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RSD Reads Atrix 2 But Specs Are N/A

So I thought I'd pull out my old Atrix 2 the other day and do something with it. I didn't have a battery so I improvised one, then grabbed a micro usb cable, and plugged it into my old laptop (which runs Windows 7) (with the Atrix 2 in AP Fastboot mode) then I checked, and the cmd window read the phone when I typed "fastboot devices". So that old thread that took you to sbf.droid-developers.org, the one with a lot of useful motorola firmwares, has been dead for a long time, lucky for me I saved the firmware for the US AT&T version 4.0.4 Atrix 2. Too bad RSD won't acknowledge my Atrix 2 properly, it shows in spot 1 but says specs are N/A when I flash the firmware it won't let me. Any ideas? Maybe wrong drivers i'm using the motorola one I think it's "mot adb driver" or something like that.

Techie Android said:
So I thought I'd pull out my old Atrix 2 the other day and do something with it. I didn't have a battery so I improvised one, then grabbed a micro usb cable, and plugged it into my old laptop (which runs Windows 7) (with the Atrix 2 in AP Fastboot mode) then I checked, and the cmd window read the phone when I typed "fastboot devices". So that old thread that took you to sbf.droid-developers.org, the one with a lot of useful motorola firmwares, has been dead for a long time, lucky for me I saved the firmware for the US AT&T version 4.0.4 Atrix 2. Too bad RSD won't acknowledge my Atrix 2 properly, it shows in spot 1 but says specs are N/A when I flash the firmware it won't let me. Any ideas? Maybe wrong drivers i'm using the motorola one I think it's "mot adb driver" or something like that.
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Can you upload the firmware so I'll try flashing on an atrix 2 I have here?
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gemer45a said:
Can you upload the firmware so I'll try flashing on an atrix 2 I have here?
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Well actually I fixed mine already. It's been months since I've messed with it, it had a hardware failure that cause it to reboot after being in the OS for only about 5m. But if you need the files for yourself all you have to do is grab them on that other thread and just flash everything manually. Here's what I did: 1) Replace the fastboot drive in windows with Google's fastboot driver. 2) Grab the latest versions of the platform tools made available by Google through Android Studio. 3) Extract the contents of the firmware package into a folder containing the up to date platform tools. 4) Open CMD in admin mode to that folder and type "fastboot devices" to make sure it sees the Atrix 2, then wipe and flash each of the img files.

Techie Android said:
Well actually I fixed mine already. It's been months since I've messed with it, it had a hardware failure that cause it to reboot after being in the OS for only about 5m.
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oh I see, sorry to hear that it got messed up.
But if you need the files for yourself all you have to do is grab them on that other thread and just flash everything manually.
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Which other thread, I've downloaded lots of firmwwares and most of the threads have dead links but I can get the firmware when you point me to a particular thread.
Here's what I did: 1) Replace the fastboot drive in windows with Google's fastboot driver.
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I'm not getting this, can you tell me how you did this?
2) Grab the latest versions of the platform tools made available by Google through Android Studio.
3) Extract the contents of the firmware package into a folder containing the up to date platform tools.
4) Open CMD in admin mode to that folder and type "fastboot devices" to make sure it sees the Atrix 2, then wipe and flash each of the img files.
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These I can take care of.
PS. Is there anyway I can tell if the Atrix 2 I have is an AT&T variant or not?
Hope to hear from you soon.

gemer45a said:
Which other thread, I've downloaded lots of firmwwares and most of the threads have dead links but I can get the firmware when you point me to a particular thread.
I'm not getting this, can you tell me how you did this?
These I can take care of.
PS. Is there anyway I can tell if the Atrix 2 I have is an AT&T variant or not?
Hope to hear from you soon.
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Okay it may be a second but let me see if I can find that thread. If I need to I'll just send you what I have.
As far as the driver goes, you have to enter windows device driver manager and navigate to where it show the plugged in Atrix 2 (it should be like a USB icon I think) and then right click on it and uninstall the current driver (the icon may disappear when it does just unplug and replug the usb cable connected to the Atrix you will also need to refresh the driver manager window after that to get it to realize you plugged it back in. Okay now you should see an error icon on that USB connection (because the driver is missing) now you'll have to right click on that and say install driver. Now the fun begins.
Okay to get the Google fastboot driver you need to download it. This link should be helpful.
https://developer.android.com/studio/run/win-usb.html
Haha I explained this to my best ability but here's the link where Google explains how to install the driver. Hope it helps.
https://developer.android.com/studio/run/oem-usb.html#InstallingDriver
Hope that helps you. If you need anything just ask, I'll be here. :good:
Oops almost forgot. AT&T models had the brand name in the bezel. I know because mine is an AT&T model. lol I googled it and gsm arena says that they are all AT&T.
http://m.gsmarena.com/motorola_atrix_2_mb865-4199.php
You can see the AT&T below the 4 buttons in the pic.

Techie Android said:
Okay it may be a second but let me see if I can find that thread. If I need to I'll just send you what I have.
As far as the driver goes, you have to enter windows device driver manager and navigate to where it show the plugged in Atrix 2 (it should be like a USB icon I think) and then right click on it and uninstall the current driver (the icon may disappear when it does just unplug and replug the usb cable connected to the Atrix you will also need to refresh the driver manager window after that to get it to realize you plugged it back in. Okay now you should see an error icon on that USB connection (because the driver is missing) now you'll have to right click on that and say install driver. Now the fun begins.
Okay to get the Google fastboot driver you need to download it. This link should be helpful.
https://developer.android.com/studio/run/win-usb.html
Haha I explained this to my best ability but here's the link where Google explains how to install the driver. Hope it helps.
https://developer.android.com/studio/run/oem-usb.html#InstallingDriver
Hope that helps you. If you need anything just ask, I'll be here. :good:
Oops almost forgot. AT&T models had the brand name in the bezel. I know because mine is an AT&T model. lol I googled it and gsm arena says that they are all AT&T.
http://m.gsmarena.com/motorola_atrix_2_mb865-4199.php
You can see the AT&T below the 4 buttons in the pic.
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I checked the device manager but no atrix 2 listed among the usb devices (Am using windows 10), I have installed the android studio and from gsmarena, the phone I have here is an AT&T model.
I'm looking forward to the files to flash and the steps. Thanks

gemer45a said:
I checked the device manager but no atrix 2 listed among the usb devices (Am using windows 10), I have installed the android studio and from gsmarena, the phone I have here is an AT&T model.
I'm looking forward to the files to flash and the steps. Thanks
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Yeah sorry forgot to add where the files are. I'm in the middle of something right now but as soon as I get a chance I'll reply with the link. Give me ~30m. Thanks! As far as the driver an easy way to check that I forgot to mention is in Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Devices and Printers. It would show up at the bottom.

Okay here is the thread I mentioned. https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1805975
I can upload my files if you need them.

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Okay here is the thread I mentioned. https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1805975
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Thanks I'll follow the instructions from there. I was trying to flash an ICS xml with RSDLite which failed and that's how I ended up with AP Fastboot mode only.
I can upload my files if you need them.
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Please do, thanks. There's a problem with the download links.
Edit: Earlier you said I had to flash the device manually so whiles waiting for you to reply I decided to manually flash the img files in "InlineFlashing_Edison_67.21.125_CFC_P3_APBP.xml" and rebooted the phone (I had no idea what the outcome would be, I guess I was just trying). It hanged on the motorola logo screen and did a factory reset(I don't know how that happened) and rebooted running on ICS. I now have a fully functional device, Thank you for your time and patience. You're a great help, thanks once again. :good:

Pixel 5 Bricked

Hello all,
I did a big mistake, I wanted to go back from DP 3 to Android 11 and once I was going to do the CMD steps, I downloaded the wrong Firmware for the Pixel 5
I didnt see that mistake until I started the steps and the phone turned off and did not turn on anymore.
I know I made a big mistake, but can I do to revert this? I try to restart the phone but nothing, not via power button for 10 or 20 or 30 sec.
Please help

vlc_marcos said:
Hello all,
I did a big mistake, I wanted to go back from DP 3 to Android 11 and once I was going to do the CMD steps, I downloaded the wrong Firmware for the Pixel 5
I didnt see that mistake until I started the steps and the phone turned off and did not turn on anymore.
I know I made a big mistake, but can I do to revert this? I try to restart the phone but nothing, not via power button for 10 or 20 or 30 sec.
Please help
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vlc_marcos said:
I downloaded the wrong Firmware for the Pixel 5
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So you used a firmware that was older or one that was for a different device?
Is the bootloader unlocked?
What exactly did you download?
Does the phone charge?

l7777 said:
So you used a firmware that was older or one that was for a different device?
Is the bootloader unlocked?
What exactly did you download?
Does the phone charge?
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I used the firmware of pixel 4a 5g and I wanted to go from DP3 to android 11.
I cannot see the phone charging . I try long press in any of the buttons and different combinations and nothing. Zero signs of life

vlc_marcos said:
I used the firmware of pixel 4a 5g and I wanted to go from DP3 to android 11.
I cannot see the phone charging . I try long press in any of the buttons and different combinations and nothing. Zero signs of life
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when its plugged into a computer does the computer see it at all?

thewraith420 said:
when its plugged into a computer does the computer see it at all?
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not at all is there some kind of hard unbrick??

vlc_marcos said:
not at all is there some kind of hard unbrick??
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Unfortunately i think your only option will be to send it in to google at this point.. wish you luck though maybe someone has an idea.

thewraith420 said:
Unfortunately i think your only option will be to send it in to google at this point.. wish you luck though maybe someone has an idea.
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Mine bricked about a month ago and Google suggested uBreakiFix. They tried to do a force flash on it but it didn't work. They ended up replacing the motherboard which fixed it, but now my proximity sensor is always on. I don't know if they can fix that or if it will require another motherboard.

I have same problem, but i can go to bootloader. The problem my phone is locked bootloader and i don't have recovery mode. And when i try to flash it because of locked bootloader i can't do anything. Is there any solution for unbrick locked bootloader?

p_a_r_s_a7 said:
I have same problem, but i can go to bootloader. The problem my phone is locked bootloader and i don't have recovery mode. And when i try to flash it because of locked bootloader i can't do anything. Is there any solution for unbrick locked bootloader?
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Did you use any special way to even turn on the phone or reach the bootloader?

vlc_marcos said:
Did you use any special way to even turn on the phone or reach the bootloader?
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I did everything, unfortunately my bootloader is locked and that's problem. With locked bootloader i can't do anything. I had same problems with other phones before and i could unbrick. But for pixel devices i can't find some tool to unbrick.

p_a_r_s_a7 said:
I did everything, unfortunately my bootloader is locked and that's problem. With locked bootloader i can't do anything. I had same problems with other phones before and i could unbrick. But for pixel devices i can't find some tool to unbrick.
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how did you end up with it like that with bootloader locked? what caused it?

I have the same issue like p_a_r_s_a7 with my Pixel 5.
Only fastboot mode: can't find valid operating system
After flashing the 'right' OTA image for Android 12 DP3 the device cannot be restored anymore.
The image was successfully flashed by 'adb sideload' as recommended.
Seems that a locked bootloader is not 100% save from 'flashed to death'
600 EURO paperwight.

I had this same issue on my 4a 5g and after many hours I managed to fix it. I don't recall exactly but I went through every option of flashing stock via fastboot and android flash tool it eventually worked this was 2 months ago

Cj719 said:
I had this same issue on my 4a 5g and after many hours I managed to fix it. I don't recall exactly but I went through every option of flashing stock via fastboot and android flash tool it eventually worked this was 2 months ago
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But you could reach fastboot right?

Cj719 said:
I had this same issue on my 4a 5g and after many hours I managed to fix it. I don't recall exactly but I went through every option of flashing stock via fastboot and android flash tool it eventually worked this was 2 months ago
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Android flash tool immediately detect the locked bootloader and stopped without flashing.
I've tried to check/uncheck every option but no luck. I've used Windows 10.
Did you used the common USB driver requested by Android flash tool ?
Anything else that could be special, eg Linux environment ( what distro, version .. )
Any detail could help..

speo said:
Android flash tool immediately detect the locked bootloader and stopped without flashing.
I've tried to check/uncheck every option but no luck. I've used Windows 10.
Did you used the common USB driver requested by Android flash tool ?
Anything else that could be special, eg Linux environment ( what distro, version .. )
Any detail could help..
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Windows 10 laptop, adb minimal drivers, made sure device was detected, attempted through fastboot and android flash tool, that's the only things I remember my apologies.

speo said:
I have the same issue like p_a_r_s_a7 with my Pixel 5.
Only fastboot mode: can't find valid operating system
After flashing the 'right' OTA image for Android 12 DP3 the device cannot be restored anymore.
The image was successfully flashed by 'adb sideload' as recommended.
Seems that a locked bootloader is not 100% save from 'flashed to death'
600 EURO paperwight.
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I send back to Google, i couldn't fix it

Cj719 said:
Windows 10 laptop, adb minimal drivers, made sure device was detected, attempted through fastboot and android flash tool, that's the only things I remember my apologies.
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thank you anyway, it was a little light on the horizon at least ;-)

p_a_r_s_a7 said:
I send back to Google, i couldn't fix it
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have you been charged ?
Mine is from another dealer, will see..

Question Is unbricking possible?

Good morning all, I tried relocking my bootloader using the command "fastboot oem asus-csc lk" and at first, it seemed to be a success. However I restarted my device and was met with this error message. "Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and will not boot." I've tried searching high and low and it seems that I'm royally screwed, just wanted to confirm that I was though. Thanks for reading my post and any input is appreciated.

If your boot.img is not stock before locking you will get this error. Try flashing stock boot.img. I had a similar experience with realme phone but not encountered this issue with ROG 5
Edit: Sorry since you locked the bootloader i think you cant flash it unless you unlock it again. Give a try with EDL firmware

This is becoming a pretty common issue. I think it's time we make a WARNING thread.
WARNING: Read BEFORE Locking Bootloader
DO NOT LOCK THE BOOTLOADER WHILE ROOTED! When locking the bootloader while rooted, the boot image will fail verification and the system will fail to boot. You cannot flash a stock boot image with a locked bootloader. Locking the bootloader will...
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jhosharath said:
If your boot.img is not stock before locking you will get this error. Try flashing stock boot.img. I had a similar experience with realme phone but not encountered this issue with ROG 5
Edit: Sorry since you locked the bootloader i think you cant flash it unless you unlock it again. Give a try with EDL firmware
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How would I go about doing that? If you don't mind telling me of course. I've tried doing some research on it but it seems there isn't much on this phone at all

Jdotswift said:
How would I go about doing that? If you don't mind telling me of course. I've tried doing some research on it but it seems there isn't much on this phone at all
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ROG Phone 5(s) Help Index
"Quick Filters" let you see all posts of a certain type. This can make finding posts easier, but what if a guide began as a "Question"? This thread aims to bridge that gap. You will find nearly all of the common things new owners are trying to...
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twistedumbrella said:
ROG Phone 5(s) Help Index
"Quick Filters" let you see all posts of a certain type. This can make finding posts easier, but what if a guide began as a "Question"? This thread aims to bridge that gap. You will find nearly all of the common things new owners are trying to...
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Thanks for your help so far but I'm having issues putting the phone into edl mode. I'm trying to follow what was suggested in the tutorial but it isn't working. I also tried the fastboot command that was done in the video and to no avail. Google isn't giving much either. Am I missing something?
Edit: Made it into Edl mode but when trying to flash the ww image folder, I'm met with an error message saying "Object reference not set to an instance of an object". It seems like there is no fix for this at the moment

Jdotswift said:
Thanks for your help so far but I'm having issues putting the phone into edl mode. I'm trying to follow what was suggested in the tutorial but it isn't working. I also tried the fastboot command that was done in the video and to no avail. Google isn't giving much either. Am I missing something?
Edit: Made it into Edl mode but when trying to flash the ww image folder, I'm met with an error message saying "Object reference not set to an instance of an object". It seems like there is no fix for this at the moment
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That's likely because the bootloader is locked. It was possible that EDL mode could still allow a full restore, but also quite possible it wasn't going to work because of that.

twistedumbrella said:
That's likely because the bootloader is locked. It was possible that EDL mode could still allow a full restore, but also quite possible it wasn't going to work because of that.
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Well thanks for your help. I admit defeat but learned a very valuable lesson

Jdotswift said:
Well thanks for your help. I admit defeat but learned a very valuable lesson
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You may still want to contact Asus and tell them you don't know what happened. They may be able to restore it. I wouldn't tell them you unlocked the bootloader, since it's locked if they ask.

As long as bootloader mode works, You can flash a RAW file to boot the phone back.
Ensure the phone has enough battery power left for a 20 min+ flash,
USB Cable to be connected on the side port, (not bottom charging port - fastboot doesn't work there)
and to use the exact raw firmware file which matches the device model and variant.
Latest WW Raw file is here

JazonX said:
As long as bootloader mode works, You can flash a RAW file to boot the phone back.
Ensure the phone has enough battery power left for a 20 min+ flash,
USB Cable to be connected on the side port, (not bottom charging port - fastboot doesn't work there)
and to use the exact raw firmware file which matches the device model and variant.
Latest WW Raw file is here
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Hopefully this time is different, but every report so far has been that it fails. I believe we still need the firehose to use any programs that override the bootloader security on fastboot.

twistedumbrella said:
Hopefully this time is different, but every report so far has been that it fails. I believe we still need the firehose to use any programs that override the bootloader security on fastboot.
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Can confirm it one hundred percent works. Mine was the American variant purchased directly from Asus' website. I don't think that had anything to do with it but my phone is up and running with a locked bootloader now. I really appreciate the help fellas

Jdotswift said:
Can confirm it one hundred percent works. Mine was the American variant purchased directly from Asus' website. I don't think that had anything to do with it but my phone is up and running with a locked bootloader now. I really appreciate the help fellas
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Glad to hear it. Apparently, the issue was people not following instructions...

OnePlus 8 TMO Missing IMEI and can't unlock bootloader

Hey yall, I really need some help.
So some back story:
I started using a oneplus 8 TMO version and wanted to unlock the bootloader to get android 12 and root the phone. So I went through the process of getting an unlock token and when I finally got it, unlocked my bootloader, flashed the global version of oxygen os, and got it updated to android 12. Everything was working great. So then I wanted to root the phone so I downloaded twrp, booted into fastboot, and tried flashing it. The phone then booted into the system even though I told it to boot into recovery. After about a minute or so it froze and rebooted into a kernal panic. I unfortunately do not have what it said and cant repeat the process, but it booted into recovery and I clicked reason for boot and it said something about the kernal. So after a reboot it then went into crash dump mode. So I had to use the msm download tool (unfortunately I only had the tmo msm version and thought I could just repeat the process because I had slow internet and didnt want to download the global msm tool) to get the phone working again. So booted into edl mode, reflashed the phone, and it booted up. The problem now is that I do not have an IMEI number. I have a wifi address, bt address, and everything else that makes me assume that the efs partition is still ok (but I dont know enough to debate that) but it does not recognize my sim card. The phone also freezed and restarts approximately every 30 seconds.
And now my problem and what I have tried:
Because I have no IMEI I cannot enable oem unlocking in developer settings, cant flash anything in the bootloader - including the unlock token - and can barely do anything in the system because it only stays on for small amounts of time. I have tried many imei write tools such as qualcomm smartphone write imei, readnwrite tool, fastboot imei writer, miracle box, and I think some others but none of them recognize my phone. Ive also tried the oneplus debloat and oem unlock script to try and bypass the setting but it didnt do anything. I have dialed *#801# and was able to enable engineering mode and diag toggle but it still didnt do anything for me. So I really dont know what to do any more. When in the bootloader or recovery the phone does not reboot, so I can stay there as long as I need. Any help on this would be greatly, greatly, greatly appreciated.

Have you tried using the MSMTool again?

Xryphon said:
Have you tried using the MSMTool again?
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Yeah unfortunately that hasn't worked... I've done it miltiple times with the T-Mobile one and can't use any other one because I don't have an unlocked bootloader... If I had a way to bypass the oem unlocking option in the settings then I might have a chance to fix it but don't know how to do that...

try using this version of msmtool(i use MsmDownloadTool V4.0_Win7 on windows 10). it's a bit newer version(5.2.89) i extracted from OP9Pro file. replace the version from whichever unbrick file you download. worked for me. but don't upgrade to android 12 again, the same issue will happen

gingerboy92 said:
try using this version of msmtool(i use MsmDownloadTool V4.0_Win7 on windows 10). it's a bit newer version(5.2.89) i extracted from OP9Pro file. replace the version from whichever unbrick file you download. worked for me. but don't upgrade to android 12 again, the same issue will happen
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Thanks for the response! And I am so sorry but what do you mean by unbrick file? I just had to download the tmobile version of the msm tool. I mean to be fair it was uploaded by someone so they probably pre programmed it but I unfortunately dont have the knowledge for that. I am also using msmdownloadtool v4.0. Do you happen to have the links to what you are referring to?
Heres the link to the one that I have downloaded: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...l-to-restore-your-device-to-oxygenos.4093043/
Thanks!
EDIT: so once you said that I actually went to the link and there were various versions. So I tried another one and it didn't work but then tried one more and my IMEI was back! I have no idea why that happened but thanks for the idea! I was so happy.

shubbyshoes said:
Thanks for the response! And I am so sorry but what do you mean by unbrick file? I just had to download the tmobile version of the msm tool. I mean to be fair it was uploaded by someone so they probably pre programmed it but I unfortunately dont have the knowledge for that. I am also using msmdownloadtool v4.0. Do you happen to have the links to what you are referring to?
Heres the link to the one that I have downloaded: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...l-to-restore-your-device-to-oxygenos.4093043/
Thanks!
EDIT: so once you said that I actually went to the link and there were various versions. So I tried another one and it didn't work but then tried one more and my IMEI was back! I have no idea why that happened but thanks for the idea! I was so happy.
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yeah, that's it. it's related to version of msmdownloadtool. some of them must have a newer version. i had the idea from someone else on this forum too. glad it helps. be careful not upgrade to android 12 for now. i think it's because of the way oos12 detects phone varient causing the modem to go crazy. not sure tho. would love to see someone figures it out

gingerboy92 said:
yeah, that's it. it's related to version of msmdownloadtool. some of them must have a newer version. i had the idea from someone else on this forum too. glad it helps. be careful not upgrade to android 12 for now. i think it's because of the way oos12 detects phone varient causing the modem to go crazy. not sure tho. would love to see someone figures it out
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Yeah, OOS 12 messed up my phone for a bit until I was able to get OOS 11 back on both slots.

shubbyshoes said:
Thanks for the response! And I am so sorry but what do you mean by unbrick file? I just had to download the tmobile version of the msm tool. I mean to be fair it was uploaded by someone so they probably pre programmed it but I unfortunately dont have the knowledge for that. I am also using msmdownloadtool v4.0. Do you happen to have the links to what you are referring to?
Heres the link to the one that I have downloaded: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...l-to-restore-your-device-to-oxygenos.4093043/
Thanks!
EDIT: so once you said that I actually went to the link and there were various versions. So I tried another one and it didn't work but then tried one more and my IMEI was back! I have no idea why that happened but thanks for the idea! I was so happy.
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which worked for you?

OnePlus 8 IN2010 Super-Hardbricked. Need information!

My device is OnePlus 8 IN2010, but currently I'm on OOS13-F15 IN2015. Everything was working fine without any issues. Last Sunday, I found link to a full ROM F15 of EU variant, then I extract the ops file into fastboot images and flash to the device. The flashing was successfully without any error msg. But then, wen reboot, the device won't turn on again till now. I tried many way but its even not recognized by Computer, no port, no EDL nothing at all.
So I really need if anyone used to face this situation pls share the information on why is it so and is there any solution for the current state of the device.
Thanks in advance, guys!

LinhBT said:
My device is OnePlus 8 IN2010, but currently I'm on OOS13-F15 IN2015. Everything was working fine without any issues. Last Sunday, I found link to a full ROM F15 of EU variant, then I extract the ops file into fastboot images and flash to the device. The flashing was successfully without any error msg. But then, wen reboot, the device won't turn on again till now. I tried many way but its even not recognized by Computer, no port, no EDL nothing at all.
So I really need if anyone used to face this situation pls share the information on why is it so and is there any solution for the current state of the device.
Thanks in advance, guys!
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It takes several tries while using different ports and cables.
Spoiler
Press and Hold Power Off and Volume Up button and release when the screen goes off. Now your phone is switched off. Now to enter the EDL mode you need to press and hold volume up and volume down buttons at the same time...and then connect the mobile to Windows while still holding the buttons. Done. MSM tool will detect your phone.

rodken said:
It takes several tries while using different ports and cables.
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Press and Hold Power Off and Volume Up button and release when the screen goes off. Now your phone is switched off. Now to enter the EDL mode you need to press and hold volume up and volume down buttons at the same time...and then connect the mobile to Windows while still holding the buttons. Done. MSM tool will detect your phone.
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I did bro, tried not only few times but whole night ))) Besides, tricks like press and hold ( and keep holding ) 3 buttons and else I also did try. I even open the back cover, but not yet know where's the Testpoin

LinhBT said:
I did bro, tried not only few times but whole night ))) Besides, tricks like press and hold ( and keep holding ) 3 buttons and else I also did try. I even open the back cover, but not yet know where's the Testpoin
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It seems that your device is a candidate for a replacement if you cannot enter EDL.

rodken said:
It seems that your device is a candidate for a replacement if you cannot enter EDL.
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In fact I considered its ded already, too. Since I unbricked many kind of devices and when I see its state, I already guessed. But what I wanna know is the reason that make him dead bro

LinhBT said:
In fact I considered its ded already, too. Since I unbricked many kind of devices and when I see its state, I already guessed. But what I wanna know is the reason that make him dead bro
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Something along the way when you flashed the ops file that set the voltage too high on LPDDR5 which might have caused the official bootloader to kill the motherboard beyond MSM.
OnePlus uses same signature to sign all four firmwares, OP8, OP8T, OP8Pro, 9R all use identical signature, which means that PBL (Primary Bootloader) will load XBL (Secondary Bootloader) no matter which one you choose to flash.
Arguably, the reason why the phone died is because LPDDR5 RAM uses lower voltage compared to LPDDR4X, and just because there's no code to prevent XBL from setting voltage too high on LPDDR5, it leads to RAM getting overvolted and dying.

rodken said:
Something along the way when you flashed the ops file that set the voltage too high on LPDDR5 which might have caused the official bootloader to kill the motherboard beyond MSM.
OnePlus uses same signature to sign all four firmwares, OP8, OP8T, OP8Pro, 9R all use identical signature, which means that PBL (Primary Bootloader) will load XBL (Secondary Bootloader) no matter which one you choose to flash.
Arguably, the reason why the phone died is because LPDDR5 RAM uses lower voltage compared to LPDDR4X, and just because there's no code to prevent XBL from setting voltage too high on LPDDR5, it leads to RAM getting overvolted and dying.
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This I know, but it applies for 8T more than OP8 since op8 only have one LPDDR4 variant, and also in the ops extracted image, there was only 1 xbl and xbl_config image, none xbl5. Thats why I feel weird.

You're looks like Chinese and I'm pretty sure you're. Why not you just make a call to service center or bring to him and they'll fix it in minutes.
Even you can help us for remote season.
By the way op8 have way bh force goto edl

rodken said:
Something along the way when you flashed the ops file that set the voltage too high on LPDDR5 which might have caused the official bootloader to kill the motherboard beyond MSM.
OnePlus uses same signature to sign all four firmwares, OP8, OP8T, OP8Pro, 9R all use identical signature, which means that PBL (Primary Bootloader) will load XBL (Secondary Bootloader) no matter which one you choose to flash.
Arguably, the reason why the phone died is because LPDDR5 RAM uses lower voltage compared to LPDDR4X, and just because there's no code to prevent XBL from setting voltage too high on LPDDR5, it leads to RAM getting overvolted and dying.
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Besides, I manually flashed it using fastboot cmd-line, not using MSM. So strange!

LinhBT said:
Besides, I manually flashed it using fastboot cmd-line, not using MSM. So strange!
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At this point and juncture, it wouldn't matter which method was used to flash the ops file. Something along the way set the voltage too high which possibly damaged the motherboard.

Daniha said:
You're looks like Chinese and I'm pretty sure you're. Why not you just make a call to service center or bring to him and they'll fix it in minutes.
Even you can help us for remote season.
By the way op8 have way bh force goto edl
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1stly, I MAY look like Chinese since we both Asian, but as in my profile is clarify enough that I'm Vietnamese. Besides, it does not related to the issue that I'm raising.

rodken said:
At this point and juncture, it wouldn't matter which method was used to flash the ops file. Something along the way set the voltage too high which possibly damaged the motherboard.
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Basically, its the only way for now to explain the situation, but to be honest, Im not so satisfy with it. Point is, I'm not trying to recover the device for myself since personally, I considered its ded ))). But also I want to help all the information which may related to the issue, from there I will have clues to find out what was the reasons that killed it, then share to the community to prevent the same issues since even that Im quite experienced with OP devices but this is the 1st time I face this so it may be the new issue which comes with OOS13 or else.

LinhBT said:
1stly, I MAY look like Chinese since we both Asian, but as in my profile is clarify enough that I'm Vietnamese. Besides, it does not related to the issue that I'm raising.
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You stil missed My POV. You need to visit service Center the only option left in this case. I can also fix but device need in hand.
Here everyone Provide you file but what if you're Not able to access 9008
Or another option is ufs dump

LinhBT said:
Basically, its the only way for now to explain the situation, but to be honest, Im not so satisfy with it. Point is, I'm not trying to recover the device for myself since personally, I considered its ded ))). But also I want to help all the information which may related to the issue, from there I will have clues to find out what was the reasons that killed it, then share to the community to prevent the same issues since even that Im quite experienced with OP devices but this is the 1st time I face this so it may be the new issue which comes with OOS13 or else.
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Keep me posted if you are able to pin-point the exact issue.
-- We can always learn from each other with a helping hand.

rodken said:
Keep me posted if you are able to pin-point the exact issue.
-- We can always learn from each other with a helping hand.
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Sure man, just like before, based on the information I have from our forum, I was successfully restore a dead OP 8T TMO with Testpoint trick after few months after it bricked. That thread, I believe still somewhere at 8T Forum

Daniha said:
You stil missed My POV. You need to visit service Center the only option left in this case. I can also fix but device need in hand.
Here everyone Provide you file but what if you're Not able to access 9008
Or another option is ufs dump
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Pls kindly re-check my reply at #12

Anyone? Anyone have any information pls!!!

LinhBT said:
Anyone? Anyone have any information pls!!!
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The device is most likely dead if it cannot enter EDL mode. There have been reports of issues entering EDL mode when using a USB 3 port, so trying a USB 2 port might be another option.

Xryphon said:
The device is most likely dead if it cannot enter EDL mode. There have been reports of issues entering EDL mode when using a USB 3 port, so trying a USB 2 port might be another option.
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Tks mate, but I already aware of the USB 3.0 issue hence I always use USB 2.0 . And as I mentioned, I already accepted the fact that its dead ( more than dead )) ) Just I want to figure out what was really happened that make it dead so that we can warn the others since I guess that this comes from the smt inside the Ofiicial Oneplus OTA package.

LinhBT said:
Tks mate, but I already aware of the USB 3.0 issue hence I always use USB 2.0 . And as I mentioned, I already accepted the fact that its dead ( more than dead )) ) Just I want to figure out what was really happened that make it dead so that we can warn the others since I guess that this comes from the smt inside the Ofiicial Oneplus OTA package.
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There is an interesting write-up regarding your issue.
Not to mention that there is the possibility of corrupting the Param Partition that will cause EDL to not function under the MSM Tool with the old param mismatch.