bare with me.
You don't flash the boot image or you risk a brick, use fastboot boot boot.img instead. When it boots, open Magisk and do the direct install.
To fix it you'll need to get a stock copy of your boot image and try flashing that or just use the MSM Tool for your device.
karmazogs said:
I didn't know what I was doing and now I'm paying the price (tbf the guides I found weren't very beginner friendly).
I tried installing Magisk on my device. The guides online told me to use a .img file patched by the app and flash it. I did that and now I'm stuck in fastboot mode.
Sorry if I need stuff explained. A lot of this goes over my head and evidence shows that I'm dumb, so bare with me.
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Index of /list/Unbrick_Tools
You can also find the variant for your particular device and MSM the device back to stock. Easy to do. This is how a OnePlus tech remotely fixes a device without being sent in.
mattie_49 said:
Index of /list/Unbrick_Tools
You can also find the variant for your particular device and MSM the device back to stock. Easy to do. This is how a OnePlus tech remotely fixes a device without being sent in.
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I have the MSM downloader but it says I need a username and password?
EDIT: Nevermind I figured it out.
What does EDL mode look like btw? Is it just a black screen or does it tell you?
karmazogs said:
What does EDL mode look like btw? Is it just a black screen or does it tell you?
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It's a black screen.
Power off device. Hold vol +/- while inserting usb cable. Should be in EDL mode. PC will make a sound or MSM will say "connected".
First off you could always extract the ROM that you're using by downloading ROM and payload.bin dumper, extract pay load takes a long time please wait till the window closes by itself. Make sure your bootloader is unlocked.
reflash the boot.img over your device through fastboot mode with the extracted boot.img.
Make sure you open command prompt inside the folder that contains the fastboot files and adb files to run fastboot in command prompt. Connect your phone in fastboot mode.
/Fastboot flash boot boot.img
Boot.img has to be located within your fastboot files that you have downloaded. Or if you internally installed with platform-tools then use that specified folder and insert your boot.img there. If you do not command prompt won't be able to locate the file and will fail.
If it does not boot after successfully flashing stock boot.img you will have to follow a tutorial to use MSMtool for OnePlus 9. Depending on what firmware you need download appropriate files,. Make a space on your computer for your files because there will be a lot. Or you could also format data and see if that was the problem before considering MSM tool
You need the correct drivers for EDL mode to function correctly, you also may want to install OnePlus drivers from there website.,
For EDL mode to be detected with OnePlus 9 you must download a driver called
Qualcomm HS-USB QDloader 9008
Anymore questions feel free to PM me I may be able to help and same with some of the other guys on here that have also commented above.

Rooting Tecno LC8. or tecno power pro 2.

I recently got my hands on Tecno LC8 and am amazed by how good it is. Sadly its a bit hard to root BUT I have done necessary work for all of you.
### Instructions
1. Update to LC8-H6215ABCD-Q-GL-220402V350
2. connect to a laptop/pc with adb tools installed.
3. type in terminal adb reboot fastboot
4. When phone start in fastboot mode (It comes with a animation of usb cable with bluish glow)
5. Type in terminal
fastboot flash vbmeta_vendor vbmeta.img
fastboot flash vbmeta_system vbmeta.img
fastboot flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
6. Install Magisk.apk from their release page https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases/
7. Enjoy
Now time for cons
- This your whole system may or maynot be formatted. I invite for anyone to confirm it.
- SafetyNet works?????? Idk and can neither confirm it. again I invite for anyone to confirm it. This device is for very specific purpose
- TWRP? I can make it yes. But please just no I am providing with recovery image. If you wanna have a go at it go for it. It will be highly appreciated.
- You wanna go full AOSP on this device??
I already tried it. GSI project treble is comaptible with device "x64 ab partition img" But dual sim support is wonky. Flashlight won't work readily My advice is to extract the mediatek sim processor and replace it with GSI google sim processor and whole mediatek tree.
BUT if you have only one sim card go wild you can install GSI on nearly mediatek device with project treble support.
If you wanna install custom rom without TWRP.
Do this
[WARNING ROOT NEEDED]
fastboot delete-logical-partition product
fastboot flash system [your custom rom file location]
fastboot -w
fastboot reboot
Tecno LC8 support "x64ab partition" images.
Thanks YOU , About to follow your steps , I was direct here from https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-42975-post-232022.html#pid232022
Harfho said:
Thanks YOU , About to follow your steps , I was direct here from https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-42975-post-232022.html#pid232022
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so the commad that works for me was
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash boot.img does not work ,
error getting was
unknown partition 'boot.img'
fastboot: error: cannot determine image filename for 'boot.img'
Harfho said:
so the commad that works for me was
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash boot.img does not work ,
error getting was
unknown partition 'boot.img'
fastboot: error: cannot determine image filename for 'boot.img'
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Thanks for bringing it to my attention. command should be
fastboot flash boot boot.img
I will correct it asap
Carnalthot said:
Thanks for bringing it to my attention. command should be
fastboot flash boot boot.img
I will correct it asap
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is there any way I can contact you I have more phone I needed to root, I just want you to explain HOWTO and what NOTO do
I have infinix S5Lite
infinix Hot 9
That I want to root also
Harfho said:
is there any way I can contact you I have more phone I needed to root, I just want you to explain HOWTO and what NOTO do
I have infinix S5Lite
infinix Hot 9
That I want to root also
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I have no problem teaching you.
I do things thrifty. I preferrably use linux to root basically. BUT windows is also pretty good to root android you need platform tools and adb.
the sure fire way to root chinese phones is
1. Unlock bootloader
2. Open flashing privileges (FRP unlock, unlocking phones etc different company calls it differently)
3. Have an understanding of boot verifiers (vbmeta stands for verify boot metadata ) Nowadays phone verifies boot image by vbmeta_product vbmeta_vendor and vbmeta itself
You have to make all of them blank so nothing verifies your boot image on start up
I suggest downloading a firmware of your phone model to understand the partitions system of your phone model
4. Extract your boot image and vbmeta with mtkclient
5. Now patch your boot image. You can do it by hand or by magisk.
6. Flash every vbmeta with blank-vbmeta and boot with patched_boot
7. TWRP is optional DON'T do it if you have only one phone. Always have backup if you want to touch recovery partition
WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR
1. update versions. Chinese Kernel update are very sensitive to version numbers. Don't flash v290 boot.img on v350 boot.img. It will brick instantanously.
2. Always learn how to flash your phone model. It saves a lot of headache.
3. Don't be afraid to ask for help.
4. Don't be afraid to throw your phone in anger. No no Seriously. To root a phone is to insist on ownership and if phone denies that it is totally reasonable to obliterate the said phone. I actually mean the last advice.
So can i use the
Carnalthot said:
I have no problem teaching you.
I do things thrifty. I preferrably use linux to root basically. BUT windows is also pretty good to root android you need platform tools and adb.
the sure fire way to root chinese phones is
1. Unlock bootloader
2. Open flashing privileges (FRP unlock, unlocking phones etc different company calls it differently)
3. Have an understanding of boot verifiers (vbmeta stands for verify boot metadata ) Nowadays phone verifies boot image by vbmeta_product vbmeta_vendor and vbmeta itself
You have to make all of them blank so nothing verifies your boot image on start up
I suggest downloading a firmware of your phone model to understand the partitions system of your phone model
4. Extract your boot image and vbmeta with mtkclient
5. Now patch your boot image. You can do it by hand or by magisk.
6. Flash every vbmeta with blank-vbmeta and boot with patched_boot
7. TWRP is optional DON'T do it if you have only one phone. Always have backup if you want to touch recovery partition
WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR
1. update versions. Chinese Kernel update are very sensitive to version numbers. Don't flash v290 boot.img on v350 boot.img. It will brick instantanously.
2. Always learn how to flash your phone model. It saves a lot of headache.
3. Don't be afraid to ask for help.
4. Don't be afraid to throw your phone in anger. No no Seriously. To root a phone is to insist on ownership and if phone denies that it is totally reasonable to obliterate the said phone. I actually mean the last advice.
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So i can use this vbmeta for other china phones ,
The hard things is getting boot.img
I’m on limited plan , to download heavy files just to get boot.img out of it is a concern for me.
Harfho said:
So can i use the
So i can use this vbmeta for other china phones ,
The hard things is getting boot.img
I’m on limited plan , to download heavy files just to get boot.img out of it is a concern for me.
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Hmm you need to get boot.img from your own phone by using mtkclient application. Downloading firmware is to understand about the partition system of your phone. ALWAYS use your own phone boot.img
Carnalthot said:
Hmm you need to get boot.img from your own phone by using mtkclient application. Downloading firmware is to understand about the partition system of your phone. ALWAYS use your own phone boot.img
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So i can use this vbmeta for other china phones?
and am stock on this on mtkclient
Power off the phone before connecting.
For brom mode, press and hold vol up, vol dwn, or all hw buttons and connect usb.
For preloader mode, don't press any hw button and connect usb.
If it is already connected and on, hold power for 10 seconds to reset.
Harfho said:
So i can use this vbmeta for other china phones?
and am stock on this on mtkclient
Power off the phone before connecting.
For brom mode, press and hold vol up, vol dwn, or all hw buttons and connect usb.
For preloader mode, don't press any hw button and connect usb.
If it is already connected and on, hold power for 10 seconds to reset.
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Yes you can use vbmeta for other china phone it's blank vbmeta.
And you are right on money for Brom mode. Preloader mode is hit and trial method for Chinese phones
Carnalthot said:
Yes you can use vbmeta for other china phone it's blank vbmeta.
And you are right on money for Brom mode. Preloader mode is hit and trial method for Chinese phones
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Sorry I don’t get this
“And you are right on money for Brom Mode.”
Harfho said:
Sorry I don’t get this
“And you are right on money for Brom Mode.”
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To access Brom mode you need to either remove battery/power off phone then while holding volume up/down button connect the usb cable with pc. PC should be listening for any Brom connections when you connect the phone.
Carnalthot said:
To access Brom mode you need to either remove battery/power off phone then while holding volume up/down button connect the usb cable with pc. PC should be listening for any Brom connections when you connect the phone.
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I Did that to no avail
Harfho said:
I Did that to no avail
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Did you do frp unlock?
No, i have not
Do a frp unlock without it you cannot flash.
Actually to root your phone you don't need Brom mode
Carnalthot said:
Do a frp unlock without it you cannot flash.
Actually to root your phone you don't need Brom mode
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Yes, wanted to get the boot.img of the phone first and patched it , so i can run all the commands at once.
oR without unlock bootloader I can’t get the boot.img with mtkclient?
Harfho said:
Yes, wanted to get the boot.img of the phone first and patched it , so i can run all the commands at once.
oR without unlock bootloader I can’t get the boot.img with mtkclient?
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To get boot.img you need frp unlock.
Carnalthot said:
To get boot.img you need frp unlock.
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Ok thanks, I will do that.
frp unlock also mean bootloader unlock?
Harfho said:
Ok thanks, I will do that.
frp unlock also mean bootloader unlock?
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Nope

Question How to unbrick One Plus Nord CE 2 Lite ?

I have bricked this device (One Plus Nord CE 2 Lite) by flashing the unofficial twrp image for this device. Device bootloops in TWRP.
Previously, I had succesfully unlocked the bootloader and rooted this device by flashing the patched magisk boot.img by following the method mentioned in this post (https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rooting-oneplus-nord-2-ce-lite.4500297/)
How to restore the factory image and recover from this?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
...reboot to fastboot, flash the original boot and vbmeta and you're done ...maybe you have to change back the slot, but it's almost impossible to brick the device
...don't mess around with "Recovery" ...this device has already the newest partitioning system and there is no recovery partition
best regards
I messed up by flashing the wrong twrp image made. (Device was stuck on 1+ logo screen)
Thanks to your post i was able to rescue this device.
I used Oxygen Updater App, payload-dumper-gui and minimal adb fastboot.
Flashed boot and vbmeta with stock img files.
Restarting the device now will boot into fastboot mode.
Changing slots helped a lot.
(fastboot set-active=a/b)
After that, Device booted normally into OS.
... you're very welcome, Sir ...but really, don't mess around with "old school" recovery systems ...they are not needed anymore and furthermore they can't handle the "dynamic super partitioning" ...and again: nobody needs them after the year 2015 anymore
...best regards
NickR01 said:
I messed up by flashing the wrong twrp image made. (Device was stuck on 1+ logo screen)
Thanks to your post i was able to rescue this device.
I used Oxygen Updater App, payload-dumper-gui and minimal adb fastboot.
Flashed boot and vbmeta with stock img files.
Restarting the device now will boot into fastboot mode.
Changing slots helped a lot.
(fastboot set-active=a/b)
After that, Device booted normally into OS.
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Hey can you help me pls, I am in the exact same situation as you but I can't get the stock img files, whenever I use payload-dumper it just gives me system.img and nothing else, could you maybe share your img files ?
Edit: I manged to get some files but still not the boot.img, I don't undestand why it just refuses to give them to me, I redownloaded everything at least 3 times...
Use Payload-Dumper-GUI instead of Payload-Dumper-Go
Hey @NickR01 if possible can you send me an boot.img and vbmeta
I don’t have windows pc so can’t use Payload-Dumper
It will also help future users to unbrick device.
NickR01 said:
Use Payload-Dumper-GUI instead of Payload-Dumper-Go
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@vikas_anakin What's your device version?
cph2381 cph2409
NickR01 said:
@vikas_anakin What's your device version?
cph2381 cph2409
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cph2381
@vikas_anakin I have files for eu variant, can't help you there bud. If flashed it can mess up your device.
If you are stuck with payload.bin extraction... try it with an android device.
Here's the tool for Android.
Payload-Dumper-Android
Here's the guide for it.
XDA Guide
Newb Guide
Follow the guide and download this app to extract the .bin file
Termux App: Termux Github
After the extraction, type fastboot (pc required) commands to flash and change current active slots from A to B if it's stuck in bootloop after flashing.
I hope this helps you recover your device.
NickR01 said:
@vikas_anakin I have files for eu variant, can't help you there bud. If flashed it can mess up your device.
If you are stuck with payload.bin extraction... try it with an android device.
Here's the tool for Android.
Payload-Dumper-Android
Here's the guide for it.
XDA Guide
Newb Guide
Follow the guide and download this app to extract the .bin file
Termux App: Termux Github
After the extraction, type fastboot (pc required) commands to flash and change current active slots from A to B if it's stuck in bootloop after flashing.
I hope this helps you recover your device.
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Extracting the payload.bin is not an issue, The issue is I don't have stock firmware.
I used https://www.getdroidtips.com/oneplus-nord-ce-2-lite-5g-firmware-flash-file/ but my wifi and Bluetooth are not working after installing it.
Do you have any suggestions on how can i resolve these issues?
@vikas_anakin Download authentic firmware from this app. Files are pulled from OnePlus servers.
Google Playstore: Oxygen Updater
Oxygen Updater Settings -> Enable Advanced Mode
Select device region.
Latest update for holi is CPH2381_11_A.13 as of now.
I extracted the images from the payload.bin found in the Oxygen Updater file (that I had actually successfully used to update my device) and flashed 2 partitions:
fastboot flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
I then rebooted and now it's stuck in a boot loop & I can't even access fastboot anymore. Can someone please help?
Thanks
EDIT:
I managed to access fastboot & flash the rest of the partitions to fix it.
Hi everyone, just to piggy back on this thread, I also have the same device, and I have unofficial twrp and boot loader unlocked, however I have no back up rom and just want to get the phone back to normal really. Ive been following guides all over the place, but could someone point me in the right direction ? can I just download a rom for the OP nord ce 2 lite 5g, put it on my phone and have twrp install it? could someone guide me please. many thanks!
lemonmuffs said:
Hi everyone, just to piggy back on this thread, I also have the same device, and I have unofficial twrp and boot loader unlocked, however I have no back up rom and just want to get the phone back to normal really. Ive been following guides all over the place, but could someone point me in the right direction ? can I just download a rom for the OP nord ce 2 lite 5g, put it on my phone and have twrp install it? could someone guide me please. many thanks!
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Yes, that will work.
vikas_anakin said:
Yes, that will work.
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Or else you can extract img files from the oneplus rom file.
and flash them using fastboot.
Okay thank you for the reply, would you be able to point me to a official img file ? Or maybe someone has one extracted I could use please? I have looked online, but the ones I have gotten don't seem to work. I have also looked on the oneplus website for an official img but I could not find one.
So after a little more research, I can use another android device with the app Oxygen updater, download the full img.... So I am currently doing that and then ill try use fastboot or twrp to flash. Just wanted to spread info incase anyone else is having issues getting latest official roms for this device.
Hey guys, i have bricked my Oneplus Nord ce 2 lite 5g (Cph2381)
I tried using the fastboot enhance tool to flash a payload.bin file i thought was the right one for the device ..the device went to blackscreen..ive tried switching it on but its not working..ive done alittle research and found out that i should use an msm tool to force flash the initial stock firmware so that it can boot up ...problem is i cant seem to find the right msm tool for Oneplus nord ce 2 lite 5g , which msm tool can i use ? help please
Jazzyjuis said:
Hey guys, i have bricked my Oneplus Nord ce 2 lite 5g (Cph2381)
I tried using the fastboot enhance tool to flash a payload.bin file i thought was the right one for the device ..the device went to blackscreen..ive tried switching it on but its not working..ive done alittle research and found out that i should use an msm tool to force flash the initial stock firmware so that it can boot up ...problem is i cant seem to find the right msm tool for Oneplus nord ce 2 lite 5g , which msm tool can i use ? help please
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Hey man, I would suggest not going with msm tool or anything.
Just download the latest update file of your device using oneplus updater app, or you can ask for the file if some of your friends has the same device.
use this tool to extract payload files https://github.com/vm03/payload_dumper
Now you can follow the same procedure as here https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...ock-oxygenos-firmware-on-oneplus-10r.4465077/

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