Hello,
If you're like me, you may have accidentally flashed and wiped your partitions, including the bootloader, causing your device to become an expensive doorstop or paperweight.
First of all, take a deep breath.
Second of all, you can use blankflash to fix it and allow the phone to boot back to the bootloader.
I hope this helps someone. I spent 4 hours trying to get my device to rise again from the grave. If I can save one other person from this same issue of trying to find a working blankflash, then it'll be worth it!.
If you're like me, you may have accidentally flashed and wiped your partitions, including the bootloader, causing your device to become an expensive doorstop or paperweight.
First of all, take a deep breath.
Second of all, you can use blankflash to fix it and allow the phone to boot back to the bootloader.
- Check if your phone is detected. On Linux, your phone will be listed in lsusb as a QUALCOMM MODEM (or something close to that). That means your phone is not truly dead!
- Go to https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/beckham/blankflash
- Download the zip file there
- Save it somewhere
- unzip the file
- If you're using Linux (you should be), this is easy at this point. Plug the phone in, and run ./blankflash.sh
- The terminal will flash and say that it's attempting to poll /dev/ttyUSB0 (or something similar). This is a good sign. Linux, unlike Windows, will let you directly write to a raw USB device. On Windows you'll have to install buggy QUALCOMM drivers that never seemed to work for me. (not that it won't work for you, but I wouldn't bet on it)
- It's likely that the flash will fail. Keep trying. Hold down the power and volume down buttons and keep holding it down.
- Eventually, it should work and you'll see that the phone has been flashed. Your phone will boot to a weird looking bootloader screen. Once that happens, you are done. If you reboot the phone, it'll boot to the same screen, and you can simply use fastboot for the rest.
I hope this helps someone. I spent 4 hours trying to get my device to rise again from the grave. If I can save one other person from this same issue of trying to find a working blankflash, then it'll be worth it!.
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