Lenovo A3500-HV Bricked while flashing ROM ( Cable disconnected )

ebram96

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OS : Windows 8.1 (With drivers successfully installed ) X64
Also tried on Windows 7 (With drivers successfully installed ) X86
Using SP flash tool
The device had this ROM : A3500HV_A442_01_37_140920_ROW
and it is the same I was trying to flash

Hi all , My lenovo A3500-HV went crazy and I had to re-install the rom ..
but while flashing using SP ( all drivers are OK ) the goddamn cable disconnected at about 15% - 20% from total progress :(
CURRENT STATE :
DEAD :'(
can't power up , nothing happens after pressing power button
can't go into recovery mode or download mode ( nothing happens when pressing VOL UP & Power , VOL UP & DOWN & Power or any other sequence )
it is not charging when I put it on the charger or the USB
is not being recognized when I plug it in ( see attachments please ) !!
device manager screen shot attached please have a look
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any hope it can revive ?? , how ?? :(
or just go to the warranty ( really few days left ) .. note that it was rooted device .. ( ( will they ever detect the root if the device is dead ? ) )
 

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ebram96

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I have same problem too,,Did you find any solution??
Look the device was stuck at boot but showing nothing on screen .. so I waited till it has 0% battery and re-flashed the rom successfully .. if you still having problems text me I may help
 

kakung

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Look the device was stuck at boot but showing nothing on screen .. so I waited till it has 0% battery and re-flashed the rom successfully .. if you still having problems text me I may help
is it really works? but i cant even see the screen backlight is turned on. was it the same with yours? how would you know when the battery level is 0%?
then after (we believe) the battery level is 0% you just connect your tab to your computer to make it show up with COM X connection, correct?
hope it really works and not a coincident (':
 

ebram96

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is it really works? but i cant even see the screen backlight is turned on. was it the same with yours? how would you know when the battery level is 0%?
then after (we believe) the battery level is 0% you just connect your tab to your computer to make it show up with COM X connection, correct?
hope it really works and not a coincident (':
YES , the tab backlight was off and there was not any sign of it working :D and then I lost hope and left it for a while and then I tried the charger and it was recharging so I tried flashing and it worked just fine :)
 

ovigrama2000

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Lenovo A3500 bricked, "USB device not recognized"

YES , the tab backlight was off and there was not any sign of it working :D and then I lost hope and left it for a while and then I tried the charger and it was recharging so I tried flashing and it worked just fine :)
Lenovo A3500FL_A422 bricked, "USB device not recognized" when connected to windows, could not flash it using SP Flash Tool.
After disconnected the battery, flash process begun and was OK.
Thanks !
 

mimien24

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i have the same problem as yours
after i disconnect battry and flash rom it gets error while flashing on 20%
what should i do ?
:crying:
error : S_FT_DOWNLOAD_FAILD (4008)
i'm manage to get on 40%
but it stuck in that.

error : S_FT_DOWNLOAD_FAILD (4008)

show up.

change the cable, change pc to laptop,
noting happen.

any sugestion?