[GiONEE Elife E7] StarLord21:
Unfortunately I was one of the users that hard bricked their Gionee elife e7(my story - i tried to activate virtual softkey then systemui stopped working and I tried to flash with KitKat firmware but got fire hose error and that began my troubles). Well I guess my loss is your gain.

Generally the problem is not the flashing but the fact that it is connected as a USB hid instead of qcom hs-usb qloader 9008/9006(mine was connected as 9006). After trying so many combos and waiting for every last battery juice to dissolve, I found a combo that 'might' (not guaranteed) get you connected as qcom hs-usb qloader 9008/9006 (as I said before I got 9006 and it worked. If you get 9008 just try and see if it works :).

Note:

- no download links will be posted here. The required files are the gnqc download tool and official stock firmware which you should already have.

- this is only for guys who can't boot their elife e7 at all( if you can boot to fastboot or recovery... your phone ain't dead yet and you could still save it).

- I assume you have basic knowledge of flashing firmware with gnqc download tool.

- I assume you have already installed the required drivers, have gnqc_download tool and have an official stock firmware for gionee elife e7 specific to your phone variant(32gb/16gb, E7/E7L/E7T and India/Chinese etc) of any android version(I used KitKat stock firmware and it worked but I highly recommend the stock jb 4.2.2). For some reason gnqc download tool didn't work properly in compatibility mode on my windows 10 partition but worked on windows 7. So I highly recommend windows 7.

- I also assume you have patience because this is war against your bricked elife and there could be lots of failures!

Now unto serious business!

- if you have just hard bricked the phone and it can't boot up, connect it to your pc, if it is connected as qcom hs-usb qloader 9008/9006 skip next step. If not... follow next step of course.

- Now for the dreaded USB HID. If you drain battery and it still connects as USB HID with blinking red LED try this. Uninstall the USB HID/USB input device the phone installed as(careful not to uninstall your mouse for desktop users). While still connected to PC, hold power button till red light stops blinking. Stop holding power button and immediately detach USB chord then hold volume up and volume down simultaneously in quick succession. Hold them down for quite a while. After much trial and error, i discovered that you have to hold power button for 12 seconds before phone restarts( into the dreaded black screen obviously. Tho it might not be 12 secs but that is what worked for me). So on the 12th second detach chord and press volume up and down simultaneously for quite a while. Then connect phone to PC while still holding the volume buttons(a second pair of hands might be required for precision). If all goes well, four unknown devices will appear in device manager. Wait till windows finishes installation and if you see qcom hs-usb qloader 9008/9006, you are good to go.

- Next, open the gnqc download.exe browse to your phone's firmware location. If it shows cant find mprg8x26.mbn, select 8974 in platform and if mprg8974.mbn is not found change to 8x26.

- When all is set and you see the 'Start download' button turn green, click on it. It should start download hopefully without error messages. After that, It should reboot to red Gionee logo then the white one and then to setup.

If all went well, you have successfully unbricked your Gionee elife e7! And also saved it from all phones' nightmare - your drawer.

If this works well for you feel free to click thanks and if you have a lot of joy in your heart, donate. Good luck and happy unbricking!