This restore process is intended for the AT&T V60 (lmv600am) model and will WIPE your data so back it up if you want to keep it!
This process will restore the lmv600am to original factory state for the AT&T v60 v20q build (a11). I’ve dumped all the required partitions from a new replacement phone sent to me by LG. This process uses the Qfil utility and assumes you already have a working knowledge of Qfil and that you have already installed it on your Windows PC. If you don’t have that knowledge start reading. The internet is full of Qfil guides.
You can’t damage or fix your existing imei relevant partitions from this restore because they aren’t included in this download.
You are responsible for backing up your existing phone partitions. I’m not liable for you using my work product and you do so at your own risk. If you’re unsure of what you’re doing then read more about Qfil and what is does. Again, if you are a newby go slow. Taking your time will save you a lot of aggravation.
This process will not fix your erased or damage imei number problem. There are process out there but they are usually reserved for people with an expert level of knowledge on the subject.
This guide is for anyone who’s presently unable to boot or who just can’t access AT&T ota services and wishes to upgrade their lmv600am to a newer a11 build. I have only tried this when my phone was already on an Android 11 rom. That’s not to say it won’t work coming from a Android 10 rom but I haven’t tried it.
This process will not fix your erased or damage imei number problem.
Steps
Download “Lmv600am v20q Restore Partitions.7z” file from ??? and unzip. Remember the unzipped restore directory path.
Plug your phone into PC with USB cable and put you phone in EDL (9008) mode. Again, there are guides on how to do this everywhere.
Start Qfil and select the port of your phone’ connection. (See Windows device manager)
Select the v60 firehose (.elf) which is included in the unzipped directory.
Select storage type = ulf which is located at the bottom right of the Qfil dialog screen. I’m using Qfil 2.0.3.5 version.
Next click on the “load XML” button and group select “rawprogram0” thru “rawprogram6” which are also in the unzipped directory, then hit OK. Next it will ask for the Patch0.xml file, hit cancel as we’re not patching anything.
Wait a few seconds and then click on the “Download” button. Qfil will now resolve all the names of the partitions to be restore and then start the download process to the phone.
When complete phone reboots as I recall.
try first time, stuck at 88%, show a error
try second time, stuck at 55% for a whole night, no error
after, stuck at a random percent every time, no error
att a11 already crossflashed to EA
Why super.bin so big? 20GB stucking at flashing super every time
peterwode said:
try first time, stuck at 88%, show a error
try second time, stuck at 55% for a whole night, no error
after, stuck at a random percent every time, no error
att a11 already crossflashed to EA
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My guess is your pc went to sleep. Other suggestions; change usb port... change cable... change PC. This procedure has been used by myself and others multiple times without failure. Qfil does nothing more than a simple read partition / write partition. There's no magic.
peterwode said:
Why super.bin so big? 20GB stucking at flashing super every time
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The size of the super.bin (partitions system_a and system_b) is what it is. It's not like you have a choice. Hopefully, you do realize you're restoring both sides of the phone, slot a/slot b.
hooutoo said:
My guess is your pc went to sleep. Other suggestions; change usb port... change cable... change PC. This procedure has been used by myself and others multiple times without failure. Qfil does nothing more than a simple read partition / write partition. There's no magic.
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Everything is changed, but the problem is the same, just stucked, progress no move forward, no error message , is the configuaration setting's problem? I am using the same configuaration with the crossflash guide
Finally figured out where the problem is , after upate qpst to the latest one, everything just ok now, thanks for your sharing and help
peterwode said:
Finally figured out where the problem is , after upate qpst to the latest one, everything just ok now, thanks for your sharing and help
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You're welcome.
sorry for my mistake, not update , it is downgrade to 2.0.2.3, with 2.0.3.5 showing zero disk reading of qfil progress in the task manager, with 2.0.2.3 you can see qfil reading data from disk from computer , i don't know if it is bug or just a showing problem.
report one issue, cann't boot when changed to slot_a
did this. boots as cricket wireless and is just doing nothing but booting with the giant smiley face logo.
is there another step I need to do? Im surprised to see cricket and not ATT
chamilun said:
did this. boots as cricket wireless and is just doing nothing but booting with the giant smiley face logo.
is there another step I need to do? Im surprised to see cricket and not ATT
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If you're seeing any boot logo and then getting stuck it usually means that the phone is trying to get to userdata. This restore does not include userdata for obvious reasons. My guess is you needs to reformat/wipe userdata.
The easiest way is probably by entering restore mode and selecting "reset to factory" which both reformats and wipes userdata.
As for the cricket logo, no telling where that's coming from or where your phone's been. But as per the Op description, these are 100% AT&T a11 v20q partitions.
phone wont get into the android boot screen for wiping cache/userdata/etc. kinda odd...
something tells me I need to write something additional. because my ATT model was crossflashed to the EU firmware
to bypass the fingerprint bug. however, they are shutting off 3G networks on the 22nd so cant keep using.
anyone else have any idea what I need to do?
Dude.... you don't need to be at boot screen whatever that is. You need to put your phone in recovery mode. Hold -vol and pwr until phone start to boot..... then release. Immediately press/hold +vol to put phone in recovery mode. Then select fastory reset which will rebuild (reformat/wipe) userdata . There are lots of guides on how to put a v60 into recovery mode.
If you can't get into recovery then put phone into edl mode (9008), start gfil and load the eng abl img to both abl_a and abl_b. Then restart phone and put it into fastboot mode, again guides all over internet on how to get to fastboot mode. From there try "fastboot -w" command from cmd prompt using adb/fastboot tools. If that doesn't work it has to be done from recovery mode.
Be sure you have all the proper drivers. For example when going into fastboot mode you will mostly likey have to manually load the adb bootloader driver so fastboot commands can access you phone.
hooutoo said:
eng abl img
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hooutoo said:
Dude.... you don't need to be at boot screen whatever that is. You need to put your phone in recovery mode. Hold -vol and pwr until phone start to boot..... then release. Immediately press/hold +vol to put phone in recovery mode. Then select fastory reset which will rebuild (reformat/wipe) userdata . There are lots of guides on how to put a v60 into recovery mode.
If you can't get into recovery then put phone into edl mode (9008), start gfil and load the eng abl img to both abl_a and abl_b. Then restart phone and put it into fastboot mode, again guides all over internet on how to get to fastboot mode. From there try "fastboot -w" command from cmd prompt using adb/fastboot tools. If that doesn't work it has to be done from recovery mode.
Be sure you have all the proper drivers. For example when going into fastboot mode you will mostly likey have to manually load the adb bootloader driver so fastboot commands can access you phone.
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all done. loaded eng abl. erased userdata in fastboot. still is on cricket startup screen and just stays there booting forever
does yours say "cricket wireless" when booting? so odd how this thing is behaving
got it finally to boot by resetting phone within recovery. fastboot -w command didnt do it. Now Im getting some type
of NT error that something doesnt match. but phone is working.
thanks!
Did you follow the steps, recovery mode and factory reset? Did it complete?
chamilun said:
got it finally to boot by resetting phone within recovery. fastboot -w command didnt do it. Now Im getting some type
of NT error that something doesnt match. but phone is working.
thanks!
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Your welcome.
NT codes is a well know error so just google it. Also, maybe check with TG group.
hooutoo said:
Your welcome.
NT codes is a well know error so just google it. Also, maybe check with TG group.
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everything worked but something is odd. its showing as cricket boot up, LG in settings. not ATT. and the NT error.
also the hidden code menu isnt working.
somehow Ive got a frankenstein phone now. was a pure ATT phone before I crossflashed. somehow I need to figure out
what to write to the phone to get proper version back. I do have the old backup. just need to figure out how we
did the crossflashing and kind of undo
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Test methods need to unbrick my magic, so far I've tried one that I have not worked. If someone want to try things that I communicate them and I try.
After an upgrade of radio has been fried. I can not get into recovery, or fastboot. Even so I try to send commands and the command window stays and even restart <waiting for device> clicking to enter recovery fastboot or does nothing.
Excuse the translation but my English is very bad and I use the google translator
edugg said:
Test methods need to unbrick my magic, so far I've tried one that I have not worked. If someone want to try things that I communicate them and I try.
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wow so much information don't know where to start!!!
hard to say..someone managed to the the phone to respond to fastboot/adb by starting up ADB..
wait for the waiting for device msg, then connect the phone to usb and turn it on.
if all method fails, bring it back to claim for warranty.
edugg said:
Test methods need to unbrick my magic, so far I've tried one that I have not worked. If someone want to try things that I communicate them and I try.
After an upgrade of radio has been fried. I can not get into recovery, or fastboot. Even so I try to send commands and the command window stays and even restart <waiting for device> clicking to enter recovery fastboot or does nothing.
Excuse the translation but my English is very bad and I use the google translator
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What OS are you using on your computer?
zeroplace said:
What OS are you using on your computer?
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I tested with Windows 7, Vista and XP and the same.
You know any way to flash as factory?
Will it actually turn on or does it just flash a red led when you press power?
bonesy said:
Will it actually turn on or does it just flash a red led when you press power?
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Starts, appears the splash but only gets to that point
In that case it isnt bricked its just stuck...Bricked is when it wont turn on at all
Do you have a nandroid backup?
Have you taken the battery out and the power lead so it has no power?
i have had this problem
If you have a backup get it ready, Once you have let the phone power down totally (battery out and no lead) hold back and press power (keep holding back) this should get you into fastboot.if it doesnt unplug the lead and try again.
If thats successful.... using your nandroid files
FASTBOOT COMMANDS
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash userdata data.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Sorry if you cant get this to work i have to go out and wont be back to check till tomorrow so just giving you all the info
bonesy said:
In that case it isnt bricked its just stuck...Bricked is when it wont turn on at all
Do you have a nandroid backup?
Have you taken the battery out and the power lead so it has no power?
i have had this problem
If you have a backup get it ready, Once you have let the phone power down totally (battery out and no lead) hold back and press power (keep holding back) this should get you into fastboot.if it doesnt unplug the lead and try again.
If thats successful.... using your nandroid files
FASTBOOT COMMANDS
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash userdata data.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Sorry if you cant get this to work i have to go out and wont be back to check till tomorrow so just giving you all the info
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I have tried many times to do this and nothing ever stays <waiting for device> and does nothing
Phone is not bricked, so this shouldnt be a problem.
If you cant get into fastboot with current setups, then use another recovery image and a custom rom.
(all that stuff is on SD-card.. its not that hard)
Update SDK.
daihiep said:
Phone is not bricked, so this shouldnt be a problem.
If you cant get into fastboot with current setups, then use another recovery image and a custom rom.
(all that stuff is on SD-card.. its not that hard)
Update SDK.
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Great! And how should the recovery image and custom rom be put into the Magic? Sledgehammer?
The problem that almost everyone seems to not understand is that it's impossible to access fastboot, adb or any other (known) means.
The magic will hang at the first splashscreen no matter which buttons are pushed during power up. If the track ball is pressed during power on, the led lights up blue (still hanging at first splash). All other combos of buttons during power on makes no difference at all.
I have tried keeping fastboot waiting while power cycling the device (as explained in another thread), but there are no reaction. I have tried in xp, vista and linux.
I have also tried with a gold card, but since the phone seems unable to get any further than the first splash, this will not work.
So unless someone has a _NEW_ method to actually enter fastboot/ADB mode, these devices are BRICKED!
People have been discussing what the criteria for calling a phone a brick, but as far as I have care my Magic can only function as a paper weight and can therefore be called bricked.
Help
I have the same problem , the fastboot can not acces, i stay at the vodafone logo.
Any ideas?
HHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPP.
frankiboy1 said:
Great! And how should the recovery image and custom rom be put into the Magic? Sledgehammer?
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take out the sd card, put it in a usb adaptor and copy them over.
Also search for a thread "how i unbricked my phone"
frankiboy1 said:
Great! And how should the recovery image and custom rom be put into the Magic? Sledgehammer?
The problem that almost everyone seems to not understand is that it's impossible to access fastboot, adb or any other (known) means.
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Think before answering.
Btw, question answered by htcmagic.
daihiep said:
Think before answering.
Btw, question answered by htcmagic.
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I repeat: The problem that almost everyone seems to not understand is that it's impossible to access fastboot, adb or any other (known) means.
Having a recovery image and a custom rom on the SD card is useless if you are not able to get the phone accessing those files.
I have tried the "how I unbricked my phone" method (like I wrote in my first post) without any success. If you read the whole "how I unbricked my phone" thread you can see that there are several guys that did not have success with this method.
I have done a lot of thinking.... and searching...
Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=571457 try there
Wrong HBOOT = real brick
Guys,
With a wrong HBOOT (what happend to me), the phone is a real brick...
And they refused to repair it... I bought a new phone. But I keep the old one in case someone break his screen. Then I can get the mobo.
just curious.
superkikim said:
Guys,
With a wrong HBOOT (what happend to me), the phone is a real brick...
And they refused to repair it... I bought a new phone. But I keep the old one in case someone break his screen. Then I can get the mobo.
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How did you brick it?
Btw, have you tried to run any RUU update?
At least singapore one.
I have a xiaomi redmi note 7 pro from china and I was planning on rooting it and changing the rom. Anyways I unlocked boot loader and installed twrp but couldn't install the rom using twrp recovery mode. Then I followed a video which rebooted the phone into recovery mode again after clearing some things. However, before rebooting it says no OS but the video did it anyways. In the video the phone rebooted back into recovery mode fine, but my phone does not boot. It constantly boots up to the redmi logo, flashes and boots again into redmi logo. This continues forever. I can, however, at this point enter fast boot. I thought the problem must be I have no rom so I just need to flash a rom. Using mi flash tool didn't work there was always some error and I turned the phone off. After turning the phone off, I cannot turn it back on again!!! Nothing, not holding power, not holding power + volume, just pure blank can't boot at all. I really don't know wtf I can do know it just doesn't turn on at all no matter what. Please help guys.
zhou111 said:
I have a xiaomi redmi note 7 pro from china and I was planning on rooting it and changing the rom. Anyways I unlocked boot loader and installed twrp but couldn't install the rom using twrp recovery mode. Then I followed a video which rebooted the phone into recovery mode again after clearing some things. However, before rebooting it says no OS but the video did it anyways. In the video the phone rebooted back into recovery mode fine, but my phone does not boot. It constantly boots up to the redmi logo, flashes and boots again into redmi logo. This continues forever. I can, however, at this point enter fast boot. I thought the problem must be I have no rom so I just need to flash a rom. Using mi flash tool didn't work there was always some error and I turned the phone off. After turning the phone off, I cannot turn it back on again!!! Nothing, not holding power, not holding power + volume, just pure blank can't boot at all. I really don't know wtf I can do know it just doesn't turn on at all no matter what. Please help guys.
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1. Never boot into the system when there is a 'no OS' warning.
2. Use this TWRP next time (https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-7-pro/development/unofficial-twrp-3-3-1-proper-t3933531)
Does the phone charge or get detected by the computer when connected via USB?
If MiFlash doesn't seem to work try using ADB to Fastboot the ROM
If all hope is lost, the service centres can fix it.
Naveenthemi said:
1. Never boot into the system when there is a 'no OS' warning.
2. Use this TWRP next time (https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-7-pro/development/unofficial-twrp-3-3-1-proper-t3933531)
Does the phone charge or get detected by the computer when connected via USB?
If MiFlash doesn't seem to work try using ADB to Fastboot the ROM
If all hope is lost, the service centres can fix it.
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when connected it is detected as qualcom 9008. I searched I think the phone is hardbricked, so can't enter fastboot. I think it can turn on and off. After holding power for 15 seconds, the usb is no longer detected. I could do the same to turn it back on. Do you know a service centre in Toronto?
Fcyrp Zip Need to Flash After Flash any Custom Rom
And Come in Telegram Official Group For Any Support of Redmi Note 7 Pro https://t.me/Rn7proGlobal
zhou111 said:
when connected it is detected as qualcom 9008. I searched I think the phone is hardbricked, so can't enter fastboot. I think it can turn on and off. After holding power for 15 seconds, the usb is no longer detected. I could do the same to turn it back on. Do you know a service centre in Toronto?
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Yes it's hardbricked for sure! But are you sure MiFlash doesn't detect it?
If so any good service centre around you should be able to fix it, it's something to do with the software so they won't need Mi authorised parts...
Naveenthemi said:
Yes it's hardbricked for sure! But are you sure MiFlash doens't detect it?
If so any good service centre around you should be able to fix it, it's something to do with the software so they won't need Mi authorised parts...
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Mi flash detects it as COM10 or COM20 depending on which USB. But when I flash I get error like no hello packet. Also I am not sure if I am suppose to put prog emmc sdm660 in the images folder or not.
zhou111 said:
Mi flash detects it as COM10 or COM20 depending on which USB. But when I flash I get error like no hello packet. Also I am not sure if I am suppose to put prog emmc sdm660 in the images folder or not.
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Ok so Hello Packet errors are caused due to corrupted files or also if your flashing is interrupted in the middle
Try:
1. Making sure your PC isn't 32 bit
2. Draining out the phone battery and try again
3. Disabling driver signature enforcement(https://www.androidfoot.com/2016/08/how-to-disable-driver-signature.html)
4. An older version of MiFlash
5. If all of the above don't work ,try using another PC
6. Also make sure the USB ports are in working condition ( I think yours is working tho)
Naveenthemi said:
Ok so Hello Packet errors are caused due to corrupted files or also if your flashing is interrupted in the middle
Try:
1. Making sure your PC isn't 32 bit
2. Draining out the phone battery and try again
3. Disabling driver signature enforcement(https://www.androidfoot.com/2016/08/how-to-disable-driver-signature.html)
4. An older version of MiFlash
5. If all of the above don't work ,try using another PC
6. Also make sure the USB ports are in working condition ( I think yours is working tho)
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My pc is 65 bit. I can't try #2 yet since it takes a while for battery to drain. I disabled driver signature enforce and using old mi flash and tried new pc still doesn't work. My boot loader is unlocked but maybe I accidently locked it? I don't know how to check.
zhou111 said:
My pc is 65 bit. I can't try #2 yet since it takes a while for battery to drain. I disabled driver signature enforce and using old mi flash and tried new pc still doesn't work. My boot loader is unlocked but maybe I accidently locked it? I don't know how to check.
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Try this in ADB
(fastboot getvar all)
Without the brackets, now check for the unlocked line in the output and see if it shows yes or no
1. 64 eh, ok then no probs there
2. Oh ok take your time draining it
3. Try fastbooting the ROM via ADB see if that's works too
Naveenthemi said:
Try this in ADB
(fastboot getvar all)
Without the brackets, now check for the unlocked line in the output and see if it shows yes or no
1. 64 eh, ok then no probs there
2. Oh ok take your time draining it
3. Try fastbooting the ROM via ADB see if that's works too
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I entered the command says waiting for device. how do you flash with adb?
zhou111 said:
I entered the command says waiting for device. how do you flash with adb?
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Oh that means ADB isn't recognizing it.
There isn't much we can do if ADB doens't recognize it!
Did you look up for Service Centres?
zhou111 said:
I have a xiaomi redmi note 7 pro from china and I was planning on rooting it and changing the rom. Anyways I unlocked boot loader and installed twrp but couldn't install the rom using twrp recovery mode. Then I followed a video which rebooted the phone into recovery mode again after clearing some things. However, before rebooting it says no OS but the video did it anyways. In the video the phone rebooted back into recovery mode fine, but my phone does not boot. It constantly boots up to the redmi logo, flashes and boots again into redmi logo. This continues forever. I can, however, at this point enter fast boot. I thought the problem must be I have no rom so I just need to flash a rom. Using mi flash tool didn't work there was always some error and I turned the phone off. After turning the phone off, I cannot turn it back on again!!! Nothing, not holding power, not holding power + volume, just pure blank can't boot at all. I really don't know wtf I can do know it just doesn't turn on at all no matter what. Please help guys.
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I had the same issue, but my phone went to fastboot from there I flashed it, the process was simple :
1. Download the fastboot rom and extract it (I guess two times, the first extraction extracts a file, open that with some extraction tool and uzip again, there you will see the fw with certain folders and images etc ).
2. Download the adb/fastboot zip file I"ll attach that here, extract it to the same folder where your fw files are. (fw = firmware).
3. You will find 3 bat files, flash all, flash all and lock, flash except storage, choose flash all (execute it).
4. Once done, reboot to recovery (stock), do a data wipe again.
This worked for me, hope it does for you too.
4.
hackeroid said:
I had the same issue, but my phone went to fastboot from there I flashed it, the process was simple :
1. Download the fastboot rom and extract it (I guess two times, the first extraction extracts a file, open that with some extraction tool and uzip again, there you will see the fw with certain folders and images etc ).
2. Download the adb/fastboot zip file I"ll attach that here, extract it to the same folder where your fw files are. (fw = firmware).
3. You will find 3 bat files, flash all, flash all and lock, flash except storage, choose flash all (execute it).
4. Once done, reboot to recovery (stock), do a data wipe again.
This worked for me, hope it does for you too.
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He/She said the phone doesn't boot into Fastboot either so that's very unlikely to work :-\
This may be a simple solution, but I am completely puzzled on how to fix this.
SO i recently rooted my phone & used the twrp "twrp-3.3.1-4-guacamole". Installed magisk via that twrp and continued with my day.
I accidentally got a virus by trying to get a full free vpn, me being a terrible pirate, i accidentally got a virus! Silly me.
It was annoying me and I decided to factory reset my phone... not via twrp. I remembered after I clicked "Reset all" on oxygenos that it's not the way how to do it with a root device, and well.. it didn't exactly work.
Every time I power/reboot the phone it just brings me to the fastboot menu of "START", "POWER OFF", "RECOVERY MODE", & "RESTART BOOT LOADER". I thought since TWP is recovery mode I try to access that... no luck, it just brings me back to that fastboot menu. I tried going on CMD via adb by saying "fastboot flash boot twrp-3.3.1-4-guacamole.img". It will say it's finished and successful, but when i reboot and try to access recovery mode it just does not work.
TL;DR: Think I bricked my phone, there is no OS installed and I can only access the fastboot.
Any help? Much appreciated
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/msm-tool-guac-t3934691
trapcoder666 said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/msm-tool-guac-t3934691
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Thank you for the guap recovery as i didn't know it existed. However, what are the steps? when i go on the MSM download tool it doesn't detect my phone.
that being said, i can't access any of my files through my pc using fast boot. on MSM it's just saying "waiting for device" even when plugged in so thats annoying.
trapcoder666 said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/msm-tool-guac-t3934691
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I downloaded the one you sent, and after a while as my internet is bad. It still does not work.
Whenever I try to install the qualcomm drivers it never shows up, and when i try and boot it up so the gual recover detects my phone it never works. It's still saying "waiting for device".
Does anyone know how to fix this? it's doing my head in that it's not as easy as it should be.
MOweenSalah said:
I downloaded the one you sent, and after a while as my internet is bad. It still does not work.
Whenever I try to install the qualcomm drivers it never shows up, and when i try and boot it up so the gual recover detects my phone it never works. It's still saying "waiting for device".
Does anyone know how to fix this? it's doing my head in that it's not as easy as it should be.
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Pretty sure that your phone will not be accessible via adb/fastboot during the msm process. Did you follow the directions in the link above to a T?
A few things to note:
- Works perfectly fine for unbricking GM1917 modeled OnePlus 7 Pros.
- Use the original cable and try to plug it into a USB 2.0 port. I've found that this is the most ideal condition.
- Make sure your device is charged up. If you can't see how much charge it has, leave it charged via the 30W warp charger for 40 minutes and that should be good enough.
- In the L2 drivers folder found in the archive, navigate to the 32 or 64 folder depending on your system's architecture, and click on the file that ends in the extension ".cat". Then, click "view signature", then "View certificate", then "Install." This is IMPORTANT.
- Then, make sure your device is powered OFF, then, plug in the USB-A side of the cable (big head) into your computer and do NOT connect the USB-C (small head) into your phone yet.
- Hold down Volume up AND volume down for five seconds, and while you're continuing to hold, plug the USB-C side into your phone. The drivers should automatically download, and you should see a "Qualcomm QD loader" device in Device Manager. If you see an exclamation mark or you don't see this, you are doing it wrong and you need to repeat the above steps.
- Open up MSMTool.exe as an administrator and click 'start' only. Should take a few minutes, but you will have a good-as-new OnePlus 7 Pro.
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Krsmqn said:
Pretty sure that your phone will not be accessible via adb/fastboot during the msm process. Did you follow the directions in the link above to a T?
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I did yes, i pressed all buttons and the power button for 5 seconds and plugged my charger in. Then after that went on the MSM tool and it went straight to the fastboot. I really don't know but it loves this fastboot tool haha
Krsmqn said:
Pretty sure that your phone will not be accessible via adb/fastboot during the msm process. Did you follow the directions in the link above to a T?
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Add: I made a video showing what I mean with the fastboot. Basically if i do anything with the phone fastboot it will just go back to the menu (sorry for bad quality)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU8a6kDXNNs&feature=youtu.be
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Add: I made a video showing what I mean with the fastboot. Basically if i do anything with the phone fastboot it will just go back to the menu (sorry for bad quality)
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It's one of those things where if someone was there with you, it'd likely get figured out. I've seen this kind of situation hundreds of times on XDA, and with all due respect, the problem is most always at the hands of the user. These phones are cookie cutter made, so there's nothing different (besides individual variants) that would make thee tools not function correctly, unless it's operator error. But that's not set in stone. Just don't give up. Try setting up your camera for an overhead view. I couldn't tell if you were plugging in your cord. And it seemed to reboot, instead of power off. Repeat the steps carefully, and see if you can achieve better results.
Don't give up! We're here for you ?
Make sure phone is powered off before plugging it in. Launch msm tool, Press the vol up and down key for a few seconds then plug in.
Edit : make sure your drivers are up to date too.
I don't know about msm tools never tried it but I know your situation.
Don't do fastboot flash boot twrp-3.3.1-4-guacamole.img
Remove the word flash. You are supposed to boot into twrp then flash the zip file to the phone.
look at this
Command in Fastboot mode is:
Fastboot boot "name of the recovery".img. Phone should boot to twrp. Then flash twrp.zip
or try Fastboot roms:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/rom-stock-fastboot-roms-oneplus-7-pro-t3931424
Choose the one for youre phone (region)
MSM tool it's the last option.
Can't you just switch slots from fastboot or did you mess up both?
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Make sure phone is powered off before plugging it in. Launch msm tool, Press the vol up and down key for a few seconds then plug in.
Edit : make sure your drivers are up to date too.
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Firstly I'm terribly sorry for no response (same goes to everyone else looking into this matter for me. THANK YOU!)
However, I have done this multiple times in the past and it instantly goes back to boot menu. it sucks :/
IronSingh said:
I don't know about msm tools never tried it but I know your situation.
Don't do fastboot flash boot twrp-3.3.1-4-guacamole.img
Remove the word flash. You are supposed to boot into twrp then flash the zip file to the phone.
look at this
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Okay. I shall go and look into this situation when I receive my phone back (going to explain that in a later quote)
larsdennert said:
Can't you just switch slots from fastboot or did you mess up both?
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If i'm honest with you.. i'm not sure in the slightest. My only assumption is no because the only thing I can access is only the fastboot. if i attempt to go into recovery mode it will go back to fastboot. when I flash twrp it will flash but it won't boot into it. It's confusing as hell.
Just to add to this whole situation:
Since I have no idea and just wanted it fixed in the day; i was willingly to give money for this phone to be fixed, but thanks to the person, he just made it a slower process by doing things i've already done.. going to pick the phone back up in an hour of this message.
I haven't used the fastboot boot twrp cmd yet, but from how everything else has been so far i feel like that won't work, but i will update everyone on that situation.
Just to add additional things that I may have not mentioned in the past will be below:
- Whenever i type in "ADB Devices" in cmd, it will not show up with anything. However, when I type in "fastboot devices" it shows it's serial and in "fastboot". It will only show as fastboot and i can't access the phone via file explorer in windows.
When i say "ADB Devices" it says *devices attached* and will show none of my phones details, but when i say fastboot devices it will then show the devices.
^ what i said above means I can't use the guap recover, or anything which means the phone has to be detected in windows, because other than fastboot, it won't work at all.
- So far I can't access twrp as a whole, so if anyone knows how to give me a guide on how to install it from where I am at, that would be amazing (if not, i'll try and reiterate what to do with the one given from a previous comment, so thank you )
- There was one time I was allowed in TWRP but i completely forgot how i entered it (so i can't explain), So i feel like there is hope in that aspect. I feel like i entered something via cmd so maybe there's a way?
In terms of hardware my phone is completely fine, there's not a single problem other than the software being a pain in the ***!!
if anyone can just spew out a bunch of help in different explanations it means the world because so far all I can see is that I wasted about £600 on an amazing phone because of dumb *** haha.
Thank you to everyone who has helped, and is helping
From your comments, you are not familiar with how Android functions. Not knowing the difference between adb and fastboot is an indicator that you should just endeavour to have a stock phone until you understand whats going one. It's also hard for people to help as no one has hands on and can see what is broken. Everyone here will be working blind like trying to fix your car for you from across the country.
Start the phone into fastboot and connect it to a pc. From a pc command prompt in your fastboot directory enter the command:
fastboot getvar current-slot
If the current slot is A then:
fastboot --set_active=b
or vice versa
fastboot --set_active=a
then fastboot reboot and see if you boot into the other slot.
Not knowing what phone you have makes it even tougher but I suspect you will have to reflash a clean complete rom via fastboot.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/on...fastboot-roms-oneplus-7-pro-t3931424#poststop
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From your comments, you are not familiar with how Android functions. Not knowing the difference between adb and fastboot is an indicator that you should just endeavour to have a stock phone until you understand whats going one. It's also hard for people to help as no one has hands on and can see what is broken. Everyone here will be working blind like trying to fix your car for you from across the country.
Start the phone into fastboot and connect it to a pc. From a pc command prompt in your fastboot directory enter the command:
fastboot getvar current-slot
If the current slot is A then:
fastboot --set_active=b
or vice versa
fastboot --set_active=a
then fastboot reboot and see if you boot into the other slot.
Not knowing what phone you have makes it even tougher but I suspect you will have to reflash a clean complete rom via fastboot.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/on...fastboot-roms-oneplus-7-pro-t3931424#poststop
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I do appreciate the help. If i'm honest with you the only reason I did this is to increase my data speeds (which from look of things is outdated now), and a longer battery life. I don't know much about rooting/jailbreaking but believe me that I have been in the scene for years, but not even knowing everything haha!
that being said.. i'm in twrp! thank you so much mate, i'll try and go and install the rom now. thank you!
Now install the zip twrp
Thankfully.. IT'S FIXED!
I didn't have to install twrp again or any of that. I simply changed the slot from A to B and pressed all buttons when it was showing the "! Your decide is unlocked" orange/black screen.
I had msm tools up and it detected and instantly installed the OS to the latest one and boom. It works again!
I got to thank everyone for helping me because without you people I wouldn't of been able to fix it. I looked everywhere and no help anywhere as I feel like it's pretty dumb to do what I did haha!
Thank you again people!
Oh you gave up on root?
You are supposed to read the instructions and follow them to the letter. When I read your post I realized you tried to install twrp like you would pre Oreo but it changed you have to boot into twrp then install it via zip file.
Anyways just remember that for next time.
OnePlus 8 [WINDOWS PC] here;
Trying to convert to global using a flash-all technique where it boots into fastbootd in the middle of installation.
(https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-convert-to-global-wip.4105885/)
It's supposed to detect the device and immediately resume the installation, but what happens is my phone is in the fastbootd menu with the 3 language selection whilst my terminal is stuck on "<waiting for any device...>"
If I reboot into recovery, nothing happens. If I reboot into normal fastboot, I get error messages such as "Command not found" and "Cannot flash to critical partitions!" Both of these result in me having to MSM.
Would this work any better if I ran it on a linux os? If not, what's the problem?
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OnePlus 8 [WINDOWS PC] here;
Trying to convert to global using a flash-all technique where it boots into fastbootd in the middle of installation.
(https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-convert-to-global-wip.4105885/)
It's supposed to detect the device and immediately resume the installation, but what happens is my phone is in the fastbootd menu with the 3 language selection whilst my terminal is stuck on "<waiting for any device...>"
If I reboot into recovery, nothing happens. If I reboot into normal fastboot, I get error messages such as "Command not found" and "Cannot flash to critical partitions!" Both of these result in me having to MSM.
Would this work any better if I ran it on a linux os? If not, what's the problem?
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The problem is that you are trying to intervene in the process. Once you flash all you don't touch your phone until the welcome screen. Be patient and let it work it's magic. Should take about five minutes or so. Happy modding!
Nathan.7118391 said:
The problem is that you are trying to intervene in the process. Once you flash all you don't touch your phone until the welcome screen. Be patient and let it work it's magic. Should take about five minutes or so. Happy modding!
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I've also tried without touching anything. The problem is that after it reboots into fastbootd, nothing happens, no matter how long I wait. It's stuck on "<waiting for any device...>"
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I've also tried without touching anything. The problem is that after it reboots into fastbootd, nothing happens, no matter how long I wait. It's stuck on "<waiting for any device...>"
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Hmmmm... Very strange. I would suggest do the pieces over again. MSM back to TMO then take the OTA to current-unlock bootloader finally upgrade to global. My phone did the same thing. I place in bootloader where you have the start on the top then it boots to the 3 languages screen where it finishes the install. Now it did take a minute or so to start again but it finishes for me. I've done it several times. In fact, I just did it again around mid December. How this helps.
Still nothing. I've waited 10 or so minutes.
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Hmmmm... Very strange. I would suggest do the pieces over again. MSM back to TMO then take the OTA to current-unlock bootloader finally upgrade to global. My phone did the same thing. I place in bootloader where you have the start on the top then it boots to the 3 languages screen where it finishes the install. Now it did take a minute or so to start again but it finishes for me. I've done it several times. In fact, I just did it again around mid December. How this helps.
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See above.
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See above.
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Ok last try here.
1. Use a different global file.
2. Use the orange usb cord that came with your phone.
3. Try a different usb plug in your computer or use another computer.
If that doesn't work then I suggest you check the troubleshooting info on the forum where you got the ROM.
You ever get it working past the fastbootd screen?
Is it as simple as just leaving it alone??
Same issue, and the only time it finished it went into crash dump mode.
Anyone found a solution to this? I have been struggling for hours.
I have done MSM 10.5.7 with flashall to 10.5.11, and MSM 10.5.22 with flashall to 10.5.12. It's always the same issue - reboot to fastboot and stuck there, the bat window just stuck at <waiting for any device>.
Please help
This must be due to drivers, try on a different PC.
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This must be due to drivers, try on a different PC.
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Did you have to install other drivers than the one comes with the phone?
I am late to the table here, but the solution is to unplug the USB connection from your computer then plug it back in.
The script is waiting for the device to report itself back up, but there is some driver issue in Windoze that causes the device restart to not be detected. When you unplug/replug, the usb interface gets reset and everything happens.
Anyone have this problem and solved it? I have an ASUS Zenfone Max Plus M1 (ZB570TL ) - (X018D) and i have tried every Rom you can think of from WW to CTC to CN, also tried dump firmware but nothing will stick and let this device actually fully boot up after flashing it, it just goes to the POWERED BY ANDROID screen and after 30 secs it will reboot itself back to the POWERED BY ANDROID screen and then reboot again and so on..
HOLDING VOL+ and POWER buttons in gets me to the:
- RECOVERY MODE - Just reboots back to Powered by Android screen and back to bootloop, no android guy recovery...
- FASTBOOT - Lets me have Fastboot but i cant flash anything or unlock bootloader as it errors and shows its Locked...
- NORMAL BOOT - Just reboots back to the Powered by Android and then reboots after 30 secs right back there....
There is no RECOVERY MODE that i can Factory Reset, Update.zip, clear cache...
I Flashed with SP Flashtool over 20 Firmwares and all finish with the popup Finished and green checkmark and i watch the flash process all the way without error, unplug the device and turn it on and back to Powered by Android screen and reboots itself after 30 secs... THIS IS CRAZY its like its a GAG Phone or something just messing with me like ( Jokes on you big guy ) ive never seen anything like it, its like the locked bootloader is telling the device not to allow any Firmware to install by tricking the SP Flashtool that yes it did install but didnt allow it to write to the actual system or let you get into recovery mode to factory reset the device or update from sdcard... im just wondering if its a waste of time to bother finding a UFI Box flasher that doesnt need the dongle so i could try flashing the EMMC files if that would help or not... its not a hardware problem or it wouldnt accept flashing or let it power on and enter fastboot mode....
Is this a GAG Device or has anyone actually had this exact problem and has solved it? If i could just get it to boot up into the system i could use Magisk and make a patched-boot.img thats unlocked bootloader and root but theres no ZenUI or anything but the Powered by Android screen....
Any Help would be awesome as i just put new screen, battery, back cover and buttons on this device thinking it would be a good little phone for my daughter... i cant even get any info on the device as theres no box or sticker with IMEI or Serial Number or info on the last working Firmware its all a shot in the dark... Anyways if anyone has the way to get this device working or has backup rom or links to an actual way thats not ASUS as they are just waste of time for 30 mins then you need to take it in to our service center and pay more money and im done putting money in this and could have bought her a new phone for what ive got into this Gag Phone....
Thankz...... Kixx
Judging from the whole situation, you screwed up several things honestly.
The fact it goes stuck on the splash screen and refuses to neither boot on recovery nor the system itself seems to tell 2 things:
the boot.img and recovery.img got screwed up way too much- or literally got flashed for the wrong device, hence the whole rejection to boot;
i assume SP Flashtool, even if got tricked, got a bit of a mess on the internal partitions to be flashed thru. Sounds like a big red flag because ADB can be highly of help (i don't own an X01BD but an X00HD- still an asus device- but i used simple ADB instead of things like QFIL or SP Flashtool to get things going);
On second point, if you wanna try to unlock the bootloader (since fastboot is the only one to be alive and usable- this means your device will be salvageable...atleast by a significant chunk):
you can give it an attempt by checking over my own collection post.
There you will find at the bottom some tiny guide on how to unlock the bootloader-
if you don't have a secondary rooted device, you can always rely using a laptop or pc.
What really matters is that you'll have ADB downloaded on your machine, because it could be of help to progress thru with the stuff.
After unlocked the bootloader, you can slowly approach to flash TWRP for your own device- even tho, it seems nobody so far has done anything for this specific model...
Atleast, on the bright side, unlocking the bootloader will give you the chance to flash manually the partitions via ADB, and maybe the official zendesk site for it can help if unpacking one of the update zips and see the contents inside- or generally pushing the following .zip update file via ADB and wait for the magic to happen.
I'm not sure on how to help with the region tho.
I guess, if you have the box of the device, it could give you a clue if it is a WW (WorldWide), CN (China), JP (Japan), etc. model- afterall, these letters do not lay around without a reason.
Of course, if you flash the wrong region to the wrong regional model:
then the recovery and system partitions get to screw up big time, just like the scenario you're having right now.
As a last thing, the patched boot.img file only gets to work after you got android to work-
otherwise, patching the pre-rooted boot.img file will be of no use since a functioning ROM isn't there at all.
Sadly, i don't own the device nor never had such screw-ups of this kind, but i hope it will help you up.
Ya i can flash the firmware correctly in SP Flashtool it comes back with green checkmark, all the firmware is for the correct device, its just when i had it given to me it had broken screen and bad battery, so i buy new screen, battery, backcover for it and when i booted it up it just sticks on the first screen shown ( Powered by Android ) then after like 30 secs it reboots back to that screen.. I can hold the vol + and power and get the menu to pick RECOVERY or FASTBOOT or REBOOT, recovery just reboots to powered by android screen then reboots after 30 secs, fastboot lets me use adb and fastboot but cant flash it says failed locked, and fastboot oen unlock or any of the commands to do with unlocking or flashing just gets me failed locked, but fastboot does work. Only way to root or unlock bootloader the device needs full boot into system so i can enable adb debugging or usb debug in developer settings so the computer will let the device get past the failed error locked part....
Do you know how to get the usb debugging turned on so the computer can grant full access to the device then il be able to actually crack into it and flash through fastboot..
Or where the usb debugging file is in the system.img if i extract it, use text editor and give the bool a yes that its been accepted then repack the system,img and flash it usinh sp flashtools, then i might ge able yo get it up and running....
After flashing all kinds of firmware for this device they all pass the flashing except for a few of them, ones that dont work wont even let the device boot to show system thing, then flashing correct firmware it allows the first screen again and the menu to pick fastboot but wont fully boot up..
Im thinking there must be somekind of lock the device put on from letting you oem unlock bootloader or booting into recovery mode because the firmware is working or it wouldnt take it using SP Flash Tools or even let it boot up as it would either reboot instantly or not even turn on, if the boot partition or recovery partition was courupt or broken or damaged it wouldnt take it during the flashing process it would fail....
If you know how i can activate the usb in developer settings from a file in system.img file after ectracting it then thats prob my BEST OPTION OR BUY A USED MOTHERBOATD OFF EBAY...
Lol
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Ya i can flash the firmware correctly in SP Flashtool it comes back with green checkmark, all the firmware is for the correct device, its just when i had it given to me it had broken screen and bad battery, so i buy new screen, battery, backcover for it and when i booted it up it just sticks on the first screen shown ( Powered by Android ) then after like 30 secs it reboots back to that screen.. I can hold the vol + and power and get the menu to pick RECOVERY or FASTBOOT or REBOOT, recovery just reboots to powered by android screen then reboots after 30 secs, fastboot lets me use adb and fastboot but cant flash it says failed locked, and fastboot oen unlock or any of the commands to do with unlocking or flashing just gets me failed locked, but fastboot does work. Only way to root or unlock bootloader the device needs full boot into system so i can enable adb debugging or usb debug in developer settings so the computer will let the device get past the failed error locked part....
Do you know how to get the usb debugging turned on so the computer can grant full access to the device then il be able to actually crack into it and flash through fastboot..
Or where the usb debugging file is in the system.img if i extract it, use text editor and give the bool a yes that its been accepted then repack the system,img and flash it usinh sp flashtools, then i might ge able yo get it up and running....
After flashing all kinds of firmware for this device they all pass the flashing except for a few of them, ones that dont work wont even let the device boot to show system thing, then flashing correct firmware it allows the first screen again and the menu to pick fastboot but wont fully boot up..
Im thinking there must be somekind of lock the device put on from letting you oem unlock bootloader or booting into recovery mode because the firmware is working or it wouldnt take it using SP Flash Tools or even let it boot up as it would either reboot instantly or not even turn on, if the boot partition or recovery partition was courupt or broken or damaged it wouldnt take it during the flashing process it would fail....
If you know how i can activate the usb in developer settings from a file in system.img file after ectracting it then thats prob my BEST OPTION OR BUY A USED MOTHERBOATD OFF EBAY...
Lol
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Well, as far as i can tell and did unlock 2 asus devices of the same model (still, X00HD):
i didn't needed to go thru android, since Asus never had an "OEM Unlock" thing to enable once unlocked dev settings-
yet, i'm speaking about the X00HD since, again, i never owned an X01BD, but i am trying to apply the same reasoning even if it is an entire different model but still same brand.
Dunno, in my case i was able to get the bootloader unlocked by going getvar all and got the secret key to unlock it just as easily by experimenting and finding cmds to use over this device's forum in here while being in Fastboot mode.
Before stepping my feet to Fastboot, tho, i even tried to get my hands at an OEM Unlocker apk made by Asus:
but to no avail it only worked on devices with really old firmware and since my device was updated to the latest Oreo FW, it was impossible to perform since things got patched overtime.
Sadly, i really don't know how to modify values over system.img files myself and tick up variables by inspecting over hex editors and such.
Least i know is getting the Brotli binaries and some other specific tool on GitHub to extract stuff from Android .img files, but that's all my skills really get limited to since i'm no dev myself nor either someone who can reverse engineer things just as well.
I think you could be out of luck on that regard.
Only thing that remains is going to a particular mode where it is required putting the phone apart and touch 2 specific pins on the board to enter it.
I currently forgot the name of this mode, but i do know by fact it's a common thing between Huawei devices.
If even this thingie won't help, then i really dunno myself.
Maybe someone else could be of help instead of me lol.
Ya ill try touching the two pins but what two oins and touch them with whst? Give me a roll out on what to do, i just dont understand why it accepts firmware but wont let me boot up into it or recovery mode or flash anything because at first it flashes then when it completes it fails and says remote unknown locked
Also im going to try find a way to format or partition the main system partitions maybe the system.img is landing on a different section of the harddrive... just need tge partitions for thus device
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Ya ill try touching the two pins but what two oins and touch them with whst? Give me a roll out on what to do, i just dont understand why it accepts firmware but wont let me boot up into it or recovery mode or flash anything because at first it flashes then when it completes it fails and says remote unknown locked
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Aight, to start with: i'll share out a couple of links.
First, here's a picture on where the testpoints of the device are.
As of second, you need some tweezers or something that is able to touch such testpoints inside the board (unrelated, but the GH page to PotatoNV has a guide what to do with the testpoints- even tho, the page redirects you to a tool that only works with Huawei devices. Don't test it on that asus device.).
Not sure about the flashing tool, honestly, but i do know for a fact i couldn't share software in here due to rules of this forum.
Since this is, i suppose, a device with a Qualcomm SoC:
maybe you could use stuff like QFIL Flash Tool for the job (dunno about partitions, for that you should get some linux knowledge- since android uses the linux kernel to communicate with everything inside the device).
Also, i've got something intriguing right now:
apparently the forum for the X01BD effectively exists over XDA lol (turns out the X01BD is a Zenfone Max Plus M2 and not an M1).
Maybe you can check out here for further custom ROMs and recoveries, plus more proper help on the matter- as of firmware dumps, you could try hopping over Android FileHost, firmware.mobi, or steep your feet into some unknown forum that has the firmware dumps of this specific device and restore it logically (or simply doing a google search by doing [insert model number here] firmware dump - if google only gets you to shady sites, stick to the XDA forum on the device).