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[General Questions and Answers] BrickedXiaomi:
My Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro isn't booting anymore.

I'm stuck in the fastboot screen, I don't even reach the redmi logo in the boot, I need to recover the data on the phone but I have no idea about how to do that.

Any suggestions?

(Already tried going to recovery with power down + volume up, isn't working)
[General Questions and Answers] OldNoobOne:
I'm assuming you have Fastboot.

Was USB Debugging ON before the device got bricked? If yes then:

> Download TWRP Recovery for Redmi Note 8 Pro from twrp website. Rename the file to: twrp.img

> Download latest Xiaomi USB Drivers for PC from Internet.

> Download 15-Seconds-ADB-Installer for PC from Internet.

> After Installation is over, Restart PC > Windows Explorer > This PC/ My Computer > ADB Folder > Press SHIFT+Right Click Mouse+Open Powershell Window Here > New window opens

> Transfer the twrp.img file to ADB folder.

> Now you can try connecting the XRN8Pro to the PC (while the Fastboot screen is on)

> On the Powershell window you can type one by one:

1) fastboot devices

2) fastboot boot twrp.img

> Your XRN8Pro phone should boot to TWRP Custom Recovery.

> On PC open another Windows Explorer tab and check if your phones Internal Storage is displayed. If yes you can try to copy your phone data to PC.

> After that in TWRP recovery Press Reboot to Bootloader option, It will show Fastboot screen.

> Download XRN8Pro Stock Firmware/Fastboot ROM from Internet to Desktop only.

> Download Mi Flash Tool for XRN8Pro. Double Click on XiaoMiFlash.exe file.

> Connect XRN8Pro to PC (while fastboot screen is on)

> Then on MiFlash window click on folder to link to firmware file on desktop & click on refresh button, then click on Flash. It takes about 17 minutes (for RN8 devices) to flash MIUI ROM.
[General Questions and Answers] BrickedXiaomi:
Thanks for the reply, this game me some hope, but I don't think USB Debugging was enabled.

I've never rooted or changed rom, I just rebooted the phone and apparently I triggered the rm -rf / command.
[General Questions and Answers] OldNoobOne:
No problem, even then TWRP should allow MTP file transfer to PC, so follow all the steps and tell me what happens ok
[General Questions and Answers] BrickedXiaomi:
I'll try tomorrow, thanks for all the precious details btw!
[General Questions and Answers] BrickedXiaomi:
Just a question, shouldn't I unlock the phone with mi unlocker before that?
[General Questions and Answers] OldNoobOne:
You hadn't already? OMG! Sorry. Yup probably would need bootloader unlocking but you can try to lookup steps for Fastboot commands to unlock bootloader on the internet. But it shouldn't trigger a wipe of any sort or you might lose the data inside. Also, no harm in trying to load TWRP using Fastboot i think, just in case TWRP loads.
[General Questions and Answers] BrickedXiaomi:
As said, I never modified this phone, is basically as if it was brand new, OS side.
[General Questions and Answers] BrickedXiaomi:
Maybe I can use https://xdaforums.com/t/unlock-bootloader-without-losing-data.3864667/ to unlock the bootloader without loosing data?
[General Questions and Answers] OldNoobOne:
Wow thats great link, I hope it works so you don't lose data. (y)

The link is fresh so you can also ask there. All the Best :D
[General Questions and Answers] BrickedXiaomi:
Update: I've tried to contact Xiaomi about the issue.

They said they should be able to help me out with this stuff, and that I shouldn't flash my phone because it's really easy to brick.

I understand that it's the usual support recommendation, but it is possible that they know how to fix this issue?

What should I do, go for their way or go for myself?
[General Questions and Answers] OldNoobOne:
Is your phone In-Warranty? If yes or no i would suggest go your own way, once purchased an used any device, don't connect with OEM servers ever again for any OTA update coz lots of recent cases about OEM(Original Equipment Manufatureres) killing devices with OTA updates and after that the phone doesnt boot, no recovery no fastboot too, so careful with contacting/updating through OEMs if out -of-warranty specially. Once out-of-warranty always use ROM channels to upgrade to new handroid versions instead of direct OTA upgrade/update, that way you may still be able to roll back the OS to previous version in case you don't like the new handroid version, lots of people don't like handroid 12 but they cant roll back to handroid 11 .
[General Questions and Answers] BrickedXiaomi:
> recent cases about OEM(Original Equipment Manufatureres) killing devices with OTA updates

This is considered highly illegal in Europe, I could sue Xiaomi for that, in case, and would be an easy win.

Btw, I'm the one who bought this phone first, it's just out of warranty since I've bought it in nov-19.

After this data recovery I'll be out of the Android world forever, I just care about my data, currently.
[General Questions and Answers] OldNoobOne:
Yes they might not try doing that with uropean customers but they might try in other countries where there no proper legal system for things like these, also they wont do it with everyone in a particular country to avoid suspicion, theyre smart enough to know what theyre doing, but unofficially speaking many retailers have told me about such a thing (OTA Kill Device) happening in Weaker-Law-N-Order countries, so just saying precaution is always good.
[General Questions and Answers] OldNoobOne:
BTW i've put my Retmi Noat 10 up for sale, its still in warranty & I havent used it in the last 10 months, no sim card, unused totally, just once I loaded Gcam to check how the camera is, shamshung is always better than chyneez phones mainly coz better build and component-life, chyneez devices only look shiny from outside but it doesnt last beyond 3-5 yrs, not built to last, just use-n-throw devices u knw. Such devices are only made for mass-surveillance in mind not with customers-focus. This A/B partition thing and super partition thing is adding more bad than good.
[General Questions and Answers] alecxs:
I don't think that trick will work. even if it would be possible to cheat that easy, encryption key is bonded* to bootloader lock state. so if you somehow magically managed to unlock bootloader without triggering factory reset, your data could no longer decrypted from android OS and is therefore lost.

Xiaomi support answered they can fix your phone, but they didn't say they can safe your data on it, right!? So try to get a full backup off your device in preloader mode (SLA/DAA bypass and VCOM drivers needed)

After that important step you can unlock bootloader with mtkclient, install TWRP and *proof me wrong (xiaomi devices are hackable/have weak security implementations). In any case do not perform factory reset, your backup is always only backup of android OS and therefore incomplete (there are several OS on every device)

btw fastboot doesn't require usb-debugging (that's adb, not fastboot)
[General Questions and Answers] BrickedXiaomi:
Do you have a tutorial about it?
[Android Head-Units] skezza:
Evening,

So I picked up a second hand Xtrons PQS80UNV and I'm fast realizing why it's second hand. While the unit is fast and seems to have even got some form of uprated cooling from the manufacturer, the software is absolutely broken. If the unit auto sleeps, it will come back and most of the time, all of the apps will be broken. Sometimes I experience a rapidly flashing white screen followed by a reboot. Other times I experience a rapidly flashing white screen with no reboot. Other times, it'll just say every app on the device has crashed "xyz keeps stopping" until I reset the device using a paperclip.

All of these issues feel like ROM issues rather than hardware, but they are making the device a complete pile of ****, quite frankly.

Does anyone know if these issues are widespread? If so, how are people fixing them / working around them? I've already uninstalled Chrome and WebView which has resolved a whole host of issues, but this sleep issue is still a real problem and the only solution I currently have is having the device power down after 30 seconds of sleep mode. Not what I want at all :(

Help anyone?

Thanks
[Android Head-Units] skezza:
I sent this through to Xtrons Support:

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who provided me a firmware update:

SG-PX6-PQS系列安卓10.0软件 修复google 报错问题 gs11_rk3399_10.0_ota(20220517）.rar

This actually made the device worse!!!! The rapid white screen issue didn't happen before and now the stock Launcher is absolutely b0rked.

With the clock all messed up.

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And the icons are now the wrong size.

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****ed.
[Android Head-Units] skezza:
Okay, so I've received another firmware update. This one has at least fixed the b0rked UI. Whether it's also fixed the broken sleep mode, we'll see.

I am not overly bothered about switching to Hal9k if the stock firmware does the trick. Although there are some neat little pros, I want to keep MultiPlay and I can't see how I can on Hal9k.
[Android Head-Units] ikerg:
First going to hal9k you must ensure your unit is compatible with hal9k's. Not all the px6 are compatible....just specific platforms
[Android Head-Units] skezza:
Thanks. I didn't know this, I'll check extra details. I'm not that bothered about switching. If auto sleep on the stock Rom worked id be fine. I never had these issues on the PX5.
[Android Head-Units] skezza:
I'm going to see if I can extract the MultiPlay app. Early signs aren't positive with this new firmware.

I'm wondering if it's an issue with later version of Google Play Services?
[Android Head-Units] skezza:
Another day, no luck

Had a recurrence of the flashing white screen today :(
[Android Head-Units] emsir:
You can find the specific firmware for px6 on Hal9kI got a PX6 PQS. Have MOd 5 installed and it works great. Better than stock. All the OTA updates for MOD 5 installed as well. Sleep function and everytrhing else work just great- Just look for firmware PX6 android 10 and you are good to go. Never heard of anything like compatible with HAL9- HAL9 makes modded firmware for ALL Android HU......nothing to do with compability with HAL9. I think you are messing things up, because you don't know what you are talking about.
[Android Head-Units] ikerg:
Hal9k started giving support Only to MTCd units. The support for.other platforms is quite recent.

As the guy that asked for it the best answer is to check compatibility.

Before saying that nonsense about i don't know what I am talking about....do your own checkings.
[Off-topic] super rom:
Does anyone have any suggestions for me? I'm looking for a music player up to $150 that supports third party apps or can be hacked to install apps on it. Preferably a device that's fast and has a lot of internal space and RAM. Thanks​
[Off-topic] SpaceTech100:
That’s going to be difficult bro lol
[Off-topic] notm3x:
I think it will be very difficult to find.
[Off-topic] MarkBennet:
Astell & Kern A&norma SR25, but it's costs up to 650$
[Off-topic] TravisBean:
To risk stating the obvious, why don't you just use your phone? Add a micro SD card for additional storage space.
[Off-topic] super rom:
I want to use a separate device, and I am looking for a cheap option.
[Off-topic] Renate:
How about a Raspberry Pi Zero, a big SD micro card, a few pushbuttons, a SPI OLED screen, a LiPo charger and battery?

Certainly this will cost you under $50.
[Off-topic] super rom:
Nah, I'm looking for a simple device.
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HISqWad:
Is there any way how to boot a phone with corrupted /fastboot partition?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HISqWad:
Is there any way how to boot a phone with corrupted /fastboot partition?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oswald Boelcke:
@HISqWad Thread closed as duplicate of

https://xdaforums.com/t/troubleshooting-corrupted-fastboot-partition.4460079/

but also

Note: Questions go in Q&A Forum

If you are posting a Question Thread post it in the Q&A forum. Technical discussion of Android development and hacking. No noobs, please. Device-specific releases should go under the appropriate device forum...

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[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] D0PEY:
I have already replaced all the antennas, replaced the antenna cables, the antenna connection board, wiped the phone multiple times, installed fresh firmware with Odin, and even tried a new battery and screen. Nothing seems to work. I have inspected the main board and cannot find any broken components. I am hoping someone here can tell me something I missed.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] 3mel:
is it everywhere you go ? have you contacted your network to ask about tower outages ?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] D0PEY:
It's not a network issue, it's an issue with the phone. It does not receive any signal from any towers, sometimes I can get CDMA signals to show up momentarily but not long enough for me to consider it working. I just want to clarify, I run a repair shop and I have been trying to solve this issue for a few days now with no luck, so I am hoping someone else here has seen the same issue and knows a solution
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] xsycox:
Did you find a solution?

I have a S20 FE 5G, which is working fine in general, but as soon as I am outdoor (with no WiFi), I am losing the cell signal or data capability every five to ten minutes for about one to three minutes.

This is very annoying and I really would like to know how troubleshoot this (logcat, ...).
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] ChrisxReign:
Same issue here with S20 FE SM-G780G/DS I constantly need to restart my device for it to connect to a signal and let me use my mobile data
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] ChrisxReign:
Same problem here. I already opened my device S20 FE 4G and checked the antennas unplug and replug, still had no luck already tried factory reset, network reset and flashing fresh stock rom and still damn no chance.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] xsycox:
I solved it now myself on my phone. I opened it up and found one antenna cable plugged in, but not properly. Now it works great.

I followed this video and funny enough, I had the exact same problem/issue:

I also used this video for the beginning disassembly:

I guess, everybody can do it, but you should get yourself a frame glue kit, because the back case will not hold again after removing it. I ordered one at eBay.
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] Juwis:
Hey everyone. I bought a Mi 11 Ultra from china but I don't know why isn't getting signal at all. It detects the SIM but it doesn't let me make or receive calls neither messages, and obviously it doesn't connect to mobile networks. Can somebody help please?
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] Sathelp:
Where are you, what network are you trying to use and have you got some screenshots of your network and SIM settings?
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] Juwis:
Hey, thanks for answering! Im in Mexico and about the network, any of them. I thought of changing the ROM from the CN to the global one to see if that help, but I need the mobile data to unlock the bootloader, and since the phone isn't getting signal, I cant do that.

P. S. Sorry, what do you mean by SIM settings?
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] Sathelp:
Attached are screenshot of my SIM settings. Yours will be similar. Make sure your apn is set correctly. Make sure your SIM is recognised. Just basic setting checks. May be try other sim slot and of course, make sure it's right way up for either slot.

Without any screenshot I cannot see what may be wrong, so start again with SIM. Shiny side outwards and make sure it is recognised.
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] Juwis:
Hi again. Yeah, I have tried with both slots for the Sim, each one the correct way, but is the same result for both of them. Thanks for the example of the SIM settings, now I attach mine. As you may see, the SIM is getting recognized, just don't know why isn't getting signal. I've also tried with other company's SIMs, but I get no different result.
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] Sathelp:
Looks good. I think you need to try with another SIM on different network and same. Try this SIM in different phone as it looks all good on screenshot but may be provider has not enabled it properly. If different network SIM known to be working doesn't work in your it must be hardware, hopefully not .
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] Sathelp:
Also look at settings, all specs. Check SIM status and press 5 times on memory for deep phone info.
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] Juwis:
Hello and thank you again! Yeah... I've tried different SIM from different companys, all of them known to be working, but none of them has worked on this phone. I'm starting to lose hope... But here are the other settings, just to make sure isn't about software
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] Sathelp:
The screenshot show that your radio is off. This is saying that your phone SIM is not turned on for some reason.

There is not much anyone remotely can do, if you are unable to get it turned on.

Maybe someone else has an idea? If not, and it cannot be resolved by resetting the mobile network ( in settings somewhere) or phone reset, then it may be back to seller as a hardware fault. Sorry I can't help. Let's hope someone else can?
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] Juwis:
Thanks a lot for your effort. Since you told me that the problem could be the hardware, I asked the seller about this issue and he told me that this problem is covered by the warranty, so I'll send the phone back to them. Again thanks a lot for answering!!
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] Sathelp:
Just for info have you seen this thread about att? https://xdaforums.com/t/not-a-recognized-device-by-att.4462649/#post-87088003
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] Juwis:
No, I hadn't heard about that, but still, I wouldn't hesitate on changing my provider if another one works, but since I tried changing to another provider SIM and nothing happened, I guess it was a hardware problem. Thanks a lot for the info!
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] gursewak.10:
Try doing manual search of network. If it shows nothing then try checking network frequencies of your network provider and comparing them with this phone supported frequencies. Sometimes its due to your network provider doesn't operate the frequency which this phone supports.
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] samuelpired:
thats an easy fix, modem partition needs to be reflashed and configured via code
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] arichul32:
Can u help me please. Modem partitions flash with miflash? Flash new firmware? And how can i get the code? I've already repair with flash qcn,repair imei engrom. But i can't solve my trouble. Sorry my bad english. Im from Indonesia
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] samuelpired:
ok, download latest rom, official global, and flash it in miflash, clean but dont lock, to remove user files, then, install twrp and install xiaomi.eu rom for your phone, after that is done, grab the persist.img from the global rom you downloaded and flash it in twrp. it should now work, and you shouldnt have messed with imei, that stuff usually never breaks
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] arichul32:
Thanks for attention. Big thanks. Before that proses,, should I delete efs?? Or No?

edit

i have all your instruction but cAN't solve the problem

flash persist.img in twrp (persist partition)

but the radio still off

imei not break
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] samuelpired:
fastboot erase modemst1

fastboot erase modemst2

fastboot erase fsg

fastboot reboot

do this first, then start the progress i said before
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] arichul32:
oh oke i try again before flash latest miui global, i will erase efs first

thank flash official global,,twrp,,flash EU rom in twrp,

and flash persist in twrp

i will report again wait

edit

radio on but baseband unknon

which i use qfill to inject QCN,, then radio will off again
[AT&T LG G6 Questions & Answers] jolycu:
I bought a used ATT LG G6 on Ebay to replace the LG G6 my husband is using. The only thing is, it's still on android 7, Nougat. My husband's current LG G6 is on Pie, and I would like to upgrade the new one to that, but OTA update says it is current and no update available. I tried to use LG Bridge and it says it can't check the software version. I found some instructions to use LG UP but it was something about using CDMA software and I know that won't work. I haven't found anything yet for GSM, so maybe I'm not looking in the right place. I'm hoping someone here can point me in the right direction. I guess we could leave it on nougat but there's some apps he uses that won't work on that software. I'm also leery about it being unsafe without some newer security patches.

TIA for anyone who can help me.
[AT&T LG G6 Questions & Answers] James101:
To get the update, you need an active att sim, borrow one, then update. If it tells you to wait 24hrs or something like that, then change the date forward in the settings.
[AT&T LG G6 Questions & Answers] jolycu:
Thanks James101. I tried it with an ATT prepaid sim and it wouldn't. work. It just says "your device is up-to-date."
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] cjmedina:
has anyone got this or any other video chat services to work on there touch pro. ?

http://www.octro.com/index.php
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SuperTechno2004:
Hey guys, do any of you know how I can get back into recovery mode? The volume buttons on my unit are toast, so I can't use them. I was in twrp trying to get gapps working, when I realized that the new gapps package I had wasn't showing up. So I restarted the phone, forgetting that I hadn't reinstalled the OS. Now it just sits there on a Google screen with a unlocked padlock. The recovery is flashed as well, I just don't know how to get into recovery again with the buttons gone. Can someone help me?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] doxts:
You can install a os with fastboot. But for that you need either adb or power buttons.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Questions] Claghorn:
I've been experimenting with charging my S21 using a couple of different chargers, one supports PD 3.0 and the other supports both PD and QC. If I charge the phone on either one, I get the same time estimate to finish charging. If I turn off fast charging and/or super fast charging in the battery settings and start charging again, I still get the same time estimate. If I use a different cable, I still get the same time estimate. Is fast charging just busted on my S21? Does the status on the always on screen say anything about fast charging when it really is fast charging (because all I ever see is just "charging").
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Questions] blackhawk:
Known good Samsung 25w brick and cable that comes with brick. Using 3rd party bricks and cable complicates troubleshooting.

If it was fast charging normally and suddenly became erratic, it may be a battery failure.

Any swelling is a battery failure.

Make sure the battery start is higher than 72F and lower the 90F. 82F is optimum.

Fast charging ramps down starting at about 80% and stop entirely at 90% charge.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Questions] Claghorn:
Weird new info: The phone will only detect being plugged in to charge if I put the cable in one way. If I take the same cable that didn't work, rotate the plug 180 degrees, and plug it back in it does start charging (though not fast charging). That seems like the USB port in the phone is defective. I notice in the pinouts for USB-C cables and connectors the USB port is symmetric on both sides, but the USB-C cable is not - the USB 2.0 D+ and D- pins only exist on one side of the cable, so it sounds like the USB port is only working on one side (for those two pins anyway).
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Questions] blackhawk:
The C port pcb in Samsung's rarely fail. That would explain the erratic charging.

Make sure to try a known good cable...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M.T.W.D:
good morning, I am looking for an app drawer application in which it is possible to sort by installation date. There is no sorting option on my Xiaomi 12 pro phone by installation date. Launcher can not be