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[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] konabike:
I tried many times, I think is not possible to fix it.

I am able to go into the recovery and fastboot, but since the bootloader is locked, I cannot install TWRP.

I also cannot install using ADB sideload, because it always fails at 47%. I tried with 3 different Oxygen releases.

I also cannot install using the internal storage, because when I click there nothing happens. Maybe because internal storage is encrypted.

Hardware wise must be good because I by myself tried to install a custom ROM and created all this mess.

I also tried 3 different versions of the msmdownload tool. The last version 3.0.8 seems the best.

Is any newer version for this tool? (i see that for opo 5 exists version 4.0)
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mar.ur:
[MENTION=8365393]konabike[/MENTION] did you try to do wipe data and cache in recovery ? If it doesn't work , try to install via recovery the latest ota rom 5.0.4 or ob 39 .
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] NataliLuca99:
Hi everyone,

after unbricked op3 I have 'md5 checksum failed' problem.

I can't go to recovery, what can I do?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TNSMANI:
There may be more than one reason for that. Search this thread for "MD5 checksum".
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] NataliLuca99:
I searched but i cant find a solution.

I get errors in: boot, system and cache.

I tried the methods several times but the same result.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TNSMANI:
I am not going to spoonfeed you. The solution/s is/are available in this thread itself.

Hint: driver issue or a slower PC corrupting the data transfer. There are more.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] BRDigung:
is there a way to unbrick, when i get the message 'The best driver software for your device is already installed'?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TNSMANI:
What is your phone showing up as? What are the steps that you are taking? Please furnish more info.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] borda01:
Can I use method 2 to flash ROM on working OP3? I need to restore to original ROM and all partitions
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TNSMANI:
You can, but I wouldn't attempt it on a working phone. This is a last resort for bricked phones. There are other, simpler methods to restore to stock. If the phone is working, why do you want to touch the partitions?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] borda01:
Because I have refurbished OP3, in which Chinese has mixed up in the software and I care about something more than the wipe of the system partition and the installation of the original ROM
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] gabytzu338:
I get sahara connection failed after pressing start in the recovery tool.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mar.ur:
Restart pc and change USB port
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] gabytzu338:
I just can't get it to work. It's either "Firehose Communication Handshake Failed" or "Sahara Communication Failed". I've tried different cables, different ports, nothing works. The phone won't boot in anything but fastboot.

Seems like lately my device won't get recognized as Qualcomm 9008 no matter what i would do. It's just "Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed). If I try to update it with any of the drivers provided it doesn't change a thing, the update goes through successfully but nothing changes. Hope anyone will be able to help me, I've seen there were others in my place too.

Update1: It went through eventually, no clue what was the culprit though. It stopped at "Shut down" and the phone is stuck at the logo, been stuck for 10 mins now.

Update2: I checked "Verify" and everything was "Ok" in there, the phone is still stuck at the logo, can't enter recovery, can't boot(It is stuck at the logo rather than looping now). The only thing I can do is enter fastboot. I can't boot through a newly flashed recovery from fastboot though. I am waiting for suggestions, really had my hopes up for this thread ;(.

Update3: Seems like this process locked my bootloader and now I can't flash any recovery through fastboot either.

Update4(last probably): It eventually booted into recovery, I notice it boots into recovery once out of 10 times. Anyway, it's the stock recovery and I tried sideloading stock rom but I get the "Protocal fault" error. Also I can't click on "Install from Local" either, nothing happens, the phone is just vibrating. As a sidenote, there's a lot of artifacts in the recovery menu when clicking certain options, usually occupying 80% of the screen.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TNSMANI:
Use the MSM tool again and flash everything. Check your phone is recognised as Qualcom 9008 before doing so. You may have to repeat the process a few times for everything to work (some members reported so).
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] gabytzu338:
I got it, Sahara communication error and firehose thing were happening because the phone had 0 battery. I couldn't have possibly known because the phone was just vibrating continuously and looping really fast, also I didn't have the battery animation either. So, for anyone encountering these, try another charging cable and let your phone charge overnight.

I didn't unbrick the phone though, all the process did was give me a stock recovery and, locked my bootloader. I don't have any internal storage, just 2 empty folders, I can't sideload anything because it renders a "protocal fault" error, and I cant flash another recovery in fastboot either because the bootloader is locked.

I tried different drivers, restarted pc several times, used multiple versions of MSMtool (2.0, 2.1 and 3.0) and also tried running msmtools with other system.img, boot.img and userdata.img files. So far the best 'experience' I achieved with the MSMtool 2.1 that I've found on a google drive. It allowed me to browse recovery flawlessly, without any artifacts or freezes, as it was happening in 2.0, and got the phone 'almost' booting (to the point where it updates android apps prior to booting).

I look forward to any suggestions you might have, I am tired of trying for now.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TNSMANI:
If you are doing everything meticulously as per the OP, then your phone should recover. As I said earlier, you may have to repeat the process a few times. I have restored my phone in the first attempt. So other than repeating this, I don't have any other solution.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlooMeth:
I've been able to follow all the steps in method 2 up to Step 9 "Disconnect phone from PC and boot into system".

The phone does not boot, it shows no signs of life, despite all the previous steps working as described in the OP.

Has anyone got any advice? I've tried running though the process numerous times.

Thanks
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mar.ur:
Press power button over 10 s
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlooMeth:
Thanks, I have held the power button down for 10 seconds and more. Still no signs of life.

Now I can't get the device to show up on the device manager as anything, not even as unknown device.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mar.ur:
It is probably hardware issue.

Try to enter in edl mode. Press volume up and connect phone with PC. Do you flash appropriate rom for your device ( this is for op3, not for op3t)
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mar.ur:
Do you have op3t?

Use a right firmware

https://www.google.pl/amp/s/xdaforu...ick-unbrick-tutorial-oneplus-3t-t3515306/amp/
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mohawahba:
how to unbrick it and flash hydrogen OS instead of OOS?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mohawahba:
hi is there any unbrick tool for op3 but hydrogen OS not OOS?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] udayy bushmaster:
there are few i think, my 3t got bricked and some how recovered by recovery tool but the os is corrupt i think, i only have just fastboot option, tried to flash stock recovery but it didnt worked, i was unabled to boot into recovery and now im searching for how to flash or can i flash the firmware via adb
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] acetone802000:
Hello,

Thank you for your guide !

It help me my phone was stuck at boot logo...

i tried to wipe data, wipe everything, flash lastest oos... and the full msndownload tool works perfecftly !

Just an small thing: it's not necessary to install Qualcomm drivers on my windows 10 1809.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] skrftb:
when i connect the phone in 9008 mode, i press start, it does the handshake and some other stuff, and then firehose getufsinfo failed

i tried every driver provided with both methods on 3 different PCs (from a pentium 4 with windows xp, to a 2gen i5 windows 7, to an amd a12 with windows 10) and all their respective usb ports, everytime same error

i have no idea what else to try,

the way i bricked it is the following:

Started with everything stock, then I

unlocked bootloader (fastboot oem unlock)

flashed official twrp 3.2.3-1 (fastboot flash recovery twrp.img)

wipe data to remove cryptography

installed Dirty Unicorns 13 RC (du_oneplus3-v12.4-20180715-1929-RC.zip)

then less than a day passed and i wanted to go back to stock rom, so i did this:

flashed stock rom from twrp

without rebooting flashed twrp.img from twrp recovery itself

rebooted and i got a bootloop

suddenly twrp was unable to write to system partition

reboot to recovery again but it was oneplus stock recovery, asking for a password

somehow managed to go to fastboot and flash twrp again, even more broken than before

wiped data cache dalvik and system

wipe data partition

installed oneplus stock recovery (because I had the brilliant idea that i had to install everything """"clean""""") :rolleyes:

rebooted and all black, not even an LED (hard bricked, only behaves as qualcomm device when plugged in usb, so that's why i followed this guide)
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TNSMANI:
There are a few posts like yours (firehose getusinfo failed) in this thread but there is no clear cut answer to this problem. The only advise one can give you is to ask you to follow the steps mentioned in OP carefully, meticulously and slowly. Do not skip any step for any reason. The other thing is to re-download the MSM Tool, remove the already installed drivers and start afresh. There is also one more Tool atleast, which seems to be a later version which you can find if you search XDA and OnePlus Forums. Be careful since there are Tools for the 3T also.

If none work, then it might be a hardware issue.

Good Luck!
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] skrftb:
Yep, this is what worries me the most, because it's having problems reading from the ufs partition. I also tried with 3 different versions of the sw (3.0.2, 3.0.6 and 3.0.8, found in various threads here and in other forums)
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TNSMANI:
There also seems to be a v.4 as per THIS post.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] skrftb:
That links to the 3.0.8 version i already tried

Edit: i had found this v.4, but it says it's for the op6, i don't know if it would work for op3
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] acetone802000:
When i had some bluetooth problems with my phone, the support made an remote session.

I downloaded an password protected file: OnePlus3_16_A.67_180816.rar.

Inside several files:

So MsmDownloadToll V4.0 works also for the OnePlus 3

PS: i don't have the rar password
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] skrftb:
how did the remote session go? if it went well i might give it a go in a few days (hopefully it doesn't need to be under warranty)
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] acetone802000:
they took control of my pc with software that I installed: : https://dr.oneplus.net/
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] skrftb:
Update on this

I got to do the session today, with an even newer file (A.68 instead of 67), but it did no good, the technician told me it's having trouble reading anything from the UFS partition, so the only solution is to get a board replacement.

I think if the problem weren't that bad, any version of the tool would've worked

but for now, i have to declare my phone dead :(
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TNSMANI:
You mean the BT is dead, right?

If the phone itself is dead, :crying:
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] genialmaniac:
I take absolutely no credit to it but I found that

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603907022

only typed the package name OnePlus3_16_A.67_180816 on a famous search engine and fell on this zip which seems to be the same version, not encrypted.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Some_Random_Username:
Hi, yeah I uploaded it and it seems that you was fast enough to notice it during the few amount of time I let it public before preparing my thread (see https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-3/how-to/op3-collection-unbrick-tools-t3896722/ )
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] genialmaniac:
Hi thanks to make them public! Only Bing was faster than you ;)
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] plazzyp:
Doubt anyone will see this, but I tried method 2 with the userdata portion removed and it finally worked, but now it's asking me for a pin. Previously I had a 4 digit pin but now when I enter it it says Wrong Pin. It can't be wrong, it's the only pin I've ever used. Any advice?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TNSMANI:
Delete the files relating to lock. Search is your friend.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] plazzyp:
Yeah thanks I guess, but what files and search where? Obviously I don't know much about what I'm doing. I didn't do a twrp backup as most people are suggesting as my crash just randomly happened. I wasn't trying to mod anything.

I just don't want to lose my data.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Anghirrim:
You can reverse engineer this file. It's a script that deletes files linked to the lockscreen. It was working "as is" until Nougat. For Oreo, you have one other file to manually delete (but the name is really close to the ones listed in the zip).

But it worked for me when restored a TWRP backup and was then prompted for user passcode (that I typed without success).
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TNSMANI:
Use the zip above or see HERE. It is irrelevant why you are asked for the pin. This method will remove the lock files and allow you to boot. If it doesn't, you may have to wipe /data partition losing all your files like photos, videos etc.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] kinksind:
Hello all,

I have a bricked OP3. I tried both method 1 and 2 but I am not able to boot the phone after all the steps are complete. Not even able to boot into recovery. Now the phone is not recognized after I press and hold the volume up button and connect to my PC. However by pressing power+vol up, the device shows up under ports in the device manager and the MSM tool also recognizes and starts the update but nothing after that. I tried power + vol up because I exhausted all options. Can someone help?

Thanks.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] crazyninjah1992:
Okay so I bricked mine trying to go from f2fs to ext4 file system but I'm curious if the fact that my phone is reading as Qualcomm hs-usb qsloader 9008 is the issue every time I try to chnge drivers it just says these are the best and they are up to date..but besides that is just keeps erroring on the Sahara communication

EDIT:downloaded msmtool 3.0.6 finally went through the process and completed but failed at md5 several times until I switched to USB 3.0 (I have 2 of them) first one failed half way through the next completed and booted system back to oos THANK YOU so much to OP and the whole thread.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] nich1992:
step 5 its not working on my Pc please what i can do
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TNSMANI:
It means that the proper driver is not installed. Did you try the solution at the end of the OP? Is your PC Intel or AMD Ryzen? Try an Intel PC.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Supra | MD:
Hello everyone, majorly screwed up here. I think I've only soft bricked as I can get into bootloader/fastboot. I followed this, but when I got to the unbrick tool, I got something like Sahara try again when the phone is turned off (which is was).

Basically, how I got here is I was on Oxygen OS 9 beta and flashed a kernel, which made it boot endlessly. Went into TWRP and factory reset/flashed the beta ROM again, and it was fine. Was rebooting after applying magisk modules and one of them had kernel tweaks, yes I was dumb enough to do it again. But now, OOS will just boot endlessly. Format data doesn't help. However, I can flash NitrogenOS, but I get heavy graphical glitches, I'm not sure if the qualcomm drivers have something to do with it.

I'd be so grateful for any help, I just want a functioning device at this point.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TNSMANI:
Seems to be a driver issue or AMD Ryzen issue. Use an Intel PC and install drivers as per instructions without missing/overlooking any step. Try different USB ports, USB 2.0/3.0, different cables etc. I had gone through this once so I know what I am talking about. Normally issues arise because of what are stated above.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Supra | MD:
This was exactly it, used a pentium based PC and it worked fine. Really strange that Ryzen would be the issue, but nevertheless, thank you very much!
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TNSMANI:
Thank you for confirming my conclusion!
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] jnsson:
So if I have upgraded to OxygenOS 5, and now want to go back to OxygenOS 4.5.0 can I use this tool then, without hard brick the phone? If yes, is it just use upgrade mode? I can't go back with TWRP, that's why I'm asking here
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] ireaper4592:
can i update to oreo from noughat i recently unlocked bootloader before i bricked device and had to restore it,will bootloader still be unlocked?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rinonino:
It should be. But this question is like "i'm somewhere, going somewhere, can I ?". Are you on a custom ROM actually or an official ROM ? If official, is it OOS OpenBeta or OOS Stable build ? Do you want official Oreo or custom Oreo ? Don't you wan't Pie ?

If you are not use to these kind of manipulation, you should stay on stable or openbeta. You can find download links and instructions on their site. If you prefer try the custom ROM way, there are many on this forum, and instruction in each post. :)
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] ireaper4592:
already done cheers anyway
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] josh_arni:
op3 wont go into recovery mode

My op3 was hard bricked. i followed method 2 and got the green text at the msm download tool.

But my phone is still stuck on one plus logo.

i am able to go to fastboot using power + volume up + homw button.

Please help.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TNSMANI:
Try the Method 2 repeatedly. For some people, it takes a few more tries.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gauravlonkar:
How to use this on Ubuntu?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Some_Random_Username:
The tool is Windows only so I believe you might need a virtual machine with USB sharing enabled
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] josh_arni:
Thank you

Thank you. Will try it a couple more time and see if it is working.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Playa82:
Try to lock bootloader in adb. That worked for me.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] josh_arni:
How do i do that? Please let me know.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] majidnourollahi:
hi

with method 2 my phone came alive but wifi and bluetooth dont work at all.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TNSMANI:
Do it again a couple of times. Also update to later versions of OOS and see if wifi and BT work.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] anupritaisno1:
Doing it again will hardly help. Do you have a reason to suggest doing it again?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TNSMANI:
Don't prejudge or try to be logical in things mobile. This is what I have learnt.

If you had followed this thread, you would have noticed people saying that it did not work or something was borked, when they tried it for the first time. When they used the tool repeatedly sometimes the tool worked correctly and things were alright. There are also some posts (including mine) advising doing it repeatedly till everything becomes alright. Going by what others say, it seems to work as expected after a few attempts, atleast for some people.

Anyway, he is not going to lose anything, except perhaps some time, in attempting it again.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] majidnourollahi:
I did it many times but no result.

after method 2 I updated with phone it went to boot loop again.

I tried different version to sideload it went to boot loop again even Hydrogen rom went to boot loop.

just I can sideload to 3.2.4 and with that no wifi and bluetooth.

even I tried to flash roms with twrp ang again boot loop.

I have to add I was on oos 5.x.x one day my battery was 0 percent the phone turned off and from that moment it went to bootloop . with method 2 i saved it but no wifi ....
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TNSMANI:
It may be a hardware issue, did you drop the phone recently?

Also try flashing later firmware and modem on 3.2.4.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] majidnourollahi:
no result with that.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] dixit.sankalp:
I tried method 2 and 1 many times. My issue is after using method 2 with the update file suggested by OP, as well with latest update file of Dec 2018 (stable build), I am getting bootloop, and my display is turning pistachio green !

I have changed the display from OnePlus just last month, so no problem with display.

I really need this phone to start.

Can someone who has had success help?

Many thanks.

Edit: I tried updating with Beta build, but to no avail.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TNSMANI:
I was successful but I didn't have any issues, even with drivers. You can try the later version of the tool which is available somewhere on XDA itself. Please search for the same.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] ireaper4592:
If I flash to phone will it re-encrypt device?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TNSMANI:
It will go back to factory state, locked bootloader, encrypted, no root etc.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] ireaper4592:
done thanks i got one problem do u know why phone keeps coming up no service and i have to keep going into dialler settings for special menu to turn radio back on it was happening before i flashed back to stock,any ideas?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mumenoon:
please.. i got same issue with zenfone max pro m1.

please tell me how ur phone can work normally
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TNSMANI:
What are you doing here with a Zenfone? Search in your phone's forums. Doing anything posted anywhere else will totally brick your phone.