Dead Moto-x, wont even fastboot. Help?

[gangrif]

SO, i have a 1st gen Moto X, the 2013 model. Verizon if that matters.

I havent used it in a while, and it was working when i replaced it. I decided to tinker with it a bit a few months ago, and was trying an unlock method i found online, and appear to have bricked it in the process. I figured, no big deal, and tossed it in a cabinet and figured i'd come back to it later. Well now is later. I'd like to get the thing working so my daughter might be able to play with it.

It wont power on, if you connect it to power, either USB or a wall plug, it does nothing, no charging indicator, nothing. I cant power it on, cant fastboot, cant get to recovery, nothing.

In my attempts to restore it, i've got the moto drivers and whatnot installed, and my Windows laptop will recognise it and add it to device manager, as "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COMx)". Which makes be believe there is hope.

I tried the procedure here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/how-to-resurrecting-bricked-moto-x-t2629057, with no success, i get an error while it's trying to get an handshake from the device.

C:\Users\war\Desktop\MotoX Recovery\blankflash\blankflash>qflash -com7 -ramload MPRG8960.hex -mbn 33 MSM8960_bootloader_singleimage.bin -v -o
Motorola qflash Utility version 1.3
COMPORT      :COM7
RAMLOADER    :MPRG8960.hex
type is 0x21
7 mbn file name MSM8960_bootloader_singleimage.bin type 33
verbose mode on
Motorola qflash dll version 1.6
RAMLOADER VERSION: PBL_DloadVER2.0
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DEVICE INFORMATION:
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Version       : 0x8
Min Version   : 0x1
Max Write Size: 0x600
Model         : 0x90
Device Size   : 0
Description   : Intel 28F400BX-TL or Intel 28F400BV-TL
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Using passed in packet size, changing from 0x600 -> 0x600
EXTENDED_LINEAR_ADDRESS_REC @ 0x2a000000

Write 65536 bytes @ 0x2a000000
100EXTENDED_LINEAR_ADDRESS_REC @ 0x2a010000

Write 11840 bytes @ 0x2a010000
100START_LINEAR_ADDRESS_REC @ 0x2a000000
EOF_REC
Sleeping for 3s
No data read from USB. This may not be an error. Trying again...
No data read from USB. This may not be an error. Trying again...
No data read from USB. This may not be an error. Trying again...
No data read from USB. This may not be an error. Trying again...
No data read from USB. This may not be an error. Trying again...
Still no data, giving up!
sdl_hello() - Failed to receive ACK
sdl_hello() - Invalid response: 7e030003331b7e
sdl_hello() - This is a NAK response from ROM code, which means the device has been reset back to blank flash mode. Usually this is caused by power supply issues. Please try again with battery eliminator if it persists

I've had no luck finding a way around that.

If i hold the power button for 10 seconds, while plugged into my PC's usb port, the green indicator light behind the speaker lights up for a second, and then goes out. Same deal if I try to do power+vol-up or vol-down.

Any suggestion that might help me move this along? If i can get it to fastboot, or a recovery image, I think I can get it from there.

Thanks!

 

[s5610]

That's obsolete, and won't work for your lastest bootloader. See next thread. And don't flash Moto at random next time)

 

[gangrif]

Thanks for the response. I'll give that thread a look!