Unable to enter EDL - Moto G Stylus (Moto G Pro) Questions & Answers

xt2043-4 unable to get into EDL mode. It died during a restore with the Lenovo "smart" software.
When plugged in I something's get a single led blink. Nothing however when I plug it into my PC. I have an edl cable that doesn't seem to do anything either. Are there test points/jtag? I don't want to open it up unless I can actually do something.

kaleamity said:
xt2043-4 unable to get into EDL mode. It died during a restore with the Lenovo "smart" software.
When plugged in I something's get a single led blink. Nothing however when I plug it into my PC. I have an edl cable that doesn't seem to do anything either. Are there test points/jtag? I don't want to open it up unless I can actually do something.
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Download Qualcomm qloader drivers....see if device shows up as Qualcomm 9008 In Windows Device manager or maybe it says Qualcomm bulk hub...if it is you are in edl mode and you need to download blank flash file from the rom archive on lionnet moto firmware under our device...unzip the file and run the .bat file with admin privileges it will run the file and reload the critical bootloader files to get you to bootloader screen ...then reflash STOCK...I did this last week because I rebooted to edl from TWRP...

Nothing shows up. I get a few led blinks but nothing in device manager or otherwise.

Anyone found the answer to this? Im having the same issue

kaleamity said:
xt2043-4 unable to get into EDL mode. It died during a restore with the Lenovo "smart" software.
When plugged in I something's get a single led blink. Nothing however when I plug it into my PC. I have an edl cable that doesn't seem to do anything either. Are there test points/jtag? I don't want to open it up unless I can actually do som
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Anyone found the answer to this? Im having the same issue
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Hi there! I myself have a hard-bricked G Stylus (US model). After reading this and related threads, as well as doing a LOT of independent research on this. I have a feeling that the only hope lies in potential EDL test points located on the motherboard. I've looked at a teardown video on Youtube, and I see several sets of potential test points. From further research, it appears that test points for EDL are always located right next to each other.
I'm purchasing some iFixit tools this month, which include the required T3 driver bit. Once I get access to the motherboard, I fully intend to test every possible set of EDL points. I'll post my findings on this and any related thread in the G Stylus forums here on XDA. If I'm successful in restoring the phone, I will post a photo of the points that need to be bridged to enter EDL mode.
Wish me luck!

Have you had any luck with this? And I'm wondering if you mind describing how you got into this situation.
On my phone (I think it's a Moto G Stylus, XT2043-4, that I got through Google Fi in the US), I was trying to modify an app on the phone. So I used "adb pull" to get the APK. Then I extracted, edited, and recompiled it with apkeasytool, but then I couldn't write it back to the proper directory because the filesystem was read only. At that point I went through the process of unlocking the bootloader via the Motorola website, and then tried to root the phone. That's where my problems started.
I can go through the details if anyone thinks it would matter, but essentially, I wasn't paying attention and flashed the incorrect files... multiple times... I ended up with a phone that appeared to be dead (nothing on the screen no matter what I did). However, I noticed that when I plugged it in it popped up as the "Qualcomm 9008 Port" thing in Windows Device Manager. After reading up on that I realized that it was in EDL mode and I tried to run the blank-flash.bat file I found. After some trial and error, it appeared to work, however, I was holding the power button at the time and the phone may have restarted in the middle of the script. At that point, it stopped appearing in Device Manager and I haven't gotten it back, except that after disconnecting the battery, I get an LED flash when it's plugged in as well as some other strange behavior that I'll describe below.
Anyway, after all the previous catastrophes, I decided to open it up and look for these mythical test points. I'm attaching some pictures in case they help anyone. One after exposing the mainboard, another after lifting the obvious cables, and finally one with the obvious test point candidates numbered.
I'll describe what I've figured out so far:
- When I disconnect the ribbon that covers 6, 7, 8, and 9, I don't even get the LED flash when connecting/disconnecting the phone to the computer. So I don't think those are likely to be test points, but I don't know what that cable is for.
- The middle ribbon appears to connect the battery, and I don't get the LED flash when that is connected. It doesn't happen when I connect the USB to the computer OR when I hold the power button. I don't understand why this happens.
- The rightmost ribbon doesn't cover anything. So I leave it connected.
- When USB is connected and not the middle ribbon, all the points seem to show 0V except 3 (0.417V) and 5 (1.803V). 6 is 1.792V when the middle ribbon is connected, but dissipates during measuring when the middle ribbon is disconnected. 10 also seems to dissipate when the middle ribbon is disconnected, and I can't measure it when connected because it gets covered up.
- If I short or ground 10 or 12 while plugging in, the LED flashes until I remove the short or ground.
Anyone have any thoughts? Anything else I can check?

moorevineyard said:
Have you had any luck with this? And I'm wondering if you mind describing how you got into this situation.
On my phone (I think it's a Moto G Stylus, XT2043-4, that I got through Google Fi in the US), I was trying to modify an app on the phone. So I used "adb pull" to get the APK. Then I extracted, edited, and recompiled it with apkeasytool, but then I couldn't write it back to the proper directory because the filesystem was read only. At that point I went through the process of unlocking the bootloader via the Motorola website, and then tried to root the phone. That's where my problems started.
I can go through the details if anyone thinks it would matter, but essentially, I wasn't paying attention and flashed the incorrect files... multiple times... I ended up with a phone that appeared to be dead (nothing on the screen no matter what I did). However, I noticed that when I plugged it in it popped up as the "Qualcomm 9008 Port" thing in Windows Device Manager. After reading up on that I realized that it was in EDL mode and I tried to run the blank-flash.bat file I found. After some trial and error, it appeared to work, however, I was holding the power button at the time and the phone may have restarted in the middle of the script. At that point, it stopped appearing in Device Manager and I haven't gotten it back, except that after disconnecting the battery, I get an LED flash when it's plugged in as well as some other strange behavior that I'll describe below.
Anyway, after all the previous catastrophes, I decided to open it up and look for these mythical test points. I'm attaching some pictures in case they help anyone. One after exposing the mainboard, another after lifting the obvious cables, and finally one with the obvious test point candidates numbered.
I'll describe what I've figured out so far:
- When I disconnect the ribbon that covers 6, 7, 8, and 9, I don't even get the LED flash when connecting/disconnecting the phone to the computer. So I don't think those are likely to be test points, but I don't know what that cable is for.
- The middle ribbon appears to connect the battery, and I don't get the LED flash when that is connected. It doesn't happen when I connect the USB to the computer OR when I hold the power button. I don't understand why this happens.
- The rightmost ribbon doesn't cover anything. So I leave it connected.
- When USB is connected and not the middle ribbon, all the points seem to show 0V except 3 (0.417V) and 5 (1.803V). 6 is 1.792V when the middle ribbon is connected, but dissipates during measuring when the middle ribbon is disconnected. 10 also seems to dissipate when the middle ribbon is disconnected, and I can't measure it when connected because it gets covered up.
- If I short or ground 10 or 12 while plugging in, the LED flashes until I remove the short or ground.
Anyone have any thoughts? Anything else I can check?
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Hi there! I actually did find some more potential EDL points underneath the speaker grill (underneath the black plastic piece below the battery).
I've tested them all... and no luck so far... The only reproducible result I can share is:
When the battery is unplugged, attempting to use any two points results in an LED flash every 15 seconds or so. No other behaviors.
Motorola came so close to having a perfectly repairable phone... What a disappointment.

This seems strange to me. Most of what I've read about other phones with the EDL mode and test point access seems to indicate that it's not possible to mess it up with any of the normal tools (adb, fastboot, recovery, blank-flash, etc.). Is that incorrect?
Basically, I had the impression that the Qualcomm EDL mode was provided by a more segregated component on the board that could reprogram the rest of the system, but not incorrectly reprogram itself the way you can incorrectly reprogram the bootloader.

moorevineyard said:
This seems strange to me. Most of what I've read about other phones with the EDL mode and test point access seems to indicate that it's not possible to mess it up with any of the normal tools (adb, fastboot, recovery, blank-flash, etc.). Is that incorrect?
Basically, I had the impression that the Qualcomm EDL mode was provided by a more segregated component on the board that could reprogram the rest of the system, but not incorrectly reprogram itself the way you can incorrectly reprogram the bootloader.
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It appears that certain models aren't failproof. Similar situation with a mislabled black-flash. Flashed it multiple times and ended up unable to do anything going forward. I saw the edl points on a similar phone the moto g power on youtube and hoped that they were somewhat easily identified. Unfortunately doesn't seem to be the case, I too have tried every combo that I saw on the board. Same blinking lights as described, but nothing shows on the PC. I am able to get it working on other devices however as I have two.

Today I started researching repairing a hard brick of a moto g stylus after letting it sit around for a couple months. I came across the android doctor video that shows how to do this on a g8+ but unfortunately I found out that the mobos aren't laid out similarly. Subsequently found this thread. Bummed to find out the EDL points haven't been discovered. Hopefully someone does find them and posts here. I guess I'll do a little more research but otherwise I guess it's back to the shelf this phone goes.

FWIW I found this thread, but the points illustrated here don't seem to work for me: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/sofia-edl-points-found.4457105/

Well I tried most points on the board. I was cycling through when I hit either I-J or J-K and my pc said there was a short on a USB port. I removed the ribbon cable to reveal that the jumper I made had melted. The led no longer flashes and the phone is now totally dead jim. Charging for a while doesn't seem to have any effect, nor letting it sit. Whatever shorted killed it. I was incredibly careful but clearly not careful enough.
That said I have another 2020 stylus (bootlocked unfortunately). So I'll be part harvesting as my current phone degrades. Thank you all for your help and good luck to you on this phone! Shame on Moto for really trying to keep people out of it... The glue, the edl cable not working, the points being potentially behind the battery ribbon. Just unnecessary nonsense imo.

EDL es el 10 y 12 me pasa que no se mantiene se desconecta despues de 5 segundos

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Hard Brick (possible hardware failure)

I was wondering if I've encountered a common failure mode with my Verizon Galaxy S3 and if there are any possible solutions.
A week before it bricked, the phone was acting rather odd, rebooting itself spontaneously and at random; I didn't really think much of it until the following week. Applications on the phone had been running VERY slow and would often crash or hang; in addition, the phone was rebooting itself several times an hour at this point.
The last reboot hung for a while at the "Samsung Galaxy S3" screen before going to the home screen. At this point I realize there may be something serious going on, so I attempt to SSH into it and retrieve important information off it. Unfortunately, it proved to be too late; login attempts failed with "Argument list too long". A few minutes after my ill-fated attempt to save data, the phone crashed in the app launcher and initiated a reboot again; only this time, the Samsung logo never came up. Since then, I have been unable to power it on, enter recovery, or otherwise get any life out of it.
It's long out of warranty so I'm basically wondering what my options are to revive it and possibly get important info off it. Reinserting the battery does not work and neither does plugging it in. All options to enter recovery or any other sort of mode fails; it essentially acts like there's no battery inside and does nothing. Is this a common failure state for S3 units and is there a known solution? Has anyone ever used JTAG to retrieve information off the storage inside?
WildZontar said:
I was wondering if I've encountered a common failure mode with my Verizon Galaxy S3 and if there are any possible solutions.
A week before it bricked, the phone was acting rather odd, rebooting itself spontaneously and at random; I didn't really think much of it until the following week. Applications on the phone had been running VERY slow and would often crash or hang; in addition, the phone was rebooting itself several times an hour at this point.
The last reboot hung for a while at the "Samsung Galaxy S3" screen before going to the home screen. At this point I realize there may be something serious going on, so I attempt to SSH into it and retrieve important information off it. Unfortunately, it proved to be too late; login attempts failed with "Argument list too long". A few minutes after my ill-fated attempt to save data, the phone crashed in the app launcher and initiated a reboot again; only this time, the Samsung logo never came up. Since then, I have been unable to power it on, enter recovery, or otherwise get any life out of it.
It's long out of warranty so I'm basically wondering what my options are to revive it and possibly get important info off it. Reinserting the battery does not work and neither does plugging it in. All options to enter recovery or any other sort of mode fails; it essentially acts like there's no battery inside and does nothing. Is this a common failure state for S3 units and is there a known solution? Has anyone ever used JTAG to retrieve information off the storage inside?
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Plug it into your computer, or a wall outlet with the battery out. See if it mounts as a strange drive or the led light flashes for a second.
Oh wow. Yes it does have the red light when I plug it into the wall outlet without battery. Haven't tried the PC as I'm leaving for work and my USB wire is in the car but I'll assume that will work when I try it.
WildZontar said:
Oh wow. Yes it does have the red light when I plug it into the wall outlet without battery. Haven't tried the PC as I'm leaving for work and my USB wire is in the car but I'll assume that will work when I try it.
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At least it isn't completely fried, this method should work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581166
Make sure it has no other sign of life first.
If you were on 4.1 then make sure you don't use a 4.3 file and lock your phone. Might have to do some digging around to find them, but they are around here somewhere.

Updated Mate 9 via firmware finder now bricked - screen won't initialise

Hi folks.
I updated my mate 9 last night using firmware finder, phone rebooted, did the update thingy and then switched off. It didn't boot back up so tried turning on - nothing. Plugged in the charging cable, no light came on to indicate it was charging.
I have tried connecting to my computer using the USB 3 port and the computer does seem to recognise it as it makes that jungle sounds when connected (computer) and again when disconnected. I have tried doing the power vol down and that seems to create the PC to make the sounds again but there is nothing displaying on the phone itself. If you looked it at you'd think it was off.
So I guess it's a positive that the PC is getting some kind of response, and the phone must be working.
Can anybody suggest as to how I can get things back up and running? Remember the screen doesn't work on the phone since the update. I am on C636 converted from AL00 early last year.
Have tried HiSuite just in case but phone isn't recognised.
Thanks.
DT.
adb commands
Shooting from memory here...but have you tried any of the adb commands to see if the computer is seeing the phone?
adb kill-server
adb start-server
adb devices
If you get something from the devices command, then you should be able to
adb reboot
Also, if you are able, find another computer and install ADB as well has HiSuite software/drivers.
dwcasey said:
Shooting from memory here...but have you tried any of the adb commands to see if the computer is seeing the phone?
adb kill-server
adb start-server
adb devices
If you get something from the devices command, then you should be able to
adb reboot
Also, if you are able, find another computer and install ADB as well has HiSuite software/drivers.
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Thanks for the reply.
Nope - doesn't seem to work. No idea what's happend but it appears to be kaput. Other than my PC recognising that I am connecting something when I plug it in to a USB socket, there is no other way of knowing if the device is even on. I've left it on charge over night, tried the power up/down (even though I can't see the screen) and have tried the appove. It did list a port that was open but no devices appeared as listed.
Will continue having a look to see if there are any other methods. Appreciate your help dwcasey.
DT
Totally at a loss as to what's happend. If I leave it plugged in to my PC it seems every 5 minutes the PC disconnects and reconnects to the phone (notifaction sounds). When plugged in, if I press the power button it gives the same notification sound to indicated disconnected and reconnected. Have tried updating drivers. Device is not listed under ADB when I type the command. It's a Chinese AL00 6/128gb so can't get it reparied locally (UK). Debating whether to bin it as I fear the worst. Will opening up and removing the battery do anything? A bit like removing the cmos battery from a motherboard and it resets?
Cheers for any help.
I've come to the conclusion that the phone is dead and that I have a few options.
1 hope for a repair but it'll cost a fair bit given it's a Chinese model and I'm in the UK.
2 sell it on fleabay, but it contains personal data.
3 stick it in a drawer and console myself with my Note 4, that's it originally replaced.
Phone is definitely toast. When I connect to a PC it loads as USB SER. It still makes some sort of connection but it's impossible to access the phone Absolutely no response from ADB/Fastboot.
Clearly an issue with the update using FF given It was this that caused things to go tits up.
Back to my Note 4. First time I've ever had this happen. Fingers burned, dammit.
btblue said:
3 stick it in a drawer and console myself with my Note 4, that's it originally replaced.
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If you leave it long enough for the battery to go down (no idea how long that might be) then from a 'drained' phone state to plugging in, you might see a 'powered off charging' screen which would be nice. At least you might have a starting place once again.
Happened to me if you have no warranty ,then it will cost about 200-300 dollars to replace your motherboard.
btblue said:
Totally at a loss as to what's happend. If I leave it plugged in to my PC it seems every 5 minutes the PC disconnects and reconnects to the phone (notifaction sounds). When plugged in, if I press the power button it gives the same notification sound to indicated disconnected and reconnected. Have tried updating drivers. Device is not listed under ADB when I type the command. It's a Chinese AL00 6/128gb so can't get it reparied locally (UK). Debating whether to bin it as I fear the worst. Will opening up and removing the battery do anything? A bit like removing the cmos battery from a motherboard and it resets?
Cheers for any help.
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Instead of binning it I suggest you disassemble your phone completely with the help of video guides and some fine screw drivers and replace the motherboard yourself. They shouldn't be too expensive on AliExpress. The phone and its components are quite easy to wrap ones head around. Just be wary of the glue they use to stick the battery to the case. It can be a bit of a bastard to get off, but it's worth trying for sure! I've opened it up for screen and camera replacement myself. And I don't count myself as a "phone repair geek" Best of luck on this endeavor!

Recover files from bootlooping Zenfone6

Dear all,
from the occasional reboot my Zenfone performed every now in a while (which didn't bother me too much) it now reboots so fast that it usually has not yet booted to the point where I could get data off the device before it reboots again.
As always, the backup is too old and I want to extract some data off the device. Most important are a few KBs worth of text notes. Here come some questions:
- It seems to be a hardware fault. Are there educated guesses what may give me a few last moments with the device to extract data? Heat? Freezing?
- Are there professional data recovery companies dealing with smartphones such that they can extract data from the chips without the phone working?
- As it is a Qualcomm device: Would any access via QDLoader work or would it be as unstable as the rest of the phone?
I appreciate any input. And yes, I know that I didn't backup often enough.
Thanks,
weaker
which rom are you on?
Sorry for the late reply.
I'm on stock ROM with Magisk. In the end when it became worse, I let Magisk restore the images but this definitely seems to be hardware-related. I also did no overclocking and I don't use games on the phone so I think that it is also not a thermal issue.
To keep the interested ones updated how it evolved: The situation is now as follows:
I tried to boot into recovery via fastbooting the TWRP (the one I used many times successfully for my phone) after one of the phone bootings was stable for enough seconds so have ADB contact and go to fastboot mode. I hoped to be able to interact more stabily in the recovery. However, the result was that the phone rebooted (I am unsure if the TWRP transfer was finished before that) and then the charging screen appeared and the charging screen remained constantly on, even when pulling the cable. It didn't react to any keypresses in that state.
I let it drain the battery (which was only a few hours as the screen was always on). Then, I plugged the phone in and it booted normally and was stable for 15 minutes or so, which gave me enough time to save the most important data. Phew.
This session however seemed to be the last farewell. The phone started to bootloop and I switched it off*. Now the phone has always a black off screen and doesn't respond to anything: Pressing (and holding) the power button, also in combination with Vol+ or Vol-. Also plugging a cable to charge doesn't create any reaction.
* switching it off worked the following way: The unlocked bootloader shows that one could press the power button to pause the boot. I can't think of why this might be a useful function in a normal situation. However, in my situation I could pause the boot and after some time it would switch off. That way I could at least break the bootloop.
you will have to boot into qloader to be able to recover your phone...
follow step by step exactly what is mentioned in the below link, ypu should be able to recover your phone :
Here’s how to unbrick Asus ZenFone 6 (Asus 6z) from QDLOADER 9008 mode - PiunikaWeb
Is your Asus ZenFone 6 (Asus 6z) hard-bricked? You can use still flash via QDLOADER 9008 mode to give a new life to your dead handset.
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Sorry to be the prick here, but next time post this in Q&A section. This one is for posting development (Kernels and ROMs)
OK, no offense taken. I thought that I would need to resort to some TWRP magic to get data off my device.
@MOD: Feel free to move thread where it fits best.
For the sake of completeness:
The phone is back from RMA. According to the sparse documentation they exchanged the mainboard and battery and some connector. Some firmwares are now newer than on the old mainboard (little surprise here). Bootloader unlock worked also on the new phone (some report that this would not work by default after an RMA, for me it did).
So, ASUS did a great job dealing with the issue.

Data recov - Hard-bricked Phone - Qualcomm

My wife's Pixel 3 XL hard-bricked a couple of nights ago. This seems to be a fairly common issue possibly related to recent updates to the phone. Here are a couple of example forum posts on the same issue:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/miltpe
[FIX] Pixel 3 QUSB_BULK_CID:xxxx_SN:xxxxxxxx
Hi, I have a Pixel 3 that won't turn on, won't charge, won't get into recovery mode, and gets recognized as QUSB_BULK_CID:xxxx_SN:xxxxxxxx when connected to a pc. I am an ignorant regarding phones, flashing, etc... Is there any way of getting...
forum.xda-developers.com
Pixel is not working. qusb__bulk - Google Pixel Community
Honestly, there are many more posts, but they're all pretty similar. From reading many MANY topics over the last 48 hours ago, I've been able to figure this much out: There is a potential way of un-bricking the phone using Qualcomm's QFIL tool with the proper files for the Pixel 3 XL (.mbn and a couple of .xml). HOWEVER, these files are very specific to the phone and are nowhere to be found, and even if I could find them, I can't actually get the phone to connect to QFIL (or to the QPST Configurator). It detects the chip on a COM port, but then just stays stuck at "downloading" (the loading bar under state stays stuck at about 1/5 way).
Both adb and fastboot don't recognize the device, and neither does QFIL. So at this point, I'm pretty well ready to say that I'm SOL. So I'm pretty well giving up on the idea that I'll be able to bring the phone back to life, but I'm still wondering if there's some way that I can recover the data from the phone when it's this far gone. None of the usual methods work since the phone would need to be recognized in a higher-level state than just recognizing the Qualcomm chip. And since the screen doesn't react, I have no idea if the button combinations I'm pressing are actually getting me into the bootloader menu or not. Heck, maybe it's so far gone that I can't even get that far.
So my question is this. Is there some low-level method I could try to recover the data off the phone when it's in this state? Any input is appreciated!
If USB MTP Mode was enabled on bricked phone it may possible to access the phone's data you are interested in to recover: This requires an USB-connection via USB-C cable what Pixel 3 phones support by default.
jwoegerbauer said:
If USB MTP Mode was enabled on bricked phone it may possible to access the phone's data you are interested in to recover: This requires an USB-connection via USB-C cable what Pixel 3 phones support by default.
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Thanks for the reply, but MTP is not possible in this state. The phone would need to be functional for MTP to be enabled.
I'm in the same situation, need .mbn file so I can use the Qualcomm EDL mode to try and bring the thing back to life.

Possibly Bricked

Hi
I've been browsing the forum to find some help, but nothing matches exactly my situation and it is stumping me.
Have one plus 7 pro GM1913, attempted to install the latest update today that was pushed to my phone a few days back and set the phone down with charger cable attached and then look back at it and the screen is back at the security code entry tap my code and then back to booting, then black screen.
Attempted all manner of the key combos to get into the different reboot, fastboot modes, occasionally would get back to the loading screen which would then freeze with occasionally distorted graphics (one plus logo).
And now after a bit of charging (phone doesnt indicate it is charging at all) can't even get it back to the crashdump screen I could get to.
Crashdump screen didnt indicate any errors.
So i've been looking into possibly trying to trying to unbrick it with msmdownload tool. I have managed to install the qualcomm drivers, i believe i have the right version of the msmdownload tool.
However when i try attach my phone to the pc it keeps disconnecting all the time, my running theory is the phone is on and running through the boot sequence but I can't see it, but each time it disconnects then reconnects etc. Anyway I can't maintain a connection long enough to attempt msmdownload tool.
I also can't seem to boot my phone into EDL mode, following the below instructions:
Power off the phone.
Plug in the USB cable your computer but do not connect the other end to the phone.
Hold down Volume Up and Volume Down buttons for a few seconds, and plug in the cable while you are continuing to hold them.
You should see the anticipated EDL mode.
I am a complete beginner at this, but considered myself relatively tech savy enough to give things a go, but there is the old adage about knowing enough to be dangerous! Any help is appreciated.
Riverseo said:
Hi
I've been browsing the forum to find some help, but nothing matches exactly my situation and it is stumping me.
Have one plus 7 pro GM1913, attempted to install the latest update today that was pushed to my phone a few days back and set the phone down with charger cable attached and then look back at it and the screen is back at the security code entry tap my code and then back to booting, then black screen.
Attempted all manner of the key combos to get into the different reboot, fastboot modes, occasionally would get back to the loading screen which would then freeze with occasionally distorted graphics (one plus logo).
And now after a bit of charging (phone doesnt indicate it is charging at all) can't even get it back to the crashdump screen I could get to.
Crashdump screen didnt indicate any errors.
So i've been looking into possibly trying to trying to unbrick it with msmdownload tool. I have managed to install the qualcomm drivers, i believe i have the right version of the msmdownload tool.
However when i try attach my phone to the pc it keeps disconnecting all the time, my running theory is the phone is on and running through the boot sequence but I can't see it, but each time it disconnects then reconnects etc. Anyway I can't maintain a connection long enough to attempt msmdownload tool.
I also can't seem to boot my phone into EDL mode, following the below instructions:
Power off the phone.
Plug in the USB cable your computer but do not connect the other end to the phone.
Hold down Volume Up and Volume Down buttons for a few seconds, and plug in the cable while you are continuing to hold them.
You should see the anticipated EDL mode.
I am a complete beginner at this, but considered myself relatively tech savy enough to give things a go, but there is the old adage about knowing enough to be dangerous! Any help is appreciated.
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I actually start the MSM tool ,wait until it boots up, position my cursor close to the start button on the tool, then I connect my phone to cable make sure it's attached to both PC and phone , put phone in edl ( hold power button and both vol up and vol down at same time) phone should go blank and you should see a connect on the MSM tool, hit start,,,, hth
My phone appears completely blank anyway, i've left it off charge overnight and then attempted to charge this morning, no real change. I've got no indication if the phone is charging or not or if it is even on.
When I connect via usb to my pc it is connecting and disconnecting constantly. I can't see anything via the screen.
What should edl mode on the phone look like?
Prior to this update there were never any issues with the phone, so im pretty sure it is connected to the update, just dont know how it has even wrecked the bootmodes etc
Riverseo said:
My phone appears completely blank anyway, i've left it off charge overnight and then attempted to charge this morning, no real change. I've got no indication if the phone is charging or not or if it is even on.
When I connect via usb to my pc it is connecting and disconnecting constantly. I can't see anything via the screen.
What should edl mode on the phone look like?
Prior to this update there were never any issues with the phone, so im pretty sure it is connected to the update, just dont know how it has even wrecked the bootmodes etc
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When I go into edl it's a completely blank ,,,screen is black
Thanks for letting me know that!
I keep getting firehose communication handshake failed (i keep getting the disconnection sound from windows, like ive unplugged the usb, but it shows up in device manager) and then i do enum and it shows as connected in msm.
however if I hit start again I get sahara communication failed.
Riverseo said:
Thanks for letting me know that!
I keep getting firehose communication handshake failed (i keep getting the disconnection sound from windows, like ive unplugged the usb, but it shows up in device manager) and then i do enum and it shows as connected in msm.
however if I hit start again I get sahara communication failed.
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I would just make sure you have all the correct drivers, especially l2, other than that iam out of ideas maybe someone with more experience will reply,, good luck
No worries cheers for the help though!

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