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[Android General] Salman Al-Badgail:
This thread is about how to recover the MTK Android phone, if it has gone Bricked (soft/hard/dead/etc)

THIS IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

Q. How Phone gets Bricked?

Ans : Basically, phone get bricked during the installation of Android OS (flashing).

Reason/why it happens

- If flashing is interrupted by low battery or loose cable connection during flashing.

- Using wrong firmware or a custom ROM (unstable) to flash your phone.

Result:

* Phone will not boot even after holding the power key and it will not accept charging. (Hard Brick / Dead Brick)

* Boot-Loop

* Restart loop

* No Recovery (In this situation, Hard Reset will not work)

Q. - Why Phone becomes dead (MTK Android Phone) ?

Ans : While installing Custom ROM or Stock firmware (unstable), Preloader (.bin) file becomes corrupted.

PRELOADER - It is the file in MTK android phone which helps to boot the phone.

Tools & Software Required:

SP Flash tool

Android Stock ROM

MTK USB Driver

PC / Laptop

Dead MTK Phone

USB cable.

NOTE: SP Flash tool has 3 Dropdown, Its meaning & How to use:

MOTA SIU : while choosing this function before clicking on Download, only boot, recovery and Android will be updated.

Format All + Download : while choosing this function before clicking on Download, it first erases the old Firmware then install new firmware. (Recommended when MTK phone stuck at logo & hard reset fails)

Firmware Upgrade: while choosing this function before clicking on Download, its update the Android version. (Recommended when installing a higher or lower version of Android manually)

Steps to Fix/Unbrick Dead Android (MTK) Phone​

1- Install MTK driver.

2- Download the tool.

3- Unzip it and double click on Flash_tool.exe.

4- It will launch the tool.

5- Download Android stock ROM, unzip it.

6- Click on Scatter-Loading and assign the path of file (Select Firmware i.e. {.txt extension}).

7- Click on Download.

8- Switch off Mobile and connect it to PC using USB cable by pressing Volume down as boot key.

9- Flashing starts and when completed, Download OK will appear.

Also check Here for more Understanding, Special Thanks to [MENTION=4478781]yuweng[/MENTION]

Please let me know if anything is wrong here, so that I can make correction and help other member for better understanding.

Also hit THANKS button if you find this as useful info.

If you found this post helpful then don’t forget to share this post with other Android users so that they could get their dead phones working in few easy steps without paying few dollars on it.
[Android General] Salman Al-Badgail:
Reserved
[Android General] 421rahman:
Nice Guide, Can you please list MTK devices ????
[Android General] Salman Al-Badgail:
OK, Will be adding attachments later, Thanks

Salman
[Android General] Deena Khanam:
Thanks [MENTION=7114291]Salman Al-Badgail[/MENTION] for this use full info. :)
[Android General] Salman Al-Badgail:
:) welcome & Thanks
[Android General] Deena Khanam:
[MENTION=7875696]jamsubzero[/MENTION] check this guide
[Android General] Salman Al-Badgail:
[MENTION=7875696]jamsubzero[/MENTION] I saw your post and thread regarding Dead Bricked

NEVER DOWNLOAD ROM NOT MEANT FOR YOUR PHONE. IT WILL BRICK IT !

What you did is you flashed wrong firmware to your device and the result you in Dead Brick, However there is still solution for your problem. Please Please Please do a proper search first and download correct firmware and other necessary files for your device. Please check firmware number ok.

You can Flash it again but you need to open phone and try, Check here for better understanding.

GUIDE : HERE. Or else please go to any mobile shop and ask them to flash. Dont tell the original reason that you tried to flash or etc. Tell them that it stop suddenly and for now I am unable to access it. They charge you about 5-15 USD based on your country, for me they had charged 10U$D me for lenovo A3500-HV dead flashing. Hope this help you.
[Android General] danielqf45:
i got no scatter file in stock rom pls help!
[Android General] mwamberickba:
Aller retour si flash tool
[Android General] Harshvardhan naik:
Hard bricked Lenovo a7000

**Hi I got problem on yesterday I was install ing new Rom but suddenly my Lenovo a7000 hard brick:eek:

It is not responding any point .even charging .and charging light also .it's dead

:(

But it when I connet to my pc it's connecting sound conning from pc ....My phone is dead plaease help
[Android General] Frosty9927:
S

Sir please help me out

I have Micromax a120 device. Few days back it got bricked it stuck on bootloop and not working even after factory reset moreover my pc is not recognizing mobile and display message as device descriptor request failed. I have installed all drivers

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Sir please help me out

I have Micromax a120 device. Few days back it got bricked it stuck on bootloop and not working even after factory reset moreover my pc is not recognizing mobile and display message as device descriptor request failed. I have installed all drivers
[Android General] sivansk:
im having mt8127 mtk device it is not flashing iam having corrupted preloader i tried to flash the preloader it is not flashing , can any body knows to fix it??
[Android General] netcrafy:
How can a phone that's bricked be switched off? Am a bit confused.
[Android General] Toluwalope:
i am trying to flash vivo s7 and the cable shake and since then the phone is dead, have flashed it several time, it complete but it refuse to on
[Android General] 15dteixeira:
I need help please

Basically I was flashing updates for my CUBOT Nova and everything was going fine and I tried out this custom recovery which wouldn't mount any partition so it didn't really suit me. And I did this a dozen of times with other recoveries and if anything happened I had the firmware in SP tools ready to be flashed and if I could save going to it I just used the fastboot to flash it, and so I decided to completly stop and just put my phone back to normal and because I done it before I formatted the whole flash, (and FYI every 2 times I plugged in the phone powered off my computer always searched for drivers in the windows update but it failed and so everything still worked) but after I formatted it and plugged it out and in to download the firmware, my computer successfully installed the drivers and at this moment I was like shoot so I tried to download and it didnt recognise my phone and so I uninstalled the driver my computer installed and see if it worked and it kept installing it again, so I decided to uninstall every mtk driver I had and rebooted, when I installed every single driver again it tried to download drivers from the windows update but it failed and on the sp flash tools it goes to 100% on the Downloading DA (so the red bar) and stays like that for a while and I get notifications that I have a unrecognisable usb device and after a while it gives me randomly 2 errors 0xC0050005 and 0XC0060001 and I know someone is going to tell me I dont have the right firmware or that it's not the right ones but it isn't I got from the official Cubot website and I got an early versions from firmwarefiles I think and none of them work, now I just have a phone without anything on it and I cant flash anything on it until I just hope someone would walk me through what to do I would appreciate so much I'm sorry I wrote so much as I had to explain in max detail as I could what happened!
[Android General] Officer X:
i wanted to say the same thing, also i tried enter EDL for 2 days :DDD (helio G80) LMFAO
[Android General] Bleeding1985:
Hi there

I would like to know if you can help me in repairing my device.

So i wanted to do an upgrade on the tablet and i messed it up.

I was on CMW recovery at first and then i did a format on cache system and data. but when i wanted to flash the rom CM14.1 it fail and the devices restarted.

the screen goes on but i can see faint lines on the screen.

I did make a back up of the rom and tried to flash it back but it didnt work.

I used all the roms and it still didnt work. I tried many SP flash tool and formating and still not working. every single rom has been flash and all are green but the phone does not want to boot. i have youtube and followed the instructions and every single step i can think of but u have a gut feeling i am mssing something.

I cannot write SN on the fone as it will not work. i have uninstalled all the drivers re-install all the drivers did all the instruction that you have provided but still it will work. :( :(

the tablet does still detect on the PC and it does work. so basically it is in a bootloop but its not powering up. Some suggested using MRT TOOLS or MIRACLES but i have a problem with that as it always have a virus attached it to and when i download it the pc removes it. so i dont know where i can get a good crack tool.

i really need your help if you can.
[Android General] Seif Fekry:
Hello Guys

i closed SP tool while flashing :(

my phone : infinix hot 10s

i cant power on it and cant join fastboot and cant join bootloader

When i connect phone by orginial usb

computer said (USB not recoginzed)

i installed all drivers but now phone is dead and he was rooted so i cant going to warranty

how i fix it?
[Android General] Officer X:
Go to a service to rewrite the motherboard, like the manufacturers do when they put the software in the hardware
[Android General] Sam 211:
SP Flash tool is not flashing for my infinix hot 8. It gives the following error :

ERROR : STATUS_BROM_CMD_STARTCMD_FAIL (-1073348607) , MSP ERROE CODE : 0x00.

Same error with Techno Flash tool also.
[Android General] Difficul:
need catter for mt8768t
[Android General] Ljayy:
Hello guys! I accidentally bricked my phone during frp bypass through SP Flash Tool. I accidentally click on the start button without putting the appropriate "Begin Address [HEX]" and "Format Length [HEX]". Now my phone is dead and the only thing visibly working is the charging light indicator and nothing else. I cant even put my phone too USB Download mode and my computer wont recognise my device.

Please, is there any way I could save my phone?

The attached file shows the default SP Flash tool "Begin Address [HEX]" and "Format Length [HEX]" that I accidentally flash on my phone.
[Android General] Difficul:
Did you use manual format to flash your device?
[Android General] Ljayy:
yes.
[Android General] Difficul:
I can flash param.img and up_param

without error verify boot is enabled

?
[Android General] Toby_099:
Does anyone know this problem, I was watching youtube suddenly the ZTE Blade A520 phone died but the battery still has charge and the power/volup/voldown button doesn't work and when I connect to the charger it just turns on the red LED and when I unplug the charger the red LED off.. does anyone know how to fix this
[Android General] shadow460:
Just a note on the scatter file format, it may need to be in the same format as the one for a generic MTK chipset. If so, you can copy start addresses, partition sizes, etc. from the scatter file you have into the generic one, leaving the genetic formatting intact. This will eliminate the scatter file invalid format error and flash the device. If you can get your PC to recognize the MTK device even for a second, even if the screen doesn't turn on, you may be able to repair it.

I soft bricked an RFinder B1+ 6/128 to the point its only output was to briefly connect to my PC. No lights, no screen, just a constant loop with the battery attached. The scatter file needed to be re formatted to match the generic, once I did that I flashed only the partition I needed to. This recovered the device from the soft brick with no data loss whatsoever.

Just to be clear, the soft brick was *my* fault, not any kind of defect with the device.
[Android General] Difficul:
So late , I fix my hard brick with unlock tool long time ago , it very good !
[Android General] Firekyss:
Hi, my phone is bricked (Oneplus nord 3 5g). I dont know how to have the scatter file...i have a rom.zip if needed..
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Accessories] lampon:
Hi all,

I originally decided on the S7 Edge solely because of the battery life. I hated the curved edges but thought I'd get used to them. Well.... the return period has long since expired and I still hate the edges. Is there any case out there that covers up the edges and adequately protects the phone? Like ideally it would have lips come up over the edges, almost like they weren't there. Additionally, is there any software out there that can turn the edge pixels completely off? I'm not opposed to rooting and such if necessary.

Basically, I'd like to turn the phone into a nice normal flat phone.

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Accessories] ajumatt:
If you want a flat phone just trade it in for a regular S7. Otherwise, 3d print or mold yourself a custom case.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Accessories] Heavens:
As stated, you should trade out for an S7. No company would still be in business of making phone cases if they covered up the edge on a phone specifically made to have one.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Accessories] cmart4:
try the supcase unicorn pro... that helps to minimize accidental edge touches of that's a concern.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Accessories] Esspee_London:
Having bought and spend so much money on cases, I have now settled for Piel Frama's iMagnum case for the S7 edge. I think I might do a little review of this case on here with some photos in few days.

This covers edges of S7E, has a magnetic closure and superb full grain leather. Absolutely amazing case.. Downside, it's one of most expensive case in market, but well worth the money.

P.S. I am not affiliated with the company.

https://www.pielframa.com/en/producto/samsung-galaxy-s7-edge-cases/imagnum/cowskin
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Accessories] Hawkhell:
This is the case you need for your problem. This is the one Cmart4 mentioned. It doesn't cover the edges but it is raised at an angle by the edges making it easy to hold like a non curved phone. If you're keeping the phone this is the best case for you. It's also really good with screen protectors since it clips on from the front and it has great drop protection. I've dropped mine over 20 times in that case with zero damage.

Galaxy S7 Case, SUPCASE Full-body Rugged Holster Case with Built-in Screen Protector for Samsung Galaxy S7 (2016 Release), Unicorn Beetle PRO Series - Retail Package (Black/Black) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BLEWFGK/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_Ga8jyb8TDM8F2
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] PYellow:
Hi,

I'm new to the forums and this is my first post. I've been using RR Official on Radon for a few months now though, constantly updating along the way. I find my biggest concern right now to be having simultaneous 4G/3G on dual sim instead of 4G/2G as 2G is not an option in many countries.

I'm currently on RR 5.7.4 10192016, Radon Kernel 2.9.5, and CM 14 Firmware, which somehow allows me to have simultaneous 3G/3G, but for some reason both of the strength of their signals are always equal to one another despite being connected to different telcos, if one goes up the other goes up and if one goes down the other goes down (so I am doubting that it is true simultaneous dual sim 3G). For some reason neither of them can switch to 4G either, which I had access to before switching to CM14 firmware from CM13 firmware (which could only do 4G/2G).

I read in a whirlpool forum that MIUI added simultaneous 4G/3G for our device quietly and was wondering if any of the current custom ROMs/firmwares/Kernels allowed for this as I really need this feature and would prefer not to go back to MIUI.

I have the links to the forum, but unfortunately can't post it, being a new user.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Timmay!!!:
Hey all, newbie here!

Let me just say that this is a great forum and you guys do wonders to borring phones...

I am interested in learning how to build an app for PPC. I have a program I use for work and would love to try and port it over. Can someone send me links and just basic info on how to get started?

Just a background, I am in IT and have programming so I am not a newbie to that world, just phone apps.

Thanks for any advice and keep up the awesome work. Timmay!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] perasite:
Do you have access to the source code of the program you want to port over? What is it written in?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Timmay!!!:
Perasite

Thanks for the reply. I dont have it but I have worked with the developers and can get it. I will find out and reply tomorrow. Thanks again.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] jonnnaaass:
Greetings, today I installed the new nougat 7.1 rom for my jiayu s3 [MT6752]. But I couldnt connect via wi-fi, and no networks appeard to connect to.

So, I switched back to the older rom I had installed (AICP11 - mm) and the problem persists. Imei is fine and I can connect via mobile data, but wi-fi keeps searching and searching without results.

Does anyone know what is this about?

All the help is appreciated

Thanks in advance
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] gorillaz_gr:
I am not sure about it, but I think I have read somewhere for that problem. Other users re-installed Rc4, and some other used another modem from the thread that it is about modems. Check it out.

JiaYu S3, Nougat 7.1
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] pepllu:
Well, it looks like its software related so what I'm going to say may sound out of point, but anyway, you can check the physical connections of the wifi antenna (you will have to unscrew the phone).
[Xiaomi Mi MIX  Guides, News, & Discussion] toffzter:
Hello! Just want to share the basic specifications of Xiaomi Mi Mix:

CPU - Snapdragon 821 2.35 GHz

RAM - 6GB / 4GB LPDDR4

OS - MIUI 8 (Android 6.0 Marshmallow)

Screen - 6.4 inches FHD (2040 x 1080), Screen-to-body ratio: 93.1%

ROM - 256GB / 128GB

Camera - Rear: 16MP; Front: 5MP

Battery - 4400 mAh

Fingerprint Scanner

(Source: http://www.chinaphonereview.com/xiaomi-mi-mix)

Also known as Mi Concept Phone, Xiaomi just turned the concept into reality with the unique 93.1% screen-to-body ratio. Looks like it could be the future of smartphones, don't you think? :good:
[Xiaomi Mi MIX  Guides, News, & Discussion] ROIDjoy:
Yeah they did a good job

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[Xiaomi Mi MIX  Guides, News, & Discussion] toffzter:
It's just too expensive, though.
[Xiaomi Mi MIX  Guides, News, & Discussion] ROIDjoy:
Because of the limited production, I guess it will settle down after a while, hopefully

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[Xiaomi Mi MIX  Guides, News, & Discussion] toffzter:
I'm sure it will. I wonder if the phone has lived up to all the hype.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] khaotik:
hi guys. my girlfriend has this A5 2016, and it is a complete piece of ****. it restarts on it's on, be it updating, under heavy usage or just in standby mode. it restarts several times in a row, sometimes going into that "optimizing applications" green screen before completing boot. sometimes it stays in this green screen for hours before i give up and reset it. sometimes it works, sometimes it goes back to the green screen. my girlfriend lost appointments a couple of times before learning that she can't rely on this POS phone.

as you can see, there isn't a clear pattern. is there a log in the system where I could check for the cause of all these crashes?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] theheartbenvn:
If your girlfriend didn't make any modification to it, prehaps her phone is fake
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] contrinsan:
Maybe something was installed that doesn't work and makes the phone crash in the background or maybe the phone was shutdown while doing an update from the firmware. (it's a maybe, i am just guessing)

If you have a micro sd card (memorycard) in the phone you can remove it and see if the problem is still there. If problem is solved you need to format that card or maybe even replace it with a new microsd card

Also you can reset it to factory settings to remove everything you changed in the phone (after factory reset don't restore your apps in google play without very good looking if the apps are working ok)

If that doesn't solve the problem you can install TWRP recovery and do a full wipe & after that flash the stock firmware with Odin. If that still doesn't solve the problem you need to bring it back to the store where you bought it :)
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ascertion:
http://xdaforums.com/xposed/modules/mod-leeco-eui-moder-t3416932

Just figured I'd share this here. The Xposed Module is called LeEco EUI Moder.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] GerWonder:
Thanks for that, the quicksetting button isn´t very comfortable for me. Now I can change it back to the "normal" android thing.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] 4K2K:
I am using it with Systemless root and Systemless xposed along with Gravity Box.

Everything is working well without a single conflict.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] ceo.mtcl:
My company email doesn't run if phone is rooted. What is this systemless root? Can I install it to get no root?
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] kapeedp:
Mate could you please share links for Systemless root and Systemless xposed.

i tried installing but xposed apk constantly crashes.

many thanks
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] 4K2K:
I followed guideline from below link:

http://xdaforums.com/xposed/unofficial-systemless-xposed-t3388268

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Can't tell unless you try it. It may detect root or not.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] 4K2K:
I also read somewhere that you could delete certain system services or apk files to get rid of EUI look.

If so, that would be the best and cleanest way to get the stock look.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] ceo.mtcl:
Stock ROM on this phone would be a dream come true.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Citroon:
Just installed this mod, works like a charm.

Now I have aosp look! :D
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mumboender:
Really? Mine gets stuck on the lock screen.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Scitzofrenic:
I might give this mod a shot. I dunno. I'm honestly starting to actually like the depth of customizations and nitpicking battery options eui offers. I still would love to see CM on this hardware though. Would scream I think.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] benjmiester:
It runs fine for me on .19s (bl unlocked & rooted). I just can't use the lockscreen/notifications option or I get nothing but blank wallpaper and have to restore from backup. Apparently that bit doesn't work past .16s yet. Recents works fine though. I found a great app to get quick toggles back in the notification panel like vanilla. I posted it in the LP3 apps section. Combined with Nova launcher, software keys, and a few tweaks with Gravitybox... It's getting pretty close to vanilla Android!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] night020:
hello my phone is sm-g360h core prime

its not starting just keep restarting and giving this msg

checking pit partition failed

i tried 4 file firmware with odin 3.07 and 3.10 with pit file and checked re-partition option

same problem

can anyone help me

please :crying::crying:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] o.h:
Hi.

I need Persian language for Note5 N920T. I searched a lot but I couldn't find any persian firmware for N920T model.

Appreciate any help.

Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] samteeee:
I'm pretty sure "FARSI" language pack is included with Samsung smartphones,

but if not just install "Language Enabler" and install the language that you want.

Good luck.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wanam
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] o.h:
Farsi is not included in all Samsung smartphones, but anyway thanks.