yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
Unfortunately, if none of these blankflashes work, there's little we can do. Sounds like you flashed a firmware that was older than the one present on your device and the OTA corrupted your bootloader. As an aside, most of the blankflashes in this forum section are specific for Moto G4.

I've been reading through this topic on the Moto G Turbo unbrick, and it seems that a JTAG repair service may work - Mobile Unbrick has been suggested as working https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74337342&postcount=99 So if you're in India, it could be an option.

Aryk.tech blankflashes don't appear to work for the G Turbo, I would not advise spending money. Besides, some of the methods and files they're selling originated from XDA (e.g. their Moto Z Play blankflash).
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Yaswanth96:
Still not working

Thankyou for the concern but Im still getting the same error.

Could you sayme whether there is any other way to get into the blank boot loader? Or Is there any other thing that helps me in the issue to resolve the hard brick?

I ve searched over the internet but Im unable to see any kind of a thing
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
As I mentioned above in my reply to you, if the blankflashes here and elsewhere don't work, we've got very few options. The blankflashes here are generally Moto G4 (athene) specific - they only will load onto a MSM8952 (Snapdragon 617), even if the Turbo Snapdragon 615 may be similar. My post reply you quoted is definitely a link to a Moto G4 specific blankflash. We can only get these blankflashes leaked from Motorola, they will not give them out - they would likely deny a request since Motorola regards these as internal tools, not for public use.

If you can find or make a loader image, that could work. If not, then the only other option would be the JTAG service I mentioned. This is a thread about trying to find the blankflash for and trying to recover a bricked Moto G Turbo: https://xdaforums.com/2015-moto-g/help/help-blankflash-zip-moto-g-turbo-t3674207
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] nazgul7x:
moto g 4 play worked????????????????????
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] ZaidFaris:
Error opening device

I rooted and unblocked my phone and then install some custom roms and then I went back to stock rom android 6 after that I updated my phone to android 7 and I bricked my phone I know how idiot I was instead of directly installing android 7 I downgradrd aand then upgraded to 7... I have tried the aboc method but it keeps saying error opening device... pls if you can help me sir reply asap.... thanks
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] acetheapurva:
I have ended bricking up my phone, phone won't start, I know how to recover, but thing is my volume down key is damaged any alternatives thorught which i can open bootloader??
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
Once you've unbricked your device, provided you can boot to system, you can plug your device into your computer via USB, then in the ADB terminal type 'adb reboot-bootloader' without the quotes. That should reboot you to the bootloader/fastboot.

If you can't boot to system, then you may have to be careful about rebooting whilst unbricking your device. This guide should help repair your device without leaving fastboot https://xdaforums.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/moto-g4-plus-hardbrick-solved-guide-t3657761
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Villu123:
My moto g4 stuck at dummy bootloader and my PC is detecting as fastboot athene16_m S

My moto g4 stuck at dummy bootloader and my PC is detecting as fastboot athene16_m S

Please help me...
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
Do you have the Motorola drivers installed on your computer, and if you're running Windows 8.1 or 10, do you also have driver signature enforcement disabled ( using the bcdedit or other methods from a Google search)?

You may wish to look into flashing the latest GPT and bootloader files we have and then a full firmware flash, preferably of the latest stock firmware, depending on what device you have https://xdaforums.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/moto-g4-plus-hardbrick-solved-guide-t3657761

You'll likely need to flash the latest firmware else you may hard brick again if you use OTA updates without fully flashing the stock firmware.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] giri.shiva:
i plugged in the charger for over night but i dont think it has charge in the battery

does it really charge ?
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Z-borg:
Hi, I flashed blank-flash1.bat it rebooted my phone to fastboot I thought it was successful so I closed CMD window, but then when I flashed ATHENE_NPJ25.93-14 stock it gave me following error message -

fastboot flash partition gpt.bin

target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes

sending 'partition' (32 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.004s]

writing 'partition'...

(bootloader) Security version downgrade

(bootloader) Image primary_gpt failed validation

(bootloader) Preflash validation failed

FAILED (remote failure)

finished. total time: 0.069s

what should I do as phone is not booting.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
Looks like you need the latest firmware to flash: try flashing the NPJS25.93-14.4 (March 2017 security patch) firmware https://xdaforums.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/stock-rom-npjs25-93-14-4-march-1-t3608138
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Z-borg:
hmm why didn't I thought of that earlier. I had updated recently. silly me_ thanks man
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Arrow_Strider:
Hello OP!

I will try your solution with my Moto G2 XT1069.

I'll keep you posted about results.

Just hope this works, i really, REALLY need this to work as i only have a crappy spare phone.

Wish me luck!
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Arrow_Strider:
Well, it was a fool's hope i've got... To no avail.

I keep attached myself to the sentence: "Should work for all Qualcomm devices(except hardware failure).", but that is not true at least for me.

Keep getting singleimage error. Tried lots of combinations.

I don't know what to do anymore. It's a nightmare i'm facing for over 4 months. I don't have money to buy another phone and i'm desperate.

Don't know what else can i do.

---------- Post added at 01:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:10 PM ----------

C:\Users\Arrow_Strider\Desktop\blank-flash\blankflash3>.\qboot.exe blank-flash

opening device: \\.\COM6

OKAY [ 5.079s]

greeting device for command mode

OKAY [ 1.486s]

identifying device

...serial = 0x77C0243

...chip-id = 0x800 (MSM8226)

...chip-rev = 0x0

...sv-sbl = 0x0

OKAY [ 0.000s]

finding files

...programmer = programmer.mbn

...singleimage = singleimage.bin

OKAY [ 0.000s]

validating files

OKAY [ 0.000s]

switching to download mode

OKAY [ 0.000s]

greeting device for image downloading

OKAY [ 0.016s]

sending programmer

OKAY [ -0.000s]

flashing singleimage

FAILED (blank-flash:sdl-transfer-image:sdl-hello:error sending packet)
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] lozada81:
help us please with moto z play:

https://xdaforums.com/moto-z-play/how-to/guide-unbrick-moto-z-play-t3618492/page6#post72742543
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] icarorgs:
please help i keep getting this error, moto g4 plus xt1640

C:\Users\Icaro\Downloads\blankflash>.\qboot.exe blank-flash

Motorola qboot utility version 3.40

[ -0.000] Opening device: \\.\COM5

[ -0.000] Detecting device

[ 0.016] ...cpu.id = 2418 (0x972)

[ 0.016] ...cpu.sn = 42789970 (0x28cec52)

[ 0.016] Opening singleimage

[ 0.031] Loading package

[ 0.031] ...filename = singleimage.pkg.xml

[ 0.031] Loading programmer

[ 0.031] ...filename = programmer.mbn

[ 0.031] Sending programmer

[ 0.250] Handling things over to programmer

[ 0.250] Identifying CPU version

[ 0.265] Waiting for firehose to get ready

[ 9.821] ReadFile() failed, GetLastError()=0

[ 9.915] ReadFile() failed, GetLastError()=0

[ 29.164] ReadFile() failed, GetLastError()=0

[ 38.093] ReadFile() failed, GetLastError()=0

[ 61.358] Waiting for firehose to get ready
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] baunthiyal:
Waiting for firehose

Hello. I followed your tutorial and flash blankflash1. It is stuck at Waiting for firehose to get ready.

Please check attachment.

Edit - I received a Failure message.

Edit2 - MSM8952 unknown

Edit3 - Waiting for firehorse to get ready

And the cycle repeats.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] marcelofilgueira:
I have the same problem, have you found a solution?
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] baunthiyal:
[MENTION=7245484]marcelofilgueira[/MENTION]

No. I haven't.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Mdsp9070:
Didn't work :(

Hi, i'm brazilian and i flashed the stock ROM for Moto G4 Plus android 6.0.1

Ok, i did that before, and i only did that 'cause i came back from Ressuction Remix Rom and i intended to go to the stock ROM Nougat(7.0), however, to do that, i need to flash the Stock ROM 6.0.1 and install a zip of the OTA update on the Stock Recovery. Going onr, this time i guess i hardbricked my phone (XT1640). I got flash the stock ROM 6.0.1 and the OTA zip to, moreover when i erased the cache partition and Restart the system, the phone turned off and Has not started anymore. I installed the drivers and i did all steps but had problem with the blankflash.bat, i had to download one for the android Nougat NPJ95.93-11 (i don't know if this it's the correct version) and every time i run the .bat i have the same error:

C:\Users\Matheus\Desktop\Jogos e programas\Android 5.1.1, 6.0.1 e 7.0\Moto g4 Plus\Hardbrick\athene_blankflash-NPJ95.93-11\blankflash>.\qboot.exe blank-flash

Motorola qboot utility version 3.40

[ 0.000] Opening device: \\.\COM3

[ 0.000] Detecting device

[ 4.021] ERROR: sahara_greet_device()->change_mode()->do_hello()->IO error

[ 4.021] Check qboot_log.txt for more details

[ 4.021] Total time: 4.036s

FAILED: qb_flash_singleimage()->sahara_greet_device()->change_mode()->do_hello()->IO error

The maxium i got was other error: Wainting for firehose and after 28 seconds another message appears: press any key to continue, Thanks for reading my clemency. ;)

So, i got a new error when i downloaded other blankflash.bat

C:\Users\Matheus\Desktop\Jogos e programas\Android 5.1.1, 6.0.1 e 7.0\Moto g4 Plus\Hardbrick\blankflash\blankflash>.\qboot.exe blank-flash

opening device: \\.\COM3

OKAY [ 0.003s]

greeting device for command mode

opening device: \\.\COM3

OKAY [ 0.004s]

greeting device for command mode

opening device: \\.\COM3

OKAY [ 0.004s]

greeting device for command mode

opening device: \\.\COM3

OKAY [ 0.004s]

greeting device for command mode

ReadFile() failed, error=31

opening device: \\.\COM3

opening device: \\.\COM3

opening device: \\.\COM3

OKAY [ 0.003s]

greeting device for command mode

OKAY [ 0.003s]

identifying device

...serial = 0x10A9D1D

...chip-id = 0x972

...chip-rev = 0x0

...sv-sbl = 0x0

OKAY [ 0.008s]

finding files

...programmer = programmer.mbn

...singleimage = singleimage.bin

OKAY [ 0.008s]

validating files

OKAY [ 0.003s]

switching to download mode

OKAY [ 0.002s]

greeting device for image downloading

OKAY [ 0.005s]

sending programmer

Unexpected packet: 4. Was expecting: 3

FAILED (blank-flash:sahara-transfer-image:send-image:unexpected packet)
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Draconfla:
Eu também estou com esse problema quando eu rodo o blankflash1 o meu é o moto g4 xt1626 é o com tv

I also have this problem when I run the blankflash1 mine is the moto g4 xt1626 is the with tv.

Alguém conseguiu recuperar esse modelo xt1626?

Has anyone managed to recover this xt1626 model?
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] marcelofilgueira:
[MENTION=8397689]Mdsp9070[/MENTION] and [MENTION=8400059]Draconfla[/MENTION]

i have the same problem..Did you find any solutions?
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Draconfla:
Ainda não.. já pesquisei e até agora nada.

Not yet ... I have already researched and so far nothing.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] baunthiyal:
From what I understand, those of us who flashed the 14-8 OTA and then downgraded will need a new singleimage.bin. According to what I read online, the singleimage.bin contains 5 partitions - sbl, ddr, aboot, rpm and TZ (this information comes from Moto G (falcon) XDA forums).

I may be wrong about the .bin file, but the fact of the matter is, unless we have an updated singleimage, our devices are bricked.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
That would make sense, given the blank-flash we have access to is from NPJ25.93-11 (the November 2016 patch), which wouldn't be as up to date. I noticed that, from the logs, the CPU isn't detected properly (MSM8952 unknown as opposed to MSM8952 1.1 in the opening post), which might be as a result too.

Regardless, I hope there's a new blank-flash for NPJS25.93-14-8 soon, unfortunately as I understand it, it's a file that Motorola has to generate and cryptographically sign, so when it arrives is anyone's guess :(
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Draconfla:
It makes sense what you said even though the processor (MSM8952) was the same. We have to wait for a new updated .bin file.

After 2 years I was able to recover my xt1033 with another forum post.

What gives me the most anger is that this comes from the bike g 1 and the motorola does not release these files. At the time that gave this same problem in my XT1033 I sent for assistance and they said that it was a problem on the card and that there was no repair, look only long after I managed to revive it (XT1033).

I hope this moto g4 .bin file is released as fast as possible. :fingers-crossed:
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Pratham Nathyal:
Have the ditto same screen after following that tutorial. Man. What to do?

[MENTION=2949556]vijayjadhav_143[/MENTION] please help.

http://www.droidsavvy.com/unbrick-qualcomm-mobiles/ and please tell can this method work? Should I try this?

And if not. Please do something to help me. I bricked my only device.

View attachment 4208770

View attachment qboot_log.txt
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] baunthiyal:
Read posts #56 and #57 to understand why the error is coming.

About the method you mentioned, maybe someone more experienced will be able to help you regarding it.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Villu123:
It is not doing nothing

Tell me how to hard brick moto g4 again

In order to start this process again

---------- Post added at 01:18 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:15 AM ----------

My device is not showing as Qualcomm like that it shows athene16_mp S help me
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
Can you please describe what you've done up to this point? Reporting 'it's not doing anything' is not particularly descriptive in helping to unbrick your device.

1)Have you installed the ADB drivers and the Motorola drivers?

2)Which blankflash did you use?

3)Are you able to boot to your bootloader? If so, you may be seeing athene_16mp at this point

4)Have you flashed the proper GPT/bootloader using fastboot?

5)Have you flashed the stock ROM firmware to properly repair your device?

I would not recommend attempting to brick your device again - if the blankflash worked and got you to the temporary bootloader, then I would advise flashing the GPT/bootloader files on that thread I linked (it's got the June, Sept and Dec 2017 GPT/bootloader files on there).
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Villu123:
In order to flash gpt and other files device need to be connect but athene16mp driver I m not having I m not able to flash anything now

I have did things by search on YouTube dead moto g4 solution then play video I have given the screenshot of that video I'm not able to post links

By this video then I stuck to dummy bootloader....

I m not able to go forward and I m not having athene 16mp driver

That video on YouTube is of 23 minutes and Chanel name masters of technology

Help mee
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
1) Have you installed the Motorola drivers: https://motorola-global-en-uk.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/89881

2)Have you installed the minimal ADB/fastboot tools as well? https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2317790

3)Have you got driver signature enforcement disabled on your computer? Having this active may stop your computer from loading the Motorola/fastboot drivers.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Villu123:
Yes I have done all this

But needed athene16 mp driver and what is Athene tell me
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
Athene is the codename for the Moto G4/G4 Plus device.

As I understand it, the 'fastboot athene16_mp' in the Device manager is your device when you have a dummy bootloader or the drivers are not recognising your device properly. You do not need a separate driver apart from the Motorola drivers, as I understand it.

Once you flash the GPT/bootloader via the ADB terminal and reboot, you should be back to a proper bootloader, which should then be recognised by your computer as a Moto G4.

If you leave your device in the bootloader, connect it via USB (with a high quality USB cable or the Motorola cable) to your computer, and then open the ADB terminal, what response do you get if you type 'fastboot devices' without the quotes, then press Enter? Do you get a response with a serial number?
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Villu123:
Yes

Sometimes
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
Right, if you're getting a response, then you should be okay to flash the GPT and bootloader as described in the other post.

Can I see what commands you're using when you're flashing the GPT/bootloader and the responses from the ADB terminal please? Are you using mfastboot or fastboot?
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] saikat74:
Moto G Turbo BRICKED :'(

Hi everyone by following this post I was able to bring back life in my Moto G4 Plus. Now same happend in my Moto G Turbo :crying::crying: Some one please help me to fix that. It is totally dead not turning on !!
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
Your best bet would be to follow this thread about possible unbricking methods for the Moto G Turbo https://xdaforums.com/2015-moto-g/help/help-blankflash-zip-moto-g-turbo-t3674207 Seems that there's a JTAG unbricking service that works (but obviously you'd have to pay for it).

The blankflashes here in this forum section are mainly athene (Moto G4/Plus) specific and we can only get them from Motorola. If you ask Motorola, they won't let you have them as they see them as internal engineering tools. Most if not all the blankflashes we have are leaks, and as such we're lucky to have them. Please do not flash old stock firmware and use OTA updates....
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] saifoufa:
man try this 3 blankflash https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B3DC0oN4XXwpQjF1eDFkT2JzTlE

if it didn't work there is lot of blankflash in this site with many firmware

https://firmware.center/firmware/Motorola/
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Jayb0723:
ASAP Need help

Ive done went and turned my G4 into a soft brick, it has the bootloader locked, ive tried to sideload it gives me E: error 21 and signature failed and footer is wrong, ive tried RSD lite and it wont bring up my device much less start....Ive tried everything I can find to try and still nothing...someone please help.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] EddiePR:
Hi, can i blankflash sprint moto z2 force? I've tried it many times without success ..
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] sodrevh:
no one of these worked in G5S, please help me!
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
Unfortunately you'd have to wait for a Moto G5/G5S blankflash to be leaked from Motorola, or at least a blankflash that may run on the Snapdragon 430 CPU. Depending on the rumours, that may mean a Moto G6 play blankflash may work, but I don't know.

Either way, you'd have to find a leaked blankflash (Motorola doesn't give these out, as they are regarded as internal engineering tools) for the SD 430 CPU or send your device to service (though service may be expensive as a motherboard replacement may be required). You may be able to make a loader image (a full image of a working device on a SD card) but it's a bit unreliable.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] tcoffin014:
Bricked my G4 plus trying to OTA update. Followed everything on this thread as well as some different blank flash files I found. Nothing seemed to work, so I was giving up and rebooted my computer again to get out of test mode. Then my phone lit up and was in bootloader mode! I have no idea what worked but I got my phone back
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Damarcio:
soluçao

I'm having this problem, please, some solution is beyond that step.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
Try the newest blankflash we have access to here: https://xdaforums.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/moto-g4-plus-hardbrick-solved-guide-t3657761
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] sanjaybaidya:
I have moto g4 plus and my device isn't detected as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008. What to do now?
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Milor123:
I have a moto G4 Play bricket, the model XT1601.. Could work it for me? :confused:
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Hellcho:
It worked for me in a XT1641, thanks a lot!

That blank-flash.bat worked pretty fine for me XT1641
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Blueman1990:
can you share more details about your problem which ROM you use etc. ?
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
Try this blankflash from the guide here: https://xdaforums.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/moto-g4-plus-hardbrick-solved-guide-t3657761
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] xjj7:
Fastboot are started but i can't flash gpt and bootloader after...

Security version downgrade...

i only can flash gpt from Blur_Version.25.226.3.athene.retail.en.US

but i don't have bootloader
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
Which set of files are you flashing? Is this with the Dec 2017 GPT and bootloader?

EDIT - try the Feb 2018 GPT and bootloader. I've pulled them from the stock ROM mentioned here: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=75961872&postcount=716 but I've not been able to verify the stock ROM is okay. It looks genuine but as always verify your files before flashing.

The Feb 2018 GPT/bootloader is here https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-GUyOfb8OgzcUl1NUtHYWNIR2M Afterwards, you should flash the latest stock ROM.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] xjj7:
are you can get all files for old firmware i will try flash him from twrp adb
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] sam993pro:
error

friend, I have this error Moto z play:(:(:(

D:\MOTO Z PLAY\fullbrick\blankflash>.\qboot.exe blank-flash

Motorola qboot utility version 3.40

[ -0.000] Opening device: \\.\COM3

[ 0.001] Detecting device

[ 0.074] ...cpu.id = 70 (0x46)

[ 0.262] ...cpu.sn = 3863711647 (0xe64b8f9f)

[ 0.432] Opening singleimage

[ 0.591] Loading package

[ 0.619] ...filename = singleimage.pkg.xml

[ 0.665] Loading programmer

[ 0.677] ...filename = programmer.mbn

[ 0.677] Sending programmer

[ 1.078] Handling things over to programmer

[ 1.078] Identifying CPU version

[ 1.082] Waiting for firehose to get ready

[ 61.312] Waiting for firehose to get ready

[ 84.321] ReadFile() failed, GetLastError()=0

[122.058] ...MSM8953 unknown

[122.058] Determining target secure state

[122.061] Waiting for firehose to get ready

[182.362] ...secure = no

[182.379] Waiting for firehose to get ready

[242.850] Configuring device...

[242.852] Waiting for firehose to get ready

[304.068] Waiting for firehose to get ready

[364.811] Waiting for firehose to get ready

[425.760] Waiting for firehose to get ready

[486.699] ERROR: do_package()->do_recipe()->do_configure()->buffer_read()->device_read()->IO error

[486.701] Check qboot_log.txt for more details

[486.701] Total time: 486.703s

FAILED: qb_flash_singleimage()->do_package()->do_recipe()->do_configure()->buffer_read()->device_read()->IO error