yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] goldman1993:
Well, we can try to brick it one more time (put it into EDL mode). Then you can try to power it up in this state and unbrick it one more time.

Firstly you need to load to bootloader and write

.\fastboot.exe --set-active=b

Then you need to reboot your phone.

I believe, that you would not successfully load to bootloader (IT would be the same EDL mode), so you can try to charge it in this state or try tutorial one more time. (After a 30 minutes of your charging process you can try tutorial one more time).
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] Genim:
I ran that command and it bricked the phone again.

But I did wait too long before running the script. I'm getting an Sahara error.

How should I proceed? Can I just run that line again?
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] goldman1993:
It would not help you, because it is not bootloader.

You need to start from the 5th line of the tutorial (forced power off before running the script). You can connect your phone and press this combination until you see, that windows detaches and attaches QDLoader device. After that the script supposed to work.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] Genim:
Thx for the clarification. Made it back into FastBoot. But again it doesnt charge.

At the end of the first script, it gave me the following error:

System.DLLNotFoundException: DLL "QMSL_MSVC10R.dll": Module was not found. (HRESULT: 0x8007007E) can not be loaded.

Could that be the reason?
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] goldman1993:
It sounds reasonable. I believe you need to brick your phone one more time and try to do it with different PC (It looks like your windows is a bit broken).

Btw, can you please check if the file QMSL_MSVC10R.dll is in your firmware folder?
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] Genim:
I managed to get rid of the DLL error by downloading Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package MFC.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26999

But still can't get the phone to charge.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] goldman1993:
Please accept my sincere congratulations. Your experience will help others.

Are you still unable to

1. charge your phone in EDL mode

or

2. flash and load TWRP and charge in this state

or

3. power off your phone and charge in this state?

If it is try to do the following:

Open PowerShell and go to the directory with your firmware archive by command cd C:/ etc.

Then try to execute this commands:

fastboot flash boot_a boot.img

fastboot flash boot_b boot.img

fastboot flash system_a system.img

fastboot flash system_b system.img

Is it work? Are you able to flash twrp after this commands?
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] Genim:
The only mode I can get the phone into is FastBootMode, in which it does not charge. I believe it would charge if I could turn it off. But it always turns itself back on when I shut it down.

Here is what I did for TWRP (maybe I did something wrong):

Downloaded latest version of mauronofrios unofficial TWRP recovery

Ran: 'fastboot set_active a' -> 'fastboot flash boot_a <recovery_filename>.img' -> 'fastboot reboot'

It booted into FastBootMode not twrp.

Then I tried 'fastboot flash boot_a boot.img' and 'fastboot flash boot_b boot.img' which worked fine.

But 'fastboot flash system_a system.img' failed:

Sending sparse 'system_a' 1/5 (786428 KB) OKAY [ 35.094s]

Writing 'system_a' FAILED (remote: 'Partition not found')
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] goldman1993:
Can you select manually by sound's buttons restart to recovery from your bootloader after you install TWRP?

If this does not work I have no other ideas. You should create a new thread to ask community opinion in this case...
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] Genim:
May I ask how you got your phone to charge, as it is not possible to charge the battery in edl mode?
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] st3wart:
I charged mine in fastboot mode. I had zero problems with the edl mode
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] cobben:
What were you doing when this happened?

Just curious . . .

This says the target (your) device reported back that it could not initialize (UFS) storage, at all apparently.

Now, if your device was on Android 10, storage is encrypted with file-based encryption.

In Android 9, full disk encryption was used.

Might this be the reason?

Just guessing, I am not any kind of Android developer.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] _Kuroi_:
I was sleeping lol. Went to sleep - it was working fine. Woke up and it was not responsive. Tried forced reboot and it had not result. Connected to PC and saw it was in QDLoader mode. It was running . 68 build (latest firmware).

Maybe it's one of these devices with defective mobos?

My phone, 30y edition has no problems, wife's (the phone in question, 8/256 one) seems to be problematic.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] cobben:
Well, that is not a good sign.

If you haven't unlocked the bootloader or done anything else naughty to it, maybe it's best to let Asus fix it.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] _Kuroi_:
Yeah, bootloader is locked so there is nothing naughty done to it. Might be a good idea indeed if it's really one of the defective ones
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] _Kuroi_:
Well, I came home, device was turned on, it booted and then rebooted and went back to QDLoader mode. Weird phone behavior is weird
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] dracoceph:
Hard bricked mine yesterday during an attempt to load Lineage OS.

Followed these steps, it worked.

Thank you.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] vulcanrvn:
I don't have a zenfone, I actually have a Razer Phone but am stuck in EDL Mode. Does anyone know how to either extract the proper files from a working phone or perhaps may know somewhere to download the Qualcomm firmware files? Thanks
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] Brutiz:
Getting Sahara error, did step 5 multiple times, only black screen.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] tigo100:
THX. works perfect!
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] goldman1993:
I faced the same problem. To be honest I have no idea why it happens. I pressed one of the volume button and power on button for a long period. My phone rebooted to a black screen (such as 9008), but in the vindows devices list it was recognized as an unknown device. I pluged the phone to a charge for the whole night and after 8 hours I rebooted it. The phone rebooted to the system, lucky for me.

Please do not panic. And if it is possible do not disassemble it yet. If you would not able to rebooted the device to an unknown state, i would send you an instruction what you can do after partial disassemble to put your phone it a test 9008 mode. (may be it would be different).
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] uberdalvik:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I had hardbricked my Zenfone 6 after switching to slot b from TWRP (which couldn't mount anything for some reason) and foolishly trying to reboot to recovery from there. Like others here, tried everything, no answer from the phone at all, just a black screen, no led, even with usb.

Got the proper drivers and firmware, extracted it, ran update_image_EDL.bat (hint : shift + right clic > open cmd prompt > run it from there to get all the logs).

Worked flawlessly, hats off ! I got temporarily stuck on the second step for a low battery reason, but I'm confident about the rest.

Thanks :good::good:
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] checkin1991:
Hi OP,

Seems my phone cannot enter edl mode in soft way, does it have a hard way to enter edl mode? Thank
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] goldman1993:
Hi checkin1991,

Yes there is a way. You should connect this contacts inside the phone for a moment.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] _Kuroi_:
Tried once again to unbrick it with update edl, and getting this

Any idea what to do?
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] Sraichvold:
Thanks so much for this thread. It's helped me make progress on unbricking this phone. Before I started your tutorial, my phone couldn't boot into the system, recovery or bootloader. After I run the update_image_EDL.bat script, everything looks OK on my PC, but the phone stays in EDL mode. So then I try to manually boot into bootloader, but it won't. All I see is the ASUS splash screen, but it's very faint (almost too dark too see) & it disappears after about one second. I'm completely stumped.

As I said, it looks like running the update_image_EDL.bat script is successful, but my phone stays in EDL mode.

Please please please help me please. Has anyone else encountered this? Anyone have any ideas what else I could try? Thanks.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] goldman1993:
Dear Kuroi,

I know that sometimes people face the same issue on this phone. It is possible that if you wait for a couple of days it will be repaired by itself. If you wait more than 3 days - you do not have a chance that something will happen. You need to repair it in the service center or try to connect the contacts like on the picture above, it might help you to reboot into normal EDL mode.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] goldman1993:
Frankly speaking, I have no idea how to fix it. It looks like a hardware issue.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] Sraichvold:
Turns out it was a problem with the EDL cable. I had to try 4 or 5 before I found one that worked. Now the phone is back to normal. Whew!
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] aleksander002:
I've also had this problem with mounting slot_b. In my case it was the old android 9 installation. It can be fixed by flashing official Android 10 on both slots. Unofficial TWRP build seems to work better too.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] S4turno:
After spending hours looking at errors like this one and slow speeds on AFH, I managed to download both files. I mirrored the files in case someone else is having the same problem:

Archive.org:

- Qualcomm_QDLoader_HS-USB_Driver_64bit_Setup.zip

- [firmware27]WW_ZS630KL_16.1210.1904.75_M2.6.17.14_Phone-user.raw.zip

Google Drive:

- Qualcomm_QDLoader_HS-USB_Driver_64bit_Setup.zip

- [firmware27]WW_ZS630KL_16.1210.1904.75_M2.6.17.14_Phone-user.raw.zip

MD5:

- Qualcomm_QDLoader_HS-USB_Driver_64bit_Setup.zip: 7cfe9c89637ba0da3de5b8fe8067c352

- [firmware27]WW_ZS630KL_16.1210.1904.75_M2.6.17.14_Phone-user.raw.zip: b7ccd66c3e2444fe46d063efc51be5a8

Thanks for creating this thread, goldman1993.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] missfitlove:
I'm not try your method yet, Bro my concern is my device show only fastboot loader only not switch off not came in recovery nor be start... When in I'm connect to pc no adb device found / not detected.. I sent to service center they told me your mother board needs to replace its cost around 26000 rupes. Tell me the solution bro. My phone is charging.. On working.. But bootloader not available. :confused:
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] goldman1993:
I am sorry, I have no idea how to fix it. Of course you can try another cable or pc, but it is likely that it would not help you.

By the way, I received a full refund for my phone (it stacked in EDL mode, but I could not flash anything); therefore, will not continue this thread, cause I can not check any other solutions.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] missfitlove:
Darling i flash my cup in EDL MODE THANKS FOR YOUR KIND SUPPORT... BUT UNFORTUNATELY I FLASH ROM OF ZS620KL INSTEAD OF INDIAN VARIENT ZS621KL.. Cause bandbase null (imei null) do you have the qcn file of asus zenfone 5z? My port was not working properly so I'm scared to flash. Whenever i got the pcb board.. Then i flash. :laugh:
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] goldman1993:
Well, I can not help you. But you can try to contact specialists from

https://www.firmware27.com/2019/05/firmware-asus-zenfone-6-zs630kl.html

They firstly created this instruction (I just translated it to English and Russian and implemented it to my phone). Possibly they have desired files. Unfortunately I have no idea if they speak English or not.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] Craiberk:
I am having this exact problem, except step 6 fails with the following error in cmd:

I take it I need to add something to PATH, but the question is, what exactly.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] goldman1993:
Hi, I believe the easiest solution is to use another PC or reinstall your Windows. Because it looks like a system issue and it is not reasonable to spent your time fixing it when you can just use another laptop.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] Craiberk:
Thank you for your reply!

I just reinstalled my windows to a freshly downloaded version of win 10, straight from microsoft. No meaningful changes, I am still getting the same _COM Environment Variable error.

Could it be that something went wrong during the driver installation? I distinctly remember it asking me to choose between WWAN-something and something else. As no indication of what I am supposed to choose is in the guide, I left it on default and went with WWAN.

UPD. I managed to get past the _COM error after making a full system update and another restart. Now I am getting the following error:

I put my phone on charge and will let it charge for a couple of hours, see if that helps.

Everything's fixed, phone functioning(more or less) as it should be. Thank you for the fix.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Is anyone able to convert these script(s) for use in a Unix/Linux shell (Bash, Dash, csh or similar)? I've looked into it and honestly I don't understand anything of those batch scripts. I originally asked here, providing more detail: https://xdaforums.com/zenfone-6-2019/help/unbricking-converting-bat-script-to-t4085801
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Ok, so according to the thread where I originally asked, I now tried via a Windows VM with USB redirection, and got the same error as _Kuroi_ and SirLoinOfBeef.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] SirLoinOfBeef:
I've reluctantly given up on this dead phone and bought a Samsung Galaxy S20+ instead.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] :
_Kuroi_ and SirLoinOfBeef: Have you tried using a different cable? That worked for me for some reason, despite both cables tried having working power and data lanes.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] SirLoinOfBeef:
I've tried multiple cables. No luck.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] missfitlove:
Rar file required not zip file mean factory file bro
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] kanghuihui:
The phone is now completely blank, and it’s useless to press any button, and you can’t enter fastboot. Use 9008 to perform steps 5 and 6 (5. Power off your phone by pressing Voice Down + Power Buttons) (6. Start update_image_EDL.bat script-it will recreate all of the partitions) The script window flashed and exited without any prompts, how can I solve it?

---------- Post added at 07:18 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:13 AM ----------

The first step is not already mentioned to download the driver and install it, why the third step also said to download the driver, the third step is the driver? Is it the first step driver
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] abprie:
Hi all,

what can I do if the phone is not recognized at a COM-Port when connected to the PC? (got a shiny brick lying around currently due to flashing BlissROM 12.8 with TWRP 3.4)

Thanks!

Edit: I had to open the device and bridge two contacts as suggested here: https://piunikaweb.com/2019/10/24/unbrick-asus-zenfone-6-asus-6z/

Be careful with the Power/Volume buttons cable not to cut it when opening, like JerryRigEverything (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPv9XPHMYfg) already noted an clumsy me also made this achievement. Had to replace the cable with a new one.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] apakezdodik:
error

hi guys after i start the script i get this error every time :(

_____

| ___|

| |__ _ __ _ __ ___ _ __

| __| '__| '__/ _ \| '__|

| |__| | | | | (_) | |

\____/_| |_| \___/|_|

23:46:56: {ERROR: OpenPort:5935 It took 10.01600000 seconds to open port. Which is longer than 3.000. This indicates your target is not stable

what am i missing here?

thanks
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] abprie:
Two ideas: 1) could your USB port be a little wonky such that the communication is lost in between? And 2) did you check whether the script throws additional log files?
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] apakezdodik:
tried with 2 different pc with 2 different cable so i dont think so

the logs conatin the same errors abowe
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] slutexpress:
Does anyone have the file mentioned in the first post? https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=1395089523397969054

Android File Host is insanely slow, and Google Drive is locked. If someone could upload it I would tip in BTC! I'm super desperate today and want to get my new phone flashed!

EDIT: Nevermind AFH was in the process of migrating servers and Mike from Android File Host was kind enough to push the file onto the new servers so that I could finish the download! What an kind gesture, and he literally responded within the hour!!!!
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] abprie:
Actually, I also get an error message when running the update script. What I did was this: after I made sure the script was finished, I disconnected the phone, then it Windows was for some seconds announcing the connection of a new device and right afterwards the disconnection (going back and forth); I decided to switch to QD mode again, so I bridged the internal contacts once more and then, the devices started in fastboot mode. I don't know if it was the bridging or if I only had to wait. Then, I ran the flash_all_AFT.cmd and after this, the device rebooted into stock Pie.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] apakezdodik:
im still getting this error every time.i have tried different cables and pcs too

OpenPort:5935 It took 10.01600000 seconds to open port. Which is longer than 3.000. This indicates your target is not stable
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] ronak123456:
i want to use this steps however my phone doesnt turn off or happens anything if press volume down + power key it is stuck at powered by android logo with fainted display. Any idea?
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] abprie:
There is a mate in the LOS thread saying he purchased a special cable to get his phone into Qdloader mode. Let's see if he tells us what kind of cable this was...
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] Tannuu:
So I had an issue where I hard bricked my Zenfone 6 when I tried to install Bliss. Because apparently, I hadn't reset/updated slot B properly so when Bliss installed to it, and then I rebooted to recovery, ever since then, I've only ever gotten a faint "Powered by Android" logo that's blinking on and off as the device apparently keeps trying and failing to boot. the device has been completely unresponsive to any kind of combination of button presses for any duration of time. just the same blinking of the logo.

So I had the chassis of the phone opened today, and I short circuited the EDL switch. so now my windows 10 PC detects the phone as a Qualcomm device. good! but the problem is, as others have noted, that there's a sahara related error message when you try to run the script to reinstall the service firmware.

so I kept googling this error, tried a couple things, including installing the latest version of QPST and using that, but to no avail. I also tried to put windows into 'test mode' which supposedly makes it not check driver signing, which seemed to be the thing tripping up the process and causing it to fail. however, I'm still getting the same error after putting windows into test mode. so I'm kind of at a loss here. some people were talking about using Linux to install the updated firmware, but that doesn't seem to be a good solution either since the process uses some windows executables which you obviously can't run in Linux. I'm not too sure about this part, since I'm not very good with Linux.

so I'm kind of at a loss to what can be done to get past this error.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] cutesocks7583:
Stuck at "Your device is corrupt" screen

Hi,

I did a series of steps over the past 48 hours that have ended with my phone now displaying the message, "Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and will not boot." It stays like that for about twenty seconds, and then reboots. At the time it is rebooting, I'm able to press the volume up + power keys together and get it into the Fastboot Mode - and then it shows up in the Fastboot menu of an attached computer, but that's it - from there, I'm unable to reboot into Recovery / System, as both attempts end with the above stated message. I AM able to power off the device from the Fastboot Mode, but the device powers on automatically (and displays that message onscreen).

I downloaded the Qualcomm drivers as suggested in this article, and was able to convert the phone from an "unknown android" to a "Asus android" device in Windows Device Manager - but no further progress; after running the .bat and the script, this message still appears onscreen, when attempting to login to the Recovery from the Fastboot Mode.

Any guidance would be appreciated. I am briefly outlining the glorious-many (mis-)steps that led to this current situation:

- Installed LineageOS 17.1

- Realised that Google Pay (Indian version) and a banking app don't work

- Tried multiple options to resolve that issue, such as installing (and uninstalling) TWRP, Magisk, Xposed framework, etc.

- finally gave up and was looking to get back everything to stock - ROM, Recovery and boot loader. Stumbled on the "fastboot oem asus-back" command, which now in retrospect, I shouldn't have used with custom recovery + ROM on the device, but yeah, that's what led to this issue.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] cutesocks7583:
This issue is kinda resolved now - it took more than 24 hours of looking through various solutions on the internet.

In the interests of anyone who happens on my comment/post and would like to know how I resolved it, I can't give you exact steps - sorry, but there was just way too much fiddling. But these two posts were invaluable in helping me understand the issue:

a) XDA post: [Guide]Remove "your device is corrupted and can not be trusted" issue

b) XDA post (and the first few replies): Phone keeps booting into csc fastboot mode

and this post was invaluable in actually finally resolving the issue (it resolved only after I ran through the steps a second time, after trying the steps from the above two links a few times, and trying other steps from other forums on the internet)

c) [GUIDE] QDLoader 9008 fix | EDL Mode fix

I didn't complete ALL steps in that last post, since my ROM had already been flashed in my previous steps; I just had to get past that locked/unlocked Bootloader, and things are fine now.

I'm trying to update to firmware version UL-ASUS_I01WD-ASUS-17.1810.2008.171-1.1.1-user now, after which I'm going to attempt flashing the stock ROM from the ASUS website. Hopefully, it all works out fine - but right now, I'm just glad that the phone isn't bricked, and that I don't need to visit an Asus service centre.
[ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) Guides, News, & Discussion] balboyz:
My asus 6z is bricked and not connecting with pc black screen comes ,I installed q loader but qloader not showing in device maneger also