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[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] TheNewHEROBRINE:
What about fastboot reboot edl or fastboot reboot-edl?
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] mvikrant97:
Make an EDL cable at home and force the device in EDL mode.

Connect the ground and the green data line to each other and then connect the device with all hardware keys pressed on the phone until it turns off.
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] ykjae:
I had this happen to my op8t. Button combinations at the right time and correct drivers is the real answer. You must be exact on the timing to get it to boot into edl.

Also keep checking the drivers, I found that different drivers kept reinstalling.

I bought a special cable for it too but it wasn't needed. I did make it work with that cable but after I figured out everything else I also made it boot with other cables.

I gave up on mine and came back to it months later. It's very frustrating but can be done.
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] speed&vodka:
@TheNewHEROBRINE , @mvikrant97 , @ykjae , many thanks for taking the time to answer.

In the time since my last message, I let the phone drain its battery, betting once drained it might get into EDL if plugged to the laptop with V+/V- pressed. Didn't work, just a "no battery" logo. Of course, once enough battery added-up, it turned on again in the "fail recovery" mode. So I'm still stuck*.

*EDIT: the battery-drain action had some minor effect: The 'crazy' fastboot's not crazy anymore. The menu doesn't scroll by itself and I've been able to manually select an option and go ahead: START and Recovery both reboot to 'fail recovery', Bootloader reboots in fastboot mode. Also, looks like I'm able "so far" to choose into which of the two modes to boot: Fastboot (V-/PwOn OR V+/V-/PwOn), Fail recovery (any other combination including pure PwOn). Not too useful but it's a minor imporvement over the original situation.

Both unrecognized (show fastboot help screen)

What exactly would be "right time" to get into EDL? I interpret you're suggesting this can be solved by software (i.e. using mouse and keyboard). The drivers in the laptop were just right for all the modes (ADB, fastboot, MTP, EDL) at the time this happened. Now I can't really check or change the drivers because with no phone connected they are all inactive. Unless you can point a method unknown to me to perform this.

This seems promising. I don't have a break-out-box, I can only improvise some dirty electronic work, like peeling a USB cable and short-circuiting some selected lines (this is what I understand you're suggesting, am I right?). If so, can you elaborate a little on the details? Right now I ask myself:

1. If I connect the phone with a twicked cable, then at some point I would have to disconnect and reconnect with a normal cable for the EDL data to be able to flow. Won't the phone return to "fail recovery" when the forcing lines get back to "normal"? (*)

2. Is this safe for the computer end? Not that I'm not willing to go ahead but I may change the host computer if I'm risking the loss of a USB port.

(*) EDIT: Ok, I've done my homework and watched this youtube video on how to make this cable (I don't understand Hindi language but the video is quite clear) so dismiss Q1 :)
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] BillGoss:
1. Getting into EDL:

The following method has worked for me as long as I wasn't starting from a normally running system.

"I realized that it was super easy to start the MSM tool, plug in the phone, hit start [in the MSM Tool], then hold 3 button salute til the MSM tool shows it connects. It goes well from there on." https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...your-device-to-oxygenos.4180837/post-86765045

2. Have you tried simply swapping slots when you're in bootloader mode and then rebooting? You might get lucky.

3. Otherwise, you can just manually flash the system. Here's a script that I use to completely install OOS.

IMPORTANT note:

You MUST know the DDR type of your phone if you are going to flash the xbl* partitions otherwise you can REALLY brick the phone (so I'm told). for DDR type 5 use the xbl ending in _lp5.img; for DDR type 4 use the ones WITHOUT _lp5.

If you don't know, then best to skip flashing the xbl* partitions and, hopefully, this won't affect the system booting up.

4. I've attached a zip file that contains the commands you need (flashall.txt) with the xbl* partitions commented out. I have used this file many times when I've played around on the 8T. I've also included a copy of super_empty.img which you need to clear out the super partition prior to flashing the logical partitions. The super_empty.img is specific to the device, so don't use it on a different a/b device. The super_empty.txt file tells where I got it from.
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] speed&vodka:
Thanks for answering @BillGoss .

Comments below:

This didn't work for me, tried from both Fastboot and 'fail recovery' modes, just reinitiates in 'fail recovery'.

BTW my phone only turns off after 10 seconds of V+/PwOn (2 buttons), pressing the 3 buttons simultaneously does not turn it off at least during the first full minute. I think 3 buttons did turn it off when it was working normally, but not now.

D:\Users\admin>fastboot getvar current-slot
current-slot: a
finished. total time: 0.017s

D:\Users\admin>fastboot --set-active=other
fastboot: unknown option -- set-active=other

D:\Users\admin>fastboot --set-active=b
fastboot: unknown option -- set-active=b

Per indications in this excellent post of yours (it was my bible for rooting), I'm fortunate to know that I have DDR4.

Is this script designed to penetrate the phone in fastboot mode? Because that's the only decent mode I have right now.
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] BillGoss:
Use fastboot --set-active b (or other).

Read the script - it has comments.
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] speed&vodka:
D:\Users\admin>fastboot --set-active b
fastboot: unknown option -- set-active

Where am I supposed to find the script? I don't see it attached
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] BillGoss:
Doh! My apologies.

Ignore my previous version of this post. I'll drop things properly and post the files in my new reply.

And I should have checked the syntax of the slot change. It's actually fastboot set_active b

I really am off with the pixies! ☹️
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] BillGoss:
PS: the slot change syntax is confusing because you can also use it as an option in other fastboot commands and then the syntax form of the option is --set-active=SLOT

FYI: fastboot -h will display the help information.
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] BillGoss:
OK, so here's the zip file containing the script (@flashall) and the super_empty.img.

Remember to uncomment the appropriate xbl partitions based on your phone's DDR type.
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] speed&vodka:
To all of you who've been around in this post, I announce that I have solved the problem.

I was finally able to get to EDL and therefore perform the usual resuscitation with the MSM Tool.

I'll come back and describe as detailed as possible all the steps I performed to have this post properly closed. For the time being, no need to propose alternative solutions. Many thanks for your time.
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] speed&vodka:
Okay, I was already decided to go hardware-based and try the EDL cable solution. Unfortunately such cable is not for sale in my area and bringing it from abroad is expensive and a very long wait. Although simple to build I don't have the gear anymore to do it myself so I would have had to either somehow borrow a solder and such or figure out how to contract its manufacture.... nothing immediate anyways.

While figuring how I would get onto the EDL cable, it didn't hurt to look at the script provided by @BillGoss.

I realized it wouldn't work because it starts-off by flashing images from fastboot mode in the same way I had already tried many times and failed consistently: fastboot flash boot boot.img, etc.

However, this had me wonder "what's the use of having fastboot if it's so useless in these phones?". This flashing method didn't even work when the phone was in working order, why so? Its because of the "super" partition scheme; this changed the game so now you need to be in fastbootd mode to do the same things you used to do in fastboot.

To cut it short, I googled a little here and there and came across this magic command, which (with a little adaptation) finally did the job and kick my mobile out of its comma.

D:\Users\admin>fastboot flash:raw boot_a boot.img

sending 'boot_a' (98304 KB)...

OKAY [ 2.816s]

writing 'boot_a'...

OKAY [ 0.300s]

finished. total time: 3.116s

D:\Users\admin>fastboot flash:raw recovery_a recovery.img

sending 'recovery_a' (102400 KB)...

OKAY [ 2.931s]

writing 'recovery_a'...

OKAY [ 0.332s]

finished. total time: 3.266s

I was fortunate enough to have the stock boot.img and recovery.img by courtesy of these indications.

The second command somehow managed to flash the original recovery, the phone immediately rebooted into the original stock recovery (no more 'failed recovery'). From then on the EDL worked as it should (V+/V- and plug to computer) and the MSM Tool did the rest.

I'd like to acknowledge the importance of having answers in the posts even if they don't carry the full solution, they keep up the hopes and inspire new paths to search for it. So thanks again.
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] BillGoss:
It seems to me that you are missing the point that when you are in bootloader mode you are in fastboot mode.

The script I gave you starts off there.

But you can't flash anything other than hardware partitions.

The Super partition contains multiple logical partitions and cannot, therefore, be flashed in bootloader mode.

You have to be in fastbootd mode to do that. And that's what the fastboot reboot fastboot command does.

Note that this mode runs as a function of the recovery.

So, you could have just used the script I gave you and it would have worked.

But I'm very glad that you managed to get into edl mode from fastbootd and have now fixed your phone.
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] speed&vodka:
I'm aware of this Bill, I called it fastboot mode but yes, technically I should have said "bootloader mode".

For some reason that command does not apply to my phone. If it does't apply manually, why would it work over a script?

D:\Users\admin>fastboot reboot fastboot

usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>

commands:

update <filename> reflash device from update.zip

flashall flash boot, system, vendor and if found,

recovery

flash <partition> [ <filename> ] write a file to a flash partition

(...rest of help screen)

That's why I said the fastboot was very limited in my model (KB2003, DDR4).
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] speed&vodka:
IMPORTANT UPDATE:

I found the reason behind some controversies along this thread: most of them have to do with the fact that most fastboot commands that were advised here did not work when I tried them (mostrly unrecognized ->error, sometimes no-impact).

I was all the way using an old fastboot.exe (dated 2020-01-17) that was located in a forgotten folder that was in my %PATH% prior to the fastboot.exe version (also in %PATH%) that I thought I was using.

The version I was really using doesn't even report a version number:

D:\>fastboot --version

fastboot: unknown option -- version

However, I had this other fastboot.exe version downloaded in 2021:

D:\>fastboot --version

fastboot version 31.0.2-7242960

I did some testing and found that the 2021 version DOES ACCEPT all the commands that Bill and others advised me to use, but were REJECTED in the version I was using.

So, had I been using the right fastboot.exe version all along, I could have probably solved the problem much earlier and run Bill's script without a problem.
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] BillGoss:
Well done on finding the root cause!

I tend to keep my platform tools (https://developer.android.com/tools/releases/platform-tools) updated as new versions of Android are released. Because I've also come across the situation where the version I was running didn't have the commands I needed.
[Xiaomi Pad 6] Ziomek64:
How to switch from global to eu, is it safe? Does it void warranty? I bought it in EU but i guess seller was selling global versions.. Mainly want eu so that it doesn't call China
[Xiaomi Pad 6] NOSS8:
Already be sure that it is a Global model "23043RP34G", check on the box, not on the phone.

Then unlock the bootloader and flash the EEA rom by locking the bootloader.

Xiaomi Community

new.c.mi.com

Apply for unlocking Mi devices

en.miui.com

MIFLASH[GUIDE]⚙ USE XIAOMI FLASH TOOL

FOR ALL XIAOMI BOOTLOADER MUST BE UNLOCKED MIUI https://new.c.mi.com/global/post/101245 https://en.miui.com/unlock/index.html HYPEROS GLOBAL https://xdaforums.com/t/how-to-unlock-bootloader-on-xiaomi-hyperos.4654009/...

xdaforums.com

Global ROMs have no restrictions regarding volume limitation, for example.

From the moment you have a Xiaomi account, this information is on Chinese servers with any stock ROM.

The warranty remains valid,provided that this model is sold in the country where you live.
[Xiaomi Pad 6] Ziomek64:
So it doesn't matter if I have eu rom or global? Some information is still sent to xiaomi if I'm logged in?
[Xiaomi Pad 6] NOSS8:
Yep, our accounts are on Chinese servers.

Afterwards you can delete your account but you will have some restrictions like for themes/micloud for example.

And for over 10 years never had a problem with this.
[Xiaomi Pad 6] Ziomek64:
Should I jump straight to hyperOS on EU or miui and update?

When is hyper os predicted for global?
[Xiaomi Pad 6] NOSS8:
Up to you.

If you update to hyperOs with the booloader locked, you will no longer be able to unlock it for free.
[Xiaomi Pad 6] Imotep95:
I have global unit(bought in Europe legit store with waranty etc) and I unlocked bootloader because of hyperos shenanigans. Can I flash EU hyperos with flash tool when they post the build?
[Xiaomi Pad 6] NOSS8:
Yep, with a Fastboot EEA ROM (For EUrope) but if you lock the bootloader, unlocking it will be difficult to do for free.
[Xiaomi Pad 6] Imotep95:
I don't plan to lock the bootloader again. Xiaomi keeps all drm even with unlocked bootloader, I'll try few aosp roms and probably go back to stable hyperos. I don't mind to do ota with flash tool and PC.
[OnePlus 11] fixmyproblemplease:
fastboot flash --slot=all system system.img

Resizing 'system' FAILED (remote: 'Not enough space to resize partition')

fastboot: error: Command failed

can anyone please help?

i am following this link to snap out of the bootloop:

Unbrick OnePlus 11 via Fastboot Commands

In this comprehensive guide, we will show you the detailed steps to unbrick your OnePlus 11 device via Fastboot commands.

droidwin.com
[OnePlus 11] fixmyproblemplease:
okay thanks. i am on ubuntu - one.

and i did all that on the fastbootD mode without the .exe part - and it didn't work.

can you help?
[OnePlus 11] SaintZ93:
Are trying to preserve your data? If not you can try fastboot -w in bootloader then flash boot.img, vendor_boot.img and recovery.img from like crdroid. Reenter fastbootd through crdroids recovery and flash all that stuff again. If it doesn't work then your only option will be use the msmtool.
[OnePlus 11] fixmyproblemplease:
no i am not trying to preserve my data. can i flash any image btw? it's not working with CPH449 13.1 from this link?

i am trying other custom ROMs meanwhile:

OnePlus 11 Stock ROM Firmware: OxygenOS/ColorOS/EDL/OFP

From this comprehensive guide, you could download all the OxygenOS/ColorOS firmware and stock ROM for your OnePlus 11.

droidwin.com
[OnePlus 11] Oswald Boelcke:
@fixmyproblemplease Thread closed as you've already created a subject matter related thread:

Stuck in bootloop

Hi, I am trying to follow this neat article to break out of bootloop on my OnePlus: https://droidwin.com/unbrick-oneplus-11-via-fastboot-commands/ I get stuck at: fastboot flash system_ system.img --force with the error: Sending sparse...

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[Moto G62 5G] sai_charan:
Hi devs,

Could anybody provide customised Gcam mod for this Moto G62 Model.

Thanks in advance :)
[General Questions and Answers] orangy57:
I have an unlocked Balmuda Phone (A101BM) with OEM unlocking enabled. I've gone through this process on multiple different phones already but this time I'm stumped. When I run fastboot oem unlock I get the error:
FAILED (remote: 'Flashing Unlock is not allowed
')
fastboot: error: Command failed
. I don't understand why the bootloader would be locked? The device was unlocked through Softbank and Balmuda has the source code for their kernels and everything online, so I don't think it would be intentional to prevent me from unlocking the phone. Also, the device appears when running fastboot devices in the bootloader but not when running adb devices. adb devices only spits out the device when I'm booted into the OS. I have the Balmuda/Kyocera adb device drivers installed as well, alongside the latest version of platform-tools. Is there something I'm missing?
[General Questions and Answers] xXx yYy:
The error "FAILED (remote: 'Flashing Unlock is not allowed')" indicates that the bootloader on your device is locked and you do not have permission to unlock it. This could be because the bootloader is locked by OEM.
[General Questions and Answers] felix otieno.:
Try using pandora tool
[General Questions and Answers] aimsjahan:
Do NOT confuse others, that tool is for MediaTek devices only
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] EliotGT:
I found a cab file for Pandora Radio in a Motorolla forum, installed it, and it works!

I'm using a Att Tilt running Garmin DK 9 ROM WM6.1.

Here is the link to the cab file:

http://mq.roeiboot.com/apps/pandora.cab

Note: switch to landscape when creating your account or you will not see all the required fields. ie: zip code.

Also Birthday is year only.

Enjoy

:)

Happy Birthday to me!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] EliotGT:
The bitrate of the streams are low. They sound like 96kbit/s or lower compared to the 128kbit/s streams on Resco Radio.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] kaalgoosy:
Haha, that's awesome; never seen someone so excited about a discovery, only to knock it with their next post! Been using Pandora for a few months now. Kinoma freeplay is much better for specific radio staion searches with pandora being better for general types of music; resco is very flaky, and yea it has a larger bit rate, though that also causes a lot of sound distortion combined with a lot of "hit and miss" music selections...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] zz_3.14_zz:
This is Fing great!! Good find man.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] kaiserII101:
hey thanks for this i have been looking for a pandora app for a while now because i like it better than last.fm:D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] aidinb:
it stays stuck on the 'connecting' screen for me. :( any fixes out there?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] macrossvfx:
Bad Connection

I just installed today but i get "We're experiencing network communication difficulties Please Try again later anyone else having this issue
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] EliotGT:
Connecting

I have the proxy unchecked in the Media Net settings. You can try that.

Start>Settings>Connections>Connections>Set up my proxy server> Uncheck the second box "This network uses a proxy server to connect to the Internet."
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] macrossvfx:
Errors

I looked at that and its allready unchecked but now im getting a error that my password is not reconized ill try to register a new email address as a test. thanks for the tips
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] macrossvfx:
.....Sigh

:confused: Still said that my email and password is not reconized. it works on pc but not on the phone app.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] TelloMan:
This works great, thanks! I had to actually do the registration online (w/ my PC), do an initial log in, then used it on my phone.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] vwauditech:
Great find thanks alot. Works great on my Tilt running HDIII.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] codesplice:
Been playing with Pandora on my device for about a week now, it's quite splendid.

One little hack you might care to do...

Edit the following registry key/values to allow playback to continue while the screen is turned off:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences]

"UnattendedPlayback"=dword:1

"FastCacheReserve"=dword:00800000

"LocalCacheReserve"=dword:00800000
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] freekquency:
weird mine is working fine w/ the screen off, it pauses for about a second then contintues.

This is the best cab. ive added for awhile to my tilt. Thanks for the find.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] warmkiwi99:
Can't use in the UK :(

Using orb but have managed to delete bbc radio 4 - can someone who is using orb check the streaming url for R4 pls?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] codesplice:
Interesting. I had tested Pandora previously on Garmin's DK8Final

ROM (fresh rom, no other programs installed or tweaks done) and found I had to make that registry change to allow unattended playback. Updated to DK9 yesterday and just made the reg changes anyway. It all works though :-)

Cheers,
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] nkawtg:
I've only been able to log in one time. After that it just hangs up every time.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] synthetikid:
I would like to express my immense appreciation for this app/CAB. this has been a hope for me for a LONG time. i even got this running on my girlfriends treo 750- thank you so very much!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] EliotGT:
Newer version

Another thread in Kaiser General has a newer version of Pandora 1.1.4 compared to this 1.0.25.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=460259

This can be closed.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] candcdr:
I loaded Pandora 1.1.4 from the following forum, it works GREAT!! However, my playback shuts down when the screen goes dark. I tried the below suggested registry edit, however, I don't have those options available. Did you manually enter those options? Also, this version seems to be a flash player, not using the Media Player, just want to make sure I'm understanding this as I'm quite a noob =) Many thanks in advance for all the help!

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\ Preferences]

"UnattendedPlayback"=dword:1

"FastCacheReserve"=dword:00800000

"LocalCacheReserve"=dword:00800000
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] codesplice:
Yes, you'll need to manually add those registry values, of type DWORD.

At least, this is what has worked for me. Your mileage may vary.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] saucysaulsbury:
Yep I added them manually also and it worked like a champ!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] codesplice:
Glad to hear that worked for you, saucy.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] candcdr:
I'm creating these new values as DWORD however, what do I use as the value for each of these settings? When I enter a value (1 or 8) in here, it changes the value to 0x00000008(8). Thanks for all your help!....Did I mention I'm a noobie.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] codesplice:
Yeah, for the unattendedplayback value, setting it to 1 (or 0x00000001(1)) works. For the other two, make sure the trailing zeroes are correct. So set those to 00800000 (which will change to some other representation similar to 0x00800000). Make sure that you are entering these as DECIMAL values.

Hope that gets you going :)