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[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Morutimeru:
Hello.

Anyone got the phone bricked while using the Oreo Beta 2? I got my phone last week (bought it from a friend in Dominican Republic)in new condition/box sealed. The thing is that as soon as I opened the box I loaded the Oreo Beta 2 on the phone and I used it fine for a few days. Went on a four day long trip just to have my phone bricking itself using it on the first day of the trip at 75% battery, it does not bootup, no sounds, no image, nothing, came back today having access to a PC, read the forums, tried all the combinations of buttons (long pressing power, power+volup, power+voldown for 45 seconds+) and I get no response from the phone.

Then I connected the phone to my PC (USB-C to USB-A cable) and I get a response, the pc is detecting it as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008, so there's some hope. I know LG phones can be recovered from this mode using a software called BoardDiag.

[IMG="bricked Qualcomm HS-USB Essential"]https://image.prntscr.com/image/dgrwEnU7QIKS6ye7r_0oKg.png[/IMG]

Does anyone now any software/guide/method to do this with the Essential? I would like to try this because returning the phone to Essential from here is expensive and difficult.

Any help is appreciated, thank you.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] jackzhu:
the same to you.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] asanford:
I am currently having the same issue and have had to switch back to my Nexus 6P :'( I have contacted Essential and am hoping they can either somehow fix the issue or RMA the device.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Morutimeru:
I contacted them too yesterday, got a response stating that I can do an out of warranty replacement for $199... I can't do that, that's like buying the phone again, I would need to pay $200 returning them the bricked one and getting the replacement (I hate customs on this country).
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Morutimeru:
bump
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] siulmagic:
have you tried turning off phone, hold volume dowm, pluging a usb cable then powering on see if that send it to the bootloader?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Morutimeru:
Yes, no luck on that, phone goes straight to 9008 mode again. :(
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] JoRocker:
How are you out of warranty? Can't you send it back to your relative and then file RMA in his name to keep it in warranty? I would just do that. You shouldn't have to pay customs on a used device that you state you've owned. I've traveled all over and that's a typical work around to buying things from the states.

Besides you can also show then a receipt that you've already paid them once for it, and that you had to send it back for repairs...
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] i killed tupac:
...that's a really good deal tho.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] hormosapiens:
Same boat here. Hard bricked while flashing Oreo beta 3. Phone being recognized as Qualcomm 9008. Completely dead can’t do anything with it. Essential offered to send me a new phone for 199$ which is too much for me.

Anyone found a solution for this hard beautiful brick?

Thanks.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] spotmark:
Why aren't they replacing it? Flashing their software shouldn't void your warranty.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] combat goofwing:
Essential have admitted it is down to included usb cable being usb 2 not 3 ,so they should be replacing it FOC

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https://www.androidauthority.com/essential-phone-usb-c-cable-831817/
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Morutimeru:
They are refusing to do a replacement for me... pff I’m not supporting this company anymore.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] spotmark:
That's ridiculous! They've admitted that their own cables are causing problems and they won't honor your warranty. I smell a class action suit.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
I have seen two different issues in this thread.

1. Brick after days of usage.

2. Brick while flashing.

Absolutely #1 should be replaced under warranty.

#2 should be since they have now said that the cable in the box is not good as a data cable. SMFH!
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] aer0zer0:
https://www.amazon.com/GPG-EDL-Cabl...UTF8&qid=1516750976&sr=8-1&keywords=EDL+CABLE

You might need that to start. then figuring how to get it back is the next step
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] rignfool:
This thing looks like it might be magic...
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] rukesh18:
Did they replace your phone? I am in the same boat as yours. I was flashing the Stable build from Essential Website and it failed to flash some files. When I tried to reboot it turned into a very expensive paper weight.

They are asking for a $199 replacement fee, even though I followed the instructions on their page and for some odd reason it failed.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Morutimeru:
Nope, they didn't. I'm here with this expensive paperweight. I'm not paying those $199.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Inerthia:
Any idea yet on how to solve this issue?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] responderman:
Hi all,

Ive just upgraded from a universal so greetings to you all. What a big difference this machine is, That screen is simply awesome. I'm not a noob to flashing and unlocking, and a big believer in the search and donate button so no problems there, my only questions are more of a choice nature. the first one is does anyone have an opinion on carrying the thing, my universal had a belt loop on the case and it hung on my side no problems. Ive yet to see one for the Athena. my other question is, my machine is a T-mobile Ameo with a very plain WM6 ROM on it, is there a ROM that you can suggest that is better looking and has better features on it? Ive found a few on this site but experience is worth a lot. The universal has numerous Roms on WM6 for it, but not many were without bugs, and its memory had its limits. It is still a very capable machine. Many thanks

Take care

Jay
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] eaglesteve:
I use this case and it works very well for me. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=355416 but others have chosen different ones with equal satisfaction.

I think you'll be spoilt for choice when come to ROM. PK is also working on a much anticipated PK4 due sometimes these few weeks. If you're into switching ROM, no harm just researching on unlocking your phone first for the time being. Immediately even without switching ROM you could already make giant step improvements on how it looks and works by installing the right software for it, such as wktask, realVGA, etc, while waiting. There is also the option of wm6.1 while waiting....

Memory limit will always be there (at least it is for me), so I install everything out of the device memory unless the program forces me to install it on the device. I also tend to do the same if the program is a today plugin, in order to speed up the soft reset procedure. Sometimes, even if a program is installed on say a microdrive, it would still place something into the device memory. Doing that, I have just less than 20 MB left in my RAM at the moment. However, I'm probably not a typical user, with close to 70 installed program on my device, and 30 more which just sit in the microdrive, ready to be installed if I need them occassionally.

As for bugs, I don't encounter too many, but you got to by experience weed out those applications which gives problems. Generally, the problems are with the applications rather than the device or the ROM.

Hope this helps.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] wgary:
Welcome! You'll find that this is a generally congenial group at least most of the time, with a wealth of knowledge.

As to ROMs, I have to say PK3 Dual works very nicely until we get the next version:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=346221

I particularly like RealVGA which is integrated into the ROM, running at 192 dpi. Gives you the advantages of the big screen but at a reasonable size. Note, if you are under 30 you can probably ignore this last advice!

Agan, there's lots of info on these boards but takes a lot of sleuthing! When in doubt, just ask. But start with, "I know this may have been answered already..." Then you are less likely to endure the flames that "certain people" seem to enjoy. :) Good luck!!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] responderman:
Thanks

Hi again

Well thanks for the heads up on the rom and the case, the PK 3.0 rom looks much better than the drab T-mobile one so I shall give it a go. The unlock tool worked well and followed to the letter had no supprises for me. Not sure about the £1.000.000 donation though Oli:rolleyes:. I now have the start for a bit of experimenting. The case is the style I needed but how hard wearing is the neopreen?

Take care

Jay
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] irus:
if you a do it your self kinda of guy, then maybe you can go this route... i attached some pic of what i did to the standard case so i could put in on my belt :)

OH if you looking for some cool apps hit up these two links

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=369281

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=364366
[Nokia Lumia 520 Questions & Answers] jennifercheng1023:
Windows Phone Internals is a tool that helps to gain root access on Lumia devices. Windows Phone Internals essentially automates the processes required to unlock the bootloader on any Lumia device, disabling security features and allowing you to gain root access. Once you've achieved root access, your device is completely unlocked, allowing you to flash custom ROMs, create full device backups, or even use your Lumia in Mass Storage Mode. The tool also potentially opens the door for developers to cook up other cool hacks for Lumia devices.In short, this update potentially breathes new life into a segment of devices that is not a focus for Microsoft anymore. If you're willing to tinker with your Lumia, you can download Windows Phone Internals version 2.3 now.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluefender:
i have an option of buying a soft bricked m8, that says tampered relocked, unknown history of what was done to it, but im thinking have a go at trying to get it running again, i cannot get past any of the screens it's s-on as well, cannot go into phone settings, so i cannot do anything there.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v476/charvel_375/htc m8 broke.jpg?t=1515544191
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
So what is the question? Do you want to know if it's worth the risk/effort of buying? If we think it can be recovered? Or what exactly to do to recover it?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluefender:
sorry i should have been more specific, answer.. can it be fixed, if so how, as i said i cannot get into the phone settings, i dont know if USB debugging is checked.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
You typically don't need debugging enabled, to get the phone running. You don't need debugging to use fastboot, and it's fastboot that is critical to get the phone running.

Whether or not the phone can be fixed, is not definite with the information provided so far. A lot of times, no boot just means the ROM is corrupt or otherwise damaged, which is fairly easy to fix by a tool called RUU. Or alternately by unlocking the bootloader, putting custom recovery TWRP on the phone, and using that to flash a stock ROM or custom ROM.

"Tampered" and "relocked" (versus "locked") means that the previous owner did at least try to do some mods (unlocked bootloader, custom recovery, custom ROM and/or root). Whether those attempted mods resulted in the current condition is another question we can't answer (only the previous owner can answer). It could be as simple as a botched root attempt, such as wrong version TWRP or wrong version SuperSU (also easily fixed). Or it could be the simple act of the previous owner locking the bootloader, which by definition renders the phone unable to boot (again, RUU is one possible solution) and the person just didn't know that.

On the other hand, it's possible that the current condition is caused by a hardware failure, such as emmc failure, and you won't be able to flash a ROM, and the phone is pretty much shot (needs new motherboard, etc.). But there is really no way of determining hardware vs. software failure without trying to recover it. Although my gut tells me, this is a pretty easy software fix, and that the current condition is mostly a matter of the previous owner lacking the proper knowledge.

What are the conditions of the sale? Are you buying it "as is" whether you can fix it or not? Or is the person going to let you mess with it, before decided whether to buy it? If you fix it easily, is there a possibility they change their mind, and going to want to keep it?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluefender:
thanks for the info, buying as is, owner puts his arms up and says no idea, buy as is no returns, possible guilt of not rooting correctly ? who knows.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
That would be my guess, not rooted correctly, or tried to return to stock, and botched it.

The bet, if I had to make one, would be that it can be recovered (software issue). But as I said, no sure bet there. Might be worth a chance, depending on how much he is charging, and how much that amount of money means to you.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluefender:
in the end i passed on it, as found out the phone has been doing the rounds, internal chip was dead iv been told.
[General Questions and Answers] Posklapenzi:
Hey, I can't access the US play store like I used to. I'd use tunnel bear, connect to US, clear my cache/data of the store, then restart it and it worked. Now with an android 7 phone, I try the same and it still goes to the EU one where my options are limited.

Any idea of whats going on?

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] James_Watson:
Maybe you have to try another VPN.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] normanenoza:
hello, this device question is not related to nexus 7 but i have sheen lots of modification for the nexus 7 being installed in a car and none for my device zotac tegra note 7. kindly refer below my query which is also posted on the tegra note 7 section.

hi. i need some help with my hardware modification. i successfully was able to run/power up my tegra note 7 (zotac variant) with no internal battery. power is supplied from a buck converter outputting 4.2V. power is supplied to the internal battery power board (battery itself is removed). the intention of this modification is to use my tablet as multimedia player and provide general android functionality to my car.

what i want to happen with this modification is the tablet to boot up once power has been supplied to the buck converter thus the tablet. i have to press the power on switch of the tablet to boot it up. i do not mind the boot time at every car start.

how can i or what do i need to do so that the tablet boots up automatically once powered has been supplied from the buck converter.

any kind of help would very much be appreciated.

PS: i have an option to leave the internal battery and do with all of the automation from the usb port but it doesnt work anymore (the usb port).
[General Questions and Answers] Sonergg:
So,, first of all, hello everyone! I'm new, I'm not a device-proficient, and I'm in a problem with my phone.

This might get complicated.

So my problem starts just some days ago. When I am charging my phone with a tablet charger, it now stuck on the COOLPAD screen when plugged in. It bricked itself, but if I restart boot the phone it will turn on and goes normal, so I turn it off again then charge it with an appropriate charger. And it works and charges. Although that usually the tab charger didn't do this to my phone before.

But then.... That's just the start.

When I booted it on after charge fully and then turned off for some hours, it will boot, but no sound coming when booting on COOLPAD screen, which indicates a problem. The booting on the screen of that takes long, very long then when it's On, surprise surprise the wifi can't connect to any nets suddenly, Sim card cant be read (indicated as No Service) , SD card not detected as well(also indicated as No SD card) . Seems like a malfunction. I had experience the same before 5 months ago (and it goes semi-perma so I asked Coolpad center for software reinstall).

So what did I do? I restarted the phone through the Chinese recovery mode. Booted up right, and back to normal. But this happens just when I boot it on morning now. I am scared this might get worse and will completely bootloop or brick my phone in the future (just like the same problem I face some month ago).

So should I never turn my phone off again or is there a fix for this? Tried factory resetting it in the past, the problem just got even worse so I won't do it again the third time my phone is broken again after software reinstall again. Please help, can't really switch phone until able to find a very reasonable priced ones.:crying:

NOTE: Some day before, my Coolshow app got disabled by Play Store because of "danger" reasons. It is a system app that comes with Coolpad. I can't enable it again because the enable app isn't there, just a greyed out Disable button. I don't like to reset the preferences of apps because it'll make me need to set everything up again. Problem already occurring 3 days ago, till now.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ovsims:
Anybody else have issues with VLC or kodi buffering all the time. I can stream the same files at the same time with My Note 8 and my Note 4 beside each other and the 4 plays without the buffering the 8 buffers through out. I've checked my wi-fi connection and the speed is fine. I can watch directv or youtube without issues beside the directv app crashing all the time. Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] bober10113:
what about on 4g/ lte?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ovsims:
I don't know how to stream from my PC or NAS using Kodi or VLC using mobile data
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] bober10113:
oh your issues are on the Lan. dont know if you have the network bandwidth notification icon but id suggest to do a file copy from nas to phone and see how fast it grabs it.

but basically its obviously an issue between your phone and the wifi ap on your network.

are you on 2.5ghz or 5ghz wifi? if on the 5ghz then try using 2.5ghz. if you have any way to test it at someone eleses place to see if you can replicate the issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ovsims:
The files play fine if I use my Note 4. So why would it struggle to play on the Note 8. I've switched bands the problem still occurs. I'm just wondering if I have a defective phone
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] pollardhimself:
Yeah I have the same issue ever figure out a solution?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ovsims:
No. never got it figured out. And never got much of a response on any of the forums I posted the issue on. not even the Kodi forum. Upon further testing I learned that if I use my NAS app (QFILE) to select the file and choose VLC to play the file it works perfectly. So it's definitely a weird problem. Because using KODI or VLC to select the file I get constant buffering. That rules out my LAN or any network issue.
[LeEco Le Max 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Bygepp:
This is an initial version, tomorrow I will try to integrate the stock LeEco Camera from 28s, and the global LeEco Remote Control.
[LeEco Le Max 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] allrockedout:
Thank you I'm going to try it out.

So install and 1st boot take a long time. But it does boot. Everything really smooth so far. I'll test this out for a day and report back.
[LeEco Le Max 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Bygepp:
Thank you for trying.
[LeEco Le Max 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] PieroAnt:
Very good you played early. I am glad that the MIUI rom will be followed by more people on XDA because it is in my opinion the best rom in terms of personalization, functions and stability. I had already tried this version in the original version, before going back for too many Chinese applications installed. I'm curious to try it waiting for the update to version 8.1.4.

Bravissimo hai giocato d'anticipo. Sono contento che la rom MIUI venga seguita da più soggetti su XDA perché è secondo me la rom migliore in quanto a personalizzazione, funzioni e stabilità. Questa versione la avevo già provata in versione originale, per poi tornare indietro per le troppe applicazioni cinesi installate. Sono curioso di provarla aspettando l'aggiornamento alla versione 8.1.4.
[LeEco Le Max 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] thantuyenk7d:
Help me. Delete account MIUI. Please.
[LeEco Le Max 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Bygepp:
Later I will try to do, did you forget the password?
[LeEco Le Max 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] thantuyenk7d:
Help me.please. I don't password.
[LeEco Le Max 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] 1966edu:
Thank you very much for your effort, I will try it since I love miui, and see if notifications of the whassapp work well.
[LeEco Le Max 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Bygepp:
Have you used MIUI before? You have to insert the password that you used in the past.
[LeEco Le Max 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] PieroAnt:
Go to the MIUI website and cancel your account.

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I installed the current version and after deleting system, date, cache and dalvilk I find the system exactly as I had left it, installed applications, icon positions, even the theme remained the same. In the settings, however, is version 7.12.28 and I find myself magisk that I did not have. What may have happened? If I had done a dirty flash I would have understood, but I deleted everything from twrp.

I've encountered a problem in the security app that does not scan for viruses. I tried to update, and then to remove the application, to version 2.1.2 but the problem remains.

Ho installato la versione attuale e dopo aver cancellato system, data, cache e dalvilk mi ritrovo il sistema esattamente come lo avevo lasciato, applicazioni installate, posizione delle icone, perfino il tema è rimasto uguale. Nelle impostazioni però risulta la versione 7.12.28 e mi ritrovo magisk che non avevo. Cosa può essere successo? Se avessi fatto un dirty flash lo avrei capito, ma ho cancellato tutto da twrp. Ho riscontrato un problema nella app sicurezza che non effettua la scansione antivirus. Ho provato ad aggiornare, e poi a rimuovere l'applicazione, alla versione 2.1.2 ma il problema rimane.
[LeEco Le Max 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Devanshu Biswas:
Does notification works perfectly or not.
[LeEco Le Max 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] PieroAnt:
At the moment they seem to work, WhatsApp messages come to me even without having to open the application first.
[LeEco Le Max 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Devanshu Biswas:
ohh then this rom will rock ? only this single problem is irritated me but now i am happy that it is solved.
[LeEco Le Max 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] allrockedout:
When connected to Bluetooth audio in car. Experienced a bootloop. Not sure if it was Bluetooth causing the problem or what.
[LeEco Le Max 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Devanshu Biswas:
Does the music app is in Chinese language?
[LeEco Le Max 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] PieroAnt:
No in your language

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I check and report the result.