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[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers] cyds86:
Hello guys!

i was reading the only thread i found on a brick situation with a redmi 5 plus but i couldn't find a propper answer to my problem, here's why:

Found a realtively cheap RM5+ on internet got my hands on that phone but it won't boot tried to get back to seller but he dissapeared (eventho i have the address but it's quite far) and now i'm stuck with a phone that won't boot in anyway, here

TL;DR: bought a RM5+ online/i was scammed

This is what it does:

Boots and doesn't do anything at all, just the MI logo.

if PWR and Vol Down goes to fastboot

if PWR and VOL + says "The system has been destroyed"

if testpoint and flash it says "ACK count don't match"

i don't know if it's something with the roms i've tried but it would be great if you could point me in the right direction.

I've tested quite a lot of roms but i'm willing to download whatever you throw @ me, i'm kinda desperate.

Thanks!
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers] Fran Montero:
maybe this helps http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=293457&highlight=unbrick+guide
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers] sigma392:
Since you can access stock recovery, have you tried flashing an MIUI ROM using Xiaomi ADB?

https://xiaomitool.com/adb
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers] cyds86:
Hello, thanks for your response!

I am not able to boot into recovery as it says "System has been destroyed" only fastboot and even trying with fastboot it says that partition formating is not allowed
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers] inconnu29:
How much did you paid for it?

I 've paid 131 Euro on aliexpress
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers] SubwayChamp:
And when it´s in mi logo it says "locked" or "unlocked"? maybe strange question but my device came unlocked out of the box and doesn´t want to boot but I can flash system and boot via fastboot mode. Some sellers try to unlock bootloader and change the firmware so not all of them got it succesfully and this unfortunately softbricks device.

Also you can try installing this tool https://androidmtk.com/download-15-seconds-adb-installer open a cmd with admin rights and type fastboot devices to check first if pc is recognicing, then you can attempt to flash most of partitions through fastboot if your device is unlocked.

If this don´t solve then you have to go for edl/download mode but try first this and report
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Prosis:
I bought my Pixel XL (2016) used last week. Everything was perfect. Tried Android P Beta and then went back to official Oreo. The phone worked perfectly all week.

Then tonight I'm watching a YouTube video and the thing shuts off to never turn back on. I can't access recovery but the bootloader is there. The thing is it's locked and I can't allow OEM unlock cause I can't boot into Android.

When I try to boot normally or go into recovery mode there's a white flicker on top. Like it's trying to load it but can't.

It's possible that it's no longer under warranty...

Can anyone help?

Thanks :crying:
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Phalanx7621:
If it still boots into the boot loader you're fine and fixable.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Prosis:
Well that's good news at least!

What can I do?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Phalanx7621:
This will wipe your device. If it won't boot up, there are a ton of other things you COULD try, but without knowing what caused it to be this way it'd be fishing in the dark.

Go to this website https://developers.google.com/android/images

download Android 8.1 Oreo Factory Image (make sure Factory Images is selected in the upper left portion of the screen at the top, not OTA).

After downloading, extract the files to a folder, go into that folder and select all the items in it and copy them to wherever you have fastboot / adb installed. Make sure phone is in bootloader, then open a command prompt (or Windows Powershell in Windows 10)use Fastboot command:

fastboot flash-all.bat

If in Windows Powershell, use command:

.\fastboot flash-all.bat

If you need platform-tools (adb/fastboot) they're here

https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Prosis:
But don't I need to have an unlocked bootloader for that? It's currently locked and OEM Unlock was not enabled in Android before it crashed.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Phalanx7621:
Ohh....well then you'd need to enter recovery mode, but you're saying that doesn't work?

Have you powered down the device completely, plugged it into a power source, then tried booting into bootloader mode, choosing Recovery Mode, and then once the dead android appears on the screen from recovery mode, hold down the power button and while holding that down click the Volume Up button once, then release the Power button. This should allow access to the stock recovery where you can do a factory reset.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Prosis:
Yeah I tried that but the dead android never appears. It reacts the same way it does when I try to boot into the system, which is just a white flicker that appears and disappears on the top of the screen. It's like it's trying to load the white screen with the Google logo but it can't.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Phalanx7621:
Had you modified the system at all? Was this bare bones stock? As far as I know, nothing can touch system files without root, so recovery (boot.img) should be fine. What about overheating, that was my next question. Was it getting super hot before this happened?

edit: I found this website, with this gentleman claiming that the Nexus Root Toolkit also works for our devices in a "bricked" situation. I know nothing about it, nor have I tried it, was just looking to see if I could find anyone else with your situation and ran across this website .

https://forums.androidcentral.com/google-pixel-pixel-xl/804286-help-bricked-my-pixel-xl.html

http://www.wugfresh.com/nrt/

Again, I have never used this, so use at your own risk. Hopefully someone else will help out here who may have this similar situation.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Prosis:
Thank you! No it was not modified in any way. The only thing that happened was that I tried the P Beta (through OTA) during the weekend and flashed (through fastboot) the factory Oreo ROM then relocked the bootloader. So everything was back to factory state. Everything worked fine all week. It wasn't hot when it shut down at all.

I'll try this while I wait for Google's response to whether it's under warranty or not and keep you updated.

In the meantime, if you or anyone else has a way to just try to flash the ROM or recovery again even with the locked bootloader I'm all ears!

Thanks
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Phalanx7621:
Ohhh ok I see. Yes, never ever relock the bootloader. In case of situations like this, it's always a good idea to leave it unlocked. Just out of curiosity, have you tried plugging it into a power source, powr it up to the boot loader screen, choose Recovery, then hold in Volume Down + Power for about 30 seconds? It should reboot it back to bootloader menu again. This sometimes works for me when nothing else does, but I have no idea why.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Prosis:
Oh getting into bootloader menu is no issue at all. I just can't go anywhere else (recovery, system, etc.).

It's not even able to show me the charging animation when the device is off.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Phalanx7621:
Unforunately, if recovery mode isn't booting and you don't have the bootloader unlocked, I'm out of ideas. Have you tried, just for ****s and giggles, to unlock the bootloader again via fastboot just to see what it says?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Prosis:
Yeah I did. I even tried several tools that are supposed to be able to help but without having Allow OEM Unlock enabled nothing works :/
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Prosis:
After maybe 2 hours left alone charging now it's not even booting into the booloader anymore... :(
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Phalanx7621:
Are you going to be able to RMA it? Is it still under warranty?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Prosis:
I'm waiting for my seller to give me the original order number (which seems like forever right now given the situation). Then Google will be able to tell me if it's still under warranty. If not then, according to the authorized repair center, it's either the battery, the port or the motherboard which means it's probably the end for this phone as prices range from less than $100 to nearly $400. :crying:
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Homeboy76:
Post this information on this thread: Need Pixel XL 128GB complete eMMC image file by noriharsha
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Prosis:
Thanks but the phone isn't even powering on at this point so it's probably a physical problem.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Prosis:
Good news! I got an RMA!!

Thanks for your help everyone!
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] DR3W5K1:
Was the original pixel 128gb?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Prosis:
Yes the Pixel XL 128 GB 2016.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] DR3W5K1:
128gb pixels are known to randomly do that. Just FYI for everyone
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] alwynjoshy:
i have same situation like you have , have you find any solution ?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] daniking:
any news ?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Phalanx7621:
Unfortunately guys, if you ever relock the bootloader and you get stuck in this situation the only solution is an RMA replacement from Google. If it's not under warranty or you can't get them to replace it you're screwed. Just remember to spread the word, don't ever relock the bootloader.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] btragesser:
[MENTION=4610065]Prosis[/MENTION]. I have almost the EXACT same issue with my Pixel XL. My battery has been getting worse and worse and I am wondering if the phone maybe tried to do an automatic update when not plugged in and had low voltage. Th only thing remotely weird that I have done in the past week was to run a battery recovery program that claimed to have "fixed" 3 or 4 locations. Otherwise it has never rooted, reflashed, etc. Only the standard Google updates from 7.x to 8.x to 9.x. Mine will go as far as the full white Google boot screen but no farther. If I go into into the bootloader menu I can display the bargraphs but any attempt to start, reboot or recover ends up back at the white Google screen. If I attempt to charge from power off, i get the full screen lightening bolt and it is not even animated.

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Google tells me that the warranty was only for 1 year. How did you get them to do an RMA on a 2016 model phone?

FYI, my guess is that there is a way to get around this but that it is a heavily guard procedure/tool so that people can't wipe and reflash a stolen phone that they don't have the password for.
[Moto G5 Questions & Answers] ayushmantiwari95:
I have moto g5 Indian varient which is updated to march 1 2018 and i run a security patch level test .this is what i got
[Moto G5 Questions & Answers] TheFixItMan:
Are you rooted because some of the tests may require root access which is why they are inconclusive
[Moto G5 Questions & Answers] ayushmantiwari95:
No i didn't rooted my device .
[Moto G5 Questions & Answers] Exanneon:
If you want to perform anything that has to do with debugging or of that sort, then root is much needed.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Blubber120:
I am going to buy a Galaxy S9+ next week. My question is, because of treble, will there be any custom roms like lineage OS for the S9+? Would be a real step forwards.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] madnav:
You haven't mentioned much about which exact model of S9+ you are purchasing; though you are advised to look around here first:

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s9-plus/samsung-galaxy-s9-cross-device-development-link
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Blubber120:
Going to buy an Exynos G965FD 256GB S9+.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] JT-on:
Cheers for this incredibly lazy thread. Unlockable S9s are already well ahead of their S8 peers because of treble. Official Lineage info here. If you check out the dev thread here, you'll see the rom is stable but not flawless. I'm sure the devs will continue to polish it up in the coming months.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Blubber120:
What the heck is lazy about this thread? Didn't find any information bout it. Thank you for that link anyways.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] AbbyQueen:
Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition has a transparent glass back that shows off suspiciously pretty internal components. This design looks cool, but somebody said it's maybe a sticker.

What do you think?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Klanac89:
Nobody sad this, it's glass!
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jerryhou85:
It's glass and I assume that one would be very hard to get...
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] xdadevet:
It has a glass back but you're not looking at the phone's internals. There is a heatpipe, magnetic shield, plastic cover on top of the components, and finally 3D sticker on top of the glass back.

Believe me, it's better this way. You get better performance and durability than having the components exposed, and it's a lot prettier than the alternative - look at the HTC U11 for example.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mikolo007:
Really, I absolutely agree. In any Xaomi phone, performance and durability are important. Therefore, TRANSPARENCY or not, the phone is really worth it! :cool:
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] KevinX89:
Not a sticker, you see on the back upper half, are parts of the actual mainboard.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheInfiniteAndroid:
It's not a sticker, what you see are actual components, they just don't contribute to the phone, they're more like "dummy" components apparently
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ermacwins:
Looks legit
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mario1337:
Damn it looks so nice :D
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] AbbyQueen:
So cool!!!!!
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Miyagi:
Is just a map...
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] wornfrets:
So are those are the real components that can be seen through the transparent back?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] _katho_:
No.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] scote:
Not real components
[ONE Android Development] RedBux:
Hi all

Help needed.

Came on life after brick

pushed in most of stock roms via fastboot

NONE working.........only fastboot available.

how to rectify this
[ONE Android Development] apacseven:
You'll get a lot more help in the proper forum https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-one/help
[ONE Android Development] RedBux:
thanks for heading me to
[ONE Android Development] the Doctor:
Please do not post in the development section unless you are a developer posting your own work on a ROM, kernel or mod. All questions belong in the Help/Q&A section.

THREAD CLOSED
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] hdad2:
Coming from Samsung phones for the last 5 years or so, the OP6 doesn't seem to have the same momentum of scrolling that I'm used to. One flick delivered fast enough gets to the very bottom of all but the longest web pages or lists on the Samsung. OP6 just seems to need several flicks to do the same. It's not as bad as Iphone's scrolling (which feels more like a page down button to me than scrolling), but not as fluid as Samsung. I just unboxed OP6 tonight, so maybe I'll get used to it. But it conflicts the otherwise very fluid and fast interface.

Looked for a touchscreen sensitivity setting and didn't find one. Maybe this is normal? I feel like my thumb is gonna get a good workout with this device.

Anyone else come from Samsung who knows what I'm talking about?

Edit:

Playing with it more. If I use my index finger, and give it a longer swipe, it seems to have much more momentum and scrolls for much longer. But the shorter swipe with my thumb doesn't get me as far, no matter how fast I swipe. I think that is the difference. Samsung responds based more on speed than length of swipe where OP6 doesn't respond the same to a short fast swipe. Normal?
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] avetny:
I noticed that too. Maybe is the speed u need !?
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] thejase:
This is hilarious!
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] hdad2:
LMAO
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] blankmind13:
I am runnig duttys wm 6.1 rom and I am having problems with streaming media. Whenever I try to play a video streaming media opens up and does nothing. Then when you press connect a filed pops up to enter a url. On my previous roms I just had to paste the url in and it usually worked. I am not sure if this issue has ever been resolved. I don't understand why the player fails to open it on the first try. Anyway the real problem I am having now is that the player fails to connect to the internet. I am using media net as my default data connection, unfortunately when I go to change the connection setting to media net, (it is currently set to "the internet") its does not save. As soon as I press ok and return to the settings menu it remains on the internet connection. I also tried editing other settings and none seem to remain changed. I am not sure if this is just an issue with this rom, or this build of the htc streaming media software. Any fix for this issue would be much appreciated, but I am willing to remove and avoid using this software entirely. The only thing is that I don't know how to remove or disable it as is is not listed as an installed program. So if anyone can help me out with that, that would be great.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] dyetheskin:
get the flashvideo bundle and install tcpmp first,cabs and step by step instructions are in the wiki
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] Type_Null:
Hello all,

I recently bought a p20 pro from China, and from my understanding, the firmware that comes with it is specific to China. This means that a lot of the features are still in Chinese, including the assistant, app store, and none of the google apps are installed (prob due to censorship). As I'm not too familiar with how to change that to the US or international firmware, any help would be appreciated. :fingers-crossed:
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] zed'sded_bb:
Hello! I'm also looking for similar information. It's really all over these forums. Search for "debranding" term.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] RedBux:
So sorry.

OPO -----Hard brick.

At present already Unbrick.

Push in via fastboot many many fasboot signed roms.

Persist.img already tried.

NONE is passing thro' OPO Logo.

HELP me......really love my OPO

Thanking you all in advance

REGARDS:crying::crying::crying::crying:
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] RedBux:
OPO room too quiet..........most of the devs moves out.......LOL
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] KnifeFed:
This is an English-speaking forum.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] troy5890:
I would ask this in the OnePlusOne forum instead of the OnePlus 6 forum
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] surface13:
Here you go! Hope this helps
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] Harsh Keswani:
Use the oneplus one rootkit by inthiaano. If your phone is hard rocked, reboot to fastboot and flash the stock ROM.

[youtube]nbqCnJ1gUe8[/youtube]

This is the best guide you can have.

Unzip the recovery file, attach phone with fastboot. Click flash-all.batch file. You're good to go.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] RedBux:
Understood that

OPO is a rather obsolete unit now

Most of the Devs seldom stop by.

This is a FRESH room for OnePlus
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Aoitoori_Android:
My phone got the problem for the last 5 days now it show carrier name but don't have any server how can I fix it ? I already try flash back to older version and change band but northing work
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] TNSMANI:
Check with your mobile provider whether the APN settings are correct.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Aoitoori_Android:
I already checked it even buy new sim but non has work
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] TNSMANI:
Are you on the correct firmware recommended for your ROM?
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Aoitoori_Android:
Already flash that too still no good
[Xiaomi Redmi 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] arya12321:
Thanks for the smoothest ROM for Redmi 4a:good:

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After every reboot calling sim option automatically changing to default sim1. Please fix this problem.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] AviralOmar:
The ROM is extremely stable with a reliable battery life and a premium experience.

Only thing I found problematic is the buggy Infrared Blaster. Using MI Remote, not every click works everytime.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] _conors_:
Wow, amazing ROM, thank you for the great work.

Regards.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] SouradeepB:
Will work on a fix! And thanks for the appreciation.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] SouradeepB:
Should not happen, but will look at it. Please try with latest build.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] arya12321:
Thanks for the reply. Will try latest build ASAP.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] astych:
The rom is very smooth and the battery is also very good. But after I brush into rom, twrp becomes Android recovery. If you can, I hope you can add twrp in rom.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ezrawk:
Go to fastboot and flash the recovery again. Don't forget to "fastboot erase recovery" then "fastboot flash recovery *twrp.img".
[Xiaomi Redmi 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] astych:
But I don’t have a computer right now, how can I solve it?
[Xiaomi Redmi 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ezrawk:
You might wanna try Red Wolf Recovery by ataberkozen. It has a feature to deactivate stock recovery (read: Advanced deactivation of the stock recovery). Try flashing it first, then reboot to Redwolf, then reboot to system, then reboot again to Redwolf and flash the compatible TWRP that mounts vendor (for Oreo ROMs, RedWolf by ataberkozen still hasn't added vendor partition support).

I honestly haven't tested this, try it for yourself kay?

The easiest is by using a PC.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] astych:
thank you for your reply. But I don't have Root permissions right now. What should I do?
[Xiaomi Redmi 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ezrawk:
Damn no root permission? You didn't flash Magisk or SuperSU? Sorry mate can't help you right now. If LiquidRemix had the options to enable root for ADB, there might be a solution for you. Such as to adb push TWRP into the right partition (which right now would never work because stock recovery protection) or how to install SuperSU via ADB commands. But those googled solutions maybe old guides on how to manually install SuperSU, which at that time SuperSU was installed directly to system (API 22 < ). API 23 above need's it (root) to be installed systemless and needs the boot (kernel) to be patched in order for root to be enabled.

The only (simple) option you have right now is to borrow or find a PC that could ADB.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] arya12321:
Gcam force closing after update.... camera 2api already enabled through magisk. Worked fine on previous build.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] astych:
I still thank you
[Xiaomi Redmi 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Blizwing:
Which gapps version to install for this rom?

Hey, guys. I don't know which gapps version to download for this rom. So can anyone please tell me.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] astych:
ARM64>8.1