I made the mistake of Factory Resetting my phone after a few failed attempts at remembering the Pattern to unlock the phone, in doing so I ended up being stuck in the set-up process because I forgot the Google account I was logged into on it before the Factory Reset, had been an account I just quickly made on the spot months ago just to set up an app on it. I'm posting here for help with this since I'm on day 4 of trying to find a way to bypass this and my head is ready to explode. I feel like someone with a fresh mind would be able to point me in the right direction.
If anyone can let me know if I'm doing something wrong or missing some steps that will help me try any one of these, or honestly any advice at all... I'd very much appreciate it and it'd help relieve a huge chunk of this ridiculous headache this has all been.
Thanks in advance!
What I've tried thus far --
- I know for most ways around this, USB debugging needs to be enabled. But since I cannot get past the initial set-up process, I can't access the settings to enable it.
- I also know that for a lot of Android devices USB debugging is enabled by default in Recovery Mode but everywhere I've searched for the hardware combination to boot into Recovery/Download mode, all say the same thing:
Turn phone off > Power up with Vol. Down + Power button until 'Download Mode' is displayed (for boot into Download mode, while holding Vol. Down + Power button plug OTG cable into device)
- My problem with this is that on my device, Vol. Down + Power button, restarts the phone. So instead of 'Download Mode', I'm just restarting the phone over and over again. I was able to get my phone to boot into was Safe mode using the Power button + Side button.
- I've also tried getting around this through a series of steps which involved the 'TalkBack' accessibility feature, but when I try toggling to enable it I just get a message saying "Complete setup first to continue"
From there --
I started looking up Stock ROMs that I'd be able to just flash the firmware. But for the life of me, I cannot seem to find anything for this device. And this is where I'm pretty much at now.
To remove FRP lock you boot into phone's Recovery mode and apply
1. Wipe data
2. Factory Reset
Every Android device gets shipped by default with Android Recovery.
xXx yYy said:
To remove FRP lock you boot into phone's Recovery mode and apply
1. Wipe data
2. Factory Reset
Every Android device gets shipped by default with Android Recovery.
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I can't get my device to boot into Recovery mode. Everywhere I look up, it tells me to Power off device, then Press Vol. Down + Power key until the menu appears. But on my device, all that combination does is force the phone to restart.
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Hi,
I have a Stock SM-G920F which as per the title was in Ultra Power Mode. I came back to the device and found it virtually unresponsive so pressed the power button which offered allowed me to reboot, which I did.
It then got stuck for ages on the "Starting Apps" screen - so I pressed Power and Vol Down to reboot the device - since then it will just stick on the animated samsung screen indefinitely.
I can get into both recovery and download mode. I've tried wiping cache and also tried flashing the same Stock Firmware via ODIN but to no avail.
Of possible interest, I've tried to get it to boot into bootloader but it doesn't seem to do anything - however I have noted from the forums that this may be typical.
Smart Switch never seems to properly see my device, should it do this at the Samsung Screen, Download Mode or Stock Recovery?
Ive tried doing an "Emergency Initialisation" from Smart Switch but that gives a message of something like not available.
I want to avoid doing a hard reset / wipe at this point if at all possible - even if its just to get in once to back things up / mount and dump off via USB etc. before then wiping and trying to see if any of what I dumped off can be salvaged.
If anyone has any ideas that may help - please let me know
Thanks
Would you have enabled usb debugging mode on your phone? If so you can easily pull your data on your phone. If not flashing stock rom via odin should bring it back to life. The only data you will lose is contacts, messages and any app data. Photos and any other data should be fine. Paste the result of your odin try here....
I think I do have usb debugging on I think. How can I pull the data / mount the device? Is it from download mode, recovery or the Samsung boot screen?
I did flash the latest btu via Odin. It reported it worked ok but it still just hangs at the Samsung screen. I've tried leaving 20mins or so. That's long enough right?
Thanks
ok update.
it did get into android for a bit. it was ultra power mode though.
The settings menu was very limited so all i could do was lug it into my surface and pull off every visible file. i managed to get into ADB however it wouldn't let me do a backup. I was able to run off a bug report and a few odd commands however I wasnt sure what I could do whilst i was in ultra power saving mode.
just in case i can get back into ADB at somepoint -
are there any commands to get me out of ultra mode?
are there any commands to pull up a full settings menu rather than the really limited one of like 5 things?
can i backup anything else in the states i can get to - call log, contacts sms?
ta all
SlyTuk said:
ok update.
it did get into android for a bit. it was ultra power mode though.
The settings menu was very limited so all i could do was lug it into my surface and pull off every visible file. i managed to get into ADB however it wouldn't let me do a backup. I was able to run off a bug report and a few odd commands however I wasnt sure what I could do whilst i was in ultra power saving mode.
just in case i can get back into ADB at somepoint -
are there any commands to get me out of ultra mode?
are there any commands to pull up a full settings menu rather than the really limited one of like 5 things?
can i backup anything else in the states i can get to - call log, contacts sms?
ta all
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Can you boot into Safe Mode ? : http://gadgetguideonline.com/galaxy...uides/how-to-use-samsung-galaxy-s6-safe-mode/
Turn off phone
HOLD Vol down and Power
Release Power at Samsung boot logo, keep Vol down pressed until the phone is completely booted
And turn off power saving mode ? : http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s5/493028-why-won-t-ultra-saving-mode-turn-off.html
Thanks Merken_
I was able to boot into safe mode. However from there, I could only disable safe mode, which forced a reboot that never worked.
Otherwise the settings are still just as limited and there is no launcher or anything.
Hey all,
I have a rooted Droid Maxx. When I press Power and Down Volumn I can get into the AP Fastboot Menu. When I choose any of the options Using Vol down to move me through the options including normal Powerup, Recovery, Factory, Barcode, BP Tools it will only do a normal boot. I'm using vol down to choose an option and Vol up to activate the option. I have been able to get into these various options before, but something has gone south on me....any ideas...and what other info do you need?
Also, on the fastboot screen it states:
Device is locked. Status code: 0
EDIT: Strangely enough, when I move to Barcodes and hit the up Vol button, I can get into barcodes...but on any other options, when I press Vol up, it just does a normal phone boot.
the phone has been acting a little twitchy lately...camera won't function and keeps telling me to restart, now e-mail is starting to do funny stuff....Not happy. One of the posts that I read on trying to get the camera working correctly stated that wiping the Dalvic cache might help and I think I need to get into recovery tools to do that.
Thx
Any help anyone? I need to get into the tools to wipe the phone....
Thx
Slarti77 said:
Hey all,
I have a rooted Droid Maxx. When I press Power and Down Volumn I can get into the AP Fastboot Menu. When I choose any of the options Using Vol down to move me through the options including normal Powerup, Recovery, Factory, Barcode, BP Tools it will only do a normal boot. I'm using vol down to choose an option and Vol up to activate the option. I have been able to get into these various options before, but something has gone south on me....any ideas...and what other info do you need?
Also, on the fastboot screen it states:
Device is locked. Status code: 0
EDIT: Strangely enough, when I move to Barcodes and hit the up Vol button, I can get into barcodes...but on any other options, when I press Vol up, it just does a normal phone boot.
the phone has been acting a little twitchy lately...camera won't function and keeps telling me to restart, now e-mail is starting to do funny stuff....Not happy. One of the posts that I read on trying to get the camera working correctly stated that wiping the Dalvic cache might help and I think I need to get into recovery tools to do that.
Thx
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Any help anyone? I need to get into the tools to wipe the phone....
Thx
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It's not just you apparently. I just tried mine to try to use as a home security camera (after loaning it to a friend to use as a temp phone) and it's doing the same thing yours is, can't factory rest and start over so I guess now I'll have to try to unroot and/or reflash bootloader and get it back to "stock" and try formatting after that.
This Vizio XR6M came with the M65-D0 display I bought. It was running their unmodified version of whatever software was preinstalled. It worked fine all the way up until they pushed an OTA to it, which is causing it to bootloop. I cannot get into any usable recovery because the screen that appears where recovery options should be is the Android on its back with an exclamation point I believe. Can anyone help me get this thing working again? Thanks.
I was really hoping that someone would have a clue. This really sucks. I'll keep waiting
Had the same thing happen to me. When on the screen with the android on his back, hold the power button and quickly press volume up. This should give a menu with a handful of options. Scroll up and down with volume up and down and press power to select. One of the options is to wipe the device. Do this and then select reboot. (There is also a wipe cache option, but this didn't do anything for me.) This is what I was told to do by Vizio support. Unfortunately I've had to do this wipe 3 times now. This tablet is very unstable in my opinion. (Once after an OTA update, once after I rebooted it, and once it just rebooted itself and got stuck in the loop.) I came across your post while looking for info on rooting the tablet or at least getting a backup like TWRP on it so I don't have to spend an hour downloading apps and getting my settings back like I had them every time the tablet decides to lose its **** and go haywire. Best of luck.
Gah... I spent about an hour trying different key combinations to get into recovery... I thought I tried all the key combinations at that Android screen too... But I guess not. Thanks!! Trying a wipe of cache with no expectations that it'll work... full data wipe incoming....
Getting to the Factory menu
1. Hold pwr button down to turn the tablet off
2. Hold the vol dwn button and press the pwr button
3. Anddroid logo with an ! should appear
4. Hold the pwr button and press the vol up button
5. The factory menu should appear
I just picked up two of these TVs and wall-mounted them and they are pretty fantastic, one of the remotes updated just fine but the other one keeps giving me a signature validation failed when it tries to update. I've wiped the cash down a factory reset from recovery and factory reset from inside Android. Anyone have any ideas? I've downloaded it on 3 different WiFi networks and tried to install it probably 10 times now.
Vizio's online chat support to the rescue. I told them what the issue was, what all I tried, she had me verify that I had already done what they suggest (basically get into recovery and such), and told me to send them a copy of my receipt and I'd get a free brand new one, or they could send me a refurbished one without it.
Here's the instructions she gave me.
Please try the following steps:
1. Power the tablet off. While the tablet is off press and hold the Volume Down and Power keys at the same time.
2. The tablet will vibrate and the V logo screen will pop up. Let go of the POWER and VOL DOWN key when the tablet VIBRATES.
3. The tablet will show a picture of the Android mascot laying on the ground with the text 'No Command'.
4. Press and hold the Power key and tap Volume Up key. (One you've tapped the volume up key you can release the power key).
5. Use the Volume Up and Down keys to navigate the options, and the Power Key as an 'OK' button to select options.
6. Navigate down to Wipe Data/ Factory Reset, and press the Power key.
7. Text will appear in the bottom the screen indicating the tablet is resetting.
8. The Android Recovery options will appear again. Use the Vol Keys to navigate to 'Reboot System Now' and press the power button to confirm.
Note: After the reset it may hang on the V logo screen for 5+ minutes before initiating the rest process.
RED ZMAN said:
Vizio's online chat support to the rescue. I told them what the issue was, what all I tried, she had me verify that I had already done what they suggest (basically get into recovery and such), and told me to send them a copy of my receipt and I'd get a free brand new one, or they could send me a refurbished one without it.
Here's the instructions she gave me.
Please try the following steps:
1. Power the tablet off. While the tablet is off press and hold the Volume Down and Power keys at the same time.
2. The tablet will vibrate and the V logo screen will pop up. Let go of the POWER and VOL DOWN key when the tablet VIBRATES.
3. The tablet will show a picture of the Android mascot laying on the ground with the text 'No Command'.
4. Press and hold the Power key and tap Volume Up key. (One you've tapped the volume up key you can release the power key).
5. Use the Volume Up and Down keys to navigate the options, and the Power Key as an 'OK' button to select options.
6. Navigate down to Wipe Data/ Factory Reset, and press the Power key.
7. Text will appear in the bottom the screen indicating the tablet is resetting.
8. The Android Recovery options will appear again. Use the Vol Keys to navigate to 'Reboot System Now' and press the power button to confirm.
Note: After the reset it may hang on the V logo screen for 5+ minutes before initiating the rest process.
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And after the hair and saliva samples to verify you're really a human and not something from Nibiru, you were able to get into recovery and get it working right?!
Crazy, ive had at least 15 different android devices, and never ever needed to go through a military-style agility course to get into recovery.
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jerry43812 said:
And after the hair and saliva samples to verify you're really a human and not something from Nibiru, you were able to get into recovery and get it working right?!
Crazy, ive had at least 15 different android devices, and never ever needed to go through a military-style agility course to get into recovery.
Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk
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It took like 2.5 weeks to get the replacement too, but it was brand new. Now I've got 2 tablets, 3 wireless chargers, and I don't want to use them at all. LOL
Does anyone know if anyone has a factory image that can be flashed? I think mine has bad firmware so resets don't do anything to fix it.
This device have made by Chinese/Indian company Borqs. The code name Bennu-M. Platform is Qualcomm APQ8016 (MSM8916 w/o modem). There should work standard method to bring EDL mode. Hold Vol+ and Vol- at power on (press power). Then connect to the PC. Thus device will stay look dead, however should be detected as Qualcomm QDLoader 9008 on the PC side. This is the factory described method.
You can flash factory firmware from this mode using external bootloader (programmer) for MSM8916 firehose protocol. This procedure is described in the thousands of manuals around the net. Qualcomm tools like QPST or QFIL can be used as good as many 3rd party utils to flash and manage any another available way. Many professional 'box' tools should support this device too but only as 'generic' msm8916 (if applicable).
However I can't find the firmware package for this device anywhere. You should ask and require the manufacturer/distributor to publish firmware, the source code and all the corresponding matherials to be able to flash and rebuild firmware from sources in any manner you want without any limitations as required by GNU/GPL free open source software licenses this firmware is obligated to.
Everyone who have the device working or software dead, can try to dump the current firmware and data, stored on the internal eMMC memory module in part(s) or in whole image using free QTools project utilities and suitable external bootloader with ability to dump eMMC, not only to flash as many factory supplied programmers do. There are programmer(s) for MSM8916 available in the project repo. Read and understand manuals carefully before trying anything!
There is definitely another ways to root, dump, flash, manage the device in any manner YOU WANT, not only the way you are "allowed" to use your own device by manufacturer/distributor. FTA!
You can root the device then dump all the multiple partition images manually (dd if=/dev/block/mmbblk0...... of=/sdcard/......) or using built custom recovery like CWM/TWRP for your device. Please note, kernel sources are important but not mandatory to build e.g. CWM. You can build one using CWM image from the similar device and the kernel (boot/recovery) image binaries from your device. There are good manuals and image repacking utils available around like e.g. AndImgTool.
There are the way to produce factory image from the eMMC/partitions dump(s). Use utils like R-Studio to dump particular partition images from the eMMC dump (it's like whole HDD or UFD image with all the sectors raw, one by one, w/o any modifications/compression/etc) Manuals / utils are avavailable to make e.g. sparse and xml scripts set which is flashable by the programmer in the EDL mode (i.e. from any damaged state, because EDL is built in to the PBL and masked to the internal CPU ROM, thus can not be damaged in any manner, except firing the CPU up).
You can also flash partition images from the more common Fastboot mode, unless eMMC GPT and bootloaders (SBL/RPM/TZ/ABoot) stay intact (logo showed). You can't dump from fastboot, which is common due to the (foolish) 'safety' requirements. It's security by obscurity and is definitely not for your favor, but for the corps control over you and force to send valuable private data to foreign clouds.
Please share eMMC full and/or partitions dumps using reliable 'neverending' file cloud/hosting since there is no factory firmware available yet (ever). I do not own this device and never seen being overseas, so I can't share. Help each other and f... the mfrs and matrix!
Hey guys - I hope you're doing well.
I recently got an HTC U12+, but wanted to try using a custom ROM due to all of the bloatware . Unfortunately I think I've ended up bricking my device. Here are some things I've since tried:
- Restoring to the backup I made beforehand in TWRP - restore works without any errors, but then just hangs at the boot screen
- Method 1 from this thread (https://forum.xda-developers.com/u12-plus/how-to/collection-htcu-u12-ruu-firmware-t3794664) - TWRP always says the zip files are corrupted for some reason
- Method 3 from that same thread - this actually worked before, but I tried installing a custom ROM again, somehow messed up again, and now this method no longer works as it just hangs at the "HTC" boot screen for eternity
- Both methods in this thread (https://www.theandroidsoul.com/how-to-install-htc-firmware-ruu-and-zip/) - the first one leads to a "failed remote 99 ru unknown fail terrible mishap" error, and for some reason my PC doesn't see my phone when I try the second despite being able to see it in file manager
- Probably many other methods that I've now forgotten
I know this is a whole lot of information, but I'm in desperate need of some help. I typically like to troubleshoot things myself, but I've been trying to fix this for quite some time now and could definitely use another set of (much more experienced) eyes. I greatly appreciate any help you guys can provide.
Thanks.
Flash RUU with SD card method
Download RUU from here(important:check your CID): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wIRrVQawd5rD-t9VKPQ-SdRK20RcJVZhwD7lhmPIK8w/edit#gid=0
1. rename RUU to 2Q55IMG.zip
2. copy zip in the root of your sd card. - external card / not internal - it will not work
3. reboot to download mode,
4. your device will pick up the zip file and flash it.
5.follow on screen instructions and enjoy your RUU(this method erase all your data)
I'm having an issue with my u12+ where it just continually reboots to a message saying "The boot loader is unlocked and the software integrity cannot be guaranteed. Any data stored on the device maybe available to attackers, do not store sensitive data on this device" and then it shows the white HTC logo that says Powered by Android down the bottom of the screen, it stays like that for about 5 minutes and then reboots and does the same thing over again.
Holding the power down button does nothing, it will not turn off the phone. Holding power and volume down does nothing either. The phone just does this every 6 minutes and reboots and cycle and that's it.
I've tried putting the file 2Q55IMG_IMAGINE_DUGL_O80_SENSE10GP_hTC_Asia_TW_1.53.709.1_Radio_sdm845-000201b-1807311356_release_531499_signed_2_4.zip (renamed to 2Q55IMG.zip) on the root of a 8gb Fat32 formatted SD card, but I just can't get into recovery or download mode.
I've tried holding down all 3 side buttons for minutes, or just the power button, or combination of buttons, they all do nothing to the phone. (it's as tho they are disabled, but sometimes holding a combination of the 3 will make the phone vibrate a little bit, but in no particular time or order)
When the phone is in either state (locked bootloader message or white HTC logo) my Windows 10 PC sees the phone plugged in as a "USB Input Device", not an Android Phone or Android Device. So using ADB or Fastboot commands do not work to it. I've tried to force the driver to the HTC driver but that does not work.
I also tried using the RUU_IMAGINE_UHL_O80_SENSE10GP_NA_Gen_Unlock_1.30.617.2.exe file, but once again it doesn't detect my phone.
Any help would be kindly appreciated.
Cheers!
EDIT: So I was finally able to get into download mode by waiting until the phone done its 6 minute reboot and then holding power down until it vibrated once, then held volume up until it vibrated again, then let go of the power button, I was then able to choose recovery, download etc.
So I managed to get the file 2Q55IMG.zip to install, it said it installed 100% okay. The phone rebooted and now I'm stuck again just at the white HTC logo and Power by Android down the bottom of the screen.
This time the phone is not automatically rebooting itself and no key combinations will make it reboot. I've tried holding them all in certain combinations for periods of time, the phone will not reboot or turn off.
EDIT 2: So maybe I didn't wait long enough after installing the 2Q55IMG.zip file, I finally got the phone to reboot and now I've got a working phone again. happy days :laugh:
whowhatwhen said:
I'm having an issue with my u12+ where it just continually reboots to a message saying "The boot loader is unlocked and the software integrity cannot be guaranteed. Any data stored on the device maybe available to attackers, do not store sensitive data on this device" and then it shows the white HTC logo that says Powered by Android down the bottom of the screen, it stays like that for about 5 minutes and then reboots and does the same thing over again.
Holding the power down button does nothing, it will not turn off the phone. Holding power and volume down does nothing either. The phone just does this every 6 minutes and reboots and cycle and that's it.
I've tried putting the file 2Q55IMG_IMAGINE_DUGL_O80_SENSE10GP_hTC_Asia_TW_1.53.709.1_Radio_sdm845-000201b-1807311356_release_531499_signed_2_4.zip (renamed to 2Q55IMG.zip) on the root of a 8gb Fat32 formatted SD card, but I just can't get into recovery or download mode.
I've tried holding down all 3 side buttons for minutes, or just the power button, or combination of buttons, they all do nothing to the phone. (it's as tho they are disabled, but sometimes holding a combination of the 3 will make the phone vibrate a little bit, but in no particular time or order)
When the phone is in either state (locked bootloader message or white HTC logo) my Windows 10 PC sees the phone plugged in as a "USB Input Device", not an Android Phone or Android Device. So using ADB or Fastboot commands do not work to it. I've tried to force the driver to the HTC driver but that does not work.
I also tried using the RUU_IMAGINE_UHL_O80_SENSE10GP_NA_Gen_Unlock_1.30.617.2.exe file, but once again it doesn't detect my phone.
Any help would be kindly appreciated.
Cheers!
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with the phone off, turn it on,when you feel first vibration
quick release power key and keep push volume down.
Smartphone should boot in bootloader mode.
can you get into this mode with this guide?
fabrizio b92 said:
with the phone off, turn it on,when you feel first vibration
quick release power key and keep push volume down.
Smartphone should boot in bootloader mode.
can you get into this mode with this guide?
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Cheer mates, issue sorted. I just updated my comment in my post.
Not sure if I'm game enough again now to try and put LeeDrOiD and Magisk on it.
Ok Guys So I Shouldn't Have Done This But I Used Fastboot To Flash Recovery And I think I Did It Wrong. It Said "ok" And Finished And I Rebooted Phone It Resetted And Then Stuck On The Orange State Bootloader Message. I Do The Recovery Mode And Goes Black And Nothing Is Responsive For a While, Sometimes Longer Than Others. This Happens If I Start Phone Normal Or Try Fastboot Or Download.
Because Of My Mistake I Cannot Connect To Pc Software And Im Not Sure Of What I Can Do. I Feel Like Im Not Going To Like The Answer For This But I Got To Take The Blame For This.
Btw i Have A Samsung galaxy Note 20 Ultra Sm-N986u
I think your phone is hard bricked
so you can't get fastboot using volume up+power or via adb?
rescue from manufacturer site pos or just device not being recognised?
It isn't hard bricked it's just way of Samsung trying to make life of simple people more difficult, people who paid for Samsung phones lots of money.
To sort that screen issues what you can surely do is,
Simply press volup + voldown buttons at the same time, no matter if you're on that orange screen or whatever just press those those two buttons at the same time and keep pressing them while you connect your phone to pc. you will boot into download mode. Then flash stock firmware for your phone. After stock of flashed Reboot and start your phone, go to developer options see if oem unlock option is there if it is then oem unlock it if it is not then go back to settings manually change date to year ago, then go to updates disable auto update, connect to WiFi, and press on update several times untill window shows up saying no updates, then go to developer options you should see oem unlock, unlock it.
Then boot into download mode and make sure you have working copy of recovery.
And make sure you follow instructions of whoever recovery you installed on how to boot into recovery. I have S20 plus and too had troubles with it, and the only working recovery for my phone is twrp customised. To boot into it after flashing recovery from odin auto reboot disabled I pressed voldown and power, USB cable connected, then after screen goes off I changed from voldown to volup while kept pressing power button and cable connected. Orange screen with warning showed up for 5 sec I kept pressing and it bottled to twrp and then I was able to install custom rom beyond rom and while installing in aroma I was able ti choose option to remove orange screen.
That's it.
I ran into the same error. I mistakenly loaded twrp's recovery into userdata instead of ap section. The phone was stuck at the orange screen and nothing was happening whatever i pressed. I waited till the battery to dry out and with 0% battery, i directly connected to pc and was able to get into download mode. Then i flashed stock and everything is now back to normal.
Carl Johnson (Cj) said:
I think your phone is hard bricked
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Absolutely not