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[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rent0n:
Hello,

I think my XT1541 (16GB/2GB Retail GB) with locked bootloader might be hard-bricked.

I was running the stock 5.11 firmware when I did the 6.0 update and since then my phone is stuck in a bootloop.

Motorola won't repair it because I had to replace the screen and the phone is out of warranty.

I can access the bootloader but if I select recovery mode the phone just keeps bootlooping and I can't get into recovery.

I followed the instructions here to flash a stock firmware using fastboot. All the steps complete successfully but after rebooting, the phone is still stuck in a bootloop and I can't get into recovery.

I wanted to install a custom recovery but I'm unable to unlock my bootloader because of this error:

(bootloader) Check 'Allow OEM Unlock' in Developer Options.
FAILED (remote failure)

Obviously I can't check that option as the phone won't boot.

So, is it hard bricked? Is there anything I can do to get my phone to work again?

Thanks a lot for your help!
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sticktornado:
How many system images do you need to flash? Sometimes there can be more than 6, sometimes there can be fewer.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rent0n:
I know, I flashed the correct number of system images that were in the zip file.

Thanks,
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prasi.ram10:
If u are bootlooping when trying to enter recovery , then prolly the recovery is the issue. I'd suggest flash the recovery.IMG again and then proceed with flashing the rest of the .IMG files.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rent0n:
So basically:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot

and then check if I can access recovery? Or issue that command and then all the other fastboot commands in the guide?
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rent0n:
I tried that and it didn't work. When I try to go into recovery mode the phone keeps bootlooping.

One thing I noticed is that when I try to format cache or userdata I get this error:

$ fastboot format cache
formatting 'cache' partition...
Formatting is not supported for filesystem with type 'raw'.
FAILED ()
finished. total time: 0.013s

I think there might be something wrong with the file system in my partitions. How can I manually format my partitions?

Thanks,
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] therealduff1:
man , if you really need recovery, type fastboot boot recovery.img . It will temporaily boot you into stock recovery. Wipe cache and data there :)
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rent0n:
Thanks, but this is what I get when I try do do that:

$ fastboot boot recovery.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.736s]
booting...
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.746s

There must be a way to restore this phone to a working state! I can't believe it's so messed up after an official update...
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] therealduff1:
What os were you running when the phone screwed up ?
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rent0n:
I was running 5.1.1 when I got the notification for the 6.0 update.

I've noticed that trying to flash 5.1.1 firmware with fastboot gives me errors (preflash validation failed) while the 6.0 work "fine" (i.e.: I get OKAY after every step but then the phone is always stuck in a bootloop).

Thanks!
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] therealduff1:
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DOWNGRADE BOOTLOADER.IMG OR GPT.IMG !!!!!!! DONT FLASH LOLLIPOP VERSION OF THOSE FILES ON A DEVICE RUNNING 6.0

plz tell me u didnt flash those files..
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rent0n:
Well I wasn't sure what version I was running to be honest so I think I tried to flash the gpt.img from 5.1.1 at some point but it failed with the preflash validation failure. I've always only flashed the 6.0 firmware files.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heavy_metal_man:
Have you gave this a try?
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rent0n:
Yes, no luck unfortunately.

I think I might have flashed the 5.1.1 bootloader after all - is there any way to recover from there?

Thanks,
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rent0n:
Bump!

Does anyone have any other suggestion please?

Thanks,
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rent0n:
Last bump :(

I'm going to sell this on eBay as non-working then unless someone comes up with a clever solution?

Thanks for your help!
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anonyo:
Try flashing once more starting with the gpt.bin (that should hopefully take care of raw partition error) and skipping the bootloader altogether. Also, may be worthwhile to try mfastboot.exe instead of fastboot.exe.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lan005:
I have this same issue, but I haven't flash 5.1.1 Files, I Only tried with 6.0 Brazil Retail.

I also tried to flash gpt to get rid of the "raw" partition, everything goes ok but still displaying that error. Anyone can help?
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evanraalte:
I got the same problem with my Moto E 2015... If I find a solution I will reply it in this topic..
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamygoer:
I got the same problem here, maybe even worse... bop someone help ...
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evanraalte:
I got my problem fixed on my Moto E 2015. I was originally running om CM13 when I tried to downgrade to 5.1.1 stock firmware. After locking my bootloader I couldn't boot in my OS or Recovery, only in fastboot, all partitions were RAW. nothing seemed to work (tried all factory images). Fortunately Motorola uploaded 6.0 firmware for my devicelast week. For some reason this could be flashed without trouble and now it works again :).
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pmielle:
Where did you get the last firmware ?
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dp0909:
ans

if it keeps on boot looping then it has the most probability that its hard bricked.you need unhard brick it by using deep flash cable.by that you need to flash your phone with the help of minimal flash tool. And you have to install your phones opst os from it and the new drivers. it has good chances of permanent damage if you do it wrong. hope it helps you!

thnk you.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllenAK:
This is what happens when you don't update your Moto G 2015 at the Correct Time.

Did you type Fastboot Devices before Putting the Command Fastboot boot recovery.img?

This is a difficult problem to solve.

If nothing helps, go to the service center and get it fixed! :good:
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SayantanRC:
did you get your issue fixed?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fond bcn:
my s4 i9506 (lollipop 5.0.1) has a big problem with the stability ("~50% cpu used by system")

...

that is caused heating and lags and battery drain

the fact. reset not solve the pbm. but , ""root booster"" app. decreases the cpu load (~8%) & increases the clock (2265 mhz)

.. the return to 4.4.2 effective? :( :( :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fond bcn:
Answer pleas
[T-Mobile LG G4] VileTemptation:
Hello, I have a LG G4 T Mobile Variant 10N. I had a custom rom with twrp. Now with Marshmallow being out I wanted to go back to stock to update to MM then get a MM based rom. I did a complete wipe on TWRP OS was removed also. I tried using the LG Flash Tool, Have Installed LG Drivers and am using the correct KDZ. My phone goes into download mode without a problem the problem is my phone always stops at 82% during the flash process then I receive a error in LG Flash Tool saying "Error update cannot be done make sure phone is connected and try again" Iv'e tried several times to flash and it always stops at 82% What can I do? My phone has no OS installed. Only bootloops and download mode are achievable. Can I just flash the Marshmallow KDZ or will that brick my phone? No rude comments please. Ive done this before with no OS also but my phone never got stuck during the flashing process. HELP PLEASE :confused: P.S Recovery mode works as well but only the factory reset option is there. Ive tried the factory reset option phone just goes into download mode.
[T-Mobile LG G4] Rapunzl:
It sounds like you have a corrupted file or you're trying to flash lower than 10n when you've already upgraded to 10N. Did you try to re-download? If you flash 10n or 20i, you can't flash below the 10n.
[T-Mobile LG G4] VileTemptation:
Thank you. I am not sure what it was but I got it fixed now. I tried it on another computer and it worked now I have updated to Marshmallow.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthewmalek:
I am creating a Tasker profile that will automatically raise and lower my media volume depending on my vehicle speed. I have a general game plan, but before I put it all together I wanted to make sure the individual parts work correctly.

My issue is that I can change the Bluetooth media volume slider manually via buttons or via Tasker, but there is no effect on my car stereo's output. It is always at a reasonable listening volume, never getting quiter, even when all the way down. I am running the latest version of stock Android 6.0.1 on a Nexus 5. I have read that there was some new Bluetooth volume linking being done on Android 6.0.1, but from what I read I didn't get the impression that this was the proper effect. Does anyone have any insight into how Bluetooth volume should work between my phone and car radio?

Thanks for any help!
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GwynnAdler:
Hello everyone!

I've got the s6 active, and was wondering if this works on there.

I'm asking because the s6 active has physical buttons for the home, back, and windows; plus the active button.

Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chokolademan:
Hello smart minds of xda, I've just gotten a Neo model from the s5 series. And was trying to get the functionality to work for mirroring or miracasting the screen to a wireless HDMI receiver.

With a four year old android tablet and different other old android phones I have this option with no problem.

But with the brand new Neo, it doesn't appear in the settings. Also with help with different tools/apps I couldn't get it to work.

Does somebody got Miracast / Screen mirror working on a Neo s5 phone? And if so, what were the steps you took to get it working? Maybe a particular update or tool/app which has to be installed?

I hope somebody has an answer for this, I think a lot of people are dissapointed to have this standard functionality missing on their new phone....

Thank you if somebody can help us out!
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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] tuloave17:
So i just got my phone on march4 and i found out 2 major problems on my s7 edge i did a research and seems to be im not the only one with this issue.

1- Bluetooth doesnt work with any wireless speaker i can connect the phone to the speaker but the music come from the phone speaker.

2- the headphone jack make static and horrible noise when you use a aux cable (for example i use my phone on my car with a aux cable and this static breaking noise is problem) now seems to be that the cord doesnt go all the way in into the headphone jack which is a huge concern to me.

3- when you are trying to listen music or audio trough the 2 option above the volume rocker only change the Ringtone volume not the Music/audio volume another big problem.

4- the stock music player is gone

A last i call samsung regardless the problem and they told me they will escalate the situation and they told to go to my carrier to order a replacement if i want to. so people remember you only have 15 days to return or get a replacement if you have the same problem.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Delboyd12:
All audio related - Sounds handset specific? Good luck on the replacement
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Brava27:
Has to be defective unit
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] wawaweewa:
1- i am using it in my car as bt speaker listening to pandora no prob

2- using jack for speakers at work all night pandora no static (change ur aux maybe?)

3- perfectly working for me

4- i dont see it too lol i see google play music and milk music thats it
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] vivelafrance:
I can't believe that these issues could be in all S7! In my opinion, it sounds like it's a faulty handset
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Likeness:
We ordered two S7's and we are having the same noise issues with headphones. It makes a horrible noise but only when we are in the house. If you go outside, the noise stops. We have tried various things like disconnecting the wifi and nothing works. The headphones worked fine with the S5
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Zeffir:
1 is an easy fix simply user error, swipe down on the top of the screen and you should be able to select an "Audio Path/Audio Output" and from there select your speakers or headset. As for the static interference, it's hard to say what the source is from but it only occurs (at least for me) in high volume settings. Either get a shielded aux cable or use a portable amp, which is what I've been doing. If you do return it, keep us updated, I'm curious if if the static is "normal" or a defect.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Zer0_:
Samsung's music app can be downloaded from "Galaxy Apps"
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] CA93:
My husband and I got an s7 edge as well and we hear the same static noise when it's plugged into the aux cable. I've been thinking about taking it to my att store to see if they can help.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Jasemsheikh:
Static noise fix!!!

First you want to open up settings and go into sound and vibrations then you want to scroll down to swap sound quality and effects when you have an aux cable plugged in go ahead and switch the HQ upscaler from off to on and that is your solution to fixing static noises with the galaxy s7 and the galaxy S 7 edge. Everyone's welcome
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] dogans:
I'm having the static issue as well. As soon as I touch the headphone jack (on the cord) the static is noticeable. The volume also changes.. Tried 3 different headphones, all the same.

Does this happen to anyone else?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Mattressguy:
Static issue is gone. However using the audio cable plugged into the auxiliary port in my car the audio sounds as if I'm listening through the speaker on the bottom of the phone but it's coming through the car speakers. I've tried every different setting in sounds and equalizer setting and nothing works. Looks like I may be sending 4 phones back and going with the G5
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] IVIatthew:
I am also having issues with the Galaxy S7, static noise from internal speaker and headphones. When you restart the phone it goes away and sounds crystal clear. I am not sure what could be causing this to randomly start, and why doesn't it happen constantly and it goes away when restarting the phone? The Samsung tech support agent said maybe an app I have on my phone is causing it. It happens with YouTube and samsung milk music, I'm not sure why only sometimes. Also it's weird that it happens in both samsung headphones and the internal phone speaker, even at low volumes.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] kloodee:
Stock music player is not gone. Its in sam market. Taken away to make the software as bloatwarefree as possible. Blutooth through car speaker also works fine here.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Mattressguy:
Just curious if anyone has tried to use an auxiliary cable and plug it into the auxiliary port on their car stereo? How is your audio coming through?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] willlu29@gmail.com:
Mine is having exactly the same issues as yours! The only way to avoid such noise is to use the BLUETOOTH speakers/headphones. What can we do now? Ask samsung to give us a new s7edge to try? Is S7e all like this?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] jr64007:
I have a lot of static through car speakers with auxiliary cord
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] dogans:
I've now tested 4 different headphones, 3 of them give static at the lightest touch to the headphone jack, 1 works perfectly fine.

I've never had this issue with any phone before and I have no idea what's causing it. UHQ setting doesn't make any difference.. Is it the IP68 rubber inside that's causing it?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] dkl_uk:
I haven't got any of these audio issues, but allow me to list the devices I use:

BT to Mazda 6. No issues.

BT to Sony SBH-80 headphones. No issues.

BT to LG 'sound base' LAP250H. No issues.

Wired to Sennheiser sports headphones. No issues.

What I would say with aux cables, is that the quality of the cable can be the problem. If you've bought a very cheap cable off eBay then you might want to try a better quality cable - see if you're lucky enough to test one from an audio shop but DON'T let them talk you into buying some stupid £20/$20 3.5mm jack.

For bluetooth the phone will need to recognise the device as being able to play audio. There's two bluetooth outputs detected by my Mazda; I can either have the car take audio only, phone only or audio+phone. Now obviously a bluetooth speaker should default to taking audio, but I wonder if the speaker itself is at fault?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Mattressguy:
I've tried both of our Galaxy S7 Edge and S7's and different types of audio cables and with every one of them there is a problem with poor volume level where I can max the volume on both the car stereo and the phone and there's no bass. I've even taken them to Best buy and tried them on aftermarket radios and produce the same results. The samsung rep gave me the 800 number to Samsung.

I want to know if it's a hardware or software issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] jrwingate6:
Bluetooth sounds great in my car (2015 Explorer Sport).

The only thing that bothers me is when watching a video on YouTube with the audio over Bluetooth headphones or over my car the audio/video is slightly out of sync. Does anyone know if there is a fix for Bluetooth audio delay?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] mynameiz:
download stock music app from samsung store on your phone.

Samsung tech support are douche bags. aux jack static issues here too! I drive a 2006 BMW 330i and they said my car isnt compatible, yet aux works okay with the same cord in a 2005 BMW 330i
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] elpindian:
I think it's something to do with the headphone jack itself. My Samsung headphones almost snap into the jack while my Monster aux cable in my car barely stays in; it's an extremely loose fit that just slides back out if i move the phone at all. I've had a few aux cable do this and then a few that didn't, all were either a Monster cable or some cheap one i got off eBay, there seems to be no correlation of the price and how the cable fits though. Every headphones I've used have had that same snap into place feeling and have worked fine... It's the aux cables that are frustrating the hell out of me.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Winpang:
Omg.. my issue is exactly the same, in fact I changed 2 S7e are also the same.... will it be software bug?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] IVIatthew:
Mine is fixed, it was ACR app automatic call recorder causing the issue. Since I deleted it weeks ago, it stopped completely. If you have any apps you think might be causing it. Just keep trying one by one to remove and app to see if it's causing the static. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Winpang:
Thanks for your advice , I did installed ACR, let me try to uninstall and see. BTW, can you recommend a call recording apps to replace ACT with not affecting the sound in S7e? Thanks again
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] IVIatthew:
Hmmm, I looked in the app store some time ago. I dont see a good call recorder. I am waiting for an update for ACR to be more compatible with the Samsung Galaxy S7. I wrote a review to them, telling them that their app causes these issues on the new Galaxys. Hopefully they will come out with an update. Its good you confirmed the issue was ACR, since we both had it and it caused the same issues on our devices!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Winpang:
Still need sometimes to confirm is the issue is caused by ACR, I tested again right after uninstalled the ACR but the issue still here, so I restart my mobile and it became normal. On the another hand, my wife's S7e also installed ACR but looks the sound issue only happen once, let's see if it is totally fixed in my case.?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] IVIatthew:
Let me know, because I have not had the issue since uninstalling ACR...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Winpang:
The noise never come again after uninstalled ACR and reboot. I just installed another apps "Call Recorder" (you can found the trial version in this forum). The recording function is fine and will let you know if it will affect the sound output after monitor for few days
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] stormonya:
YO!!!!! I had the same problem...The UHQ Upscaler tricked worked for me as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] bbricker:
Does the S7 use a regular earbud jack? None of my earphone jacks fit (too loose). Wondering if this may be causing issues described.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] neezy13:
Its a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] GLockman46:
check the length of the pin on the headphone jack, I have a pair of gym ear buds that (some skullcandy gym specific so they don't fall out of my ear) and I have the exact same issue as described, I looked at the pin and its a little shorter than the samsung buds and the other set I have at my desk at work, those all work fine. I'm guessing that the slightly shorter pin is not making a good ground connection causing the static.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Niyahagaskin:
Same issue

Hello I have the same issue and it is extremely annoying. I too have contacted both AT&T and Samsung and none seem to be of any assistance. I was sent a replacement phone and I still have the same issues. Samsung asked for me to send my phone to them but then that would leave me without a mobile device until they figured out what the problem was with the phone. I also hear the static from the phone speaker as well, so it isn't only when using the aux cord.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Monkeyfeng:
Hey guys, I have the regular S7 and this is definitely a software issue. Like others have said, going into your audio setting and turning UHQ upscaler on/off will make the problem go away. Another person have said to uninstall ACR, I personally have the software but I kind of need it as it is important for me.

I hope Samsung fix this software issue soon. There is nothing wrong with the hardware. Sometimes, the problem continues when I switch tracks in my music player. I have to turn on/off UHQ upscaler when I switch album or songs.. It's definitely software.