yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Skrawlr:
Hello everybody!

I received my OP3 on Wednesday and I was so happy with it but yesterday, I took it out of my pocket and it wouldn't boot anymore (I haven't tried to flash it or to install a custom rom on it or anything, it happened spontaneously!). I recognised it was bricked quite quickly since I'm familiar with such things and I tried to boot it blindly in recovery mode, trying different combination of buttons. I managed to access a raw menu from which I think I performed a factory reset.

The problem is, since I wasn't sure about what I was doing and that the procedure was getting longer and longer, I lost patience and tried to shut down the phone... Big mistake! Now, the phone isn't doing anything anymore, impossible to access recovery mode or to make it display anything. I tried power cycling it as well but nothing changed.

So I found this guide, tried method 1 two times then method 2 then method 1 again and everytime the same result : No device, Sahara communication failed or firehose getufsinfo failed at the msmdownloadtool step (The phone is being recognised by my pc and the driver step is ok). I didn't manage to do anything else.

I'm so frustrated, the OP3 is great, it's my first high tier phone and I really enjoy it but a random brick after only 3 days without even trying to flash it or anything, you've got t be kinding me...

Please help, I don't want to send it back to customer support since I'll be traveling soon and I know I wouldn't get it back before my departure...
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Sounds like bad hardware. You should probably request a replacement. Or, better yet, just return it and re-order, since you are within the 15 day return period.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Skrawlr:
Well, I was hoping it wouldn't come to that but ok, I wrote a service ticket, I hope it's going be quick! I will come back and report on what happened in case anybody is interested in the future.

Thanks for your post!

Edit 1 : Dropped the phone at a UPS point on monday and received an email today saying that they are going to release the replacement order to be processed. I'm still hoping it's gonna be quick, my guess is I will receive it at the end of next week.

Edit 2 : So during the process, I was contacted by an actual human asking for a few more information about the shipping adress, I responded subtly and kindly asking for a little compensation (i.e. a free phone case) but I didn't get any news on that side. Anyway, I received the phone yesterday so 8 days after dropping the previous one, wich is totally decent. I would have appreciated a compensation from OnePlus tough but in the end, very reactive customer serice, would recommand!
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] itrystuff:
[MENTION=5641921]Naman Bhalla[/MENTION]: Thank you for this unbrick method. Method 2 worked for me.

However, like others here I get the ominous md5 fail messages after trying method 1. You said to others "don't check md5 sums" or "why do you check md5". The truth is nobody did this. The phone does this! I will attach a screenshot here in a few minutes so you can see what's happening after using method 1 and trying to boot.

[IMG="method 1 md5 bug"]https://forums.oneplus.net/attachments/image-jpg.449665/[/IMG]

And now I have some questions about security. I have no clue what the program did at all, where the drivers come from and how I can be sure there's not any malware installed that may hurt my privacy or finances in the long run. Don't get me wrong, I'm not accusing anybody of anything. I just feel uncomfortable not knowing what happened and not having a method to fully check the devices integrity. Is there such a method? At the moment using this tool, the drivers and all is based solely on trust. The web space where the unbrick tool is hosted, is it safe? May it become the target of a hacker attack one day?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] armandem:
Thank you soooooooooooooo much for this!

Being new to rooting (and an all round moron) I relocked my bootloader when the device wasn't anything close to being stock. This guide was so helpful in correcting my mistake.

At first I was stuck because 900E looks a lot like 9008 -.-

But the real issue was with step 7 and trying to get the MSM Download Tool to work. It just wouldn't find my device even though I was sure I had everything necessary installed.

In any case; this allowed the computer to find it, so if you're in the same boat as me I hope this helps.

Perhaps in the long run this post might save the support team more time than I wasted for them... although I doubt it...

Anyway, good luck and have a great day!
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Naman Bhalla:
This is the Qualcomm tool, which even OnePlus uses for fixing devices. So, don't worry of the security.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Krasendo:
Hi get something like @ itrystuff. What should i do? I dont check md5 checksum... :(
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] jakkasirish1925:
device not detecting in msm tool..

hello sir...

I accidentally wiped everything(including system data and something else) using the twrp recovery and ended up with no os installed...by using the "all in one tool" i hav locked the bootloader and flashed the stock recovery and i followed the METHOD 2 according to the instructions but my device is not detecting in the msm tool..after starting the tool there's nothing showing the communication status...But in the device manager my device is detected as "RELINK HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM3)"....please help me..sorry for bad english
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] lukazzo:
after this i can lock bootloader?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
If you plan on flashing custom ROMs, kernels or rooting, then leave the bootloader unlocked.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nadiro2000:
Thank you sooooo muuch bro'
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] jakkasirish1925:
Got fixed my oneplus 3 by using the 1st method.. Thank you soo much
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] shamsadnan:
Qualcomm driver not installing saying has in file is missing :(
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Fernix_:
But won't Oneplus fix the phone? Because unlocking the bootloader doesn't void the warranty. Or it doesn't work that way?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] 2x4:
am i missing it, or is there not a guide for the basic universal unlock your BL, flash custom rom, return to stock, lock BL stuff?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] néonaloj:
But guys, what if I want to sell my phone, wich is the case? So can you please tell me the secure way to lock back the bootloader?

If I am on stock recovery, with OOS installed, it should be all right, not?

Many thanks!!
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Do a complete wipe, flash the stock ROM, and then go into bootloader mode and, using fastboot, lock bootloader with the "fastboot oem lock" command.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] néonaloj:
Thanks for your reply!

Did someone tried that method successfully?? 'Cause it looks like problems are coming when trying the re-lock the BL...
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Fernix_:
As far as I know there is no problem locking the BL when you have stock recovery, stock rom, no mods, and no root, AKA full stock. Anyway, if you are unsure about anything related to messing with the bootloader go read some guides and do your research. Hope I helped. :)
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] acmerw:
before sending to rma i flashed with msm download tool full stock fw, relocked bl, no brick. if anyone having problems with sensors, laggy camera, i recommend to contact CS for rma service, they will replace motherboard (as for mine op3).
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mstrub:
Can't get device to be Listed as 9008

After I hold the volume up button for 10 seconds and plug the phone in, it shows up in my computer as Qualcomm HS-USB Diagnostics 900E (COM3), I have tried all the drivers/methods listed in the guide and none of them update it too the 9008 that should be listed. Anyone have any ideas?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Naman Bhalla:
Try Disabling driver signature enforcement again and are you sure you are selecting .inf file, right ?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mstrub:
Trouble with Method 2

Got the device to show up as 9008, I tried method 2 first, but the downloader tool fails during/right after the system.img dowlnoad. It says FirehoseCheckRSP failed Errno: 258, and the device disconnects. So then I tried method 1 and it worked, but I got the md5 checksum bootloop and was unable to boot into recovery or bootloader. Should I just keep trying method 2 until it works? Thanks for all your help so far.

Edit: Got the Full Downloader to complete, and running into the same md5 checksum error. With the error I can get into fastboot but I can't flash a recovery to boot to.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] anupritaisno1:
Man you're just great
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] abdel96:
thanks
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] SriramHM:
I tried the First and Second method. Both worked for me. Thank you so Much. You are a Savior
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] olegusss:
A3000

first method - the problem similar to mstrub

second method - work, but not updated on Oxygen or Hydrogen newest. Again brick.

At the same time flashing any custom base on Cyan successfully installed
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] oopstairs:
I've got solution for you mate.

1. Download full recovery tool from method 2

2. Extract

3. reboot to fastboot mode

4. fastboot flash command the file in red on your md5 checksum.

5. fastboot reboot.

6. voila
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] akuma48465:
I had this problem, almost right now, guie two work for me, THANKS A LOT!!!!!!!!!
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Solar Dungeon:
i am having the same issue.. glad to hear you got the solution.. can you please explain step 4 in your solution

which file are you talking about?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] oopstairs:
On the screen when the phone failed to md5 checksum, you've got several partition failed right? in red text.

- download this : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591000424942573

and then extract.

- download platform tools attached below. extract in the same folder with first file you've downloaded.

- Boot your phone to fastboot mode, plug your usb, make sure adb and fastboot driver are installed.

- on the folder, hold shift and right click, click open command here

- type fastboot devices

- make sure your serial number appear.

- now flash the img of the missing file according to the partition in red text on your ms5 checksum failed one by one.

- e.g. "fastboot flash boot_aging boot_aging.img.

- make sure you flash all the missing partition.

- type fastboot reboot.

this will boot you to oos 3.1.2.

unfortunately I couldn't extract the newest oos dat. data. but you could always take the OTA

goodluck mate. sorry for my english
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Solar Dungeon:
thanks a lot worked like a charm. the world is a better place because of guys like you.thanx to OP also
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] daniel1022:
Hello,, i have problem with op3. When i upgrade oxygen i failed and reboot. Now I stuck on op logo..

I stucked in steps 8. Click start and nothing.. Only no devices etc..

In both methods the same.. Any ideas?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lum_Os:
This isn't a hardbrick, that's a softbrick.

If your device is still being detected at all you can recover it.

Hardbrick means zero means of recovering it, its dead.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] daniel1022:
Oooo :D! I dont know that. So what i must do to repair my phone?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lum_Os:
If your PC can't detect the device at all you need to return it. Its most likely completely ****ed if Linux can't talk to your device either. This is common android knowledge 101 and I don't get why OP called it hardbrick. There's different levels of soft brick and this is defiantly still soft brick.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] daniel1022:
Return? i dont have recovery file... And i dnot have linux :P

Factory reset does nothing ;<. I can boot to fastboot and to recovery mode. But this is all..

Sorry for my bad eng

Guys i have solution... New windows :eek:! And i have new oxygen.. :D

Always do backup your pc and phone!
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Isayaa:
I'm trying to follow this guide because my OnePlus 3 is not detected when I connect it to my computer (whenever it's switched on, in recovery or in fastboot).

The thing is that my phone is not detected even when I use the "push up button while connecting the phone" trick.

Does that mean I will have to RMA the phone ?

What I don't get is that it's already the second OnePlus 3 I have that has this problem. Is it possible that one of my accessorry is killing the OP3 data part of its USB port ???

I have a Xiaomi PowerBank, RAVPower 6-ports charger and a Spigen 2-ports car charger...
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] nono77240:
Good guide very useful!

Thanks
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] evilkitty69:
This thread makes me even more terrified to root my brand new OP3!!! Of course I want root access and Xposed but I also want a functional device and there's no way OnePlus will replace something hard bricked by user fault... I'm torn
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] flubber1911:
successfully
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rony John:
i think i had a corrupted system partition.. but i tried the first method and all went good. when the green text appeared i disconnected and tried to boot..nothing happend. not even a single thing..no fastboot, no recovery. its not even detecting by the pc. now downloading the second method.. will the phone gets detected in the method 2.. ??

Edit: revived from full brick using method 2. ????
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] jithuelad:
Man this is a life saver!

OP should add this to main post.

I was in the same situation, that fastboot works but nothing else (system, boot, boot_aging went missing). This saved me.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] oopstairs:
Glad I could help.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rony John:
I had the same issue..but i read some where that its not the volume up+power button combo..instead plug in the device.it will detect as diagnostics 900E. press vol up+down+power until it changes to download mode. Then only your msm download detects the device. I recovered by using the method 2..method 1 fully destroyed my device since i had system partition corrupted.

---------- Post added at 10:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:26 AM ----------

When the device detects as 900E press and hold vol up+down+power button until it changes to 9008 download mode.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] MouraGiovanni:
mega unbrick OP3

in my partition it appears flashing is not allowed what should I do, it goes into fastboot mode is recognized, but it appears this error on failed when I try to flash any of the files.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] lrpvo:
Hey guys.

Came from latest OxygenOS, rooted and xPosed running. All of a sudden, phone died.

Managed to use this guide and (seemingly) succesfully flashed (using method 2). Still however, an issue persists. I've been able to boot into system exactly once, allowing me to go through set-up. When trying to reboot, I bricked it again.

Anyone seen this before? Any thoughts?

Kind regards,

Laurens
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] MarcoLK:
omg thx!!!!!!

i unbricked my phone

i got only to fastboot mode and flashing recovery was not working.

i started this tool and it worked!!!! thx very much!

saved my life!
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] PlayingLikeAGenius:
I can just say THANK YOU <3. You saved my life man :) this solved all my problems of the new community build :)
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] m1s3rys1gn4l:
this man is awesome, method 2 worked for me :) bhai take love from Bangladesh ;)
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] MarcoLK:
If you had the black Screen Bug you easily had to Flash a special twrp Version :D

I had the same Problem
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] CeruleanSky:
Works, thanks!

I followed this guide after my recovery partition became corrupted, and now my phone is working as if it were stock again! :D
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Eagle-no1:
How long time is going to change the color green?

Does not change either method.

I've been waiting for one hour, and nothing happens.

The phone is displayed windows device manager, Win Enterprise 64bit

I introduced the 32 bit Windows as now managed immediately.

Many thanks to great help.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] syl2002lys:
Thanks for the guide ! method 1 doesn't work for me but the 2d yes (without erase userdata !)
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] gelomc:
I tried the tutorial and with the method two are able to restore my phone after having encounter any difficulties with the community build 3.5.2 butnow any rom or OTA I try to install the phone goes into bootloop and I'm no longer the recovery . how can I fix ? sorry for my bad english
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Suppeman:
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! After 3 hours of messing with these things I got it to work... Btw if someone gets problems in MsmDownloadtool like I had. Then try to diconnect ur phone from pc and put it to bootloader mode (Power+volume) and from there select power off and after that connect to pc again pressin volume up and it should work.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] synquall:
Thank you so much!!! this saved my phone. method 2 for me, was so anxious!
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] martinezma99:
I'm on Community Build 3.5.2 trying to revert back to 3.2.1

I keep getting the following errors while in MSMDownload Tool Method 2

Sahara communication Failed.

FirehouseCheckRSP Failed

Any suggestions?

MSMDownload Tool Method 1

FirehoseCheckRSap Failed, Errno 258

Please help. I can't restart phone in recovery or bootloader after trying Method 1. Nothing. Plugging phone does not charge either.

What are my options?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rony John:
May be its the driver issue.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] martinezma99:
Can you expand a little bit?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] martinezma99:
Problem solved.

Basically, performed Method 2 on a different computer. No issues.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] martinezma99:
Also, Method 2 is already updated to 3.2.6! Boom!
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] khandelwalgaurav:
I am stuck. keeps giving me md5 check failed error. Please help
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] RagingHarry:
Pffffffffffffff.

Been working all weekend with all the different guides, tools etc. to unbrick my OP3, the only thing it was booting to is A whole lot of red text about md5 checksums and 3 lines of white text.

Had some spare time today and knew I didn't do 1 guide...

Method 1 didn't work for me, but Method 2 it booted instantly to the boot animation and into system.

Thnx [MENTION=5641921]Naman Bhalla[/MENTION] for providing this great tool!!!!
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] kiltro2015:
Oneplus 3 dead

Hello, my OnePlus 3 is dead and only recognizes the

RELINK HS-USB QDLoader 9008

and when I try to pass something to the team he tells me: waiting for device

anyone have a solution to this to get my OnePlus 3

regards :p
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] kotaro_14:
That means the file is corrupt. Download it again.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lowxorx:
Thanks, you saved my life ;)
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Suppeman:
Use method 2...
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] stranzer04:
MsmDownloadTool is not recognising my device

Hello

MsmDownloadTool is not recognising my device. I've installed every drivers mentioned in the post. In my device manager the device is shown as "RELINK HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM18) ".

I can access my phone in fastboot mode but it is showing bootloader locked. Also i can access the stock recovery.

I tried method mentioned at official site to install stock rom. It shown installation failed.

Is there any way to unbrick it??

Regards
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Yamari17:
Wow, amazing. I've used method 2 to do a downgrade from 3.5.2 to 3.2.6 and it worked!!!! Thanks!!
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] terrylewin:
Hi i am from buenos aires, i have a op3 a3000. It is bricked( hardbricked) and i am doing the second methode. The program finish succesfully the process ( green letters) but the device dont responde. It do nothing. No fastboot, no recovery. I think: it posible that batery is in cero? My english is so bad ja. Sorry. Saludos a la comunidad desde Argentina
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] rnahlawi:
Hi,

I have OP3 SoftGold, it suddenly turned off. Its not showing anything on screen when charging and Its not booting at all.

I tried both methods mentioned here (mini and full), Windows detected the phone as Qualcomm 9008 without supplied driver and successfully downloaded MSM download tool (both mini and full).

The phone still won't respond to charging and won't turn on.

any help please?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] demonseedxp:
Wow, this thread has become the best thing to ever happen to my phone. Hard bricked it twice in 24 hours and both times resurrected. AMAZING!!

Good thing I didnt believe the the bad advice google searches yielded. Cant thank you enough for making these tools and guide available.

I dont know if there any negative side effects of those bat files included with the drivers, but... I was a little overeager to jump in the first time and didnt read through, so just ran them as admin, turned out ok as far as the patching was concerned. device showed up right away in device manager in win10 x64. lol hope it didnt place anything somewhere it wasnt supposed to be...
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] ask77:
Thank You Naman , This is a great guide.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] rakesh595160:
i am trying this tool shows me sahara communication failure error please guide to solve this error??

previously i am running on 3.5.3.??

i am still able to boot into fastboot and able to boot into modified twrp .

if i lock the bootloader should i am able to claim the warrenty?

while using mini tool successfully complete the process but it says cahce failed boot failed boot aging failed and system failed...??

Solved after trying mini tools it stucks but trying two three times full zip file is work for me..

Thanx a ton Naman.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rai73:
hello, I have no longer the recovery (I had the TWRP) advise me what to do ??
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Harry44:
If your bootloader is unlocked you can flash TWRP with fastboot.

If you're able to boot into Android and have root you can flash TWRP with FlashFire and avoid fastboot altogether.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] dannytgt:
Method 2 sucessfully but phone does not turn on

I've try method 1 and method 2, the OP3 is completely dead, it's recognizec by the pc like qualcomm 9008 I've installed drivers propertly, the took recognized the phone, process starts and say in green letters successfully, I've tried many times but phone does not boot at all.

It's my younger brother phone, he says he was flashing cyanogen mod 12 but I've hardly believe that.

I posted some screenshots of the processes

Any idea guys??????
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] some random user:
Well, this doesn't work for me at all. I tried method two and nothing.

Get the only the Oneplus logo then a black screen. Can't boot to recovery mode and device can't be unlocked from fastboot.

To top it off my pc see my phone under Ports (Com and LPT) as diagnostics 900E (COM3), yet the recovery tool doesn't see it at all.

Any help would be appreciate since this is my daily driver and I really need it to get it fixed.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] hunhool:
Can you boot into recovery or fastboot?