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[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] awedxz:
Hello guys,

I am really in need of help. For reason that does not matter any more I have tried to root my phone and now it is unable to start. I followed the steps listed in the below tutorial:

bbs.elephone.hk/thread-9919-1-1.html

However after following some steps, video tutorials and further confusions I ended up trying to "Firmaware Upgrade" my phone with SPFlash Tool, but unfortunately the process was ended prematurely and my phone is not able to start at all (black screen and no reaction from any button). I understand that everyone must take responsibility for the consequences followed by rooting a phone, but I wanted to ask you guys if I am able to recover the phone or I would need to buy a new one.

Here is more detailed information of what I tried and what is the problem I am experiencing:

- Error that I see when I try to "Format & Download" (or any other option / action that SPFlash tool has):

BROOM ERROR : STATUS_PRELOADER_INVALID (-1073545212)

[HINT]:

- What I tried:

1. Reinstalling the drivers because I tought that they are incorrect. Every downloaded dirver results to the same error and I believe that the issue is not related to the dirvers at all (I use Windows 7 Ultimate with the SP_Driver_v2.0).

2. Tried using different versions for SPFlash Tool, but it appears that only the latest ones works with the scatter file that I have (MT6755_Android_scatter.txt). Versions that I tried are - v5.1552; v5.1524; v5.1620; and after trying evrything I believe that the issue is not related to the used tool nor scatter file.

My conclusion is that somewhere along the way I re-formatted my phone, but since the processes ended prematurely this may have disrupted the correct format of the internal storage.

Is is possible to recover from this and if it is what steps / actions should I take to do so. I would really appreciated some help of you guys and will be glad if the phone is working back (promise to stop being a "hacker").

Best Regards,

A fellow that need helps or a new phone :(
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] awedxz:
I just wanted to add that I was able to recover my phone. YEY!!!!

For those of your who ran to the same problem here is what I did to restore the phone from the boot loop:

1. Remove the battery - this is quite a tricky part, but if you follow the steps and be careful there should not be any problems:

- Remove the back from the phone - since it is no meant to be easily removed you could use a plastic card and start from the top of the phone (where the ear jack is located).

- After that you would need to remove the top plastic cover - it is placed to protect the main board and all modules. You would need a small "Philips" screwdriver in order to remove all screws. Note that there is one hidden screw that is placed on the middle bottom part of the plastic cover. You could recognize it by the elephone logo placed on top of it.

- Once the plastic cover is removed you will see the connector of the battery. Remove so that the device is actually turned off.

2. Download a STOCK ROM for your device:

- The STOCK ROM for Elephone P9000Lite was downloaded from here:

4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=697579&st=20#entry47838700

All required images along with the scatter.txt file should present inside the downloaded archive.

3. Flash the ROM by using SPFlash tool:

- What I did here is to follow a tutorial that is specifically for hard bricked devices:

devs-lab.com/how-to-unbrick-mediatek-device.html

In my case I had to use the Format + Download option in SPFlash tool and select all images to be flashed. The important part was that the phone's battery had to be disconnected, all images selected by clicking the "Format + Download" option and finally hit the "Download" button. Once this is done you can connect the battery again and connect the device to your computer.

After the process is completed the device can be powered on and it should start booting.

I hope that I can help someone with these steps and that you do not give up on your phone.

Best Regards,

Happy fellow that resurrected his pone
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Jtig:
I've bricked my other devices before and all i had to do to fix it, was remove the battery and format & download the original software. As you meantioned, with P9000 (same as with the Lite version), the problem is non-removable back cover and battery. Thank you for this tutorial, but it'd be better is somebody make a video tutorial or just add any media at all as many people might not want to do it, because of fear to break something under the back cover :)
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] jiddahidda:
Thanks for this, I am currently in the same position you were. I've cracked open the phone and am just trying to work out which connector feeds the power from the battery. I was pretty sure my problem was repairable so wasn't too stressed, but I hadn't thought to attempt to open the phone up like you did. It was surprisingly easy, and I don't think I'll have done any permanent damage. I'm hoping I can get the phone going again without any data loss, I was trying to flash recovery when I bricked it so hopefully I simply flash TWRP and she boots again.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] jiddahidda:
Hello all. I softbricked my phone while attempting to flash TWRP, and ended up with a phone that wouldn't present anything on screen. So I've located an old XP computer to rule out any driver issues, and using the battery removal mentioned above I was able to flash the factory 20160422 firmware which is what I believe my phone had before I started tinkering. I unticked the userdata box as I flashed it, and left the recovery box ticked which I thought would fix any corrupt recovery that my tinkering caused. The flash took some time, but I got the green tick indicating that it went well. However I still get nothing on screen, the only time I get anything is when I plug it into charge, I get a green battery charge icon for a few seconds before it fades away. If I leave it plugged in for a while, the screens starts to faintly flash sporadically. Does anyone have any advise for me? [MENTION=5230346]awedxz[/MENTION], could you please confirm that the battery connection is on the far left, a shiny copper ribbon with a small silver rectangle plug that clicks into the board?
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] chtsarts:
Let it to charge more time
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] jiddahidda:
Thanks mate, this advise was spot on. It must have had 0% battery after fixing it! It's now alive and charging up. How neat that Mediatek devices can be unbricked so easily, although I'll have to be a bit more careful in future I think! My previous devices have been Motorola, HTC and Samsung devices, each with different tools and flashing techniques. Haven't bricked any of them in the past, but it's nice knowing this device will be hard to permanently brick.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] dracoelit:
Had the same problem, a small cable that goes from the power button was disconnected. Connect the cable and it should run just fine
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] uzuul:
Just to chime in, I soft bricked my phone as well.

I managed to get it back to life,

without

taking the phone apart, so that is not a necessity.

Here's what happened: I had CM13 installed on the phone and wanted to go back to stock, so I flashed it according to the guides, also overwriting the preloader.

After that, the phone was dead, as in unable to turn on, no charger detection etc.

As is already known, this phone has an "emergency" line / device, that will turn on once you connect it to the computer and press the VOL+ button (the device will show up for a couple seconds in the Windows device manager).

So what I tried was to flash it again and again, to no avail; sp_flashtool reported the following error after trying to flash the preloader: "BROM ERROR - STATUS_EXT_RAM_EXCEPTION (-1073414139)"

Finally I tried different stock roms, from the Elephone forum.

The one that did the trick for me was the 20160304 - I loaded the scatter file into sp_flash tool and only flashed the preloader. After that, Windows suddenly recognized the phone as the preloader device, the screen turned on showing the charging image and the notification led lit up. I was able to flash the phone without errors again.

After that I flashed the rest of the stock firmware - without the preloader.

I then let the phone charge a little bit and it turned back on.

If that version of the preloader does not do the trick for you, try different ones.

No need to take the phone apart.

Good luck everyone!
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] carlosfilippsen:
For everyone's else information having this problem. I also bricked my P9000 whilst flashing TWRP and getting the RAM error. I tried every options possible but the only one that worked was to disconnect the battery. It is actually a very easy process as described as above. The battery connector is the small connector nearest to the volume buttons with the bronze coloured connector cable. It simply lifts up and your battery is disconnect. I changed the settings in SP FLASH to without battery and my phone flashed without any problems. Before this, it had been dead for over a week and all other methods failed to wake it up. Hope this helps.

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This video may help also

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irDOXh1QoKE
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Martiz:
Hi everyone! I had the same problem (bricked phone not recognised by flash tool ecc ecc) and disconnecting the battery did the trick, but I may have messed up with some

The screen connectors and now the screen lits up but stays black. Sounds and touch screen work (I can unlock the screen because I hear the unlock sound), but the screen stays black... If I have damaged the connector (I think it's the one on the upper left, the thinner one that doesn't really click when inserted) there is not much to do, but I just wanted to know If anyone had the same issue and eventually resolved it.
[X Style (Pure) General] psyvenrix:
Woke up to an alert saying there is an update for the MM XT1752 I have.

Managed to extract the firmware since I am S-OFF, rooted and using TWRP 3.0.2-0.

Have not been brave/stupid enough to try to just flash this file yet as I can see it's an updater script one and am not up to speed on how to handle this kind of ZIP file.

I am hoping someone else can figure out if there is a way to use this as is, with out having to flash stock recovery, update, then flash TWRP back.

Phone currently stuck looping between the updater triggering and rebooting the phone into recovery mode until I can nerf that.
[X Style (Pure) General] psyvenrix:
Wasnt aware TWRP was trying to flash that update zip (since when was that ever a good idea)?

flash fails with error code 7 and text to the effect that my device isnt a motorola/clark_retasia/clark:6.0/MPHS24.49-20-3/3:user/release-keys or a motorola/clark_retasia/clark:6.0/MPHS24.49-20-4/4:user/release-keys and is instead reporting a ro.build.fingerprint of motorola/clark_retus/clark:5.1.1/LPH23.116-18/18:user/release-keys.

Which makes sense since I was hunting around for a MM ROM a while back and appear to have flashed a US release onto my device (my carrier is VFAU in Australia).
[X Style (Pure) General] xerox3500:
For everyone's info, this is still 6.0 with the May 2016 update, according to http://vodafone.intelliresponse.com...stion=Motorola+Moto+X+Style+-+Software+update

psyvenrix, I had the same error as you even after flashing stock recovery. It might have to do with the custom kernel I installed. I had to flash stock system, boot and recovery before it worked.
[X Style (Pure) General] jobski213:
Do you have the stock recovery image (MM on vfau)? Are you able to provide a link please? Thanks.
[X Style (Pure) General] Richy101:
Yes still Android 6.0 . Just had the security update to my stock EU X Style. Wonder why we're not getting 6.01?
[X Style (Pure) General] BackDaws:
Just got this security update in the UK
[X Style (Pure) General] d.casper.b:
My Moto notified me of the update (24.221.4) last night. Is it safe to update (I'm rooted, xposed, adaway, layers .....)? If it is, does it mean getting TWRP, root etc all back or what exactly?

[Odd thing, I'm currently on 24.201.3.clark_reteu.reteu.en.EU.retfr and the update screen is in French, but the phone is in English. I flashed this firmware when I needed to start the phone fresh and this was the only firmware that worked.

Doesn't really matter, I'm in South Africa, and there is no firmware specific for South Africa anyway - probably best if I had the UK firmware in fact.]
[X Style (Pure) General] lafester:
Keep looking you'll find it.
[X Style (Pure) General] tolhaje:
I'm on 6.0.1 for a few months now, so how are we not getting 6.0.1? EU

Wysłane z mojego XT1572 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[X Style (Pure) General] d.casper.b:
Can i just update though guys? With Root, TWRP, etc... Like, can I click "Yes, I'm in"?
[X Style (Pure) General] Richy101:
Who knows how Motorola work these things. Got to say I have no real complaints with my Moto X Style. Stock and still locked and running very well. Yes it has the 'paste' lag but I can live with that for now. No phone has given me the upgrade itch [emoji83] but like everyone here, like to have the latest software version! Wonder when we'll get Android N [emoji8]
[X Style (Pure) General] d.casper.b:
Can I just update while rooted etc?

Or must I go back to stock first and then update and then redo everything?

Is there an easy way to get back to where I was perhaps, like backing up and restoring data or something?

Sorry guys, but I'm not sure what to do, and others have already updated, but I'm not sure what route they followed.

EDIT: went back to unmodified stock and updated..
[X Style (Pure) General] Grtschnk:
TWRP 3.0.0 and rooted. Clicked "Yes, I'm in" and now it's automatically rebooting into TWRP trying to flash that stuff. After booting into system, it starts the update process again and soon ends up in TWRP. Luckily I made a backup beforehand :D. Be careful, don't click "Yes, I'm in" yet. Do a backup!
[X Style (Pure) General] DREW76:
Is there anyway to flash the Aus modems for the MXP? I'm running CM13 and I am unable to get mobile data, just get 4G! symbol.
[X Style (Pure) General] d.casper.b:
I had the same result. But I went back to stock and updated.

So now a new question pops up:

How do systemless installs help if the recovery is TWRP and the update won't go through on TWRP? My supersu was done systemless (didn't work unless I forced systemless).

But this time around I'm looking at doing the xposed systemless (by romracer) as well. For now, I'm just rooted, but should I do everything systemless and an update comes along, how would one go about it? Possibly "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" and then do the update without TWRP - if that removes TWRP?

In bootloader it still says "Device status: official"..
[X Style (Pure) General] Grtschnk:
I chose systemless because it is claimed to be the "neater" solution. I don't really care about OTA anymore - paid attention last time, but after flashing back and forth I don't mind doing it again when another update comes out.

But back to your initial question: reflashing the stock recovery is certainly a part of the solution. Might be possible you also have to flash stock boot.img. Don't know how systemless xposed works (probably similar), but systemless root works by modifying the boot.img. So it is not stock anymore.

Regards Grtschnk
[X Style (Pure) General] lafester:
easiest way is to reflash stock system, boot and recovery. no need to wipe data (for minor updates only), then flash update. or, wait for the full system image to be posted.

as posted systemless really doesn't matter unless you just want android pay and titanium backup.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mario119:
Hey all,

My trusty Nexus 10 has been acting awry as of late. Because of this, I decided the best thing to do would be to flash a stock Nexus image from Google. So I downloaded the image, put my Nexus 10 into fastboot mode and... nothing. Well, it does say something now that I think about it. It states "The last USB device you connected to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows doesn't recognize it". When I go into device manger, it says "Unknown USB Device (USB device descriptor failed)" is the name of the Nexus 10. I've tried different USB cords, different USB ports, I've done a fresh install of Windows on my PC (for different reasons, but still). I don't know what's going on, but I'd really like to get it solved. And that is precisely why I've come to you guys. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garnet&gold:
it sounds like you need to reinstall your drivers. An easy way to do it is to install Wug's Toolkit. It will fetch the drivers for you. Then you can either use Wug's or adb / fastboot to access your device.
[Redmi Note 2 General] King Flasher:
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1. Install King Flasher on your computer and make sure it can access to the internet.

2. Connect your phone to computer with USB cable and open USB debbuging.

How to open USB debbuging: Settings > About device > Tap “BUILD NUMBER” 7 times > Back to Settings > Developer options > Select “USB Debbuging”.

3. Please open King Flasher and choose a ROM you like, then click “Flash”.

4. Wait for downloading ROM.

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[Redmi Note 2 General] fifo171:
You're in the wrong forum. This is Redmi Note 2 forum, not Redmi 2.

Odoslané z Redmi Note 2 pomocou Tapatalku
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Thanks for your message. I have changed it to the right content for Redmi Note 2
[Redmi Note 2 General] gothed:
why we must use kingflasher instead of TWRP?
[Redmi Note 2 General] King Flasher:
It's just an easier way to flash our ROM. We only suggest you to use it.
[Redmi Note 2 General] FroZine:
Is this Rom special ? Anyone tried it ? Or is it 'just' a normal stable miui rom cooked for the flash Tool ?(Thanks for this tool btw - great for Rom Newbies )
[Redmi Note 2 General] King Flasher:
Thanks for your support. We have uploaded several ROM in our ROM center. You may use our tool to try the new ROM.
[Huawei P9 Plus Questions & Answers] itongx:
I'm facing themes not change after update B160 version.Can anyone suggest how to fix this :confused::confused:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] JohnWB:
Could someone please let me know where I can download the Radio: 1.09 rom so I can use use to flash my phone after doing the excellent Buzz unlock.

I belive that the 1.09 is the most reliable radio rom for general use after reading all the pages of the unlock thread. i have the UniversalRUU file which I belive I copy the radio rom into.

Regards John
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] PsiDOC:
Click me to download the radio 1.09

Happy flashing.

Psi
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] JohnWB:
Thanks very much
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] yahanna:
I cant find a forum or subforum for the Samsung A9 or A9 Pro. Why is that??
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ashyx:
Because xda don't create a forum for every single device that's is on the market.

It depends how popular the device is and how many requests it gets. Also it's fairly new.

There loads of devices out there without their own specific forum.

You need to put your request to admin. However it's unlikely as you're already in the A series forum. Most you could hope for is it added here.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] PlutoDelic:
it should in the near future.

The problem is, a lot of A series phone have been specifically made for the standalone markets (chinese, india, etc), and unfortunately the their communities seem to have their own places like xda in their native language, hence why no people are requesting much info around here.

But that should change....the A9 Pro international variant is about to be released, and i am favouring it above S7 Edge and upcoming Note 6/7 products, it's above average performance that can be tweaked by twiddling, and with that huge battery, it may be the first android device hitting 3 days of battery with stock parameters.

seriosuly, shouldn't take long.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] yahanna:
Do you know when the A9 Pro international version will come out? I bet it'll cost $700.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] PlutoDelic:
If they price it in that eange, then one might as well just get the S7E or N6/N7. Anything above 500 is too much for such a class.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] yahanna:
Very true. Its just that the A9 Pro has that huge 5000 mah battery thats very inticing.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] djurkash:
I've just received an offer at 450 EUR, for pro version, in my country (black market ofc), and it just appeared, so the price can only go down..
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] yahanna:
What country is this? Provide a link.. I want to check it out.. I'd appreciate it.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] djurkash:
It's Serbia, and the link won't matter too much to you, as it is in local language...

But, it's Chinese model for sure, as our black market is overwhelmed with models of that origin...

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[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] yahanna:
I see, so you can only get it locally. Damn. I wonder where theres a black market in USA for phones. That would be xool.

I'm anticipating the international version to come out. But that will cost lots of dinero.

Do you know if theres a black market in USA?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] djurkash:
Same as would be cool that we have USA prices, discounts, and black Fridays for consumer electronics [emoji3]

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[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] yahanna:
I heard serbians know how to get their hands on good quality stuff.. jewelry, cellphones, parts.. even missiles.. lol
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] djurkash:
Hahaha, you know how they say, even bad marketing is still marketing...everything is ok as long as you, americans, are not identifying us as russians or what ever...[emoji3]

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[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] gilles1968:
https://www.evenshop.ch/index.php/chinashop/samsung.html

527€ (A9 Pro)
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] gilles1968:
https://www.evenshop.ch/index.php/chinashop/samsung.html

version:

DUAL-Sim (2 slots)

SD-Card (1 slot)

64 GO

4 GO Ram...

Version Bootloader Unlock, Google Services et Play Store already installed...

:)
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] PlutoDelic:
Confirmed :)
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] yahanna:
Good news! But the article never states when it will be released. Do you know generally or can you guess when?